to have vaccinated about 5000 people at site alone. the glitter ball trophy is up for grabs in tonight's strictly final. but a] and kai won't be on the dance floor. they miss out because of injury. england are fighting back in the second ashes test, as darvid malan gets a half century and along with his captain stands up to the australian bowlers in adelaide. good morning. they largely dry but fairly cloudy weekend ahead. it is going to be feeling a bit colder thanit going to be feeling a bit colder than it has been lately. i'll bring you all the details coming up shortly. it's saturday, 18th december. our top story. the uk's top civil servant has stepped back from leading an inquiry into downing street lockdown parties, after it emerged an event was held in his own office last year. simon case's investigation was supposed to clear up whether rules had been broken, but instead, it's another misstep after a bruising couple of weeks for the prime minister. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. westminster has packed up for christmas, but it is events from this time last year that are continuing to cause controversy. simon case is the man the prime minister asked to look at allegations of rule breaking at parties. but yesterday it emerged there had been an event at his own private office. emails that invited people to a christmas party, which it emerged yesterday was a quiz. the cabinet secretary didn't attend but he did speak to start as he left, and last night it was announced he would stand back from the enquiry. another top civil servant, sue grey, would complete the probe. it is would complete the probe. it is incredibly hard _ would complete the probe. it 3 incredibly hard to believe would complete the probe. it 2 incredibly hard to believe nobody in government knew these parties were happening, and there is a huge amount of evidence now, so i do believe that the investigation sue grey is going to be leading up, there is evidence there, they need to carry that investigation out very swiftly to restore the public trust and then hand over that evidence to the police, because nobody is going to go on. it the police, because nobody is going to no on. , the police, because nobody is going to . on. _, ., the police, because nobody is going to . on. , ., ., ., ., to go on. it is another damaging eisode to go on. it is another damaging episode after— to go on. it is another damaging episode after a _ to go on. it is another damaging episode after a damaging - to go on. it is another damaging episode after a damaging few. to go on. it is another damaging - episode after a damaging few weeks for the government, from accusations of not taking sleaze seriously, to big rebellions in parliament, to this. the remarkable result in north shropshire, where the liberal democrats overturned a 26,000 majority for the conservatives, and they believe, burst the prime minister's bubble in the process. that is always the signal sent by the public when they feel things have gone wrong. the answer to that is very simple. it is not more of the same. it is the reality that if we want to get the vote back, then we want to get the vote back, then we have to be able to show that we deserve that support. the we have to be able to show that we deserve that support.— deserve that support. the past few weeks have — deserve that support. the past few weeks have led _ deserve that support. the past few weeks have led to _ deserve that support. the past few weeks have led to questions - deserve that support. the past few weeks have led to questions over. weeks have led to questions over boris johnson's authority and his political future. boris johnson's authority and his politicalfuture. many boris johnson's authority and his political future. many conservatives think things need to change in here if he is going to steady the ship. leaked minutes from the government's scientific advisers say tougher coronavirus restrictions need to be brought in very soon to prevent hospital admissions reaching 3,000 a day in england. the uk saw another record number of daily covid cases for the third day in a row, with more than 93,000 infections. suggestions include a limit on social mixing and a ban on indoor hospitality, but with many bars and restaurants already struggling with cancellations, this would be another blow for the industry, as louisa pilbeam reports. the weekend before christmas is usually one of the busiest of the year, with bars and pubs packed with parties and people celebrating. but across england, from the deserted streets of ipswich to the bright lights of london, it is looking different this year. these friends had been to a bar in central london and said it was nearly empty. this is not a usual— and said it was nearly empty. this is not a usual night _ and said it was nearly empty. ti 2 is not a usual night in oxford circus! ~ ., ., , ., ~' is not a usual night in oxford circus! ~ ., ., ~ , ., circus! what do you think is going on? the virus. _ circus! what do you think is going on? the virus. usually _ circus! what do you think is going on? the virus. usually this - circus! what do you think is going on? the virus. usually this time l circus! what do you think is going | on? the virus. usually this time of niuht ou on? the virus. usually this time of night you see _ on? the virus. usually this time of night you see everyone _ on? the virus. usually this time of night you see everyone out - on? the virus. usually this time of night you see everyone out onto . on? the virus. usually this time of. night you see everyone out onto the streets _ night you see everyone out onto the streets are — night you see everyone out onto the streets are parked, but i think everyone _ streets are parked, but i think everyone isjust staying indoors and 'ust everyone isjust staying indoors and just trying _ everyone isjust staying indoors and just trying to avoid getting corona, because, _ just trying to avoid getting corona, because, you know, a new variant. the friday— because, you know, a new variant. the friday before christmas has come to be known as mad friday, but here at oxford circus, since the government asked people to prioritise evens, it is not a very busy. prioritise evens, it is not a very bus . ~ , , ., , prioritise evens, it is not a very busy-_ but - prioritise evens, it is not a very i busy-_ but sage. prioritise evens, it is not a very - busy._ but sage, the busy. merry christmas! but sage, the u-rou busy. merry christmas! but sage, the a-rou of busy. merry christmas! but sage, the group of scientists _ busy. merry christmas! but sage, the group of scientists who _ busy. merry christmas! but sage, the group of scientists who advised - busy. merry christmas! but sage, the group of scientists who advised the i group of scientists who advised the government on the pandemic, would like to see tighter restrictions in england, like banning indoor mixing of households. 0therwise england, like banning indoor mixing of households. otherwise they want coded cases could soon reach 3000 per day. —— they warn. but with many customers already staying away, that would be a devastating blow for hospitality. would be a devastating blow for hospitality-— would be a devastating blow for hositali . ., , . ., , ., hospitality. coded restrictions are havin: a hospitality. coded restrictions are having a significant _ hospitality. coded restrictions are having a significant impact - hospitality. coded restrictions are having a significant impact on - having a significant impact on business, particularly sectors like hospitality, retailand business, particularly sectors like hospitality, retail and events. and it is not so much, i think, the specific nature of the restrictions which have been introduced by government, but the impact on confidence, on people's behaviour, which is having such a negative effect. . . ., , which is having such a negative effect. ., , ,, which is having such a negative effect. . . ., , ,, .~u, effect. chancellor rishi sunak and his team met _ effect. chancellor rishi sunak and his team met on _ effect. chancellor rishi sunak and his team met on friday _ effect. chancellor rishi sunak and his team met on friday to - effect. chancellor rishi sunak and his team met on friday to discuss| his team met on friday to discuss the hospitality industry. but the treasury is not expected to offer any new support for the time being. meanwhile, borisjohnson will chair meanwhile, boris johnson will chair an meanwhile, borisjohnson will chair an emergency cobra committee this weekend, with leaders from scotland, wales and northern ireland, asking for more financial help from westminster. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. nhs england say boosterjabs will be available at nearly 3,000 locations across the country this weekend. yesterday saw a record number of daily covid cases for a third day in a row. all four nations are meeting this weekend to discuss the response to the spread of the 0micron variant. 0ur reporter ben boulos is at a vaccination centre in north london which is staying open for 2h hours. ben how busy has it been? this is one of the centre staying open for 2h hours, so there has been talk of jabs open for 2h hours, so there has been talk ofjabs being available for at least 16 hours a day in centres? yes, it is quite extraordinary at this surgery in north london. they are carrying out what they call a 24—hour jabathon, are carrying out what they call a 24—hourjabathon, they are trying to rouse community spirit and get people to come in and get their booster doses. below, francesca and annette have been here throughout the night since they began this at six o'clock yesterday evening, they have had a steady stream of people arriving at all hours to come get their boosters. let me show you the part patients take, they check in here, register, they come through here, register, they come through here, all the usual social distancing committee masks, everything we have come used to, and three how you can see that item is ready and waiting to give vaccines, which have been going right throughout the night, and then throughout the night, and then through here, this is a massive team effort, you can see the numbers involved, we've got peter and dylan who are preparing the vaccines so when people arrive. now, london has been particularly hard hit by the 0micron variant. it has some of the highest case numbers and they are rising, and with that, hospitalisations as well. 860,000 vaccines also given on thursday, across the country. they are doing their bit here to get that number even higher. their bit here to get that number even higher-— even higher. then, thank you so much. ireland has announced new restrictions in an effort to slow the spread of the 0micron variant, ordering bars and restaurants to close from 8pm tomorrow. sport venues will have to operate at 50% capacity and wedding receptions will be limited to 100 guests. the new variant now represents a third of new cases in the country. france has tightened covid restrictions for travellers arriving from the uk. from today, those who are not french residents or citizens, must give a compelling reason to enter the country. some lorry drivers and students will be able to travel but visiting relatives is not allowed. the french prime minister has warned that the omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading at lightning speed in europe. the british socialite, ghislaine maxwell, who's on trial in the united states under sex trafficking charges, has told the court she won't be giving evidence. ms maxwell said there was no need to testify because the prosecution hadn't proved its case. the 59—year—old denies grooming girls for the late convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein. she faces up to 80 years in prison if convicted. now, later this evening, what, 12 or 13 hours? the strictly come dancing final begins. but it's sad news for a] 0dudu and her partner kai widdrington, who have pulled out of the show. the tv presenter has torn a ligament in her right ankle which means only two couples will compete for the glitterball as david silleto reports. last week it was a full house of tens for ajay and kai's quickstep. tv presenter aj 0dudu was on her way to the final. i’m tv presenter a] odudu was on her way to the final. �* ., , tv presenter a] odudu was on her way to the final. �* . , ., , _ to the final. i'm really happy. thank you — to the final. i'm really happy. thank you so _ to the final. i'm really happy. thank you so much, - to the final. i'm really happy. thank you so much, for - to the final. i'm really happy. thank you so much, for all. to the final. i'm really happy. thank you so much, for all ofj to the final. i'm really happy. - thank you so much, for all of your votes. i'm buzzing! just thank you so much, for all of your votes. i'm buzzing!— thank you so much, for all of your votes. i'm buzzing! just days later, she posted — votes. i'm buzzing! just days later, she posted this _ votes. i'm buzzing! just days later, she posted this picture _ votes. i'm buzzing! just days later, she posted this picture of- votes. i'm buzzing! just days later, she posted this picture of herself l she posted this picture of herself sitting with crutches and a bandaged foot. an injury picked up during the hours of training. she has now had to admit defeat. she could barely stand, let alone dance. a ligament had been torn. mi; stand, let alone dance. a ligament had been torn.— had been torn. my ankle has given wa and had been torn. my ankle has given way and my _ had been torn. my ankle has given way and my ligament _ had been torn. my ankle has given way and my ligament ruptured, i had been torn. my ankle has given l way and my ligament ruptured, and had been torn. my ankle has given i way and my ligament ruptured, and it isjust way and my ligament ruptured, and it is just not way and my ligament ruptured, and it isjust not going way and my ligament ruptured, and it is just not going to happen. way and my ligament ruptured, and it isjust not going to happen. i am really gutted, because we were ready to smash it. this isn't the way that we wanted to go out, obviously, but even just looking we wanted to go out, obviously, but evenjust looking back we wanted to go out, obviously, but even just looking back at all of those moments, it hasjust even just looking back at all of those moments, it has just been an absolute pleasure dancing with you every single week. so thank you. it's been clear on week one that she was going to be a contenderfor it's been clear on week one that she was going to be a contender for the glitter ball trophy. i was going to be a contender for the glitter ball trophy.— glitter ball trophy. i mean, we've 'ust glitter ball trophy. i mean, we've just dropped _ glitter ball trophy. i mean, we've just dropped into _ glitter ball trophy. i mean, we've just dropped into week— glitter ball trophy. i mean, we've just dropped into week nine - glitter ball trophy. i mean, we've just dropped into week nine or i just dropped into week nine or something, haven't we? not week one. that was... well, not much to say. it was absolutely remarkable! bi; it was absolutely remarkable! by week 12, she wasjust one point week 12, she was just one point short of a perfect score for her two dancers. short of a perfect score for her two dancers- i _ short of a perfect score for her two dancers. ten! i literally, i have done everything _ dancers. ten! i literally, i have done everything within my power to them _ done everything within my power to them to _ done everything within my power to them to the — done everything within my power to the... to the point where even committed _ the... to the point where even committed medics this morning, i was like a _ committed medics this morning, i was like a comedy think i can dance in a moon_ like a comedy think i can dance in a moon hoot? — like a comedy think i can dance in a moon boot? and they were like, no! it moon boot? and they were like, no! it means_ moon boot? and they were like, no! it means the — moon boot? and they were like, no! it means the final tonight will be between the two remaining couples, aj between the two remaining couples, aj 0dudu offered her best wishes, saying, good luck to my partners in dance, john and johannes, rose and giovanni. i will be cheering you on. on one day. let's take a look at today's papers. the investigation into downing street lockdown parties dominates the front pages. the times says the inquiry is in "disarray" after simon case stepped down from his role leading the investigation. "they were all at it" is the claim in the mirror, after it emerged an event was held in mr case's own office in december last year. the telegraph suggests the revelation has "undermined" attempts by borisjohnson to move on from the by—election defeat suffered by the conservatives in north shropshire. elsewhere the mail is calling for covid self—isolation rules to be relaxed so that people only have to quarantine for seven days, rather than ten. the paper calls the current measures "lockdown by stealth." do you like cakes? love cake. what is our do you like cakes? love cake. what is your favourite _ do you like cakes? love cake. what is your favourite cake? _ do you like cakes? love cake. what is your favourite cake? i _ do you like cakes? love cake. what is your favourite cake? i would - is your favourite cake? i would robabl is your favourite cake? i would probably say — is your favourite cake? i would probably say fruitcake. - is your favourite cake? i would | probably say fruitcake. 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knows. let's find out. perhaps clement _ but who knows. let's find out. perhaps clement russo - but who knows. let's find out. perhaps clement russo might| but who knows. let's find out. i perhaps clement russo might be but who knows. let's find out. - perhaps clement russo might be nice. i am happy with the coconut bundt. good morning to you. it is quite cloudy out there this morning. that will be the story throughout the course of the weekend. high pressure with us, so dry, settled whether the theme for the next few days. but there is a lot of cloud around and mist and fog and things turning a bit colder through the weekend as well. here is the big area of high pressure really dominating the weather at the moment, sitting right across the uk. under that high pressure, that is trapping in low cloud, so mist and broke and drizzle for most of us. but there are some holes in the cloud, particularly through parts of scotland and northern england two. frost to start the day. some lingering fog through the day. some lingering fog through the central belt and some fog around parts of eastern england that will be slow to clear throughout the day as well. you can see where the cloud is pretty stubborn across much of england and wales. but there will be some breaks for western parts of england and wales, northern ireland, and the high ground of scotland, poking out through the cloud. temperatures 4— 10 degrees most of us today. no grey change into the evening and overnight. we keep the cloud over central and eastern parts of england in particular. some mist and fog patches forming. a touch of frost in parts of scotland again and into northern england as well. miles away you have all that blanket of cloud across much of england and wales. tomorrow, spot the difference to today. a lot of cloud for most. fairly breezy through the english channel. some holes in the cloud through scotland, north—west england, the western parts of england, the western parts of england and wales and northern ireland, too. the grey theme the cloud and fog link and they afford drizzle in central and eastern parts. 5—no degrees, cool tomorrow, compared to today. a similar day again on monday. deja vu at the moment. the moment. the high pressure is bringing largely dry settled days, a bit of cloud, but some breaks possible in positive england and wales compared to what we have seen throughout the weekend. 5-9 we have seen throughout the weekend. 