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and help at last for the seal pups who were caught up in the storm and separated from their mothers. from the year before. and separated from their mothers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has ordered an extra 114 million covid vaccine doses for booster programmes over the next two years. ministers say the deals — for both pfizer and moderna jabs — will "future—proof" the uk's vaccination programme. the deals include access to modified vaccines if they are needed to combat omicron and other variants that may arise. our health correspondent, katherine da costa, reports — and a warning that there is flash photography at the start of her report. a year ago today the uk became the first in the world to approve the pfizer covid vaccine. days later margaret keenan was the first person outside clinical trials to get it. since then, 150 millionjabs have been administered in the biggest vaccination effort in uk history. now more than 100 million extra doses of pfizer and moderna have been secured for the next couple of years. as we are seeing right now, there is a new variant, there's potentially new variants in the future. we know that covid is going to be around for a while, we have to live with it and one of the ways to live with it is to ensure we have the vaccines we need and they are future proof and that is the order we have given for 114 million vaccines to make sure we have got what we need for the long term. the government has launched this new advertising campaign encouraging all adults to have a top—up jab. the prime minister is due to get his booster later. he has promised to throw everything at ramping up the programme with extra hospital hubs, pharmacists and gps in order to hit the target of offering all eligible over 18s in england a booster by the end of january, but people are urged to wait to be contacted. it is centrally driven. they will be contacted by the central nhs system, it doesn't come from your individual gps and i would love to be able to tell them when they will get it, but of course that very much depends on the number of gps and professions allied to medicine who can deliver these that can be released from the dayjob. some companies are having a rethink over christmas parties because of the uncertainty around what threat the new variant, 0micron, may pose. the government says new targeted measures for things like face masks and isolation will help limit the spread, with ministers insisting parties can still go ahead with some caution. i don't think there should be much snogging under the mistletoe, you don't need to do things like that, but we should be trying to enjoy the christmas ahead of us and that is why we are working hard to get the deployment of as many vaccines as possible. what most people want this christmas is an end to the covid pandemic and whilst it is not over, we are now in a better place with vaccines and new treatments that many hope will give us the boost we need for a brighter new year. katharine da costa, bbc news. the government says there is no need to cancel christmas parties, but has urged caution — with the health secretary advising pa rtygoers to take a lateral flow test before attending. however, one survey suggests more than half of office workplaces have decided not to hold a big office bash this year. let's get more from our business presenter, victoria fritz. some are not convinced that it is a good idea, then?— some are not convinced that it is a good idea, then? know, plenty are not convinced _ good idea, then? know, plenty are not convinced it _ good idea, then? know, plenty are not convinced it is _ good idea, then? know, plenty are not convinced it is a _ good idea, then? know, plenty are not convinced it is a good - good idea, then? know, plenty are not convinced it is a good idea. - not convinced it is a good idea. lots of big companies have decided not to host them, notjust lots of big companies have decided not to host them, not just for covid reasons, but also of course because of the cost as well, it has an easy way to take the cost at out of the business at a time when a lot of businesses have struggled, so there is that aspect to it and also a lot of smaller businesses, where if there was an outbreak of covid amongst their workers they would find it incredibly difficult to continue working and that has been a real issue for lots of businesses and particularly if you think about the hospitality industry, for example, 1 that while it will benefit if christmas parties do go ahead, if there are any problems with that, there is a severe issue with that, there is a severe issue with a lack of staff and this has happened right across workplaces right across britain, that there has been problems with not getting enough staff in, so this is an issue thatis enough staff in, so this is an issue that is notjust about christmas parties and whether or not they will go ahead, this is an issue about britain really struggling to get back on its feet in terms of the economy and doing normal things like christmas parties, so yes, 52% of office workers surveyed thought they would not be having christmas parties this year and wouldn't be attending them. there are some big companies that are saying, yes, we want you to still have your events, may be team events instead of this big do with a big speech at the front, so smaller events and having them in effectively your own sort of workplace bubbles and insisting on masks and also on lateral flow tests before the party. whether or not those will be adhered to is another matter. , . ., ._ , matter. yes, i mean, there are ways around it. _ matter. yes, i mean, there are ways around it. but— matter. yes, i mean, there are ways around it, but it _ matter. yes, i mean, there are ways around it, but it is _ matter. yes, i mean, there are ways around it, but it is whether - matter. yes, i mean, there are ways around it, but it is whether they - around it, but it is whether they are in keeping with the spirit of what the rules currently are. well, also, the what the rules currently are. well, also. the spirit _ what the rules currently are. well, also, the spirit of _ what the rules currently are. well, also, the spirit of christmas - what the rules currently are. well, also, the spirit of christmas as - also, the spirit of christmas as well. it is difficult, isn't it? people have been living with this for such a long time now that, regardless of what the rules may or may not be, and it seems at this stage, in terms of government policy a lot of it seems to be open to interpretation in terms of hospitality and enjoying yourself, whether it is a christmas party or just after work drinks at the moment, so it is tricky to know and pick your own way and businesses this morning were saying that each business, each family and each community will have to make their own decisions, and so there is likely to be, even if companies say, you must wear your mask and do your lateral flow test, et cetera, that is a company policy decision that is actually not necessarily enforceable and so it is quite difficult to see how this is going to go to plan, whether it is the ceo telling you this or whether it is borisjohnson. victoria, for the moment, thank you very much. victoria fritz. meanwhile, the deputy labour leader, angela rayner, has written to the cabinet secretary to ask whether he will refer any potential breach of covid regulations by the prime minister to the metropolitan police, over a party held at downing street in december last year. number 10 says all rules were followed. here is the leader of the labour party, keir starmer — first addressing christmas gatherings this year with the concerns around the 0micron variant. i do not think we should be saying to people that they need to cancel all their plans for christmas, particularly after last year, so we do not want to simply put out a message that nobody should gather, nobody should have a party. the government needs clearer guidance. at the moment, there are different versions of the guidance coming out from different ministers. that is not helpful. in the end, i think most people will assess for themselves the size of the gathering, the number of people and make sensible decisions, but i think what most people want from the government now is just to be clear what the rules are. they also want a government that then sticks to the rules, by the way, because what has emerged over the last few days is that last year when the government was telling the country to lock down and not meet their loved ones, they were partying in downing street, and so this year we cannot see a repeat of that, with the government saying, "you have to act in this way, "but we are not going to do it." the labour leader, sir keir starmer. lets speak to iain watson, our correspondence. how clear is it what did happen last christmas? last christmas there _ did happen last christmas? last christmas there was an event inside downing street on the 18th of december, and how do we know that? an attendee told us what was going on, they said in effect they were having food and drink, party games, the whole thing wrapped up a bit after midnight. if you look at the evidence, that sounds an awful lot lot like a pre—christmas party for some downing street staff. however, the tier 3 recommendations and restrictions that were in force in london at the time said that in indoor gathering of more than 2 or 3 people unless you are in a family bubble were banned at that time. the guidance wasn't law, but the guidance wasn't law, but the guidance effectively, for clarification, made it clear that christmas parties ought not to be held, so on the surface of it it looks as though it is somewhat clashing with those regulations, it has to be said, and i e—mailed downing street this morning and went through the regulations with them and asked them to therefore justify their line that all covid rules were followed at all times. i have not had a reply to that e—mail, but downing street's briefing for politicaljournalists earlier downing street's briefing for political journalists earlier today, they said, yes, those covid rules have been followed at all times and he would not be adding to that phrase. though they have not actually told us which regulations they were abiding by. there is1 kind of get out clause, if you like, but you could have worked gatherings if these were reasonably necessary, but i am not sure reasonably necessary stretches to food, drink and party games. it is an surprising that labour are now trying to ratchet this up further, suggesting that senior civil servant, whether he will investigate whether it is appropriate to use government buildings in this way and they are also saying to him, would you consider this alleged breach of covid regulations being investigated by the metropolitan police? find covid regulations being investigated by the metropolitan police? and the sto is by the metropolitan police? and the story is causing _ by the metropolitan police? and the story is causing anguish _ by the metropolitan police? and the story is causing anguish amongst. story is causing anguish amongst those people who have lost members of their family to covid had are now part of a pressure group? that of their family to covid had are now part of a pressure group?— part of a pressure group? that is riaht, the part of a pressure group? that is right, the bereaved _ part of a pressure group? that is right, the bereaved families - part of a pressure group? that is. right, the bereaved families group has commented on this as well because, while downing street say that all covid rules were followed, there has been no denial that the events took place, directly or no denial by the prime minister at the prime ministers questions yesterday, at the event took place. his view is people would not be very interested what happened a year ago, they would be far more interested in the regulations that have been tightened up regulations that have been tightened up now because the latest variant of 0micron. but they described the event are sickening and of course there is testimony from people who either lost their members of their family in the run—up to christmas or perhaps afterwards, but certainly had difficulty seeing members of their own family when they were ill, so certainly the bereaved families want answers to this and the daily mirror newspaper was reporting that there were a couple of other gatherings or events as well. i should say that the prime minister was not present himself at that christmas party and it seems to have been simply full staff, but i think what is agitating some people at the moment is the fact that the downing street won't tell us exactly what happened how this was compatible with their own rules. for happened how this was compatible with their own rules.— with their own rules. for the moment. — with their own rules. for the moment, iain _ with their own rules. for the moment, iain watson, - with their own rules. for the | moment, iain watson, thank with their own rules. for the - moment, iain watson, thank you very much. some breaking news now. we understand that a 19 —year—old man has been charged in connection with the death of amber gibson. the person charged is understood to be her brother and you may recall that amber gibson, who was 16, was reported missing from her home in the hill house area of hamilton on friday. her body was discovered at cadzoe glen on monday morning and this 19 year man is due to appear in court tomorrow in connection with amber gibson's death. scientists believe they have found what causes extremely rare blood clots in a small number of people who have had the astrazeneca covid vaccine. the team — based in cardiff and the us — has discovered that a protein in the blood is attracted to a key component of the vaccine, causing a chain reaction. astrazeneca says it's considering how to apply the findings to adapt future jabs. concerns about clotting led to under 40s in the uk being offered alternatives. 0ur health correspondent, catherine burns, explained what scientists think is the cause behind the extremely rare clots. in the uk these kind of clots have been linked to 73 deaths out of nearly 50 million doses. and at the same time worldwide, it is thought this astrazeneca vaccine has saved about1 million lives. now scientists think they have found the trigger that is causing these clots. they think it is a protein in the blood known as platelet factor 4 being attracted to a key part of the vaccine. imagine a magnet and a piece of metal. now, they believe that very, very rarely when this happens it makes the immune system confused, so it sends in antibodies to pile in and attack the protein. but that can cause the clotting. the next question, obviously, is what they can do to stop it. there is a huge amount of work to be done answering that question. it is really important to say that you are more likely to get these clots from a covid infection than you ever are from a vaccine. and just one more bit of positive covid news for you here. a new treatment has been approved. it's called sotrovimab and it's based on antibodies. - it's called sotrovimab and it's based on antibodies. so in clinical trials of high—risk adults, it cut the risk of getting severely ill or dying by nearly 80%. and there are early positive signs that it will still work against the new 0micron variant. catherine burns there. the duchess of sussex has won the latest stage of her legal battle against the publisher or the mail on sunday. the court of appeal has rejected an attempt by associated newspapers to have a full trial over the question of whether it breached privacy and copyright rules by publishing parts of a letter from meghan to herfather. the duchess says the judgement is a victory notjust for her, but "for anyone who has ever felt scared to stand up for what is right." this report from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, contains flash photography. once again a clear victory for the duchess of sussex. in her battle in which she has been strongly backed by her husband, against the tabloid media. at the heart of this case is the publication of lengthy extracts from a letter the duchess had written to her father three months after her wedding. at the time, relations between meghan and her father were difficult. earlier this year, a judge at the high court in london decided the breach of privacy was so clear—cut there was no need for a full trial. the mail on sunday's publishers appealed against that ruling. today three judges in the court of appeal found that the original judges�* decision was correct. the judge's careful decision, mostly on factual questions, was upheld. and it was hard to see what evidence could have been deduced at trial that would have altered that situation. the judges found that disclosures found by meghan's former communications adviser that she had written the letter knowing it might be leaked and asked him to brief the authors of a book were irrelevant. within minutes a statement was issued from the duchess of sussex. she said... associated newspapers, the publishers of the mail on sunday, have so far made no comment. nicholas witchell, bbc news. in the past few minutes associated newspapers has made a statement saying they are very disappointed by the decision of the court of appeal. no evidence has been tested in cross—examination, as it should be, and they are considering an appeal to the supreme court. the army is being brought in to help people in scotland in the aftermath of storm arwen. across scotland and northern england thousands of homes are still without power — nearly a week after the storm hit. 0ur reporter ben philip has been in aboyne in aberdeenshire, where help is being called in from the military... aberdeenshire council confirmed this morning that that number is up to more than 130 military personnel who will be arriving here in north—east scotland, following a formal request for assistance to the uk government. we are being told that they will focus on door—to—door welfare checks in more remote communities, particularly for vulnerable residents of the community. in fact, just a short time ago we saw a minibus of soldiers depart from here in the aberdeenshire village of aboyne. of course, some residents in this region have now been without power for six nights, which is obviously less than ideal, given the amount of snow that we have had here overnight. we are being told personnel will be deployed to 11 locations across the region — that includes to alford, huntley, fraserburgh and stonehaven. the latest update from energy provider ssen says that more than 3,000 customers are still without power. that is mainly in more rural areas. aberdeenshire is the worst affected. engineers, as you can imagine, are continuing to try and restore supplies, following the damage caused by storm arwen last friday, which is being described as a "once in a generation event." meanwhile, efforts continue in parts of north west england to fix the ongoing power issues caused by storm arwen, as our correspondent fiona trott explains from ulverston in cumbria... around 207 properties are still without power here, most of them in the south of the county and electricity in the north—west have set themselves quite an ambition, they want to get everybody back on they want to get everybody back on the grid by tomorrow. they have engineers from all over the country helping with this, they have come from the south—west, some of them getting varies over from the isle of man and it is a massive task. look at these pictures from the alpha—mac 66 on the cumbrian border earlier today, you can see helicopters out accessing the pylon damage over there and there is no phone single for people living in that area at the moment. people are in need and a lot of them cannot simply move and go into a hotel. you can see that this is a very rural area, a lot of them on farms, they can't leave those and some people are very vulnerable. that is why people add this fire and ambulance station here in ulverston are helping them. they have set up a harbour. they are in touch with around 600 people the south cumbria area at the moment, a lot of them knocking on doors, checking they have everything they need and that work is important because more wintry weather is set to arrive here in the next days, making these cold and sometimes freezing conditions even worse for people who are injuring this at the moment and have no electricity. fiona trott there. we can hearfrom linda dunk in aberdeenshire, who has been without power for six days. but she has just had but she hasjust had her but she has just had her power restored. ifeel like we but she has just had her power restored. i feel like we should celebrate. restored. i feel like we should celebrate-— restored. i feel like we should celebrate. ., ., , celebrate. oh, no. i am sitting here in m hall celebrate. oh, no. i am sitting here in my hall cupboard _ celebrate. oh, no. i am sitting here in my hall cupboard and _ celebrate. oh, no. i am sitting here in my hall cupboard and i'm - celebrate. oh, no. i am sitting here in my hall cupboard and i'm staring | in my hall cupboard and i'm staring at the single light bulb on the ceiling and it is light! light! electricity is unbelievable! it 'ust noes electricity is unbelievable! it 'ust aoes to electricity is unbelievable! it 'ust goes to showfi electricity is unbelievable! it 'ust goes to show how i electricity is unbelievable! it 'ust goes to show how much * electricity is unbelievable! it 'ust goes to show how much we h electricity is unbelievable! itjust goes to show how much we take | electricity is unbelievable! it just goes to show how much we take these things for granted in normal times, but let's wind back a bit. you are sitting in your hall cupboard? weill. sitting in your hall cupboard? well, es, i am sitting in your hall cupboard? well, yes. i am talking — sitting in your hall cupboard? well, yes, i am talking to _ sitting in your hall cupboard? well, yes, i am talking to you _ sitting in your hall cupboard? well, yes, i am talking to you on - sitting in your hall cupboard? well, yes, i am talking to you on an - sitting in your hall cupboard? -ii yes, i am talking to you on an old bt phone, which was the only device in this entire area ultramodern, all singing and dancing house that we could actually use to communicate in the outside world during the 6 days that we have been off grid and i am still on it because i thought, well, it has worked all the way through, so i will do this interview on it. yes, stick with what we know works. tell us what the biggest challenges for you have been.— for you have been. severalthings. no electricity- _ for you have been. severalthings. no electricity. this _ for you have been. severalthings. no electricity. this is _ for you have been. severalthings. no electricity. this is a _ for you have been. severalthings. no electricity. this is a convertedl no electricity. this is a converted mill building. no electricity means that we have no central heating, it has oil fired central heating, but the boiler needs electricity for the ignition. it means for us no clean running water because we have a private water supply, but it is brought to the house by an electric pump. it means no light. we had no facility for cooking because the left hub requires the electronic ignition to work to release the gas in the 1st place. it means no television, no internet. you can't charge your phone, you can't charge youripad charge your phone, you can't charge your ipad or anything like that. 0bviously your ipad or anything like that. obviously you are really, really thrown back on almost nothing in terms of communication. and initially, the 3g was down in our area, so we didn't even have that. i can sometimes go out and sit in the greenhouse and get 3g, but there wasn't even that on offer. i should think ou wasn't even that on offer. i should think you are _ wasn't even that on offer. i should think you are looking _ wasn't even that on offer. i should think you are looking forward - wasn't even that on offer. i should think you are looking forward to i wasn't even that on offer. i should think you are looking forward to a | think you are looking forward to a hot bath? ., , . ., ., , ., hot bath? you bet! what it has meant reall for hot bath? you bet! what it has meant really for us — hot bath? you bet! what it has meant really for us is — hot bath? you bet! what it has meant really for us is we _ hot bath? you bet! what it has meant really for us is we have _ hot bath? you bet! what it has meant really for us is we have had _ hot bath? you bet! what it has meant really for us is we have had a - hot bath? you bet! what it has meant really for us is we have had a wood i really for us is we have had a wood burner, we live in 2 buildings and so we have had to keep our wood burner on for most of the time and we are elderly and that has meant carrying a lot more heavy wood than we normally would and our 2nd building had no heating supply, so we have an old gas stove, which was brought up by a wonderful volunteer from the village that we live near. we had to drink bottled water, we had to bucket flush the loo because obviously that does not work. we had the mill made outside, so we have been going out in the snow and slipping and sliding with buckets of cold water, so no showers, no lights, battery torches from between 4 pm until 8 pm lights, battery torches from between 4 pm until8 pm in lights, battery torches from between 4 pm until 8 pm in the evening, and we had to cook on a camping stove with1 burner, so that we had to cook on a camping stove with 1 burner, so that is we had to cook on a camping stove with1 burner, so that is how we had to cook on a camping stove with 1 burner, so that is how we have had to try and live in these last few days. have had to try and live in these last few days-— last few days. ingenuity is certainly _ last few days. ingenuity is certainly required. - last few days. ingenuity is certainly required. how. last few days. ingenuity is i certainly required. how much last few days. ingenuity is _ certainly required. how much support as you had from the power company, local authorities and your neighbours?