Massive fines if they dont act. Im Still Standing better than i ever did. Brexit ended visa free travel to the eu for musicians. Now, eltonjohn tells us why it will hit so many young performers. And coming up, a Hollywood Gladiator sends a surprise Birthday Message to a british sailor taking part in a round the world yacht race. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has thanked all those who have helped the uk to reach a milestone in its Vaccination Programme ten Million People have now received a first dose. But borisjohnson also issued a warning, describing the levels of covid 19 infections as alarmingly high. He said that while there was growing evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccines, the government needed more data before considering any relaxation of covid restrictions. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Sleeves up, syringes ready, vaccine in army medics filling this Church Hall In Chingford where there used to be bingo nights and dog training. Theyd done 400 by lunchtime. No hanging about. Obviously, a lot of people are shocked that were here. But then theyre also so thankful that were here. And itsjust nice to feel appreciated. Theyve literally come out of their house just for this vaccination, and theyve literally turned around and said, look, we cant thank you enough, and i cant tell you how much that resonates with each and every one of us. Now, the whole country has hit the 10 million mark. We have today passed the milestone of 10 million vaccinations in the united kingdom, including almost 90 of those aged 75 and over in england. Whether a church hall, a town hall, a temple or a car park at a leisure centre, there are more and more places right around the country where the vaccine is on offer, helping to loosen the grip the pandemic has had on our country for such a long time. But the vaccine programme, astonishing though it is, is not a route out on its own. Are you sure the vaccines will work on all the variants, Prime Minister . Hes accused of leaving a gap where more dangerous versions of the disease could creep in. Borisjohnson promised travellers arriving from 30 at risk countries would have to stay in hotels at airports for ten days, but theres no date for when that will start and labour wants every country on the list. With new variants in the country, our schools are shut and our borders are open. 21,000 people come into this country every day. The Prime Ministers new Border Arrangements are still weeks away from being implemented. This queue in a london suburb isnt for the vaccine but extra testing, to clamp down on a new variant of the disease from south africa thats already here, and the government admitted today at least 20,000 people instructed to isolate with the disease arent doing so. Terese came out for the first time for many months for her vaccine and understands why others might break the rules. There are people still going to work because they need the money. Theyre not doing it to deliberately say, i dont care. And in lockdown, 28 year old nish has become the breadwinner, but he reckons its hard to force people to stay at home. I think the majority of people will not self isolate because of lockdown fatigue. And also, id say not clear messaging from the government. Was it clear today . Can you give a firm date for when Hotel Quarantine will start . And will you offer more help for people who just cant afford to isolate . If not, arent you leaving two big holes in our defences . We have among the toughest Border Regimes now anywhere in the world. Were restricting as much as we can any risk of importing new infection into this country, without totally secluding the uk economy. But nhs test and trace is reaching 90 of contacts, and the vast majority of them are doing the right thing. The Prime Minister did confirm he wants england at least to leave lockdown as one, even if the rest of the uk might follow different timetables. But while theres jubilation at the vaccine, there are still obstacles ahead. Its too early to take a break. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news. Astrazeneca and Oxford University say they aim to have a Next Generation Covid Vaccine ready for use in the autumn should it be needed. The newjab will help to give protection against some of the variants that have been discovered recently. Today, the health secretary, matt hancock, said Research Suggesting the current Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine may reduce the spread of coronavirus is superb and will help us all to get out of the pandemic. 0ur Medical Editor fergus walsh has more. The scientists at oxford who created the astrazeneca vaccine are continually monitoring how coronavirus is evolving. The current vaccine is thought to give good protection against new variants, but they are working on tweaking the jab to make it future proof. The scientist who is leading the Research Says it is relatively simple to redesign the vaccine. Its not difficult to put a different Antigenic Insert into the vaccine. So we dont want to panic and say that we must have a new version of the vaccine now, but on the other hand, we are getting prepared, so that if it turns out we do need a new version, it will be ready to start using it. Those on the oxford vaccine trials were shown to have 76 protection from a single dose, which lasted for three months, rising to 82 protection with the second shot. It is also the first time a Covid Vaccine has been shown to reduce transmission of coronavirus. Those immunised were much less likely to test positive for infection, cutting the risk of them passing the virus onto others. That is the vaccine, but what about those who have actually had covid . They want to know how long they may be protected against subsequent infection. At least part of the answer may come from a study involving 20,000 people who were sent home testing kits like this. Like the other 20,000 volunteers, i was asked to send off a few drops of blood, every month, to a lab. Scientists at uk biobank found that 88 of us, nearly nine in ten, who started off with antibodies still had them six months later. I think these findings are really good news, because it does suggest that people who have been infected with the virus may have some degree of protection against another infection for some considerable time. What we would really like to know next is, how long does this Natural Immunity last for beyond six months . Scientists think vaccines are more likely to offer stronger protection than natural infection, so a key message is to get immunised, even if you have already had covid, to boost your immunity and maybe protect others. Fergus walsh, bbc news. And this evening, Birmingham City council says its ramping up testing in two areas following the discovery of the South African variant. The council is urging residents in the Frankley Great Park and northfield areas of the city to take a covid pcr test this week, even if they are not showing any symptoms of the virus. The latest Government Figures show a continuing fall in new coronavirus cases. There were 19,202 new 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 22,396. Across the uk, an average of 32,851 people were in hospital with coronavirus over the seven days to monday including suspected cases in wales. 