5—9 or 10 degrees at best i think, the mist bridges on monday. then all highs to the weather map through this because of the week as we head to a christmas period. eventually high pressure will start to slip away and weather fronts will try to move in from the atlantic. so pretty chilly and settled for the next few days, potentially a bit more unsettled as we head towards christmas. unsettled as we head towards christmas-— unsettled as we head towards christmas. . , , , ., christmas. charlie is still smarting about the fruitcake _ christmas. charlie is still smarting about the fruitcake comment. - christmas. charlie is still smarting about the fruitcake comment. did | christmas. charlie is still smarting | about the fruitcake comment. did i mention him _ about the fruitcake comment. did i mention him by — about the fruitcake comment. did i mention him by name? _ about the fruitcake comment. did i mention him by name? you - about the fruitcake comment. did i mention him by name? you didn'tl about the fruitcake comment. did i - mention him by name? you didn't come a very good- _ mention him by name? you didn't come a very good- we — mention him by name? you didn't come a very good. we will _ mention him by name? you didn't come a very good. we will talk _ mention him by name? you didn't come a very good. we will talk later— mention him by name? you didn't come a very good. we will talk later in - a very good. we will talk later in the morning. thank you. it is time for the film _ the morning. thank you. it is time for the film review. _ hello and a very warm welcome, as ever, to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. hi, mark. what have you been watching? very mixed bag this week. we have spider—man: no way home. we have the lost daughter, which is the directorial debut from maggie gyllenhaal with 0livia coleman. and the tender bar, directed by george clooney. interesting mixture. spider—man, is a good? laughter pause! yes, this picks up straight after the previous film. the identity of spider—man is revealed as peter parker — suddenly the whole world knows who he is and they're all ready to turn against him. here's a clip. that's right, folks — spider—man is, in fact, peter parker! are you spider—man's girlfriend? whoa, whoa, whoa! please don't touch her. you're just a kid? all clamouring. all this time, people looked up to him and called him a hero. well, i call him public enemy number one! i don't want to do this ever again! i'm so sorry, but i can't see anything with your hand in my... i'm sorry, i'm sorry! dude! he gasps. so, as a result of his identity being revealed, his world starts to fallapart, as, indeed, do the worlds of those closest to him. he goes to doctor strange. at the beginning of it, please don't let there be any plot spoilers. so i won't. what i'll say is this — the movie essentially picks up the battle from into the spiderverse. i thought it was absolutely terrific. that idea of different realities colliding. and it builds upon that legacy, and i saw it in a packed screening at an imax cinema, and it was full of fans. there were six separate occasions in which the fans burst into whoops and cheers and applause. there was no question for fans, it is really playing well. part of it was like going to see a band who rather than playing their new album, play the greatest hits. right. interspersed with new songs. the other thing is without giving away any spoilers, there is a big comparison between this and a very famous 19705 doctor who. and that's not a bad thing. so do i. i think it manages to be funny and witty and have a condo sense of, you know, let's do call backs to all the things that you love, but in a way thatis kind of inventive. and there is a section in which i was smiling all the way through, thinking this is really working, this is really having fun. it's for me slightly too long, but when we get into the end, it doesn'tjust descend into that thing about, let's have loads of people just randomly hitting each other. so i think it's actually pretty good, and as far as the fans are concerned, it hits all the right notes. i literally sat there with the audience, and there were six separate occasions in which they burst into whoops and cheers. and this is what this movie should be doing. i know someone who is married to, this will be a must see. when i say is it good, i guess i really mean, is itfun? yes. it is fun. the central section is particularly good fun. 0k, well i shall be watching that. i'm interested in the second choice. this is maggie gyllenhaal�*s and all�*s directorial debut. she is a comparative literature teacher on holiday in greece. she sees dakota johnson as a young mother who suddenly disappears on a beach. there's a moment of panic, where is the child? but what happens is she looks back into her own past and look at decisions she made in a former life when she's played byjesse buckley. two actors playing the same character in very different ways. maggie gyllenhaal always said as far as she was concerned, when she read the novella, she felt it was saying things about being a woman, being a mother, being a professional who had not been set out loud before. and she loved the idea of making it into a conversation. i think there's an awful lot of films in this, the idea that there is a surface, but beneath the surface, there are secrets waiting to be revealed. there's a real sense of dread in it. i also — i know a couple of people who've seen it who saw, as far as i can tell, completely different film to me. they read it in a completely different way. great performance by olivia coleman, really well directed by maggie gyllenhaal, who not only is a great writer and actor and director, but can also play the theramin. the what? the theramin. one of the most complicated instruments to play. i think this is really fascinating. i think it's terrific. it's into the enemas now and it's on netflix from the 31st of december. i think everyone will bring their own film to the film. really intrigued. i want to know what you think about it. and i love maggie gyllenhaal as an actress so i'm interested in what she does behind the camera. the tender bar. tells the story of him growing up with a mum who says he do anything. you can go to somewhere like yale, and he has an absent father, just a voice on the radio. his father is a dj. but instead, he has uncle charlie, played by ben affleck, who deals — he's a barman who dishes out life information in a very likeable way. here's a clip. ok, two rules. i'm never going to let you win, ever. if you beat me, you'll know you beat me, fairand square, but i never let you win. and i'll always tell you the truth. i saw you in the yard playing sports. you're not very good, and probably not going to get a whole lot better, so might be wise for you — in order to avoid tears and disappointment and, above all, delusion — to find some other activities that you like. you know, like... what do you like to do the most? i like to read. i also like to read. i'm good at sports, too. you see, i really liked — he's a really likeable character. i was reminded of hillbilly elegy. which i really didn't like. what's interesting is — similar story. hillbilly elegy was like a bunch of caricatures and a sanctimonious quality, and it really annoyed me. this was like, ok, i like these people. i like ben affleck�*s performance, and it felt, in that very george clooney way, it felt solid and reliable and good—hearted and coming from a good place. now, i confess that there's an awful lot of goodwill i have towards george clooney because he's a decent film—maker, but i thought this was warm and funny and yes, not earth—shattering, but there are some really lovely intimately observed particularly when uncle charlie is just explaining to the young boy how the world works. you kind of think, if i was in a bar with that guy, would never leave the bar. i'd stay listening to him. and you're best out this week? and you saw it, lamb. tell me you love it. you are right, it's not a horror film. it's not. i did sit and watch it with a knot in my stomach. i thought something bad was going to happen. it is bonkers. it is absolutely bonkers. it's completely bonkers, and i was surprised i enjoyed some bits of it given that it is nuts. but beautiful. there is a moment and it when you don't... there's a moment in which one of the characters goes, "what's going on?" you think that's what the audience is thinking. but some of it is deliberately funny. some of it is deliberately i'm sorry, i can't quite get my head around the fact that i'm watching this couple raising a lamb as a child, and then you start to see the lamb the way they see the lamb. but it's also about grief and separation and parenting anxieties, and bits of it are funny. it's definitely about grief and i spent a lot of the film thinking "is the lambjust in their imagination?" exactly. and you come to the end of the film... that's just nuts. there is a something so poetic. what's going on? happiness is going on. i won't give any plot spoilers. there is something much later on in the film where there was something that happens and i thought, ok, that's too far. not this much nonsense! you've stepped over. and you have to see the film to know what we're talking about. but do see it. it would look beautiful on a big screen. i'm so glad you saw it. i'm still not quite sure. i'm bemused, but interested. good. bemused but interested is a good review. that's a very good reviews rather than going, it was all right. and a first time film—maker. really, really well done. very quickly. coming to streaming is being the ricardos, this drama about lucille ball being accused of being a communist. a story i did not know anything about before. and i actually thought it was interesting. some of the reviews have been snippy, but it's in cinemas now. it will be available over the christmas season. i think most people will watch on video. it's about a television programme and a television star, so it kind of makes sense that i think its primary audience will be on television. i was confused by how sniffy some of the reviews were. and i think it's going to be a perfect thing to watch over christmas. actually. interesting enough, interesting tale. and i knew nothing about the story. i didn't know anything about the story. it turns out that most of it is factually true. some of its invented, but most of it is true. there's plenty... unlike lamb! my goodness! and lovely. and i'm meant to say happy christmas. happy christmas. we will meet again injanuary. have a lovely christmas. thanks very much for being with us, bye—bye. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. you may remember an inspiring story of the three dads — andy, mike and tim — we've followed them on bbc breakfast over the last few months, as they took on a 300—mile hike from cumbria to norfolk in memory of their daughters, sophie, beth and emily, who all took their own lives. for them, and many others in the same situation, this can be a very difficult time of the year. but sophie's dad, andy, has been telling our reporter alison freeman how his family's grief has taught them to take some joy out of christmas. it was december 22 when we were told they had found soph's body, so, three days before christmas. and that day devastated all of us, just sitting here in a heap. 0ne that day devastated all of us, just sitting here in a heap. one of the things i decided was that we were going to cancel christmas, it would be very easy to just take everything down and try to forget about it. andy's daughter sophie took her own life in december 2018. she turned 29 just one week before she sent her family the message which said she loved them all, as well as requests not to be buried. three days later she was found. as a way of coping with his daughter's death, and he threw himself into physical challenges in aid of suicide prevention. the first, a half marathon along the northumberland coast, which sophie had been due to run in the february after her death. he documented his training in social media videos called run for sophie. we'd been talking about suicide prevention and trying to help other people. it is felt that she is there, she is with us all the time, i talk about it all the time. it is almost like she is still there, but there are days when you definitely would have been in touch with her, either on the phone or face—to—face, which sort of leads to it being very real again, which sort of leads to it being very realagain, and which sort of leads to it being very real again, and you fall back into the gaping chasm and that kind of void of grief, it happens, that is what grief is like. but it doesn't mean you've got to stay there all the time. �* f, mean you've got to stay there all the time. . j, , ., the time. andy's wish to turn the devastating _ the time. andy's wish to turn the devastating events _ the time. andy's wish to turn the devastating events of _ the time. andy's wish to turn the devastating events of christmas | the time. andy's wish to turn the - devastating events of christmas 2018 into something positive reached new heights this year, when he and two other dads who have lost daughters to suicide walked 300 miles between their three homes. they raised almost £1 million for suicide prevention charity papyrus and made it easier for people to talk about suicide. brute it easier for people to talk about suicide. ~ ., it easier for people to talk about suicide. ~ . ., , , ., ., it easier for people to talk about suicide. . ., , ., ., suicide. we are really proud of what we've done. — suicide. we are really proud of what we've done, what _ suicide. we are really proud of what we've done, what we _ suicide. we are really proud of what we've done, what we continue - suicide. we are really proud of what we've done, what we continue to i suicide. we are really proud of what| we've done, what we continue to do. it is just awful but she didn't see that we would rather have helped it, just to ask for help, let us know what she was going through. we could have done a lot of talking then that would have saved her. bud have done a lot of talking then that would have saved her. and sophie's mcgreaor, would have saved her. and sophie's mcgregor. home — would have saved her. and sophie's mcgregor, home from _ would have saved her. and sophie's mcgregor, home from university . would have saved her. and sophie's mcgregor, home from university to| mcgregor, home from university to spend the holidays with his dad and his mum fi thinks he is seeing a change among people his age, too. i wish i could say to sophie, god, i would much rather listen to anyone's problems, i don't care who you are, then attend your funeral. it is a really, really straightforward choice. and i would like to think, i don't know if it is the bubble that i have ended up in, but it does seem that the stigma is easing somewhat. has it been particularly important for all of the family, gregor as well, that you do keep this as a positive time of year? it is different. _ positive time of year? it is different, because - positive time of year? it is different, because she's . positive time of year? it 2 different, because she's not here, the loud laughter and the "hiya" as she came through the front door. we will miss that. but you can't... we can't allow the grief to crush the joy can't allow the grief to crush the joy out of you. and we've kind of made a concerted effort to live, to keep going forward. theo often says that soph would have hated to be thought that she'd made a mess of our lives. she has! but, you know, she would not have wanted us to wallow in grief. she would have definitely wanted us to keep laughing. to start off with you can feel very guilty, the first time you start to smile and the first time you laugh, it hurts, because you kind of thing, i shouldn't be doing this. but the answer is, yes, you should. without having some kind of joy should. without having some kind of joy in your life, what are you doing? you are doing it wrong somewhere. doing? you are doing it wrong somewhere-— doing? you are doing it wrong somewhere. . ., �* . somewhere. allison freeman, bbc news. somewhere. allison freeman, bbc news- and — somewhere. allison freeman, bbc news. and those _ somewhere. allison freeman, bbc news. and those dads _ somewhere. allison freeman, bbc news. and those dads can - somewhere. allison freeman, bbc news. and those dads can we - somewhere. allison freeman, bbcj news. and those dads can we have spoken to them on the sofa, haven't we? they are so positive, in the message they spread, as they walked and spoke to people who literally just came up to them as they were talking —— walking and told them their experience. the talking -- walking and told them their experience.— talking -- walking and told them their experience. the three of them sat here, their experience. the three of them sat here. and _ their experience. the three of them sat here, and didn't _ their experience. the three of them sat here, and didn't shy _ their experience. the three of them sat here, and didn't shy away - their experience. the three of them sat here, and didn't shy away from | sat here, and didn't shy away from the emotions. they said there are days, there are days when it is really tough. but they absolutely embrace what they are doing, they properly impacted people. iorrul’ith embrace what they are doing, they properly impacted people. with what i've one to properly impacted people. with what we gone to us _ properly impacted people. with what i've gone to us about _ properly impacted people. with what i've gone to us about myself, - properly impacted people. with what i've gone to us about myself, you . i've gone to us about myself, you can't _ i've gone to us about myself, you can't imagine what they have gone through. _ can't imagine what they have gone through, but to come together and raise awareness .myjust an incredible _ raise awareness .myjust an incredible effort. raise awareness .my 'ust an incredible effort- raise awareness .my 'ust an incredible effort. so, what do we have? well, _ incredible effort. so, what do we have? well. if— incredible effort. so, what do we have? well, if you _ incredible effort. so, what do we have? well, if you are _ incredible effort. so, what do we have? well, if you are waking . incredible effort. so, what do we have? well, if you are waking upj have? well, if you are waking up this morning. — have? well, if you are waking up this morning, if _ have? well, if you are waking up this morning, if literally - have? well, if you are waking up this morning, if literally opening | this morning, if literally opening your eyes and wondering, dare i ask about the cricket? don't worry, relax. no wickets, no dramas, england is doing all right. i’ee relax. no wickets, no dramas, england is doing all right. i've got de'a vu england is doing all right. i've got deja vu with _ england is doing all right. i've got deja vu with this. _ england is doing all right. i've got deja vu with this. you _ england is doing all right. i've got deja vu with this. you are - england is doing all right. i've got deja vu with this. you are right i england is doing all right. i've got deja vu with this. you are right to | deja vu with this. you are right to sa that. deja vu with this. you are right to say that. there _ deja vu with this. you are right to say that. there was _ deja vu with this. you are right to say that. there was this - deja vu with this. you are right to say that. there was this moment| deja vu with this. you are right to i say that. there was this moment in the first test. again, david malan and joe root at the crease doing well, but we know what happened after that. well, but we know what happened afterthat. but well, but we know what happened after that. but it is a flat wicket, after that. but it is a flat wicket, a good but is' wicked. he texted last night to say that it was a flat wicket and not to worry.- last night to say that it was a flat wicket and not to worry. what does that mean? — wicket and not to worry. what does that mean? it _ wicket and not to worry. what does that mean? it means _ wicket and not to worry. what does that mean? it means a _ wicket and not to worry. what does that mean? it means a good - wicket and not to worry. what does | that mean? it means a good batting wicket. a that mean? it means a good batting wicket- a lot — that mean? it means a good batting wicket. a lot of _ that mean? it means a good batting wicket. a lot of bounce, _ that mean? it means a good batting wicket. a lot of bounce, not - that mean? it means a good batting wicket. a lot of bounce, not a - that mean? it means a good batting wicket. a lot of bounce, not a lot i wicket. a lot of bounce, not a lot of predictable things, it isn't all churned up. they're having their lunch, or dinner, as it's a day—night match, in adelaide. and i hope spinach is on the menu because england will need to be strong at the crease all day long if they're to really threaten australia in this second test. because even at 140 for 2, with darvid malan and joe root getting half centuries, they're still a massive 333 runs behind australia's first innnings score. let's speak to cricketjournalist and australian commentator adam collins, whojoins us now from adelaide. morning, adam. sorry to interupt your lunch, but we love getting your spin and wondered what you've made of that morning session? first of all, dinner at 4:30 p.m., first of all, dinnerat 4:30 p.m., i first of all, dinner at 4:30 p.m., i don't know why they call this the dinner break, but we will move on from that. i think you can do to drink. 