Moving along itself towards the east the vast majority of us have a dry day installed. Cloudy and damp in some areas overnight, to the north of scotland we will probably see a touch of frost, particularly in the glans. When i say it is a slow moving front, it is still there, bringing similar conditions to at least the southern half of the uk. To at least the southern half of the uk. Particularly in the glens. Ii uk. Particularly in the glens. 11 degrees, much brighter. Lots of Weather Fronts here, degrees, much brighter. Lots of weatherfronts here, some are more intense, others are weaker and the ones across the uk on thursday show a bit of cloud across the north and south. The real weather that will turn is waiting out into the atlantic. Thursday is still dry, 14 in the south, we will not see that much change through tomorrow or thursday. We think the change comes on friday, that will swing in off the atlantic, isobars that meaning went spiralling into the centre of low pressure, windy conditions towards the west of the uk. Exactly why this low will go, north or south, they will all have a bearing on the Rainfall Distribution across the uk but suffice to say it will be a bit changeable on friday, with showers coming and going, temperatures still between 12 and 15 degrees, on the mild side. Staying pretty mild for the time of year for the rest of the week. We cant is generally not looking too bad, it might be a bit cloudy and chilly closer to the north sea close but it could be ok. A reminder of our top story. All Frontline Nhs staff in england will have to be fully vaccinated against covid i9 by next spring, unless theyre medically exempt. An announcement is due from the government this afternoon. You can keep up to date with that. Stay with the Bbc News Channel to hear that an announcement from the Health Secretary sajid javid and all the reaction. Thats all from the Bbc News At One so its goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc� s news teams where you are. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, its 1 30pm and heres your latest sports news. England cricketer Liam Livingstone says the yorkshire Racism Scandal has been very troubling for the world t20 side who compete in the tournament semi finals tomorrow. It comes as the club investigates a new allegation of racism from a former academy player, following those made by azeem rafiq. New Club Chairman lord patel apologised to rafiq, admitting the investigation had been badly handled. Livingstone said anyone at the top of the game must continue to bring about change. Its been troubling for the team but it is an opportunity for the group because we are proud of the diversity within our squad. Everybody� s background, i think we celebrate them, and i think it is a great opportunity for those at the top of the game to force that change, and i think that is a great opportunity for us as a group to lead the way and hopefully that filters down into County Cricket and grassroots cricket. The new zealand captain Kane Williamson believes england still have the strength to cope without Openerjason Roy who misses the match tomorrow through injury, in what is a repeat of the dramatic 50 over final two years ago. Jason is a Big Playerfor england, and has been playing really nicely, getting the team off to a good start. The depth in the england side is one of their strengths. We will try and plan accordingly to the best of our ability. We largely want to focus on the sort of cricket we want to play as a group and keep developing on that as we have been doing throughout this tournament. In football, Steven Gerrard remains on a high list of potential managers to replace dean smith at aston villa. The rangers boss has impressed teh clubs hierarchy in his first properjob has impressed the clubs hierarchy in his first properjob in management with the scottish club. Villa hope to have someone in place by for the next home game with brighton following the up coming international break. Chelsea can go top of their group with a win against swiss Side Servette in the Womens Champions League tonight. Chelsea travel to geneva to face a side which is yet to score a goal in the competition and boss emma hayes says her team is looking forward to the game. We cant control outcomes but we can control the type of performance. I know our team really enjoy the pressure, they enjoy the expectation. I just think we are looking forward to being against a new opponent and picking up things we can learn from it. Us open champion Emma Raducanu is set to announce torben beltz as her new coach. The 44 year old german was working with Angelique Kerber when she won both the Australian Open and the us open in 2016. Beltz is not in austria this week, where raducanu is the top seed at the Upper Austria ladies event in linz. The 18 year old plays wang xinyu in the second round later in what will be her final event of the year. And joe marler will be unavialble for selection by england this weeked for their Autumn International with australia after Testing Positive for covid he began isolating for ten days on monday. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. Thats bbc. Co. Uk sport. Thats all from me. Thanks very much. This is bbc news. We are keeping an eye on the House Of Commons because we are expecting that statement in a little while from the Health Secretary about Covid Vaccinations for Front Line Nhs staff in england. We will keep an eye on that. Until that begins in the commons, lets talk more first of all about Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The government has warned the club and the england and Wales Cricket board that it is watching them, and stands ready to � step in� if they do not � put their house in order�. Conservative chris philp was responding to an urgent question in the House Of Commons about the issue of racism in cricket, following professional player azeem rafiqs experience of � racial harassment and bullying� in the sport. The government is extremely concerned by the reports of racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Quite simply, the situation faced by azeem rafiq was unacceptable. It should never have been allowed to happen in the first place, and it should have been dealt with properly during the initial investigation. We have been clear with the england and Wales Cricket board that this needs a full, transparent investigation, both into the incident involving as in rafique but also into the wider cultural issues at Yorkshire Cricket Club. Azeem rafiq. The ecb are investigating this fully and took action against Yorkshire County Cricket Club are stripping them of the right to Host International matches, and have suspended a player. We� ve also seen a number of resignations at the board at yorkshire, quite rightly, including the chairman. Lord Patel Of Bradford has now taken over as chairman of the cricket club and has set out the approach he will be taking to tackle theissue approach he will be taking to tackle the issue at yorkshire. Crucially, he has started by apologising to azzi rafique, but we know this won� t undo the pain he feels. Azeem rafiq. More action is needed and we have called on lord patel and the ecb to fully investigate and eradicate racism where it exists. The ecb is undertaking a regulatory process and must take strong action where it is needed. They must be transparent and swift for the benefit of cricket. They have also launched an independent commission for equity in cricket, looking at issues more widely that go beyond just yorkshire, chaired by cindy butts, a highly respected antiracism campaigner, who was a board member of the kick it out campaign in football and is also a lay member of your committee, minister, on ipsa. Cindy butts is independent and has a track record in this area. This terrible case, the awful case of the abuse azeem rafiq should never have suffered but did suffer shows how much more needs to be done to stamp out racism in the game. I urge anyone who has experienced discrimination in cricket to come forward to cindy butts� commission and report what they� ve experienced. In addition, i understand that the equality and Human Rights Commission have also requested information about this incident, which is quite right, and i encourage the e hrc in their work on this. Ehrc. Sport is for everyone. The government applauds azeem rafiq� s courage in speaking out and encourages anybody else similarly affected to do the same. This must be a Watershed Moment for cricket. The government will closely scrutinise the actions of the ecb. My colleague the Sport Minister met them on this topic last week. And we will scrutinise the actions the Yorkshire Cricket Club take in response to these damning accusations. The investigations i refer to need to be thorough, they need to be transparent, and they need to be transparent, and they need to be public. That is necessary to restore The Public Plus Micro Faith in cricket and beyond. The public� s faith in cricket. The parliament is watching, the country is watching. We expect real action. The government stands ready to step in and take action if they don� t put their own house in order. A couple are launching a Landmark Legal test case against what they describe as a � gay tax� when it comes to Nhs Fertility Treatment in england. Megan bacon evans and her wife whitney, who are both in their 30s, claim their local Clinical Commissioning Group discriminates against lgbtq families. Ultimately it comes down to the fact there is an unfair financial burden being put on the Lgbtq Community, relating to the Eligibility Criteria placed on us as opposed to heterosexual couples in order to meet the same level of requirements where you can receive free nhs funding of ivf depending on what your local Clinical Commissioning Group gives you, that is different too, but there is a clear difference in the fact that for a heterosexual couple, the criteria is two years of unprotected sex, no evidence and no cost, whereas for a same sex female couple, in our case it is 12 rounds of Artificial Insemination which could cost almost £50,000. Which is an extraordinary amount of money. And you say clearly that is discrimination . Yes, ultimately we would like to just have an equal claim, essentially, that is what we are fighting for, just to have the same rights and opportunities as a heterosexual couple. We feel in the eyes of the law we can equally be married and be seen as wife and wife, but it does not go as far as being seen as equal in terms of creating a family. What would an equal Playing Field look like . I think it would be recognised that no matter how much we try, unfortunately we cannot create a family together, so even though it might not be medical infertility, it is de facto infertility and so essentially in the first instance it