1,322 deaths were reported thats people who died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test. On average in the past week, 1,064 deaths were announced every day. The total number of deaths so far across the uk is 109,335. Now, lets look at the Vaccination Roll out. 374,756 people have had their first dose of one of the three approved covid 19 vaccines in the latest 2a hour period. As weve heard, that takes the overall number of people whove had their firstjab to 10,021,471. With me now is professor simon kroll from Imperial College london. He is also a member of thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation thats the body which advises the uk government on vaccination schedules and safety. He is speaking this evening in a personal capacity. We thank you very much, professor, forjoining us. First of all, your reaction to the surpassing of the 10 million mark for first doses . I think it is absolutely brilliant. The early stages, when things were not going so quickly, it would have been almost unbelievable to think we were going to achieve this. We are on track to get to the government target of reaching the first four priority groups by the bill of february and i think it is a marvellous result, an absolute tribute to the fax natures, including the army, who have made this possible vaccinated. And of course the people turning out to have their vaccine. Course the people turning out to have their vaccine. There has been a lot of talk about have their vaccine. There has been a lot of talk about the have their vaccine. There has been a lot of talk about the astrazeneca lot of talk about the astrazeneca vaccine in particular, infinitely Different Countries taking different announce of time to give the 0k, ctrl likes whistling going different routes to other countries, worry about its efficacy in the over 65 group. What is that your take on all that debate and argument right now . I am sure there is a political dimension like this, and ifeel i am sure there is a political dimension like this, and i feel i cannot give any insight to that, but what i do see as a clinical scientist is the data. The data that andrew pollards group, the oxford Vaccine Group, the oxford part of the vaccine and ever, they have shown to our satisfaction that their vaccine is effective, both in adults under 65 and in order adults older adults. There is some lovely did wejust hearing older adults. There is some lovely did we just hearing now older adults. There is some lovely did wejust hearing now in older adults. There is some lovely did we just hearing now in the lead statistician� s paper, describing a further analysis of the Clinical Trial and showing that the Vaccine Levels of antibody and also the efficacy last right out to the 90 days that we have suggested would be the limit to follow in the uk. And there is not any waning out at that time, which is what we anticipated to be true, but its very good to see the data. We to be true, but its very good to see the data. See the data. We also talk a lot about transmission, see the data. We also talk a lot about transmission, dont see the data. We also talk a lot about transmission, dont we . | see the data. We also talk a lot about transmission, dont we . Tell us more about what this means any of this. ,. , us more about what this means any of this. ,. , this. Transmission is the passing of the virus from this. Transmission is the passing of the virus from one this. Transmission is the passing of the virus from one person this. Transmission is the passing of the virus from one person to the virus from one person to another, and there is a reasonable inference if somebody is ill with covid, particularly if they have got Upper Respiratory Tract symptoms coughing and sneezing and chest problems that they will be a bigger risk to passing the virus around, but we also know a lot of people will carry the virus without being particularly unwell, or even without being unwell at all, and the question is whether they constitute a continuing risk or a significant risk for passing the virus on or whether any of this is modulated by the vaccine, and that reanalysis that the author Vaccine Group or just publishing shows quite clearly that the risk of carrying the virus, as tested by the pcr test, a very sensitive test for the virus, that risk is greatly reduced by having had a dose of vaccine, which is extremely good news because it gives us, as it were, a way out of this pandemic, not only do we want to reduce cases and are primary him as to produce fatal cases, but we also want to reduce the reduce comic reduce the risk of that virus passing person to person and it looks at the astrazeneca vaccine achieves to that end at some point what about the variance at the moment . How worrying are they . All the evidence moment . How worrying are they . All the evidence we moment . How worrying are they . All the evidence we have moment . How worrying are they . All the evidence we have at moment . How worrying are they . All the evidence we have at the moment suggest the current vaccines are effective against the new variant. We cannot of course be sure variance will not emerge where that does not become a problem, but the good news, and we heard that in your package earlier, is that the vaccine companies, Astrazeneca Respeaking earlier, can quickly modify the vaccine. Notjust modify it to make it a future proof, i think the word was used, but also produce it in time. In a way, thats as much certainly as important as just changing the nature of the vaccine, making enough of it to give to people, and we are hearing is they should be able to make a vaccine if it was needed within months and have it was needed within months and have it ready to deploy. And thats very good news. It ready to deploy. And thats very good new good news. 0k, professor simon kroll, its been good news. 0k, professor simon kroll, its been really good news. 0k, professor simon kroll, its been really good good news. 0k, professor simon kroll, its been really good to good news. 0k, professor simon| kroll, its been really good to talk to you. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 40pm and 11 30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur Guestsjoining me tonight are the daily telegraphs chief political correspondent, christopher hope, alongside the Evening Standard columnist and times Radio Presenter and former labour Party Adviser ayesha hazarika. The headlines on bbc news ten Million People across the uk have now had their first dose of their Coronavirus Vaccination, giving them some protection against the virus, but theres a way to go before lifting restrictions. The oxford vaccine Scientists Say theyre already working on another vaccine to deal with new variants. A National Clap in celebration of the life of captain sir tom moore, who died yesterday as well as for health care workers. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport center, heres chetan. Thank you. Hi there, good evening. Manchester city are back three points clear at the top of the premier League Tonight after a 2 0 win over burnley at the etihad. Gabrieljesus opened Gabriel Jesus opened the gabrieljesus opened the scoring, following Bernardo Silvas shot which came straight to him from nick pope afterjust three minutes at turf moor. Good start for city there and Raheem Sterling then got the second seven minutes before half time, wrapping up that win. Fulham hadnt won since they last played leicester in november. And that is still the case. James maddison set up Kelechi Iheanacho for the opening goal. And then just before half time, maddsion was again the provider, as jamesjustin made it 2 0 just before the break. Leicester are up to third for now. Fulham nine points from safety. You can look at it however you want to look at it, and i understood what the perception will be of my team and this team. 17 Football Matches to play and a team here that have beenin to play and a team here that have been in games, for sure been in games. Lets not look away from the fact we have played against a very good team, i think third or second in the league, they are, and we have got 17 games to go. We know what we need to do, there will be a clear focus on that and we will endeavour to do that. There are three matches currently being played. Everton, looking to bounce back from their defeat to newcastle, are currently 2 0 up against leeds at half time. Meanwhile, the champions liverpool are without their Goalkeeper Alisson tonight because of illness kelleher his replacement. That has kicked offjust now, as has aston villa and west ham. And in scotland, rangers are looking to further lead at the top of scottish premiership. Earlier, there were 2 1wins for motherwell and ross county. Southampton say their teenage midfielder Alex Jankiewitz was racially abused on social media. It follows his sending off in their 9 0 defeat to Manchester United last night. Its the latest in a string of such incidents. Southampton say theyre passing on all abusive messages to hampshire police. Preprations for the Australian Open tennis have taken another blow with more than 500 players, officials and support staff going into isolation. Its after a worker at one of the events Quarantine Hotels tested positive for the virus. Tennis australia says the tournament itself, which gets under way on monday, wont be affected. Late today, we are notified 826 year old man has tested positive for coronavirus. He had been working as a Resident Support Officer as part of the Australian Open quarantine programme. He is now in a health hotel and his household contacts have been isolated. The delayed womens six nations will now be played across four weekends in april. The countries will be split into two pools of three. Its england, italy and scotland in pool a and france, ireland and wales in pool b. The winners of each will go through to the final. Despite the women losing two test fixtures, england captain sarah hunter is grateful a format has been found for the tournament to go ahead. We are professional, so it does not impact us as much, but you have that other nations where they have got to go and work and find that time. Also in a world cup year, youve got cost of elements. There are a lot of things that have been factored into and they have gone, this is the new format, so while you may think we are missing out on these games, i think were still playing a six nations game, which culminates in a final. So does that admit more excitement to it . Yeah, its different. Thats all the sport for now. You can follow all of that football over on the bbc sport website. I will have more for you later, but for now, back to you. Thank you very much indeed. The Prime Minister has said he is prepared to override parts of the brexit deal if necessary to help ease the Trade Problems between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The so called Northern Ireland protocol involves new checks on goods crossing the irish sea, which has caused disruption in recent weeks. The Vice President of the Europe Commission will travel to london next week for face to face talks on the issue, amid rising tensions. Heres our ireland correspondent emma vardy. Getting a lorry load of food over the irish sea is all in a days work here. But since our separation from the eu, its become more complicated. Nobody knew what brexit was going to look like until the final deal happened. And the systems werent rolled out into the end of december. Whats things been like since the end ofjanuary . In the first 21 days, mayhem. People werent sure how to complete paperwork. Border checks were put into place. Vehicles were stopped. We took seven days to understand the process. It has improved greatly, but its not there yet. Whats really worrying businesses here is that from april, theres going to be even more red tape, when an initial grace period expires. Now, the governments asking the eu to push that back by nearly two years. Why is this needed . We need this grace period extended to give companies more time to prepare for these changes. They simply didnt have the time to make the changes necessary, and it will give us time as well to come up with more long term solutions. What happens if the eu stand really firm on this . I think the eu have to acknowledge that Northern Ireland just didnt have the time to prepare for this, and they have to realise that this is impacting our supply chain, especially around food. The difficulties over goods coming from britain into Northern Ireland have led to unease between communities here. Unionists see a new border in the irish sea as undermining Northern Irelands place in the uk. Yesterday, eu staff and officials that carry out checks on food at the ports of belfast and larne were stood down after concerns over threats to their safety. I think both the European Union and the westminster government have to recognise that in Northern Ireland, the issue of borders is extremely sensitive and has to be treated in a very sensitive way. The physical Border Checks here are on hold for a second day. The uk governments hoping that getting more flexibility from the eu around the rules will help de escalate tensions here, but Northern Irelands democratic unionists want them to go much further. The protocol has betrayed us and has made us feel like foreigners in our own country. Tea and sympathy will not cut the mustard. We will do everything we need to do, mr speaker, whether through legislation or by invoking article 16 of the protocol, to ensure that there is no barrier down the irish sea. The way ahead may depend on how much the eu is willing to bend. Emma vardy, bbc news. Tina mckenzie chairs the federation of Small