— local authorities and your neirhbours? , , , ., , neighbours? the best people really for us have been _ neighbours? the best people really for us have been the _ neighbours? the best people really for us have been the local - for us have been the local community. they have been marvellous. they have been knocking on our door and we have been offered hot food. the hole in the local village has been open, so you can go and charge your phone and ipads and any other bits and pieces. the of the hall the local village. i have to say that ss en have not been as easy to communicate with as we might have liked and i think you get answerphone messages from them the whole time and it is not helpful to be told that if you want detailed information for your area you should go on their website when you have no power and they should know this! so... so i think they need to do something about how they communicate the actual status of things to users. , , , ., , ., the actual status of things to users. , , , ., ., users. yes, there seems to be a lot that needs — users. yes, there seems to be a lot that needs to _ users. yes, there seems to be a lot that needs to be _ users. yes, there seems to be a lot that needs to be looked _ users. yes, there seems to be a lot that needs to be looked at - users. yes, there seems to be a lot that needs to be looked at again. i users. yes, there seems to be a lotj that needs to be looked at again. in terms of their own preparations, should this happen again, what might you be tempted to put in place? well, we are going to get a generator because i think that the infrastructure in aberdeenshire has been so badly damaged by the storm that there will be further trees that there will be further trees that will come down later on in the winter because they will have been weakened as well, and so, i think this is probably not going to be the only power cut, sadly, that we are going to have this winter, so i think this has finally pushed us because i don't want to spend another 6 days like this. i am too old. we are going to get a generator installed, i think, old. we are going to get a generator installed, ithink, so old. we are going to get a generator installed, i think, so that we can at least go to bed not worrying about the sort of thing. i at least go to bed not worrying about the sort of thing.- about the sort of thing. i think that is an _ about the sort of thing. i think that is an excellent _ about the sort of thing. i think that is an excellent idea - about the sort of thing. i think that is an excellent idea and i | that is an excellent idea and i think many people will be following suit. i hope you get that longed for bath and a fresh change of clothes very soon. best wishes to husband as well and linda dunk, thank you very much for talking to thank you. the actor, alec baldwin, has insisted that he did not pull the trigger of the gun that killed a cinematographer on a film set in new mexico. he was speaking in his first full interview since the death of halyna hutchins in october. david willis reports. it's six weeks since halyna hutchins was fatally shot on the set of alec baldwin's western movie, rust. we've had two people accidentally shot on a movie set by a prop gun. but as the weeks have gone by, the circumstances surrounding the cinematographer�*s death have become increasingly complicated. a statement released by local detectives only hours after the shooting, referred to a firearm discharged by alec baldwin. but now the actor himself is giving his version of events. the trigger wasn't pulled, i didn't pull the trigger. so you never pulled the trigger? no, no, no. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them, never. what did you think happened? how did a real bullet get on that set? i have no idea. someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn't even supposed to be on the property. police retrieved hundreds of rounds of ammunition from the film set, including, it's thought, other live rounds. they've been investigating reports of dissatisfaction on the part of crew members, who staged a walk—out the day before the fatal shooting. and claims by the woman in charge of firearms safety, hannah gutierrez—reed, whose lawyers have said the gun could have been sabotaged. six weeks on from the tragedy in this remote part of northern new mexico, and the investigation appears to be growing more complex by the day. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. this is what you have been waiting for, isn't it? we heard earlier about the continuing effects of storm arwen on communities across the country, but when the storm hit there was also an impact on wildlife across the british isles. hundreds of seals were killed when arwen lashed the coastline, but as alex dunlop reports, a handful of pups at norfolk�*s east winch wildlife centre are now getting the help they need. not the most elegant way to have breakfast, but a sort of fish soup in a syringe is keeping these grey seal pups alive. for the next five months, the rspca team here at east winch will be foster parents to these six orphans of storm arwen. it battered swathes of the country over the weekend. mother seals and their offspring separated by fierce tidal waves. the mother's milk is substantial. it's all they have and it takes three weeks for them to wean, so for the first three weeks, very, very important for them to be with their mother. so how did frida's feeding go earlier on today? so she is doing really well. evangelo and his team look after seals from all over the country, so even more could be heading this way. two orphan pups from yorkshire are due in the next day or so. they'll be joining 188 hedgehogs and other wildlife already here. and while they look adorable, they have attitude. as cute as they are, we do need to bear in mind these are wild animals. we want them to keep that wild instinct, that innate instinct that they have to be away from people, because that will allow them to succeed even more so once they have been rehabilitated and reintroduced. all this care will cost. the food bill alone is £27 per seal per week. they don't always know we're trying to help, but as they get bigger and they start to eat the fish, they start to enjoy that a lot more and that's quite nice to see. and then when you get out the other side and you release them and you see them go after months of care, you know you've done a good job. after four months indoors, the orphaned seal pups will be allowed outside into a pool like this to continue their rehabilitation. they should be released in the early spring. norfolk has england's largest grey seal colony. it's now the height of the pupping season and more winter storms could be on their way. the advice as ever if you see a seal pup alone on the beach and you're worried, alert a wildlife organisation, but above all else, leave it alone. alex dunlop, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. it has been a chilly start to the day, some frost and a bit of early snow as well, but most of the country has seen plenty of dry and sunny weather today, just a few wintry showers, mostly across eastern coastal areas with the area of low pressure. a new frontal system waiting in the wings and that will arrive tonight, but we are very much in the cold air mass through today for this brief ridge of milder air moves in with that frontal system overnight. you can see it pushing on here to scotland with some snow on its leading edge, and we will continue to see snow even down to low levels for a time as it pushes the colder air further south and east, but temperatures coming up ljy and east, but temperatures coming up by the end of the night we will be reverting back to rain, so tomorrow morning we start off with southern and eastern areas eventually clearing, but leaving a legacy of cloud, a bit across scotland and a few blustery showers pushing across the north and west and we will start to see rain returning to north—western areas by the end of the day, but a modern day right across the board. this hello this is bbc news with maxine croxall. the headlines... as concern over the 0micron variant grows, the government orders more than a hundred million extra covid vaccine doses. the pfizer and moderna vaccines will be used over the next two years. labour calls for an investigation into downing street's christmas party last year — as businesses decide whether or not to hold one this year. the duchess of sussex wins her privacy battle against the publishers of the mail on sunday — she says it's a victory not just for her but for anyone who's ever felt scared to stand up for what's right. the army are called in to help as thousands of homes in scotland and northern england are still without power almost a week after storm arwen. a fresh warning over soaring energy bills — by next spring a typical gas bill may have doubled from the year before. sport now and for a full round up. idid i did check my preview screen this time. hello. good afternoon. the international olympic committee says it has spoken for a second time with chinese tennis star pung shuai amid continuing concerns for her welfare. pung disappeared from public view for three weeks last month after making an allegation of sexual assault against a top chinese state official. before yesterday's ioc video—call, the women's tennis association said that it would cancelling all it's tournament's in china until there was real proof of her safety. the ioc has been criticized for its involvement with human rights groups accusing them of collaborating with chinese authorities the ioc released this statement this morning — "we share the same concern as many other people and organisations about the well—being and safety of peng shuai. this is why, just yesterday, an ioc team held another video call with her. we have offered her wide—ranging support, will stay in regular touch with her, and have already agreed on a personal meeting injanuary." the first ashes test is less that a week away and england have finally had a decent day's practice. poor weather has hampered their preparations in australia but there was a welcome return for ben stokes, making his first appearance since he took a break from the sport injuly to protect his mental health and also recover from a broken finger. he bowled 12 overs and took two wickets against an england lions team. it's a four day match and with the first two days lost to rain, there'sjust one more meaningful day of match practice before they face australia next week, so possible a last chance for players to put their hand up for selection in the first test you can do as much indoor nets and net sessions as you want but actually outdoor practice is really important going into such a big series. it is good for us to get out today and it is a bit squidgy out there with the amount of rain that has happened. we are pleased to be out there. there are two more matches in the premier league tonight ralf rangnick has finally got his work permit through to take interim charge of manchester united but he'll only be in the stands for their game at home to arsenal. the other match game is at tottenham, they would climb to sixth with a win at home to brentford. last week's chastening defeat in the europa conference league was an eye—opener for antonio conte, but he seems to be up for the fight. at the moment it is not simple. it is not simple. i have great enthusiasm. and passion. i believe here we can do something important. we need a bit of time, we need a bit of patience. i have great design to do something great in this club. the uk snooker championship continues. places in the quarterfinals at stake. let's show you what's happening right now at the york barbican. there are two tables in play in the fourth round, jack lisowski is against iran's hossein vofaei, the man who knocked out mark selby the world number one. he hasjust he has just missed that. i was saying he was going very well. he is three frames to one up. anthony hamilton is 2—nil up against the belgian luka brecel the other table. you can follow the action on bbc2, the iplayer or bbc sport website. i will have an update in the next hour. see you then. goodbye. thank you. brick breaking news to germany. tough restrictions on the people who have not been vaccinated against covid. the outgoing chancellor said they will be banned from leisure facilities and nonessential shops. she said vaccination could be made mandatory by february next year if parliament approves the measure. the chancellor said the number of coronavirus cases had stabilised but still depressingly high, in her view. she called the act a —— an act of solidarity. as regard to whether he vaccination will become mandatory, some news outlets have been reporting that it is going to been reporting that it is going to be mandatory but it is the case it could be by february next year if parliament approves it. our correspondent in berlinjenny hillis is as yet there is no set date for the parliament to vote on the subject. in the netherlands, you may recall there were 1a passengers on flights from south africa to the netherlands last friday, they were later found to have the 0micron variant of the virus. they had been vaccinated according to the dutch health authorities. they are reporting that today. the netherland health institute confirmed the vaccination status of all 1a of them, on the basis of a investigation of the authority who oversees the amsterdam airport. all 14 oversees the amsterdam airport. all 1a of them on the flight from south africa had been vaccinated. the head of the pharmaceutical giant pfizer says annual booster shots of covid vaccine will probably be needed. pfizer is working on a new version of its jab in order to deal with the 0micron variant if needed. albert bourla spoke to our medical editor fergus walsh about the role of vaccines. by the end of the year, 3 billion doses of pfizer biontech's covid vaccine will have been produced. four billion next year. the boss of pfizer is in no doubt about the crucial role vaccines have played in this pandemic. i think the bottom line is millions of lives were saved. what was demonstrated was the human ingenuity and the power. since the emergence of the 0micron variant, pfizer, like othervaccine producers, says it could have an updated jab ready in 100 days if it is needed. do you predict that we are going to end up seeing fourth doses, fifth doses? if we had to make a guess based on everything i have seen so far, i would say that the likelihood we will need annual vaccinations to maintain a high level of protection. in october the fda, the american regulator, prove your vaccine for 5—11—year—olds. that was after successful trials. do you think immunising that age group is likely to happen in the uk and europe? i think it's a very good idea. i think that covid in schools is thriving and there are kids that will have severe symptoms. there is no doubt in my mind that the benefits completely, completely are in favour of doing it. how do you think anti—vax stories that appear should best be countered. they are not going to be convinced with scientific arguments. i think for those that are just afraid, the only emotion of human beings that is stronger than fear is love, so i am using always this argument that the decision to get another vaccine will not influence your health, it will affect the health of others, and particularly the health of the people you love the most. the charity national energy action has estimated that the typical gas bill — for those on standard tarrifs — will have doubled in 18 months, when prices rise in april. the charity, which campaigns for warm, dry homes, says higher bills will add to the financial pressure already weighing on those with low incomes. energy suppliers say there is support available for those struggling with bills. here's our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey. money is already tight for catherine, who lives on her own in keighley. heating bills are adding to that financial squeeze, so she is finding new ways to stay warm with the heating off. i'll wrap myself up in a blanket and i'll use my hairdryer to warm me up. i'm very, very funny about putting the heating on because it's just, even when it's on, my anxiety levels are so high and i'm constantly timing it to be like, when can i turn it off? soon energy bills are likely to rise sharply. under the industry regulator 0fgem's price cap, a typical annual dual fuel bill wasjust over £1,000 last winter. that has since risen, reaching £1,227 this winter as wholesale prices have gone up. they've stayed high so national anergy action projects the cap on annual household bills will go up by £550 in april, within which gas prices will have doubled compared with last year. people will dread the winter more than any othertime. they will hope for some respite when it comes to april but sadly, that's a time when the prices will start rising again. so there is some hope when the cold weather goes, but there is no hope when it comes to how the impact of wholesale price rises are going to have on budgets that are too stretched. more than 20 suppliers have collapsed during the energy crisis, with some blaming the time delay of the cap. the cost is being picked up by surviving companies and eventually their customers. ultimately the outlook is that we are entering an era of increased energy prices. it's not clear when they will return and if they will return down to the levels that we have been used to historically, so it's really important for customers to understand their consumption and make sure they take measures to minimise that consumption. catherine is already doing that. with bills high, switching off rather than switching supplier may be the answer to keeping bills down. kevin peachey, bbc news. let's hearfrom lisamarie gray, a mother of five, who struggles to pay her bills. thank you forjoining us. one of the reasons you struggle is that your ill health has meant you have had to give up yourjob. i ill health has meant you have had to give up yourjob-_ give up your 'ob. i did, yes. i was a senior give up yourjob. i did, yes. i was a senior carer _ give up yourjob. i did, yes. i was a senior carer in _ give up yourjob. i did, yes. i was a senior carer in a _ give up yourjob. i did, yes. i was a senior carer in a nursing - give up yourjob. i did, yes. i was a senior carer in a nursing home. give up yourjob. i did, yes. i was i a senior carer in a nursing home and i had to give myjob because it affected my health. tell i had to give my job because it affected my health.— i had to give my job because it affected my health. tell us the help that rets affected my health. tell us the help that gets you _ affected my health. tell us the help that gets you through _ affected my health. tell us the help that gets you through the _ affected my health. tell us the help that gets you through the week- affected my health. tell us the help| that gets you through the week with your children. that gets you through the week with your children-— your children. family and friends and also action _ your children. family and friends and also action for— your children. family and friends and also action for children. i your children. family and friends| and also action for children. they have been a massive support. and and also action for children. they have been a massive support. and the andemic have been a massive support. and the pandemic has — have been a massive support. and the pandemic has made _ have been a massive support. and the pandemic has made these _ have been a massive support. and the pandemic has made these problems i pandemic has made these problems that you are having even worse, i am guessing. that you are having even worse, i am cruessin. , , ., , guessing. yes, they have. sometimes i no guessing. yes, they have. sometimes i go without — guessing. yes, they have. sometimes i go without food _ guessing. yes, they have. sometimes i go without food to _ guessing. yes, they have. sometimes i go without food to feed _ guessing. yes, they have. sometimes i go without food to feed my - guessing. yes, they have. sometimes i go without food to feed my kids. i i go without food to feed my kids. action for children help. they bring food parcels so i am not struggling with food for my kids. we food parcels so i am not struggling with food for my kids.— food parcels so i am not struggling with food for my kids. we are being told left, with food for my kids. we are being told left. right— with food for my kids. we are being told left, right and _ with food for my kids. we are being told left, right and centre _ with food for my kids. we are being told left, right and centre that i with food for my kids. we are being told left, right and centre that the l told left, right and centre that the cost of living is increasing for a whole range of reasons. how is that affecting you? what are you noticing is costing you more?— is costing you more? heating, enerr . is costing you more? heating, energy- i _ is costing you more? heating, energy- i make _ is costing you more? heating, energy. i make sure _ is costing you more? heating, energy. i make sure there i is costing you more? heating, energy. i make sure there is l is costing you more? heating, i energy. i make sure there is enough electric for my kids. eating on the other hand, i only put it on when i really need to. == other hand, i only put it on when i really need to.— other hand, i only put it on when i really need to. -- heating. when you are at home — really need to. -- heating. when you are at home on _ really need to. -- heating. when you are at home on your— really need to. -- heating. when you are at home on your own, _ really need to. -- heating. when you are at home on your own, i _ really need to. -- heating. when you are at home on your own, i am i are at home on your own, i am guessing you go without. lots of parents do that for their children. we can see your christmas tree up behind you. what sort of extra pressure is that bringing? in a lot of pressure- _ pressure is that bringing? in a lot of pressure- i _ pressure is that bringing? in a lot of pressure. i have _ pressure is that bringing? in a lot of pressure. i have boys - pressure is that bringing? in a lot of pressure. i have boys who i pressure is that bringing? in a lot| of pressure. i have boys who want aches boxes, play stations, phones. i have girls who are happy with everyone. i had to sit them down and say you are going to have to accept what you are given because that is all i a forehead.— all i a forehead. yes, do they understand? _ all i a forehead. yes, do they understand? my _ all i a forehead. yes, do they understand? my youngest i all i a forehead. yes, do they i understand? my youngest doesn't understand? my youngest doesn't understand because _ understand? my youngest doesn't understand because he _ understand? my youngest doesn't understand because he has i understand? my youngest doesn't. understand because he has autism. understand? my youngest doesn't i understand because he has autism. i have help from school. the understand because he has autism. i have help from school.— have help from school. the energy su liers have help from school. the energy suppliers are _ have help from school. the energy suppliers are saying _ have help from school. the energy suppliers are saying there - have help from school. the energy suppliers are saying there is i have help from school. the energy suppliers are saying there is help | suppliers are saying there is help if you are struggling with your bills. how easy is it to access that help? bills. how easy is it to access that hel ? ., ., , , bills. how easy is it to access that hel? ., ., ,y ., bills. how easy is it to access that hel? ., ., _ ., ., ., help? not easy at all. i have tried on many occasions _ help? not easy at all. i have tried on many occasions to _ help? not easy at all. i have tried on many occasions to get - help? not easy at all. i have tried on many occasions to get help i help? not easy at all. i have tried l on many occasions to get help from them and i do not get anywhere. ii'iin�*n�* them and i do not get anywhere. how much difference _ them and i do not get anywhere. how much difference is the change to universal credit going to make to you? it universal credit going to make to ou? , ., universal credit going to make to ou? , . , . ., , you? it is a big change. i struggle on a day-to-day _ you? it is a big change. i struggle on a day-to-day basis _ you? it is a big change. i struggle on a day-to-day basis and - you? it is a big change. i struggle on a day-to-day basis and on i you? it is a big change. i struggle on a day-to-day basis and on a i you? it is a big change. i struggle i on a day-to-day basis and on a week on a day—to—day basis and on a week to week basis because of the amount i receive on universal credit. you cannot pay your electric, you cannot pay council tax, get through it with the amount i am receiving. 