donald trump on trial — again. the first ever impeachment of a former president gets under way in a few hours�* time. a supreme talent — mary wilson of the 1960s motown trio has died at the age of 76. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the health secretary matt hancock has announced a series of strict new border measures for england to attempt to prevent people bringing new variants of the virus into the country, they include fines of up to £10,000 for those who fail to quarantine in hotels when travelling into the country. he also said travellers will face up to ten years in prison for anyone hiding the fact they've been to any of the 33 designated high—risk countries. mr hancock also said people arriving here will be required to take two tests — failure to do so will also lead to big fines. the measures will come into force on monday, though critics have said tough measures should have come in sooner. here's theo leggett. travel into the uk is about to get even tougher and the rules even more complicated. passengers already need to test negative for covid—19 before they can even get on a plane, train or ferry, now arrivals in england will have to take further tests during their ten days in isolation. the first after two days and the second after eight days which they will have to pay for. the first test will be used to identify not only whether anyone is carrying the virus but also whether they've been infected with a new variant. we will be putting in place tough fines for people who do not comply, this includes a £1000 penalty for any international rival ——arrival who fails to take a mandatory test, a £2000 penalty to any international arrival who fails to take the second mandatory test as well as automatically extending their quarantine period to m days. the government has already said from next week people arriving in england, wales and northern ireland from a so—called red list of countries seen as being high risk, will have to spend their isolation period in quarantine hotels at own expense. and scotland plans to make all international arrivals undergo hotel quarantine. these measures, taken together, are designed to prevent potentially dangerous new variants of covid—19 getting a foothold in the uk. testing before flight is used to make sure that people on that flight are not transmitting to one another, that's one issue related to testing. another is testing after people arrive and if they are tested faithfully after they arrive and then five or eight days later, they can determine whether they were infected in the previous week or so. so it's very important that these testing strategies are used for the right purpose. i call the shadow secretary of state jonathan ashworth. for i call the shadow secretary of state jonathan ashworth.— i call the shadow secretary of state jonathan ashworth. for labour at the new measures _ jonathan ashworth. for labour at the new measures don't _ jonathan ashworth. for labour at the new measures don't go _ jonathan ashworth. for labour at the new measures don't go far— jonathan ashworth. for labour at the new measures don't go far enough i jonathan ashworth. for labour at the | new measures don't go far enough and more is needed. he new measures don't go far enough and more is needed.— more is needed. he has announced a detailed pack — more is needed. he has announced a detailed pack of _ more is needed. he has announced a detailed pack of today _ more is needed. he has announced a detailed pack of today but _ more is needed. he has announced a detailed pack of today but he - more is needed. he has announced a detailed pack of today but he has - detailed pack of today but he has not announced comprehensive quarantine controls at the mot —— borders. white would over half of countries where the south african variant has been identified why are over half not on the so—called red list? but for the travel industry, it's another severe blow. what we need is some sort of consistency and measures across the globe but consistent is very important and also instead of assuming an entire country is infected, we need to figure out how we move to a risk based on individuals so we are in favour of testing, testing is good but we are not in favour of blanket quarantine. meanwhile, some passengers are complaining the existing rules simply aren't being enforced properly. sharon says when she arrived at heathrow from south africa last night, she passed through the airport without any checks at all. i was in the arrivals hall within ten minutes, to spend all this money going around testing people who may have the south african strain and i could be incubating it. i was very saddened because of what we are going through, because of how desperate our situation is. the government insists it will now enforce the rules with a firm hand, not only with fines but also a possible ten year prison sentence are those who lie about where they are travelling from. theo leggett, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is at westminster. the government has been criticised by some for being slow to take tougher measures about the borders but it looks like it's reacting now. that's right. there is no doubt there is a reaction now, after quite a long time of people both within politics and beyond saying surely more should be done and we've seen that reflected in the last few minutes from a conservative backbencher because matt hancock are still on his feet 90 minutes after delivering the statement, taking questions from mps. there are those who say could the uk have modelled themselves on the likes of australia and new zealand much sooner? the argument from the government has been the uk geographically is in a very different situation from australia and new zealand, much more reliant on international travel and trade. to do that would have been much more impractical. none the less mr hancock has been talking to his australian opposite number about elements of this package, not least the quarantine in hotels that is due to begin next monday. as we were hearing there at the end of your�*s report, you might think looking at these measures, the government is not taking any prisoners, it is because if there is a threat of a ten year jail because if there is a threat of a ten yearjail sentence for people failing to acknowledge on their arrival is formed they've come from one of these countries on the so—called red list of particularly high risk. so-called red list of particularly hiuh risk. , ~ so-called red list of particularly hih risk. , ~ ., high risk. here is mr hancock. an one high risk. here is mr hancock. anyone who — high risk. here is mr hancock. anyone who lies _ on the passenger locator form and tries to conceal that they've been in a country on the red list, in the ten days before arrival here, will face a prison sentence of up to ten years. these measures will be put into law this week and i've been working with the home secretary, the border force and the police to make sure more resources are being put into enforcing these measures. i make no apologies for the strength of these measures. because we're dealing with one of the strongest threats to our public health that we've faced as a nation. what is the opposition saying? aren't they supportive of this level of sanction?— of sanction? they are. there has been widespread _ of sanction? they are. there has been widespread support - of sanction? they are. there has been widespread support in - of sanction? they are. there has been widespread support in the l been widespread support in the commons for the announcement. there has been questions around timing and whether it could happen sooner and questions about practicalities and we will learn more details about what the implications are for the devolved nations beyond england this afternoon. and in the coming days. then there is the broader question which is not really for now but will become a question, which is how well the government unravel and relax these measures in the forthcoming months? because there may be a temptation, this is the demand from song, the borders remain some that are fortified for quite a long time because as cases begin to drop in the uk as they are, one way to avoid importing more virus and particularly new variants, is having limitations on borders and could there be a trade—off between tougher borders and more freedom domestically? at the moment going on holiday it is illegal but if there is a relaxation that allows that to happen, there will be huge questions around the practicality and financing of any overseas trips given the cost we now know will be attached if these measures remain in place. for people wanting to come back into the country after their time away. back into the country after their time away-— back into the country after their time awa . , . , . time away. chris, thanks very much indeed. time away. chris, thanks very much indeed- chris _ time away. chris, thanks very much indeed. chris mason _ time away. chris, thanks very much indeed. chris mason at _ time away. chris, thanks very much l indeed. chris mason at westminster. i am joined now from newcastle by professor andrew hayward, he's director of the ucl institute of epidemiology and a member of sage and nervtag. good afternoon to you, professor. your reaction first of all to these new sanctions that have been announced by the government? first of all, 'ust announced by the government? first of all. just to — announced by the government? f “st of all, just to reiterate i'm speaking any personal capacity. in terms of the new measures, they will reduce the risk of importation new variants, i think a shot of having quarantine for all from all countries, —— short of having. you will never remove the risk but it will never remove the risk but it will reduce the risk and slow down many new variants. do you think as we have had news of variants being spotted in south africa, for example, that this level of restriction should have been brought in sooner? well, with most measures, if you're going to introduce them, introducing them sooner is better than later. and of course i think one of the particular problems with a new variants is by the time you realise there is a problem in another country, then the likelihood is you will have already imported them. and sure enough we know that our cases of the south african variant in the country and we have measures to reduce the spread of those. early timing is better, yes.— reduce the spread of those. early timing is better, yes. yesterday we were saying — timing is better, yes. yesterday we were saying there _ timing is better, yes. yesterday we were saying there were _ timing is better, yes. yesterday we were saying there were fewer - timing is better, yes. yesterday we were saying there were fewer than | were saying there were fewer than 150 cases of the south african variant found in the uk, would you suspect that's variant is more widespread here than the numbers suggest? widespread here than the numbers su: est? , ~' ~ ., widespread here than the numbers su: est? , ,, ~ ., ., suggest? yes, i think we know that. the variant — suggest? yes, i think we know that. the variant is _ suggest? yes, i think we know that. the variant is identified _ suggest? yes, i think we know that. the variant is identified through - the variant is identified through undertaking sequencing of the virus and we only sequence somewhere between five and 10% of all strains so we automatically note there must be at least ten times more,... 0ver be at least ten times more,... over 1000, you be at least ten times more,... 0ver1000, you would reckon? 1500? and that's not — 0ver1000, you would reckon? 1500? and that's not even _ 0ver1000, you would reckon? 1500? and that's not even accounting - 0ver1000, you would reckon? 1500? and that's not even accounting for - and that's not even accounting for the fact many people who have covid symptoms or are infected don't get tested. the problem will be much more widespread than that figure of 100 would suggest. what sort of phase of the epidemic do you think we are in now in the uk? well, i think we have seen the worst of the pandemic. in terms... i don't think we will see another winter like this one with the extraordinarily high levels of mortality. i think the vaccine will make a big difference to mortality but the big question is the extent to which new variants will disrupt that. we know it reduces vaccine effectiveness but our hope is its makes much less difference on the protection against severe disease. so i would anticipate covid is not going away but it is becoming more controllable which will of course a lower mortality through a combination of the vaccine and the fact that people have been exposed naturally as well. and as to the question our correspondent chris mason was raising about when restrictions might be lifted and whether people might be lifted and whether people might have to accept a trade—off between tougher measures at the border in return for greater relaxation domestically, where do you stand on that? what do you see happening? i think it's extraordinarily difficult to predict, part of that is because we don't really understand the potential of the new variants. i think if it became clear that the new variants were more a problem with regard to the vaccines, then obviously that increases the importance of border controls in comparison to domestic control. i think we need to understand more. thank you very much for that. professor andrew heywa rd thank you very much for that. professor andrew heyward from university college london. i want to take you straight to holyrood where scotland's transport secretary is making a statement. yesterday 822 positive cases were reported. this represents a 7.2% of all tests that were carried out. there are 1618 people in hospital, which is a decrease of 5a from yesterday. 112 people are in intensive care. four more than yesterday. i am sorry to confirm that in the past 2a hours, there were a further 58 deaths registered. 0f were a further 58 deaths registered. of patients who first tested positive over the previous 28 days. as a result, there are now 6501 deaths under that measurement. i extend my sympathy and condolences to everyone who has lost a beloved member of their family or friends. these numbers are still much higher than we would like. they show this wave of the pandemic starting to recede. at the same time, vaccine deployment continues apace, we expect this week to exceed 1 million total vaccinations in scotland. as of 8:30am this morning, 928,122 people in scotland have received their first dose of the vaccine. these encouraging signs help explain why in the scottish government's view stronger restrictions on international travel are needed. the uk report on genomic sequencing shows the role international travel played in the rise in cases last summer. around 40% of new lineages in scotland identified in that analysis came directly from overseas. through international travel. the rest came from elsewhere within the uk. we also know the nature of the risk from international travel has now changed. we face a different challenge in variants of the coronavirus then we face last year. two specific mutations give cause for concern. this concern is increased because they have emerged repeatedly and independently in different parts of the world. want mutation is believed to be associated with increased transmissibility, making it easier to spread the virus. the second mutation is believed to be associated with resistance to protective antibodies. so that if you have already had covid—19 you could be at risk of reinfection from the variant. this could mean vaccines we are deploying it may be less effective against these variants. the variant identified in south africa has both of these mutations, as does a second variant found in brazil. it is vital that we do everything possible to prevent these variants entering scotland and gaining a foothold. we cannot risk variants from international travel undermining the deployment of our vaccine. 0f undermining the deployment of our vaccine. of course, these case numbers still matter. 0ur border health measures play an important role in suppressing new cases in scotland. but protecting the vaccine and helping us to return to a greater degree of normality in our day—to—day lives is now also a major part of the purpose of the international travel regulations. the scottish government is clear that policy on international travel control must be guided by expert clinical advice. that advice is clear. we need a comprehensive approach to restricting international travel. sage concluded international travel. sage concluded in papers published last week, i quote, reactive geographically targeted travel bans cannot be relied upon to stop the importation of new variants. they went on and stated, they highlighted the lag between emergence and identification of variants of concern. as well as the potential for indirect travel to the potential for indirect travel to the uk via a third country. unfortunately at the present moment the uk government continues to rely on a targeted reactive approach. this has been what we along with other uk nations have been doing up till now. that has led to additional restrictions on travel from areas at risk from the variant identified in south africa and brazil. covering south africa and brazil. covering south america, large parts of africa and the countries with close travel links to those regions. it is clear that this approach is no longer sufficient to provide the protection necessary. it depends upon the ability of the joint bio—security centre to assess the risk of the gbc will update us on countries are subject to these measures next week. the key challenge is the ability of data to inform the gbc analysis. with a very limited genomic sequencing going on globally, data on new variants is unreliable. it is very hard to say with confidence where the high—risk countries are, even for the variants we know about. that is why the scottish government wants a comprehensive approach to managed isolation. from monday we'll require all international travellers arriving directly on flights into scotland to enter managed isolation. this goes further that the measures announced by the uk health secretary earlier this afternoon. the uk government has only committed to adopting this for travellers returning from red list countries. we know that is not sufficient and we have therefore gone further. we believe that all international travellers, with some limited exceptions, should meet the requirement to isolate in managed facilities. the welsh first minister has echoed that, arguing anyone entering the uk should be required, expected to enter quarantine. 0ur expected to enter quarantine. our aim on international travel has always been to work on a four nations basis where possible. we engage with the uk, welsh governments and northern ireland executive to agree a joint approach to contract and transport accommodation services required for managed isolation. this will involve a common approach to procurement for tails and related services, initially in england and in scotland. based on a uk government contract —— procurement of hotels. this will have flexibility to respond to different policy directions we are taking. and ensure all arrivals are required to enter quarantine here in scotland. passengers flying to scotland from overseas will be required to book and pay for mandatory isolation in a quarantine hotel through a common online portal. that system operated ijy online portal. that system operated by the uk government will go live on thursday. we have identified six hotels close to aberdeen, edinburgh and glasgow airports with a combined capacity of 1300 rooms. the cost for the first traveller in a room will be £1750. with supplements for additionalfamily be £1750. with supplements for additional family members. be £1750. with supplements for additionalfamily members. these additional family members. these costs additionalfamily members. these costs will include a mandatory testing regime, and we will require all arrivals to be tested twice, on day two and day eight after arrival. at launch this will be through the uk testing programme with the intent to quickly move to private sector provision. however, there is currently capacity in the lighthouse lab to meet the needs of the present travel levels. we will develop a managed isolation welfare fund for travellers who may struggle to meet the charges associated with this. we have been in touch with the airports, transport scotland officials, briefed edinburgh and ags over the weekend and the connectivity minister paul wheelhouse is discussing managed isolation with scottish airports, as i speak. the number of travellers coming to scotland directly is reducing. and i expect these restrictions to reduce arrivals yet further. there were approximately 1600 in the last week of january. but that failed to only 730 in the first week of february. the number of people also transiting via international hubs is greater. passengers entering england from the red list countries who then seek to travel on to scotland will have to isolate any hotel in england. last week that was around 130 people. we continue to press the uk government to adopt what we believe is a more comprehensive approach and require all arrivals to go into quarantine hotels. we have asked the uk government to work with us to identify international travellers not caught by this approach. so that arrangements can be made for them to isolate in a quarantine hotel, in line with the policy in scotland. these measures will be backed with criminal offences, as usual. this will add to the powers that enforcement bodies already have at their disposal, such as culpable and reckless conduct. we work closely with police scotland, border force and otherjustice partners on implementing a range of offences and penalties to support the managed isolation policy, and to aid compliance. of course, no nonessential international travel is allowed at present. it is important people adhere to these rules, we will continue to keep them under review and to consider whether there is more that needs to be done to protect our communities from the risk of importation. there will be some exceptions from the requirement to isolate in managed facilities. however, many exceptions that will require travellers to self—isolate at home or their own accommodation. they will only be able to leave isolation for the essential work that they are here to do. a very small number of arrivals will not be required to isolate, for example, in essential supply chains for goods coming into scotland, foreign diplomats and essential defence activities. we also are tightening some of our existing exemptions further. this will include limiting overseas training for elite sports people, to athletes and coaches preparing for the olympics and paralympics. the number of international travellers coming into scotland has fallen significantly, nonessential travel remains unlawful and the majority of arrivals right now are required to self—isolate at home. the stronger approach we are taking is necessary and proportionate. i expect tougher restrictions to lead to a further reduction in travel numbers. as transport secretary, i understand the impact these vital measures to protect scotland from the virus will have on the aviation sector. there is a role for the