123 wicketless runs in the first session. in many respects he was saved by lightning strike last night. just my left ear big bolt of lightning and 70 minutes early. i tell you what, if england had to pay 70 minutes last night would the hooping pink ball under lights at adelaide oval, they would have been in strife. but back here today, not a cloud in the sky. stunning batting conditions, a flat track, joe root in the form of his life and dawid malan going beautifully on 68. they look set about for a long period of time. they did concede 473 runs in the first innings of this game. make no mistake, when it is almost impossible for here, but a five test match series, if they can draw this on the way to boxing day, they will take plenty from that. that first foundation stone, getting through a wicketless session. you foundation stone, getting through a wicketless session.— wicketless session. you have tweeted, _ wicketless session. you have tweeted, i— wicketless session. you have tweeted, i fully _ wicketless session. you have tweeted, i fully want - wicketless session. you have tweeted, i fully want written | wicketless session. you have . tweeted, i fully want written out wicketless session. you have - tweeted, i fully want written out by the way, you tweeted today, this great statistic, the last five times this year that they would malan and joe root have batted together, three of those occasions they have gone on to make century partnerships. what makes them such great pairing? they have only batted together five times this year because dawid malan was not playing cricket, and then the county season, they plucked him up and put him in the testing, and he looks right at home, as he did four years ago, leading in four runs in this corresponding series in 2017-18, then this corresponding series in 2017—18, then he was discarded for the test team six months later. he obviously has form in this part of the world. a battle hardened pro, he has been playing t20 around the world for years. a solid, steady hand at patel in a series whether a is so much additional pressure, and always is around an ashes series. and in concert withjoe root, they clicked, left—hand, hand, two experienced players, in a tough situation, i tell you what, at 12/2 when they came together last night, they were in a world of pain after two days in the dirt, indeed, 38 yesterday in adelaide. they come back today and they are doing just about everything right. do back today and they are doing 'ust about everything right- back today and they are doing 'ust about everything right. do you fear for england. _ about everything right. do you fear for england, when _ about everything right. do you fear for england, when and _ about everything right. do you fear for england, when and if— about everything right. do you fear for england, when and if these - about everything right. do you fear for england, when and if these twoj for england, when and if these two are out of one of them goes? do you fear from are out of one of them goes? do you fearfrom england are out of one of them goes? do you fear from england after what happened on that first test? you have not happened on that first test? you have got to _ happened on that first test? you have got to believe, guys. just for today. allow yourselves the idea of england batting through the course of the afternoon and into the evening, maybe if they can seek two or three wickets they could usurp the follow—on by that point. maybe not a first—innings lead, but at the very least, a deficit getting to a low enough number that australia could but aggressively on day four. it is marginal gains when you are so far behind on the test match, but if they can get out of this with a draw, which will not be easy, when i think test matches can sprint up in a hurry, a lot quicker than red bull test matches, even unfavourable surfaces for batters. they have given themselves every opportunity here. joe root has becomejust given themselves every opportunity here. joe root has become just the fourth batsman in cricket to pass this money runs in a calendar year, his only about 180 away from the all—time mark of mohammed yusuf in 2006. a stunning year from all—time mark of mohammed yusuf in 2006. a stunning yearfrom him. he has passed 50, at no time has he made 100 runs here in australia, he has passed 50, but never made it to three figures. a couple of big milestones on the horizon forjoe root later today. aha, milestones on the horizon forjoe root later today.— root later today. a fantastic statistic this _ root later today. a fantastic statistic this morning. - root later today. a fantastic statistic this morning. what| root later today. a fantastic - statistic this morning. what about the australian mood? they have come there, sunshine, saturday evening, expecting to heap more humiliation on the old rivals, slightly dampened by that morning session? weill. on the old rivals, slightly dampened by that morning session?— by that morning session? well, the aood thin by that morning session? well, the good thing for _ by that morning session? well, the good thing for england _ by that morning session? well, the good thing for england is _ by that morning session? well, the good thing for england is that - good thing for england is that australia, two of the most important fast bowlers, indeed, the two most important task bowlers, the captain, patrick cummins, was ruled out two hours before the test started as a close contact of covid. it doesn't have covid himself, he was at a restaurant next to somebody who found out on their phone during the dinner they did have a positive test, so he was ruled out asjosh hazlewood picked up an injury in brisbane last week. so michael neser, an excellent player to take off the bench, but on test debut, which brings its own notes and pressure, jhye richardson, hasn't played a test match for two years. so if you're looking to transfer pressure back onto the australian side they have picked a good week for it with two comparatively inexperienced bowlers in the first 11. ~ inexperienced bowlers in the first 11. . ., ~ inexperienced bowlers in the first 11. ~ ., ~ , ., inexperienced bowlers in the first 11. ~ ., ~ y inexperienced bowlers in the first 11. ., y . ., 11. well thank you very much for liftin: 11. well thank you very much for lifting england's _ 11. well thank you very much for lifting england's spirits. - 11. well thank you very much for lifting england's spirits. great i lifting england's spirits. great stuff. �* lifting england's spirits. great stuff. . ., , lifting england's spirits. great stuff. . , lifting england's spirits. great stuff. . . , , . , we lifting england's spirits. great stuff. . ., , , ., , we will stuff. an absolute pleasure. we will let ou aet stuff. an absolute pleasure. we will let you get ready — stuff. an absolute pleasure. we will let you get ready for _ stuff. an absolute pleasure. we will let you get ready for the _ stuff. an absolute pleasure. we will let you get ready for the next - let you get ready for the next session. not hearing out of�*s stats and his take on the second ashes test in adelaide. now, only two premier league games are still on today due to all the disruption caused by coronavirus. matches at places like old trafford, where manchester united were supposed to be hosting brighton, and watford's vicarage road, are among those cancelled. aston villa's game with burnley is still on before arsenal visit leeds, who have nine first team players out injured, rather than testing positive for covid. 19 games are also off across the english football league. premier league clubs are meeting on monday to discuss the crisis. arsenal's mikel arteta wants clarity on the rules for calling off games. lewis hamilton could be in trouble with the sports bosses at the fia. the mercedes driver, alongside team principle toto wolff, boycotted thursday evenings formula 1 awards ceremony in protest at the handling of the abu dhabi grand prix on sunday. rules state that the top three drivers must attend, and the new fia president mohammed ben sulayem has refused to rule out punishing hamilton for missing the event. 0ld rivals came together once again as andy murray beat rafael nadal at an exhibition event in abu dhabi. murray looked very sharp, against the 20—time major winner, as he won in straight sets. murray will now face world number five, andrey rublev in the final later today. and what about this for a way to make your debut at the world darts championship? scotland's willy borland threw a perfect nine—dart finish in his opening match at the championships. this is when a player, gets all the way from the starting score of 501, with the fewest throws. it's a great fun way to learn maths, this. borland started with three treble 20s, and then he followed that up with another two treble 20s, and a treble 19. that left him in with a chance of the perfect score, in front of the excited fans at alexandra palace. and they went wild when the scot finished it off, with two more, treble 20s and a double 12. it helped him clinch the match in the best possible way. borland described it as "unbelievable and "the best night of my life" is that the only way to do that? that's nine data finish?- that's nine data finish? well, it must be? _ that's nine data finish? well, it must be? no... _ that's nine data finish? well, it must be? no... welcome - that's nine data finish? well, it must be? no... welcome a - that's nine data finish? well, it - must be? no... welcome a bull's-eye? i thouht must be? no... welcome a bull's-eye? i thought you — must be? no... welcome a bull's-eye? i thought you said _ must be? no... welcome a bull's-eye? i thought you said balls! _ i thought you said balls! bull's—eye, 50. iwould i thought you said balls! bull's—eye, 50. i would have to go do some maths. bull's-eye, 50. i would have to go do some maths.— bull's-eye, 50. i would have to go do some maths. interesting how many combinations — do some maths. interesting how many combinations there _ do some maths. interesting how many combinations there are _ do some maths. interesting how many combinations there are of _ do some maths. interesting how many combinations there are of a _ do some maths. interesting how many combinations there are of a nine - combinations there are of a nine dart finish. combinations there are of a nine dart finish-— combinations there are of a nine dart finish. the thing is, he did it with a perfect — dart finish. the thing is, he did it with a perfect score. _ dart finish. the thing is, he did it with a perfect score. brilliant. i i with a perfect score. brilliant. i love his celebrations _ with a perfect score. brilliant. i love his celebrations as - with a perfect score. brilliant. i love his celebrations as well. i with a perfect score. brilliant. i i love his celebrations as well. yes, fantastic. love his celebrations as well. yes, fantastic- happy — love his celebrations as well. yes, fantastic. happy days. _ love his celebrations as well. yes, fantastic. happy days. well, - love his celebrations as well. yes, fantastic. happy days. well, on i love his celebrations as well. yes, | fantastic. happy days. well, on the oche when you _ fantastic. happy days. well, on the oche when you get _ fantastic. happy days. well, on the oche when you get that, _ fantastic. happy days. well, on the oche when you get that, they - fantastic. happy days. well, on the oche when you get that, they are l oche when you get that, they are always happy at the darts anyway. anybody who has played darts at any level. _ anybody who has played darts at any level. it _ anybody who has played darts at any level. it is _ anybody who has played darts at any level, it isjust ridiculously hard to do— level, it isjust ridiculously hard to do that _ level, it is 'ust ridiculously hard to do that.— to do that. yes, 'ust once. the mar: ins to do that. yes, 'ust once. the margins — to do that. yes, 'ust once. the margins are so — to do that. yes, just once. the margins are so fine, _ to do that. yes, just once. the margins are so fine, just - to do that. yes, just once. the margins are so fine, just one i to do that. yes, just once. the i margins are so fine, just one dart slightly off, one millimetre out, and you would be in the five rather than the 20. i and you would be in the five rather than the 20-_ than the 20. i have lots of questions _ than the 20. i have lots of questions for _ than the 20. i have lots of questions for you. - than the 20. i have lots of questions for you. oh, . than the 20. i have lots of i questions for you. oh, dear. than the 20. i have lots of - questions for you. oh, dear. it is so early. — questions for you. oh, dear. it is so early. naga- _ questions for you. oh, dear. it is so early, naga. what _ questions for you. oh, dear. it is so early, naga. what about? - questions for you. oh, dear. it is i so early, naga. what about? sarah questions for you. oh, dear. it is - so early, naga. what about? sarah is lookini at so early, naga. what about? sarah is looking at the — so early, naga. what about? sarah is looking at the weather. _ so early, naga. what about? sarah is looking at the weather. good - looking at the weather. good morning. it will be a cloudy and grey weekend for some of us. but mostly dry with fog and mist to look out for. that will linger for a fog and mist to look out for. that will lingerfor a lot fog and mist to look out for. that will linger for a lot of us for some time. that is down to the high—pressure really dominating our weather. a big area of high pressure sitting across the uk with descending air in high—pressure, trapping in a lot of mist and murkiness. something cold antipsychotic gloom. that is the low cloud and murkiness we've got. but not everywhere. because it is low cloud, some areas spoke above the cloud. sunshine for scotland, parts of northern england, and breaks in parts of wales, south—west england, northern ireland. in central and england, cloud and dense fog lingering throughout the day. reduced visibility for many of us, particularly in the east. temperatures 10— 11 degrees for some areas. colderfurther north, particularly in the fog. some of the highest temperatures in the higher ground of scotland with the sunshine. this evening and overnight, some clear spells for scotland and northern england. here a touch of frost, just like last night. furthersouth a touch of frost, just like last night. further south across england, wales, northern ireland, cloudy skies. so largely frost free, i'll start to sunday morning. sunday very similar to what we have out there today. most places dry, cloudy, some breezed at the east coast and the english channel as well. sunshine as well for parts of scotland, northern ireland, western england, and wales. further is the figure cloud, thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle here or there. temperatures 5— 10 degrees for the top on sunday. monday look similar again. degrees for the top on sunday. monday look similaragain. hope register with us. could be some breaks in the cloud compared to what we will see through the weekend. but some mist and fog again. a lot of low cloud around in general. it will turn colder over the next few days. perhaps 4— 10 degrees our top temperatures on monday. what about the week ahead? heading towards the festive period, it looks like high—pressure will start to gradually slip away. we will start to see a cold front moving on from the north. a bit more broken cloud for a time during the week. waiting on the winds, low pressure. it looks like as we head to the end of this coming week into the festive weekend you can see some rain symbols, perhaps sleet and snow symbols for a time, turning ita perhaps sleet and snow symbols for a time, turning it a little more unsettled. but temperatures rising. drier the next few days, potentially cold, milderand drier the next few days, potentially cold, milder and wetter as we look towards the christmas period. but still some uncertainty on the end of this this coming week.— still some uncertainty on the end of this this coming week. thank you so much. now it's time for this week's click. the victoria and albert museum in london is a treasure trove of beautiful artworks. some 3—dimensional wonders and some masterpieces so realistic, you could walk into them. which is precisely what's about to happen in the painting gallery where, in amongst the turners and the constables, a kelly and a lewington are about to get stuck in to some very modern art. there's a dancer and she's wearing pyjamas? or is that fashion these days? spencer chuckles. that's the fashion. that's the fashion? don't you know — don't you know about fashion? why aren't you wearing that? i've got three sets of those. spencer laughs. this is sonzai — an augmented reality performance you can see using the hololens headset and specifically designed to take place in this space. it's the brainchild of roland lane, who had dancer maeva berthelot�*s performance captured in a volumetric space and a cgi landscape built around her. it's also worth, if you can, taking a step back, to maybe here, to see the whole — if you can see the whole structure from a distance, you can get a whole of the top and bottom and everything that's going on. oh, yes! in some ways, it's more impressive when you stand back. it is! yeah, yeah, yeah. you feel like you're in a theatre. sonzai is also interactive. reach out and touch one of the globes or the flowers and they will react. so that's the hololens looking at my hands, as well as the space. yeah. although some of the objects looked really gooey and i really didn't feel like touching them! they weren't real — you do know that, don't you? well, yes. spencer chuckles. do you think that the artists who painted these amazing paintings on the wall would've used this technology had it been available to them at the time? i don't know. it's a difficult question, isn't it? i mean, art can be cutting—edge and art can be classical. i think it's an interesting juxtaposition, this room, surrounded by turners and constables. "turner might have loved it and constable would've hated it" was said a few times by people who viewed it. spencer laughs. this five—minute performance is an experiment into how a mixed reality art experience might work in the future. and once the dancer disappears, the whole thing simmers down to work more in harmony with its surroundings. when i say simmers down... oh, wow! oh, i'm loving that! that's every doctor who and star wars experience i've ever wanted, right there, so that's made my day. marvellous. wow! it now feels very weird to be back in the room. 0h, hello! hello! that's where you are! that was lovely, wasn't it? yeah! pretty lost in that. that's what's so bizarre is that the normal world now seems strange. and i say "the normal world" — we are in this room. yeah, we work on click. we don't live in the normal world. no, of course not. laughter. and someone who's taking that concept to the next level is marc cieslak, who's been asking where all this could go next. and the answer, of course, is the metaverse. so, what actually is the metaverse? well, if we think of the internet as something that we look at, the metaverse is a version of the internet that we're inside. the idea is that we will experience the metaverse as an avatar — a virtual version of ourselves that we control as we explore this new online frontier. but what will we actually do in here? whoa! i'd say there are examples of the metaverse already. if you look at some video games, for instance, they are, you know, digital worlds that you can interact with as an avatar. i'd see the metaverse as an extension of technologies that we currently have. i think a lot of people see the future metaverse as expanding on that experience to include notjust gaming, but maybe things like a digital workspace or digital events, digital socialising. andrew bosworth is from meta, the company formerly known as facebook. the tech giant says it's transforming itself from a social media company into a metaverse company. we spoke using 0culus virtual reality headsets, appearing as avatars inside software designed for virtual meetings, called workrooms. ok, so, boz, here we are in what might be considered a representation of what the metaverse could be. yeah, for us, the metaverse is a spacial construct, as opposed to the previous web, which was really a very linear kind of 2d, flat thing. we want this one to be immersive — something that you could, were you so inclined, really experience in an embodied way. now, of course, it doesn't mean it has to be virtual reality — it could also just be on a phone or on a desktop computer. you might have noticed that we are using the tools of the metaverse to create a good portion of this item. my avatar has been created by a couple of companies — ready player me and oz. they already create tools for people