50 pay council tax, get through it with the amount i am receiving.- pay council tax, get through it with the amount i am receiving. so how do ou make the amount i am receiving. so how do you make ends _ the amount i am receiving. so how do you make ends meet? _ the amount i am receiving. so how do you make ends meet? you _ the amount i am receiving. so how do you make ends meet? you obviouslyl the amount i am receiving. so how do l you make ends meet? you obviously go without. i you make ends meet? you obviously go without- i do — you make ends meet? you obviously go without- i do go — you make ends meet? you obviously go without. i do go without _ you make ends meet? you obviously go without. i do go withoutjust _ you make ends meet? you obviously go without. i do go withoutjust so - you make ends meet? you obviously go without. i do go withoutjust so my i without. i do go withoutjust so my children have things. what without. i do go without 'ust so my children have things.— children have things. what would make a difference _ children have things. what would make a difference to _ children have things. what would make a difference to you? i children have things. what would make a difference to you? how. children have things. what would i make a difference to you? how would things... if you health improved, that would be the most amazing thing. it would, yes. and you have got this extraordinary help from action for children, which must save your sanity at times.— your sanity at times. what could really help _ your sanity at times. what could really help you? _ your sanity at times. what could really help you? energy - your sanity at times. what could really help you? energy costs i your sanity at times. what could i really help you? energy costs down a bit to help people. it is notjust for me, it is far a lot of families who are struggling out there. universal credit need to do who cannot feed themselves. we hope things ease a little _ who cannot feed themselves. we hope things ease a little bit _ who cannot feed themselves. we hope things ease a little bit for _ who cannot feed themselves. we hope things ease a little bit for you - things ease a little bit for you somehow and all that help continues around you. thank you very much for talking to us. you around you. thank you very much for talking to us— joining me now isjohn foster who is the managing director of fosters bakery — a wholesale bread suppliers in barnsley. hello, john. thank you forjoining us. we love what you have got behind you. it looks very tasty. tell us how much your energy costs are at the moment. how much your energy costs are at the moment-— how much your energy costs are at the moment. ~ ., ., the moment. well, at the moment it is £164,000 — the moment. well, at the moment it is £164,000 per— the moment. well, at the moment it is £164,000 per year. _ the moment. well, at the moment it is £164,000 per year. we _ the moment. well, at the moment it is £164,000 per year. we are - the moment. well, at the moment it is £164,000 per year. we are in i is £164,000 per year. we are in contract for a few more months. if we were to renew today, are a couple of weeks ago when we last looked at it, we would be talking about half £1 million. aha, it, we would be talking about half £1 million. �* ;;:: ::f it, we would be talking about half £1 million. �* g; :: :: , . .,, ., . £1 million. a 300% increase. how are ou £1 million. a 300% increase. how are you supposed — £1 million. a 30096 increase. how are you supposed to _ £1 million. a 30096 increase. how are you supposed to absorb _ £1 million. a 30096 increase. how are you supposed to absorb that? - £1 million. a 30096 increase. how are you supposed to absorb that? you i you supposed to absorb that? you cannot. you supposed to absorb that? you cannot- like _ you supposed to absorb that? you cannot. like the _ you supposed to absorb that? you. cannot. like the energy companies that have gone bust, if you cannot put your prices up, you go bust. the price of food is rising and rising considerably.— price of food is rising and rising considerably. price of food is rising and rising considerabl . ., ., ., considerably. how long can you hold off -rassin considerably. how long can you hold off passing those — considerably. how long can you hold off passing those rising _ considerably. how long can you hold off passing those rising costs - considerably. how long can you hold off passing those rising costs on i considerably. how long can you hold off passing those rising costs on to i off passing those rising costs on to your customers? hat off passing those rising costs on to your customers?— your customers? not at all. the man ins your customers? not at all. the margins are _ your customers? not at all. the margins are just _ your customers? not at all. the margins are just not _ your customers? not at all. the margins are just not there, i your customers? not at all. the margins are just not there, with your customers? not at all. the i margins are just not there, with the various other things we have got rising. we have got the worst wheat harvesting in decades. the price of wheat is going up massively, therefore flower is going up massively. we have wage rises going up, the extra tax, the social care levy for staff and companies. we have transport that has gone up, packaging has gone up. everything is rising. it does not take long to go under. if your costs are greater than your income.— than your income. how price sensitive _ than your income. how price sensitive are _ than your income. how price sensitive are your _ than your income. how price i sensitive are your customers? my sensitive are your customers? iji goodness sensitive are your customers? ii1: goodness me, sensitive are your customers? ii1 goodness me, incredibly price sensitive. putting the price up in our industry is incredibly difficult. but you can only be backed up to the wall, you cannot be pushed through the wall. we are up against the wall, as indeed everybody in the food industry that i know is in the same position. i think you have got 200 employees, is that right? think you have got 200 employees, is that rirht? , , ., that right? yes, 'ust under that now, that right? yes, 'ust under that now. yes. _ that right? yes, 'ust under that now. yes. now— that right? yes, just under that now, yes. how secure - that right? yes, just under that now, yes. how secure do i that right? yes, just under that now, yes. how secure do you l that right? yes, just under that i now, yes. how secure do you feel their future _ now, yes. how secure do you feel their future is? _ now, yes. how secure do you feel their future is? well, _ now, yes. how secure do you feel their future is? well, we - now, yes. how secure do you feel their future is? well, we are i now, yes. how secure do you feel their future is? well, we are a - their future is? well, we are a company _ their future is? well, we are a company that _ their future is? well, we are a company that has _ their future is? well, we are a company that has been - their future is? well, we are a company that has been going | their future is? well, we are a i company that has been going for their future is? well, we are a - company that has been going for 70 years next year. we have a fair bit of our own properties, etc. i will dare say we will be able to survive when our competitors will not be able to survive. it is concerning. will people still want to buy our product? i guess people so have still got to eat. we are in a sector thatis still got to eat. we are in a sector that is may be robust, i suspect. looking ahead to next april when the price cap goes up again, what is the impact likely to be on you? the rice impact likely to be on you? the price increase _ impact likely to be on you? the price increase yet _ impact likely to be on you? ina: price increase yet again. there impact likely to be on you? i“i;a: price increase yet again. there can be no alternatives. you can't tinker around the edges of these things. a little bit of, just turn the light off to save energyjust doesn't cut it with such increases that we are talking about. prices will likely rise again. talking about. prices will likely rise again-— talking about. prices will likely rise aaain. , rise again. yes, turning the light off does not _ rise again. yes, turning the light off does not help _ rise again. yes, turning the light off does not help you _ rise again. yes, turning the light off does not help you bake - rise again. yes, turning the light off does not help you bake the i off does not help you bake the bread, does it? you have a certain amount of ovens that you have to operate every day. we amount of ovens that you have to operate every day.— amount of ovens that you have to operate every day. we are lucky that thins like operate every day. we are lucky that things like can _ operate every day. we are lucky that things like can we _ operate every day. we are lucky that things like can we escape _ operate every day. we are lucky that things like can we escape a - operate every day. we are lucky that things like can we escape a few- things like can we escape a few grams of the weight of a baking tin to save that energy saving? we have been doing that for ages and away. we are constantly scanning everything we can possibly skin to get prices down and keep the cost down. when we are talking on this magnitude, there is only one way. we have to have more income coming in and for us that means putting prices up. and for us that means putting prices u -. ~ ., , , ., and for us that means putting prices up. well, i hope you managed to keep auoin after up. well, i hope you managed to keep going after 70 — up. well, i hope you managed to keep going after 70 years. _ up. well, i hope you managed to keep going after 70 years. on _ up. well, i hope you managed to keep going after 70 years. on a _ up. well, i hope you managed to keep going after 70 years. on a lighter - going after 70 years. on a lighter note, i want to point out the embroidery on your overall. john foster, elaine foster passed my husband. i know my place. i guess she is the boss truly, isn't she? it was a joke that was in in our company. —— it was a joke in our own company. -- it was a 'oke in our own com an . ., company. -- it was a 'oke in our own coman . ., , company. -- it was a 'oke in our own com an . ., , ., company. -- it was a 'oke in our own coman . . , ., company. that is what we call auali . company. that is what we call quality- john _ company. that is what we call quality. john foster _ company. that is what we call quality. john foster from - company. that is what we call i quality. john foster from fosters bakery. thank you very much. —— equality. a professional orchestra in somerset, which formed during lockdown, has started a tour. it's to connect with people who don't usually get to experience live music. this week the 'chamber orchestra of the west�* is launching with two public performances and a series of community events. ruth bradley went to their first concert. it was when we were allowed to meet friends outdoors that the orchestra started to take shape in a back garden on exmoor. a few snatched rehearsals have led to this week's debut tour of somerset. the orchestra describe themselves as world—class musicians. but today instead of the royal albert hall they are playing taunton's quaker hall. the invited audience is a group of refugees. we are always trying to think of things for this group of people that will bring a bit ofjoy and a smile to their faces because they have been through so much. it is very hard, i think. and just the idea, whenjackie got in touch with me, that a professional orchestra would give their time for nothing just seemed too good to believe, really. and music breaks down barriers. you don't need to be able to speak a particular language, you don't need to think in a particular way. it works for everybody, i think. as you can see on the faces of people. one of the audience is encouraged to play his oud that he brought with him from syria. ok, so basically he likes that because it brings back old memories. he enjoys that because it takes out all the negative energy of him and it is just fabulous to play the oud. later this week in yeovil and minehead, the orchestra will play for adults with a learning disability, schoolchildren and people with addictions. around a third of the musicians are from the west country and they hope to expand into devon and cornwall if they can get funding. my dream is three tours a year of maybe two or three weeks in each county. and then we will do a concert, followed by a day in the community, a concert followed by a day in the community. and we want to go to the more deprived areas, really, not places that are already saturated with music, but places where people can maybe hear live violins being played for the first time. as well as at community events there are public concerts, including on saturday night at the regal theatre in minehead. so good we named her twice. the bracelet of a world war two airman executed by the nazis has been returned to his family — 75 years after he was killed. freddie habgood's plane was shot down over france in 1944. he survived the crash but died in a concentration camp, where the bracelet was recently recovered. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. the hours of darkness over hitler's germany are about to be made hideous. the men of bomber command know well what they have to do. the raf bombing campaign of the second world war was one of the most dangerous and deadly missions. 0njuly the 28th, 1944, hundreds of lancaster bombers left eastern england for another raid over germany. one of those airmen was sergeant freddie hapgood. he wasjust 21. his nephew and niece grew up knowing little about what happened to their uncle. we didn't know much of the details about it because my father never talked about it. i always feel a bit cheated that we never knew him. because, you know, he would have beenjust a bit younger than our father. he would have married and we would have had more cousins. that's a whole line of your family you've lost. two of the seven crew died that night when their lancaster was shot down by a german fighter over france. freddie was among those who managed to bail out. one escapes, three go into a prisoner of war camp, and poor fred habgood falls into the hands of the dreaded gestapo. and from then, we know what happened to him. freddie habgood was betrayed by a local, who handed him over to the gestapo. they took him here, to this concentration camp in alsace. but three years ago, a local girl found something unusual in the earth. she was just working during her holidays, raking the ash pit, tidying it. suddenly she saw a gleaming something in the soil. it was a bracelet. it was the only thing that was ever found, the only surviving item that was ever found in the ash pit. and i think the only reason being is because it was silver. freddie's bracelet, the last memento of his final mission, was returned to the family. in a simple ceremony in london, they handed it over to the head of the air force. i think this is the perfect place to put it, really. it is on display. i think a lot of people come here and visit. they hope that others will now remember the uncle they never knew. jonathan beale, bbc news. one of the world's rarest turtles has been washed up more than 4,000 miles from home in flintshire, north—east wales, following storm arwen. the kemp's ridley sea turtle — which is normally found in the gulf of mexico — was found by a dog walker and is being cared for at anglesey sea zoo. staff say the reptile named tally is in a critical but stable condition and they're working to restore its body temperature, as it's used to a much hotter climate. earlier, we heard from frankie hobro owner and director of anglesey sea zoo. tally is still a juvenile. it is not possible at the moment to determine whether tally is a male or female. when he or she was found tally was in, well, appeared to be dead in this cold shock, a coma, which reptiles go into when they are suddenly plummeted into much colder temperatures that they are accustomed to. when tally was found on the beach, the chap that found tally thought he had found a dead tropical total. he knew it was a tropical turtle but he or she did appear to be completely dead. it was mild and turning colder once again. it will turn chillyjust in time for the weekend. a lot of sunshine around before the cold and frosty start. some showers and these will have a wintry flavour. in that northerly air flow, a will have a wintry flavour. in that northerly airflow, a ridge of high pressure moving in from the west and will kill off most of the showers here. a cold air mass as you can see here. a cold air mass as you can see here. here is the brief wedge of milder air that i was talking about. a lot of sunshine around through the afternoon. most of the showers across eastern coast areas. the cloud will start thickening up later in the day for northern ireland and much of scotland, too. it is going to be a cold day despite the sunshine. temperatures range from three to eight celsius. it turns cold with an early frost across southern and eastern areas. that area of rain pushes southwards and eastwards. the snow down to lower levels. those temperatures will come up levels. those temperatures will come up by levels. those temperatures will come up by the end of the night. reverting back to rain. winds will be a feature as well. you can see this brief wedge of milder air through friday. a less cold day. we have lost the blue colours. once we lose that early rain it will see rather grey and cloudy. then we will see some rain returning back into south wales. it will be turning wetter and windier here by the end of the day. quite mild. ii or 12 celsius for the north. julie into western scotland. it stays cold into the weekend. some showers. saturday will be looking like the wettest day of the weekend. early rain clears from the south—east. most of the showers will be across northern areas. a lot of sunshine around. a cold and frosty start to sunday morning. then, again, a lot of dry and sunny weather around. south wales and across the north sea coast. despite recent sunshine, temperatures will reach between five to nine celsius. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines... as concern over the omicron variant grows, the government orders more than 100 million extra covid vaccine doses. the pfizer and moderna vaccines will be used over the next two years. labour calls for an investigation into downing street's christmas party last year, as businesses decide whether or not to hold one this year. covid vaccination could become mandatory in germany next year as more restrictions come in for those who remain unvaccinated. the duchess of sussex wins her privacy battle against the publishers of the mail on sunday — she says it's a victory notjust for her but, for anyone who's ever felt scared to stand up for what's right. the army are called in to help as thousands of homes in scotland and northern england are still without power almost a week after storm arwen. a fresh warning over soaring energy bills — by next spring a typical gas bill may have doubled from the year before. and help at last for the seal pups who were caught up in the storm and separated from their mothers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has ordered an extra 114 million covid vaccine doses for booster programmes over the next two years. ministers say the deals — for both pfizer and moderna jabs — will "future—proof" the uk's vaccination programme. the deals include access to modified vaccines if they are needed to combat omicron and other variants that may arise. our health correspondent, katherine da costa, reports — and a warning that there is flash photography at the start of her report. a year ago today the uk became the first in the world to approve the pfizer covid vaccine. applause. days later margaret keenan was the first person outside clinical trials to get it. since then, 150 millionjabs have been administered in the biggest vaccination effort in uk history. now more than 100 million extra doses of pfizer and moderna have been secured for the next couple of years. as we are seeing right now, there is a new variant, there's potentially new variants in the future. we know that covid is going to be around for a while, we have to live with it and one of the ways to live with it is to ensure we have the vaccines we need and they are future proof and that is the order we have given for 114 million vaccines to make sure we have got what we need for the long term. the government has launched this new advertising campaign encouraging all adults to have a top—up jab. the prime minister is due to get his booster later. he has promised to throw everything at ramping up the programme with extra hospital hubs, pharmacists and gps in order to hit the target of offering all eligible over 18s in england a booster by the end of january, but people are urged to wait to be contacted. it is centrally driven. they will be contacted by the central nhs system, it doesn't come from your individual gps and i would love to be able to tell them when they will get it, but of course that very much depends on the number of gps and professions allied to medicine who can deliver these that can be released from the dayjob. some companies are having a rethink over christmas parties because of the uncertainty around what threat the new variant, omicron, may pose. the government says new targeted measures for things like face masks and isolation will help limit the spread, with ministers insisting parties can still go ahead with some caution. i don't think there should be much snogging under the mistletoe, you don't need to do things like that, but we should be trying to enjoy the christmas ahead of us and that is why we are working hard to get the deployment of as many vaccines as possible. what most people want this christmas is an end to the covid pandemic and whilst it is not over, we are now in a better place with vaccines and new treatments that many hope will give us the boost we need for a brighter new year. katharine da costa, bbc news. meanwhile, the deputy labour leader, angela rayner, has written to the cabinet secretary to ask whether he will refer any potential breach of covid regulations by the prime minister to the metropolitan police, over a party held at downing street in december last year. number 10 says all rules were followed. here is the leader of the labour party, keir starmer — first addressing christmas gatherings this year with the concerns around the omicron variant. i don't think we should be saying to people that they need to cancel all their plans for christmas, particularly after last year, so we do not want to simply put out a message that nobody should gather, nobody should have a party. the government needs clearer guidance. at the moment, there are different versions of the guidance coming out from different ministers. that is not helpful. in the end, i think most people will assess for themselves the size of the gathering, the number of people and make sensible decisions, but i think what most people want from the government now is just to be clear what the rules are. they also want a government that then sticks to the rules, by the way, because what has emerged over the last few days is that last year when the government was telling the country to lock down and not meet their loved ones, they were partying in downing street, and so this year we cannot see a repeat of that, with the government saying, "you have to act in this way, "but we are not going to do it." the labour leader, sir keir starmer. families who lost loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic say they're "sickened" by a christmas party held at 10 downing street during last year's covid restrictions. borisjohnson, who was not at the party, says no covid rules were broken, but number 10 has refused to explain how party—goers complied with restrictions. earlier our political correspondent, iain watson, told me more about what happened. in mid—december — december 18th — there was an event inside downing street. how do we know that? well, an attendee told us what was going