sector to play, and we will work closely with the airlines and airports to ensure passengers are conveyed safely and securely at all stages of their journeys. we are supporting the sector including by maintaining our package of business rates relief for airports, given the challenges that the aviation sector in scotland is facing, and i intend to build on our existing engagement and create an aviation working group. it is important this group meets the needs of the sector and will therefore work with our industry stakeholders to refine its scope. we have had to make many difficult decisions in the course of this pandemic. this is no different. it is clear that to manage the risk of importation of new variants and to give faxing deployment of the best chance to bring us closer to normality here in scotland we have to place further limitations on international travel —— give faxing deployment of the best chance. for these to be as effective as possible i encourage you keep ministers to match our ambition and help protect scotland and all of the uk —— i encourage uk ministers. and all of the uk -- i encourage uk ministers. ~ �* ., ., and all of the uk -- i encourage uk ministers-— ministers. we'll move to questions now. ministers. we'll move to questions nova thank — ministers. we'll move to questions now. thank you. _ ministers. we'll move to questions now. thank you. it _ ministers. we'll move to questions now. thank you. it is _ ministers. we'll move to questions now. thank you. it is normal - ministers. we'll move to questions now. thank you. it is normal at - ministers. we'll move to questions| now. thank you. it is normal at this oint i now. thank you. it is normal at this point i would _ now. thank you. it is normal at this point i would thank _ now. thank you. it is normal at this point i would thank the _ now. thank you. it is normal at this point i would thank the cabinet - point i would thank the cabinet secretary for advance sight of the statement however it arrived just minutes — statement however it arrived just minutes before he got to his feet. which _ minutes before he got to his feet. which i _ minutes before he got to his feet. which i think is unacceptable. however. _ which i think is unacceptable. however, i am delighted that the scottish— however, i am delighted that the scottish government vaccine roll—out has sped _ scottish government vaccine roll—out has sped up, the progress could have happened _ has sped up, the progress could have happened faster but we are pleased at the _ happened faster but we are pleased at the pace, that the pace has finally— at the pace, that the pace has finally picked up. the cabinet secretary has given us information about_ secretary has given us information about new — secretary has given us information about new quarantine measures for people _ about new quarantine measures for people arriving in scotland. airports _ people arriving in scotland. airports need to be fully on board and they— airports need to be fully on board and they need to understand what is expected _ and they need to understand what is expected of them but until today no minister— expected of them but until today no minister had been in touch with any of them _ minister had been in touch with any of them about these plans. a few questions — of them about these plans. a few questions for the cabinet secretary. can he _ questions for the cabinet secretary. can he tell— questions for the cabinet secretary. can he tell us why ministers did not engage _ can he tell us why ministers did not engage with the airline sector at an earlier— engage with the airline sector at an earlier stage? is there yet a uk agreement to contract transport and accommodation? have any hotel rooms been procured yet? and other business _ been procured yet? and other business rates relief already announced, when will sector specific support— announced, when will sector specific support be _ announced, when will sector specific support be available? let me deal with the first point that he has made, and my apologies for the late arrival of the statement. that was a combination of appearing at committee and also the weather related issues that prevented my own ability to be able to finalise the statement then for it to be distributed to members. but i do apologise for the late arrival of it to members. i've had extensive discussions with airports, airlines and aviation related businesses over the course of the last year on a very, very regular basis. 0n the course of the last year on a very, very regular basis. on a whole range of different matters that have been taking forward. but we will also recognise the complexity of the procurement process and has been had to be put in place and to operationalise the provision of managed isolation hotels. and due to the poor nations approach, which we have taken, that has taken longer than we would have all like to have. having now settled on a great approach that is being taken forward, we are now informing those with the aviation sector exactly how thatis with the aviation sector exactly how that is going to be rolled out. and that is going to be rolled out. and thatis that is going to be rolled out. and that is exactly what is happening right now with paul newhouse in discussions with edinburgh and egs airports, taking them through that particular process. in relation to the uk agreement for transportation and accommodation, what i can advise the member is that the uk government contract that we are using for this purpose in partnership with the uk government has identified all of the hotel accommodation that would be block booked by the scottish government for the purposes of delivering managed isolation for the 15th of february. and we have given details of that to the uk government in order to make sure that that is put in place through the uk government contract. that has not been taken forward by civil servants to make sure that it is in place for the 15th of february next week. and on the member's final point in relation to business rates relief, he does give the impression as though we have just given them business rates relief, and others about it, and we have done else. i would gently point out to the member that we are provided business rates relief to aviation and airport sectors within scotland, the uk government hasn't. and we have repeatedly said to the uk government that they need to show a greater commitment to supporting the wider aviation sector in the whole of the uk, and to date, they have failed to do so. that i can assure the member that we will continue to provide him with the relief, as we've said, for the first two months of the next financial year. and we will continue to press the uk government to bring a package of support to assist the ag asian sector right across the uk —— aviation sector and what is a difficult time. -- aviation sector and what is a difficult time.— difficult time. that was the scottish transport - difficult time. that was the scottish transport factory l scottish transport factory confirming that from monday —— secretary, all travellers who arrived by air into scotland will have to go into managed self isolation, that is quarantined for ten days. and in that sense, the scottish government has gone further than the uk government, which has committed today to people returning from 33 high—risk countries having to go into managed self isolation. we heard also that the government has booked 1300 rooms at hotels near scottish airports, it will cost travellers £1750 for the whole stay of ten days, and that is the same as in england. so that statement there might be scottish transport secretary. now, there were more than 9000 covid tests in the uk in the last week of january. according to figures published today by the office for national statistics — one of the worst weeks in the first or second wave. but this is likely to be the peak of the second wave. let's take a loot at those figures in more detail with our head of statistics, robert cuffe. why do we think the numbers are going to fall?— why do we think the numbers are going to fall? because we have had better news — going to fall? because we have had better news since _ going to fall? because we have had better news since the _ going to fall? because we have had better news since the last - going to fall? because we have had better news since the last week - going to fall? because we have had better news since the last week in l better news since the last week in january and i think we can show those figures to the audience. the numbers we are reporting on, they go up numbers we are reporting on, they go up until the end of last month, and i think hopefully the audience could see them in the redline on the chart is being displayed, and you can also see the airline, which is the —— the yellow line, the daily figure that we hear about and that goes on up until today. and two think the take away from that, one is that they have been in lockstep through the second wave, even though they use different definitions are very similar. and the second point is the peak at the end of january, the daily desk figure has been coming down in recent weeks. even though the end of january was one of the worst week that we have seen, there is hope, things have been getting better since then we hope the registrations will show in short order. ~ ., registrations will show in short order. ~ . ., registrations will show in short order. . ., ., , order. when we have also had figures for care homes _ order. when we have also had figures for care homes today. _ order. when we have also had figures for care homes today. what _ order. when we have also had figures for care homes today. what is - order. when we have also had figures for care homes today. what is the - for care homes today. what is the picture there. for care homes today. what is the picture there-— picture there. about two and half thousand deaths _ picture there. about two and half thousand deaths in _ picture there. about two and half thousand deaths in care - picture there. about two and half thousand deaths in care homes i picture there. about two and half i thousand deaths in care homes that week. 6% on the previous week, rising sharply, nearly doubled since the start of january. was a warning sign there, but there is hope that it is slowing down. her sleep because the increases are getting smaller and also because we are seeing fewer outbreaks and care homes and we get a bit of a lead signalfrom the care homes and we get a bit of a lead signal from the care quality commission and the numbers look like they're falling there also. so it is one to watch, but has to be more in mind that the second wave has a very different and care homes —— has been very different in care homes compared to before, people and care homes account for 40% of covid deaths in the first wave and now it is back down to 25—30%, which is much closer to the proportion of non—covid test that we normally see in care homes. someone to watch, but probably a better story than the first wave. brute probably a better story than the first wave. ~ ., probably a better story than the first wave-— probably a better story 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at desk between september and december and they have shown, as he said, that while black african and... more so then the white people, but that has gone away, but for pakistani men or women, the risk is three orfour times for pakistani men or women, the risk is three or four times higher than their white counterparts. and for indian people, the risk is higher, but not quite so much. some of that is explained by health and wealth and differences between differ groups in society, but not all of it. the good news is probably that the authors of the report think that what is driving it, if he thinks in terms of dying with covid, catching and dying from it, and if it has change so quickly for one group that one of the things here's your chance of catching it. so it means there is a chance we can address it in the differences that we have seen can be addressed and we can lower the risk of people dying. addressed and we can lower the risk of people dying-— of people dying. thank you for that round the bbc _ of people dying. thank you for that round the bbc had _ of people dying. thank you for that round the bbc had a _ of people dying. thank you for that round the bbc had a two _ of people dying. thank you for that round the bbc had a two to - of people dying. thank you for that round the bbc had a two to six. - of people dying. thank you for that l round the bbc had a two to six. time for a look at the sport now, and a full round up for the bbc sport centre, john watson. good afternoon. joe root has praised ingrid's the —— england for bowling two wickets into the over, helping them to a 227 run victory, leaving in one up in the format series. asjoe wilson format series. as joe wilson reports. well, old friend, of all the good days, this was one of the best. first, a concentration master caught, and gwen had one big wicket, needed more. enteranderson. confirmand, watch the ball, did, swing, clatter, is england's the super bowl are getting better? anderson to route former proof. they relied on the eyes of the captain. adding and battling, but who else? the glove was found when caught and gone, and not even this man could stop this. dismissed by stokes for 72, the surface is old, the ball can die, and that was a match. archer finished at 192 all—out. the wind which joe root finished at 192 all—out. the wind whichjoe root had battled and the possibility was now complete. the name the possibility was now complete. tue: game the whole possibility was now complete. tte: game the whole way possibility was now complete. t"te: game the whole way through possibility was now complete. t'te: game the whole way through and possibility was now complete. t“te: game the whole way through and the guys were exceptional today in particular. it was fabulous, so a really pleasing performance, and it fills me with confidence going into the rest of the season. this fills me with confidence going into the rest of the season.— fills me with confidence going into the rest of the season. this is now standin: the rest of the season. this is now standing indian _ the rest of the season. this is now standing indian team _ the rest of the season. this is now standing indian team on _ the rest of the season. this is now standing indian team on home - the rest of the season. this is now| standing indian team on home soil, england's when deserves most serious sporting respect. joe wilson, bbc news. british number one is out of the australian open, she was forced to retire from herfirst the australian open, she was forced to retire from her first round the australian open, she was forced to retire from herfirst round match on day two in melbourne despite receiving treatment on an abdominal injury during the first set, which he won. she lost the first eight points of the second set, the entry forcing her to retire, bringing an abrupt end to her tournament. t abrupt end to her tournament. i don't really know what to make of it yet, i think because it happens so recently i feel in a bit of a state of shock recently like i'm having a bit of an out of body experience. i have little experience with acute injuries and having to withdraw, so knock on wood that is very lucky for me, i haven't had too much experience with this. so this is a learning curve for me and the new experience. learning curve for me and the new experience-_ learning curve for me and the new experience. elsewhere for the brits toda , the experience. elsewhere for the brits today. the all— experience. elsewhere for the brits today, the all british _ experience. elsewhere for the brits today, the all british class - experience. elsewhere for the brits today, the all british class againstl today, the all british class against dan evans, the british number one. in the men's draw, british number one dan evans is out, beaten by compatriot cameron norrie in an all british encounter in the first round. heather watson is also through, but a fellow brit lost her first match at the grand slam. their performance of the day came from ash party, the australian, ruthless against the payer, lending line winning 6—0, 6-0. payer, lending line winning 6—0, 6—0. also through... and the first squad has been named as the midfielderjill scott is among the seniorfigures included, and monda hopper 150th cap for essex against their game in northern ireland. she said just ask one ofjust 20 means that she's earned a place in the squad. that is about it from the bbc sport centre for disease control and prevention now, i will be back for another update. see you later this afternoon. thank you, john. the government risks �*turning the clock back�* on equality for women — because economic support packages offered during the pandemic have been �*repeatedly skewed towards men,�* — that�*s the finding of a group of cross—party mps. the committee chair caroline nokes said the government had "repeatedly failed to consider" caring inequalities faced by women. the report recommends reforms, including making it easierfor staff to get flexible working. alex forsyth has more. well, i�*ve got the brunt of everything, really — trying to earn a living and to home—school my son. i'd found a job that was perfect for me and my family, and then it was just taken away from me by this pandemic. a lot of companies are looking . for new people, but the problem is that they're not very flexible. for each of these women, the pandemic�*s come with a particular cost — jobs lost, childcare struggles, businesses paused. now a group of mps is warning many women have been hard—hit by the economic of this virus and the risk is, it makes inequality worse. take sharon. she recently set up an ethical clothing business from home and runs a charity, the luca foundation, in memory of her stillborn son. but with her husband working full—time, she�*s borne the brunt of home—schooling, with her work taking a back—seat. so, this time round, my husband is not furloughed. had barely any time to focus on my business or the charity. i know a lot of mums who work from home and have their own small businesses, like myself, and all of them are saying that they�*ve been affected by home—schooling and they really don�*t have the time now to put in the energy to earn a living from their small business. many sectors have been hard—hit, but there�*s evidence that women are more likely to work in industries like hospitality and retail, which has seen closure after closure pile up. joanne had a job in a hotel, an idealfit around herfamily, but she was made redundant last year and hasn�*t been able to find work since. i was devastated because i'd not been there long, but i'd found a job that was perfect for me and my family, somewhere i fitted in. i don't want to do anything else. hospitality's all i know and what i'm good at, so... our plan to build, build, build... ministers have promised huge investment in rebuilding the economy, creating jobs, on top of billions spent already protecting them, but critics say there�*s too much focus on hard hats and high—vis — male—dominated sectors. with more people working from home, the government says it does want to harness the cultural shift covid has prompted, with parents sharing caring roles and more flexibility from employers. shall we make a flower? for single mum clare, that flexibility is key. she�*s struggled with childcare through the pandemic and, having recently been made redundant, she�*s finding it hard to get a job that fits round her daughter�*s needs. employers need to really think about the choices they�*re making and i think the government need to also proactively change that too. so, things like flexible working to be a right for everybody, and remote working should be a part of that too. so much about the way we work has changed, the government has had to scramble to put in place support schemes which have largely been welcomed, but mps say there must be more focus on support for women, or gender equality could go backwards. alex forsyth, bbc news. victoria benson is the chief executive of gingerbread, a charity for single parent families. she gave evidence in the inquiry last year. good afternoon to you. i am very struck that single parenthood as you have described it, it is a gendered issue because a vast majority of single parents are women. how would you say that the women you have dealt with have coped during this pandemic? 50 dealt with have coped during this andemic? ., ' :: , dealt with have coped during this andemic? ., ' in ., dealt with have coped during this andemic? ., '::f ., , pandemic? so over 9096 of single arents pandemic? so over 9096 of single parents are _ pandemic? so over 9096 of single parents are women, _ pandemic? so over 9096 of single parents are women, so _ pandemic? so over 9096 of single parents are women, so this - pandemic? so over 9096 of single parents are women, so this is - pandemic? so over 9096 of single i parents are women, so this is deftly a gendered issue. and we have seen that single parents are one of the worst affected groups from the pandemic. they are the group that is most likely to be working in the shutdown sectors, so a huge number have lost other hours or theirjobs. and what would you say the main issues are?