gusty wind continues around coastal areas. with those northerly winds temperatures are dropping as well. these are the temperatures we expect this afternoon. if we trace the wind through the norwegian sea this is where they are coming from hence that colder air coming our way. and there will be a stream of showers pushing into the north sea into east anglia and coastal areas. even snow to low levels overnight in northern scotland. where you have the showers you have most of those icy conditions as there is a widespread frost around tonight. those showers move away but the cold wind continues to feed and a few showers on north sea coasts and east anglia. many other areas having a dry day. cloud moving into northern ireland. the head of that temperature is perhaps no higher than for a five degrees despite the sunshine. at the moment the colder air is in place across the uk and heading into thursday nights some milder air time to come in from the atlantic. where those boundaries meet we have a weather front that could bring some snow briefly into scotland and the pennines. but only briefly overnight as it turns back to rain still sitting across more in southern parts of england during friday and threatening to come back into the south—west later on. temperature is beginning to drop away a little again and some frequent and heavy showers coming into the north west of scotland and later into northern ireland. that sets us up for the weekend come into colder air once again during the weekend. some quite strong wind turning to the north and north—west once again and most of the showers will be on saturday. sunday should be largely dry and quite sunny as well but still on the chilly side. a reminder of our top story... the health secretary sajid javid says there's no need to cancel your christmas arrangements ido i do not think people need to change their plans. we do not need any more measures in place at this time. that's all from the bbc news at one , so it's goodbye from me , and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. hello, i'mjane dougall with your latest sports news. former british number one johanna konta has announced she will retire from tennis at the age of 30. konta broke the news on her social media channels, saying she was very grateful for her career. the brit won four titles on the wta tour. and reached the semi—finals at wimbledon in 2017, eventually losing to simona halep. but that took her to the position of world number four that year — the highest ranking by a british woman since virginia wade in 1978. however, konta has struggled with her fitness. an abdominal injury, then contracting covid, meant she missed both wimbledon and the olympics this year. she's also been sufferring from heart palpitations. the lta thanked konta for her incredible contribution to british sport. what has been so wonderful about johanna konta's career is that it came as such a surprise to see her transform herself from someone who was outside the top 100, and in the space of ten months became a top 20 player. there was the australian open semifinal, when she beat venus williams in the first round. prestigious titles in sydney and miami, a wimbledon semifinal in 2017, nearly a french open final in 2019. that was the one that got away. she had a winning position in the semifinals that year. there had been frustrations in the last couple of years. lockdowns, a covid diagnosis, and persistent knee problems, butjohanna konta is very ready for the next chapter of her life and she can look back at the phenomenal career in which she established herself as one of the very best british players of the modern era. ellen white and england women both broke records last night in their world cup qualifier against latvia. it finished 20—0 — england's largest ever scoreline. striker white got a hat—trick, helping her become england women's top scorer with 48 goals. so, after surpassing those records, what's next for ellen and england? we move on and don't mention it ever again! wejust keep going. i hopefully will be selected again for england and try to do whatever i can for this team, scoring goals, performing, but i am not stopping now. i love playing for england and hopefully we can do something very special together. tonight in the premier league, rafael benitez will become the first man in more than a century to take charge of both liverpool clubs in a merseyside derby. former liverpool manager benitez has endured a tough start since taking over at everton, this with his side without a win in seven games. i think it is a massive game for us. we have a bad run now and we need to start winning. the derby is an opportunity to put things right. a massive game for us and we are thinking about getting those three points. those three points. ben stokes has been settling back into the england squad in preperation for the ashes in australia — meeting up with them for the first time since july. the england all—rounder took time out of the game to have a second operation on his finger, and to concentrate on his mental health. with just a week to go until the start of the first test in brisbane, england have had to train indoors because of the weather. their warm—up inter squad four day match was rained off. however, spin bowlerjack leach says stokes�*s inclusion has boosted morale within the squad. it looking really good. he is fitting into the group lately, it is great to have him back around and he has been brilliant and he is such a team man and i think the group is only betterfor having team man and i think the group is only better for having him team man and i think the group is only betterfor having him in it and he brings experience. he really brings the boys together so that has been really good. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the health minister gillian keegan has been giving a statement on social care. social care is a practical support you can get because of illness or disability. with your permission i would like to update the house on our plans for adult social care. today we are publishing our ambitious ten year vision for adult social care, a white paper, people at the heart of care. it is a product of years of work, not only by every level of government but many involved in the sector, including from people who give care, draw on care and their families. i would like to take this opportunity once again to underline my appreciation and admiration for everybody who works to deliver this most vital public services, especially this challenging pandemic. those working in social care, paid and unpaid, deserve our deepest respect. yet they also deserve a system that works for them and it is fair to say that this has not always been the case. mr speaker, time and time again we have heard about the challenges in this house, the high turnover in the workforce, the lottery of how people pay for it, the unsustainable local market, the varying quality and safety of care, that low uptake of technology, their carers who are not just unpaid but under appreciated, and the complexity of the system for everybody involved. i am sure honourable members have their own challenges they would like to add to that list. i make no mistake, these are complex issues. so complex that successive governments over decades have decided to duck them rather than deal with them. but this government is determined to get it right and you cannot be serious about levelling up and if you are serious about social care. in september we took a vital first step on the road to fixing this. when the prime minister, the chancellor and the secretary of state announce our new health and care levy. that focused on how we must pay for it is absolutely right, but we were clear then and we are clear now that there is much more that can be done. so this white paper contains more detail of what we plan to do over the next three years. to transform the next three years. to transform the sector over the next decade, the white paper is underpinned by three core principles. first, everybody has a choice, control and support to live independent lives. second, everyone can access outstanding personalised care and support. third, that adult social care is fair, and accessible for everyone who needs it. the principles we hold are important but we know we will ultimately be judged by our actions. mr speaker, i will set out some of these actions before the house today. number one, choice, control and independence. first, on giving everyone the choice, control and support to live independent lives requires both physical and digital infrastructure. we are investing £300 million in housing. this investment will support local authorities to increase the range of new supported housing options because it is vital that people living their homes, that meet their needs and give them in the independence that they need. moreover, we are setting up a new practical support service to help people with minor repairs and changes which will help them to live independently for longer. and this is in addition to 7 this will include things like stair lifts, wet rooms, home technology. i believe that digital infra structure we put in place can be equally transformational. we know digital tools and technology can support independent living and improve the quality of care. so we are putting in £150 million of funding to drive through the greater adoption of this technology. and with the ambition to achieve widespread digitisation, across social care, we are also setting up a national website which will explain all the upcoming changes and we are piloting innovative new ways to help people understand and access the support and the care that they need. the second, personalised care and support, to ensure outstanding personalised care and support and at the heart of it is looking after people who work in care. we are spending at least half £1 billion on the social care workforce over the next three years. this will help you qualifications and care, something we know is crucial for holding onto our caring and compassionate workforce. we are also directing funds into stronger mental health and well—being support for care staff because colleagues can't care for people unless we care for colleagues. and we are putting funds behind a change in the services we provide to support unpaid carers. we are going to fund and test what works best for those who are caring under challenging circumstances. regardless whether that is old or new, if it works we will do it. we are also looking at funding local areas to support their efforts to innovate around the care they provide so they can get more options that suit peoples individual needs and these new models of care, including housing care, have the potential to play a pivotal role in delivering care that promote prevention and care that is more personalised and enables people to live independently. third, fair and accessible care. finally, ourthird principle is care that is fair and accessible for everybody. we are introducing a cap on care cost so nobody will have to pay more than £86,000 over their lifetime, a cap that will be there for everybody, regardless of the conditions, how old they are or how much they earn. it is a universal cap. importantly, it will provide everyone with a peace of mind knowing that the days of unpredictable care costs are coming to an end. it would