would be potentially Artificial Insemination being provided by the nhs in order to meet the same level of requirements as heterosexual couples before needing funding for ivf, that would be the ultimate solution. But right now we are just asking for recognition of this discrimination. So that i understand accurately, you are saying you would require Artificial Insemination on the nhs, and if that does not lead to pregnancy, then you would be eligible for ivf on the nhs . I think that would be the ultimate goal, at the moment it is placing that barrier on the Lgbtq Community where many people cannot simply afford to meet that criteria. It is essentially a gay tax. It is an unfair financial burden. We have heard from so many people that they had spent a fortune and maybe had three or four rounds and they may have had unsuccessful pregnancies and they do not have the means to go on, we have heard stories from many of our followers, this issue does notjust affect us, it affects the whole community. Even if you know you have an inFertility Issue, for example, they will often still need you to self fund the required amount of Artificial Insemination. Understood. What would you say to those who might say, listening to you, you are not infertile, this is not a Fertility Issue . It is still a Fertility Issue, technically. It is also about the fundamental right that everyone deserves to have a family and the provision has been provided for one section of society but not another. In response, the nhs frimley Clinical Commissioning Group said, the Fertility Services we provide are based on nice guidance. While we can� t comment on individual cases we will fully engage with any legal proceedings. Let� s take a look now at some of the stories making the news across the uk. Delay Double Vaccination Requirements for six months. That� s the call to the government from a Specialist Care home provider for people with Learning Difficulties in lincolnshire. Paul de savary says finding staff is hard enough without requiring care workers to be fully vaccinated. With that deadline now just a few days away, Crispin Rolfe has been to speak to one raf veteran who� s recently become a carer. Hello, Everyone Welcome to will� s kitchen. Today we are making a chicken and chorizo paella. My name is william and i have been here nearly ten years. My name is les, i have been working here for almost five years now and i love every second of it, its a greatjob. Will has autism and visits the care home in dorrington daily. Les, his carer, was a former raf veteran. This is what les has helped him to create, a youtube cookery show. But covid has been a challenge. Last year was hard because when i found out about covid. I was off for four months. They rang me up and said would you like to come back . Yes, i would like to come back. We are for young people, but we are not elderly care. If you have autism you don� t want to be locked down, you want to interact with the right support staff. Now as the government says all nhs workers must be double vaccinated by spring, the care sector is asking for its vaccination deadline of this thursday to be put back. Please do not implement the 11th Of November Vaccination cut off date, it will be a disaster. By all means push people to get a vaccination but if it is implemented it will be a massive problem. Recruitment and retention remain a challenge but the government insists its decision is based on protecting those across the Care Home Sector from covid. Just as we are talking about it, the latest statement from the House Of Commons. Across the uk, the overwhelming majority of us have made the positive choice to accept the offer of vaccines against covid i9. Almost eight in every ten people over the age of 12 have chosen to be double vaccinated, and over 10 Million People have now received their boosters or third jabs. I am grateful to colleagues across the house for their steadfast support of our National Vaccination programme. Despite the fantastic rates of uptake, we must all keep doing our bit to encourage eligible people to top up their defences and to protect themselves this winter. I understand that vaccination can of course be an emotive issue. Most of us have taken the step to protect ourselves, to protect our families, and to protect our country. We� ve all seen, sadly, how covid can devastate lives. We� ve also seen howjabs can save lives and keep people out of hospital. 0ur collective efforts have built a wall of defence for the british people, helping us to move towards the more normal way of life that we have all been longing for. The efforts of the british people have been phenomenal. Those working in health and social care have been the very best of us. Not only have they saved lives and kept people safe through their incredible work, but they� ve done the same by choosing to get vaccinated. I want to thank nhs trusts and primary Care Networks for all the support and the encouragement they have given their staff to take up the vaccine. The latest figures show that 90 of nhs staff have received at least two macro doses of the covid i9 vaccine, although in some trusts the figure is closer to 80 . But mr deputy head speaker, while our health and social care colleagues are a Cross Section of the nation at large there isn� t any denying they carry a unique responsibility. They have this responsibility. They have this responsibility because they