to make avatars from a photo. it's this virtual version of us which will travel between online experiences in any metaverse. bosworth believes new online economies will spring up around these pixelated people. and then, over time, what i'm most excited about is an economy there. and i mean, you know, economy notjust of digital goods, sure, and entertainment, that's great, but also services. in an immersive environment, i'm gonna have an avatar. i'm going to need a stylist, i'm going to have a home space, i'm gonna need a decorator, you know, and these are — i'm gonna invite my friends over to my home space. when we consider that video games already sell virtual goods like clothes or vehicles, we can see where this idea draws its inspiration, but there's other parts of online culture which these companies might be less enthusiastic about. now, in the contemporary online experience, there's a lot of online hatred out there, a lot of online abuse and misinformation and things of that nature. how are you going to avoid those kinds of experiences seeping into a metaverse? yeah, so one of the things that's interesting about metaverse experiences is that we imagine them being real—time. do you really want the system or a person standing by, listening in? probably not. i don't. that feels like a real violation of privacy. but if the conversation is happening in real time, then how can we modify content without listening in? and so, i think we have a privacy trade—off against, you know, if you want to have a high degree of content safety — or what we would call 'integrity�* — well, that trades off against privacy. but i do think that we're gonna have, as a society, a lot of hard conversations ahead of us around the trade—offs between privacy, content and interoperability. yeah, the more time we spend in these digital worlds, the more data about ourselves we may be giving up and obviously, that is a privacy concern — especially if you are going from one domain to another. maybe you're going from a digital work zone to a digital gaming zone. do you want the same identity to be associated with both? there are calls that maybe you would have to verify your identity and match that to your avatar, so that people know who you are. but that in itself raises a whole bunch of privacy concerns. maybe not everyone will be comfortable doing that. microsoft has adapted its workplace meeting software teams for the metaverse by creating a system called mesh. it's designed to work with a variety of different devices, including virtual and augmented reality. ar, as it's known, projects graphics on top of the real world using headsets like microsoft's hololens or mobile phones. but after nearly two years of lockdowns and meetings with friends, family and colleagues via video call, is now the right time for an idea like this one? there's quite a few people that have got fatigued by having to have video chat meetings and things of that nature and that they realise they now crave human contact. human communication is about 5% speech, it's 95% everything else. i've been in my — in my, you know, living room with the entire team around the table, right? making eye contact, where all the gestures are coming into the right place and i can touch that digital object and instead of having a person next to me, having a walking one on one, i can have the avatar version of that person one on one next to me, so it changes completely the — the, you know, call it the 'screen fatigue' we're feeling today. the next piece of the metaverse puzzle isn't just about seeing these virtual worlds, but feeling them as well. work on haptics or forced feedback — the ability to touch and feel while inside a virtual space — has been going on for years now. the artist formerly known as facebook, meta, has revealed that it's been working on a glove that will let the user feel sensations, like holding an object. the glove has a number of sensors that measure the wearer's movements and air pockets across the glove's surface inflate to create sensation. these gloves aren't quite ready for prime time yet, but they're an indicator of the kind of research that's going on behind the scenes. the big question, though, is will people embrace this new vision for our online lives? i think it depends on the specific application. we've seen in gaming lots of people really do enjoy those experiences. they use avatars, they interact with the world in that way. would you want to sit in a virtual office as an avatar? i'm less sold on that idea. it seems the metaverse is coming. but its success rests solely in our hands. i don't know about you, but i do think augmented reality is pretty much there, now, which means in the future the 3d sculptures that you see around you might not actually be in the room. true. they're not quite the same, though, are they, at ar? you can't touch them. not that you could touch that, obviously. no, for goodness' sake. don't touch it, we'll all be in trouble. listen, there's one thing about ar they still do need to solve, though. what's that? it's the ar groove and the ar hair. oh, dear, have i still got that on my forehead? yeah, and my hair's all over the place. once you've sorted that, ar, we are in. anyway, that is it for the shortcut of click for this week from the v&a museum. the full—length version is waiting for you right now on iplayer. as ever, you can keep up with the team on social media. find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter at @bbcclick. thanks for watching. we'll see you soon. bye— bye. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: the uk's top civil servant stands down from running an inquiry into downing street parties because of an event in his own office. government scientific advisers warn that tougher covid restrictions are needed "very soon," to prevent a big rise in hospital admissions in england. iam i am live at this gp practice in north london, where they have been vaccinating throughout the night as part of a 24—hour stint by 6pm this evening about hoping to have vaccinated around 5000 people at this site alone. the glitterball trophy is up for grabs in tonight's strictly final. but aj and kai won't be on the dancefloor — they miss out because of injury. england are battling back in the second ashes test. but in the second ashes test. captainjoe root has just out but captainjoe root has just gone out for 62, having built a strong partnership with dawid malan. england's taskjust got so much more difficult in adelaide. goad england's taskjust got so much more difficult in adelaide.— difficult in adelaide. good morning. a lariel difficult in adelaide. good morning. a largely dry _ difficult in adelaide. good morning. a largely dry but — difficult in adelaide. good morning. a largely dry but fairly _ difficult in adelaide. good morning. a largely dry but fairly cloudy - a largely dry but fairly cloudy weekend ahead and it will be feeling a bit colder than it has been lately. i'll bring you all the details shortly. it's saturday, 18th december. our main story. the uk's top civil servant has stepped down from leading an inquiry into downing street lockdown parties, after it emerged an event was held in his own office last year. simon case's investigation was supposed to clear up whether rules had been broken, but instead it's another damaging step for the prime minister after a bruising couple of weeks. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. westminster has packed up for christmas, but it's events from this time last year that are continuing to cause controversy. simon case is the man the prime minister asked to look at allegations of rule breaking at parties. but yesterday it emerged there had been an event at his own private office. emails that invited people to a christmas party, which it emerged yesterday was a quiz. the cabinet secretary didn't attend, but he did speak to staff as he left, and last night it was announced he would stand back from the enquiry. another top civil servant, sue grey, would complete the probe. it's incredibly hard to believe nobody in government knew these parties were happening, and there's a huge amount of evidence now, so i do believe that the investigation sue grey is going to be leading up, there is evidence there, they need to carry that investigation out very swiftly to restore the public trust and then hand over that evidence to the police, because nobody�*s above the law. it's another damaging episode after a damaging few weeks for the government, from accusations of not taking sleaze seriously, to big rebellions in parliament, to this... cheering and applause. ..the remarkable result in north shropshire, where the liberal democrats overturned a 26,000 majority for the conservatives, and, they believe, burst the prime minister's bubble in the process. that is always the signal sent by the public when they feel things have gone wrong. and the answer to that is very simple. it's not more of the same, it's the reality that if we want to get the vote back, then we have to be able to show that we deserve that support. the past few weeks have led to questions over borisjohnson's authority and his politicalfuture. many conservatives think things need to change in here if he's going to steady the ship. nick eardley, bbc news. we're joined now by our political correspondentjonathan blake. jonathan, this will be another blow after an already bad week for the prime minister? how damaging is it, and went does that leave that enquiry? the how damaging is it, and went does that leave that enquiry?— that leave that enquiry? the prime minister said _ that leave that enquiry? the prime minister said yesterday _ that leave that enquiry? the prime minister said yesterday in - that leave that enquiry? the prime minister said yesterday in the - that leave that enquiry? the prime| minister said yesterday in the wake of that by—election defeated north shropshire that people were fed up of hearing about politicians and politics, and stuff that isn't about them, although he did accept responsibility for that defeat. his suggestion was that the media is focusing too heavily on the stories behind closed doors at westminster. here we are with another example of something, perhaps, you get the feeling, that somebody should have seen coming. the most senior civil servant in whitehall, simon case, now stepping back from that enquiry into social events at christmas last yearin into social events at christmas last year in government buildings, because there is an event, an alleged event, which may or may not fall under the terms of his enquiry, which he believes clearly and those around him that it is just not feasible for him to investigate. it does add to a long list, as you are hearing on nick's report of torrid events for the government over the past few weeks, going back to the resignation of 0wen paterson, when the government tried to uphold system in the house of commons, to the claims about christmas parties in downing street and the rebellion by conservative benches over covid passports. 0ne by conservative benches over covid passports. one more trip as the government, you sense, isjust stumbling towards the end of the year, desperate to make it in one piece. leaked minutes from the government's scientific advisers say tougher coronavirus restrictions need to be brought in "very soon", to prevent daily hospital admissions rising as high as 3,000 a day in england. on friday there were more than 93,000 covid infections in the uk, and currently between 800 and 900 people a day are being admitted into hospital. suggestions include a limit on social mixing and a ban on indoor hospitality, but with many bars and restaurants already struggling with cancellations, this would be another blow for the industry, as louisa pilbeam reports. the weekend before christmas is usually one of the busiest of the year, with bars and pubs packed with parties and people celebrating. but across england, from the deserted streets of ipswich to the bright lights of london, it's looking different this year. these friends had been to a bar in central london and said it was nearly empty. this is not a usual night in oxford circus! what do you think�*s going on? the virus. usually this time of night you see everyone out and the streets are parked, but i think everyone is just staying indoors and just trying to avoid getting corona, because, you know, a new variant. the friday before christmas has come to be known as mad friday, but here at oxford circus, since the government asked people to prioritise events, it's not a very busy. merry christmas! but sage, the group of scientists who advise the government on the pandemic, would like to see tighter restrictions in england, like banning indoor mixing of households. otherwise, they warn covid cases could soon reach 3,000 a day. but with many customers already staying away, that would be a devastating blow for hospitality. covid restrictions are having a significant impact on business, particularly sectors like hospitality, retail and events. and it's not so much, i think, the specific nature of the restrictions which have been introduced by government, but the impact on confidence, on people's behaviour, which is having such a negative effect. chancellor rishi sunak and his team met on friday to discuss the hospitality industry. but the treasury is not expected to offer any new support for the time being. meanwhile, borisjohnson will chair an emergency cobra committee this weekend, with leaders from scotland, wales and northern ireland, asking for more financial help from westminster. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. nhs england say boosterjabs will be available at nearly 3,000 locations across the country this weekend. yesterday saw a record number of daily covid cases for a third day in a row, all four nations are meeting this weekend to discuss the response to the spread of the 0micron variant. 0ur reporter ben boulos is at a vaccination centre in north london which is staying open for 24 hours. ben, how busy has it been? yes, it has certainly picked up in the last hour or so since i spoke to you earlier. they've been going since six o'clock yesterday evening. as you can see, it is a slick operation. bilal, francesca and annette. below and annette are medical students who are volunteering here. —— bilal. the queues have been forming overnight, people are coming through, they are hoping, orso people are coming through, they are hoping, or so far, people are coming through, they are hoping, orso far, they people are coming through, they are hoping, or so far, they have already vaccinated 2500 people, they are hoping by this evening they will have hit something like 5000 people being vaccinated. let me walk you through where it is happening because they have a number of vaccination rooms, i will try not to get in anybody�*s way, and here we have adam and dimitri who have been vaccinating through the night. as you can see, they are just preparing another dose for this lady here who is about to have her booster. we will leave them in peace to do that. three here they are preparing the rest of the day's vaccines, we have dylan and peter getting everything ready here. when you hear the number of vaccines they did across the country on thursday, 860,000, they are doing their bit here to get that number even higher. ireland has announced new restrictions in an effort to slow the spread of the 0micron variant, ordering bars and restaurants to close every night from 8:00pm. sport venues will have to operate at 50% capacity and wedding receptions will be limited to 100 guests. the new variant now represents a third of new cases in the country. it's the strictly come dancing final tonight but it's sad news for aj 0dudu and her partner kai widdrington, who have pulled out of the show. the tv presenter has torn a ligament in her right ankle which means only two couples will compete for the glitterball as david silleto reports. last week it was a full house of 10s four ag and kai's quickstep. i'm really happy. thank you so much, for all of your votes. i am buzzing! just days later, she posted this picture of herself sitting with crutches and a bandaged foot — an injury picked up during the hours of training. she has now had to admit defeat. she could barely stand, let alone dance. a ligament had been torn. my ankle's given way and my ligament�*s ruptured, and it'sjust not going to happen. i'm really gutted, because we were ready to smash it. this isn't the way that we wanted to go out, obviously, but even just looking back at all of those moments, it has just been an absolute pleasure dancing with you every single week. so, thank you. gold dust by dj fresh plays. it's been clear since week one that she was going to be a contender for the glitterball trophy. i mean, we'vejust dropped into week nine or something, haven't we? not week one! that was — well, there's not much to say. it was absolutely remarkable! show me heaven by maria mckee plays. by week 12, she was just one point short of a perfect score for her two dancers. ten! i literally, i've done everything within my power to be on this dance floor. to the point where even, to the medics this morning, i was like, "so do you think i can dance in a moon boot?" and they were like, "no!" you know wardrobe could glitter that right up! - it means the final tonight will be between the two remaining couples. aj 0dudu offered her best wishes, saying: . after a ll after all that hard work! very frustrating. but i think what they can definitely come away saying is that they were brilliant, absolutely brilliant. we wish aj all the best with her recovery. bud brilliant. we wish aj all the best with her recovery.— brilliant. we wish aj all the best with her recovery. and the finalist toni . ht, with her recovery. and the finalist tonight. of _ with her recovery. and the finalist tonight, of course. _ with her recovery. and the finalist tonight, of course. it _ with her recovery. and the finalist tonight, of course. it is _ with her recovery. and the finalist tonight, of course. it is 7:12am. i it should be the busiest time of the year for the hospitality sector, but many hotels, bars and restaurants are seeing a rise in cancellations as cases of the 0micron variant surge across the uk. yesterday the chancellor, rishi sunak, held crisis talks with business leaders as pressure mounts on the government to offer financial support to the companies affected. hannah essex, from the british chamber of commerce, was involved in the meetings. shejoins us now. good morning to you. this is a difficult time for lots of businesses, and a lot of people were looking to the chancellor to see what his thoughts were, at this point. what can you tell us about what he said? igirdle point. what can you tell us about what he said?— point. what can you tell us about what he said? we had some really iood what he said? we had some really good conversations _ what he said? we had some really good conversations this _ what he said? we had some really good conversations this week - good conversations this week with the chancellor and other ministers and his officials in the treasury. he set out clearly what was going on for businesses right across the country, this sudden drop in demand with people not going out, massive cancellations right across the board. he was very much listening to what we were saying, we were sharing all these examples of businesses that were struggling and setting out what we think now needs to happen in order to support those businesses through the next few weeks. we have to remember, december is a really important trading month of these businesses. it is a time when they often bank the cash they need to get them through to the spring. so this could not have come at a worse time. well, listening is a good thing to do, but i am sure you and your members and those people running all these businesses are looking for something material, something that will make a difference. i know there are a number of areas, it is around vat and business rates as well, specific things that people are hoping there might be some change, some kind of change that might help them. were you given any indication, and i know there is a limit what can say about this, but when you given any indication that is even being thought about?