Businesses in Northern Ireland. Tina, thank for joining tina, Thank Forjoining us. Howard are you Small Businesses are, in effect, being sacrificed in a political argument between the eu and uk . ,. , and uk . That evening. It is nothing unusual in northern and uk . That evening. It is nothing unusual in Northern Ireland and uk . That evening. It is nothing unusual in Northern Ireland for unusual in Northern Ireland for businesses to be affected by such political tensions. That is for sure. I think a lot of businesses are really struggling because, first and foremost, were in the middle of covid and most businesses have been shot down on and off for the last nine months, and layer on top of that complexity of the Brexit Decision recently and a short period of time there was to really prepare as a business for that, and then now with deep protocol, we have real issues around getting goods. We have got the plants and very other issues where we cannot get them through the checks and people are really struggling. Checks and people are really struggling checks and people are really stru~lin. ~. . Struggling. What difference has covid made struggling. What difference has covid made to struggling. What difference has covid made to all struggling. 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We need to get our plans in place around these delegations and we need both the eu and the uk government to make sure they are made in a more permanent basis, because business does not like uncertainty and what weve got right now as to what is want to happen. For example, even domestic parcels coming from some like amazon or even dish bitter ngv enter Northern Ireland a distributor in gb. The. All of the business are having to fill a very lengthy forms and it is causing real hassle, to the point were some british businesses are saying, were not going to go through the of setting products to Northern Ireland. Thats a real issue for Small Businesses here. Do thats a real issue for Small Businesses here. Thats a real issue for Small Businesses here. Do you think a race businesses here. Do you think a grace period businesses here. Do you think a grace period to businesses here. Do you think a grace period to 2023 businesses here. Do you think a grace period to 2023 would businesses here. Do you think a grace period to 2023 would give businesses here. Do you think a grace period to 2023 would give time businesses need to prepare . 0r grace period to 2023 would give time businesses need to prepare . Or is it Something Else they want . It businesses need to prepare . Or is it Something Else they want . Something else they want . It does not. Businesses Something Else they want . It does not. Businesses need Something Else they want . It does not. Businesses need longer Something Else they want . It does not. Businesses need longer than l not. Businesses need longer than that. At the end of the day, what we are seeing here is a full on approach to something that really needs a light approach. This part of the uk is being treated the way uk treats china or brazil. At the end of the day, we have decades we have been working with. Indeed, Northern Ireland is still within that, so at the enter the big emotional the eu and the uk should really take some of the parts of the department, but at the end of the day, i think we really are seeing a very technical approach to something, full on approach to something, full on approach to something, which could be done like touch, and what we were told all along was, both from the per minister and from others, we would have unfettered access to the uk market and unfettered access to the eu, and at the moment, theres quite a lot of fettered going on from the Prime Minister. find a lot of fettered going on from the Prime Minister. A lot of fettered going on from the Prime Minister. And what about the Prime Minister. And what about the dup asking the Prime Minister. And what about the dup asking the the Prime Minister. And what about the dup asking the government the Prime Minister. And what about the dup asking the government to l the dup asking the government to remove the protocol . Remove the protocol . There are len remove the protocol . There are plenty northern remove the protocol . There are plenty Northern Ireland remove the protocol . There are plenty Northern Ireland and remove the protocol . There are l plenty Northern Ireland and rocky remove the protocol . There are plenty Northern Ireland and rocky plenty Northern Ireland and rocky the do not like it and plenty think is anything. At the other day, the protocol was set up to make sure the uniqueness of Northern Ireland, with the land border with the rest of the eu, could actually still trade within the uk without treating a border on the island of ireland for tub we all know after decades of competent on the island of ireland, he needed a special unique approach. The protocol was supposed to deliver that, unfortunately i think it is less about the protocol and the approach to the implementation of the protocol that is causing people real issues. The protocol that is causing people real issues real issues. 0k, tina mckenzie, thank you real issues. 0k, tina mckenzie, thank you very real issues. 0k, tina mckenzie, thank you very much real issues. 0k, tina mckenzie, thank you very much for real issues. 0k, tina mckenzie, thank you very much for taking l real issues. 0k, tina mckenzie, i thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us. Police in myanmar where a Military Coup took place earlier this week have filed criminal charges against the countrys elected civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. For a second day, protesters banged pots and sounded car horns in the countrys largest city. Neither Aung San Suu Kyi nor the countrys president have been heard from since the army seized power on monday. People around the country have been clapping in memory of captain sir tom moore, who died yesterday at the age 100. All day, there have been tributes recalling the resilience he came to symbolise but also the money he raised for nhs charities. There are growing calls for a National Memorial to him. A warning, our north of england correspondentjudith moritz� s report does contain flash photography. At a time of grief, a moment of celebration. A National Clap for captain sir tom. His family said they were joining in, with huge love in their hearts. And the Prime Minister added his applause, along with other political leaders, in appreciation and remembrance of the extraordinary efforts of an incredible man, who raised millions for the nhs and won the nations hearts in the process. He exemplified the best of our values. In the house of commons, captain sir toms contribution was marked with a moment of reflection. I invite members to nowjoin me to have a minutes silence to commemorate sir toms life, and to pay our respects to those who have lost their lives as a result of covid, and their families and friends. Across the nhs, captain sir tom has