mean the existing means test far more generous compared to the current system and to the previous abandon proposals, is crucially the £100,000 upper capital limit will be those in home care as well and we expect many more people to be in home care. let me be clear, no one will be worse off and many people will be better off. because all of the ambitious plan we are setting out to date must be underpinned by a sustainable care market. the £3.6 billion we are giving to reform social care charge system will help all local authorities to pay a fair rate for care and for us to put fairness back into the system that we want to see. before i close, allow me to put on record once again my thanks to everybody who has played their part in developing this important white paper. the reformed social care in this country is an issue that has been for far too long. this country is an issue that has been forfar too long. —— looked. but we will do whatever it takes to get it right. today's white paper is an important step in ourjourney to giving more people the dignified care that we want for our loved ones. setting out important changes that will last for generations and stand the test of time. as a government, we are determined to get this right. i am determined to get this right. i am determined to get this right. i am determined to get this right. so we can build a healthier, fairer and more caring country that we all deserve and i commend this statement to the house. shadow minister liz kendall. i commend this statement to the house. shadow minister liz kendall.— shadow minister liz kendall. i would like to thank— shadow minister liz kendall. i would like to thank the _ shadow minister liz kendall. i would like to thank the minister— shadow minister liz kendall. i would like to thank the minister for - shadow minister liz kendall. i would like to thank the minister for that . like to thank the minister for that statement, but really, is that data? there are some things the minister has said that labour have been calling for for some while and which we support, like improving the housing options for older and disabled people and the potential for technology to improve standards of care, but there are two central flaws in this government's approach. ministers have utterly failed to deal with the immediate pressures facing social care as we head into one of the most difficult winters on record. and they have failed to set out the long—term vision and more fundamental reforms we need to deliver a care system fit for the future. last week we learned that a staggering 400,000 older and disabled people are now on council waiting lists for care. with 40,000 waiting lists for care. with 40,000 waiting more than a year. there are over 100,000 staff vacancies and turnover rates are soaring and because of these shortages, one and a half million hours of home care couldn't be delivered between august and october alone and have, half of all councils report care homes going bust and care home 7 home care providers handing back on track. hundreds of thousands of older and disabled people being left without vital support, disabled people being left without vitalsupport, piling disabled people being left without vital support, piling even more pressure on their families and the nhs at the worst possible time. yet the minister has announced absolutely nothing new to deal with any of this. where was their plan to end waiting list for care? because unless people get support when they need it they will end up leading to more expensive residential or hospital care which is worse for them and the taxpayer. the minister was silent. improving access is their first step we need to delivering a much more fundamental shift in the focus of support towards prevention and early information, so people can stay living in their own homes for as long as possible. but without enough staff, with the right training, working in the right teams, this will never be achieved. where was the long—term strategy to transform their pay, training, terms and conditions of care workers, to deliver at least half a million additional care workers by 2013 — matt 2030, and to ensure care workers are equally valued. can the minister tell me byjust a government persist in having separate workforce strategies for the nhs and social care when the two are inextricably linked? and can she tell me how some kind of website is going to pay a care worker's bills are put food on the family table. no wonder staff are leaving the sector intros and the proposals for england's 11 million family carers to provide the vast majority of care in this country are quite frankly pitiful. unpaid carers had been pushed to the limit looking after the people they love. almost half hadn't had a single break for five years, even before the pandemic struck. but i understand the additionalfunding in the struck. but i understand the additional funding in the white paper amounts tojust £1 additional funding in the white paper amounts to just £1 16 more pets 7 £1 60 p. paper amounts to just £1 16 more pets 7 £160 p. families deserve better. what we needed to date was a long—term vision to finally put social care where it belongs on an equal footing with the nhs, at the heart of a modernised welfare state. at its best, social care is about far more than helping people get washed, dressed and fed, though that it is vital. it is about ensuring all older and disabled people can live their life they choose in the place they call home with the people they love, doing the things that matter to them most. in other words, an equal lie to everyone else. this should have been the guiding mission of the white paper. with clear proposals