on, and they said in effect they were having food and drink, party games, the whole thing wrapped up a bit after midnight. now, if you look at the evidence, that sounds an awful lot lot like a pre—christmas party for some downing street staff. however, the tier 3 regulations that were in force in london at the time said that indoor gatherings of more than two people — unless you were in the same household or in a bubble — were banned at that time. it also said in guidance — this wasn't law, but the guidance effectively, for clarification, made it clear that christmas parties ought not to be held, so on the surface of it it looks as though it is somewhat clashing with those regulations, it has to be said, and i e—mailed downing street this morning, actually, and went through the regulations with them and asked them to therefore justify their line that all covid rules were followed at all times. i have not had a reply to that e—mail, but at a downing street briefing for political journalists earlier today, the spokesman said, yes, those covid rules have been followed at all times and said he would not be adding to that phrase. so they have not actually told us which regulations they were abiding by. there is one kind of get out clause, if you like — that you could have work gatherings if these were " reasonably necessary, " but i am not sure "reasonably necessary" stretches to food, drink and party games. it is unsurprising that labour are now trying to ratchet this up further, and asking the country's most senior civil servant whether he will investigate whether it is appropriate to use government buildings in this way and they are also saying to him, "will you consider this alleged breach of "covid regulations being investigated by "the metropolitan police? " and the story is causing anguish amongst those people who have lost members of their family to covid and are now part of a pressure group? that is right, the bereaved families group has commented on this as well because, while downing street say that all covid rules were followed, there has been no denial that the event took place, directly, or no denial by the prime minister at the pmqs yesterday, that the event took place. his view is people would not be very interested in what happened a year ago, they would be far more interested in the regulations now that have been tightened up have been tightened up because the latest variant of omicron. but bereaved families are certainly interested and they described the event as "sickening." and of course there is testimony from people who either lost their members of their family in the run—up to christmas or perhaps afterwards, but certainly had difficulty seeing members of their own family when they were ill, so certainly the bereaved families want answers to this and the daily mirror was reporting that there were a couple of other gatherings or events as well. i should say that the prime minister was not present himself at that christmas party, it seems to have been simply for staff, but i think what is agitating some people at the moment is the fact that downing street won't tell us exactly what happened or how this was compatible with their own rules. iain watson. the government says there is no need to cancel christmas parties, but has urged caution — with the health secretary advising party—goers to take a lateral flow test before attending. however, one survey suggests more than half of office workplaces have decided not to hold a big office bash this year. let's speak to brent hudson, chief executive of plextek services limited, which is an engineering services business which has decided to postpone its office christmas party from the 10th december to 25th february. thank you very much forjoining us, brent hudson. took this decision? the management team, martin. find the management team, martin. and wh , what the management team, martin. and why, what was the basis for it? there were 2 main reasons. the ist was concern from our staff, so... many of the staff have been concerned throughout the covid period and the recent news about the omicron variant coming into the uk has raised some members of staff's concern about that and we wanted to have as well attended an event as we could possibly have and we didn't think it would be fair to continue with a christmas party at this point in time, if it meant excluding those members of staff who were sufficiently concerned to decide not to attend. so that's the ist reason. the 2nd reason is a financial consideration, which is that we had to make a decision on monday of this week because the venue had said if you wish to postpone, we need to know today. otherwise, if you postpone later, you are liable for the full cost. and it is £20,000 odd, which is a lot of money for a small company. and we were concerned that we would have to pay the £20,000 and not have a christmas party, which did not seem a sensible financial decision, so it was for those 2 reasons.— financial decision, so it was for those 2 reasons. and yet you are very clear _ those 2 reasons. and yet you are very clear this — those 2 reasons. and yet you are very clear this is _ those 2 reasons. and yet you are very clear this is not _ those 2 reasons. and yet you are very clear this is not a _ very clear this is not a cancellation?- very clear this is not a cancellation? ., , ,., , ., ., cancellation? oh, absolutely not a cancellation- _ cancellation? oh, absolutely not a cancellation. we _ cancellation? oh, absolutely not a cancellation. we hold _ cancellation? oh, absolutely not a cancellation. we hold the - cancellation? oh, absolutely not a. cancellation. we hold the christmas party every year, as well as some other events. we invite every staff member, we invite all of their partners, it is an opportunity for people to socialise together, an opportunity for the company and me to thank the company employees and their partners for the sacrifices that they have made, particularly over the last 2 years during the covid pandemic. 50 over the last 2 years during the covid pandemic.— over the last 2 years during the covid pandemic. so what was the reaction when _ covid pandemic. so what was the reaction when you _ covid pandemic. so what was the reaction when you told _ covid pandemic. so what was the | reaction when you told everyone? general acceptance. reaction when you told everyone? generalacceptance. i had reaction when you told everyone? general acceptance. i had [i or 5 people talk to me personally and each i of those was supportive of the decision. i have had nobody say they disagreed with the decision. a number of people have not said anything, but those that have have been supportive. we anything, but those that have have been supportive.— been supportive. we all hope, of course, been supportive. we all hope, of course. it — been supportive. we all hope, of course, it will— been supportive. we all hope, of course, it will be _ been supportive. we all hope, of course, it will be better - been supportive. we all hope, of course, it will be better by - course, it will be better by february, but who knows? what sort of impact would it have if members of impact would it have if members of your staff came down with covid? obviously for them personally it is a bad thing, but for you as a company? it a bad thing, but for you as a company?— a bad thing, but for you as a coman ? ., , ., , company? it would be potentially extremely serious. _ company? it would be potentially extremely serious. we _ company? it would be potentially extremely serious. we employ i company? it would be potentially . extremely serious. we employ some company? it would be potentially - extremely serious. we employ some of the world's leading radio and antenna designers and an essay that sincerely, some of the world's leading people working on extremely important projects for our customers and if some of our staff members were to go down for an extended period of time, it could be very significant for my company, for my customers. significant for my company, for my customers— customers. well, let's keep our finaers customers. well, let's keep our fingers crossed, _ customers. well, let's keep our fingers crossed, then, - customers. well, let's keep our fingers crossed, then, for - customers. well, let's keep our fingers crossed, then, for the i customers. well, let's keep our i fingers crossed, then, for the 25th of february for you.— of february for you. thank you. brent hudson _ of february for you. thank you. brent hudson from _ of february for you. thank you. brent hudson from plextek, . of february for you. thank you. i brent hudson from plextek, thank of february for you. thank you. - brent hudson from plextek, thank you very much for talking to us. thank ou ve very much for talking to us. thank you very much _ very much for talking to us. thank you very much indeed, _ very much for talking to us. thank you very much indeed, goodbye. i angela merkel has said that vaccination could become mandatory next year in germany if the country's parliament agrees to it. the outgoing german chancellor also announced more restrictions on people who are not yet vaccinated following talks with her soon to be successor and the leaders of germany's 16 states. let's speak to our correspondent in berlin, jenny hill. what are the changes that are being brought in for the unvaccinated? well, more restrictions, in effect, so they will now be banned from going into shops, with of course the exception of the kind of shops that sell daily necessities, so food and medicines and so on. in many parts of the country actually these restrictions are already in force, germany being a federal state, there is a lot of power in regional authority, so in some parts of the country you cannot go into restaurants, bars, shops without showing a vaccine pass ist. angela merkel has now also announced a countrywide restriction that means that people who are not vaccinated will only be allowed to mix private setting with 2 other people from i other household. how you play such a matter is of course a different question. —— how you police are such matter. these restrictions are designed to put a squeeze on those who remain unvaccinated, there are millions of germans not yet vaccinated, it has a relatively low vaccination and experts here believe thatis vaccination and experts here believe that is at least part behind the soaring infection rates, we are now in the middle of a lith wave of the pandemic and duties of the most aggressive wave that this country has ever seen. intensive care units in some parts of the country are full to bursting and they are actually having to transfer patients to other parts of the country with experts warning that if nothing is done to mitigate the infection rates, then many of those hospitals and clinics are simply going to be overwhelmed and there will be a knock—on consequences of course in terms of cancelled operations and procedures for other people, so it is very grave here at the moment and the unvaccinated people are a group of the government is very keen to target to try to turn that around. briefly, jenny, how do you tell whether someone is unvaccinated or not to stop them going into the shop that you don't want them going into? here, as in most european countries, you have a pass on your phone, so your mobile phone has a qr code which is scanned and you present your identification at the same time. it is worth talking about that mandatory vaccination as well because angela merkel has never been in favour of that, she has always said it is up to the government to persuade its citizens to be vaccinated. today she announced as did olaf scholz, who seem successor, that the german parliament is likely to go to a vote on this which could then be put into effect in february of next year. she was then asked, have you changed your mind on this? and she said, well, if i were a member of the german parliament when this goes to the vote, then yes, i would indeed vote in favour of it. jenny hill in berlin, thank you. the duchess of sussex has won the latest stage of her legal battle against the publisher or the mail on sunday. the court of appeal has rejected an attempt by associated newspapers to have a full trial over the question of whether it breached privacy and copyright rules by publishing parts of a letter from meghan to herfather. the duchess says the judgement is a victory notjust for her, but "for anyone who has ever felt scared to stand up for what is right." this report from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, contains flash photography. once again a clear victory for the duchess of sussex in her battle in which she has been strongly backed by her husband, against the tabloid media. at the heart of this case is the publication by the mail on sunday of lengthy extracts from a letter the duchess had written to her father three months after her wedding. at the time, relations between meghan and her father were difficult. earlier this year, a judge at the high court in london decided the breach of privacy was so clear—cut there was no need for a full trial. the mail on sunday's publishers appealed against that ruling. today three judges in the court of appeal found that the original judge's decision was correct. the judge's careful decision, mostly on factual questions, was upheld. and it was hard to see what evidence could have been deduced at trial that would have altered that situation. the judges found that disclosures made byjason knauf, meghan's former communications adviser, that she had written the letter knowing it might be leaked and asked him to brief the authors of a book were irrelevant. within minutes, a statement was issued from the duchess of sussex. she said... associated newspapers, the publishers of the mail on sunday, have so far made no comment. —— they said they were very disappointed by the decision. in a statement, they said... associated newspapers so they are considering a further appeal to the supreme court. — mcveigh say they are considering a further appeal. nicholas witchell, bbc news. the army is being brought in to help people in scotland in the aftermath of storm arwen. across scotland and northern england thousands of homes are still without power — nearly a week after the storm hit. our reporter, ben philip, has been in aboyne in aberdeenshire, where help is being called in from the military. aberdeenshire council confirmed this morning that that number is up to more than 130 military personnel who will be arriving here in north—east scotland, following a formal request for assistance to the uk government. we are being told that they will focus on door—to—door welfare checks in more remote communities, particularly for vulnerable residents of the community. in fact, just a short time ago we saw a minibus of soldiers depart from here in the aberdeenshire village of aboyne. of course, some residents in this region have now been without power for six nights, which is obviously less than ideal, given the amount of snow that we have had here overnight. we are being told personnel will be deployed to ii locations across the region — that includes to alford, huntley, fraserburgh and stonehaven. the latest update from energy provider ssen says that more than 3,000 customers are still without power. that is mainly in more rural areas. aberdeenshire is the worst affected. engineers, as you can imagine, are continuing to try and restore supplies, following the damage caused by storm arwen last friday, which is being described as a "once in a generation event." that was ben philip reporting from aberdeenshire. pressures in the social care system are leaving thousands of disabled people struggling to recruit personal assistants, who help them live independently. pas can help out with day—to—day tasks, but with more than 100,000 vacancies in the sector, many people with disabilities are finding it difficult to get the support they need. our disability affairs correspondent, nikki fox, reports. hello, guys! hello. sam and alex study media at college and are both working towards a career in tv. we have, like, a double act. we bounce off each other. ..and finish each other�*s... ..sentences. the 16—year—old twins have spinal muscular atrophy. and for them to be as independent as everyone else, they need a team of personal assistants, or pas. we've only got one at the minute. we've had a struggle with getting carers. so, i think we're still putting out advertisements for getting someone. i mean, if you just put our faces on the advertisement... yeah. that would help, yeah. "hello, look at us!" "aren't we gorgeous?! want to get us dressed every morning? ring here." the twins' mum, sarah, has a budget from the council, and uses it to directly employ pas to support her boys for 50 hours a week. but at the moment she can only find someone who does 15 hours, leaving her to do the rest. being on my own with them the majority of the time, it is difficult, it is hard work. i'm literally running out of ideas of where to get some help. what has the response been like from all your efforts? it's been very, very limited. and the family aren't alone. with 100,000 vacancies in the care sector, disabled people are finding it almost impossible to recruit. a shortage of workers from abroad, the pandemic and vaccine hesitancy have all played a part. i've heard some really bad stories. people terrified that they're going to lose theirjobs. i've even heard people contemplating suicide, because they can't face the thought of going back to just literally existing. katy runs a recruitment website to help find pas. she believes the wages disabled people are able to offer, a figure often set by the local authority, is also a problem. everyone that gets a care budget has no control over how much they get to pay a pa. and in particular i've noticed a massive rise in wage requests from british nationals. it needs to be looked at, increasing people's care funding, so that they can employ the pa and support that they need. the government says it's the local authority's responsibility to play a key role in supporting disabled people recruit and retain staff in their area. and it's investing an additional £5.11 billion into social care. we always wanted to be in tv. as a comedy duo. for sam and alex, they want their future career success to be determined on whether they're good enough to make it, not on whether they have someone to help them get up and ready for work in the morning. nikki fox, bbc news. joining me now is jay crawford, who has a spinal cord injury which impacts his walking — he needs a personal assistant, but can't find one. what does your pa do for you and your wife? 50 what does your pa do for you and our wife? ., what does your pa do for you and your wife?— what does your pa do for you and ourwife? ., . ~ , your wife? so our current pa support service with — your wife? so our current pa support service with having _ your wife? so our current pa support service with having a _ your wife? so our current pa support service with having a young - your wife? so our current pa support service with having a young family, l service with having a young family, so i have a spinal—cord injury myself and my wife also has a mobility issue and a mental health condition and we have a child aged 3 1/2, so really for us it is everything, from the school run 1st thing in the morning, packed lunches, getting him to school on time, picking him up, but also managing our personal care. there is much more that we could do with more pa hours in terms of meeting our needs better. potentially giving me the opportunity to be able to study or to go into work, but thatjust isn't possible under the current system. isn't possible under the current s stem. ., . , ., i. isn't possible under the current s stem. ., . , ., ., system. how much help have you got in terms of hours _ system. how much help have you got in terms of hours per _ system. how much help have you got in terms of hours per week, - system. how much help have you got| in terms of hours per week, compared with the budget that you could be spending? 50 with the budget that you could be sendin: ? ., with the budget that you could be sendin: ? . ;;j~ with the budget that you could be sendin: ? . ,':f~ ., , spending? so we have 38 hours available. we _ spending? so we have 38 hours available. we have _ spending? so we have 38 hours available. we have had - spending? so we have 38 hours available. we have had a - spending? so we have 38 hours available. we have had a bit - spending? so we have 38 hours available. we have had a bit of| available. we have had a bit of trimming and fro—ing since we moved to local authority last year because it is not standardised across local authorities, so we have moved to 38 hours here in cheshire west. we only have a 20 hour pa at the moment and are struggling ridiculously to try to fill that 2nd position. 50 are struggling ridiculously to try to fill that 2nd position.- are struggling ridiculously to try to fill that 2nd position. so how do ou to fill that 2nd position. so how do you manage? _ to fill that 2nd position. so how do you manage? if— to fill that 2nd position. so how do you manage? if you _ to fill that 2nd position. so how do you manage? if you have - to fill that 2nd position. so how do you manage? if you have got - to fill that 2nd position. so how do you manage? if you have got 38 i you manage? if you have got 38 hours, you need 38 hours, but you have any got 20 at the moment, we have any got 20 at the moment, we have emergency commission services by the council through an agency, which is really frustrating because the local authorities— the local authorities willing to pay nearl £30 the local authorities willing to pay nearly £30 an _ the local authorities willing to pay nearly £30 an hour— the local authorities willing to pay nearly £30 an hour for— the local authorities willing to pay | nearly £30 an hour for commission services and yet i am only allowed to pay £10.50 an hour to my pa, which doesn't make any sense. basically we are not managing, so my son is often late for school, which puts him at a disadvantage to his peers, we often have to cancel family events, my son is 3 and have never been able to take them swimming because there are no community hours available to fit around our lifestyle. so with great difficulty, i think, around our lifestyle. so with great difficulty, ithink, is around our lifestyle. so with great difficulty, i think, is the answer there. ~ ., , difficulty, ithink, is the answer there. ~ . , ., there. what is the solution, then? because we _ there. what is the solution, then? because we have _ there. what is the solution, then? because we have got _ there. what is the solution, then? because we have got these - there. what is the solution, then? i because we have got these hundreds of thousands of vacancies, —— this 100,000 vacancies, you are restricted in how much you are allowed to pay a pa. you are in the thick of this and probably have some really good ideas of how it could be solved. i really good ideas of how it could be solved. ~ ., really good ideas of how it could be solved. ~' ., ., . ., , solved. i think there are a couple of wa s solved. i think there are a couple of ways it — solved. i think there are a couple of ways it could _ solved. i think there are a couple of ways it could be _ solved. i think there are a couple of ways it could be solved, - solved. i think there are a couple of ways it could be solved, i - solved. i think there are a couple| of ways it could be solved, i think every local authority should be on a standardised care program and i think that the amount we pay as a care contribution should be standardised across the country. it should not be a postcode lottery as to whether i can recruit staff at a certain rate, compared to a friend who lives 3 miles down the road in the next local authority. my current pa actually travels a 50 mile round trip to get to me 3 days a week, so she is doing 150 miles a week. that cannot be the problem to just have pas from further away. what they need to do is standardise the system and give disabled people the choice to employ, potentially with their budget less hours, but on a more competitive rate, so that they can actually guarantee that they will have staff. , ., ., ., ~ ., have staff. yes, that would make a lot of sense _ have staff. yes, that would make a lot of sense and _ have staff. yes, that would make a lot of sense and would _ have staff. yes, that would make a lot of sense and would not - have staff. yes, that would make a lot of sense and would not cost - have staff. yes, that would make a| lot of sense and would not cost any more, would it? these are personal budget, but how personalised do you feel this whole system allows these arrangements to be? it feel this whole system allows these arrangements to be?