— and what would you say the main issues are? ~ ., .,, , .,, issues are? well, for those people, the have issues are? well, for those people, they have lost _ issues are? well, for those people, they have lost their _ issues are? well, for those people, they have lost their income, - issues are? well, for those people, they have lost their income, and i they have lost their income, and they have lost their income, and they are solely responsible for looking after their children. some have been furloughed, and they count themselves very likely, but at the same time they are looking after their children at home educating them and they have been put in an impossible position to juggle their paid job and childcare. abhd paid job and childcare. and childcare — paid job and childcare. and childcare is _ paid job and childcare. and childcare is key, _ paid job and childcare. and childcare is key, i - paid job and childcare. and childcare is key, i suppose. people rely on either formal childcare is key, i suppose. people rely on eitherformal or childcare is key, i suppose. people rely on either formal or informal childcare. , ., , rely on either formal or informal childcare. , ., ., , ., childcare. yes, the vast ma'ority of sin . le childcare. yes, the vast ma'ority of single parents * childcare. yes, the vast ma'ority of single parents rely i childcare. yes, the vast ma'ority of single parents rely on i childcare. yes, the vast majority of single parents rely on formal- single parents rely on formal childcare, so nurseries, child minders, brexits clubs and after settings. in many of those have closed during —— breakfast clubs, and the mums who are lucky enough to have a job were unable to find childcare, without that childcare, single parents cannot work. find single parents cannot work. and about those _ single parents cannot work. and about those parents who are reliant on a former partner for child maintenance payments? haifa on a former partner for child maintenance payments? how are they caettin maintenance payments? how are they getting along? — maintenance payments? how are they getting along? many _ maintenance payments? how are they getting along? many single _ maintenance payments? how are they getting along? many single parents i getting along? many single parents have had a triple whammy and they have had a triple whammy and they have lost their jobs have had a triple whammy and they have lost theirjobs and their salaries, increasing costs, but they have also lost her child maintenance. and for some, that is through perfectly valid reasons because their exes have lost their jobs, but the child maintenance service also withdrew much of its services during the pandemic, which meant that it wasn�*t investigating partners who decided to stop paying their child maintenance. so we have had a lot of callers to our helpline who have seen their child maintenance payments disappear as well. 50 maintenance payments disappear as well, ., , ., maintenance payments disappear as well. . ., ., ., well. so are you someone who would want to see — well. so are you someone who would want to see the _ well. so are you someone who would want to see the government - well. so are you someone who would want to see the government shifted i want to see the government shifted its focus from, as our correspondent put it, chaidez and hard hats, to something that is more female friendly? —— hi there is an hard hats. friendly? -- hi there is an hard hats. , , , , ., hats. yes, they need support, not the top of — hats. yes, they need support, not the top of that _ hats. yes, they need support, not the top of that is _ hats. yes, they need support, not the top of that is flexibility, i hats. yes, they need support, not the top of that is flexibility, some | the top of that is flexibility, some flexible employers who recognise that they have caring responsibilities and they need childcare, cheap and effective, reliable childcare that fits around their jobs. reliable childcare that fits around theirjobs. and a lot of childcare providers have shutdown over the pandemic, and many aren�*t expecting to reopen. so we really need to see the government looking at childcare. thank you very much. that is victoria benson from the single—parent charity gingerbread. thank you. scientists from the world health organization have said that the theory that covid—19 leaked from a laboratory in the chinese city of wuhan is "extremely unlikely." they�*ve been presenting their findings after visiting a number of locations in wuhan to investigate the origins of the virus. the team said they believe the most likely cause of the first outbreak was the virusjumping from an "intermediary host species" to human beings. they�*ve looked at four theories. number one, that the coronavirus came from one type of animal into human beings. number two, that it went animal, animal, humans. number three, that it has come from frozen surfaces, perhaps a frozen seafood. numberfour, that it is as a result of a lab leak. on that fourth one, they are saying don�*t waste any more time and money on this because it is highly unlikely. in fact, they�*ve found no evidence of it whatsoever. they like theory number two — animal, animal, human. and that is where they are saying most of the effort should now go. they are recommending a much greater global integration of scientific databases, and more study into the survivability of this virus on frozen surfaces. they are saying it can move long distances on, say, frozen seafood, further than we thought, but they are not sure if that can actually infect people, although it can travel over a large distance. they will now be writing up their final reports, though, and their trip here has come to an end. from tomorrow, they will start flying home. the second impeachment trial of donald trump begins today in the us senate. the former president is charged with "inciting insurrection" in a speech to supporters ahead of the deadly riot at the us capitol just over a month ago. his lawyers say the trial is unconstitutional, and insist he was not responsible. barbara plett usher looks at what we can expect from the trial. shouting for the first time in modern history, america�*s peaceful transfer of power was shaken. the capitol stormed by armed supporters of the president to stop congress from declaring his election defeat. the ragged insurrectionjolted lawmakers into action. members of the lower chamber, including some republicans, charged donald trump with inciting the riots. we fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell, you're not- going to have a country any more. president trump used fiery language that day, his lawyers say he was simply exercising his right to free speech. we are going to walkl down to the capitol... but democrats plan to use his own words against him. crowd: take the capitol! they say the evidence is all out there. live streamed and live tweeted. shouting fight for trump. and they will present it in vivid colour for the nation to see. no—one will be able to avert their gaze from what mr trump said and did, and the consequences of his actions. singing five people died during the riot. here, a memorial service for a capitol police officer who was killed. and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle feared for their lives. and then, ijust start to hear these yells of "where is she? "where is she?" like hell i'm going to let a bunch of domestic terrorists interfere with ourjob to protect and defend the constitution. do you solemnly swear... it looks almost certain that senate republicans won�*t vote to convict. 0n the day they were sworn in as jurors, most of them backed mr trump, calling the trial unconstitutional. democrats are wasting the nation�*s time on a partisan vendetta against a man no longer in office. the man may have left the white house, but he�*s still a power broker in the party with a tight grip on the grass roots. and he�*s not coming back here to testify. to this fortress capitol, still under heavy guard to protect members of congress. republicans are clearly eager to turn this unhappy page and move on. but democrats are determined to hold donald trump to account, for the history books, if nothing else. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. and there is lots more on the iplayer about this story including our correspondent aleem maqbool�*s special programme america: storming the capitol, go to bbc.co.uk/iplayer. mary wilson, one of the original members of the supremes, has died aged 76. the all—female group, which included diana ross, was known for hits such as baby love and you can�*t hurry love — and its music became a defining sound of the 1960s. after leaving the supremes, mary wilson continued as a concert performer, and became more involved in political activism. david sillito looks back at her life. # 0oh, need to hold you...# mary wilson. the supremes. ba by love. # set me free why don�*t you, babe...# you keep me hangin�* 0n. # i remember mama said...# you can�*t hurry love. they were a motown hit machine, five number—one singles in a row. #..it�*s a game of give and take...# mary wilson had formed the group with herfriend, florence ballard, when they were teenagers. then they werejoined by a neighbour, diana ross. and then, they headed to the office of motown in detroit. every day, after school, we would catch the bus to motown, sit on the steps. eventually, we got into the lobby. we�*d sit in the lobby. and every day, we�*d do that until eventually, they signed us. we pestered them — to death! i am just so thrilled because so much has happened to me in the month of february... 60 years on, her death is a shock. she posted this only a few days ago, talking about her plans for the future. and one of her friends received a gift from herjust hours before hearing the sad news. today, i actually got a late christmas gift in the mail from her. and when i went online to say thank you, you know, text her thank you, and it popped up that she had passed, and when i tell you i'm really still in shock. i've got, like, a knot in my chest now. just very, very sad. the world's lost a great entertainer. the head of motown records, berry gordy, said today, "i was extremely shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of a major member of the motown family. mary wilson, of the supremes. she was a trailblazer, diva and will be deeply missed." diana ross offered her condolences and wrote of the many wonderful memories of their time together. of course, it wasn�*t always perfect harmony in the supremes. the decision to rename the group diana ross & the supremes was a sign of who was being groomed for stardom. mary and new member cindy birdsong didn�*t even get to sing on this recording. # love child, never meant to be...# but mary wilson stayed with the supremes until the group came to an end and, over the years, she continued to perform, she wrote, she campaigned for performers�* rights. and she was looking forward to celebrating the 60th anniversary of the supremes — a memory of the era of civil rights, when the charts were ruled by three successful, confident, glamorous black women. as mary wilson said, yes, she was the dreamgirl. mary wilson, who has died at the age of 76. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. well, some of us have another 26 to 36 hours of these intermittent snow showers. some of them light, some still very heavy. for example, across parts of central and eastern scotland. an amber warning in force from the met office here through today and into this evening. and also, we have some snow potentially for the channel islands through the afternoon and evening, on top of that gale—force winds, for some temporary blizzards here as well. now, the evening is going to be subzero across the uk. on top of that, we still have that cold east, north—easterly, so it is going to feel more like —7 in some of the stronger gusts. now, through the course tonight, the snow showers continue, again, giving fresh accumulations of snow. around two to five centimetres at most, ten in parts of scotland. but also a lot of clear weather around as well. and the winds are just starting to drop a little bit as we go into the early hours of wednesday. temperatures in some spots dipping down to —15 degrees, again, in the scottish glens. so tomorrow, bright sparkling sunshine, i think, for some of us in the west of the country. but the snow showers further east will become less frequent. and the reason for that is because high pressure will be building, and high pressure stops showers from forming, it eases the winds and the high pressure will be building from the north. so in scotland we will see that high by the time get to wednesday night. also, the winds will ease, and with high pressure and easing winds, it�*s going to get very, very cold. in fact, these are the city temperatures. —12 or lower in scotland, —8 in parts of london. for parts of london, it could be, in fact, wednesday night into thursday, the coldest night in around a decade. so some super cold weather on the way thursday morning. very frosty, but changes are starting to take place in the south—west of the british isles. weather fronts are trying to sneak in. that is a sign that there is mild air not that far away from us. but by friday, i think that milder air mightjust about be nudging into ireland, maybe the tip of cornwall, but the cold easterly air is still very much in place across the uk through friday and quite possibly into saturday and maybe sunday as well. so friday, i think, a crisp day on the way. that snow isn�*t going away anywhere. it�*s still a cold day. this is bbc news. the headlines: tougher quarantine rules for anyone coming into england from abroad — and up to ten years in prison for those hiding the fact they�*ve been to a high—risk country. i make no apologies for the strength of these measures. because we are dealing with one of the strongest threats to our public health that we�*ve faced as a nation. the scottish government has gone further and says all overseas travellers arriving in scotland will be required to quarantine in a hotel. and coming up at 3.30 — we�*ll be answering your questions on the strict new restrictions for uk arrivals during quarantine. world health organisation scientists who travelled to wuhan investigating the origins of the virus — say it is "extremely unlikely" to have emerged as a result of an incident in a laboratory. donald trump on trial — again. the first ever impeachment of a former president gets under way in a few hours�* time. a seven—month journey over nearly 500 million kilometres — a mission to mars is due to reach the red planet and enter its orbit in the next hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the health secretary matt hancock has announced a series of strict new border measures for england to attempt to prevent people bringing new variants of the virus into the country. they include fines of up to £10,000 for those who fail to quarantine in hotels when travelling into the country. he also said travellers will face up to ten years in prison for anyone hiding the fact they�*ve been to any of the 33 designated high—risk countries. mr hancock also said people arriving here will be required to take two covid tests — failure to do so will also lead to big fines. the measures will come into force on monday though critics have said tough measures should have come in sooner. here�*s theo leggett. travel into the uk is about to get even tougher and the rules even more complicated. passengers already need to test negative for covid—19 before they can even get on a plane, train or ferry, now arrivals in england will have to take further tests during their ten days in isolation. the first after two days and the second after eight days, which they will have to pay for. the first test will be used to identify not only whether anyone is carrying the virus but also whether they�*ve been infected with a new variant. we will be putting in place tough fines for people who do not comply, this includes a £1000 penalty for any international arrival who fails to take a mandatory test, a £2000 penalty to any international arrival who fails to take the second mandatory test, as well as automatically extending their quarantine period to 16 days. the government has already said from next week people arriving in england, wales and northern ireland from a so—called red list of countries, seen as being high risk, will have to spend their isolation period in quarantine hotels at their own expense. and scotland plans to make nearly all international arrivals undergo hotel quarantine. these measures, taken together, are designed to prevent potentially dangerous new variants of covid—19 getting a foothold in the uk. testing before flight is used to make sure that people on that flight are not transmitting to one another, that�*s one issue related to testing. another is testing after people arrive and if they are tested faithfully after they arrive and then five or eight days later, they can determine whether they were infected in the previous week or so. so it�*s very important that these testing strategies are used for the right purpose. but for the travel industry, it�*s another severe blow. what we need is some sort of consistency and measures across the globe but consistent is very important and also instead of assuming an entire country is infected, we need to figure out how we move to a risk based on individuals so we are in favour of testing, testing is good but we are not in favour of blanket quarantine. meanwhile, some passengers are complaining the existing rules simply aren�*t being enforced properly. sharon says when she arrived at heathrow from south africa last night, she passed through the airport without any checks at all. i was in the arrivals hall within ten minutes, to spend all this money going around testing people who may have the south african strain, and i could be incubating it. i was very saddened because of what we are going through, because of how desperate our situation is. the government insists it will now enforce the rules with a firm hand, not only with fines but also a possible ten year prison sentence are those who lie about where they are travelling from. theo leggett, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is at westminster. chris, tough new measures, some people would say they should have come in much sooner. that people would say they should have come in much sooner.— people would say they should have come in much sooner. that was the deflection of— come in much sooner. that was the deflection of some _ come in much sooner. that was the deflection of some in _ come in much sooner. that was the deflection of some in the _ come in much sooner. that was the deflection of some in the house i come in much sooner. that was the deflection of some in the house of| deflection of some in the house of commons. matt hancock to questions for one hour and 40 minutes, broadly supportive what mps on his own side and the opposition benches as far as this package of measures was concerned but quite a bit of the critique including from someone his own side was this could�*ve happened much sooner. he was asked the uk had not modelled itself on new zealand and australia what they had much tighter border restrictions much sooner and the arguments from the government has always been a geographically the uk is literally in a very different place and much more reliant on the international flow of people and goods and that would have been impractical. nonetheless mr hancock said he has beenin nonetheless mr hancock said he has been in conversation with his australian opposite number, particularly around the practicalities of this hotel quarantine policy that will kick in on monday. in addition to that, quite eye—catching look, this idea people could face a heftyjail sentence if they failed to declare they have come from one of the 33 countries on the so—called red list that are deemed to be at the highest risk of importing dangerous new strains of coronavirus. countries primarily in south america and southern africa. here is mr hancock making that announcement in the commons. anyone who lies on the passenger locator form and tries to conceal that they've been in a country on the red list, in the ten days before arrival here, will face a prison sentence of up to ten years. these measures will be put into law this week and i've been working with the home secretary, the border force and the police to make sure more resources are being put into enforcing these measures. i make no apologies for the strength of these measures. because we're dealing with one of the strongest threats to our public health that we've faced as a nation. politically, the government is keen to box off the criticism its face for labour and nicola sturgeon, the scottish first minister, to say we are doing as much as we can now as far as boarders are concerned even if there are some who think it should have happened sooner. the medium and long—term challenge, how and when and in what order is that eventually some sort of easing in these rules? as things stand it is illegal to go on holiday anyway so apart from people making essential journeys that they cannot avoid, most of us are not going to get caught up in these new regulations but in what order are they relaxed? because if there is opportunity later in the year to travel but there are still financial and logistical penalties attached to doing so that could have pretty significant repercussions, particularly if the government concluded, mr hancock hinted that this this afternoon, one of the trade—offs for more relaxed rules domestically might mean tighter rules as far as international travel is concerned. rules as far as international travel is concerned-— is concerned. ok, chris, many thanks, is concerned. ok, chris, many thanks. our— is concerned. ok, chris, many thanks, our political— is concerned. ok, chris, many- thanks, our political correspondent chris mason reporting from westminster. in the last hour scotland�*s transport secretary michael matheson has said the scottish government will bring in tougher quarantine measures for international arrivals than those announced at westminster. so it is very hard to say with confidence where the high risk countries are, even for the variants we know about. that is why, presiding officer, the scottish government wants a comprehensive approach to managed isolation. so from monday, we will require all international travellers arriving directly on flights into scotland to enter managed isolation. this goes further than the measures announced by the uk health secretary earlier this afternoon. the uk government has only committed to adopting this for travellers returning from red list countries. we know that is not sufficient, and we have therefore gone further. we believe that all international travellers, with some limited exceptions, should meet the requirement to isolate in managed facilities. earlier i spoke to professor andrew hayward, director of the ucl institute of epidemiology, about whether he thought the new travel measures would work. they will reduce the risk of importation of new variants, i think short of having quarantine for all from all countries. you will never remove the risk, but it will reduce the risk and slow down many new variants. do you think, as we have had news of variants being spotted in south africa, for example, that this level of restriction should have been brought in sooner? well, with most measures, if you�*re going to introduce them, introducing them sooner is better than later. and of course i think one of the particular problems with new variants is by the time you realise there is a problem in another country, then the likelihood is you will have already imported them. and sure enough we know there are cases of the south african variant in the country and we have measures to reduce the spread of those. early timing is better, yes. yesterday we were saying there were fewer than 150 cases of the south african variant found in the uk, would you suspect that variant is more widespread here than the numbers suggest? yes, i think we know that. the variant is identified through undertaking sequencing of the virus and we only sequence somewhere between five and 10% of all strains so we automatically know there must be at least ten times more... so over 1000, you would reckon? 