I wanted freedom for our country. The situation now is the worst, i think, in the last ten years. Mps will debate the cladding crisis tomorrow as campaigners say residents of flats covered in the flammable material are being financially crippled by rising Insurance Costs. Almost 600,000 people received their first dose of a Coronavirus Vaccine in the uk yesterday a new daily record. Officials say the impact of the Immunisation Programme should be felt in the overrall Infection Rate in the next two weeks, but dr susan hopkins, from Public Health england, is Warning Coronavirus Restrictions should only be eased very slowly and very cautiously. Heres our health correspondent, jim reed. Here at this Basketball Stadium in newcastle, the vaccine roll out continues. Across the uk, more than half a million received theirjab yesterday, a new record, 2,000 at this site alone. It means a lot, and im pleased that people are willing to come and help us to get us through it and everything. Anyone Receiving Theirjab here will have to come back in 12 weeks for a second dose. There have been concerns about the supply of one vaccine coming from a plant in belgium in a row about shortages in the eu. But the government now says its confident that there wont be any hold up, and the most vulnerable groups will be offered a first jab by mid february. The more people who take up the vaccine, the more we will be protected as a society. So that high take up is incredibly important. But it comes as scientists urge caution, saying, even if Vaccination Targets are met, Lockdown Rules would have to remain in place for some time to come. I hope that this summer will be similar to last summer. I hope we will be down to those sort of case numbers, but i think that we need to be cautious on that. We do not want to have another wave, as we have had this winter. Meanwhile, labour has been calling for key workers like teachers to be moved up the Vaccine Priority List with doses given out over half term. When schools went back in the beginning of september, within a couple of weeks, 25,000 teachers were out of the classroom and having to self isolate. The only way we are going to get kids back to school is not banding around dates, as the government is doing, it is putting in place a proper plan involving vaccinations. The government later said labour was playing politics with the roll out. Scientists say they are watching the Vaccination Data closely now. If the programme is working as hoped, within two weeks, we should start to see an impact on cases and, crucially, hospitalisations. Jim reed, bbc news. The latest government figures show there were 21,088 new Coronavirus Infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period, which means that, on average, the number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 24,216. The number of people in hospital is falling slightly down to 34,783. 587 deaths were reported thats of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test. On average in the past week, there were more than 1,100 deaths announced every day, taking the total so far across the uk to over 106,000. 0n the vaccine roll out, as weve heard, a record 598,389 people have had their first dose of one of the three approved covid 19 vaccines in the latest 24 hour period. That means almost 9 Million People in the uk have had theirfirstjab. Danny altmann is the professor of immunology at imperial college, london. Hejoins me now. Thank you been with us to reflect on these figures, we should talk about trenton patterns rather than individual daily totals, but you will forgive me if i pick up on this daily total of vaccinations, thats an encouraging sign. 0n Daily Total of vaccinations, thats an encouraging sign. On that rate of progress, we are on course to meet the governments target of vaccinating all over 70s and the most clinically vulnerable by the middle of this coming month. Its middle of this coming month. Its ureat middle of this coming month. It� s great news and we are on target. This is an aspect of our Pandemic Response that is still going well that we can be proud of. Its that we can be proud of. Its actually brilliant. That we can be proud of. Its actually brilliant. What is the lesson of this . A few months ago we were crouching about the problems with the track and trade system another aspect of how the process was being managed, whether we were effective in enforcing restrictions on social distancing. Are there any factors about what we are getting right with this and how that might help us in the coming months . I right with this and how that might help us in the coming months . I hope that we will learn help us in the coming months . I hope that we will learn from help us in the coming months . I hope that we will learn from our that we will learn from our victories stop its hard speaking of victories stop its hard speaking of victories when things looked so awful and grim but what has gone right . The science has paid off incredibly. We had no right to expect we would be so spoiled for choice with such high tech effective vaccines. 0ur leaders have seem to be proactive than agnostic in procurement of very large numbers and diverse vaccines before we even knew that much about them and that has paid off. We have simply amazing nhs about the people and infrastructure, which means we can do things that are harder to do in other countries where it is fragmented across Different Health suppliers. We have lower Vaccine Hesitancy than some of our neighbours and we have a population that are engaged on the science of getting this done. How that are engaged on the science of getting this done. Getting this done. How long will it take before getting this done. How long will it take before it getting this done. How long will it take before it makes getting this done. How long will it take before it makes a getting this done. How long will it| take before it makes a measurable difference . At the moment, we are talking about a modest fall in the