— arrangements to be? it isn't. i mean, arrangements to be? it isn't. i mean. with — arrangements to be? it isn't. i mean, with us, _ arrangements to be? it isn't. i mean, with us, we _ arrangements to be? it isn't. i mean, with us, we have - arrangements to be? it isn't. i mean, with us, we have a - arrangements to be? it isn't. i i mean, with us, we have a family arrangement, so obviously not going into too much depth there, but kind of the wider issue we have had is there is absolutely nothing for disabled parents. so we are both parents, i became disabled after my wife was already conceived with our son and the social work actually said, well, the system is not built forfamilies like said, well, the system is not built for families like yours and at the time i did not understand it. i certainly do now. i understand that the care sector is very much geared towards those over the age of 65, those that need it later life care and it is not made forfamilies like us. adult services and children services don't work in tune with each other. the majority of the time. and, you know, young carers are not picked up until they are aged 5 or 6. what do we do in the interim? that is 6 years of our life. there has to be something that is more intuitive and is more generally personal about the budget situation that we face.— generally personal about the budget situation that we face. sounds to me like he would — situation that we face. sounds to me like he would have _ situation that we face. sounds to me like he would have quite _ situation that we face. sounds to me like he would have quite an - like he would have quite an interesting conversation with policymakers at a local and a national level. jay crawford, fascinating to talk to you and i hope that you find a personal assistant that you need. thank you very much. assistant that you need. thank you very much-— very much. thank you very much. let's very much. thank you very much. let's take — very much. thank you very much. let's take a _ very much. thank you very much. let's take a look _ very much. thank you very much. let's take a look at _ very much. thank you very much. let's take a look at the _ very much. thank you very much. let's take a look at the weather l let's take a look at the weather forecast now. hello there. it has been a chilly start to the day, some frost and a bit of early snow as well, but most of the country has seen plenty of dry and sunny weather today, just a few wintry showers, mostly across eastern coastal areas with the area of low pressure. a new frontal system waiting in the wings and that will arrive tonight, but we are very much in the cold air mass through today before this brief ridge of milder air moves in with that frontal system overnight. you can see it pushing in here to scotland with some snow on its leading edge, and we will continue to see snow even down to low levels for a time as it pushes the colder air further south and east, but temperatures coming up by the end of the night and we will be reverting back to rain, so tomorrow morning we start off with rain across southern and eastern areas eventually clearing, but leaving a legacy of cloud, a bit across scotland and a few blustery showers pushing across the north and west and we will start to see rain returning to south—western areas by the end of the day, but a less cold day right across the board. hello this is bbc news with me, maxine croxall. the headlines... as concern over the omicron variant grows, the government orders more than a hundred million extra covid vaccine doses. the pfizer and moderna vaccines will be used over the next two years. labour calls for an investigation into downing street's christmas party last year — as businesses decide whether or not to hold one this year. covid vaccination could become mandatory in germany next year as more restrictions come in for those who remain unvaccinated. the duchess of sussex wins her privacy battle against the publishers of the mail on sunday — she says it's a victory not just for her but for anyone who's ever felt scared to stand up for what's right. the army are called in to help as thousands of homes in scotland and northern england are still without power almost a week after storm arwen. a fresh warning over soaring energy bills — by next spring a typical gas bill may have doubled from the year before. and help at last for the seal pups who were caught up in the storm and separated from their mothers. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre here's ollie foster. good afternoon. the international olympic committee says it has spoken for a second time with chinese tennis star pung shuai amid continuing concerns for her welfare. pung disappeared from public view for three weeks last month after making an allegation of sexual assault against a top chinese state official. before yesterday's ioc video—call, the women's tennis association said that it would cancelling all it's tournament's in china until there was real proof of her safety. the ioc has been criticized for its involvement, with human rights groups accusing them of collaborating with chinese authorities. the ioc released this statement this morning... that is unlikely to assuage those concerns from organisations for her well—being. the first ashes test is less that a week away and england have finally had a decent day's practice. poor weather has hampered their preparations in australia but there was a welcome return for ben stokes, making his first appearance since he took a break from the sport injuly to protect his mental health and also recover from a broken finger. he bowled 12 overs and took two wickets against an england lions team. it's a four day match and with the first two days lost to rain, there'sjust one more meaningful day of match practice before they face australia next week, so possible a last chance for players to put their hand up for selection in the first test you can do as much indoor nets and net sessions as you want but actually middle practice is really important going into such a big series. it has been really good for us to get out today and it is a bit squidgy out there with the amount of rain that has happened. we are pleased to be out there. there are two more matches in the premier league tonight. brentford travel to tottenham host, and manchester united host old rivals arsenal. ralph rangnick has finally got his work permit through to take interim charge of united but he'll only be in the stands. the gunners are not taking that for granted. the gunners are not taking that for ranted. ., ~' ., the gunners are not taking that for ranted. ., ~ ., ., i. , . granted. you know what you expect when ou granted. you know what you expect when you play _ granted. you know what you expect when you play in — granted. you know what you expect when you play in that _ granted. you know what you expect when you play in that stadium - granted. you know what you expect when you play in that stadium with | when you play in that stadium with that crowd and that team. you know the situation you are going to face. it is very difficult actively because you don't how to repair the game. the options they can play, the variations they can vary. we are focused on ourselves, we have to do and make sure the team is prepared to go them and them.— to go them and them. staying with football... wigan striker charlie wyke has left hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest during a training session last week. wyke has priased the quick action of his manager leam richardson and the club doctor, who stabilised his condition and in his own words”saved his life”. the 28—year—old has since had an implantable defibrillator fitted and plans to return to light training next week, with the hope of getting back to full training with the team next year. his team mates played tribute to him in their win at plymouth at the weekend. the uk snooker championship continues. let's show you what is happening right now. jack lisowski is 3—1 up against iran's hossein vofaei, the man who knocked out mark selby the world number one. anthony hamilton is 4—1 down against the belgian luka brecel on the other table. the first to six reaches the quarters. you can follow the action on bbc2, the iplayer or bbc sport website. going very well at the table indeed. it could go the distance, that one. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's bring you some latest pictures now. these are of the prime minister receiving his covid booster jab this afternoon. the goverment plans to offer everyone over the age of 18 a boosterjab by the end ofjanuary — that's a further 30 million injections let's listen to what he had to say. restaurants say people are cancelling christmas parties. prime minister, cancelling christmas parties. prime minister. people — cancelling christmas parties. prime minister, people are _ cancelling christmas parties. prime minister, people are confused. - cancelling christmas parties. prime minister, people are confused. can you clear things up for them? the most you clear things up for them? iie: most important thing you clear things up for them? ii2 most important thing is people should follow the guidance we have set out. people should not be cancelling things. there is no need for that at all. that is not what we are saying. what we are doing is trying to respond in a balanced and proportionate way to the arrival of the omicron variant. we are focusing particularly on transport and travel. so tough measures for anybody who comes into this country. very tough measures for anybody coming in. some rules for south isolation if you come into contact with somebody who has omicron. and some toughening of the wheels on masks. otherwise, we want people to continue as they are. the most important thing you can do under all circumstances is get your booster jab. we will be doing all the over 40s now. i havejust had mine. mine was due today. we have done 18.6 million boosterjabs in this country. we are building ever higher for the protection. whatever omicron may or may not be able to do, it certainly will not negate the overall value of the boosterjab. everybody should get their booster as soon as they are called for it. we are planning more pfizer and modernityjabs, 30,000 more doses. everybody over 18 will be offered a booster by the end of january. 50 it booster by the end of january. so it is ok to have _ booster by the end of january. so it is ok to have a _ booster by the end of january. so it is ok to have a snog _ booster by the end ofjanuary. so it is ok to have a snog this christmas. are you holding a christmas party? we have events. we had events for chanukah, we turned the christmas lights on in accordance with the rules, as you would expect. while i was say to people is, please, we have to take a balanced and a proportionate approach to this. we are taking these measures that are designed to tackle the risk that we see from omicron. that is it. that is the responsible thing to do. under all circumstances, what you need to do is get your boosterjab. do you understand why people are confused? ., , ., confused? people need to get their blisters. it has _ confused? people need to get their blisters. it has been _ confused? people need to get their blisters. it has been a _ confused? people need to get their blisters. it has been a lot _ confused? people need to get their blisters. it has been a lot of- confused? people need to get their blisters. it has been a lot of news l blisters. it has been a lot of news about last — blisters. it has been a lot of news about last year — blisters. it has been a lot of news about last year because _ blisters. it has been a lot of news about last year because 's - blisters. it has been a lot of news about last year because 's party. | about last year because 's party. you said no rules were broken. why don't you make the story go away and tell us what has happened? i haue tell us what has happened? i have told ou. tell us what has happened? i have told you- i — tell us what has happened? i have told you. i want _ tell us what has happened? i have told you. i want to _ tell us what has happened? i have told you. i want to repeat - tell us what has happened? i have told you. i want to repeat that - tell us what has happened? i have told you. i want to repeat that the j told you. i want to repeat that the guidance as they are. i am, you know very, very keen people understand this. we don't want people to feel the state cancelling things, to start talking about kids in nativity plays, i do not think there is a need to stop that at all. i have said it many times before, we are taking a balanced and proportionate approach to the risk. i want and i believe that christmas this year will be considerably better than christmas last year. the charity national energy action has estimated that the typical gas bill — for those on standard tarrifs — will have doubled in 18 months, when prices rise in april. the charity says higher bills will add to the financial pressure already weighing on those with low incomes. energy suppliers say there is support available for those struggling with bills. here's our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey. money is already tight for catherine, who lives on her own in keighley. heating bills are adding to that financial squeeze, so she is finding new ways to stay warm with the heating off. i'll wrap myself up in a blanket and i'll use my hairdryer to warm me up. i'm very, very funny about putting the heating on because it's just, even when it's on, my anxiety levels are so high and i'm constantly timing it to be like, when can i turn it off? soon energy bills are likely to rise sharply. under the industry regulator ofgem's price cap, a typical annual dual fuel bill wasjust over £1,000 last winter. that has since risen, reaching £1,227 this winter as wholesale prices have gone up. they've stayed high so national anergy action projects the cap and annual household bills will go up by £550 in april, within which gas prices will have doubled compared with last year. people will dread the winter more than any other time. they will hope for some respite when it comes to april but sadly, that's a time when the prices will start rising again. so there is some hope when the cold weather goes, but there is no hope when it comes to how the impact of wholesale price rises are going to have on budgets that are too stretched. more than 20 suppliers have collapsed during the energy crisis, with some blaming the time delay of the cap. the cost is being picked up by surviving companies and eventually their customers. ultimately, the outlook is that we are entering an era of increased energy prices. it's not clear when they will return and if they will return down to the levels that we have been used to historically, so it's really important for customers to understand their consumption and make sure they take measures to minimise that consumption. catherine is already doing that. with bills high, switching off rather than switching supplier may be the answer to keeping bills down. kevin peachey, bbc news. earlier i spoke tojohn foster who is the managing director of fosters bakery — a wholesale bread suppliers in barnsley. he told me what his energy costs are at the moment. well, at the moment it is £16li,000 per year. we are in contract for a few more months. if we were to renew today, or a couple of weeks ago when we last looked at it, we would be talking about £500,000. a 300% increase. how are you supposed to absorb that? you cannot. like the energy companies that have gone bust, if you cannot put your prices up, you go bust. dead simple — the price of food is rising and rising considerably. how long can you hold off passing those rising costs on to your customers? not at all. the margins are just not there, with the various other things we have got rising. we have got the worst wheat harvest in decades. the price of wheat is going up massively, therefore flour is going up massively. we have got wage rises going up, the extra tax, the social care levy coming on staff and companies. we have transport that has gone up, packaging has gone up. everything is rising. it does not take long to go under. if your costs are greater than your income. how price sensitive are your customers? my goodness me, incredibly price sensitive. putting the price up in our industry is incredibly difficult. but you can only be backed up to the wall, you cannot be pushed through the wall. we are up against the wall, as indeed everybody in the food industry that i know is in the same position. i think you have got 200 employees, is that right? yes, just under that now, yes. how secure do you feel their future is? well, we are a company that has been going for 70 years next year. we have a fair bit of wool on our back — we own properties, etc. i will dare say we will be able to survive when our competitors will not be able to survive. it is concerning. will people still want to buy our product? i guess people have still got to eat. we are in a sector that may be robust, i suspect. looking ahead to next april when the price cap goes up again, what is the impact likely to be on you? the price increases yet again. there can be no alternatives. you can't tinker around the edges of these things. a little bit of, oh, just turn the light off to save energyjust doesn't cut it with such increases that we are talking about. prices will likely rise again. yes, turning the light off does not help you bake the bread, does it? you have a certain amount of ovens that you have to operate every day. we are looking at things like can we scrape a few grams off the weight of a baking tin to save that? we have been doing that for ages and away. we are constantly skinning everything we can possibly skin to get prices down and keep the cost down. when we are talking on this magnitude, there is only one way. we have to have more income coming in and for us that means putting prices up. let's get more now on the situation surrounding chinese tennis player peng shuai. as we heard in our sports news earlier, the international olympic committee says they've spoken to herfor a second time and are offering her wide—ranging support. it follows global concern about her wellbeing in the wake of sexual assault allegations she made against a former chinese vice premier. the women's tennis association has announced it will immediately suspend all tournaments in china in response to what it perceives as the chinese authorities�* failure to address the allegations. let's speak now with cindy yu, broadcast editor at the spectator and host of the podcast chinese whispers. thank you very much forjoining us. where do you believe peng shuai to be at the moment? i where do you believe peng shuai to be at the moment?— be at the moment? i think most likel she be at the moment? i think most likely she is _ be at the moment? i think most likely she is somewhere - be at the moment? i think most likely she is somewhere in - be at the moment? i think most likely she is somewhere in her. be at the moment? i think most i likely she is somewhere in her old house, she is under house arrest. i think that is probably where she has been since that statement was weighed by her exactly one month ago today. she hasn't done anything criminally wrong, so she is unlikely to have been arrested. she is a dissident —— she is not a dissident, any political sense, it is most likely she is just at home. she clearly has her friends, likely she is just at home. she clearly has herfriends, family likely she is just at home. she clearly has her friends, family and coach being co—opted by the state to pursuing these allegations. we saw in one of the allegations that it were her coach and herfriends talking to her proving she was alive. clearly, they are operating with the state on that one. physically she is probably safe but not having the freedom she had before. ~ ., ., ,, not having the freedom she had before. ~ ., ., i. ., ~ not having the freedom she had before. ~ ., ., .,~ ., before. what do you make of the decision by _ before. what do you make of the decision by the _ before. what do you make of the decision by the women's - before. what do you make of the decision by the women's tennis l decision by the women's tennis association? how helpful might it be to peng shuai? it is association? how helpful might it be to peng shuai?— to peng shuai? it is very difficult to peng shuai? it is very difficult to sa . i to peng shuai? it is very difficult to say- ithink— to peng shuai? it is very difficult to say. i think we _ to peng shuai? it is very difficult to say. i think we have _ to peng shuai? it is very difficult to say. i think we have two - to say. i think we have two examples, two different examples of exa m ples, two different exa m ples of how examples, two different examples of how to deal with china right now. a tennis association are doing the suspension of activities next year which is around 30 million per pounds of revenue. you have the international olympic committee seeing this quiet diplomacy at the eye conducting. they are the only people who have managed to speak to her twice in the last month. in some ways they have been more effective in ensuring they have safe because they have spoken to her. they have not taken to heart lay in a position. it is difficult to know when it comes to china whether the outside pressure will force some kind of change or it will make them take in deeper, something more moderate and conversational will be hard enough and constructive enough to change things. yes, i think it is a big philosophical difference that we seeing now in sport, across any sphere of dealings with china. hour sphere of dealings with china. how much is this _ sphere of dealings with china. how much is this down _ sphere of dealings with china. how much is this down to a difference in approach of western organisations, rather than international ones, that have an understanding of the psyche of the chinese authorities? sure. of the chinese authorities? sure, when the american _ of the chinese authorities? sure, when the american government i of the chinese authorities? (i2 when the american government demands to know where peng shuai is, that comes from a different place from an international organisation that has financial dealings in china, it is not going to want this to end badly because that means they will have a tougher time holding the february winter olympics. that is part of the thing. we are trying to figure it out right now, what is the best way to make chain change course in any of its policy areas? notjust for peng shuai, but all areas, it is always tough to know what actually changes the communist party's behaviour. we have these two options and they both don't seem to be inducing that much result. at least the tennis association can say they cannot cooperate with china now. how is it aoian cannot cooperate with china now. how is it going to — cannot cooperate with china now. how is it going to end now? peng shuai seems to be under house arrest. she is a tennis player who cannot play tennis. i is a tennis player who cannot play tennis. ~ ., , is a tennis player who cannot play tennis. ~' ., , , tennis. i think eventually she will be riven tennis. i think eventually she will be given her— tennis. i think eventually she will be given her feet _ tennis. i think eventually she will be given her feet and _ tennis. i think eventually she will be given her feet and back- tennis. i think eventually she will be given her feet and back again. tennis. i think eventually she will. be given her feet and back again. i be given herfeet and back again. i think the condition for her to do that will be for her to drop the allegations and to pretend she never made them. which is the official chinese line now anyway. not acknowledging what happens and mocking western media for being hysterical about her well—being and whereabouts, without acknowledging she made these pretty explosive claims about this former vice premier. i think she will go back to her profession and professional life because she is very young still. the cast for her to doing that will be to drop these allegations. in china you are not going to have people who are going to have a successful lives and still oppose the government. thank you very much for talking to us. the army is being brought in to help people in scotland in the aftermath of storm arwen. across scotland and northern england thousands of homes are still without power — nearly a week after the storm hit. earlier we heard from linda dunk, who had just had her power restored after six days with no electricity. we live into buildings and so we had to keep our wood burner on for most of the time and we are elderly and that has meant carrying a lot more heavyweight than we normally would. our second building has no heating supply. we have worked with an old gas stove that was brought up by a wonderful volunteer from the village. we had to drink bottled water we have had a bucket flush of a loo, because obviously that is not work, we have the milkmaid outside and we have been slipping and sliding with buckets and water. no showers, not late, battery chargers from between 4pm and until 8am. we have had to kick on a camp butane stove with one burner. that is how we have had to try and live in these last few days. we have had to try and live in these last few days-— last few days. ingenuity certainly reauired. last few days. ingenuity certainly required- how— last few days. ingenuity certainly required. how much _ last few days. ingenuity certainly required. how much support - last few days. ingenuity certainly| required. how much support have last few days. ingenuity certainly - required. how much support have you heard from the power company and your neighbours? the heard from the power company and your neighbours?