1500? yes, and that�*s not even accounting for the fact many people who have covid symptoms or are infected don�*t get tested. the problem will be much more widespread than that figure of 100 would suggest. what sort of phase of the epidemic do you think we are in now in the uk? well, i think we have seen the worst of the pandemic. in terms... i don�*t think we will see another winter like this one, with the extraordinarily high levels of mortality. i think the vaccine will make a big difference to mortality but the big question is the extent to which new variants will disrupt that. we know it reduces vaccine effectiveness, but our hope is it makes much less difference on the protection against severe disease. so i would anticipate covid is not going away, but it is becoming more controllable, which will of course lower mortality through a combination of the vaccine and the fact that people have been exposed naturally as well. and as to the question our correspondent chris mason was raising about when restrictions might be lifted and whether people might have to accept a trade—off between tougher measures at the border in return for greater relaxation domestically, where do you stand on that? what do you see happening? i think it�*s extraordinarily difficult to predict, part of that is because we don�*t really understand the potential of the new variants. i think if it became clearer that the new variants were more of a problem with regard to the vaccines, then obviously that increases the importance of border controls in comparison to domestic control. i think we need to understand more. campaigners say care homes in england must be helped to re—open to visitors by march. age uk is among six organisations asking for the return of what they call meaningful indoor visits — as many residents have now spent almost a year in isolation. some use to bring you that we have just had in from cumbria county council that says it will reconsider at the planning application for a new coal mine near whitehaven. this is prompted in lots of criticism and they say they want to reconsider the planning application in light of new information on uk greenhouse gas targets. this is something that the government was under a lot of pressure to try and intervene on, the government declined to do so but it looks as though cumbria county council is now looking again at that planning application for the coal mine that they had previously passed. we will of course keep a close eye on that for you. a committee made up of members of the scottish parliament has confirmed a decision not to publish evidence from alex salmond in which the former first minister accuses nicola sturgeon of breaking the ministerial code. mr salmond has said he wants the evidence — which has been widely reported in the media — published if he is to appear before the committee. but at a meeting today, members decided not to publish. the committee is looking at the scottish government�*s handling of harassment complaints made against mr salmond. scientists from the world health organization have said that the theory that covid—19 leaked from a laboratory in the chinese city of wuhan is "extremely unlikely." they�*ve been presenting their findings after visiting a number of locations in wuhan to investigate the origins of the virus. the team said they believe the most likely cause of the first outbreak was the virusjumping from an "intermediary host species" to human beings. they�*ve looked at four theories. number one, that the coronavirus came from one type of animal into human beings. number two, that it went animal, animal, humans. number three, that it has come from frozen surfaces, perhaps frozen seafood. numberfour, that it is as a result of a lab leak. on that fourth one, they are saying don�*t waste any more time and money on this because it is highly unlikely. in fact, they�*ve found no evidence of it whatsoever. they like theory number two — animal, animal, human. and that is where they are saying most of the effort should now go. they are recommending a much greater global integration of scientific databases, and more study into the survivability of this virus on frozen surfaces. they are saying it can move long distances on, say, frozen seafood, further than we thought, but they are not sure if that can actually infect people, although it can travel over a large distance. they will now be writing up their final reports, though, and their trip here has come to an end. from tomorrow, they will start flying home. the headlines on bbc news... new sanctions for anyone failing to observe new rules for travellers coming to england from abroad, including a maximum £10,000 fine for flouting hotel quarantine rules — and up to ten years in prison for anyone hiding the fact they�*ve been to a high—risk country. in scotland, all overseas travellers arriving there will be required to quarantine in a hotel. donald trump on trial — again. the first ever impeachment of a former president gets under way in a few hours�* time. the second impeachment trial of donald trump begins today in the us senate. the former president is charged with "inciting insurrection" in a speech to supporters ahead of the deadly riot at the us capitol just over a month ago. his lawyers say the trial is unconstitutional, and insist he was not responsible. barbara plett usher looks at what we can expect from the trial. for the first time in modern history, america�*s peaceful transfer of power was shaken. the capitol stormed by armed supporters of the president to stop congress from declaring his election defeat. the ragged insurrectionjolted lawmakers into action. members of the lower chamber, including some republicans, charged donald trump with inciting the riots. we fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell, you're not- going to have a country any more. president trump used fiery language that day, his lawyers say he was simply exercising his right to free speech. we are going to walkl down to the capitol... but democrats plan to use his own words against him. crowd: take the capitol! they say the evidence is all out there. live streamed and live tweeted. shouting. fight for trump. and they will present it in vivid colour for the nation to see. no one will be able to avert their gaze from what mr trump said and did, and the consequences of his actions. singing. five people died during the riot. here, a memorial service for a capitol police officer who was killed. and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle feared for their lives. and then, ijust start to hear these yells of "where is she? "where is she?" like hell i'm going to let a bunch of domestic terrorists interfere with ourjob to protect and defend the constitution. do you solemnly swear... it looks almost certain that senate republicans won�*t vote to convict. 0n the day they were sworn in as jurors, most of them backed mr trump, calling the trial unconstitutional. democrats are wasting the nation�*s time on a partisan vendetta against a man no longer in office. the man may have left the white house but he�*s still a power broker in the party with a tight grip on the grass roots. and he�*s not coming back here to testify. to this fortress capitol, still under heavy guard to protect members of congress. republicans are clearly eager to turn this unhappy page and move on. but democrats are determined to hold donald trump to account, for the history books, if nothing else. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. gary 0�*donoghue is in washington. this trial starts in a few hours, is the outcome of the obvious? == the outcome of the obvious? -- alread the outcome of the obvious? » already obvious? i think it is, barring some great revelation in the next few days, then there will not be enough republicans to convict donald trump, he needs —— they need 17 to switch sides for that to happen. that�*s not to say it won�*t be dramatic and in some ways a real roller—coaster over the next few days, as the senate gets to view all the evidence again of what happened here onjanuary the evidence again of what happened here on january the the evidence again of what happened here onjanuary the sick. they the evidence again of what happened here on january the sick. they are here onjanuary the sick. they are promising new evidence, perhaps here on january the sick. they are promising new evidence, perhaps new video evidence, photographs that will no doubt be shocking because those things were pretty shocking. —— january the 6th. the outcome is pretty clear, i think. the democrats�* review of that is it is not, it is a political trial, the republicans are choosing to vote on a purely political lines, that is not good enough reason not to hold the trial itself. that is why they are pressing ahead, even if there are pressing ahead, even if there are constitutional arguments about whether or not it is actually in line with the american system of government to do so. it is a very singular system, isn�*t it? because it is a trial, judicial, bots the insurers are political. it is a hodgepodge, isn't it? —— but is a hodgepodge, isn�*t it? —— but the let me give you one really ironic thing. they will vote this afternoon and whether the whole thing is constitutional itself. that will probably fail, democrats will probably fail, democrats will probably win that and the trial will go ahead, that does not stop the republican saying when it comes to the vote, i am going to vote for acquittal. in a sense they can do as they wish, they have the power to make its own rules and they can apply whatever standards they see fit. yeah, it is a hodgepodge and of course the donald trump argument is it is really only hodgepodge that should apply to sitting presidents, private individuals which he says he now is, should get the full benefit of a regular court, which this is not. ,, , of a regular court, which this is not, , , not. say he is acquitted, if he is, --eole not. say he is acquitted, if he is, people don't _ not. say he is acquitted, if he is, people don't seem _ not. say he is acquitted, if he is, people don't seem to _ not. say he is acquitted, if he is, people don't seem to be - not. say he is acquitted, if he is, j people don't seem to be thinking not. say he is acquitted, if he is, i people don't seem to be thinking he people don�*t seem to be thinking he will be shuffling off the public stage. will be shuffling off the public stare. ., ., �* ~' will be shuffling off the public stae. ., ., �* 4' , will be shuffling off the public stare. ., ., �* ~ , ,., stage. no, i don't think this is a curtain call— stage. no, i don't think this is a curtain call in _ stage. no, i don't think this is a curtain call in that _ stage. no, i don't think this is a curtain call in that sense - stage. no, i don't think this is a curtain call in that sense for- curtain call in that sense for donald trump. he clearly has ambitions ahead of him, his supporters certainly have ambitions for him in the future. they want him to run again in 2026. the republican party has moved under him, still very much his party, millions of people voted for him, even though he lost. he moved the centre of that party significantly to the right. he still is a huge player in the politics of this republic, and he will no doubt bring his influence to bear at some point in the future, the question is whether or not the republican party will go with that or whether it will try and reassert its position and more in the centre ground is of american politics, where of course generally speaking elections are won.— elections are won. thank you very much, elections are won. thank you very much. gary- _ and there is lots more on the iplayer about this story including our correspondent aleem maqbool�*s special programme america: storming the capitol. a mission to mars is due to orbit the red planet later today. the hope spacecraft still has one of the most dangerous parts of its journey ahead — when it needs to brake forjust the right amount of time to avoid crashing into mars, or missing altogether. 0ur global science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. a first for the united arab emirates. this was the moment last summer it�*s put —— sent its spacecraft to mars. now it has almost reached its destination. the probe called hope has a critical manoeuvre ahead, getting into orbit. it needs to approach mars atjust the right speed and angle. if anything goes wrong the entire mission will be lost. we anything goes wrong the entire mission will be lost.— mission will be lost. we don't really want — mission will be lost. we don't really want to _ mission will be lost. we don't really want to hit _ mission will be lost. we don't really want to hit the - mission will be lost. we don't really want to hit the planet l mission will be lost. we don't| really want to hit the planet or pass by, it needs to be very precise. pass by, it needs to be very recise. ., , pass by, it needs to be very precise-— pass by, it needs to be very recise. ., , , , ., , precise. the hope mission will see more of mars _ precise. the hope mission will see more of mars than _ precise. the hope mission will see more of mars than ever _ precise. the hope mission will see more of mars than ever before, i precise. the hope mission will see | more of mars than ever before, the spacecraft has an elliptical orbit, swinging in a closer and then much further away, at the closest, its flight path matches the rotation of mars so it hovers over some key features like 0lympus, the biggest volcano in the solar system. at its furthest point of the planet spins beneath it giving it a much wider view. this means it will see almost all of the planet from both close—up and far away. the spacecraft will study the atmosphere to solve a big mystery of how mars transformed from a planet with water like earth to the dry and dusty world it is today. until now, the uae has only sent satellite into earth orbit, arriving at the red planet will be a huge leap. to at the red planet will be a huge lea, ., 4' ., , at the red planet will be a huge lea. ., ~ ., , ., at the red planet will be a huge lea. ., ~ ., .., leap. to know there is a spacecraft that has gone _ leap. to know there is a spacecraft that has gone from _ leap. to know there is a spacecraft that has gone from this _ leap. to know there is a spacecraft that has gone from this region i that has gone from this region further than any man—made object has ever gone, hurtling towards a small pink dot that you also see in the sky, i cannot describe the feeling or the thought process. buti sky, i cannot describe the feeling or the thought process. but i never thou~ht it or the thought process. but i never thought it was _ or the thought process. but i never thought it was possible. _ or the thought process. but i never thought it was possible. the i thought it was possible. the spacecraft has a one shot to get into orbit. if it succeeds history will be made. firmly establishing the united arab emirates as a new space power. mary wilson, one of the original members of the supremes, has died aged 76. the all—female group, which included diana ross, was known for hits such as baby love and you can�*t hurry love — and its music became a defining sound of the 1960s. after leaving the supremes, mary wilson continued as a concert performer, and became more involved in political activism. david sillito looks back at her life. # 0oh, need to hold you...# mary wilson. the supremes. ba by love. # set me free why don�*t you, babe...# you keep me hangin�* 0n. # i remember mama said...# you can�*t hurry love. they were a motown hit machine. five number—one singles in a row. #..it�*s a game of give and take...# mary wilson had formed the group with her friend, florence ballard, when they were teenagers. then they werejoined by a neighbour, diana ross. and then, they headed to the office of motown, in detroit. every day, after school, we would catch the bus to motown, sit on the steps. eventually, we got into the lobby. we�*d sit in the lobby. and every day, we�*d do that until eventually, they signed us. we pestered them — to death! i am just so thrilled because so much has happened to me in the month of february... 60 years on, her death is a shock. she posted this only a few days ago, talking about her plans for the future. and one of her friends received a gift from herjust hours before hearing the sad news. today, i actually got a late christmas gift in the mail from her. and when i went online to say thank you, you know, text her thank you, and it also popped up that she had passed, and when i tell you i'm really still in shock. i've got, like, a knot in my chest now. just very, very sad. the world's lost a great entertainer. the head of motown records, berry gordy, said today, "i was extremely shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of a major member of the motown family. mary wilson, of the supremes. she was a trailblazer, diva and will be deeply missed." diana ross offered her condolences and wrote of the many wonderful memories of their time together. of course, it wasn�*t always perfect harmony in the supremes. the decision to rename the group diana ross & the supremes was a sign of who was being groomed for stardom. mary and new member cindy birdsong didn�*t even get to sing on this recording. # love child, never meant to be...# but mary wilson stayed with the supremes until the group came to an end and, over the years, she continued to perform, she wrote, she campaigned for performers�* rights. and she was looking forward to celebrating the 60th anniversary of the supremes — a memory of the era of civil rights, when the charts were ruled by three successful, confident, glamorous black women. as mary wilson said, yes, she was the dreamgirl. mary wilson, who has died at the age of 76. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. the snow showers today will continue to give fresh accumulations of snow, a couple of centimetres here and there. in some places there will be more, for example central and eastern scotland, five, ten, 15 centimetres, and an amber warning in force from the met office for today and into this evening. obviously, very cold. the cold east, north—easterly winds continue, so it feels more like —5 or —6 in some of the stronger gusts. on top of that, we have stronger winds and potentially some snow also sweeping across the english channel during the course of this afternoon and this evening. the wintry showers, will continue through the course of the night and into tomorrow, but tomorrow during the day we are expecting high pressure to build in from the north, and what this high pressure will do is tend to ease the showers, so by tomorrow evening i think there will be fewer showers around, lighter winds and clearer skies. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... new sanctions for anyone failing to observe new rules for travellers coming to england from abroad, including a maximum £10,000 fine for flouting hotel quarantine rules — and up to ten years in prison for anyone hiding the fact they�*ve been to a high—risk country. i make no apologies for the strength of these measures. because we are dealing with one of the strongest threats to our public health that we�*ve faced as a nation. the scottish government has gone further and says all overseas travellers arriving in scotland will be required to quarantine in a hotel. world health organisation scientists who travelled to wuhan investigating the origins of the virus say it is "extremely unlikely" to have emerged as a result of an incident in a laboratory. # you just have to wait...# a supreme talent — mary wilson of the 1960s motown trio has died at the age of 76. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. thanks again, good afternoon. england captainjoe root called bowlerjames anderson — a playerfor the big moments — as his devastating spell of helped england to a 227 run win in chennai in the first test. two wickets in one over — both of which saw the stumps ripped from the ground — helped england take the nine needed on the final day. to put it into context, india have only lost one test on home soil in the last eight years, england though are now one up in the four match series. it is always nice to see the stumps cartwheeling out of the ground, it doesn�*t happen very often at my age, so really happy that it did today! itjust topped off a really good performance throughout the five days. i thought it was a really solid and complete performance from the whole team. british number onejohanna konta is out of the australian open. she was forced to retire from herfirst round match on day two in melbourne. she was leading the slovenian qualifier kaja juvan in the first set — but encountered some discomfort, and took a medical time out. she came back and won the first set. but it was early in the second with her opponent two games up that konta conceded the match. she endured a difficult season last year with a knee injury. franjones — at the top of the screen is also out, in what was her first match in the main draw of a grand slam. she performed well in the opening set against the american shelby rogers, but she couldn�*t keep pace in the second, losing in straight sets. it leaves heather watson as the only british woman into the second round. despite claims she didn�*t feel as fit as usual after her 14—day quarantine — she beat kristyna pliskova. in the men�*s draw, cameron norrie beat dan evans in the all—british first round tie. let�*s bring you up to date with some of the other results from melbourne park, and rafa nadal allayed any fears over his fitness with a win over serbia�*s laslo djere. nadal missed atp cup last week after struggling with a back injury, but won in straight sets and will play american world number 177 michael mmoh in the second round. arguably the performance of the day came from home favourite ashley barty. the australian was ruthless against the montenegrin danka kovinic, winning 6—0, 6—0 injust 44 minutes. alan shearer has condemned the vile online abuse aimed at players and officials — warning the issue remains. several footballers were recently racially abused, while referee mike dean and his family received death threats after he gave west ham�*s tomas soucek a red card on saturday. he�*s since been asked to be stood down from this weekend�*s matches. we were talking about this subject five years ago, three years ago and we are still talking about the same thing, so do something about it. the government or the social channels, do something about it, stop it. it is not simple, but that is the answer to it. we can�*t keep saying something has to be done. we said it many years ago and nothing has been done and it keeps happening. it is about time the government and the social channels did it and stopped it. hege riise has named herfirst squad as england women�*s interim head coach. midfielderjill scott is among the seniorfigures included — she�*s in line to earn her 150th cap for the lionesses in their game against northern ireland in a couple of weeks. arsenal�*s beth mead has been left out — riise said in a squad ofjust 20, mead�*s form didn�*t earn her a place. and the executive chairman of super league, robert elstone, has offered his resignation. he�*s been in the post for two and a half years, and survived a vote of no confidence in november, and the super league board will now discuss his offer of resignation. that�*s all the sport for now. next up it is time for your questions asked. and the health secretary has outlined new measures for travellers in to the uk from overseas who will now be required to get tests on days 2 and 8 of a 10—day quarantine period, which must be spent at home or in a hotel. you�*ve been sending your questions on the new rules and to answer them. i�*m joined by traveljournalistjill starley—grainger and also sean tipton a spokesman for abta, who represent 90% of package tours sold in the uk, and 80% of travel agents. good afternoon to you both. lots of questions on this, as you can imagine. let�*s kick off with claire, who writes and from surrey. and she asks how the double testing for all arrivals on day two and day eight will sit alongside the present five day test to release scheme. does she mean that someone who wants to stop self isolating after five days will need to take retests on day two, day five and 88? complicated. jill. so we five and 88? complicated. jill. 6r we can't get clarity about this from we can�*t get clarity about this from the government, on the website it still says you can have this test on day five, but once you take the test, it typically requires 24—48 hours for you to get a result. and i suspect that the government just hasn�*t updated the website and they are probably going to abolish that for anybody arriving, particularly from those 33 red list countries. but unfortunately, that is an issue thatis but unfortunately, that is an issue that is not clear yet. so but unfortunately, that is an issue that is not clear yet.