left a lasting legacy, like here in southampton, where some of the money he raised helped to pay for a Hospital Scheme to support vulnerable patients. We know that it was a real passion for him, and again, i think this project in particular will help to support his legacy and what he really wanted to do as a result of his fundraising. Captain sir tom moore made an impact on everyone, from cadets at the Army Foundation college, where he was honorary colonel, to the staff of the nhs, who remain forever grateful for his fundraising and for lifting the spirits of the nation. Judith moritz, bbc news. The nominees for the Golden Globes 2021 have been announced. There have been nominations for british talent across the board in both film and television, with six nominations for netflix royal drama the crown, including nominations for 0livia Colman and Helena Bonham carter. Actress Daisy Edgar Jones was nominated for her role in the Hit Bbc Drama Normal People and Steve Mcqueens Film Anthology Small Axe also received two nominations, Withjohn Boyega nominated for his role in red, white and blue. Looking at films, The Netflix Drama Mank has received the most nominations, including Best Director and best drama in the Motion Picture category. There were also nominations for Actors Gary 0ldman and sacha baron cohen, as well as Vanessa Kirby and daniel kaluuya. Now its time for a look at the weather with susan powell. Hello. Wintry weather will become increasingly disruptive across the uk in the days ahead. Through the weekend, all of us will move into much colder air. And when any Weather Systems push up, they will bring snow away from the coasts. 0vernight, its snow for scotland and parts of the pennines. Tonight, Rain Elsewhere across Northern England and from Northern Ireland. Some coastal rain for eastern scotland. Widespread frost for scotland, temperatures 4, 5 degrees further south. Through thursday daytime, the snow continues to feed into a large swathe of scotland, perhaps converting more so to rain across Northern England. Wet for Northern Ireland. Showers further south, pushing into parts of england and wales, but temperatures in double figures here. But colder air confined to the far north of the uk. But through friday, saturday and into sunday, it will start to push its way southwards. The met offices concerned about disruption for Scotland On Friday and saturday, but i think that risk will transfer further south for sunday. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines ten Million People across the uk have now had their first dose of the Coronavirus Vaccination. But the Prime Minister warns theres a way to go before lifting restrictions. The level of infection is still forbiddingly high for us to imagine the relaxation of current guidelines. Clapping. A National Clap in celebration of the life of captain sir tom moore, who died yesterday as well as for health care workers. The row with the eu over trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain high level meetings to try to ease disruption. Last weekend Manchester Uniteds Marcus Rashford became the latest footballer to face racist abuse on social media. Now the government is saying tech firms could be fined 10 of their global turnover unless they take action to tackle it such as removing abusive comments more quickly. In ireland today a teenager admitted in court that hed sent a series of rascist messages to the former england striker ian wright. With more, heres our Sports Editor dan roan. The message is clear, but the problem persists. Marcus rashford, returning to action last night, just days after becoming the latest football are subject to racist online abuse. Having scored, the striker later speaking about it for the first time. Its disappointing when things like this happen in football, but the reality of it is that its happening and we all have to stand up and be heard really. I think only time will tell if the situation improves, but as for the time being its not really improved over the last few years. Rashford is among a host of players targeted with abusive messages in a spate of cases last week. The government plans to bring in new legislation to regulate Social Media Platforms. The Culture Secretary telling me they are prepared to get tough. I think enough is enough and now is the time to crack down on it. I have been willing to be tough on it. We are proposing fines of up to 10 of global revenue. If you think for some of these big tech firms, thats running to billions of pounds, and by the way, ive also said that as an ultimate fallback i dont really want to have to do this, but we do reserve the right for criminal sanctions for Senior Management as well in the most egregious cases. Many now want to more information when opening an account so they cant hide behind anonymity. Both facebook, which owns instagram and twitter, declined our request for an interview but say they are investing in monitoring and committed to removing harmful content. This is a wider societal issue of course that extends well beyond football, but with three of their players now having been subject to online racist abuse over the past week alone, Manchester United are among many in the game now demanding further action from the Social Media Platforms to tackle this crisis. Today, an irish teenager who racially abused former player ian right on Instagram Last Year avoided jail after pleading guilty. Tonight, ian wright expressed his disappointment with the judgment, saying he wondered what deterrent there was for what he called vile racist abuse. In a statement, the police said how in a different recent investigation, a force asked twitter for details about a racist post and got a reply almost six months later, stating the account was deactivated and they could not provide the detail required. This is unacceptable, the police said, and if the Companies Wont willingly support investigations in the meaningful fashion, it makes the case for regulation. Social Media Companies could do a hell of a lot more than they are making out they can do. It is their platform, they make the rules and regulations, if they want to do something about it, of course they can, but itjust depends how much they do want to. With players continuing to make a stand against racism on the pitch, the pressure is now building on the authorities to show similar authority of it. Dan roan, bbc news. We can look at a bit more at the former england and arsenal player, ian wrights reaction to the news that an irish teenager who sent him abusive messages online would avoid a criminal convition. He said. He continued. And he said. Southampton said that player was also racially abused on social media following his and he got up and there got in their nine annealed the feet to man united last night is the latest in a string of such attacks. The government says social Media Companies will face heavy fines if they fail to tackle any continuing problem. Lets speak now to ged grebby chief executive of the Charity Show Racism