— any indication that is even being thou~ht about? ., ., , thought about? there are two things that can happen- _ thought about? there are two things that can happen. you _ thought about? there are two things that can happen. you can _ thought about? there are two things that can happen. you can help - that can happen. you can help businesses to reduce the cost, things like business rates belief comes in there, and you can have an injection of cash, that is where we think the local authority can be boosted to get that money out to businesses. we were not given any indication they were going to be considered. all we know is that the treasury have in listening and hearing our recommendations. what we need to hear now, over this weekend, which as you have said, should have been one of the busiest weekends of the year, is what are they going to do? doing nothing is not an option right now. fir do? doing nothing is not an option riiht now. ., all white? or the businesses will fail. the fellow _ all white? or the businesses will fail. the fellow scheme, - all white? or the businesses will fail. the fellow scheme, the - all white? or the businesses will. fail. the fellow scheme, the grants, all of these things have kept businesses going to this point, from when things started in march 2020. but they are now in a position where they have used up cash reserves, costs are going out because of inflation, and at a time that should have been the time which would help them through into next year, their customers have just disappeared. them through into next year, their customers havejust disappeared. so we will see business failures if there is no support coming in now. you will well know that when we and other people we speak to, members of the government, business, business secretary, for example, they will always quote the figures, the help thatis always quote the figures, the help that is a ready been offered, the measures that have already been taken. when it comes to the sharp end, which it sounds like you are pointing out to level of business failure are we talking about? what numbers? it failure are we talking about? what numbers? , ., ., ., , , numbers? it is hard to quantify, but i can tell numbers? it is hard to quantify, but i can tell you _ numbers? it is hard to quantify, but i can tell you that, _ numbers? it is hard to quantify, but i can tell you that, for _ numbers? it is hard to quantify, but i can tell you that, for example, - i can tell you that, for example, there is a museum in surrey that has lost £80,000 already this month. there is a hotel in swindon that is looking at £400,000 in lost. the losses we are looking at a pretty significant. it depends on the stately business was in the first place. as i said, the last 20 months have been absolutely brutal for this sector. they were just starting to see things pick up. and this is the point at which we can see them fall over the edge. and that would be such a terrible shape. and will inevitably lead to job losses as well. inevitably lead to 'ob losses as well. ., ., ., ., well. from what i about what you have heard. _ well. from what i about what you have heard, you _ well. from what i about what you have heard, you have _ well. from what i about what you have heard, you have nothing . well. from what i about what you have heard, you have nothing to| well. from what i about what you - have heard, you have nothing to make you feel more positive, is that right? you feel more positive, is that riiht? ~ ~' ., you feel more positive, is that riiht? ~ ,, ., ., , ., right? well, we know that they have heard what we _ right? well, we know that they have heard what we have _ right? well, we know that they have heard what we have had _ right? well, we know that they have heard what we have had to - right? well, we know that they have heard what we have had to say. - right? well, we know that they have heard what we have had to say. if. right? well, we know that they have heard what we have had to say. if i i heard what we have had to say. if i have been listening to what we will be seeing over this last week, and they have heard from a broad range of organisations, notjust the chambers of commerce, but lots of different people across the business community, it would be very surprising if they were to say that we were not going to do anything. there is some support already in place, but that was ok four weeks ago. it is not ok now. it was always good to be the case when they're working from home guidance came in or if there was a variant of concern than some additional support would be needed. businesses don't like asking the government for money. it is not what we like to do. but this situation is through no fault of those businesses. they are working hard to get back on their feet and this has come at a really terrible time. ., ., this has come at a really terrible time. . ., ., this has come at a really terrible time. . . ., ., ., ,, this has come at a really terrible time. . ., ., ., ., time. hannah, i am looking at how thins are time. hannah, i am looking at how things are playing _ time. hannah, i am looking at how things are playing out _ time. hannah, i am looking at how things are playing out elsewhere, i things are playing out elsewhere, and i know every country within the evolved nations, there are differences. but nearby to ireland, and you will be aware of this, they are announcing new restrictions, you know, in an effort to close down the omicron variant, ordering bars and restaurants to close every night from eight p.m.. at eight p.m.. so a curfew is being brought in there. and when you see that and you say — see the pressures you are talking about that already in place, you must be concerned that if it goes — if here in the uk we go down that avenue, it gets even harder. that's rate. in avenue, it gets even harder. that's rate- in wells _ avenue, it gets even harder. that's rate. in wells they _ avenue, it gets even harder. that's rate. in wells they have _ avenue, it gets even harder. that's rate. in wells they have already . rate. in wells they have already announced that they will close no clothes from boxing day. they will be looking at social distancing measures that would impact revenues. —— wales. it looks like that is where we're headed but there is a clear plan for what the next stage would look like for england, for example. so what have we learned in the last 20 months, what restrictions might if the public health need is there? but crucially any restriction that comes in, what is the support package that will go with that, and announcing those two things together is absolutely vital. we don't want to see further restrictions. businesses want to continue to trade and welcome customers back in the new year. but if there are restrictions they need to be a package of support. thank ou ve to be a package of support. thank you very much. — to be a package of support. thank you very much, hannah _ to be a package of support. thank you very much, hannah essex, . to be a package of support. thank i you very much, hannah essex, from the british chamber of commerce, document discussions had with rishi sunak. igirdle document discussions had with rishi sunak. ~ ., ,, ., ., , sunak. we need to know what is happening _ sunak. we need to know what is happening with _ sunak. we need to know what is happening with the _ sunak. we need to know what is happening with the weather- sunak. we need to know what is happening with the weather this | happening with the weather this weekend. definitely colder sarah. it is. it is turning colder through the weekend. good morning. the weather is not changing in a hurry because we have a big area of high—pressure driving our weather. but just subtle changes high—pressure driving our weather. butjust subtle changes out high—pressure driving our weather. but just subtle changes out there high—pressure driving our weather. butjust subtle changes out there at the moment. mostly cloudy with some mist and fog around but it is going to turn a little colder for a lot of us through the course of the weekend. this is how it looks this morning. this big area of high pressure is sitting right across all of the uk, trapping under neatly high—pressure. a lot of cluttered misty mechanism as well. not grey visibility, particularly in eastern england, thick fog slow to clear. further north mist and fog through parts of the central belt, some misty patches for northern ireland as well. through the course of the day, central and eastern england are set to keep a lot of cloud and some fog through the course of the day. they cloud just big enough for odd but a drizzle as well. elsewhere, some sunshine breaking through, particularly the high ground of scotland. some brightness for northern england, wales, and northern ireland as well. but the bulk of the country it stays mostly through evening. mr and fog patches coming in again. but there could be a touch of frost with clear as to make clear skies, particularly in scotland and northern england as well. a similar start to tomorrow as well. a similar start to tomorrow as we had today. some fast and fog around. —— frost and fog. elsewhere it will keep a lot of grey low cloud, so gloomy out there. some drizzle particularly in the east with some mist and fog as well. temperatures tomorrow down a few degrees on today. looking at about 5- 10 degrees on today. looking at about 5— 10 degrees, our top temperature. then it doesn't change in a hurry, heading to monday as well. high—pressure still driving the high, dry, settled then. there could be some breaks in the cloud across england and wales compared to what we will see through the course of the weekend. a bit of breeze through the weekend. a bit of breeze through the english channel as well and the temperatures around about 4— 10 degrees on monday. then we are all very interested in the weather through the week ahead, they lead up to the christmas period. it looks like high—pressure will gradually start to ease away, probably on about tuesday, allowing a weak weather front to try to push on from the north three—time and then into the north three—time and then into the middle part of the week we will start to towards the atlantic, as the franchise to move on. it means the franchise to move on. it means the next few days are looking dry, settled, and cold, but if you are crossing your fingers that the cold will hold on towards christmas, it looks like it will probably turn milder and more unsettled but we could have one or two flakes of snow, particularly over the high ground in the north.— snow, particularly over the high ground in the north. thank you so much, ground in the north. thank you so much. sarah- _ ground in the north. thank you so much, sarah. we _ ground in the north. thank you so much, sarah. we will— ground in the north. thank you so much, sarah. we will speak - ground in the north. thank you so much, sarah. we will speak to . ground in the north. thank you so | much, sarah. we will speak to you later. we started 2021 with the coronavirus vaccine rollout in full swing. for many, it was hoped the jab would signal the end of the pandemic. 12 months on, the 0micron variant is now making headlines and causing concern. ros atkins has been taking a look at how the pandemic evolved this year — and the challenges that lie ahead. christmas is coming, and so is 0micron — at speed. the covid variant was first reported in south africa in november. it's already spread to dozens of countries. and the who has this message for us. 0micron's very emergence is another reminder that, although many of us might think we're done with covid—19, it's not done with us. to put it mildly — this is not where we hoped we'd be. ifeel like we're... it's 2020 all over again, in a way, you know? we're back where we were. i want to consider where we were with covid and where we are, and look what we've learnt about this virus in 2021. back injanuary, wealthier nations had onlyjust started their vaccine roll—outs. this was israel. the pandemic death toll passed two million, and the number of cases reached 100 million. in the uk, the infection rate was rising, as was the pressure on hospitals. we have a very significant problem. the next few weeks will be the worst weeks of this pandemic. and, amid all this, the who had a message of defiant hope. this was from february. i don't want to ask people to hide under their desks or duvets in fear. actually, i want people to be connecting with each other and saying, you know, "this is a virus that's particularly nasty. "but it is within our power to be able to resist it." almost 12 months on, have we shown we can resist it? to answer that, we need to look at how this pandemic and our understanding of it have evolved this year. certainly on one thing, there's been no change — we were told the vaccines worked, and they do. in the uk, as vaccinations increased, the number of hospitalizations dropped dramatically. the number of deaths dropped dramatically, too, right across the year. what was less clear was whether vaccines stopped infections. what we really don't know, though, at the moment, is, does the vaccine reduce transmission? does it block infection? that was in january. by the summer, the picture was clearer. what we know with the vaccines is that they are actually remarkably effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths. they are less effective at preventing infection. the vaccines did reduce serious illness, but wouldn't stop the spread of the virus. delta in particular had made sure of that. and, by the end of the summer, it was also clear that two jabs would not be enough. people's immunity was waning. and, in many richer countries, including the us, that's exactly what happened. we are announcing our plan to stay ahead of this virus i by being prepared to offer covid—19 booster shots. i now at this stage, boosters were a response to waning immunity. but right now, they're needed for another reason, too — the 0micron variant. we know that two doses of vaccine are not enough to stop you getting infected with 0micron. but a booster will cut your risk of symptomatic infection by around 70%. that's why in the uk, we've seen people queuing for hours to get a booster. this year has shown the need for a third jab. and 0micron has also taught us other ways the pandemic has evolved. for one, just like the scientists said they would, variants have arrived. alpha, beta, and delta drove covid infections globally with devastating consequences in india. my colleague yogita limaye described the situation. every crematorium we've been to, we've seen body after body being brought in. it's hard for anyone to keep count, but what workers have been telling me is that the real scale of deaths caused by covid—19 in india is a lot higher than what official numbers reflect. the threat of variants was real — and their threat was being explicitly connected to vaccination rates. this is the co—creator of the astrazeneca vaccine. we need to be able to find the funds and the means to vaccinate widely across the world. if we don't, what will happen is more mutations arising in the virus, and we will have a harder and harder task to fight the virus as it continues to mutate. through the year, the richer countries pushed on with their vaccine roll—outs. nearly 70% of the uk population has been double—jabbed. but less than half of the overall global population has been. and in africa, it's 8%. and the who continues to focus on this issue. let me be very clear. the who is not against boosters. we are against inequity. our main concern is to save lives everywhere. we started the year with the who warning about vaccine equity, we finish it with the same message. and, while richer countries push on with their boosters, 0micron has shown that even vaccinating most people in a country may not be enough. this is austria — it's now made vaccines compulsory from february. and here, and in much of western europe, health care systems are under pressure — despite ample vaccine supply. this is the french health minister. translation: the load | in the intensive care units and the number of hospitalizations will continue to increase in the next two weeks. and that is weighing on our hospitals, which are already very mobilised. the question, then, is what to do about this? and bringing in new restrictions remains a live issue. in the house of commons this week, a significant number of borisjohnson's own tory mps voted against new restrictions. one of them was andrea leadsom. covid will be with us - for many years to come, and it's unthinkable to think that every autumn from now on, - we will be limiting the qualityl of life for all citizens just to be on the safe side. these restrictions were voted through, and polling in the uk and elsewhere suggests public opinion remains behind them. but, as covid becomes ever more long—term, opposition to restrictions becomes more pronounced. and one of the most contentious restrictions of them all this year has been travel bans. at the start of 2021, there were heavy restrictions. international travel was down 49%, compared with 2019. in addition, countries like australia and new zealand effectively sealed themselves off — they wanted to suppress the virus. but in the end, delta made sure this wasn't possible. by august, for australia, the aim was no longer keeping the virus out. instead... that is our goal — - to live with this virus, not to live in fear of it. globally, international travel has returned in a form. there are still some restrictions, prices are high, and tests have to be done. and the who continues to question travel bans as an idea. and, while the uk briefly introduced some of them for 0micron, it quickly changed tack. now that there is community transmission of 0micron in the uk, and 0micron has spread so widely across the world, the travel red list is now less effective in slowing the incursion of 0micron from abroad. 2021 taught us that travel restrictions may buy a little time, but more transmissible variants will find a way through. and so, here we are at the end of 2021 — variants spreading, unresolved disagreements over vaccine distribution, over restrictions, over travel bans — and the statistics tell their own story. more people have died in 2021 from covid than in 2020. the who report that over five million people have lost their lives so far during the pandemic. and, for all these reasons, and with 0micron spreading, it can be difficult to gauge how to assess the state of the pandemic. i thought this clip of the who's michael ryan perhaps spoke for a lot of us. but it introduces a level of concern and a level of fear, and a sense of, erm... ..more exhaustion that we all feel. well, here we go again. "here we go again," says michael ryan. and he also offered some advice. just because we have a new variant doesn't mean the situation will get worse. it means we have more uncertainty now. and that, perhaps, is the best way to summarise this year. two fundamental questions remain — can we vaccinate enough people, and how serious are these new variants as we try to do that? at the end of 2021, neither of those questions have definitive answers. and so, as michael ryan says, "we have more uncertainty now." hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. just after 7:30 a.m., and not so long ago we had a very optimistic, sunshine sort of mike, when he was talking about the cricket. good morning. talking about the cricket. good mornini. ,., ., talking about the cricket. good mornin _ ,., ., ., talking about the cricket. good morning._ look| talking about the cricket. good i morning._ look at talking about the cricket. good - morning._ look at the morning. good morning. look at the face on you- — morning. good morning. look at the face on you- 0k. _ morning. good morning. look at the face on you. ok, i— morning. good morning. look at the face on you. ok, ijinxed _ morning. good morning. look at the face on you. ok, ijinxed it- morning. good morning. look at the face on you. ok, ijinxed it again, i face on you. ok, i 'inxed it again, as i have been — face on you. ok, ijinxed it again, as i have been accused _ face on you. ok, ijinxed it again, as i have been accused of - face on you. ok, ijinxed it again, as i have been accused of social. as i have been accused of social media. i apologise to our viewers. 0ne media. i apologise to our viewers. one said, go back to the pavilion, no tv. but i mean, england were going so well. no tv. but i mean, england were going so well-— going so well. so, start with the basics. where _ going so well. so, start with the basics. where where _ going so well. so, start with the basics. where where we - going so well. so, start with the basics. where where we are, . going so well. so, start with the | basics. where where we are, and going so well. so, start with the - basics. where where we are, and what has changed?— has changed? second test, there was ireat ho -e has changed? second test, there was great hope in — has changed? second test, there was great hope in the _ has changed? second test, there was great hope in the first _ has changed? second test, there was great hope in the first session - great hope in the first session today before dinner. england going really well, they didn't lose a single wicket, you suddenly think, could england actually bat out the day and maybe even save the second test and avoid going to down in the series to australia.