to make people genuinely partners in their care, by transforming the use of direct payments and personal records and ensuring the views of families drive change of every part of the system, from how services are commissioned, regulated and delivered. this white paper falls woefully short of the mark and the reality is that this government's reforms is now clear. a tax hike on working people that will deal with the problems in social care now and won't even stop them having to sell their homes to pay for their care as the prime minister has repeatedly promised. because under the conservative plans, if you own a home worth £1 million over 90% of your assets will be protected, but if your home is worth £100,000, you could end up losing it all. millions of working people paying more tax, not to improve their families care or stop their own lives savings been wiped out, but to protect their homes of the wealthiest. this is not fixing the crisis in social care, let alone the social care reform. it is unfair, wrong and the government are 7 ministers in england say they want millions of people to book boosterjab appointments over the coming weeks but health leaders have warned that this poses a "huge logistical challenge" this for the already stretched nhs. 400 military personnel will be called on to assist the roll—out, and more pharmacies will become vaccine hubs. the bbc'sjohn maguire spent the morning at one of the pharmacies offering the booster jab. the idea is that they are community pharmacists in local towns. like this one in _ pharmacists in local towns. like this one in west _ pharmacists in local towns. like this one in west sussex. - pharmacists in local towns. l «e this one in west sussex. people pharmacists in local towns. l fie this one in west sussex. people know the staff, the pharmacy, they may well have come for a flute he won every year. diane welcomes you. good morning. as we were waiting to go to live, a chap walked up and asked whether he could 7 he can't because you have to wait for an appointment. we advised him to go to 119 to the nhs website to make appointment. and explain _ nhs website to make appointment. and explain how we load appointment regularly— explain how we load appointment regularly to get people as mice chance — regularly to get people as mice chance as — regularly to get people as mice chance as possible. he was happy with that? — chance as possible. he was happy with that? he was happy and we will see him _ with that? he was happy and we will see him very soon.— see him very soon. come in through here. see him very soon. come in through here- good — see him very soon. come in through here. good morning. _ see him very soon. come in through here. good morning. they— see him very soon. come in through here. good morning. they are - see him very soon. come in through i here. good morning. they are waiting for their boosterjab. sam and vicky register people so it goes on to your nhs record. the register people so it goes on to your nhs record.— register people so it goes on to your nhs record. register people so it goes on to our nhs record. ~' , , , q your nhs record. the key, been busy? yes, we your nhs record. the key, been busy? yes. we are — your nhs record. the key, been busy? yes. we are doing _ your nhs record. the key, been busy? yes, we are doing up _ your nhs record. the key, been busy? yes, we are doing up to _ your nhs record. the key, been busy? yes, we are doing up to 280 _ your nhs record. the key, been busy? yes, we are doing up to 280 people i your nhs record. the key, been busy? yes, we are doing up to 280 people a | yes, we are doing up to 280 people a day. yes, we are doing up to 280 people a day when— yes, we are doing up to 280 people a day. when we were at the main vaccine — day. when we were at the main vaccine centre, we did up to 1000, so we _ vaccine centre, we did up to 1000, so we are — vaccine centre, we did up to 1000, so we are still offering that service _ so we are still offering that service to the community. we have been here all— service to the community. we have been here all morning _ service to the community. we have been here all morning and - service to the community. we have been here all morning and i - service to the community. we have been here all morning and i told i been here all morning and i told everybody that you are going back to that job everybody that you are going back to thatjob soon, but for that last nine months you have been doing this. , :, , nine months you have been doing this. , . , ., this. yes, i have been thrilled to be art this. yes, i have been thrilled to be part of— this. yes, i have been thrilled to be part of a _ this. yes, i have been thrilled to be part of a team. _ this. yes, i have been thrilled to be part of a team. it _ this. yes, i have been thrilled to be part of a team. it has - this. yes, i have been thrilled to be part of a team. it has given i this. yes, i have been thrilled to i be part of a team. it has given me a lot of— be part of a team. it has given me a lot of purpose but it has supported the community and we have such a wide _ the community and we have such a wide area — the community and we have such a wide area of— the community and we have such a wide area of villages that need to have their— wide area of villages that need to have their vaccine, so it has been a good _ have their vaccine, so it has been a good support. have their vaccine, so it has been a good swoon-— have their vaccine, so it has been a good support. great stuff, providing a fantastic service. _ good support. great stuff, providing a fantastic service. i _ good support. great stuff, providing a fantastic service. i will _ a fantastic service. i will introduce you to bruce. bruce, how are we? getting some of the vaccines ready, prepared. you are a semi retired pharmacist but back in action at the sharp end. what has it been like for you?