the red card. Thank you so much forjoining us. Strong words from ian wright but clearly he is extremely angry and he wants something to change, doesnt he . , ~. , , wants something to change, doesnt he . , a, ,. , he . Yes. I think all the players do. You are there he . Yes. I think all the players do. You are there from he . Yes. I think all the players do. You are there from andy he . Yes. I think all the players do. You are there from andy and he . Yes. I think all the players do. I you are there from andy and Marcus Rashford. We are in february now but the number of cases in Premier League on social media, theres a problem a on social media, it is much deeper than that. This is the tip of the iceberg, the top players getting the abuse. It is great to see them speak out but i think he enough and action has to come from the social Media Companies. Enough is enough. The social Media Companies. Enough is enough. The social Media Companies. Enough is enough. What do you want them to do . Enough is enough. What do you want them to do . Quite enough is enough. What do you want them to do . Quite interesting enough is enough. What do you want them to do . Quite interesting to them to do . Quite interesting to hear that the them to do . Quite interesting to hear that the minister them to do . Quite interesting to hear that the Minister Talk them to do . Quite interesting to hear that the Minister Talk about j hear that the Minister Talk about fines, act, remove the racism, but also we at red card believe education is the key and we would like these companies to engage in antiracism education. We dont see them providing enough for us that we are in the middle of a lockdown. You dont see these Companies Providing education for schools around antiracism. The black lives Matter Movements. These Big Companies have been fairly quiet on these issues. We want more action in terms of fighting racism, notjust in this country but across the world. These countries are making billions as and it is about time they started doing Social Enterprise in terms of combating racism and helping more charities like ourselves. What combating racism and helping more charities like ourselves. Charities like ourselves. What is the difference charities like ourselves. What is the difference between charities like ourselves. What is the difference between the charities like ourselves. What is the difference between the Kind Charities like ourselves. What is i the difference between the kind of racism suffered by football or social media compared to the client suffered in Football Stadiums . I think the difference is it is personal and went it is anger on your home. And youre more isolated home when you see it. What is good about at the moment is they are sharing it but Marcus Rashford said was brilliant, not only did he expose her but he said im not going to show you the contents because it is very common, they are not clever and im not going to expose my young followers would be ultimately players and individuals should have to do to edit themselves. They should be done by these companies. We know that social media is used to spread a we have a Worldwide Organisation on the far right using social media in we need the companies on our side. We need them to combat racism and stand up with the black lives Matter Movement and Make A Change now. What the black lives Matter Movement and Make A Change now. The black lives Matter Movement and Make A Change now. What do you think the role is of Make A Change now. What do you think the role is of the Make A Change now. What do you think the role is of the specific Make A Change now. What do you think the role is of the specific teams Make A Change now. What do you think the role is of the specific teams as the role is of the specific teams as well where these players are playing . Well where these players are la in . Well where these players are. La in. . , , well where these players are la inc . , , � playing . The teams themselves im sure have been playing . The teams themselves im sure have been very playing . The teams themselves im sure have been very supportive playing . The teams themselves im sure have been very supportive of. 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The Indian Government has threatened legal action against twitter, after a number of global stars came out in support of protesting indian farmers. One of them being global pop sensation rhiannna, who stirred up controversy with a tweet supporting the farmers stiking over a contentious new agriculture law. On twitter, Singer Rihanna shared the story and wrote � why arent we talking about this . Soon after that, climate activist, greta thunberg, also expressed her solidarity with the protesters. And then meena harris, the niece of us Vice President , Kamala Harris wrote � we all should be outraged by indias Internet Shutdowns and paramilitary violence against farmer protesters. India has accused the celebrities of sensationalism. Arunoday mukharji has more from delhi. Well, it is very rare for the Indian Government to actually issue a statement in response to what celebrities have said in the past but this is being seen as a first of sorts and the Minister Statement earlier in the day of external affairs put out that detailed statement earlier in the day in which, without naming any names, he actually went ahead and said that celebrities should be careful before tweeting, using sensational hashtags and they should also have their facts in place and speak in proper context. There is one section which believes that this discourse about the farmers protest is now being discussed in wider global circles, but then there is another section in india that believes that they dont have enough knowledge to comment on the happenings and the process that are currently raging on. So that was the response by the minister of external affairs to those tweets, but in a separate action, the Indian Government has also threatened legal action against twitter asking them to suspend some of the accounts as well as content that has been using a specific hash tag in support of the farmers protest. They say the hash tag is controversial and therefore it is a threat to Law And Order but the government is also facing severe criticism of late by many critics as well as Opposition Leaders for trying to muzzle free speech, Internet Services continue to be suspended in the areas where the farmers have been protesting, so it is a battle on the streets and an equally intensive battle being played out on social media. Pakistan has started its nationwide Coronavirus Vaccination campaign, after receiving a donation of half a million doses from the Chinese State owned company signo pharm. Company signopharm. Nearly 12,000 people have died from covid 19 far fewer than many had feared but pakistans weak health care system, has at times been stretched by the pandemic. Heres secunder kermani. Im outside the National Command and operation centre. This is the hub of pakistans fight against