are in close contact with some of the most Vulnerable People in our society. People that we know that are more likely to suffer Serious Health consequences if they get covid i9. Whether it is in our care homes or in our hospitals or any other health or care setting, the first duty of everyone working in health and social care is to avoid preventable harm to the people they care for. Not only that, they have a responsibility to do all they can to keep each other safe. These twin responsibilities to patients and to each other, they underline once again why a job in health or care is again why a job in health or care is a job like no other. So it cannot be business as usual when it comes to vaccination. It is why from the very beginning of our National Vaccination programme we put health and care colleagues at the front of the line for covid jabs. And it� s why we have run two macro consultations exploring some of the other things that we might need to do. Two consultations. The first consultation, that looked at whether we should require people working in care homes to be vaccinated. What� s called the condition of deployment. After careful consideration, we made vaccination against covid i9 a condition for deployment in care homes from the 11th of november. Since we announced this in parliament, the number of people working in care homes who have not had at least one dose has fallen from 88,000 tojust had at least one dose has fallen from 88,000 to just 32,000 at the start of last month. 0ur from 88,000 to just 32,000 at the start of last month. Our second consultation looked at whether we should extend this requirement to health and other social care settings, including in nhs hospitals and independent health care providers. 0ursix and independent health care providers. 0ur six week consultation received over 3a,000 responses, and of course a broad range of views. Support for making vaccination a condition of deployment was tempered with concerns that some people may choose to leave their posts if we went ahead with this. I have carefully considered the responses and the evidence and i have concluded that the scale clearly tip to one side. The weight of the data shows our vaccinations have kept people safe and they have saved lives, and that this is especially true for Vulnerable People in health and care settings. I am mindful, not only of our need to protect human life, but our imperative to protect the nhs and those Services Upon which we all rely. Having considered the consultation responses, the advice of my officials and nhs leaders, including the Chief Executive of the nhs, i have concluded that all those working in the nhs and social care will have to be vaccinated. We must avoid preventable harm and protect patients in the nhs, protect colleagues in the nhs, and, of course, protect the nhs itself. 0nly course, protect the nhs itself. Only those colleagues who can show that they are fully vaccinated against covid i9 can be employed or engaged in those settings. There will be two key exemptions. 0ne, in those settings. There will be two key exemptions. One, for those who don� t have face to face contact with patients and the second, for those that are medically exempt. These requirements will be across wider health and social care settings regulated by the care quality commission. Mr deputy speaker, we are not the only country in the world that has taken such steps, there are similar policies for workers in other countries, including the us, france, and italy. We also consulted on flu vaccines. Having considered the views that we should focus on covid i9, we will not be introducing any requirements on flu jabs at this stage, but we will keep this under review. Of course, mr deputy speaker, these decisions aren� t mine alone. As with any other nationally significant covid legislation, parliament will have its say and we intend to publish an Impact Assessment before any vote. We plan to implement this policy through powers in the 2008 health and social care act, which requires registered persons to ensure the provision of safe care and treatment. I will shortly bring forward a Draft Statutory implement amending these regulations before the house just as we did with care homes. Mr deputy speaker, this decision doesn� t mean that i don� t recognise concerns about Workforce Pressures this winter and indeed beyond. As a result of some people perhaps choosing to leave theirjob because of the decision that we� ve taken, of course i recognise that. It is with this in mind that we have chosen for the condition not to come into force until 12 weeks after parliamentary approval, allowing time for our remaining colleagues to make the positive choice to protect themselves and those around them, and time for workforce planning. Subject to parliamentary approval, we intend the enforcement of this condition to start on the 1st of april, and we will continue to work closely across the nhs to manage Workforce Pressures. More than that, mr deputy speaker, we will continue to support and encourage those yet to support and encourage those yet to get the vaccines to do so. At every point in our programme, we have madejabs easily every point in our programme, we have made jabs easily accessible and work with all communities to build trust and boost uptake. That vital work will continue, including engagement with communities where uptake is the lowest, and one to one