— series to australia. some of us thou . ht series to australia. some of us thought it. _ series to australia. some of us thought it. we _ series to australia. some of us thought it, we just _ series to australia. some of us thought it, we just didn't - series to australia. some of us thought it, we just didn't say i series to australia. some of us thought it, we just didn't say itj thought it, we just didn't say it out loud. thought it, we 'ust didn't say it out loud. , ., thought it, we 'ust didn't say it out loud. ,., ., thought it, we 'ust didn't say it out loud. ., , ,, ., out loud. ok, some of us knew what was coming — out loud. ok, some of us knew what was coming next, _ out loud. ok, some of us knew what was coming next, didn't _ out loud. ok, some of us knew what was coming next, didn't we? - out loud. ok, some of us knew what was coming next, didn't we? no! . out loud. ok, some of us knew what| was coming next, didn't we? no! but et. well, was coming next, didn't we? no! but yet. well, wickets. _ it was all going so well after the first session for england withjoe root and darvid malan batting through but now both have gone. the pair put on more than 100 runs, both batters passing 50, and it looked very good for england chasing that big australian total of 473. but about 15 minutes after the dinner break root was caught off the bowling of cameron green for 62, still no test match century in australia for the captain. then malan was caught in the slips off mitchell starc�*s bowling for 80. ben stokes is still there and he has beenjoined by ollie pope. but england still trailing by over 300. a long way to go. now, only two premier league games are still on today due to all the disruption caused by coronavirus. matches at places like old trafford, where manchester united were supposed to be hosting brighton, and watford's vicarage road, are among those cancelled. aston villa's game with burnley is still on before arsenal visit leeds, who have nine first team players out injured, rather than testing positive for covid. 19 games are also off across the english football league. premier league clubs are meeting on monday to discuss the crisis. now, rules are rules, according to the new boss of formula 0ne's governing body and, so lewis hamilton could be punished for not attending the sport's end of season awards bash. the mercedes driver, alongside team principle toto wolff, boycotted thursday evenings formula one awards ceremony in protest at the handling of the abu dhabi grand prix on sunday. rules state that the top three drivers must attend and the new fia president mohammed ben sulayem has refused to rule out action against hamilton for missing the event. it's not just football that is struggling. seven european rugby matches between french and british teams this weekend have been postponed because of france's new travel rules in response to the 0micron variant. the match between ulster and northampton saints did get played last night, though. ulster came out on top and clinched the bonus point through craig gilroy�*s try. the final score was 27—22 in belfast. 0ld rivals came together once again as andy murray beat rafael nadal, at an exhibition event in abu dhabi. murray looked very sharp against the 20—time major winner as he won in straight sets. murray will now face world number five andrey rublev in the final later today. it's was one of those rare moments in sport — rarer than a 147 break in snooker or a hole—in—one in golf. we are talking about a perfect 9—dart finish in darts. and what's more scotland's willy borland managed a rare one at the world darts championships on his debut. this is when a player, gets all the way from the starting score of 501, with the fewest throws — and this was the traditional way. if you're good at maths, you can work out others. but borland started with three treble 20s, and then he followed that up with another two treble 20s, and a treble 19. that left him in with a chance of the perfect score in front of the excited fans at alexandra palace. cheering and applause. and they went wild when the scot finished it off with two more treble 20s and a double 12. it helped him clinch the match in the best possible way. borland described it as "unbelievable and "the best night of my life." that is the dream even for a darts player, isn't it? it that is the dream even for a darts player. isn't it?— player, isn't it? it has happened less than ten _ player, isn't it? it has happened less than ten times _ player, isn't it? it has happened less than ten times in _ player, isn't it? it has happened less than ten times in 30 - player, isn't it? it has happened less than ten times in 30 yearsl player, isn't it? it has happened. less than ten times in 30 years at the world championships. so i think thatis the world championships. so i think that is more rare than a hole—in—1. it is more rare than a hole—in—1. yeah. it is more rare than a hole-in-1. yeah. �* ' , ., ., it is more rare than a hole-in-1. yeah. �* ' , ., ,, ., , yeah. and the 147 break and snooker. i tell ou yeah. and the 147 break and snooker. i tell you what. _ yeah. and the 147 break and snooker. i tell you what. it _ yeah. and the 147 break and snooker. i tell you what, it is _ yeah. and the 147 break and snooker. i tell you what, it is also _ yeah. and the 147 break and snooker. i tell you what, it is also more - i tell you what, it is also more rare than the great britain team dominating speedway. now, with sports personality live here on bbc1 tomorrow evening, it's that time of year when we look back at great sporting achievements, and what a year it's been for speedway, the rawest form of motor racing that often goes under the radar. no breaks round an oval circuit — think chariot racing on bikes. this christmas, great britain are celebrating being world champions for the first time since the late '80s. before they went off for their winter break i went to the national speedway track at belle vue in manchester to reflect on how the speedway of nations cup was won there. 0n the edge of glory, a face full of dirt sliding into the big time. looking back on a day that dan huey will neverforget, looking back on a day that dan huey will never forget, the climax to the international season which made the writer from cumbria a international season which made the writerfrom cumbria a global speedway superstar just six years after he left school, as he helped great britain become world champions for the first time in 32 years. it is something since you are a kid, you kind of dream of something like that. especially being here at my home truck, racing here every week, and then to do it as high as you can get, you know, racing to your country, pretty special. lian get, you know, racing to your country, pretty special. dan got his chance because _ country, pretty special. dan got his chance because of _ country, pretty special. dan got his chance because of what _ country, pretty special. dan got his chance because of what happened. country, pretty special. dan got his. chance because of what happened to britain's individual world champion ty britain's individual world champion ty wolfenden on the first day of the speedway operations world cup, a horrific crash. although tye was thankfully able to walk away, he was injured and out of the team. and so it was super sub dan who came off the bench to help his country complete their win on the final day. it was a difficult morning, watching ty it was a difficult morning, watching ty go down in such a horrible crash, initially you arejust ty go down in such a horrible crash, initially you are just hoping he could get up. it was not until the next morning we found out that i was in. so it was a bit of a sleepless night, waiting to see what would happen. bill night, waiting to see what would ha -en. �* ., night, waiting to see what would hauen. �* ., happen. all the more nerve-wracking because of the _ happen. all the more nerve-wracking because of the jeopardy _ happen. all the more nerve-wracking because of the jeopardy involved, . because of the jeopardy involved, going hell for leather with no breaks in this rawest form of motorsport. i breaks in this rawest form of motorsport— breaks in this rawest form of motors-ort. ,, i. ., . ,, motorsport. i think if you go back far enough. _ motorsport. i think if you go back far enough, this _ motorsport. i think if you go back far enough, this course _ motorsport. i think if you go back far enough, this course was - motorsport. i think if you go back. far enough, this course was probably chariot racing. it is a really simple form of motorsport. they race around an oval, _ simple form of motorsport. they race around an oval, they _ simple form of motorsport. they race around an oval, they had _ simple form of motorsport. they race around an oval, they had cuts - simple form of motorsport. they race around an oval, they had cuts and . around an oval, they had cuts and horses now we have 70 horsepower engines. horses now we have 70 horsepower eniines. ., ,, ., ., , ,, , ., ., engines. you know, our bikes are not much more — engines. you know, our bikes are not much more complicated _ engines. you know, our bikes are not much more complicated than - engines. you know, our bikes are not much more complicated than a - much more complicated than a chariot, they are pretty simple. they didn't want to give an inch back then and nothing has changed, really. the racing isjust the same. some of the riders have been back at bellevue stadium in manchester to celebrate their historic achievement, to hold a version of the trophy winners actually get to keep, at 20 kilos, one of the heaviest cups in any sport, and made from a speedway engine, of course. and to get in a final few laps before the sport goes into its winter break, the british team now goes into that break as world champions for the first time since 1989. �* , ., champions for the first time since 1989. ~ , ., ., ., 1989. and they have done it, won the world championship _ 1989. and they have done it, won the world championship here _ 1989. and they have done it, won the world championship here at - 1989. and they have done it, won the world championship here at the - world championship here at the national speedway centre in front of a home crowd. it could well be a defining moment for the sport. igirdle defining moment for the sport. - needed a shot in the arm for the sport in this country. it raises awareness of the sport, and what we really need to do is get more people watching, it is a fantastic sport to watch, so exciting i think it goes under the radar than what you are looking for. in the long—term what you want is more riders to come into it. got to be the most accessible motorsport around. speedo doesn't require that, it is a relatively small investment and you will see the return straightaway. lian small investment and you will see the return straightaway. don brennan started racing — the return straightaway. don brennan started racing on _ the return straightaway. don brennan started racing on grass _ the return straightaway. don brennan started racing on grass on _ the return straightaway. don brennan started racing on grass on minibikes i started racing on grass on minibikes aged six, and came to speedway through motocross to become a world champion. it is through motocross to become a world cham-ion. , ., , champion. it is the only thing i have ever _ champion. it is the only thing i have ever sort _ champion. it is the only thing i have ever sort of _ champion. it is the only thing i have ever sort of been - champion. it is the only thing i have ever sort of been told . champion. it is the only thing i | have ever sort of been told how champion. it is the only thing i. have ever sort of been told how to do and i have actually maintained. so school was pretty tricky, and spedway is the one thing i seem to be pretty good at. it is hard to explain the rush you get from it. it can be overdone when you are having a bad one. in can be overdone when you are having a bad one. ., , can be overdone when you are having a bad one. ., .,, a bad one. in eastern europe, whether sport _ a bad one. in eastern europe, whether sport has _ a bad one. in eastern europe, whether sport has a _ a bad one. in eastern europe, whether sport has a high - a bad one. in eastern europe, i whether sport has a high profile, the likes of dan and tom would be icons now, recognised wherever they went. becoming world champions means they can now dream of the sport going again here. had they can now dream of the sport going again here.— they can now dream of the sport going again here. had a little visit to rome at _ going again here. had a little visit to rome at the _ going again here. had a little visit to rome at the end _ going again here. had a little visit to rome at the end of— going again here. had a little visit to rome at the end of the - going again here. had a little visit| to rome at the end of the season, seeing the old coliseum, and it was cool walking in here today. you know, obviously not the same size, but it is two oval tracks. so who knows? maybe in a few years we will have something the size of the coliseum. this have something the size of the coliseum. �* , have something the size of the coliseum-— have something the size of the coliseum. . , _ ., , coliseum. as the saying goes, when in rome. huge congratulations. so much jeopardy on the line, anything can happen, as we saw with tai, you can be a multiple champion and suddenly it is over. amazing.— it is over. amazing. there is a kind of sporting — it is over. amazing. there is a kind of sporting team — it is over. amazing. there is a kind of sporting team to _ it is over. amazing. there is a kind of sporting team to what _ it is over. amazing. there is a kind of sporting team to what we - it is over. amazing. there is a kind of sporting team to what we are i of sporting team to what we are talking about now... of sporting team to what we are talking about now. . .— of sporting team to what we are talking about now... great sporting achievements _ talking about now... great sporting achievements in _ talking about now... great sporting achievements in the _ talking about now... great sporting achievements in the old _ talking about now... great sporting achievements in the old wickets. i achievements in the old wickets. sorry, i don't want to interrupt. ollie sorry, i don't want to interrupt. 0llie pope isjust out. i think we should talk about speedo, because... you look like you are in tears. i need a cup of tea. we - you look like you are in tears. i need a cup of tea. we will - you look like you are in tears. i need a cup of tea. we will sort| need a cup of tea. we will sort an one need a cup of tea. we will sort anyone out- — need a cup of tea. we will sort anyone out. this _ need a cup of tea. we will sort anyone out. this will— need a cup of tea. we will sort anyone out. this will cheer . need a cup of tea. we will sort| anyone out. this will cheer you need a cup of tea. we will sort - anyone out. this will cheer you up. this is brilliant, i've been following it all year. he's the charity fundraiser who is best known for walking through rain, wind and snow, dressed only in a pair of swimming trunks. since may, michael cullen, better known as speedo mick, has been travelling all over the uk and ireland, raising money for groups that support young people, and those battling mental health issues. and now he's been given a hero's welcome as he finished his epic journey in his home city of liverpool. andy gill was there. and he's back now, in his home city! liverpool greets speedo mick! speedo mick iets a liverpool greets speedo mick! speedo mick gets a hero's _ liverpool greets speedo mick! speedo mick gets a hero's welcome _ mick gets a hero's welcome unlivable's waterfront. the legs that have covered 2500 miles still with enough energy for a victoryjig stop how are you feeling? with enough energy for a victory 'ig stop how are you feeling?- stop how are you feeling? tired, really tired. _ stop how are you feeling? tired, really tired, to _ stop how are you feeling? tired, really tired, to be _ stop how are you feeling? tired, really tired, to be honest. - stop how are you feeling? tired, really tired, to be honest. i - stop how are you feeling? tired, really tired, to be honest. ijust| really tired, to be honest. ijust wanted to get in today, but obviously the adrenaline is carrying me on. i am thrilled, i am thrilled to have finished the walk. horde me on. i am thrilled, i am thrilled to have finished the walk. how are the leis? to have finished the walk. how are the legs? very. — to have finished the walk. how are the legs? very, very— to have finished the walk. how are the legs? very, very tired. - to have finished the walk. how are the legs? very, very tired. they i to have finished the walk. how are l the legs? very, very tired. they are very happy- — the legs? very, very tired. they are very happy- really _ the legs? very, very tired. they are very happy- really happy _ the legs? very, very tired. they are very happy. really happy indeed. i l very happy. really happy indeed. i really don't think i would be able to go much further, to be honest, because every single day, my legs were getting more painful, and it wasjust getting harder were getting more painful, and it was just getting harder and were getting more painful, and it wasjust getting harder and harder. what do you think of the welcome down at bpo here? it is what do you think of the welcome down at bpo here?— down at bpo here? it is actually fantastic, know _ down at bpo here? it is actually fantastic, know what _ down at bpo here? it is actually fantastic, know what i _ down at bpo here? it is actually fantastic, know what i mean? i down at bpo here? it is actually i fantastic, know what i mean? the city of liverpool, you just get a wonderful reception, whoever you are, coming into the city. this latest walk — are, coming into the city. this latest walk started _ are, coming into the city. this latest walk started in - are, coming into the city. this latest walk started in may undertook took in ireland, england, scotland and wales. he was giving out money raised in previous walks to mental health and young people's charities, and raising yet more money in the process. igirdle and raising yet more money in the rocess. ~ ., and raising yet more money in the rocess. . . . , , , ., ., process. we are incredibly proud of s-eedo process. we are incredibly proud of speedo mick- _ process. we are incredibly proud of speedo mick. he _ process. we are incredibly proud of speedo mick. he is _ process. we are incredibly proud of speedo mick. he is a _ process. we are incredibly proud of speedo mick. he is a legend. - process. we are incredibly proud of speedo mick. he is a legend. if. speedo mick. he is a legend. if anybody deserves an honour of the queen, _ anybody deserves an honour of the queen, it — anybody deserves an honour of the queen, it is — anybody deserves an honour of the queen, it is our speedo mick, he is a legend _ queen, it is our speedo mick, he is a legend l — queen, it is our speedo mick, he is a leiend. ., , queen, it is our speedo mick, he is a leiend. ,, , ., queen, it is our speedo mick, he is a leiend. ~' , ., ., , a legend. i think he is an absolute inspiration. _ a legend. i think he is an absolute inspiration, as _ a legend. i think he is an absolute inspiration, as a _ a legend. i think he is an absolute inspiration, as a city, _ a legend. i think he is an absolute inspiration, as a city, we - a legend. i think he is an absolute inspiration, as a city, we are - a legend. i think he is an absolute inspiration, as a city, we are so i inspiration, as a city, we are so proud _ inspiration, as a city, we are so proud of— inspiration, as a city, we are so proud of him. _ inspiration, as a city, we are so proud of him, he _ inspiration, as a city, we are so proud of him, he represents. inspiration, as a city, we are so proud of him, he represents so| inspiration, as a city, we are so - proud of him, he represents so well. christmas _ proud of him, he represents so well. christmas will — proud of him, he represents so well. christmas will involve _ proud of him, he represents so well. christmas will involve family- proud of him, he represents so well. christmas will involve family time . christmas will involve family time and lots of cake. he doesn't want to do another walk as long as this one, but... �* ., . , do another walk as long as this one, but...�* ., ., p , but... i'm not hanging my knickers u n but... i'm not hanging my knickers u- et, but... i'm not hanging my knickers up yet. you — but... i'm not hanging my knickers up yet. you never— but... i'm not hanging my knickers up yet, you never know _ but... i'm not hanging my knickers up yet, you never know what's - but... i'm not hanging my knickersi up yet, you never know what's going to happen next! this up yet, you never know what's going to happen next!