death rate and for everyone who doesnt die its fantastic news that nobody will ever know who they are, but we know up and down the country who the people who have died and who are dying and those who are facing that terrible prospect tonight as we speak because of the effect of this impact, when will we have a sense of the impact it is having . It is impact, when will we have a sense of the impact it is having . The impact it is having . It is still chastl the impact it is having . It is still ghastly and the impact it is having . It is still ghastly and horrific the impact it is having . It is still ghastly and horrific but the impact it is having . It is still ghastly and horrific but the ghastly and horrific but the scientist here and in other countries are watching this literally day by day for any signs of the figures being quashed by the vaccine. Already, people are reporting things are looking positive. I really think itll be incremental. Week by week those graphs will show the impact. The unanswered graphs will show the impact. The Unanswered Questions that play into this so importantly over the coming months are whether supplies of vaccines can be sustained at the current rate and although this question about whether investigations are going on and you may know something about this, whether it is possible to use different vaccines because at the moment the instinct is to say if you have been given the pfizer you will get it again and if you have been Given Astrazeneca that is the one we should stick with. fine Given Astrazeneca that is the one we should stick with. Should stick with. One of the things that has helped should stick with. One of the things that has helped us should stick with. One of the things that has helped us enormously should stick with. One of the things that has helped us enormously is i that has helped us enormously is that has helped us enormously is that there are more vaccines coming online all the time so the two new once we heard about last week are both additional glorious vaccines that do thejob both additional glorious vaccines that do the job terribly well in different ways to the ones we have heard of up until now so there are just more goodies in the cupboard. Every time we look. And that has been absolutely fantastic. So this idea of mix and match is very much a last ditch Emergency Manager as i understand it in the guidance. In the olden days that would have been done to the regulators from First Principles as an immunologist i see no argument against it, it might be rather good. No argument against it, it might be rather good rather good. Thats an intriguing ros ect rather good. Thats an Intriguing Prearaect but rather good. Thats an intriguing prospect but hopefully rather good. Thats an intriguing prospect but hopefully we rather good. Thats an intriguing prospect but hopefully we dont| rather good. Thats an intriguing prospect but hopefully we dont have to go down that route but its good to go down that route but its good to know we have other options. 0ne to know we have other options. One final thought, to know we have other options. 0ne finalthought, how to know we have other options. One final thought, how soon can we realistically or should we be thinking about relaxing, do you share the view of Public Health england that even if we can relax some aspects, if there are aspects of our current behaviour that common sense says we will need to maintain at least for the rest of this year . I dont think there will be a moment when everything is glorious and we can all go outside and go to our Music Festivals and beach holidays from one day to the next, it will be a slow gradual incremental process, but as every additional million get immunised i promise you it will feel a bit better. Immunised i promise you it will feel a bit better a bit better. With a positive note to end on. A bit better. With a positive note to end on, thank a bit better. With a positive note to end on, thank you a bit better. With a positive note to end on, thank you for a bit better. With a positive note to end on, thank you for being i a bit better. With a positive note i to end on, thank you for being with us here on bbc news. Captain tom moore has been taken to hospital after Testing Positive for coronavirus. His daughter says hed been treated for pneumonia at home over the last few weeks but now needed help with his breathing. Captain tom was knighted for raising over £30 million for the nhs by walking laps of his garden in the lead up to his hundredth birthday. The bodys best wishes to him and his family. Everybody. The irish Prime Minister says the European Union was blindsided by its row with astrazenica over Vaccine Supplies when it triggered a provision in the brexit deal which could have seen checks at the border with Northern Ireland. The president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has been meeting pharmaceutical bosses to discuss issues with the vaccine roll out across the eu. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. Keeping the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic Open was a priority in brexit talks, so the eu faced intense criticism after drawing up plans to introduce controls on vaccine imports. Ministers in london and dublin intervened to tell brussels it had made a big mistake. Its an acrimonious row between astrazeneca and the commission over the contractual obligations of the company in respect of supplying vaccines to european Member States took centre stage here, and people were blindsided by the decision that was taken and its implications for the protocol. The vaccine roll out in the eu has been slow, with tension over supply delays. The under pressure Commission President held talks with pharmaceutical companies this afternoon. But in the uk, Hundreds Of Thousands are being jabbed daily, and ministers have even suggested that, eventually, spare doses could be given to other countries. I hope that, once we do have those most vulnerable in britain