— that is not clear yet. so it is almost been _ that is not clear yet. so it is almost been superseded i that is not clear yet. so it is almost been superseded by| that is not clear yet. so it is i almost been superseded by the announcement today?— almost been superseded by the announcement today? that's what a - eared announcement today? that's what appeared to _ announcement today? that's what appeared to have _ announcement today? that's what appeared to have happen, - announcement today? that's what | appeared to have happen, because announcement today? that's what i appeared to have happen, because i haven�*t changed that. it seems unusual that you would have a two, five and eight day test and taking the test on day five is really only going to get you back home a tiny bit sooner in any case because it is not that you get released on day five, you still have to wait for the results. so you may as well go ahead and just stick it out until day eight. and i know that if you�*re coming from the 33 red list countries, you are in hotel quarantine for ten days in any case. 0k. a question from beatrice. as a british citizen, do i have to quarantine and a hotel if i agree to isolate at home? it quarantine and a hotel if i agree to isolate at home?— quarantine and a hotel if i agree to isolate at home? it depends on the country are — isolate at home? it depends on the country are coming _ isolate at home? it depends on the country are coming back _ isolate at home? it depends on the country are coming back from. i i isolate at home? it depends on the i country are coming back from. i want to stress— country are coming back from. i want to stress at— country are coming back from. i want to stress at the moment there very few british — to stress at the moment there very few british nationals overseas, certainly— few british nationals overseas, certainly tiny numbers on holiday because — certainly tiny numbers on holiday because they were not supposed to be lloii'i because they were not supposed to be going on— because they were not supposed to be going on a _ because they were not supposed to be going on a busy holiday during lockdown. at the quarantine requirements in terms of going to a hotel— requirements in terms of going to a hotel depends on which country. but if it is— hotel depends on which country. but if it is one _ hotel depends on which country. but if it is one of— hotel depends on which country. but if it is one of those 33 countries on the — if it is one of those 33 countries on the list. _ if it is one of those 33 countries on the list, countries in south america. _ on the list, countries in south america, southern africa, portugal and the _ america, southern africa, portugal and the uae, unfortunately doesn't matter— and the uae, unfortunately doesn't matter if— and the uae, unfortunately doesn't matter if you're british national, you would — matter if you're british national, you would be going into one of the hotels _ you would be going into one of the hotels if— you would be going into one of the hotels if you come back after the 15th _ hotels if you come back after the 15th but — hotels if you come back after the 15th but i — hotels if you come back after the 15th. but i want to stress that these — 15th. but i want to stress that these measures are incredibly important, public health must come first, _ important, public health must come first, but— important, public health must come first, but as — important, public health must come first, but as i said, very few people _ first, but as i said, very few people are travelling at the moment, so it's— people are travelling at the moment, so it's talking effect that many people — so it's talking effect that many --eole. ., ~' ,, , so it's talking effect that many --eole. . ~ . ., people. thank you. jill, paul in london asks why _ people. thank you. jill, paul in london asks why do _ people. thank you. jill, paul in london asks why do tests i people. thank you. jill, paul in london asks why do tests in i people. thank you. jill, paul in | london asks why do tests in the people. thank you. jill, paul in i london asks why do tests in the uk costs are much? he draws a comparison with france where he says they cost 70 euros, while here in they cost 70 euros, while here in the uk the cost between 120 and £180. and he said that you can be sure that the test costs are much more to process here than france. can�*t be sure —— can�*t be sure. the can't be sure -- can't be sure. the government _ can't be sure -- can't be sure. the government did _ can't be sure —— can't be sure. t“te: government did not give me an answer to that question. the test are primarily being provided by private companies, so they are free to set their own rates, but i would agree it does seem a bit unfair that we know that they are much cheaper, and in many cases, completely free in other countries. and yet here, if you want to do this, it is much more expensive. which has unfortunately led to some fraudulent activity, and so it would be good if the government could look into this to make it more affordable so that people don�*t resort abroad in order to get a positive test. fight! people don't resort abroad in order to get a positive test.— to get a positive test. and i am told in france _ to get a positive test. and i am told in france a _ to get a positive test. and i am told in france a cost _ to get a positive test. and i am told in france a cost £70, i to get a positive test. and i am told in france a cost £70, not l to get a positive test. and i am | told in france a cost £70, not 70 euros, so slightly more. robert says that he is a british national working currently in imam and due to the pandemic he has not been able to return home to visit any family since march, 2020, so neither year. does anyone have any idea how expats like himself and his wife and his colleagues can get vaccinated, as it is very slow where he is, or will the government supplied the uk embassy with a vaccine for the residence abroad? i embassy with a vaccine for the residence abroad?— embassy with a vaccine for the residence abroad? i think it is a very good _ residence abroad? i think it is a very good point _ residence abroad? i think it is a very good point because - residence abroad? i think it is a very good point because there i residence abroad? i think it is a i very good point because there are numbers— very good point because there are numbers of people who live abroad and we _ numbers of people who live abroad and we are — numbers of people who live abroad and we are doing a greatjob rolling out vaccines in the uk, but i think this is— out vaccines in the uk, but i think this is something the government will be _ this is something the government will be considering. i can't answer because _ will be considering. i can't answer because i— will be considering. i can't answer because i can't speak for them, but certainly— because i can't speak for them, but certainly they will have the health and safety people overseas. i think it isjust _ and safety people overseas. i think it isjust as— and safety people overseas. i think it isjust as important and safety people overseas. i think it is just as important as those in the uk — it is just as important as those in the uk so— it is just as important as those in the uk. so it is a possibility, but the uk. so it is a possibility, but the best— the uk. so it is a possibility, but the best thing to do a nice check with the — the best thing to do a nice check with the embassy, they will be able to give _ with the embassy, they will be able to give a _ with the embassy, they will be able to give a more categorical answer. sounds _ to give a more categorical answer. sounds like — to give a more categorical answer. sounds like good advice. we have another question from overseas, again, somebody working in middle east. it doesn�*t give a name. jill, they say i have a question that is unclear to many of us coming back from the uk to the uae, if we are vaccinated, do we still have to do the hotel quarantine?— vaccinated, do we still have to do the hotel quarantine? yes, you do. there is no — the hotel quarantine? yes, you do. there is no vaccination _ the hotel quarantine? yes, you do. there is no vaccination passport i there is no vaccination passport yet. if we get a vaccination passport scheme, this is probably going to take much longer than most people realise. it is much more complex to get the entire world to get the majority of countries in the world to recognise and agree with those protocol should be, how the past —— vaccine passport should work. it is very complicated, not as simple as going to a pharmacy, get the jab and they give me my passport. unfortunately, it is great if you manage to get the vaccine, but it doesn�*t stop you from having to stay in a hotel if you are in one of those 33 red list countries, i�*m afraid. that might change, but currently that is the status. tqm. currently that is the status. ok, thank you- _ currently that is the status. ok, thank you. sean, _ currently that is the status. ok, thank you. sean, i'm _ currently that is the status. 0k, thank you. sean, i'm going to take thank you. sean, i�*m going to take two questions here together because they are asking the same thing. kathleen and justin, who doesn�*t say where he is writing from, they both ask, why don�*t we just close our borders except for freight and lori drivers? it borders except for freight and lori drivers? , ., ~' borders except for freight and lori drivers? , ., ~ ., ., drivers? if you think from a letter perspective. _ drivers? if you think from a letter perspective. the _ drivers? if you think from a letter perspective, the companies i drivers? if you think from a letter perspective, the companies that. drivers? if you think from a letter perspective, the companies that i represent, — perspective, the companies that i represent, sending people and oversee — represent, sending people and oversee holidays, that pretty much has already happened and it's been the case _ has already happened and it's been the case for the vast majority of the case for the vast majority of the pandemic. since you cast your mind _ the pandemic. since you cast your mind back— the pandemic. since you cast your mind back to the beginning, february and march, _ mind back to the beginning, february and march, the foreign office quickly— and march, the foreign office quickly advise against all but essential travel to foreign countries, what they meant by that which _ countries, what they meant by that which you _ countries, what they meant by that which you are not going on overseas holiday _ which you are not going on overseas holiday. there is a brief period of time _ holiday. there is a brief period of time in _ holiday. there is a brief period of time injuly— holiday. there is a brief period of time injuly when holiday. there is a brief period of time in july when we holiday. there is a brief period of time injuly when we had travel corridors— time injuly when we had travel corridors and basically the government took medical advice was that if— government took medical advice was that if you're going to a destination with a lower or similar rate of— destination with a lower or similar rate of infections, you can't make much _ rate of infections, you can't make much of— rate of infections, you can't make much of a — rate of infections, you can't make much of a difference. but even that was for— much of a difference. but even that was for a _ much of a difference. but even that was for a short period of time, so the people — was for a short period of time, so the people who are travelling at the moment, _ the people who are travelling at the moment, i— the people who are travelling at the moment, i would say their falling into categories. either going on essential— into categories. either going on essential business trips, or they will be _ essential business trips, or they will be people who went back home for christmas to visit their family and stayed longer than they normally would _ and stayed longer than they normally would because i had to quarantine on arrival~ _ would because i had to quarantine on arrival~ in _ would because i had to quarantine on arrival. in terms of holiday— makers, i'm arrival. in terms of holiday— makers, i'm not— arrival. in terms of holiday— makers, i'm not saying there aren't any, but they're _ i'm not saying there aren't any, but they're very — i'm not saying there aren't any, but they're very few and thereby some this has— they're very few and thereby some this has all— they're very few and thereby some this has all been driven by medical experts _ this has all been driven by medical experts and the government is following that advice. and certainly the start _ following that advice. and certainly the start of the pandemic divide advice _ the start of the pandemic divide advice wasn't straightaway to shut down _ advice wasn't straightaway to shut down everything —— the pandemic advice _ down everything —— the pandemic advice wasn't straightaway to shut down _ advice wasn't straightaway to shut down everything, but we've moved. it is a possibility, but things we need to keep _ is a possibility, but things we need to keep going for economic reasons. but as— to keep going for economic reasons. but as it _ to keep going for economic reasons. but as it stands, leisure travel, no. ~ ., but as it stands, leisure travel, no, ~ ., but as it stands, leisure travel, no. . ., ., but as it stands, leisure travel, no. ., ., ., ., no. we have lost you for a moment, but i'm no. we have lost you for a moment, but i'm sure — no. we have lost you for a moment, but i'm sure we _ no. we have lost you for a moment, but i'm sure we will _ no. we have lost you for a moment, but i'm sure we will get _ no. we have lost you for a moment, but i'm sure we will get you - no. we have lost you for a moment, but i'm sure we will get you back. i but i�*m sure we will get you back. jill, can i ask you about claire who is asking for a refund. they put the holiday last year to the maldives a 3rd of march taking up the lockdown will be open over, is now illegal to fly out for holiday, but british airways are insisting they�*re still putting on the fly, therefore we cannot cancel the holiday and we�*ll lose our money. it is very unfair of ba and i�*m sure other airlines are probably doing it, surely they should be offering a refund. this is a ve bi should be offering a refund. this is a very big problem _ should be offering a refund. this is a very big problem for _ should be offering a refund. this is a very big problem for a _ should be offering a refund. this is a very big problem for a lot - should be offering a refund. this is a very big problem for a lot of- a very big problem for a lot of people — a very big problem for a lot of people and i think we all thought we would _ people and i think we all thought we would be _ people and i think we all thought we would be out of lockdown by now, but the situation— the situation changes. so legally if the situation changes. so legally if the fli . ht the situation changes. so legally if the flight goes _ the situation changes. so legally if the flight goes ahead, _ the situation changes. so legally if the flight goes ahead, regardless. the situation changes. so legally if. the flight goes ahead, regardless of whether you can travel or not, they don�*t have to refund you. now, the competition and markets authority is looking into this because what it is sought is happening is that lots of airlines are running virtually empty flights in order to avoid refunding people. that might not be the case because people do still need to travel for various essential reasons, for work, orfood brought back and forth, so we do need planes bringing infood. back and forth, so we do need planes bringing in food. however, the best thing that i would advise is that you don�*t do anything until as close to departure as possible. check your terms or conditions that may be called ba and see how late you could leave it until you asked them to change herfights, because most cases, what you will find is that they will the flights for free without charging you a fee. a year ago, they would typically charge a fee, but in most cases now, if you can�*t fly because of the lockdown, a lot of airlines may not refund you at the flight still goes ahead, but they are changing the date so you can move the pack may be for another year. if the flight gets cancelled, thatis year. if the flight gets cancelled, that is why it is good to wait another few weeks if you can, that is why it is good to wait anotherfew weeks if you can, then you would be due refund. and technically that refund should be with you within seven days, although you will have to apply for it. and you will have to apply for it. and you may have to chase up as well. 0k, you may have to chase up as well. ok, thank you for that. sean, you may have to chase up as well. ok, thank you forthat. sean, ian price asks about the test done on day two and do a eight, will they be done locally to where the passenger is staying or might they involve a lot of travel, although they are supposed to be in quarantine? i would say there be done locally, but that is _ would say there be done locally, but that is something that that kind of level of— that is something that that kind of level of detail would need to be clarified — level of detail would need to be clarified by the government. also speak— clarified by the government. also speak to — clarified by the government. also speak to your clarified by the government. also speakto your gp clarified by the government. also speak to your gp and see what kind of situation, — speak to your gp and see what kind of situation, because where i live in london. — of situation, because where i live in london, they are quite a few places— in london, they are quite a few places and _ in london, they are quite a few places and very close proximity to where _ places and very close proximity to where i _ places and very close proximity to where i am — places and very close proximity to where i am where the sets can be done _ where i am where the sets can be done it— where i am where the sets can be done. it might be of issue of people being _ done. it might be of issue of people being visited, but that level of detail— being visited, but that level of detail is— being visited, but that level of detail is something the government we need _ detail is something the government we need to be clarifying. but it is an important point, so if you are quarantining you should not be leaving — quarantining you should not be leaving your house at all, certainly if you're _ leaving your house at all, certainly if you're self isolating as well. yes, _ if you're self isolating as well. yes, patricia asks will you be adopting the process in iceland where visitors are required to prepay for the test before arriving? they haven�*t indicated that yet, but of course, this is a rapidly changing situation so it is entirely possible. lots of governments as well require you to prepay for that hotel quarantines day, so if you do have to stay in a hotel, you have to pay before you even board the flight, you cannot pay after you check out, so i think that sort of thing is entirely possible. and i would like to clarify a point from earlier, and france, and many other eu countries, many people, even foreigners who are living in the country, can actually get assessed for free. country, can actually get assessed forfree. it is country, can actually get assessed for free. it is only in some cases where they do have to pay, which makes these situations when you�*re travelling in the uk if you need to travelling in the uk if you need to travel even more frustrating as people are only travelling now for absolutely essential reasons and they�*re having to pay 120— £300 for a test. it is very infuriating. thank you for that. maryjones says she is selling a property in france, she is selling a property in france, she has had a letterfrom she is selling a property in france, she has had a letter from the solicitor confirming that this is a journey for legal purposes, can she travel using euros are having had a negative test in isolating what she had sarah? she negative test in isolating what she had sarah? ,, ., , ., ., ., had sarah? she does need to have a neaative had sarah? she does need to have a negative test. _ had sarah? she does need to have a negative test, she _ had sarah? she does need to have a negative test, she has _ had sarah? she does need to have a negative test, she has that - had sarah? she does need to have a negative test, she has that right, i negative test, she has that right, this is— negative test, she has that right, this is a _ negative test, she has that right, this is a chance to practice my franch— this is a chance to practice my french and _ this is a chance to practice my french and i looked on the french embassy— french and i looked on the french embassy website, and i would like to say as— embassy website, and i would like to say as well— embassy website, and i would like to say as well that if you are travelling anywhere in the world, always _ travelling anywhere in the world, always check the board office website — always check the board office website because it is a mind of information. the printer saying that you can _ information. the printer saying that you can only— information. the printer saying that you can only come to france or the uk -- _ you can only come to france or the uk -- from — you can only come to france or the uk —— from the uk if you have a compelling _ uk —— from the uk if you have a compelling reason to do so, and one of the _ compelling reason to do so, and one of the reasons i listed is if you're going _ of the reasons i listed is if you're going for— of the reasons i listed is if you're going for something which is for economic— going for something which is for economic purposes, which this would be. economic purposes, which this would be~ if_ economic purposes, which this would be if you _ economic purposes, which this would be. if you have to be there in person. — be. if you have to be there in person, and it is absolutely essential that you travel, then yes, you would — essential that you travel, then yes, you would be able to. but i think this is— you would be able to. but i think this is something, she has already been _ this is something, she has already been speaking to her solicitor, they are in— been speaking to her solicitor, they are in a _ been speaking to her solicitor, they are in a better position to clarify exactly — are in a better position to clarify exactly does this count as a reason? but i _ exactly does this count as a reason? but i would — exactly does this count as a reason? but i would say if you can possibly avoid _ but i would say if you can possibly avoid it. _ but i would say if you can possibly avoid it, don't do so.