conversations with all unvaccinated staff in the nhs, and using the capacity of our National Vaccination programme with a walk in centres, pp� up programme with a walk in centres, pop up centres, all making it as easy as possible to get the jab. Mr deputy speaker, allow me to be clear, that no one, no one in the nhs or care that is currently unvaccinated should be scapegoated, singled out, or ashamed. That would be totally unacceptable. This is about supporting them to make a positive choice to protect Vulnerable People, to protect their colleagues, and, of course, to protect themselves. The Chief Executive of the nhs will write to all nhs trusts today to underline just how vital these Vaccination Efforts are. Mr deputy speaker, i am sure that the whole house will want to join me in sure that the whole house will want tojoin me in paying tribute to the heroic responses across health and social care. They have been the very best of us in the most difficult of days. Care and compassion and conscience continue to be their watchwords, and i know that they will want to do the right thing. Today� s decision is about doing right by them, and doing right by everyone who uses the nhs so we protect patients in the nhs, we protect patients in the nhs, we protect colleagues in the nhs, and we protect the nhs itself. I commend this statement to the house. I thank the Secretary Of State as always i thank the Secretary Of State as always for i thank the Secretary Of State as always for a timely advance sight of the statement. Vaccination save lives the statement. Vaccination save lives its the statement. Vaccination save lives. Its the best Protection Against lives. Its the best Protection Against this deadly disease and helps against this deadly disease and helps cut transmission. We want to see nhs helps cut transmission. We want to see nhs staff vaccinated, and as has been pointed out many times before, there are been pointed out many times before, there are already categories of staff there are already categories of staff for there are already categories of staff for which the Hepatitis Vaccine staff for which the Hepatitis Vaccine is expected. We will look carefully vaccine is expected. We will look carefully at this. I would urge the secretary carefully at this. I would urge the Secretary Of State to proceed with caution Secretary Of State to proceed with caution because we know the nhs is under caution because we know the nhs is under the caution because we know the nhs is under the most intense pressure this winter under the most intense pressure this winter already. We know that Waiting Lists are winter already. We know that Waiting Lists are close to 6 million. We know lists are close to 6 million. We know there are over 90,000 vacancies across know there are over 90,000 vacancies across the know there are over 90,000 vacancies across the nhs. We know the chancellor failed to allocate funding for Training Budgets to train funding for Training Budgets to train the funding for Training Budgets to train the medics we need for the future train the medics we need for the future in train the medics we need for the future in these budgets the other week future in these budgets the other week. There will be anxiety at trust level that week. There will be anxiety at trust level that policy, however laudable in principle, could exacerbate some of these in principle, could exacerbate some of these chronic under staffing problems. We simply cannot afford to lose thousands of nhs staff overnight. I dashing saying that we welcome overnight. I dashing saying that we welcome that the secretary has listened welcome that the secretary has listened to recommendations about delaying listened to recommendations about delaying the limitation of this untit delaying the limitation of this until after the winter. Nonetheless, there until after the winter. Nonetheless, there are until after the winter. Nonetheless, there are still organisations like there are still organisations like the bma there are still organisations like the bma who have outlined the practicalities of implementing this. Mandatory vaccination is neither necessary mandatory vaccination is neither necessary or proportionate, one quote. Necessary or proportionate, one quote. Will he agree to meet with royal quote. Will he agree to meet with royal colleges, the bma and the relevant royal colleges, the bma and the relevant trade unions to agree a framework for how this policy will be implemented . And can he outline to the be implemented . And can he outline to the house what he considers would be the to the house what he considers would be the success of this policy. The 10 of be the success of this policy. The 10 of nhs staff who are not vaccinated, some of that includes those vaccinated, some of that includes those with vaccinated, some of that includes those with medical exemptions, some of that those with medical exemptions, some of that includes those who are on longterm of that includes those who are on long term sick, some of that include some long term sick, some of that include some of long term sick, some of that include some of those who couldnt get the vaccine some of those who couldnt get the vaccine first time round because they vaccine first time round because they were vaccine first time round because they were ill with covid. Could he tell the they were ill with covid. Could he tell the house what is the