— up yet, you never know what's going to happen next! this latest swimming trunks track ending _ to happen next! this latest swimming trunks track ending with _ to happen next! this latest swimming trunks track ending with -- _ to happen next! this latest swimming trunks track ending with -- ending . trunks track ending with —— ending on speedo's birthday. # happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!— birthday to you! andy gill, bbc news, liverpool. _ that is a great scene, isn't it? that is a great scene, isn't it? that was the wrong finishing shot, though. should havejust finished with him dancing. fabulous. you saw him in all sorts of weather, in just those speedos, determined to succeed. ., , �* ., succeed. one thing he doesn't have to worry about _ succeed. one thing he doesn't have to worry about anymore, _ succeed. one thing he doesn't have to worry about anymore, for- succeed. one thing he doesn't have to worry about anymore, for a - succeed. one thing he doesn't have to worry about anymore, for a bit, i to worry about anymore, for a bit, anyway. the weather. sarah is going to tell you shouldn't be too much of a problem. good morning, sarah. at least he had this hat and scarf on, because cold weather is on the clouds. you will notice that through the course of the weekend with temperatures coming down a little bit. it has been mild recently. the dry, settled then continuing, but getting cold over the next few days. some mist and fog around. high—pressure in charge, keeping things mostly settled and dry out there. that is why things are changing very quickly. the high—pressure is also trapping an anti— cyclonic gloom. the low cloud, mist, and murk we have out there, particularly in central and eastern england, with thick fog patches that are going to be slow to clear. some patches will linger elsewhere during the day. the best sunshine will be in the north and west of a higher ground, so parts of highland scotland sticking up above the cloud. fine and blue sky and glimpses of blue sky for northern england, northern ireland, western parts of england and wales, too. it is getting up to 10— 11 degrees in the south. colder to the north, particularly if you keep the mist and fog. through the evening and overnight, it stays largely dry and settled, with low cloud across england and wales, keeping temperatures reasonably mild. but likely some frosting is around for northern england and scotland in particular. some misty fractures in fog lingering around eastern england again. some sunshine tomorrow will breakthrough similar to what we saw today for parts of scotland, north—west england, western parts of england and wales and northern ireland. further east you will keep the thick cloud. it will be taken enough. temperatures 5— 10 degrees through the course of sunday did not changing much into monday. high—pressure still with us, still largely dry and settled and cloudy. some breaks in the cloud, so perhaps some blue sky breaking and across parts of england and wales by monday. still fairly cloudy along the east coast, though. temperatures 5- 10 the east coast, though. temperatures 5— 10 degrees during the day on monday. then the all—important lead up monday. then the all—important lead up to the festive period, what will happen with the weather? high—pressure will tend to nudge its way to the east. a weather front just trying to push on from the north as we had to the middle of the week. then the weather system waiting out in the atlantic, it looks like there will wind out and wind us some unsettled weather. the next few days, chilli, overnight frost, but largely dry and fairly cloudy. then the cloud and sleet symbols come into the weekend. it will turn milder and more unsettled towards the christmas weekend. back towards the christmas weekend. back to you both. towards the christmas weekend. back to ou both. ., ., towards the christmas weekend. back to ou both. ., ,, ., ,, to you both. thank you, sarah. see ou later. now on breakfast. it's time for newswatch. we will be back with the headlines at 8am. hello and welcome to the last newswatch of 2021 with me, samira ahmed. as covid cases rise sharply, has bbc news focused too much on the government's political troubles? and is it strictly necessary to feature bbc�*s celebrity dancing show on bbc news? notwithstanding what looks increasingly like a health emergency over the 0micron variant of covid, the government has faced a legion of difficulties this week. on tuesday night there was the biggest backbench rebellion of boris johnson's premiership, over new covid regulations. on thursday the conservatives lost in the north shropshire by—election, a seat they had held for 200 years, and last election with a majority of 23,000. and tales of parties and gatherings around westminster last december continued to swirl around. here's helen catt reporting on sunday on the latest revelations about what went on in downing street a year ago. it's the christmas quiz that downing street said was virtual, but is now posing very real questions for the prime minister. pictured here with two aides hosting a round on 15 december last year. 0n the video call, number 10 staff, some dialling in from home, others apparently gathered in groups elsewhere in the building. at the time, indoor socialising with others was banned in london. a number of newswatch viewers felt the coverage of that quiz, and more widely of alleged parties over the past couple of weeks, was excessive and threatened to distract the public from the increasing dangers posed by the pandemic. belinda craig emailed: and tim semmens had this to say: well, we asked to talk to someone from the bbc�*s politics department about this, but no—one was available. instead we were given this statement. in a pre—recorded address shown on sunday evening on bbc one and other channels, the prime minister declared that there was a "tidal wave" of 0micron coming. he started his statement like this. over the past year we have shown that vaccination is the key to beating covid, and that it works. the uk was the first country in the world to administer a vaccine. we delivered we delivered the fastest rollout in europe, and we have begun the fastest booster campaign too, with over 500,000 jabs delivered yesterday alone. given that no new restrictions or regulations were being announced, some viewers were confused about why broadcasters had given the prime minister the airtime to make his address. here is martin burgess—moon. i'm just wondering why it was on, interrupting prime—time tv on bbc one, when basically all he was doing was confirming the spread of 0micron, and also plugging the booster jabs, that everybody should have a boosterjab, which is what we have been told for quite a while anyway, and are continuing to be told. it seems a bit of a pointless exercise, and as far as i could tell at the start he seemed to be plugging himself, and basically going on about his success in rolling out the vaccines and so on. and i was wondering, with all the problems he has been having with these alleged christmas parties and also the upcoming by—election, was this an exercise really just to boost himself? and it seemed to come across more like a party political broadcast. so i was wondering, seeing this was pre—recorded and obviously there was no chance for a journalist or the public to put questions to him, or question why this emergency broadcast was necessary, did nobody watch this and take a look at it first before it was broadcast and think... this just seems a little bit dodgy? well, we asked for an answer to those points as well, and we were given a statement. it pointed out that the bbc news channel showed reaction from other parties following the prime minister's statement, and that responses from the leader of the opposition and the first ministers of scotland and wales were also broadcast this week. and a bbc spokesperson also told us: 0n last week's programme we discussed whether distressing —— 0n last week's programme we discussed whether distressing details of the death of six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes and other recent murder cases should have been shown before the watershed on the early evening news. that debate continued this week after the news at six reported on another highly upsetting case, the death of the 16—month—old star hobson. star hobson was murdered when she was just 16 months old. today the two people who should have loved and cared for her, but instead were responsible for her death, was sentenced for their crimes. these two callers to our phone line did not think the level of detail included in that report was appropriate for an audience at six o'clock. with regards to the murder of the little girl, i just wanted to say that i think the bbc has got this really wrong. if you are driving down the motorway and there has been an awful crash, people slow down and have a look, which is just awful in itself. but this is tantamount to the bbc representing somebody stood there, slowing the cars down and saying "have a look, have a look". i am just horrified that so many young families are watching and hearing this in the early part of the evening. please, please can the watershed on bad and awful news be placed please, if it has to be at all, in the ten o'clock news and not the six o'clock news. hillary nichol there. but other viewers had a different perspective, with norma emailing: and responding to complaints last week about the coverage of arthur labinjo—hughes' death, ruth driscoll wrote: an interview this week on the bbc�*s world news channel, also shown domestically on the news website, caused a bit of a storm. karishma vaswani broached the subject of so—called cancel culture around comedy, with the actor and comedian john cleese. where racist behaviour, for instance, was couched as a bit of banter, is that acceptable in your view a . sajoke? i think that is a very poor question. i'd like you to answer it. well, it's hard because it's so scattered and there are so many different ideas in it, i don't know which place to start with to answer it. i want to ask you about your thoughts on another comedian, i don't know if you know this american comedian, dave chapelle, who faced a huge backlash for his... crosstalk. oh, we're back on cancel culture. i thought we were going to be talking about shows and comedy, but i am not interested in doing this interview any more, so i will leave you now, bye—bye. and that was that. butjohn cleese has said he intends to put in a formal complaint about what he called the "deception, dishonesty and tone" of the interview. susan miernickie got in touch with us with her reaction. the bbc issued this statement in response. finally, this weekend sees the final of bbc 0ne's hit entertainment show, strictly come dancing. breakfast viewers, even those who don't watch strictly, will have become familiar with the somewhat controversial progress in the competition of dan walker, who was knocked out in the quarterfinal after his argentine tango. but even in his absence last sunday, the dance show was still on the agenda on the breakfast sofa. the glitter ball trophy is now in touching distance for rose, aj, john and rhys. so let's have a look at some of the highlights. music. applause. that dance belongs in the final. - applause. what a way to close the show, that argentine tango... i was mesmerised by that. it was incredible. a number of viewers have contacted us over the past few weeks about the prominence they thought strictly has been given during breakfast and across bbc news. sarah jenkins wondered: and shirley added: breakfast told us that as a magazine show they regularly feature a variety of entertainment shows, and added in a statement: thank you for all your content this week. if you want to share your opinion about what you see, read or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online and social media, email: or you can find us on twitter: you can call us: and do have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us, we are off the air over christmas and new year, but we will be back in three weeks time to hear more of your thoughts about bbc news coverage. goodbye and happy christmas. good morning welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today. the uk's top civil servant stands down from running an inquiry into downing street parties — because of an event in his own office. government scientific advisers warn that tougher covid restrictions are needed ”very soon”, to prevent a big rise in hospital admissions in england. i live at the vaccination centre in north london where they have been vaccinating throughout the night and they are hoping to hit 5000 jabs by they are hoping to hit 5000 jabs by the time they finish at 6pm and as you can see, the booster effort is continuing here apace. the glittterball trophy is up for grabs in tonight's strictly final. but aj and kai won't be on the dancefloor...they miss out because of injury. england wickets are tumbling in the second ashes test... captainjoe root, darvid malan and ollie pope all out with england still 300 runs behind. good morning. it's a largely dry but fairly cloudy weekend ahead and it is going to be feeling a bit colder than it has been lately. i'll bring you all the details, coming up shortly. it's saturday, 18th december. our main story. the uk's top civil servant has stepped down from leading an inquiry into downing street lockdown parties, after it emerged an event was held in his own office last year. simon case's investigation was supposed to clear up whether rules had been broken — but instead it's another damaging development for the prime minister after a bruising couple of weeks. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. westminster is packed up for christmas, but it is events from this time last year that are continuing to cause controversy. simon case is the man the prime minister asked to look at allegations of rule breaking all parties, but yesterday it emerged that there had been an event at his own private office. e—mails had invited people to a christmas party, which it emerged yesterday, was a quiz. the cabinet secretary did not attend, but he did speak to staff as he left. last night, it was announced that he would stand back from the enquiry and another top civil servant, sue gray, would complete the probe. it is incredibly hard to believe that no one in government knew that these parties were happening and there is a huge amount of evidence now and i do believe that the investigation that sue gray is going to be leading up, if the evidence is there, they need to carry that investigation out very swiftly to restore the public trust and then hand over that evidence to the police because no one is above the law. it is another damaging episode after a damaging few weeks for the government. from accusations of not taking sleaze seriously, to big rebellions in parliament, to this. cheering and applause. the remarkable result in north shropshire, with the liberal democrats overturning a 26,000 majority for the conservatives and they think they burst the prime minister's bubble in the process. that is always the signal sent by the public when they feel that things have gone wrong and that the answer to that is very simple, it is not more of the same, it is the reality that if we want to get the vote back, then we have to be able to show that we deserve that support. the past few weeks have led to questions over borisjohnson's authority and his politicalfuture. many conservatives think things need to change in here if he is going to steady the ship. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. we're joined now by our political correspondentjonathan blake — jonathan, this will be another blow after an already bad week for the prime minister — and now on top of that a warning from the government's scientific advisors for tougher measures? good morning. that is the view of advisers on the sage committee which meets regularly and is made up of a large number of different scientists and advisers who are there really to steer the government's thinking and come up with a range of scenarios, not necessarily concrete proposals, nevertheless leaked minutes from a meeting of sage advisers on thursday, seen byjim reid has suggested if the aim at the moment is to reduce the level of infection is to reduce the level of infection is to reduce the level of infection is to prevent a big increase in hospital admissions, which could hit 3000 per day, then further measures are or may be necessary. to give you are or may be necessary. to give you a bit of guidance on the figures there, hospitaladmissions a bit of guidance on the figures there, hospital admissions are currently running between eight and 900 and the pig last winter was approaching 4000 per day. throughout the pandemic, the government said unsustainable pressure is the benchmark for whether or not more restrictions are needed, when they are looking at the nhs and how it is coping. sage suggesting that the types of measures that could be useful are akin to those that we saw during step three and step two coming out last year, limits on socialising and social groups and also possibly closing or limiting the hours of hospitality venues as well. , ., . . the hours of hospitality venues as well. , ., ., ., ., ,, the hours of hospitality venues as well. . ., . . . ~ , ., , the hours of hospitality venues as well. , ., ., ., ., ,, i. , . nhs england say boosterjabs will be available at nearly 3,000 locations across the country this weekend. several football grounds and racecourses will be among those used as vaccination centres. some venues will be open twenty—four hours a day. it comes as a record number of daily covid cases were recorded in the uk yesterday for a third day in a row. all four nations are meeting this weekend to discuss the response to the spread of the 0micron variant. inafew in a few minutes, our reporter is that one of those centres and we will get a look at the work they are doing. we spoke to him earlier, and it was busy and people were working very hard. ireland has announced new restrictions in an effort to slow the spread of the 0micron variant, ordering bars and restaurants to close every night from 8pm. sport venues will have to operate at 50—percent capacity and wedding receptions will be limited to 100 guests. the new variant now represents a third of new cases in the country. from today travellers arriving in france from the uk, who are not french residents or citizens, must give a "compelling reason" to enter the country. long queues were reported at ports and at st pancras station before the restrictions come into effect. let's get more from our europe correspondent mark lowen — mark it's been a busy 24 hours with people trying to get away for christmas you are in france and it has already started. , .., you are in france and it has already started. , .. ., you are in france and it has already started. , ., , . . started. they came into effect at midni . ht started. they came into effect at midnight last _ started. they came into effect at midnight last night, _ started. they came into effect at midnight last night, french - started. they came into effect at| midnight last night, french time, 11pm. there were britons trying to get in before the deadline and some who are very lucky to have got here, to the beautiful slop —— slopes of mont blanc. we are in chamonix and the skiing conditions are perfect, not to make you too jealous, but we spoke to britons here who are counting their luck, really to have got in before the deadline. many told us they had friends and family who were planning to join them told us they had friends and family who were planning tojoin them in the days ahead and they now cannot do that, because france has closed the door to all but essential travel, excluding french nationals and citizens and their families, travel, excluding french nationals and citizens and theirfamilies, who can still come in. that is because of the galloping speed of 0micron in the uk and the french prime ministers said today that the 0micron, he compared it to lightning, and a statement that came in a couple of days ago from the french government said with a tidal wave of 0micron in the uk, france needed to act. the problem for resorts like chamonix that depend on british tourism is that about one in four of all visitors to chamonix pre—pandemic were britons, so french businesses, hotels, restaurants and cafes are really counting their losses as the britons who got in here before the deadline comes their luck. this here before the deadline comes their luck. �* , ., here before the deadline comes their luck. . , ., ., ., luck. as we are all looking rather enviously at _ luck. as we are all looking rather enviously at the _ luck. as we are all looking rather enviously at the background, - luck. as we are all looking rather enviously at the background, no | enviously at the background, no question, there is a bit of confusion, both politically and from individuals here in the uk, as to why france took these measures, given as i am understanding, they are also seeing numbers of this new strain of covid increasing quite dramatically, albeit not at the levels here in the uk yet. yeah, the number of — levels here in the uk yet. yeah, the number of omicron _ levels here in the uk yet. yeah, the number of omicron cases _ levels here in the uk yet. yeah, the number of omicron cases confirmed levels here in the uk yet. yeah, the i number of omicron cases confirmed in number of 0micron cases confirmed in france are a fraction of those in the uk. there is an argument that british genome sequencing is simply more superior, and the number of 0micron cases here is probably much higher than declared but france said it felt the need to close the drawbridge quickly in order to allow the french booster campaign to pick up the french booster campaign to pick up pace. they have now, here in france, reduce the weight from a second jab to four months to try and encourage more people to be boosted, but our hospitals here are filling up but our hospitals here are filling up over christmas and a spokesperson said there could be 4000 people in intensive care units by christmas and they are worried, but of course it is frustrating for british tourists hoping to come here during the ski season, it was going to be a bumper season with fantastic conditions, with ferries and trains and flights full and they were hoping, finally, for a bit of relief from the lockdowns, but now the french resorts feel that they could be looking at potentially yet another lost season.