— your neighbours? the best people reall for your neighbours? the best people really for us _ your neighbours? the best people really for us have _ your neighbours? the best people really for us have been _ your neighbours? the best people really for us have been the - your neighbours? the best people really for us have been the local i really for us have been the local community. they have been marvellous. they have been knocking on our door and we have been offered hot food. the hall has been open so you can go and charge your phone and youripad, you can go and charge your phone and your ipad, and any other bits and pieces. i have to say that the energy company have not been as easy to communicate with as we might have liked. you get answerphone messages from than the whole time. it is not helpful to be told that if you want detailed information for your area you should go on their website when you should go on their website when you have no power. they should know this. i think they need to do something about how they communicate the actual status of things to users. , , , ., , ., the actual status of things to users. , , , ., ., users. yes, there seems to be a lot that needs — users. yes, there seems to be a lot that needs to _ users. yes, there seems to be a lot that needs to be _ users. yes, there seems to be a lot that needs to be looked _ users. yes, there seems to be a lot that needs to be looked at - users. yes, there seems to be a lot that needs to be looked at again. i users. yes, there seems to be a lotj that needs to be looked at again. in terms of your own preparations should this happen again, what might you be tempted to put in place? we are you be tempted to put in place? 2 are going to get a generator. i think the infrastructure in aberdeenshire has been so badly damaged by the storm that there will be further trees that will come down later on in the winter because they will have been weakened. and so i think this is probably not going to be the only power cut, sadly, that we are going to have this winter. i think this is finally pushed us. i don't want to spend another 60s like this. i am too old. we are going to get a generator so we can go to bed not worrying about the sort of thing. not worrying about the sort of thin. ., not worrying about the sort of thina. . ,, .«r not worrying about the sort of thin, . , , . ~' ., not worrying about the sort of thina. . ,, .«r ., , not worrying about the sort of thin. . ,, . ~' ., , . it's notjust people who have been affected by storm arwen. wildlife across the british isles has also been affected. hundreds of seals were killed when arwen lashed the coastline, but as alex dunlop reports, a handful of pups at norfolk�*s east winch wildlife centre are now getting the help they need. not the most elegant way to have breakfast but a sort of fish soup in a syringe is keeping these grey seal pups alive. for the next five months, the rspca team here at east winch will be foster parents to these six orphans of storm arwen. it battered swathes of the country over the weekend. mother seals and their offspring separated by fierce tidal waves. the mother's milk is substantial. it's all they have and it takes three weeks for them to wean, so for the first three weeks, very, very important for them to be with their mother. so how did frida's feeding go earlier on today? so she is doing really well. evangelo and his team look after seals from all over the country, so even more could be heading this way. two orphan pups from yorkshire are due in the next day or so. they'll be joining 188 hedgehogs and other wildlife already here. and while they look adorable, they have attitude. as cute as they are, we do need to bear in mind these are wild animals. we want them to keep that wild instinct, that innate instinct that they have to be away from people, because that will allow them to succeed even more so once they have been rehabilitated and reintroduced. all this care will cost. the food bill alone is £27 per seal per week. they don't always know we're trying to help, but as they get bigger and they start to eat the fish, they start to enjoy that a lot more and that's quite nice to see. and then when you get out the other side and you release them and you see them go after months of care, you know you've done a good job. after four months indoors, the orphaned seal pups will be allowed outside into a pool like this to continue their rehabilitation. they should be released in the early spring. norfolk has england's largest grey seal colony. it's now the height of the pupping season and more winter storms could be on their way. the advice as ever if you see a seal pup alone on the beach and you're worried, alert a wildlife organisation, but above all else, leave it alone. alex dunlop, bbc news. the bracelet of a world war two airman executed by the nazis has been returned to his family in the uk — more than 70 years after he was killed. freddie habgood's plane was shot down over france in 19114. he survived the crash but died in a concentration camp, where the bracelet was recently recovered. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello. those temperatures have been up hello. those temperatures have been up and down this week. it was mild but has turned cold again. it could turn milder on friday before it turns colderfor turn milder on friday before it turns colder for the weekend. there will be some showers and these will have a wintry flavour, particularly across eastern sides of the country. a ridge of high pressure moving in from the west will kill off most of the showers here. called air, as you can see here. here is the edge of milder air that will be in on friday. centring around through the afternoon. most of the showers are wintry. the cloud will start thickening up for northern ireland and much of scotland, two ahead of this new front. he called the comments by the sunshine, temperatures range from three to eight celsius. this evening and overnight, it turns colder. that area of rain pushes southwards and eastwards. snow on the edge. but those temperatures will be coming up by the end of the night. reverting back to rain. winds will be a feature as well. you can see this brief edge of milder air through friday. a less called a day. cooler further north. once we lose the early rain through southern and eastern areas, it was the grey and cloudy. we will see some rain returning back into south wales and south—west england. uncertainty in the windy here. quite mild. 11 or 12 celsius. further north, it will be called. it is called into the weekend. a lot of sunshine around, and a few showers. saturday looking like the wettest day of the weekend. early rain clears from the south—east. most of the showers will be northern and western areas. a wintry flavour. a lot of sunshine around. the cold and frosty start to sunday morning. again, a lot of dry and sunny weather around. some showers in wales. most of them across the north sea coast. temperatures reaching around five to nine celsius. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines: as concern over the omicron variant grows, the government orders more than 100 million extra covid vaccine doses. borisjohnson receives his boosterjab and urges others to follow suit. but the pm refuses to answer questions over whether a downing street christmas party last year breached lockdown rules. you breached lockdown rules. said no rules were broke is you said no rules were broken, which is fine. why don't you make the story go away and tell us what happened? i story go away and tell us what happened?— covid vaccination could become mandatory in germany next year as more restrictions come in for those who remain unvaccinated. the duchess of sussex wins her privacy battle against the publishers of the mail on sunday — she says it's a victory not just for her but for anyone who's ever felt scared to stand up for what's right. the army are called in to help as thousands of homes in scotland and northern england are still without power almost a week after storm arwen. and help at last for the seal pups who were caught up in the storm and separated from their mothers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has ordered an extra 114 million covid vaccine doses for booster programmes over the next two years. ministers say the deals — for both pfizer and moderna jabs — will "future—proof" the uk's vaccination programme. the deals include access to modified vaccines if they are needed to combat omicron and other variants that may arise. our health correspondent, katherine da costa, reports. and a warning that there is flash photography at the start of her report. a year ago today the uk became the first in the world to approve the pfizer covid vaccine. applause days later margaret keenan was the first person outside clinical trials to get it. since then, 115 millionjabs have been administered in the biggest vaccination effort in uk history. now more than 100 million extra doses of pfizer and moderna have been secured for the next couple of years. as we are seeing right now, there is a new variant, there's potentially new variants in the future. we know that covid is going to be around for a while, we have to live with it and one of the ways to learn to live with it is to ensure we have the vaccines we need and they are future proof and that is the order we have given for 114 million vaccines to make sure we've got what we need for the long term. the government has launched this new advertising campaign encouraging all adults to have a top—up jab. the prime minister is due to get his booster later. he has promised to throw everything at ramping up the programme with extra hospital hubs, pharmacists and gps in order to hit the target of offering all eligible over—18s in england a booster by the end of january, but people are urged to wait to be contacted. it's centrally driven. they will be contacted by the central nhs system, it doesn't come from your individual gps and i would love to be able to tell them when they will get it, but of course that very much depends on the number of gps and professions allied to medicine who can deliver these that can be released from the dayjob. some companies are having a rethink over christmas parties because of the uncertainty around what threat the new variant, omicron, may pose. the government says new targeted measures for things like facemasks and isolation will help limit the spread, with ministers insisting parties can still go ahead with some caution. i don't think there should be much snogging under the mistletoe, you don't need to do things like that, but we should be trying to enjoy the christmas ahead of us and that is why we are working hard to get the deployment of as many vaccines as possible. what most people want this christmas is an end to the covid pandemic and whilst it's not over, we are now in a better place with vaccines and new treatments that many hope will give us the boost we need for a brighter new year. katharine da costa, bbc news. a couple have been convicted of the murder of six—year—old arthur in june 2020. the couple were found guilty of child cruelty charges. they carried out what was described as a campaign of cruelty including beating him and force—feeding him salt. a case is being heard to see whether opportunities to save arthur had been missed. arthur hughes had been a happy, healthy little boy but a few months later he died from a massive brain injury. a postmortem examination revealed he had also been starved and poisoned with salt. his father thomas hughes helped carry out the cruelty, his partner emma tustin inflicted the fatal injury. some of his suffering was filmed. this shows injury. some of his suffering was fill died, his shows injury. some of his suffering was fill died, so shows injury. some of his suffering was fill died, so weak s injury. some of his suffering was fill died, so weak he could barely he died, so weak he could barely stand or walk. i he died, so weak he could barely stand or walk.— stand or walk. i think they are cold, calculating, _ stand or walk. i think they are cold, calculating, systematicl cold, calculating, systematic torturers of a defenceless little boy. they are wicked, evil. there's no word for them especially your own child. in no word for them especially your own child. . ., no word for them especially your own child. .., .., , , ., child. in court, the couple blamed each other— child. in court, the couple blamed each other for _ child. in court, the couple blamed each other for what _ child. in court, the couple blamed each other for what was _ child. in court, the couple blamed each other for what was described child. in court, the couple blamed i each other for what was described a systematic cruelty but it was clear both where involved. it’s systematic cruelty but it was clear both where involved.— both where involved. it's been a really difficult _ both where involved. it's been a really difficult and _ both where involved. it's been a really difficult and emotional- both where involved. it's been a i really difficult and emotional case to deal with but a really important one because ultimately ijust wanted to make sure that there was justice for arthur and his wider family. arthur had gone to live in tustin's house at the start of the lockdown last year and that's when the abuse began. last year and that's when the abuse be a an. ., last year and that's when the abuse be a an, ., ., , last year and that's when the abuse beaan. ., ., , , ., ~ began. two months before arthur died, began. two months before arthur died. thomas _ began. two months before arthur died, thomas hughes's _ began. two months before arthur died, thomas hughes's motheri began. two months before arthur. died, thomas hughes's mother took this photo but social workers who investigated said it had appeared to be a happy household. there were other opportunities to intervene and perhaps save arthur as well but this was all going on during the very first lockdown last year when people were isolating and vulnerable children like arthur became invisible. the nspcc said it saw 23% increase in calls. irate invisible. the nspcc said it saw 23% increase in calls.— increase in calls. we need to not roint the increase in calls. we need to not point the finger _ increase in calls. we need to not point the finger at _ increase in calls. we need to not point the finger at individuals - increase in calls. we need to not point the finger at individuals or| point the finger at individuals or organisations yet, we need to see what comes out of the serious case review and then those individuals are authorities will need to be held to account but ultimately this child's death was caused by the very people that should have loved and protected him. is a people that should have loved and protected him-— protected him. is a serious case review is due — protected him. is a serious case review is due to _ protected him. is a serious case review is due to be _ protected him. is a serious case review is due to be published i protected him. is a serious case i review is due to be published next year. sadly whatever lessons are learned will come too late to save arthur. phil is outside the court in coventry. what was the reaction in court? these verdicts came through a short time ago and after they were read out in court, i know was passed by the jury to the judge and they asked that a minute's silence be observed for arthur. that a minute's silence be observed forarthur. everybody that a minute's silence be observed for arthur. everybody including the judge and all of the court student observed that minute's silence. i've never known anything like that at the end of any trial i've ever covered and i've covered some some very, very sad cases. sadly similar to the death of arthur labinjo—hughes so itjust shows you how much of an impact this case has had on thejurors how much of an impact this case has had on the jurors who have how much of an impact this case has had on thejurors who have had to listen and to see some terrible evidence over a trial that lasted two months including ours of recording. there were audio recordings made by emma tustin mostly of arthur crying and iremembered sitting across the case on that day and i couldn't take it after a few hours, i had to leave and switch off because it was recording after recording of arthur labinjo—hughes crying that emma tustin had recorded and sent to thomas hughes. it was a distressing case with terrible evidence and we've barely touched on it, largely due to the distressing content that we cannot talk about at this time of day. we now know that arthur's father, thomas hughes and emma tustin, will be sentenced tomorrow which will take place here at 1130 am. i've mentioned the safeguarding review into arthur. that is being carried out. they will have to carry on carrying that out after the trial is finished but we are expecting that to be published at some stage early next year. the prime minister has received his booster jab this afternoon. afterwards he spoke to reporters but refused to engage with questions about a party held at downing street in december last year when indoor gatherings were banned. labour's deputy leader, angela rayner, has written to the uk's top civil servant, demanding answers. let's speak to our political correspondent, chris mason. a party last year still causing waves. why, chris?- a party last year still causing waves. why, chris? good afternoon. wh ? waves. why, chris? good afternoon. why? because _ waves. why, chris? good afternoon. why? because they _ waves. why, chris? good afternoon. why? because they were _ waves. why, chris? good afternoon. why? because they were not - waves. why, chris? good afternoon. | why? because they were not allowed at the time, simply put the daily mirror discovered there were a couple of dos within downing street, one of which the prime minister attended, leaving gathering, and something which sounds and looks like it was a christmas party in the days just before christmas involving downing street staff which the prime minister didn't attend but which we are told involved turning up in the evening, drinking, food and games, which by most people's definition would be a party and at the time, parties, social gatherings beyond your household, where band. answers —— were banned. the prime minister said that no restrictions had been reached at the time. today he had his jab at a hospital in central london and also an appointment with itv news, who asked questions on behalf of all broadcasters in the last hour or so. here is her question and the prime minister's answer. there's been a lot of news about last year's parties. you said no rules were broken which is fine, why don't you just make this a story go away and tell us what happened? because i told you they want to repeat — because i told you they want to repeat that the guidances is they are. repeat that the guidances is they are i_ repeat that the guidances is they are i want — repeat that the guidances is they are. i want people to understand this, _ are. i want people to understand this, they— are. i want people to understand this, they don't do much or not feel like they— this, they don't do much or not feel like they need to start cancelling thinge— like they need to start cancelling things like nativity plays, i don't think_ things like nativity plays, i don't think there's any need to stop that at all— think there's any need to stop that at all and — think there's any need to stop that at all and i've said it many times before, — at all and i've said it many times before, we — at all and i've said it many times before, we are taking a balanced and proportionate approach to the risk but i want — proportionate approach to the risk but i want and believe that christmas this year will be considerably better than christmas last year~ — that was a question about last christmas and the answer was about this christmas in the weeks counting down to this year's festivities. in other words, down to this year's festivities. in otherwords, i down to this year's festivities. in other words, i question put and absolutely no straight answer offered. yesterday the prime minister said that no covid rules had been broken but we know that parties were not allowed in london or most parts of the uk this time last year. i think downing street hopes that this whole issue is going to go away. there are still plenty asking questions, not least the leader of the labour party —— the deputy leader of the labour party writing to the most senior civil servant and boiling anger from bereaved families who lost loved ones to covid and are astonished that this gathering are these gatherings seems to go ahead despite the rules. this gatherings seems to go ahead despite the rules. , , ., , the rules. this year, some companies are aoain the rules. this year, some companies are going further _ the rules. this year, some companies are going further and _ the rules. this year, some companies are going further and thinking - the rules. this year, some companies are going further and thinking it's i are going further and thinking it's not worth the risk of having a party now. , , , ., ., , now. this is where there is a weary familiarity. — now. this is where there is a weary familiarity, the _ now. this is where there is a weary familiarity, the psychology - now. this is where there is a weary familiarity, the psychology of i familiarity, the psychology of dealing with a pandemic because the prime minister makes the point that the government isn't saying than the christmas party, scrap the school nativity, just stick to the new rules about facemasks on the bus and in shops and around self—isolation clearly the psychology of therese coffee with that snogging remark is that playing into people who may be fearful about exposing themselves to the omicron variant and therefore having to hold themselves up for a period of self—isolation and therefore thinking, i'd love to go to the staff christmas party but i don't want it to affect my family christmas plans and that seems to be happening quite a bit with all sorts of consequences including fun being cancelled and the economic consequences for the hospitality sector that has been hammered over the last couple of years. that brings us back into the psychology of collective human behaviour during a pandemic that is becoming endemic and how we learn to live with covid in the months and years to come. there will probably be a rash of parties in january and there will probably be a rash of parties injanuary and february there will probably be a rash of parties in january and february so parties injanuary and february so that parties in january and february so that venues don't miss out. mar; parties in january and february so that venues don't miss out. may be, there were — that venues don't miss out. may be, there were people _ that venues don't miss out. may be, there were people having _ that venues don't miss out. may be, there were people having christmas| there were people having christmas parties injune last year so i'll see if there is some turkey in midsummer! i see if there is some turkey in midsummer!