the coronavirus. Data from across the country is sent here about deaths, about infections, and now about vaccinations. An official ceremony marking the start of the campaign is taking place here this morning. So far, the vaccines are only being offered to health care workers. The plan is for them then to be available to the elderly population. At the moment, pakistanjust has 500,000 doses following a donation by its close ally china produced by the state owned company sinopharm. Sinopharm says this vaccine is 79 effective. There has been some concern elsewhere about the transparency around the data behind that, but sinopharms vaccine is already in use in the United Arab Emirates and a number of other countries. Pakistan is also expecting to receive 17 million doses produced by astrazeneca in the first half of this year as part of the International Covax Scheme distributing the vaccine amongst poorer countries. With a population of more than 200 Million People, though, pakistan is going to need many more jabs. I am actually foreseeing a different problem that we will have vaccine available for everybody, it is convincing everyone that it is important to get vaccinated. And how Big A Challenge is that going to be, given the history of anti Vaccine Sentiment . Were going to find out as we roll it out, but its notjust in pakistan its everywhere in the world. So far, pakistan has not been as badly affected by this pandemic as many feared it would be, perhaps because of its younger population the average age here is just 22. Nevertheless, the arrival of the vaccine has been welcomed by doctors, who have been working under a lot of pressure, particularly in bigger cities. Dozens of medics have died after contracting the virus. There had been some concerns about the slow pace of procurement. Now, finally, some positive news. With Research Suggesting people from ethnic minority backgrounds here in the uk are less likely to get a Coronavirus Vaccine Many Community and religious leaders are trying to change minds. The imam of a Birmingham Mosque says hes tackling false rumours about the covid jab both publicly, and when people phone him up for personal advice. Sheikh Nuru Mohammed is the imam at the Al Abbas Islamic Center in Balsall Heath, which has recently become a Vaccination Centre. Anisa kadri reports. Getting in line for the Covid Vaccine at britains first mosque to become a Vaccination Centre and the decision to get the jab is easier for some than others. I was completely against it. I was asked by somebody at the hospital would i have it and i said no. I just didnt want anything going in my body and i didnt know how it would react and all these rumours you have been hearing about changing your dna and all kinds of things. 0ur sheikh has put me at ease. And that it is a safe vaccination. And that it is a safe vaccination. And my daddy said i have to have it, or we will be in this position for a long time. And my daughter said i have to have it. The sheikh in question at the Al Abbas Islamic Centre in Balsall Heath says he is tackling false rumours on social media as research suggest black and ethnic minority communities are less likely to get vaccinated. We are opening our doors to make a big step to the muslim and wider communities. But this is halal and it is not wrong to take it and that is the best thing we can do for ourselves. This is what woman would leave their the mosque has moved Many Services to stop the spread of the virus and the happy medium much before he became a Vaccination Centre. This is where the woman would leave their shoes in the mosque. When we came through the car park, its actually in the mosque, i feel better now. Its for mine and other peoples safety around me. Supporting Vulnerable People and so its going to benefit them and anybody around me and myself. Down the road from the mosque in this diverse part of birmingham, a number of people have told me they dont totally trust a vaccine but dont want to be named. The hesitance is cos i want to see how other people and their Immune Systems react. Back at the mosque, they issue advice once they have taken the jab. We give them the Safety Netting advice they need to get that they may get a temperature, pain in the arm, headache, flu type symptoms and to keep take paracetamol, if there is anything significant, to call the doctor. And a reminder that the need to come 12 weeks down the line to have a second injection. How was it . It was better than i thou. Ht how was it . It was better than i thought it how was it . It was better than i thought it would how was it . It was better than i thought it would be. How was it . It was better than i thought it would be. The how was it . It was better than i i thought it would be. The injection went and it was painful but im 0k went and it was painful but im ok now. Its hoped more people take the vaccination against covid. Anisa kadri, bbc midlands today. The Indian Government has threatened legal action against twitter, but to our diplomatic correspondence. But to our diplomatic corresondence. ,. ,. , correspondence. 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Very dark and scary. I very long. Very dark and scary. Camille very long. Very dark and scary. Camille was born in weston i ran into a kurdish family. He came to the uk as a student. He became a british citizen but then returned to our brand where he worked as an anthropologist. In 2019, british marines seized an iranian oil tank suspected of breaking eu sanctions. And at what he suspects was retaliation, he was arrested by revolutionary guards. He spent three months in tehrans notorious evin prison. Solitary confinement broken only by hard interrogation. Dont underestimate the concept and the seriousness of so called White Torture the psychological pressure they put on you, and all these games are played. There are all sorts of mind games. It is almost like a trade. You give me this, ill give you that. He was released, but a Court In Tehran convicted him in december of collaborating with a hostile government, something he denies, and sentenced him to nine years injail. While out on bail, he escaped, travelling high over the mountains on foot. I had to leave everything behind, everything i loved and everything i worked for. All my human connections. At the same time, i was, it was so sad because. And scary. If i get arrested, i would have been put back before the judge. Today, he faces an uncertain future in the uk, as other british iranian dual nationals like Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe remain trapped in tehran. James landale, bbc news. Weddings in many parts of the world including here in the uk have been scaled back in size, due to the coronavirus pandemic. But an indian designer whos created the wedding attire of celebrities including actor Priyanka Chopra and nickjonas, is not worried about the future of his industry. He says people will still splash out on their big day even if its smaller than theyd originally expected. Nina nanji