— been like for you? very good, good to net out been like for you? very good, good to get out and _ been like for you? very good, good to get out and help _ been like for you? very good, good to get out and help people - been like for you? very good, good to get out and help people and - been like for you? very good, good to get out and help people and it i been like for you? very good, good to get out and help people and it is| to get out and help people and it is so important they get theirjab and boosters. — so important they get theirjab and boosters, notjust for so important they get theirjab and boosters, not just for them so important they get theirjab and boosters, notjust for them but so important they get theirjab and boosters, not just for them but also for their— boosters, not just for them but also for their parents and grandparents, the older— for their parents and grandparents, the older people.— the older people. winter is very difficult, the older people. winter is very difficult. so _ the older people. winter is very difficult, so even _ the older people. winter is very difficult, so even more - the older people. winter is very i difficult, so even more important. when you come in to get your covid 'ab, when you come in to get your covid jab. don't _ when you come in to get your covid jab, don't forget about flu. flu kills _ jab, don't forget about flu. flu kills a — jab, don't forget about flu. flu kills a lot— jab, don't forget about flu. flu kills a lot of people and it is worth— kills a lot of people and it is worth getting thatjob kills a lot of people and it is worth getting that job at the same time _ worth getting that 'ob at the same time. , , , , ., worth getting that 'ob at the same time. , , , , :, :, time. this is where they used to do the seasonal— time. this is where they used to do the seasonal flu _ time. this is where they used to do the seasonal flu jab. _ time. this is where they used to do the seasonal flu jab. chairs - time. this is where they used to do the seasonal flu jab. chairs are i the seasonal flu jab. chairs are laid out because people have to sit down for 15 minutes after they have had theirjab. i busy day. you are part of the big solution. vaccination centres, gp surgeries, so where do you fit in? community pharmacists _ so where do you fit in? community pharmacists are _ so where do you fit in? community pharmacists are really _ so where do you fit in? community pharmacists are really accessible. l pharmacists are really accessible. we are _ pharmacists are really accessible. we are open the hours people need us. we are open the hours people need us we _ we are open the hours people need us we are — we are open the hours people need us. we are used to dealing with flue jabs _ us. we are used to dealing with flue jabs this_ us. we are used to dealing with flue jabs this is— us. we are used to dealing with flue jabs. this is an add on. we are open weekends, _ jabs. this is an add on. we are open weekends, sundays and we try to meet that target— weekends, sundays and we try to meet that target for the beginning of january. — that target for the beginning of janua . that target for the beginning of janua _ , , that target for the beginning of janua . , , . : , january. some gps are concerned they miaht need january. some gps are concerned they might need to — january. some gps are concerned they might need to put _ january. some gps are concerned they might need to put some _ january. some gps are concerned they might need to put some of— january. some gps are concerned they might need to put some of their i might need to put some of their routine business on the back burner as the programme ramps up. itruiiilii routine business on the back burner as the programme ramps up. will that be the same — as the programme ramps up. will that be the same pharmacist? _ as the programme ramps up. will that be the same pharmacist? we - as the programme ramps up. will that be the same pharmacist? we have i as the programme ramps up. will that i be the same pharmacist? we have been doin- be the same pharmacist? we have been doing this _ be the same pharmacist? we have been doing this since january the 29th, most _ doing this since january the 29th, most of— doing this since january the 29th, most of this year and all the way through— most of this year and all the way through we have never stopped any pharmaceutical services gaining access — pharmaceutical services gaining access. that was one of the pre—requisites. so people can be rest assured that all their prescriptions, ailments, they can still access— prescriptions, ailments, they can still access us as normal. all we ask is— still access us as normal. all we ask is not— still access us as normal. all we ask is not to _ still access us as normal. all we ask is not to phone us. we can't make _ ask is not to phone us. we can't make appointment. you make appointment through 119 and just leave _ appointment through 119 and just leave our— appointment through 119 and just leave our telephone lines free for people _ leave our telephone lines free for people who really need their pharmacy services. you people who really need their pharmacy services. people who really need their harma services. :, ~ :, . :, :, pharmacy services. you know a lot of our pharmacy services. you know a lot of your people. — pharmacy services. you know a lot of your people. like _ pharmacy services. you know a lot of your people. like a — pharmacy services. you know a lot of your people, like a gp's _ pharmacy services. you know a lot of your people, like a gp's surgery. if . your people, like a gp's surgery. if anyone is hesitant, you can give them that reissuance. i anyone is hesitant, you can give them that reissuance.