— see if there is some turkey in midsummer! ., ., ., midsummer! i look forward to it! thank you. _ midsummer! i look forward to it! thank you, chris. _ we have the latest coronavirus figures. the uk has recorded 141 deaths in the last 24 hours, within 20 days of a positive covid test. the number yesterday at 171. in terms of the number of cases today, that's gone up from over 48,000 yesterday to 53,945. germany has announced plans for tough restrictions on the lives of people who have not been vaccinated against covid—19. our berlin correspondentjenny hill explained where those without the vaccine might not be able to go. they will now be banned from going into shops, with, of course, the exception of the kind of shops that sell daily necessities, so food and medicines and so on. in many parts of the country, actually, these restrictions are already in force. germany being a federal state, there is a lot of power in regional authority, so in some parts of the country you cannot go into restaurants, bars, shops without showing a vaccine pass first. angela merkel has now also announced a countrywide restriction that means that people who are not vaccinated will only be allowed to mix in a private setting with two other people from one other household. how you police such a matter is, of course, a different question. these restrictions and the increasing restrictions there are millions of germans not yet vaccinated, it has a relatively low vaccination rate and experts here believe that is, at least in part, behind the soaring infection rates. we are now in the middle of a fourth wave of the pandemic and it is the most aggressive wave that this country has ever seen. intensive care units in certain parts of the country are full to bursting and they are actually having to transfer patients to other parts of the country, with experts warning that if nothing is done to mitigate the infection rates, then many of those hospitals and clinics are simply going to be overwhelmed and there will be knock—on consequences, of course, in terms of cancelled operations and procedures for other people, so it is very grave here at the moment and the unvaccinated people are a group the government is very keen to target to try to turn that around. just briefly, jenny, how do you tell whether someone is vaccinated or not, to stop them going into the shop that you don't want them going into? here, as in most european countries, you have a pass on your phone, so your mobile phone has a qr code which is scanned and you present your identification at the same time. it is worth talking about that mandatory vaccination also because angela merkel has never been in favour of that, she has always said it is up to the government to persuade its citizens to be vaccinated. today she announced, as did her soon—to—be successor, olaf scholz, that the german parliament is likely to go to the vote on this matter. it is a measure which could then be put into force in february of next year. her standpoint appears to have changed. she was asked, "have you changed your mind on this?" and she said, "well, if i were a member of "the german parliament when "this goes to the vote, then yes, i would indeed "vote in favour for it." joining me now is professor lawrence young, a virologist and professor of molecular oncology at the university of warwick. what are you learning about the march of omicron? irate what are you learning about the march of omicron?— what are you learning about the march of omicron? we are learning more every — march of omicron? we are learning more every day- — march of omicron? we are learning more every day. we _ march of omicron? we are learning more every day. we have _ march of omicron? we are learning more every day. we have to - march of omicron? we are learning more every day. we have to be i more every day. we have to be patient to learn more but we are seeing a high level of infection in south africa. higher rates of reinfection which means that the previous infection with covid is not giving protection as much as perhaps with other variants but increasing evidence that a lot of these infections are mild and that vaccines appear to protect against serious illness. but i have to stress it's still early days. what do ou stress it's still early days. what do you understand _ stress it's still early days. what do you understand so _ stress it's still early days. what do you understand so far- stress it's still early days. what do you understand so far about how transmissible omicron is compared with the delta variant? this transmissible omicron is compared with the delta variant?— with the delta variant? this is data comina in with the delta variant? this is data coming in all— with the delta variant? this is data coming in all the _ with the delta variant? this is data coming in all the time _ with the delta variant? this is data coming in all the time and - with the delta variant? this is data i coming in all the time and obviously we still don't know for sure initial observations —— we don't know for sure. initial observations suggest omicron can compete effectively with delta. whether that means it will outcompete delta like delta did with the alpha variant in this country is yet to be seen and that's where we have to wait and keep an eye on the data. ., . ., i. ~ ., ., data. how much do you know about where this variant _ data. how much do you know about where this variant came _ data. how much do you know about where this variant came from - data. how much do you know about where this variant came from and i where this variant came from and when it emerged? that where this variant came from and when it emerged?— where this variant came from and when it emerged? that solves the big auestion. when it emerged? that solves the big question. these _ when it emerged? that solves the big question. these things _ when it emerged? that solves the big question. these things are _ when it emerged? that solves the big question. these things are really i question. these things are really difficult to track. you can do the genetics and use to try and trace back when variant originally arose and where it might have come from. these are very tricky things and it's quite clear that once you detect a variant, as we are experiencing with omicron, is that it spreads very quickly and is everywhere already, that's the nature of infectious disease and the nature of infectious disease and the nature of infectious disease and the nature of international travel but we suspect it has been around for a month or so, that's for sure. as to its origins i think these are always difficult things. there are a number of studies that indicate if you are immunosuppressed or immunocompromised in any way and you get infected, that can be a real breeding ground for more transmissible and more immune evasive viruses to be generated, but sadly we just don't know. what's for sure is that if you are vaccinated and the spread of the virus is suppressed, then you are also suppressing the generation of variance. irate suppressing the generation of variance. ~ ., , suppressing the generation of variance. . . , ., variance. we are being told increasingly _ variance. we are being told increasingly that _ variance. we are being told| increasingly that coronavirus variance. we are being told i increasingly that coronavirus in variance. we are being told - increasingly that coronavirus in one of its forms is endemic now in many places so we're not going to rid of it in a hurry. how likely is it in your view that we will need to continue to be vaccinated, perhaps yearly, and that those vaccines will have to be tweaked like the flu vaccines are? i’m have to be tweaked like the flu vaccines are?— vaccines are? i'm not sure it's endemic— vaccines are? i'm not sure it's endemic yet _ vaccines are? i'm not sure it's endemic yet but _ vaccines are? i'm not sure it's endemic yet but it's _ vaccines are? i'm not sure it's endemic yet but it's coming i vaccines are? i'm not sure it's| endemic yet but it's coming to vaccines are? i'm not sure it's - endemic yet but it's coming to some —— it has come into some accommodation and is the virus is spread and suppressed by vaccination, then we will end up, we hope, in the same way that we live with other cold and flu infections andindeed with other cold and flu infections and indeed coronaviruses account for common cold symptoms in this country every year anyway. in time maybe we can learn to live with the virus without vaccination. in the meantime and for the foreseeable, it's very likely we are going to need annual jabs and that those jabs will inevitably be modified to account for the variation in the virus. thank you so much for talking to us, professor. breaking news from northern france. police are saying that a man dressed like a ninja has attacked and wounded two female police officers the sword. this happened earlier today on the northern coast. the man dressed as a ninja was shot and has now been taken to hospital. police say at the moment they can see no motive for terrorism. a man dressed as a ninja has attacked and wounded two female police officers in northern france with a sword and the assailant is now in hospital. china has accused the women's tennis association of "politicising sport" after it suspended all tournaments in the country over concerns about the treatment of chinese tennis star peng shai. the 35 year old disappeared last month after accusing a former senior government official of sexual assault. although she has since reappeared, the head of the wta says he has serious "serious doubts" that she is is free. peng shai wrote on public media accusing a chinese official of sexual assault. she disappeared. a number of videos have been released by chinese state media but with concern she was found under duress, the governing body of tennis remains concerned about her safety so the wta is withdrawing from china for now. we wta is withdrawing from china for now. ~ ., wta is withdrawing from china for now. . . ., ., ., ., ., , now. we are not going to allow this to be swept — now. we are not going to allow this to be swept away — now. we are not going to allow this to be swept away without _ now. we are not going to allow this to be swept away without the i to be swept away without the appropriate respect and seriousness of the allegations that have been reflected are appropriately addressed.— reflected are appropriately addressed. , ., ., , ., addressed. chinese tournaments are very lucrative- _ addressed. chinese tournaments are very lucrative. assuming _ addressed. chinese tournaments are very lucrative. assuming deal- addressed. chinese tournaments are very lucrative. assuming deal is i very lucrative. assuming deal is reportedly worth $120 million but the founder of the wta said... men's tennis hasn't yet followed suit although novak djokovic voiced support. i suit although novak d'okovic voiced su- aort. ~ �* , suit although novak d'okovic voiced su-rort. ~ �*, ., suit although novak d'okovic voiced suuort, ~' �*, ., , suit although novak d'okovic voiced su-rort. ~ , support. i think it's a very bold, very courageous _ support. i think it's a very bold, very courageous stance - support. i think it's a very bold, very courageous stance from i support. i think it's a very bold, i very courageous stance from wta. i support it. it's important we support it. it's important we support each other.- support it. it's important we support each other. with the winter ol m . ics support each other. with the winter olympics on — support each other. with the winter olympics on the _ support each other. with the winter olympics on the way _ support each other. with the winter olympics on the way in _ support each other. with the winter olympics on the way in beijing, i support each other. with the winter olympics on the way in beijing, the | olympics on the way in beijing, the international olympic committee today defended its in solitary approach in the peng shuai case, saying... in china, this response from a foreign ministry spokesperson, a general answer to a specific question about the case. translation:— question about the case. translation: ., ., , , translation: china has firmly o- rosed translation: china has firmly opposed the — translation: china has firmly opposed the politicisation i translation: china has firmly opposed the politicisation of i opposed the politicisation of sports. peng shuai is one sportsperson in the governing body but the relationship between expansion and politics, between money and principle, is at the centre of global sport. pan shriver, former top american tennis player, joins me live. what's your view of what the women's tennis association has done? i what's your view of what the women's tennis association has done?- tennis association has done? i think steve simon — tennis association has done? i think steve simon and _ tennis association has done? i think steve simon and the _ tennis association has done? i think steve simon and the board - tennis association has done? i think steve simon and the board at - tennis association has done? i think steve simon and the board at the i tennis association has done? i ii “ia; steve simon and the board at the wta really had no choice. you can't have one of your players being censored might not able to speak freely within the tour and also expect to send your players their to compete. the tour segment was not supposed to be played in china until after the us open so we are talking about the fall of 2022. i spoke to some players directly who are nervous even before steve simon says it has been suspended in china, they were nervous about going back anyway so i think it's the right decision. obviously set off on financially but you have to stand up for what the wta tour has stood for for over 50 years which is empowering women, not censoring women, and also to strive for equality for women so steve simon is right on, even though it's going to hurt the budget. at}?! simon is right on, even though it's going to hurt the budget.- going to hurt the budget. of the international _ going to hurt the budget. of the international olympic _ going to hurt the budget. of the | international olympic committee going to hurt the budget. of the i international olympic committee are saying they are engaging in a different approach, saying they are engaging in a differentapproach, quiet saying they are engaging in a different approach, quiet diplomacy which implies that talks are going on in the background. what's wrong with that as an approach if it means that it keeps peng shuai safe? peng shuai is a three-time _ that it keeps peng shuai safe? i2ir shuai is a three—time olympian so they should be doing all they can to ensure that she is safe and free to speak up about sexual abuse allegations but when you think about the ioc placing the olympic games in 2008, the summer games six, seven years prior, now they are going back for the winter games in 2022, i'm not sure quite diplomacy has really helped human rights in china. i'm not sure how they can hang their hat on the quite diplomacy —— i'm not sure how quite diplomacy has worked in the past and steve simon has spoken out gravely and pulled the tournament from china, i think that's the right way to go at this point, especially if you are a leading women's organisation, you have no choice but to do what he has done. ., �* , have no choice but to do what he has done. . �*, .., ., ., done. that's coming at it from a western perspective _ done. that's coming at it from a western perspective where i done. that's coming at it from a western perspective where you | done. that's coming at it from a - western perspective where you would hopein western perspective where you would hope in many places i woman would feel able to —— in many places a woman would feel more able to speak up woman would feel more able to speak up about sexual allegations. how likely is it that in china she will be allowed to play in future without dropping what she has claimed? i think when you think about china and its willingness to change their system, i think it's very unlikely. i'm really scared for peng shuai and her safety. i'm really scared for peng shuai and hersafety. i i'm really scared for peng shuai and her safety. i think other women players did not want to go back and players did not want to go back and play under the circumstances so i'm not sure a lot is going to change in china, but what the wta can change is whether tournaments —— where the tournaments are played, go back to countries that give women a better voice, equal rights and i think the strategy is correct in this case. it's just going to be financially difficult until they find a replacement tournament and replacement tournament and replacement sponsors.- replacement tournament and replacement sponsors. replacement tournament and re--lacementsonsors. ~ ., ., replacement sponsors. what would you like to see from _ replacement sponsors. what would you like to see from other— replacement sponsors. what would you like to see from other sporting - like to see from other sporting organisations in terms of their reaction, beyond tennis perhaps? the art that reaction, beyond tennis perhaps? iii? part that means reaction, beyond tennis perhaps? i““i;é: part that means the reaction, beyond tennis perhaps? ii9 part that means the most reaction, beyond tennis perhaps? ii9: part that means the most to reaction, beyond tennis perhaps? ii9 part that means the most to us, i'm glad that novak djokovic spoke of the way he did recently, he is trying to win the davis cup right now. i'd like to see all the top male players and speak up. it's a tough decision, they have huge tournaments in beijing and shanghai and it's going to be a tough business decision for them to pull out based on a female tennis player but it would be the right thing to do. but i'm not sure we're going to see it happen. do. but i'm not sure we're going to see it happen-— do. but i'm not sure we're going to see it happen. thank you very much for our see it happen. thank you very much for yourtime- _ now it's time for a look at the weather. it's been a cold day today but things are expected to change into tomorrow as milder air moves in with an area of rain but it could be sleet and snow on its leading—edge but by the end of the night, things are milder, reverting back to rain. that's the way the system i spoke about pushing into northern ireland and western scotland with milder air. it will start very cold across much of central, southern and eastern england with an early frost. as the rain meets the cold air we will see the sleet and snow but it will see the sleet and snow but it will turn back to rain as those temperatures continue to rise. we could see 10 celsius in plymouth by the end of the night, eight or nine for northwest scotland. i noticeably mild start to the day, certainly for england and wales on friday, but with that milder air, a legacy of cloud and it will stay grey throughout the day compared to today, a bit of sunshine for scotland here, showers into western areas and another area of wet weather will push into southwest england later in the day. double figure values in the south much than today. hello. this is bbc news, with me, martine croxall. the headlines... a father and his partner have been found guilty of the killing of six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes, who was starved, tortured and neglected and then died of a head injury. as concern over the omicron variant grows, the government orders more than 100 million extra covid vaccine doses. borisjohnson receives his boosterjab, and urges others to follow suit. but the pm refuses to answer questions over whether a downing street christmas party last year breached lockdown rules. covid vaccination could become mandatory in germany next year, as more restrictions come in for those who remain unvaccinated. the duchess of sussex wins the latest stage of her battle against the publishers of the mail on sunday — she says it's a victory notjust for her, but for anyone who's ever felt scared to stand up for what's right. the army are called in to help, as thousands of homes in scotland and northern england are still without power, almost a week after storm arwen. and help at last for the seal pups who were caught up in the storm and separated from their mothers. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly. it has been a busy week of football. there are two more matches in the premier league tonight. the first is at tottenham, they would climb to sixth with a win at home to brentford. last week's chastening defeat in the europa conference league was an eye—opener for antonio conte, and the task in hand at the club but he seems to be up for it. at the moment, it is not simple. it is not simple. but i have great enthusiasm, great passion. i believe here we can build something important. we need a bit of time, we need a bit of patience. but i have great desire to do something great in this club. ralph rangnick has finally got his work permit through to take interim charge of manchester united but he'll only be in the stands for their game at home to arsenal. the gunners would move into the top four with a win but they won't take that for granted. you know what you expect when you play in that stadium with that crowd and that team. that squad that probably is one of the most talented teams in the league. you know the situation you are going to face is very difficult tactically, because you don't how to repair the game. the options they can play, the variations they can vary. we are focused on ourselves, we have to do and make sure the team is prepared to go them and them. wigan striker charlie wyke says his manager and club doctor saved his life. wyke left hospital this morning, after suffering a cardiac arrest during a training session ten days ago. wyke has praised the quick action of manager leam richardson and the club doctor, who performed cpr on him, just a few weeks after the whole staff were given training in the procedure. the 28—year—old has now had an implantable defibrillator fitted, that can be removed. he plans to return to light training next week. his team mates payed tribute to him in their win at plymouth at the weekend. the first ashes test is less than a week away and england have finally had a decent day's practice. poor weather has hampered their preparations in australia but there was a welcome return for ben stokes, making his first appearance since he took a break from the sport injuly to protect his mental health and recoverfrom a broken finger. he bowled 12 overs and took two wickets against an england lions team. it's a four—day match, and with the first two days lost to rain, there'sjust one more day of match practice before they face the aussies next week. you can do as much indoor nets and net sessions — you can do as much indoor nets and net sessions as _ you can do as much indoor nets and net sessions as you _ you can do as much indoor nets and net sessions as you want, _ you can do as much indoor nets and net sessions as you want, but - net sessions as you want, but actually, _ net sessions as you want, but actually, you _ net sessions as you want, but actually, you know, _ net sessions as you want, but actually, you know, middle i net sessions as you want, but - actually, you know, middle practice is really— actually, you know, middle practice is really important, _ actually, you know, middle practice is really important, going _ actually, you know, middle practice is really important, going into - actually, you know, middle practice is really important, going into such| is really important, going into such a big _ is really important, going into such a big series. — is really important, going into such a big series. so _ is really important, going into such a big series, so it's— is really important, going into such a big series, so it's been— is really important, going into such a big series, so it's been really- a big series, so it's been really good _ a big series, so it's been really good for— a big series, so it's been really good for us _ a big series, so it's been really good for us to _ a big series, so it's been really good for us to get _ a big series, so it's been really good for us to get out - a big series, so it's been really good for us to get out today, l a big series, so it's been really. good for us to get out today, and a big series, so it's been really- good for us to get out today, and it is obviously — good for us to get out today, and it is obviously a — good for us to get out today, and it is obviously a bit _ good for us to get out today, and it is obviously a bit squidgy— good for us to get out today, and it is obviously a bit squidgy out - good for us to get out today, and it is obviously a bit squidgy out there | is obviously a bit squidgy out there with the _ is obviously a bit squidgy out there with the amount _ is obviously a bit squidgy out there with the amount of _ is obviously a bit squidgy out there with the amount of rain _ is obviously a bit squidgy out there with the amount of rain that's - with the amount of rain that's happened. _ with the amount of rain that's happened. but— with the amount of rain that's happened, but we're - with the amount of rain that's happened, but we're pretty . with the amount of rain that's - happened, but we're pretty pleased to be out _ happened, but we're pretty pleased to be out there. _ european rugby chiefs will allow clubs to register new players in time for the start of the champions cup next weekend. that's after four clubs were stranded in south africa due to the emergence of the new coronavirus variant. munster, scarlets and zebre have all gone into ten days quarantine on their return. cardiff are still in cape town because of travel issues, but hope to fly back tomorrow, minus the six positive cases in their party who will have to stay behind. they will then have to start their quarantine in the uk, which means that they can't fulfil their fixture against toulouse. the new registration rules would enable the clubs to field a team, but scarlets are pushing for the games to be rearranged. two more players have reached the uk snooker championship quarterfinals. jack lisowski beat iran's hossein vafaei. vafeai was the man who stunned the world number one mark selby in the last round, but lisowski always kept his nose in front in this one, going through six frames to four. lisowski will now play zhao xintong. luca brecel is also through to ther quarters this afternoon. the belgian beat anthony hamilton, 6—i. a very fresh looking line—up for the last eight at the barbican. a very fresh looking line—up for the last eight at the barbican. that's all the sport for now. us presidentjoe biden is to set out new measures to deal with covid—i9 and the omicron variant over the winter months. he's due to give an address later today in washington dc, and is expected