— avoid it, don't do so. thank you very much _ avoid it, don't do so. thank you very much both _ avoid it, don't do so. thank you very much both of _ avoid it, don't do so. thank you very much both of you - avoid it, don't do so. thank you very much both of you for- avoid it, don't do so. thank you very much both of you for a i avoid it, don't do so. thank you| very much both of you for a very informative your questions answered. that is sean tipton and jill. there was a time before the pandemic when police officers would only be called to a house party in the event of a crime. usually that would be violent disorder or rowdy behaviour. now, during covid restrictions, throwing or attending a party for multiple households is a crime in itself — and the police are breaking them up every day. our reporter connor gillies spent a night on patrol with officers in glasgow to find out more. yeah, that�*s the first call of the evening — a noisy party. friday night, on the road and on patrol — tackling those partying in the pandemic. behind the door is an illegal gathering. six fines are issued to young people frustrated and in search of fun. you realise you�*re breaking the rules? do you realise the risks? you�*re obviously not wearing a mask. i�*m assuming there�*s no social distancing in the flat. do you care? and someone watching this whose family member has died and they can�*t see their family at all, and you guys are breaking the rules. next, there�*s word of a big party in here. inside — 30th birthday celebrations. 15 people fined, the property owner charged. it took a while for the officers to be permitted entry into the house. and there were several people in different rooms. they explained why they were there — there was a clear disregard for the coronavirus legislation. the householder will now be reported to the procurator fiscal for facilitating that birthday party. it�*s now two o�*clock in the morning and, usually, the pubs and clubs would be spilling out onto the streets — but this pandemic very much continues. and while the majority of us are following the rules, tonight�*s policing operation shows there�*s a stubborn minority of people who simply don�*t care — putting both the public and police at risk. increasingly, these parties are being held in rented accommodation booked online, with officers been beaten, abused and punched. every corner of the country, every day of the week, every weekend of the year. in fact, i think — with the exception of christmas day — there has not been one single day since the restrictions on house parties came in that the police have not been called to attend them. those on the front line, it seems, remain exposed, exasperated and exhausted. connor gillies, bbc news. the actor hugh bonneville has won millions of fans for his roles in hits like downton abbey and the paddington films. his latest role mightjust win him a few more — but it has nothing to do with stage or screen. hugh has joined the small army of vaccine volunteers who are helping to roll out covid jabs — and he kindly let us see him in action. morning. good morning, good morning. lovely to see you. welcome. well done. table for one? thanks for bringing the sunshine. i could do valet parking now, i reckon. i get to wear a hi—vis and be very bossy, and go, "oi!" no, just to welcome people, as i�*m about to do. good morning, sir. welcome. so, it�*s, eh, just about 7:30, and we are about to enter where the midhurst pharmacy has set up its vaccination hub. first thing of the day is sign in. your badge is up there. here we are backstage. oh, it takes me back. these have all been sort of disinfected since the last shift. there we are. welcome, welcome, welcome. so, week two. week one went really, really well. there�*s about 80 willing volunteers on the rota. let�*s see, only a fraction of those have been used. but the capacity is there. everybody is gearing up. ah, morning. nice to see you. welcome, welcome. we�*ll be with you in a few minutes. for some people, it�*s the first time they�*ve been out of their house in... ..in, you know, a year. you know, we�*ve had people who�*ve really been grateful for the outing as much as anything, and the sense of a glimmer of hope. so, it�*s great to be part of this team effort. the job for the marshall is, eh, you know, we're the sort of customer facing. so, there's a lot of apprehension and nervousness around the elderly community. they haven't socialised for a long time, some of them. so, actually, we're — for some for some of them we're the first point of contact. so, erm, so we give them a bit of fun and a bit of humourjust to relax them before they go into the hall, and they come out with a spring in their step. so it's brilliant. very helpful, very reassuring, yes. very efficient. the staff are fantastic. so, really good job. you say you haven�*t noticed it was him? no, too early in i the morning for that. i don't like downton. i've got a selfie with him! yeah, you see, this helps. you get the odd, eh, you know, marmalade sandwich thrown at you. you can set up a thousand of these, but it's the volunteers, it's the people who work in there, that actually stand it up. without them, it wouldn't work at all. obviously, it's best to keep it local. it's something that we want to put back into the community. a lot of people have been furloughed or they've been out of work. and this is such an uplifting thing to do. we wanted to keep it very local and let those people experience that. well done. success. it�*s tangible. you know, it�*s palpable, the sense of relief. well, it�*s not relief, because it�*s not over, but the sense of hope. and to be part of that is really lovely. yeah, of course it is. good morning. welcome. how are you? some news just from the government who says the post—brexit checks on products of animal origins at old northern ireland ports will resume on a phased basis from wednesday. that had been withdrawn last week, you remember, over safety concerns. the government has done a risk assessment and they say that these checks can be resumed again from tomorrow. so that newsjustin from department of agriculture, environment and rural affairs. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. well, some of us have another 26 to 36 hours of these intermittent snow showers. some of them light, some still very heavy. for example, across parts of central and eastern scotland. an amber warning in force from the met office here through today and into this evening. and also, we have some snow potentially for the channel islands through the afternoon and evening, on top of that gale—force winds, for some temporary blizzards here as well. now, the evening is going to be subzero across the uk. on top of that, we still have that cold east, north—easterly, so it is going to feel more like —7 in some of the stronger gusts. now, through the course of tonight, the snow showers continue, again, giving fresh accumulations of snow. around two to five centimetres at most, ten in parts of scotland. but also a lot of clear weather around as well. and the winds are just starting to drop a little bit as we go into the early hours of wednesday. temperatures in some spots dipping down to —15 degrees, again, in the scottish glens. so tomorrow, bright sparkling sunshine, i think, for some of us in the west of the country. but the snow showers further east will become less frequent. and the reason for that is because high pressure will be building, and high pressure stops showers from forming, it eases the winds and the high pressure will be building from the north. so in scotland we will see that high by the time get to wednesday night. also, the winds will ease, and with high pressure and easing winds, it�*s going to get very, very cold. in fact, these are the city temperatures. —12 or lower in scotland, —8 in parts of london. for parts of london, it could be, in fact, wednesday night into thursday, the coldest night in around a decade. so some super cold weather on the way thursday morning. very frosty, but changes are starting to take place in the south—west of the british isles. weather fronts are trying to sneak in. that is a sign that there is mild air not that far away from us. but by friday, i think that milder air mightjust about be nudging into ireland, maybe the tip of cornwall, but the cold easterly air is still very much in place across the uk through friday and quite possibly into saturday and maybe sunday as well. so friday, i think, a crisp day on the way. that snow isn�*t going away anywhere. it�*s still a cold day. this is bbc news. i�*m ben brown. the headlines: tougher quarantine rules for anyone coming into england from abroad — and up to ten years injail for travellers who lie about where they�*ve come from. i make no apologies for the strength of these measures. because we are dealing with one of the strongest threats to our public health that we�*ve faced as a nation. the scottish government has gone further and says all overseas travellers arriving in scotland will be required to quarantine in a hotel. world health organisation scientists who travelled to china investigating the origins of the virus — say it is "extremely unlikely" to have come from a laboratory. donald trump on trial — again. the first ever impeachment of a former president gets under way in a few hours�* time. and the united arab emirates�* historic first mission to mars. its hope spacecraft enters the orbit of the red planet after a seven monthjourney from earth. good afternoon. the health secretary matt hancock has announced a series of strict new border measures for england to attempt to prevent people bringing new variants of the virus into the country. they include fines of up to £10,000 for those who fail to quarantine in hotels on arrival. mr hancock also said travellers will face up to ten years in prison if they try to hide the fact they�*ve been to any of the 33 designated high—risk countries. and people arriving here will be required to take two covid tests — failure to do so will also lead to big fines. the measures will come into force on monday though critics have said they should have been introduced far sooner. here�*s theo leggett. travel into the uk is about to get even tougher and the rules even more complicated. passengers already need to test negative for covid—19 before they can even get on a plane, train or ferry, now arrivals in england will have to take further tests during their ten days in isolation. the first after two days and the second after eight days, which they will have to pay for. the first test will be used to identify not only whether anyone is carrying the virus but also whether they�*ve been infected with a new variant. we will be putting in place tough fines for people who do not comply, this includes a £1000 penalty for any international arrival who fails to take a mandatory test, a £2000 penalty to any international arrival who fails to take the second mandatory test, as well as automatically extending their quarantine period to 16 days. the government has already said from next week people arriving in england, wales and northern ireland from a so—called red list of countries, seen as being high risk, will have to spend their isolation period in quarantine hotels at their own expense. and scotland plans to make nearly all international arrivals undergo hotel quarantine. these measures, taken together, are designed to prevent potentially dangerous new variants of covid—19 getting a foothold in the uk. testing before flight is used to make sure that people on that flight are not transmitting to one another, that�*s one issue related to testing. another is testing after people arrive and if they are tested faithfully after they arrive and then five or eight days later, they can determine whether they were infected in the previous week or so. so it�*s very important that these testing strategies are used for the right purpose. i'm now going to call the shadow secretary of state, jonathan ashworth. for labour, though, the new measures simply don�*t go far enough. and more is needed. he has announced a detailed package today, but he hasn�*t announced comprehensive quarantine controls at the borders, so why, then, when over half of countries where the south african variant has been identified, why are over half of them not on the so—called red list? but for the travel industry, it�*s another severe blow. what we need is some sort of consistency and measures across the globe but consistent is very important and also instead of assuming an entire country is infected, we need to figure out how we move to a risk based on individuals so we are in favour of testing, testing is good but we are not in favour of blanket quarantine. meanwhile, some passengers are complaining the existing rules simply aren�*t being enforced properly. sharon says when she arrived at heathrow from south africa last night, she passed through the airport without any checks at all. i was in the arrivals hall within ten minutes, to spend all this money going around testing people who may have the south african strain, and i could be incubating it. i was very saddened because of what we are going through, because of how desperate our situation is. the government insists it will now enforce the rules with a firm hand, not only with fines but also a possible ten year prison sentence are those who lie about where they are travelling from. theo leggett, bbc news. we will talk to our political correspondent chris mason in a moment but let me bring you the latest known about its figures for the uk in terms of cases, deaths and vaccinations as well. deaths is up from yesterday to 1052, that�*s 1052 new deaths recorded in the uk, up more than 300 yesterday, usually monday figure is a little lower because of the lag in a weekend reporting. in terms of cases, 12,364. that is down, another fall in the number of cases from just over 14,000 yesterday. and in terms of vaccination, the good news on the vaccination roll—out continues. 12,000,640 people have been given the first dose of the vaccine, more than 12.5 million now. it was roughly 12.25 million yesterday. another 500,000 or so people have been vaccinated in the past 24—hour period. let�*s go to chris mason at westminster. those are the figures against which we�*ve heard from matt hancock today imposing these tough new travel restrictions. some mps after he made the announcement saying why didn�*t you do this much sooner? saying why didn't you do this much sooner? ., saying why didn't you do this much sooner? . ., ., ., ., , ., sooner? that afternoon. that is what was uuite sooner? that afternoon. that is what was quite striking _ sooner? that afternoon. that is what was quite striking listening _ sooner? that afternoon. that is what was quite striking listening to - sooner? that afternoon. that is what was quite striking listening to matt . was quite striking listening to matt hancock taking questions around about one hour and 40 minutes. there was broad support for what he had to sit both from his own benches and the opposition benches but where there was criticism, gain on occasion from his own side as well as the opposition, was around the timing and why this did not happen much sooner. with edward leigh won a veteran conservative backbencher asking why the uk did not model its approach on that of australia and new zealand, with much harsher limitations put on international travel much sooner. the argument that has been made by the government for months on end is to compare the uk and its economy and literally its geographical place in the world with australia and new zealand is relatively ludicrous. however, mr hancock has been in conversation with his australian opposite number around the practicalities of the hotel quarantine policy. that kicks in around the uk on monday. clearly a recognition in whitehall there can be lessons learned from elsewhere as far as how that is implemented. on top of that this very eye catching policy that anyone who tries to come in from a country on the so—called red list, 33 countries in primarily south america and southern africa, and does not adequately declare that is where they�*ve come from, tries to get in without acknowledging where they�*ve set off from, they could face quite a heftyjail term, here is mr hancock making that announcement in the commons. anyone who lies on the passenger locator form and tries to conceal that they've been in a country on the red list, in the ten days before arrival here, will face a prison sentence of up to ten years. these measures will be put into law this week and i've been working with the home secretary, the border force and the police to make sure more resources are being put into enforcing these measures. i make no apologies for the strength of these measures. because we're dealing with one of the strongest threats to our public health that we've faced as a nation. that was matt hancock in the commons. not for the first time, chris, a different approach from the scottish government. the transport secretary in — scottish government. the transport secretary in hollywood _ scottish government. the transport secretary in hollywood has - scottish government. the transport secretary in hollywood has been i secretary in hollywood has been setting out its approach to all things quarantine, this matters because there are international flights arriving directly into scotland, most recent figures suggesting around 1600 people arriving on such flights in the past week of january. arriving on such flights in the past week ofjanuary. here is arriving on such flights in the past week of january. here is the transport secretary michael matheson making that announcement in the last couple of hours. so it is very hard to say with confidence where the high risk countries are, even for the variants we know about. that is why, presiding officer, the scottish government wants a comprehensive approach to managed isolation. so from monday, we will require all international travellers arriving directly on flights into scotland to enter managed isolation. this goes further than the measures announced by the uk health secretary earlier this afternoon. the uk government has only committed to adopting this for travellers returning from red list countries. we know that is not sufficient, and we have therefore gone further. we believe that all international travellers, with some limited exceptions, should meet the requirement to isolate in managed facilities. a tougher response from the scottish government than the government at westminster. just to complete the quartet of the uk home nations, both wales and northern ireland currently are not receiving any direct international flights from beyond the uk, and so as things than we�*ve not heard anything specific from the governments in cardiff or belfast because anyone hoping to get to wales or northern ireland are coming in via england or scotland, and they would be subject to england or scotland�*s own quarantine measures and having completed those and the necessary tests built into those quarantine measures, if they have come in from a restless country in particular, obviously any country from scotland, from that point on it would be able to travel onwards to wales or northern ireland —— if they have come in from a red list country in particular. and we�*ll be answering your questions about coronavirus, the vaccine nad misinformation. in a specialjoint programme at ten o�*clock tomorrow morning — here on the bbc news channel and on the bbc asian network. we�*ll be joined by england�*s deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam. so do send in your questions using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions — or you can email yourquestions@bbc.co.uk it would be good to hear from you. the second impeachment trial of donald trump begins today in the us senate. the former president is charged with "inciting insurrection" in a speech to supporters ahead of the deadly riot at the us capitol just over a month ago. his lawyers say the trial is unconstitutional, and insist he was not responsible. barbara plett usher looks at what we can expect from the trial. shouting for the first time in modern history, america�*s peaceful transfer of power was shaken. the capitol stormed by armed supporters of the president to stop congress from declaring his election defeat. the ragged insurrectionjolted lawmakers into action. members of the lower chamber, including some republicans, charged donald trump with inciting the riots. we fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell, you're not- going to have a country any more. president trump used fiery language that day, his lawyers say he was simply exercising his right to free speech. we are going to walkl down to the capitol... but democrats plan to use his own words against him. crowd: take the capitol! they say the evidence is all out there. live streamed and live tweeted. shouting. fight for trump. and they will present it in vivid colour for the nation to see. no one will be able to avert their gaze from what mr trump said and did, and the consequences of his actions. singing. five people died during the riot. here, a memorial service for a capitol police officer who was killed. and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle feared for their lives. and then, ijust start to hear these yells of "where is she? "where is she?" like hell i'm going to let a bunch of domestic terrorists interfere with ourjob to protect and defend the constitution. do you solemnly swear... it looks almost certain that senate republicans won�*t vote to convict. on the day they were sworn in as jurors, most of them backed mr trump, calling the trial unconstitutional. democrats are wasting the nation�*s time on a partisan vendetta against a man no longer in office. the man may have left the white house but he�*s still a power broker in the party with a tight grip on the grass roots. and he�*s not coming back here to testify. to this fortress capitol, still under heavy guard to protect members of congress. republicans are clearly eager to turn this unhappy page and move on. but democrats are determined to hold donald trump to account, for the history books, if nothing else. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. gary o�*donoghue is in washington. role gary, almost no chance of him being convicted, what are the democrats hoping to get out of this trial? , ., ., , ., democrats hoping to get out of this trial? , ., .,, ., ., ,, trial? they are hoping to embarrass the republicans, _ trial? they are hoping to embarrass the republicans, damaged - trial? they are hoping to embarrass the republicans, damaged donald l the republicans, damaged donald trump even further, and they are hoping to prove a point, that you can�*t incite an insurrection as they put it, and they are promising fresh evidence beyond a pretty shocking evidence beyond a pretty shocking evidence we�*ve already seen in terms of videos and photographs of what happened injanuary of videos and photographs of what happened in january the 6th. of videos and photographs of what happened injanuary the 6th. in the next few days they hope to have an impact on public opinion with those. i don�*t think even they believe that will sway sufficient numbers of republicans in the senate to convict the president, but even though he may be acquitted this more not be the end of donald trump. he is promising a political future and lots of the republican party in the grassroots want him to carry on as well. ., ~ grassroots want him to carry on as well. . ,, , ., grassroots want him to carry on as well. ., ~' , ., , grassroots want him to carry on as well. . ,, i. , . grassroots want him to carry on as well. . ,, , . , drjulie norman is a political analyst from university college london. let�*s pick up on that thought about his political future. let�*s pick up on that thought about his politicalfuture. given this is the second impeachment, does he still have a political future, lots of people wondering if you could run in 2024? ., �* , of people wondering if you could run in 2024? ., a , in 2024? that's exactly right. even thou:h it in 2024? that's exactly right. even though it is — in 2024? that's exactly right. even though it is his _ in 2024? that's exactly right. even though it is his second _ in 2024? that's exactly right. even i though it is his second impeachment, if it ends up being as it looks like a second acquittalfor if it ends up being as it looks like a second acquittal for him as well, that will really be something that trump seizes on and something much of his base and supporters seize on as well. it will propel him, even more political capital, to back certain candidates in the 2022 mid—term elections and also potentially run himself into thousand and 24 or two back certain candidates. you will most likely get some momentum. 