— them that reissuance. i am very fortunate- _ them that reissuance. i am very fortunate. our _ them that reissuance. i am very fortunate. our staff _ them that reissuance. i am very fortunate. our staff can - them that reissuance. i am very fortunate. our staff can put i them that reissuance. i am very i fortunate. our staff can put people at ease _ fortunate. our staff can put people at ease. whether you have needle phobia _ at ease. whether you have needle phobia are — at ease. whether you have needle phobia are other questions, we are here to _ phobia are other questions, we are here to help and we are now really experience — here to help and we are now really experience. we have done over 55,000 people _ experience. we have done over 55,000 people we _ experience. we have done over 55,000 people. we know what we are doing and we _ people. we know what we are doing and we can— people. we know what we are doing and we can help people.— and we can help people. thank you. good to spend _ and we can help people. thank you. good to spend the _ and we can help people. thank you. good to spend the morning - and we can help people. thank you. good to spend the morning with i good to spend the morning with you. it strikes me this is a well oiled machine, that they know what they are doing. not only through the winterflu vaccine are doing. not only through the winter flu vaccine programme are doing. not only through the winterflu vaccine programme but are doing. not only through the winter flu vaccine programme but the things they have been doing since the end of january. things they have been doing since the end ofjanuary. a community pharmacy could be a good option for you. pharmacy could be a good option for ou. , :, pharmacy could be a good option for ou. . :, :, , pharmacy could be a good option for you. jane was complaining off-camera com-clainin you. jane was complaining off-camera complaining about _ you. jane was complaining off-camera complaining about how— you. jane was complaining off-camera complaining about how cold _ you. jane was complaining off-camera complaining about how cold it - you. jane was complaining off-camera complaining about how cold it is. i complaining about how cold it is. that is why i have a hottie! yesterday put a mile day. today it is colder and we still have a strong and gusty winds, but really strong winds are heading their way into germany. we have got colder air moving down from the north, behind that with the front which is taking rein southwards across england and wales. we still have gusty winds around coastal areas and windy overnight across northern and eastern areas. it is getting colder from the not so these temperatures from the not so these temperatures from the not so these temperatures from the evening. some rain to clear away. that will move through and then the cold air comes pushing down across all areas. all the way up to the bering sea and that will stream in chat with mainly running through the north sea, it will bump into north sea coastal areas and turn wintry. snow likely. some showers in northern ireland. with those showers, this is where we will find most of them ice forming. a widespread frost around. lowest temperatures in scotland. tomorrow, showers end and we will keep some wintry showers running on to the north sea coast and east anglia. they do become fewer in the afternoon and many places are dry. plenty of sunshine but more cloud coming into northern ireland and western parts of scotland. temperatures may be no better than three, four or five degrees despite the sunshine. we are setting up the cold air across the uk but if we look further west, there is milder air coming infrom look further west, there is milder air coming in from the atlantic briefly. where we have the two, where they meet we have a weather front that could bring snow on thursday evening in scotland. over the pennines, welsh hills and east anglia. do it is only a short while because it turns back to rain and that rain is hanging round across southern part of england, threatening to come back into the south—west later on. it should be brighterfurther south—west later on. it should be brighter further north, south—west later on. it should be brighterfurther north, some brighter further north, some sunshine, brighterfurther north, some sunshine, a whole rash of showers arriving in the north—west of scotland later. these could be heavy and potentially thundery. a windy started the weekend in the north and on saturday we see most of the showers. sunday looks much drier with some sunshine but still chilly. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines... there's no need to cancel your christmas arrangements, says the health secretary — though he urges caution as cases of the omicron variant rise. i don't think people need to change their plan, i think these are the right measures and there is no need to put any more in place at this point in time. it comes as leaked documents from scientists who advise the government say the impact of the omicron variant on the uk is "highly uncertain", but officials should prepare now for "a potentially signficant wave" of infections, while they find out more. the prime minister says all guidance was followed when asked whether a christmas party was held at downing street during lockdown last year. was a christmas party thrown in downing street for dozens of people on december 18th?