vaccinated, when were on track with our vaccine programme, we will be able to look at helping the developing world and, of course, our friends and neighbours because we need everybody to be protected. Thats the way were going to grip this disease. For all the criticisms of government policy, the vaccine roll out here has been one of the speediest in the world. The situation in europe shows that that wasnt guaranteed. And despite those tensions with brussels, the fact that ministers here are even prepared to talk about the idea of Sharing Vaccines is a sign of confidence. Vaccines are a key tool in the governments plans to lift lockdown and, for now, the roll out remains on track. Nick eardley, bbc news. That meeting ended in the last hour orso that meeting ended in the last hour or so and we had to tweet from the european Commission President who said the astrazeneca has committed to 9 million doses of its vaccine and they will begin deliveries one week early, district, more on that when we get more details. According to this tweet. Nottinghamshire police say 21 people at a Student Party have been ordered to pay new £800 fines. The fines were issued hours after the introduction of tougher penalties for gatherings in engand of more than 15 people. Merseyside police also discovered around 200 people partying in a hotel in the early hours of sunday morning, and they also broke up a gathering of 20 people in a gym last night. In west london, more than 70 people are facing fines after they breached coronavirus regulations by attending a boat party. Police were called to north acton shortly after 11pm yesterday to reports of a large gathering on a moored boat. The group was dispersed and a total of 72 people were reported for the consideration of fixed penalty notices of £800 each. The organiser of the event has also been identified and could face a £10,000 fixed penalty notice. And well find out how the latest coronavirus developments are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 30pm and 11 30pm in the papers. 0ur Guestsjoining me tonight are Deputy Poltical Editor of the Daily Express Sam Lister and george eaton senior online editor at the new statesman. The footballer Marcus Rashford says hes been the target of online racist abuse. On twitter, he said hed been subjected to humanity and social media at its worst on the platform after his sides goalless draw with arsenal. Greater Manchester Police are investigating. Nesta mcgregor has the story. Taking the knee, a unified protest for racial equality. Its a gesture weve become accustomed to and, last night, the latest example of why players continue to do so. Manchester united striker Marcus Rashford, having to respond to racial abuse he had received hours after a goalless draw away to arsenal. He posted, i am a black man and proud that i am. No comment is going to make me feel any different. It comes in a week where several other players have also been victims of online discrimination. Theres no fear at the moment, is there . If you look at the amount of abuse that is on our platforms at the moment, theres no fear of reprisal. People are doing it almost knowing that its a one in how many chance of being caught . Accountability is probably the biggest thing here, being accountable for the users on your platform. Facebook, which owns instagram, says it is committed to tackling online abuse and its already removed the accounts from its site, but could they do more . The problem is that the reporting systems theyve got in place at the moment require a player to receive and then report the abuse themselves and, by that point, the damage has already been done. But theyve got other issues to deal with as well. Terrorism globally is a problem that facebook has to deal with. Disinformation is a problem that facebook has to deal with. Earlier this week, the government held talks with footballers including liverpool captain Jordan Henderson with new laws set to be introduced to stop online abuse. Racism is a societal issue where football is seen as a key battleground. Those committed to the fight vow to continue to take a stand as well as a knee. Nesta mcgregor, bbc news. The duke of cambridge, who is president of the football association, has said racist abuse in the game is despicable and must stop. In a series of tweets, he said social Media Companies also have a responsibility to create an environment where such abuse is not tolerated. Iffy 0nuora from the professional Footballers Association is set to be the premier leagues first head of equality, diversity and inclusion. Im sorry that its a depressing subject to talk about. It also feels depressing and that we keep talking about it are not very much seems to change. About it are not very much seems to chance. ,. , about it are not very much seems to chance. ,. , , change. Yes, it is a bit depressing. It never really change. Yes, it is a bit depressing. It never really goes change. Yes, it is a bit depressing. It never really goes away. Change. Yes, it is a bit depressing. It never really goes away. Its it never really goes away. Its interesting that facebook and instagram and twitter have made statements. It feels like too little, too late. Thats not to say its not welcome, but it feels like too little, too late. We have been talking about this for two years and they have just not done enough unfortunately. If that will change now its welcome but we have had two years now of this culture of being allowed to say whatever you want on social media platforms, it has been allowed to proliferate. You social media platforms, it has been allowed to proliferate. Allowed to proliferate. You would take on this allowed to proliferate. You would take on this job allowed to proliferate. You would take on this job with take on this job with responsibilities. How will you plan to use the opportunity . Its one thing to come in and do interviews like this and we appreciate you doing this but like everything, including our reporting of it, its after the