50 candidates. you will most likely get some momentum.— some momentum. so this could backfire on _ some momentum. so this could backfire on the _ some momentum. so this could backfire on the democrats? it . backfire on the democrats? it certainly could. democrats are hoping the case that they lay out through primarily video evidence showing what happened that day, evoking the emotions of january the six will sway popular opinion the other way, even if there is not a conviction, american voters will see what happened and some of them will turn against donald trump. seeing the way donald trump�*s base has been at the allegiance and loyalty he maintains, ithink at the allegiance and loyalty he maintains, i think that is a tough sell but the democrats hope they can come away with from this trial. he still loved by his base but what about moderate across america? in their eyes how damaged is he? would they ever think about re—electing him? they ever think about re-electing him? ~ ~ him? well, i think we saw in the 2020 election _ him? well, i think we saw in the 2020 election that _ him? well, i think we saw in the 2020 election that trump i him? well, i think we saw in the 2020 election that trump won . him? well, i think we saw in the 2020 election that trump won a | 2020 election that trump won a number of moderates, independents and that is one reason whyjoe biden won. the fact is trump still has very strong support in the republican party, over 80% of republicans do not want to see first eight convicted, so he has lots of support in the party. he is still the frontrunner in all polling when people are asked what candidates they would support and at the next presidential election. the republican _ presidential election. the republican party - presidential election. the republican party itself has got to think about its own future. what kind of party is it going to be going forward, is it going to be a trump party or will it be more of a traditional republican party. that's exactly right- _ traditional republican party. that's exactly right. we _ traditional republican party. that's exactly right. we see _ traditional republican party. that's exactly right. we see the _ traditional republican party. “tngt�*s exactly right. we see the republican party having this identity crisis, recent polling showing the party pretty split about 45% wanting to follow in the tradition of donald trump and another 45 saying they should move away and about 10% undecided. it is yet to be seen over the next couple of weeks, and couple of years, which direction the party goes. as long as there is so much popular support for donald trump, he will still have a very strong hold over the party moving forward just simply because of the voter base. great to talk to you, thank you so much. doctorjulie norman. many thanks. scientists from the world health organisation have said that the theory that covid—19 leaked from a laboratory in the chinese city of wuhan is "extremely unlikely." they�*ve been presenting their findings after visiting a number of locations in wuhan to investigate the origins of the virus. the team said they believe the most likely cause of the first outbreak was the virusjumping from an "intermediary host species" to human beings. they�*ve looked at four theories. number one, that the coronavirus came from one type of animal into human beings. number two, that it went animal, animal, humans. number three, that it has come from frozen surfaces, perhaps frozen seafood. numberfour, that it is as a result of a lab leak. on that fourth one, they are saying don�*t waste any more time and money on this because it is highly unlikely. in fact, they�*ve found no evidence of it whatsoever. they like theory number two — animal, animal, human. and that is where they are saying most of the effort should now go. they are recommending a much greater global integration of scientific databases, and more study into the survivability of this virus on frozen surfaces. they are saying it can move long distances on, say, frozen seafood, further than we thought, but they are not sure if that can actually infect people, although it can travel over a large distance. they will now be writing up their final reports, though, and their trip here has come to an end. from tomorrow, they will start flying home. a committee made up of members of the scottish parliament has confirmed a decision not to publish evidence from alex salmond, in which the former first minister accuses nicola sturgeon of breaking the ministerial code. mr salmond has said he wants the evidence, which has been widely reported in the media, published if he is to appear before the committee. but at a meeting today, members decided not to publish. the committee is looking at the scottish government�*s handling of harassment complaints made against mr salmond. the government risks "turning the clock back" on equality for women because economic support packages offered during the pandemic have been �*repeatedly skewed towards men,�* — that�*s the finding of a group of cross—party mps. the committee chair caroline nokes said the government had "repeatedly failed to consider" caring inequalities faced by women. the report recommends reforms, including making it easierfor staff to get flexible working. alex forsyth has more. well, i�*ve got the brunt of everything, really — trying to earn a living and to home—school my son. i'd found a job that was perfect for me and my family, and then it was just taken away from me by this pandemic. a lot of companies are looking i for new people, but the problem is that they're not very flexible. for each of these women, the pandemic�*s come with a particular cost — jobs lost, childcare struggles, businesses paused. now a group of mps is warning many women have been hard—hit by the economic of this virus and the risk is, it makes inequality worse. take sharon. she recently set up an ethical clothing business from home and runs a charity, the luca foundation, in memory of her stillborn son. but with her husband working full—time, she�*s borne the brunt of home—schooling, with her work taking a back—seat. so, this time round, my husband is not furloughed. had barely any time to focus on my business or the charity. i know a lot of mums who work from home and have their own small businesses, like myself, and all of them are saying that they�*ve been affected by home—schooling and they really don�*t have the time now to put in the energy to earn a living from their small business. many sectors have been hard—hit, but there�*s evidence that women are more likely to work in industries like hospitality and retail, which has seen closure after closure pile up. joanne had a job in a hotel, an idealfit around herfamily, but she was made redundant last year and hasn�*t been able to find work since. i was devastated because i'd not been there long, but i'd found a job that was perfect for me and my family, somewhere i fitted in. i don't want to do anything else. hospitality's all i know and what i'm good at, so... our plan to build, build, build... ministers have promised huge investment in rebuilding the economy, creating jobs, on top of billions spent already protecting them, but critics say there�*s too much focus on hard hats and high—vis — male—dominated sectors. with more people working from home, the government says it does want to harness the cultural shift covid has prompted, with parents sharing caring roles and more flexibility from employers. shall we make a flower? for single mum clare, that flexibility is key. she�*s struggled with childcare through the pandemic and, having recently been made redundant, she�*s finding it hard to get a job that fits round her daughter�*s needs. employers need to really think about the choices they�*re making and i think the government need to also proactively change that too. so, things like flexible working to be a right for everybody, and remote working should be a part of that too. so much about the way we work has changed, the government has had to scramble to put in place support schemes which have largely been welcomed, but mps say there must be more focus on support for women, or gender equality could go backwards. alex forsyth, bbc news. professor abi adams—prassl is a senior research fellow at the university of oxford. she gave evidence as part of the inquiry last year. thank you so much for being with us. do you agree with that thesis that the pandemic may have set women�*s equality back? i the pandemic may have set women's equality back?— the pandemic may have set women's equality back? i do. the government has overlooked _ equality back? i do. the government has overlooked the _ equality back? i do. the government has overlooked the labour _ equality back? i do. the government has overlooked the labour market i equality back? i do. the government| has overlooked the labour market and caring inequalities are faced by women. and as was mentioned by some of the contributors earlier, we know that women are disproportionately employed in sectors of the economy which have been hardest hit. nonetheless, the government has repeatedly failed to acknowledge these particular difficulties faced by women and with those with caring responsibilities and without a more proactive approach it is kind of hard to see how this could not impact gender equality. you hard to see how this could not impact gender equality. you want a more proactive _ impact gender equality. you want a more proactive approach, - impact gender equality. you want a more proactive approach, what i impact gender equality. you want a | more proactive approach, what does that mean in concrete terms? fin more proactive approach, what does that mean in concrete terms? on the actual labour — that mean in concrete terms? on the actual labour market _ that mean in concrete terms? on the actual labour market sides, - that mean in concrete terms? on the actual labour market sides, at i that mean in concrete terms? on the actual labour market sides, at the i actual labour market sides, at the moment women are shut out, this proportion were shut out of statutory sick pay, in terms of rights to flexible working, these are only available to a small group of workers and only a right to request these rights for employers. there is no actual guarantee people can work flexibly, be that in terms of hours are working from home. we have the specific design of the furloughs scheme and self—employment income support scheme. repeatedly select committee since the start of the pandemic have criticised the fact that the coverage of these schemes is likely to disproportionately exclude women and the fact that, for example, the furloughs scheme at the beginning you had this andbinder nature whether either you did not work or you were kind of expected to work all your hours. that might have faith in gender inequality at the beginning of the pandemic because more of these care responsibilities were falling on women. and the final thing is that in contrast to the majority of eu member states, the right to be furloughed for care are reasons does not exist in the uk. that is the case in many other countries. that is the case in many other countries-— that is the case in many other countries. ., ., ., countries. most looking ahead to the future and the _ countries. most looking ahead to the future and the government's - countries. most looking ahead to the future and the government's plans i future and the government�*s plans for investment, the criticism is that the boris johnson for investment, the criticism is that the borisjohnson has talked a lot about build, build, build, wearing high vizjacket and hard hat, it is all quite match out, is what critics say, and there�*s not enough focus on reinvestment and rebuilding the economy around women. the report specifically calls for the tragedy to cost up to a so—called care led recovery. —— called for the treasury. in the winter economic plan childcare and the care sector was not mentioned once. despite if you think about childcare, for a large portion of the population been able to get out and work depends on having a stable and work depends on having a stable and affordable system and the pandemic has really shone a light on the fact we have had chronic underinvestment in social care, basically in the care sector in general. this would be an opportunity to instead ofjust clapping for carers, actually putting some money behind it. iltrui’hat putting some money behind it. what about single — putting some money behind it. what about single parents? mothers who are alone trying to cope, often with children and with a job and may they�*ve lost theirjob or home—schooling their children, the pandemic has been especially difficult for them.— difficult for them. especially difficult. this _ difficult for them. especially difficult. this comes - difficult for them. especially difficult. this comes out i difficult for them. especially difficult. this comes out in l difficult for them. especially i difficult. this comes out in two parts of the report. the first is when we think about how the design of universal credit and the reintroduction of the requirement to search for work and be in work from july, when childcare was still not available and if you think about now, schools are still shut. there�*s not been an adequate reflection of the impact of that on single mothers and caregivers more broadly. on the other hand this comes up in discussions around the generosity of benefits. single mothers are disproportionately likely not to have benefited from any of the increases in at the generosity of universal credit or benefits over the pandemic. they are more likely to be affected by the benefit cap or be on a so—called legacy benefits that have not been uplifted at all since the start of the pandemic. good to talk to you. thank you so much. professorabi good to talk to you. thank you so much. professor abi adams—prassl, senior research fellow at of oxford. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. the snow showers today will continue to give fresh accumulations of snow, a couple of centimetres here and there. in some places there will be more, for example central and eastern scotland, five, ten, 15 centimetres, and an amber warning in force from the met office for today and into this evening. obviously, very cold. the cold east, north—easterly winds continue, so it feels more like —5 or —6 in some of the stronger gusts. on top of that, we have stronger winds and potentially some snow also sweeping across the english channel during the course of this afternoon and this evening. the wintry showers will continue through the course of the night and into tomorrow, but tomorrow during the day, we are expecting high pressure to build in from the north, and what this high pressure will do is tend to ease the showers, so by tomorrow evening i think there will be fewer showers around, lighter winds and clearer skies. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: tougher quarantine rules for anyone coming into england from abroad — and up to ten years injail for travellers who lie new sanctions for anyone failing to observe new rules for travellers coming to england from abroad, including a maximum 10 thousand pound fine for flouting hotel quarantine rules — and up to ten years in prison for anyone hiding the fact they�*ve been to a high—risk country. i make no apologies for the strength of these measures. because we are dealing with one of the strongest threats to our public health that we�*ve faced as a nation. the scottish government has gone further and says all overseas travellers arriving in scotland will be required to quarantine in a hotel. world health organization scientists who travelled to china investigating the origins of the virus say it is "extremely unlikely" to have emerged as a result of an incident in a laboratory. donald trump on trial — again. the first ever impeachment of a former president gets under way in a few hours�* time. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport center, here�*s jon watson. starting off with cricket and james anderson. england captainjoe root called james anderson — a playerfor the big moments — after his devastating spell of bowling helped england to a 227 run win in the first test in chennai. two wickets in one over — both of which saw the stumps ripped from the ground — helped england take the nine needed on the final day. when you consider india have only lost one test at home in the last eight years, it underlines the achievment and gives england a 1—0 lead in the four test series. it is always nice to see the stumps cartwheeling out of the ground, it doesn�*t happen very often at my age, so really happy that it did today. itjust topped off a really good performance throughout the five days. i thought it was a really solid and complete performance from the whole team. i want more of the same when the next test gets under way on saturday. british number onejohanna konta is out of the australian open. she was forced to retire from herfirst round match on day two in melbourne. despite receiving treatment on an abdominal injury during the first set which she won, she lost the first eight points of the second, and was forced to concede the match, bringing an abrupt end to her tournament. i don�*t really know what to make of it yet, i think because it does happen so recently i feel in a bit of a state of shock. having a bit of an out of body experience. i have very little experience with acute injuries on court and having to withdraw, and that is very lucky for me that i haven�*t had too much experience with this. and so again, this is a learning curve for me and a new experience. elsewhere for the brits today, cameron norrie won an all—british clash, ending the run of the british number one dan evans evans who�*d won a tour eventjust last week, said he struggled with fatigue, and so it�*s norrie who qualifies for the second round in melbourne for the first time. heather watson�*s also through, the only british player remaining in the women�*s singles after franjones lost her first ever grand slam match. arguably the performance of the day came from home favourite ashley barty. the australian was ruthless against the montenegrin danka kovinic, winning 6—0, 6—0 injust 44 minutes. while rafa nadal allayed any fears over a back problem beating serbian laslo djere also in straight sets. the manchester united manager casey stoney has called the racist abuse sufffered by striker leahjames �*disgusting�*. a week after her brother, the chelsea defender reece james was targeted, she too was subjected to racist messages online. revealing the abuse, james said social media companies must act or face losing users and suggested removing emojis with discrimiatory meanings. stoney, too, said not enough�*s being done. it's it�*s hard for me to comprehend sitting here is a white person in terms of actually being able to understand what she lives through every single day, what she�*s experiencing. it�*s disgusting. it is utterly disgusting. i think the government and the powers that be need to do so much more to govern the social media platforms. it is gut wrenching for me that she has a base and things is normal. ijust —— has to face that and thinks it is normal. ijust cannot understand it. the executive chairman of super league, robert elstone, has offered his resignation. he�*s been in the post for two and a half years, and survived a vote of no confidence in november. his decision to step down comes just 44 days before the start of the new 2021 season, and the super league board will now discuss his offer of resignation. and there are a couple of fifth round fa cup ties tonight, manchester united play west ham at old trafford at 7:30. before that, it�*s burnley against managerless bournemouth — that one kicks off in an hour�*s time, all the team news and build up on the bbc sport website and app. that is all for me for the time being. back to you. many thanks for that. there was a time before the pandemic when police officers would only be called to a house party in the event of a crime. usually that would be violent disorder or rowdy behaviour. now, during covid restrictions, throwing or attending a party for multiple households is a crime in itself — and the police are breaking them up every day. our reporter connor gillies spent a night on patrol with officers in glasgow to find out more. yeah, that�*s the first call of the evening — a noisy party. friday night, on the road and on patrol — tackling those partying in the pandemic. behind the door is an illegal gathering. six fines are issued to young people frustrated and in search of fun. you realise you�*re breaking the rules? do you realise the risks? you�*re obviously not wearing a mask. i�*m assuming there�*s no social distancing in the flat. do you care? and someone watching this whose family member has died and they can�*t see their family at all, and you guys are breaking the rules. next, there�*s word of a big party in here. inside — 30th birthday celebrations. 