reports. If you wear one of his bridal dresses, youre automatically part of the club. You become a sabyasachi bride. A Brand Given A Sprinkling of stardust, thanks to indian designer, sabyasachi mukherjis a list clientele. Indian weddings can typically have hundreds of guests, but despite the pandemic forcing celebrations to scale back in size, mr mukherji is not worried. The Bridal Business in india is recession proof. A lot of people have been doing lockdown weddings. They are slashing their budgets, but you still need pictures which are instagrammable, you still need to show your social standing, so i think the cheapest way to do that is to buy a designer outfit. Sabyasachis fan base has extended beyond india across the world. For businesses in the uk selling indian bridal wear, the pandemic has taken a huge toll. We are having to cancel a lot of the weddings or the orders they have had from brides who have had to postpone their weddings to maybe now looking at 2022. Sabyasachi has just designed the front cover of khush magazine, an attempt to lift spirits in the pandemic. I thought it would be great to have some sabyasachi on the cover, you know, to Inspire Thousands of brides about this. The actors Priyanka Chopra and nickjonas, indias cricket captain, virat kohli, And Bollywood Star Anushka Sharma all wore sabyasachi on their wedding days. Bollywood, cricket, religion and politics are probably the four biggest markers of indian subculture and it generates the maximum amount of news, so actually, when your brand rides on these popular celebrities your reach can be quite big and of course it has really helped the business. Well, lets say we get the virus under control. Do you think the traditional big, Fat Indian Wedding will come back . A lot of people are going to realise that it is only one life and they will get very reckless. Much like what happened post war, i see fashion being divided into something that is going to be very safe and value driven, versus something that is going to be very reckless and exuberant. An optimistic outlook for the future of fashion. Nina nanji, bbc news. Sir eltonjohn knows a thing or two about touring and how important it is in a musicians career. Now hes adding his voice to a growing campaign for the government to support them after the Brexit Trade Deal ended visa free travel to the European Union. Heres our arts editor will gompertz. Sir eltonjohn, performing in verona, italy. Being on the road is a way of life for most musicians, a creative and commercial necessity. But brexit has put a spanner in the wheels of the tour bus. Free Movement Across europe is over. Musicians and their support crew now need visas and work permits to perform in many eu countries, their Instrument Subject to expensive permits. It is a problem sir eltonjohn among many others thinks needs urgently addressing by the government. My passion has always been, as i got older, about young artists, and the quandary that they now face, because its much more difficult for a young artist to get this together because of all the red tape. Every country has its different rules. It will affect their careers, it will stunt their growth and their creativity. It is a huge market and always has been, and it is a very loyal market. Once youre big in germany, as they say, and finland, you can go there forever. Im Still Standing, yeah, yeah, yeah. Did he give you any sense that he was confident a visa free environment would be possible across europe for musicians . I think it is much too possible to say that will be possible, i think it is much too early to say that will be possible, hopefully things will soften, things will change but at the moment i would say a visa free future is not in the cards. 0liver Dowden was quite confident, quite free with me, but we shall see. Im not going to lay the mantle down and say im leaving it up to the government because i dont think they can do it on their own. Joy crooks is one of thousands of Young British Musicians Eltonjohn wants to help by creating a website that will streamline all the paperwork and costs now associated with touring europe, something one Industry Insider said at the moment as being like head scratchingly difficult if not impossible. The government said in a statement it absolutely agreed musicians should be able to work across europe, adding it was determined to work with the Music Industry in resolving any barriers they face so that touring can resume as soon as it is safe to do so. Will gompertz, bbc news. Hollywood actor Russell Crowe has sent a surprise Birthday Message to a british sailor in a round the world yacht race. Bbc radio solent presenter steve harris tweeted the actor to asking for a message for pip hare who said in an interview shes a big fan. Pip celebrates her 47th birthday on sunday. Shes currently in the atlantic ocean, with more than 2,000 nautical miles to the finish line remaining. In his in a video message, crowe urged her to keep going. Happy birthday, pip. I hear you are selling around the globe now. Now, just this morning i was kayaking up coughs creek. I had a paddle, made it significantly easier, so it is similarjourney i imagine. Anyway, im sitting here thinking about the incredible challenge in front of you and how overwhelming it must feel some days. Sojust keep going. What an amazing feeling you will have when you can say you have claimed the globe. Happy birthday, pip. Sail well. Such a deep voice. Now its time for a look at the weather with susan powell. Hello. Wintry weather is set to become increasingly disruptive across the uk in the days ahead as it becomes increasingly widespread. We move much in the cold air. 0vernight it the snow for scotland and parts of the pennines tonight. Widespread fraud for scotland and temperatures for 5 degrees further south. Due thursday, daytime snow continues to feed into a large swathe of scotland and perhaps converting back more so the rain across Northern England. Showers further south pushing in the parts of england and wales with temperatures in double figures here, the cold air confined to the far north of the uk, but through friday saturday into sunday it will start to push its way southwards. The met office concerned, but i think that 0ffice concerned, but i think that risk will transfer further south for sunday. This is bbc news. A major Milestone Britain has vaccinated ten Million People. Its a giant step in the fight against covid. And on the same day, a new study that seems to shows the astrazeneca vaccine does reduce transmission of the virus. Its a positive devlopment as the number of new coronavirus cases continues to fall both here in the us and in the uk, although Public Health officials remain wary of the threat from new variants. Republican divisions reach fever pitch. This hour, gop house members are debating the fate of two prominent lawmakers, fighting for Rival Visions of the party. Also in the programme the former chair of the ecb, mario draghi, is asked to form a new government in italy