event when the damage is done, what do you hope will be possible to do that is proactive . There are a lot of players here. Im not the only one in this landscape that needs input. What i would say is that all the stakeholders are now have worked very well collaboratively over the last year. I also welcomed the minister. We now have the situation where the forces seem to be aligned and we are all looking for this thing from social media and facebook to do more so it wont bejust me, media and facebook to do more so it wont be just me, the onus is on social Media Companies, there is too much anonymity that allows users to post whatever they like and then close down accounts, that can be breached. I had the discussion early about global terrorism, these are billion Dollar Industries who have a responsibility now in all fields, notjust responsibility now in all fields, not just terrorism, responsibility now in all fields, notjust terrorism, its a huge responsibility now and people have got to step up and away they have not done before. In a got to step up and away they have not done before. Not done before. In a sense it is terrorising not done before. In a sense it is terrorising individuals, not done before. In a sense it is terrorising individuals, its terrorising individuals, its intimidating them, its offending theirfamilies, its energy intimidating them, its offending their families, its energy they should not even have to use deployed on something that undermines their sense of self worth or can, it shouldnt but it can do, it can play to peoples vulnerabilities and have a corrosive impact. A corrosive impact. Exactly that. Fame and a corrosive impact. Exactly that. Fame and wealth a corrosive impact. Exactly that. Fame and wealth does a corrosive impact. Exactly that. Fame and wealth does not a corrosive impact. Exactly that. J fame and wealth does not make a corrosive impact. Exactly that. Fame and wealth does not make you immune to Mental Health issues, and these guys feel like an older citizen now in their 20s, they are role models, the vast majority of them step up unbelievably well, you only need to look at people like Marcus Rashford who himself has had abuse to see the impact he has had. We are asking a lot of these guys. This is a social media age and im not here to criticise social media itself which has been a great thing, but the responsibility now, with power comes responsibility, and not enough has been done over the last two years, now we have got to almost turn back the clock and make this environment such that people do not feel vulnerable. Feel vulnerable. There are many variants of feel vulnerable. There are many variants of people feel vulnerable. There are many variants of people on feel vulnerable. There are many variants of people on social feel vulnerable. There are many i variants of people on social media, millions of users, in this country and all around the world. Millions of people. Would you like perhaps some kind of Grassroots Campaign . We saw it this week with investment, people buying shares and so on, notjust spending their money but tweeting how angry they feel about this kind of abuse going on, people are doing individually, but if that was at scale do you think that might wake the social Media Companies up to the anger it is causing all the people they say they are trying to represent by not imposing these controls . Absolutely. Like minded people imposing these controls . Absolutely. Like minded people are imposing these controls . Absolutely. Like minded people are all imposing these controls . Absolutely. Like minded people are all offended i like minded people are all offended by this, it doesnt matter who you are, most likely like minded people are disgusted by this. We had a social media boycott the 2a hours last year which was enormously successful so we can replicate that elsewhere to really hit social Media Companies where it hurts. Just to make them more aware. They have let this go on. Im aware and 1. 1 of the suggestions was that, not from social Media Companies put players take down their accounts. That is turning the problems round onto the perpetrators, that cannot be acceptable. That has held back this whole debate. You acceptable. That has held back this whole debate. Whole debate. You are about to become the whole debate. You are about to become the premier whole debate. You are about to become the premier leagues l whole debate. You are about to i become the premier leagues first head of equality, diversion and inclusion, thank you for talking to us. Thousands of people have been arrested across russia following mass protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. Riot police and National Guard troops shut down parts of the capital, moscow, for a time, closing metro stations and blocking off streets as thousands of people demanded mr navalny� s release. He was jailed on his return to russia after recovering from an assassination attempt. With the very latest, heres our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg. By law, russians have the right to peaceful protest. On paper. In moscow today, police were determined to clear the streets, whatever it took. Hundreds of people were detained in the russian capital. Protesters have come out in support of alexei navalny, the kremlin critic whos in jail. Moscow police had warned that any protest in the city today would be considered illegal and broken up, and thats exactly whats happening right now. The message is that the authorities are determined to crack down on dissent. But the crowds swelled and moved through the city. Moscow, take to the streets, theyre chanting. The riot police tried to stop them, but they were playing catch up all afternoon. Mr navalny� s arrest was the trigger for this, but resentments with the authorities have been building. We have been stagnating for 20 years of putins rule, and i believe we need some change. I wanted freedom for our country. The situation now is the worst, i think, in the