15 people fined, the property owner charged. it took a while for the officers to be permitted entry into the house. and there were several people in different rooms. they explained why they were there — there was a clear disregard for the coronavirus legislation. the householder will now be reported to the procurator fiscal for facilitating that birthday party. it�*s now two o�*clock in the morning and, usually, the pubs and clubs would be spilling out onto the streets — but this pandemic very much continues. and while the majority of us are following the rules, tonight�*s policing operation shows there�*s a stubborn minority of people who simply don�*t care — putting both the public and police at risk. increasingly, these parties are being held in rented accommodation booked online, with officers been beaten, abused and punched. every corner of the country, every day of the week, every weekend of the year. in fact, i think — with the exception of christmas day — there has not been one single day since the restrictions on house parties came in that the police have not been called to attend them. those on the front line, it seems, remain exposed, exasperated and exhausted. connor gillies, bbc news. campaigners say care homes in england must be helped to reopen to visitors in march. age uk is among six organisations asking for the return of what they call meaningful indoor visits — as many residents have now spent almost a year in isolation. the online grocer ocado has reported a 35% rise in sales over the past year because of the pandemic. despite the increase, the company recorded a net loss of £44 million. ocado says it believes the shift to online shopping for food has happened more quickly than expected, and it believes many people�*s shopping habits will have changed for good. travel company tui says its winter bookings fell 89% compared with a year ago as a result of the extended travel restrictions across europe. however, bosses say they�*re hopeful holiday—makers will return for the peak summer season with 2.8 million customers already booked. tui has confirmed plans to operate at 80% capacity. the police in myanmar have tried to disperse protesters gathered for a fourth day to express their anger at last week�*s military coup. officers fired rubber bullets in the capital, naypyidaw. there are unconfirmed reports that live ammunition was also used. water cannon was deployed and, elsewhere, tear gas. some protesters were detained. and we arejust and we are just hearing that there are reports, not yet confirmed, but reports that myanmar�*s military have been signed the party headquarters of aung san suu kyi, so she is still in detention, and the reports now that the military have ransacked her party headquarters. that is reports quoting a party official of aung san suu kyi, bringing more and as it into us. donald trump�*s historic second impeachment trial, on a charge of inciting last month�*s deadly storming of the us capitol, opens shortly with a debate over the constitutionality of the senate trying a president after he has left office. we can speak now to anita kumar, who�*s the white house correspondent for politico. she joins us live from washington. thanks very much indeed for being with us. some will say this is a bit of a pointless exercise since there is pretty much zero chance that the senate will convict donald trump because of the number of republicans there. ., ,, �* , there. yeah, you're right, they need a su er there. yeah, you're right, they need a super majority- — there. yeah, you're right, they need a super majority. they _ there. yeah, you're right, they need a super majority. they need - there. yeah, you're right, they need a super majority. they need 67 i a super majority. they need 67 senators to vote for this, and the chance of 17 republican senators to vote to convict him is very, very slim. we do expect a handful of republicans might vote for impeachment, but it simply will not be enough to convict him. iltrui’hat impeachment, but it simply will not be enough to convict him.— be enough to convict him. what did it democrats _ be enough to convict him. what did it democrats hope _ be enough to convict him. what did it democrats hope to _ be enough to convict him. what did it democrats hope to get _ be enough to convict him. what did it democrats hope to get out i be enough to convict him. what did it democrats hope to get out of - be enough to convict him. what did| it democrats hope to get out of this if they know they are not going to get him convicted?— if they know they are not going to get him convicted? unlike the last time he was _ get him convicted? unlike the last time he was impeached, - get him convicted? unlike the last time he was impeached, which - get him convicted? unlike the last| time he was impeached, which was about a year ago, this one was something that senators and house members felt in person. they were in the capital when the riots happened, there is still a lot of... they are still feeling the repercussions of that, until there are a lot of them that, until there are a lot of them that want to president donald trump accountable for what happened. and so even they are going into this knowing it is going to be a quick trial, probably won't result in conviction, they feel like it is important for everyone to know when to send that message that if you act a certain way, you will be held accountable. and they put the evidence out there to show that they feel like he related because these riots. ~ . , , ~ riots. what this is the evidence? -- what is the — riots. what this is the evidence? -- what is the evidence? _ riots. what this is the evidence? -- what is the evidence? with - riots. what this is the evidence? -- what is the evidence? with saw - riots. what this is the evidence? -- what is the evidence? with saw the | what is the evidence? with saw the speech telling his people to walk towards the capital, but what is the other evidence they will be presenting?— other evidence they will be presenting? other evidence they will be ”resentin? , , ., ., , presenting? this is going to be interesting _ presenting? this is going to be interesting because _ presenting? this is going to be interesting because what - presenting? this is going to be interesting because what we i presenting? this is going to be. interesting because what we are hearing today is that both sides, the house, which presents the evidence, and president from's attorneys probably won't have any witnesses. they can make that decision as the week goes on, but as of today, there might not be witnesses. so the evidence are going to present our videos showing what happened at the capitol on january six. they are happened at the capitol onjanuary six. they are going to show president trump's speech and they're going to talk a bit about what he did after the riot started. and if you recall that day, he didn't tell people to leave right away. he actually issued some tweets and statements basically saying he left the protesters. and he did ask them to be peaceful, but he didn't ask him to leave. so what you're going to see is a lot of video, mostly video, of what president trump did that day, what he did after the riots started and what those repercussions were for the day on the capital and the people that were there, of course, five people have died since then. i there, of course, five people have died since then.— died since then. i suppose it democrats _ died since then. i suppose it democrats have _ died since then. i suppose it democrats have to - died since then. i suppose it democrats have to be - died since then. i suppose it democrats have to be quite | died since then. i suppose it - democrats have to be quite careful because america and grapes of the pandemic sale killing thousands of people every single day —— is in grips of the pandemic, they do not want to be consumed by this for too long. want to be consumed by this for too lonu. ., ., ., , , long. you are right, that is why there is consensus _ long. you are right, that is why there is consensus from - long. you are right, that is why - there is consensus from republicans and democrats to do this quickly. we are thinking this will last about a week, go into early next week, and week, go into early next week, and we will probably have to trial on sunday, but probably not on saturday. so there is a sense of the need to move quickly. republicans want to move quickly because i don't want to move quickly because i don't want to move quickly because i don't want to continue to talk about donald trump, and democrats because they have the entire agenda of presidentjoe biden to deal with, and most importantly, as you just indicated, the coronavirus which is still killing thousands of people every single day in the united states. the biggest breach of legislation they have waiting for them —— the biggest piece of legislation is the one on coronavirus, will schools and local and state governments get money, will americans get checks in the mail to help them with the coronavirus with many people being out of work? that is what people are looking for around the country, and so they have to very much he looking for around the country, and so they have to very much be mindful that this needs to be swift and they need to move on and about a week or so. �* ., , ., ., need to move on and about a week or so. �* ., , ., ., ~ ., need to move on and about a week or so. and really good to talk to you, thank ou so. and really good to talk to you, thank you very _ so. and really good to talk to you, thank you very much. _ so. and really good to talk to you, thank you very much. let's - so. and really good to talk to you, thank you very much. let's show. so. and really good to talk to you, i thank you very much. let's show you the scene live at capitol hill right now in washington. see quite a lot of troops there, and also to say that we are going to be bringing live coverage of those proceedings and the senate throughout the evening here on bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... new sanctions for anyone failing to observe new rules for travellers coming to england from abroad, including a maximum £10,000 fine for flouting hotel quarantine rules — and up to ten years in prison for anyone hiding the fact they've been to a high—risk country. in scotland all overseas travellers arriving there will be required to quarantine in a hotel. donald trump on trial — again. the first ever impeachment of a former president gets under way in a few hours' time. world health organisation scientists who travelled to wuhan investigating the origins of the virus say it is "extremely unlikely" to have emerged as a result of an incident in a laboratory. mary wilson, one of the original members of the supremes, has died aged seventy six. the all—female group, which included diana ross, was known for hits such as baby love and you can't hurry love — and its music became a defining sound of the 1960s. after leaving the supremes, mary wilson continued as a concert performer, and became more involved in political activism. david sillito looks back at her life. # ooh, need to hold you...# mary wilson. the supremes. ba by love. # set me free why don't you, babe...# you keep me hangin' on. # i remember mama said...# you can't hurry love. they were a motown hit machine. five number—one singles in a row. #..it�*s a game of give and take...# mary wilson had formed the group with herfriend, florence ballard, when they were teenagers. then they werejoined by a neighbour, diana ross. and then, they headed to the office of motown, in detroit. every day, after school, we would catch the bus to motown, sit on the steps. eventually, we got into the lobby. we'd sit in the lobby. and every day, we'd do that until eventually, they signed us. we pestered them — to death! i am just so thrilled because so much has happened to me in the month of february... 60 years on, her death is a shock. she posted this only a few days ago, talking about her plans for the future. and one of her friends received a gift from herjust hours before hearing the sad news. today, i actually got a late christmas gift in the mail from her. i went online to say thank you, you know, text her thank you, and it popped up that she had passed, and when i tell you i'm really still in shock. i've got, like, a knot in my chest now. just very, very sad. the world's lost a great entertainer. the head of motown records, berry gordy, said today, "i was extremely shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of a major member of the motown family. mary wilson, of the supremes. she was a trailblazer, diva and will be deeply missed." diana ross offered her condolences and wrote of the many wonderful memories of their time together. of course, it wasn't always perfect harmony in the supremes. the decision to rename the group diana ross & the supremes was a sign of who was being groomed for stardom. mary and new member cindy birdsong didn't even get to sing on this recording. # love child, never meant to be...# but mary wilson stayed with the supremes until the group came to an end and, over the years, she continued to perform, she wrote, she campaigned for performers�* rights. and she was looking forward to celebrating the 60th anniversary of the supremes — a memory of the era of civil rights, when the charts were ruled by three successful, confident, glamorous black women. as mary wilson said, yes, she was the dreamgirl. mary wilson, who has died at the age of 76. joining me now to talk more about mary's legacy is ruby turner, a british soul singer, songwriter and actress who had a hit album called the �*motown songbook�*. ruby, so good to talk to you. thank you for being with us, and just tell us what your memories of mary wilson are, especially the founder of motown calling her trailblazer. that is a word i would _ motown calling her trailblazer. twat is a word i would use because that is a word i would use because that is what these ladies were all about, they really were quite inspirational. i think they use the word influencer now, but they were inspirations. and listening to your reading just then, they were persistent, they never gave up, they stayed there until they sign them. and it is a test because you are still working up until very recently, and what we admire here, because that is the american thing, but in the uk how much influence with the american sound and the women and the music that influence us in the uk. and the supremes are one of the first super groups. one of the first female super groups, nobody can deny that. they had glamour, they had class, vocals, they were on top of their game all they were on top of their game all the time every time. immaculate turnout. and i've seen clips of marian interviews over the years, what a beautiful woman. you never heard her bad—mouthing or anything like that, she was gracious and she was serving the music. aha, like that, she was gracious and she was serving the music.— was serving the music. a lovely tribute, was serving the music. a lovely tribute. and — was serving the music. a lovely tribute, and a _ was serving the music. a lovely tribute, and a supergroup, - was serving the music. a lovely tribute, and a supergroup, as l was serving the music. a lovely| tribute, and a supergroup, as he said, it was founded. amazing the things she founded the supremes when she was only 15 years of age. yeah. she was only 15 years of age. yeah, talented, she was only 15 years of age. yeah, talented. she _ she was only 15 years of age. yeah, talented, she was _ she was only 15 years of age. yeah, talented, she was born _ she was only 15 years of age. yeah, talented, she was born to - she was only 15 years of age. yeah, talented, she was born to sing. - she was only 15 years of age. yeah, i talented, she was born to sing. from 15 until now, still doing it, you cannot ask how that is a testimony for serving your music and serving your purpose. her gift, and she did it well. so such an inspiration, really. and a very, very sad day. indeed, and such talent in the supremes, and a lot of people say they weren't quite the same after diana ross left, what is your view on that? ., , diana ross left, what is your view on that? .,, .., ., ., ., on that? people come and go and slit u -. on that? people come and go and split un- a — on that? people come and go and split up. a testimony _ on that? people come and go and split up. a testimony to _ on that? people come and go and split up. a testimony to the - on that? people come and go and split up. a testimony to the fact l split up. a testimony to the fact that she continued, regardless of the fact that the group split up, she continued as a musician, towards the world, because she believed in herself and so she did her thing. these things happen, but you can look back, and i'm sure she was not and it isn't about the name change or what have you, you have to get over that and she did i'm sure, and just got on with the music and doing her thing and just being wonderful and gorgeous and inspiring. and that is what i really want to, she leaves that, when you look back and you see how they did it. today's world of music is completely different, they worked hard then, they had a reason to work, paying rent, food on the table, that's purpose. now it is a whole other world, it is a bizarre time, i don't know what it is, it has changed. and that area they were still cutting it, rolling with the times —— in that era, she was embracing everything, which is wonderful. so many times eyes a —— i as a singer can look back and see how has she been keeping going, just do what you do. find how has she been keeping going, 'ust do what you do.— do what you do. and what was the influence of— do what you do. and what was the influence of the _ do what you do. and what was the influence of the supremes - do what you do. and what was the influence of the supremes on - do what you do. and what was the | influence of the supremes on you, their music, their songs are so wonderful, and her voice, just stunning. wonderful, and her voice, 'ust stunninofi wonderful, and her voice, 'ust stunnint. , ~' ., , stunning. vocally, you know, guest vocalists that _ stunning. vocally, you know, guest vocalists that is _ stunning. vocally, you know, guest vocalists that is what _ stunning. vocally, you know, guest vocalists that is what you _ stunning. vocally, you know, guest vocalists that is what you can - stunning. vocally, you know, guest vocalists that is what you can be, i vocalists that is what you can be, thatis vocalists that is what you can be, that is what i like to think, you work hard to achieve that. and they had it. absolutely fantastic and they turned out when they were performing, just fabulous, elegance, poise, charm, just wonderful, absolutely wonderful. so i am so proud to support them. as young kids growing up, for me, watching that was, if you are going to work it, you are going to work it, put the address on!— you are going to work it, put the address on! �* ., i. �* _ address on! and what you're saying now, i address on! and what you're saying now. i sunpose _ address on! and what you're saying now, i suppose one _ address on! and what you're saying now, i suppose one of— address on! and what you're saying now, i suppose one of the - address on! and what you're saying now, i suppose one of the great - now, i suppose one of the great legacies that we still here their music now, it is on the radio all the time. music now, it is on the radio all the time-— music now, it is on the radio all the time. . , ., .y ., the time. that is the legacy. you talk about _ the time. that is the legacy. you talk about longevity _ the time. that is the legacy. you talk about longevity and - the time. that is the legacy. you talk about longevity and music, i the time. that is the legacy. you i talk about longevity and music, can we say that of today's stuff coming out? the music in the 60s you can put it on and it sounds fresh, it was something else, music was made, great music. and they were one of those that came through. i wonderful legacy. those that came through. i wonderful leta . ~ , ., ~ those that came through. i wonderful [eta .~ ,y ., ~' those that came through. i wonderful leta .~ _ ., legacy. well, ruby, thank you so much, legacy. well, ruby, thank you so much. good _ legacy. well, ruby, thank you so much. good to — legacy. well, ruby, thank you so much, good to talk— legacy. well, ruby, thank you so much, good to talk to _ legacy. well, ruby, thank you so much, good to talk to you. - legacy. well, ruby, thank you so much, good to talk to you. ruby| much, good to talk to you. ruby turner there remembering the supremes and the wonderful mary wilson. ellis had a bit more of a listen to the supremes. # baby love, my baby love. # i need you, but all you do is treat me had. # break my heart and leave me sad. # tell me what did i do wrong to make you stay away so long? # because baby love, my baby love, i'm missing you #just kissing you. wonderful music thereof mary wilson and the supremes. while we've been on air, we've had confirmation that the united arab emirates' first mission to mars has reached the red planet and successfully inserted itself into its orbit following its seven—month journey. applause there we are. applause for the success so far of that mission. wonderful pictures. let's check out the weather on the planet earth, the white planet, not the red planet with the snow. well, some of us have another 2a to 36 hours of these intermittent snow showers. some of them light, some still very heavy. for example, across parts of central and eastern scotland. an amber warning in force from the met office here through today and into this evening. and also, we have some snow potentially for the channel islands through the afternoon and evening, on top of that gale—force winds, for some temporary blizzards here as well. now, the evening is going to be subzero across the uk. on top of that, we still have that cold east, north—easterly, so it is going to feel more like —7 in some of the stronger gusts. now, through the course of tonight, the snow showers continue, again, giving fresh accumulations of snow. around two to five centimetres at most, ten in parts of scotland. but also a lot of clear weather around as well. and the winds are just starting to drop a little bit as we go into the early hours of wednesday. temperatures in some spots dipping down to —15 degrees, again, in the scottish glens. so tomorrow, bright sparkling sunshine, i think, for some of us in the west of the country. but the snow showers further east will become less frequent. and the reason for that is because high pressure will be building, and high pressure stops showers from forming, it eases the winds and the high pressure will be building from the north. so in scotland we will see that high by the time get to wednesday night. also, the winds will ease, and with high pressure and easing winds, it's going to get very, very cold. in fact, these are the city temperatures. —12 or lower in scotland, —8 in parts of london. for parts of london, it could be, in fact, wednesday night into thursday, the coldest night in around a decade. so some super cold weather on the way thursday morning. very frosty, but changes are starting to take place in the south—west of the british isles. weather fronts are trying to sneak in. that is a sign that there is mild air not that far away from us. but by friday, i think that milder air mightjust about he nudging into ireland, maybe the tip of cornwall, but the cold easterly air is still very much in place across the uk through friday and quite possibly into saturday and maybe sunday as well. so friday, i think, a crisp day on the way. that snow isn't going away anywhere. it's still a cold day. this is bbc news. the headlines: tougher quarantine rules for anyone coming into england from abroad — and up to ten years injail for travellers who lie about where they've come from. i make no apologies for the strength of these measures because we are dealing with one of the strongest threats to our public health that we face as a nation. the scottish government has gone further and says all overseas travellers arriving in scotland will be required to quarantine in a hotel. world health organisation scientists who travelled to china investigating the origins of the virus say it�*s �*extremely unlikely�* to have come from a laboratory. donald trump on trial again as the first—ever impeachment of a former president gets under way in a few hours�* time