to increase access to home testing, call on employers to give workers time off to get vaccinated, and launch new family vaccination clinics across the country. joining me now is our senior north america reporter, anthony zurcher. just how bad is omicron affecting the us? ~ , :, , :, , the us? well, it still remains to be seen. joe biden _ the us? well, it still remains to be seen. joe biden says _ the us? well, it still remains to be seen. joe biden says it _ the us? well, it still remains to be seen. joe biden says it is _ the us? well, it still remains to be| seen. joe biden says it is something to be concerned about but not panicked over and i think that is the attitude right now, but as we are approaching the winter months, when more people spend time indoors, and the unknowns with the omicron variant right now, i think a lot of public policy and politician experts are looking at this with concern, and these are the first steps to try to protect the united states. we have had a dearth of testing, unlike some other western countries, where it has been a lot harder to get tests here in the united states, so the idea is to make tests easy and cheap and readily available so we know exactly the size of the crisis when omicron starts to spread here cross—country. when omicron starts to spread here cross-country-_ cross-country. how our vaccine u take cross-country. how our vaccine uptake rates — cross-country. how our vaccine uptake rates varying _ cross-country. how our vaccine uptake rates varying now? - cross-country. how our vaccine - uptake rates varying now? because there had been some wide differences between different parts of the country. between different parts of the count . , :, between different parts of the count . , ., :, , ., country. they have not been great in certain parts — country. they have not been great in certain parts of— country. they have not been great in certain parts of the _ country. they have not been great in certain parts of the country, - certain parts of the country, particularly in rural communities, and in certain regions of the country, the south in particular, that has been a cause for concern, while roughly 70% plus of americans have got at least one covid vaccine shot, that is not universal across the board, and there are places where that number is much, much lower. those are some of the places that have seen recent outbreaks. rural michigan is another example of the place where the hospitals are getting once again swamped with covid sufferers, and the vast majority of them, 90 plus percent, are people who have not been vaccinated. so one of the things you are hearing from thejoe biden administration now is to try to have administration now is to try to have a new campaign to get people vaccinated, not only to get boosters into the arms of people who have only had two jobs but also the people who are still holding out to get them to finally get their vaccine, because they say that is the best way to avoid contracting coronavirus whether it is the original, the delta or the omicron variant. :, ~ original, the delta or the omicron variant. . ,, , :, , . : variant. thank you very much. we were telling _ variant. thank you very much. we were telling you _ variant. thank you very much. we were telling you a _ variant. thank you very much. we were telling you a member- variant. thank you very much. we were telling you a member ago i variant. thank you very much. we - were telling you a member ago about how a man dressed as a ninja in share board had attacked two policewomen. they were wounded when he attacked them with a sword —— in cherbourg, before he was shot and captured by police officers. no immediate signs apparently that the assailant had a terrorist motive, but we are hearing from the police in northern france that the attacker had stolen a vehicle, caused an accident, after which he sort of these two policewomen who had been called to the scene. one of them was wounded in the face and the other on the chin. the assailant was then shot three times by police, other officers, not those two women, and he was hospital eyes and said to be in a serious condition. the family of a young mother, who died after lying undiscovered in a crashed carfor days, will receive more than a million pounds in damages from police scotland. 25—year—old lamara bell, and her partner, 28—year—old john yuill, died after their car went off the m9 motorway, near stirling,in 2015. a passer—by called police — but the force took three days to respond — by which time mr yuill was dead — and lamara bell died four days later in hospital. let's speak to james shaw about this. it was a really shocking case of the time, wasn't it, james? yes. of the time, wasn't it, james? yes, shockin: of the time, wasn't it, james? yes, shocking is — of the time, wasn't it, james? yes, shocking is absolutely _ of the time, wasn't it, james? yes, shocking is absolutely the - of the time, wasn't it, james? yes, shocking is absolutely the word, martin — shocking is absolutely the word, martin it — shocking is absolutely the word, martin. it emerged injuly 2015, a farmer— martin. it emerged injuly 2015, a farmer saw— martin. it emerged injuly 2015, a farmer saw this car at the bottom of an embankment alongside the m nine motorway— an embankment alongside the m nine motorway near bannockburn, that's ciose _ motorway near bannockburn, that's close to _ motorway near bannockburn, that's close to the — motorway near bannockburn, that's close to the city of stirling, in central — close to the city of stirling, in central stuck —— central scotland. he called — central stuck —— central scotland. he called the police, a police handler— he called the police, a police handler took the call but failed to enter— handler took the call but failed to enter the — handler took the call but failed to enter the call on to the police computer, and the result of that was the poiice _ computer, and the result of that was the police didn't arrive at the scene of— the police didn't arrive at the scene of the crash until three days later _ scene of the crash until three days later by— scene of the crash until three days later. by that point, john newell had already died, possibly shortly after the — had already died, possibly shortly after the accident happened. lamaro bell after the accident happened. lamaro belt was _ after the accident happened. lamaro bell was still alive after those three — bell was still alive after those three days, i needed, exposed to the elements _ three days, i needed, exposed to the elements. she was taken to hospital but she _ elements. she was taken to hospital but she then died four days later, and today— but she then died four days later, and today her family have issued a statement, and they say that this represents the end of them chasing answers. _ represents the end of them chasing answers, recognition and justice for six years— answers, recognition and justice for six years for— answers, recognition and justice for six years for stock they say their pain— six years for stock they say their pain and — six years for stock they say their pain and loss will not stop but at least _ pain and loss will not stop but at least they— pain and loss will not stop but at least they have a sense of peace because — least they have a sense of peace because the legal processes over. and their— because the legal processes over. and their lawyer has added that the poiice _ and their lawyer has added that the police could have made things easier for lamara _ police could have made things easier for lamara bell's family if they had admitted _ for lamara bell's family if they had admitted to their failings earlier on, admitted to their failings earlier on. but — admitted to their failings earlier on. but it— admitted to their failings earlier on, but it is the case now that this compensation, more than £1 million, is going _ compensation, more than £1 million, is going to _ compensation, more than £1 million, is going to be paid to the family of lamara _ is going to be paid to the family of lamara bell, and the police have issued _ lamara bell, and the police have issued an— lamara bell, and the police have issued an unreserved apology. thank ou ve issued an unreserved apology. thank you very much _ issued an unreserved apology. thank you very much comment _ issued an unreserved apology. thank you very much comment james - issued an unreserved apology. “i“i9“i«; you very much comment james shaw. the duchess of sussex has won the latest stage of her legal battle the court of appeal has rejected an attempt by associated newspapers to have a full trial over the question of whether it breached privacy and copyright rules by publishing parts of a letter from meghan to herfather. the duchess says the judgement is a victory notjust for her, but "for anyone who has ever felt scared to stand up for what is right". this report from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell contains flash photography. once again, a very clear victory for the duchess of sussex in her battle in which she has been strongly backed by her husband, against the tabloid media. at the heart of this case is the publication by the mail on sunday, of lengthy extracts from a letter the duchess had written to herfather, three months after her wedding. at the time, relations between meghan and her father were difficult. earlier this year, a judge at the high court in london decided the breach of privacy was so clear—cut, there was no need for a full trial. the mail on sunday's publishers appealed against that ruling. today, threejudges in the court of appeal found that the original judge's decision was correct. the judge's careful decision, mostly on factual questions, was upheld. and it was hard to see what evidence could have been deduced at trial that would have altered that situation. the judges found that disclosures made byjason knauf, meghan's former communications adviser, that she had written the letter knowing it might be leaked and asked him to brief the authors of a book were irrelevant. within minutes, a statement was issued from meghan, the duchess of sussex. she said... associated newspapers, the publishers of the mail on sunday: they said they were very disappointed by the decision. associated newspapers say they are considering a further appeal to the supreme court. nicholas witchell, bbc news. the time is approaching quarter to five. the headlines on bbc news... as concern over the omicron variant grows, the government orders more than a hundred million extra covid vaccine doses. the pfizer and moderna vaccines will be used over the next two years. borisjohnson receives his boosterjab and urges others to follow suit. but the pm refuses to answer questions over whether a downing street christmas party last year breached lockdown rules. almost 20,000 homes are still without power in scotland and northern england, six days after storm arwen passed through. 120 military personnel are being drafted in to help the recovery effort in aberdeenshire. downing street said the majority were expected to have supply resumed by the end of the week. earlier, we heard from linda dunk, who had just had her power restored, after six days with no electricity. we live in two buildings, and so we've had to keep our wood burner on the four most of the time, and where elderly, and that has meant carrying a lot more heavy word than we normally would. our second building has no heating supply —— more heavy wood. so an old calor gas stove was brought up by a wonderful volunteer from the village that we live near. we had to drink bottled water. we've had the bucket flush the loo, because honestly that doesn't work. we no showers, no light, battery torches from between 4pm until 8pm, and we've had to cook on a camp butane stove with one burner. so thatis butane stove with one burner. so that is how we have had to try and live in these last few days. ingenuity certainly required. how much support have you had from the power company, the local authorities and your neighbours? the power company, the local authorities and your neighbours?— power company, the local authorities and your neighbours? the best people for us have been _ and your neighbours? the best people for us have been the _ and your neighbours? the best people for us have been the local _ for us have been the local community, they have been marvellous. they have been knocking on our door and we have been offered hot food. the hall in the village has been open so you can go and charge your phones and ipads and any other bits and pieces. i have to say that f s e e n have not been as easy to communicate with as we might have liked, and i think you get answerphone messages from them the whole time, and it is not helpful to be told that if you want detailed information for your area you should go on their website when you have no power, and they should know this! so i think they need to do something about how they communicate the actual status of things to users. yes, there seems to be a lot that needs to be looked at again. in terms of your own preparations should this happen again, what might you be tempted to put in place? well, were going to get a generator, because i think that the infrastructure in aberdeenshire has been so badly damaged by the storm that there will be further trees that there will be further trees that will come down later on in the winter because they will have been weakened as well, and so i think that this is probably not going to be the only incident sadly that we are going to have this winter, so i think this has finally pushed us, because i don't want to spend another six days like this. i'm too old. we are going to get a generator installed i think so we can at least go to bed not worrying about this sort of thing. more on storm arwen, and residents in the north entering a seventh day without electricity say they feel "abandoned and forgotten". almost 111,000 homes are still off in the north east and cumbria. electricity companies say engineers are continuing to work around the clock to reconnect customers. andrew hartley reports from north northumberland. life in the dark. no power, water, phone or internet. joanne, a nurse who lives in the remote cottage is struggling to cope. i am sleeping in here, which isn't ideal. eating what i can in here, boiling pans of water on the log burner. you know, you can only take so much. do you know what, i burst into tears, i am not afraid to say. i haven't slept well because of the cold and because i am on the sofa. we metjoanne earlier in rothbury, a community centre where volunteers are laying on food. it is her first hot meal for a week and she is angry with her local mp, anne—marie trevelyan. you know, it is awful. she should be here. she should be sitting down at a table, getting people to come in, saying, how can i help you? what can i possibly do? it is not good enough. joining joanne is neighbour anne. she is also enduring life without power. i feel like we have just been left out and forgotten about. - i am more worried about the emergency services i because where we were there are no signals _ how is someone goingl to need an ambulance? how are they going to get hold of it? . you going to have dead people out in the villages. _ as far as i am aware, the government hasn't done anything. we have relied on what we have done locally. obviously, we have had support from the fire and rescue services, the police, the mountain rescue and volunteers and obviously from northern power grid as well. many of these residents are going to be going over a week without any power. we need more resources, simply if it is just to make contact with these residents. i don't think people appreciate how remote and rural these places are. anne—marie trevelyan told the bbc she had been working flat out to provide help and had been in the constituency all day yesterday to see first hand the challenges faced by engineers. but in this village, they are still also off—grid. forjed walker that means keeping warm with a log burner. she also feels abandoned. this is huge and it is the worst it has been for decades. but, you know, communication is very important. and not to have heard a thing is pretty grim. back at home in harbottle, joanne is hunkering down to another cold night without power, still no nearer knowing when the lights will be back on. we arejust we are just hearing that the strategic coordination group for county durham and darlington have declared a major incident. the storm brought down power lines across the region, up to 13,000 properties in county durham are still without power, because of the damage caused. declaring a major incident means that partner organisations in that area can escalate the issue and then provide additional support for people who need it, particularly those who are still suffering from a loss of power. the bracelet of a world war two airman, executed by the nazis, has been returned to his family — 75 years after he was killed. freddie habgood's plane was shot down over france in 19114. he survived the crash but died in a concentration camp, where the bracelet was recently recovered. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. the hours of darkness over hitler's germany are about to be made hideous. the men of bomber command know well what they have to do. the raf bombing campaign of the second world war was one of the most dangerous and deadly missions. 0njuly 28th, 19114, hundreds of lancaster bombers left eastern england for another raid over germany. one of those airmen was sergeant freddie hapgood. he wasjust 21. his nephew and niece grew up knowing little about what happened to their uncle. we didn't know much of the details about it because my father never talked about it. i always feel a bit cheated that we never knew him. because, you know, he would have beenjust a bit younger than our father. he would have married and we would have had more cousins. that's a whole line of your family you've lost. two of the seven crew died that night when their lancaster was shot down by a german fighter over france. freddie was among those who managed to bail out. one escapes, three go into a prisoner of war camp, and poor fred habgood falls into the hands of the dreaded gestapo. and from then, we know what happened to him. freddie habgood was betrayed by a local, who handed him over to the gestapo. they took him here, to this concentration camp in alsace. but three years ago, a local girl found something unusual in the earth. she was just working during her holidays, raking the ash pit, tidying it. suddenly she saw a gleaming something in the soil. it was a bracelet. it was the only thing that was ever found, the only surviving item that was ever found in the ash pit. and i think the only reason being is because it was silver. freddie's bracelet, the last memento of his final mission, was returned to the family. in a simple ceremony in london, they handed it over to the head of the air force. i think this is the perfect place to put it, really. the raf church. it is on display. i think a lot of people come here and visit. they hope that others will now remember the uncle they never knew. jonathan beale, bbc news. it's notjust people who have been impacted by storm arwen. wildlife across the british isles has also been affected. hundreds of seals were killed when arwen lashed the coastline, but as alex dunlop reports, a handful of pups at norfolk�*s east winch wildlife centre are now getting the help they need. not the most elegant way to have breakfast, but a sort of fish soup in a syringe is keeping these grey seal pups alive. for the next five months, the rspca team at east winch will be foster parents to these six orphans of storm arwen. it battered swathes of the country over the weekend, mother seals and their offspring separated by fierce tidal waves. the mother's milk is substantial, and is all they have. it takes three weeks for them to wean, so for the first three weeks, very, very important for them to be with their mother. so, how did frida's feeding go earlier today? she's doing really well. evangelo and his team look after seals from all over the country, so even more could be heading this way. two orphaned pups from yorkshire are due in the next day or so. they will be joining 188 hedgehogs and other wildlife already here, and while they look adorable, they have attitude. as cute as they are, we do need to bear in mind these are wild animals and we want them to keep that wild instinct, that innate instinct they have to be away from people because that will allow them to succeed even more so once they've been rehabilitated and reintroduced. all of this care will cost. the food bill alone is £27 per seal per week. they don't always know we are trying to help and as they get bigger and start to eat the fish, they start to enjoy that a lot more and that's quite nice to see, and then when you get out the other side and release them and see them go after months of care, you know you've done a good job. after four months indoors, the orphan seal pups will be allowed outside into a pool like this to continue their rehabilitation. they should be released in the early spring. norfolk has england's largest grey seal colony. it's now the height of the pupping season and more winter storms could be on their way. the advice, as ever — if you see a seal pup alone on the beach and you are worried, alert a wildlife organisation, but above all else, leave it alone. alex dunlop, bbc news. now for the weather. good evening to you. god, it has been a cold day today right across the board but a lot of wintry sunshine to compensate. tonight, a spell of rain and sleet spreading eastwards, there could be some snow on its leading edge for a time but by the time it turns less cold tonight, it will revert back to rain. a few showers across eastern area, this is the frontal system pushing into the west side of the country, trapped in a brief wedge of milder air. you can see why it has been so cold across the country today, there deep blue hues. the weather pushing into northern ireland and scotland, increasing numbers of snow through the higher ground, even down to lower levels may become a cold and frosty start to the east of england and then the rain pushes its way eastwards, even down to lower level some snow and sleet. as temperatures rise by the end of the night it will turn back to rain, like i mentioned. a notably milder day for england and wales, we could start in double figures across the south—west, a little less cold for scotland and northern ireland as we are out of that really blue hue. friday with the mild air comes a lot of cloud. it will be a rather grey, murky day, compared to today. a bit of sunshine for the north—east of scotland, if you showers pushing to western scotland, some heavy, then return to some wet weather for the west of england and south wales later in the afternoon. look at those figures, 11, 12, 13 degrees afternoon. look at those figures, 11,12,13 degrees in the afternoon. look at those figures, 11, 12, 13 degrees in the south, much milder than what it has been today. that rain trundles across southern britain during friday night. further north, we start to see lots of showers packing into the north—west of the country and that marks the change for the country. yes, it will be turning colder once again, a strong north—westerly wind, plenty of showers and a wintry flavour to them. this area of low pressure bringing no showers will push into the north sea, a run of strong north—westerly winds, a cold feeling day but there will be some sunshine around, certainly through central and southern areas, plenty of showers across northern and western areas come into the afternoon they will tend to become a bit more widespread and there will be some winter and are certainly over the hills forced up the sunshine my do anything for the temperatures, will be chilly, temperatures, will be chilly, temperatures of five to nine degrees. sunday, probably more sunshine around, still a few coastal showers around, especially north sea coasts where it could be quite wet through the day with a strong wind. but despite a very cold, frosty start to sunday, it shouldn't be too bad through the afternoon with widespread sunshine around, temperatures reaching 60 degrees once again. that is how it is looking, staying cold into the weekend. it's this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines at five. a father and his partner are found guilty of cruelly abusing and killing six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes, who was starved and tortured at their home in solihull. germany is to ban people who haven't been vaccinated against coronavirus from being able to go to events, leisure facilities or nonessential shops. here in the uk, the government orders more than a hundred million extra covid vaccine doses, amid concerns about the new omicron variant borisjohnson gets his boosterjab and urges others to follow suit. but the prime minister refuses to give more details about a downing street christmas party last year which it is claimed broke covid rules. he says no rules were broken.

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