last ten years. This too brought russians onto the streets. Alexei navalny� s recent video alleging that Vladimir Putin built himself a £1 billion palace with illicit money, complete with £600 toilet brushes. The kremlin has denied it, but the videos had more than 100 million views online. The result the toilet brush has become the symbol of this protest, the embodiment of what many here believe is massive corruption at the top. Its not just moscow. There were protests across russia, from St Petersburg to the urals and the far east. But will they force a kremlin u turn and mr navalny� s release . No sign of that. Steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. Many people still living in flats covered in Flammable Cladding Three and a half years after the Grenfell Fire say theyre suffering Financial Hardship due to sky high insurance bills. At one tower block in cheshire, premiums have gone up by more than 1,000 since safety issues were first reported there. 0ur correspondent, sarah corker, has the details. Waterfront living on the banks of the river mersey. This is the decks in runcorn. Gail bought a two bed apartment here ten years ago. 0ur lifelong dream, our own property. But since then, fire safety faults have been found in all six blocks, including dangerous cladding. And insurance bills have soared. Rising from £34,000 a year to more than half a Million Pounds in just two years. And for gail, who works in retail, that means finding an extra £2,000. Well, i just cried. Where are we supposed to find that kind of money . And if you cant find that money, what have you been told could happen . Were out. We will forfeit the apartment. Its so hard. I dont know what to do next. And its notjust Insurance Costs big repair bills are looming. You know, we are working class people. Weve appealed to the government do the right thing. Were not responsible for this. Seren park gardens was marketed as a green oasis in south london. A decade on, green algae is taking root in the Timber Cladding which is also highly flammable. The blocks Insurance Costs have soared from £123,000 to more than £650,000 a year. I dont understand why they can suddenly put up the prices. I either they are unwilling to bear. The risk, which doesnt make sense because they have presumably borne i the risk successfully in the past, i eitherthat, ortheyrejust using this to profit dramatically. For some buildings, Insurance Costs have gone up by more than 1,000 , how on earth can you justify that . The process of getting buildings fixed is far too slow, too many people are going to sleep at night in dangerous buildings, and thats simply unacceptable. The high cost of insurance is a symptom of those problems. Inspection high rises in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire have exposed other faults, flammable the Grenfell Tower fire have exposed otherfaults, flammable balconies, other faults, flammable balconies, defective otherfaults, flammable balconies, defective insulation, missing fire breaks, flat owners feel trapped. This is clearly a very urgent situation but its a very complex and multifaceted challenge. I think its right that we come up with the most comprehensive and effective solution before we start making those details public. But the longer it takes to get to grips with this safety crisis, the more money drains away from flat owners like leigh. Sarah corker, bbc news. If your Recycling Bin is full of cardboard, its no surprise. Lockdowns mean that Online Shopping now accounts for a third of all retail sales. This change in the way we shop, coupled with disruption to Global Shipping and problems with staffing and maintenance at paper mills, has created a perfect storm for the packaging industry. This increase in demand for packaging has led to a global shortage of paper with supplies for packaging across Europe Falling by 20 at the end of last year. He too, how serious a problem is this turning into . This turning into . Shoppers have noticed it, this turning into . Shoppers have noticed it, when this turning into . Shoppers have noticed it, when they this turning into . Shoppers have noticed it, when they go this turning into . Shoppers have noticed it, when they go to this turning into . Shoppers have noticed it, when they go to the l noticed it, when they go to the supermarket, rather than buying their eggs in cardboard they are in plastic because retailers have been struggling to get the car but they need and this is all because we are shopping online more than ever and this is notjust been a gentle transition for a real surge, shops have had to close because of lockdown, but what im hearing from the industry as they are now starting to adjust to this and we are seeing that Paper Shortage fade away and really more production starting to come on stream, but we are still in the middle of the crisis and Global Shipping and that is causing a problem because it means paper mills are not getting the supplies they need in order to make cardboard. Aha, the supplies they need in order to make cardboard. Make cardboard. A lot of that is shi ed make cardboard. A lot of that is shipped and make cardboard. A lot of that is shipped and that make cardboard. A lot of that is shipped and that is make cardboard. A lot of that is shipped and that is the make cardboard. A lot of that is shipped and that is the way make cardboard. A lot of that is shipped and that is the way thisj make cardboard. A lot of that is l shipped and that is the way this is delivered. There is another aspect of this, which is, dont shift plastic, why not reduce the amount of car but you are using . I can think of stuff i have had online where it arrives and you think, it cant be as big as that and when you open it its a tiny thing in the middle of it surrounded by Packaging Material in an enormous box. � ,. , Packaging Material in an enormous box. �. Packaging material in an enormous box. � ,. ,. Packaging material in an enormous box. �. ,. , box. And you and i are responsible for