- be looking at potentially yet another lost season. . ,, , ., , another lost season. thank you very much. it's the strictly come dancing final tonight but it's sad news for aj and her partner kai, who have pulled out of the show. the tv presenter has torn a ligament in her right ankle which means only two couples will compete for the glitterball as david silleto reports. last week, it was a full house of tens for aj and kai's quickstep. the tv presenter aj 0dudo was on her way to the final. i am really happy, thank you so much for all of your votes. iam i am buzzing! just days later, she posted this picture of herself sitting with crutches and a bandaged foot. an injury picked up during the hours of training. she has now had to admit defeat. she could barely stand, let alone dance, a ligament had been torn. my ankle has given way and my ligaments ruptured and it was just not going to happen. i am really gutted, because we were ready to smash it. this isn't the way that we wanted to go out, obviously, but even just looking back at all of those moments, it has just been an absolute pleasure dancing with you every single week. so, thank you. it had been clear on week one that she was going to be a contender for the glitter ball trophy. i mean, it is like we have just dropped into week nine or something, have we? it is not week one! there is not much to say, it was absolutely remarkable! by week 12, she was just one point short of a perfect score for her two dances. ten! i literally have done everything within my power, to the point where even to the medics this morning i was like, do you think i can dance in a moon boot? and they were like, no! it means the final tonight will be between the two remaining couples. aj offered her best wishes saying good luck to my partners in dance, john and johannes, rose and giovanni. i will be cheering you on, on one leg. david sillitoe, bbc news. the final is taking place tonight and in a lot of people will be glued to save how that unfolds, notwithstanding the disappointments for one contestant.— for one contestant. especially after all hard work. _ here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. it might be a night to stay in and watch the tv. it it might be a night to stay in and watch the tv-_ watch the tv. it is going to be chill . watch the tv. it is going to be chilly- that — watch the tv. it is going to be chilly. that sums _ watch the tv. it is going to be chilly. that sums it _ watch the tv. it is going to be chilly. that sums it up. - watch the tv. it is going to be chilly. that sums it up. the i watch the tv. it is going to be - chilly. that sums it up. the weather is a little bit meh. some of us will be lucky enough to see sunshine but this is the picture in kent, reduced visibility, so take care on the roads, especially in the east of england with mist and fog around. through the weekend in general, a lot of dry weather, fairly cloudy, fairly grey and cooler that it has been recently. that is due to the fact that we have got this big area of high pressure, well and truly in charge, right across the uk, high pressure but it is trapping in all that low cloud and murkiness through central and eastern parts of england but we have also got mist and fog elsewhere through the central belt of scotland. sunshine will break through, especially over the high ground of scotland, glorious blue sky and sunshine because it is higher than all that low cloud and murkiness. also sunshine for north west england, northern ireland, western parts of wales and south west england. towards the east, trapped under grey cloud, 10 degrees orso trapped under grey cloud, 10 degrees or so the top temperature. moving through this evening and overnight, no great change, a little bit of a breeze through the english channel and into parts of south—east england, but in general it is looking dry and some clear skies, especially for scotland in the north of england, temperatures will fall lewis, a touch of frost tomorrow morning, but most of us under the blanket of cloud stain from spray. temperature similar to today, largely dry, the cloud big enough for the odd spot of drizzle in the south and east, best of any brightness breaking through that cloud for wales, northern ireland, north west england and parts of scotland as well. temperatures ranging between 5—10 for most of us, turning cooler that it has been recently and that trend continues as we head into monday. high pressure still with us, spot the difference through the next few days, could be more sunshine breaking through the cloud at times add four central parts of england and wales, but still a bit of mist and fog around these coast and where it lingers in these coast and where it lingers in the likes of aberdeen, only 2 degrees the top temperature. we could see just about double figures in the far south west. heading through the week leading up to christmas, high pressure not far away, it looks like it will slowly start to clear towards the east. potentially a cold front moving into the north introducing clear air in the north introducing clear air in the middle of the week and then weather fronts waiting in the atlantic. the next three days, dry, settled, some overnight frost, the potential for things to turn more unsettled, milder in the south, potentially the odd flake of snow around for some of us as we look towards christmas day, but still a lot to be played for in the run—up to christmas. nhs england says it's "pulling out all the stops" to get people vaccinated before the end of the month, with almost 3—thousand centres opening this weekend. 0ur reporter ben boulos is at a gp practice in north london, which is the capital's first 24 hour vaccination clinic. ben how busy has it been overnight? they have passed the halfway mark. they have passed the halfway mark. they have passed the halfway mark. they have been going since 6pm yesterday and already given 2500 vaccinations and hoping to hit 5000. there are rooms where they are bringing people into have their vaccinations, first, second and booster doses. this lady is just about to get a booster shot. horde about to get a booster shot. how does it fail? _ about to get a booster shot. how does it fail? it _ about to get a booster shot. how does it fail? it feels _ about to get a booster shot. how does it fail? it feels quite good and i_ does it fail? it feels quite good and i am — does it fail? it feels quite good and i am happy to be here and also having _ and i am happy to be here and also having access to this place is quite good _ having access to this place is quite good did — having access to this place is quite iood. , ., .. , having access to this place is quite iood. , ., , .«i good. did the 24-hour facility make a difference — good. did the 24-hour facility make a difference to _ good. did the 24-hour facility make a difference to you? _ good. did the 24-hour facility make a difference to you? definitely. - a difference to you? definitely. instead a difference to you? definitely. instead of _ a difference to you? definitely. instead of having _ a difference to you? definitely. instead of having to _ a difference to you? definitely. instead of having to worry - a difference to you? definitely. l instead of having to worry about what _ instead of having to worry about what time — instead of having to worry about what time you come in, you have 24 hours. _ what time you come in, you have 24 hours. you _ what time you come in, you have 24 hours, you can get here any time. we will not hours, you can get here any time. will not hold hours, you can get here any time. - will not hold you up, francesca is ready to give you your vaccination. this is what the effort is all about. getting those shots, those jabs into arms. this lady is one of hundreds of thousands, hopefully, in the coming days to get their vaccination. they could only do this with the help of volunteers. kyle is one of them, he is showing people around. you are a professional dancer, how did you get involved? when the covid hits, all the dance work— when the covid hits, all the dance work dried — when the covid hits, all the dance work dried up. _ when the covid hits, all the dance work dried up, so _ when the covid hits, all the dance work dried up, so i _ when the covid hits, all the dance work dried up, so i then— when the covid hits, all the dance work dried up, so i then found - when the covid hits, all the dancel work dried up, so i then found that my friend — work dried up, so i then found that my friend russell, _ work dried up, so i then found that my friend russell, he _ work dried up, so i then found that my friend russell, he lived - work dried up, so i then found that my friend russell, he lived around| my friend russell, he lived around the corner. — my friend russell, he lived around the corner, sorry, _ my friend russell, he lived around the corner, sorry, he _ my friend russell, he lived around the corner, sorry, he just- my friend russell, he lived around the corner, sorry, he just let - my friend russell, he lived around the corner, sorry, he just let me i the corner, sorry, he just let me know— the corner, sorry, he just let me know that — the corner, sorry, he just let me know that there _ the corner, sorry, he just let me know that there was _ the corner, sorry, he just let me know that there was also - the corner, sorry, he just let me know that there was also this . the corner, sorry, he just let mel know that there was also this and the corner, sorry, he just let me i know that there was also this and i offered _ know that there was also this and i offered to— know that there was also this and i offered to help _ know that there was also this and i offered to help. you _ know that there was also this and i offered to help.— offered to help. you are busy, let us s-eak offered to help. you are busy, let us speak to _ offered to help. you are busy, let us speak to doctor _ offered to help. you are busy, let us speak to doctor russell, - offered to help. you are busy, let us speak to doctor russell, the i offered to help. you are busy, let| us speak to doctor russell, the gp overseen all of this, he is in the room where they are preparing all the vaccinations. it is all very well setting up a facility like this but it cannot have been easy. yes. but it cannot have been easy. yes, it has not been _ but it cannot have been easy. yes, it has not been too _ but it cannot have been easy. yes, it has not been too bad, _ but it cannot have been easy. yes, it has not been too bad, i - but it cannot have been easy. yes, it has not been too bad, i am - but it cannot have been easy. yes, it has not been too bad, i am so not have _ it has not been too bad, i am so not have a _ it has not been too bad, i am so not have a through, we have a lot of great _ have a through, we have a lot of great staff— have a through, we have a lot of great staff and volunteers who put in so _ great staff and volunteers who put in so much — great staff and volunteers who put in so much hard work since we opened and we _ in so much hard work since we opened and we are _ in so much hard work since we opened and we are about to pass 150,000 vaccinations given and they are all keen_ vaccinations given and they are all keen to _ vaccinations given and they are all keen to respond and help us. having the facility open _ keen to respond and help us. having the facility open through _ keen to respond and help us. having the facility open through the - keen to respond and help us. having the facility open through the night, i the facility open through the night, it sounds convenient and ambitious, do people turn up at 2am or 3am? that do people turn up at 2am or 3am? at the moment the demand is there, a lot of— the moment the demand is there, a lot of people came between midnight and 6am, _ lot of people came between midnight and 6am, there were a few hours with their were _ and 6am, there were a few hours with their were not that many but a lot of people — their were not that many but a lot of people finishing work, in the emergency services or shift work coming _ emergency services or shift work coming and finding it easy to get their— coming and finding it easy to get their vaccination and a surprising number— their vaccination and a surprising number of— their vaccination and a surprising number of first vaccinations from people. — number of first vaccinations from people, maybe because we are open in the middle _ people, maybe because we are open in the middle of the night or they are worried _ the middle of the night or they are worried about omicron and they have realised _ worried about omicron and they have realised they would like to get vaccinated.— realised they would like to get vaccinated. , ., , vaccinated. the problem we were heafini vaccinated. the problem we were hearing earlier _ vaccinated. the problem we were hearing earlier in _ vaccinated. the problem we were hearing earlier in the _ vaccinated. the problem we were hearing earlier in the wake - vaccinated. the problem we were hearing earlier in the wake is - vaccinated. the problem we were | hearing earlier in the wake is long waiting times at vaccination centres, in some cases up to four hours or longer, how is that working out here? ., hours or longer, how is that working out here? . , ., out here? overall, patients are beini out here? overall, patients are being really _ out here? overall, patients are being really tolerant, _ out here? overall, patients are being really tolerant, they - out here? overall, patients are | being really tolerant, they know out here? overall, patients are - being really tolerant, they know we are working hard to try and get vaccinations as quickly as possible. happily— vaccinations as quickly as possible. happily we — vaccinations as quickly as possible. happily we have an efficient system and normally it is about 10—15 minutes, _ and normally it is about 10—15 minutes, sometimes we have longer walts— minutes, sometimes we have longer waits when_ minutes, sometimes we have longer waits when there is peak demand, but we do _ waits when there is peak demand, but we do the _ waits when there is peak demand, but we do the best we can. the waits when there is peak demand, but we do the best we can.— we do the best we can. the team you have iot we do the best we can. the team you have got here. _ we do the best we can. the team you have got here, remarkably _ we do the best we can. the team you have got here, remarkably efficient, | have got here, remarkably efficient, you have got volunteers, medical students, from all walks of life, you would not have been able to do it without them, how broad or the range of volunteers? brute it without them, how broad or the range of volunteers?— range of volunteers? we have got --eole range of volunteers? we have got people who _ range of volunteers? we have got people who have _ range of volunteers? we have got people who have not _ range of volunteers? we have got people who have not worked - range of volunteers? we have got people who have not worked in i range of volunteers? we have got| people who have not worked in the nhs, _ people who have not worked in the nhs, came — people who have not worked in the nhs, came into the work, we have got consultant— nhs, came into the work, we have got consultant paediatricians who are retired, _ consultant paediatricians who are retired, retired physiotherapist, all the _ retired, retired physiotherapist, all the way down to first—year medical— all the way down to first—year medical students and even people looking _ medical students and even people looking to apply to medical school getting _ looking to apply to medical school getting great experience of what it is like _ getting great experience of what it is like to _ getting great experience of what it is like to work in the nhs and help patients _ is like to work in the nhs and help patients. the is like to work in the nhs and help -atients. , , , ., ., ., , patients. the numbers you are hoping to hit here, — patients. the numbers you are hoping to hit here, 5000 — patients. the numbers you are hoping to hit here, 5000 by— patients. the numbers you are hoping to hit here, 5000 by the _ patients. the numbers you are hoping to hit here, 5000 by the end - patients. the numbers you are hoping to hit here, 5000 by the end of - to hit here, 5000 by the end of today? to hit here, 5000 by the end of toda ? , ., , to hit here, 5000 by the end of toda ? , . , , , today? getting the latest numbers, we have done _ today? getting the latest numbers, we have done at _ today? getting the latest numbers, we have done at least _ today? getting the latest numbers, we have done at least 2500, - today? getting the latest numbers, we have done at least 2500, so - today? getting the latest numbers, we have done at least 2500, so it i we have done at least 2500, so it might— we have done at least 2500, so it might be — we have done at least 2500, so it might be closer to 6000 by the end of the _ might be closer to 6000 by the end of the day — might be closer to 6000 by the end of the da . ., ., might be closer to 6000 by the end of the da . ., ,, i. ., might be closer to 6000 by the end ofthe da. ., ,, i. ., might be closer to 6000 by the end ofthe da. ., ,, ., , of the day. thank you. you may see 'ust of the day. thank you. you may see just behind — of the day. thank you. you may see just behind russell, _ of the day. thank you. you may see just behind russell, peter - of the day. thank you. you may see just behind russell, peter is - just behind russell, peter is preparing their vaccinations. it is all part of this slick operation to make sure that when people arrive they can get those vaccinations into their arms as soon as possible, particularly important here in london where 0micron is hitting and hitting hard, case numbers are high and they are rising. it is important to say, this is one of many, many sites around the uk that are giving vaccinations over the weekend. 3000 in all and we are talking football stadiums, racecourses, even christmas markets, plenty of opportunity to get your jab christmas markets, plenty of opportunity to get yourjab if christmas markets, plenty of opportunity to get your jab if you want it. opportunity to get your 'ab if you want it. ., , , opportunity to get your 'ab if you want it. . , , ., want it. really interesting and . lease want it. really interesting and please pass — want it. really interesting and please pass on _ want it. really interesting and please pass on our— want it. really interesting and please pass on our thanks - want it. really interesting and please pass on our thanks to i please pass on our thanks to everyone in the clinic where you are for allowing us and you to show us around this morning. thank you very much. dr natalie dukes is a gp in grimsby, she's been keeping a video diary over the last few weeks documenting what it's like delivering the vaccines at her surgery. back into the full swing of things, we are two years into this pandemic and things are still evolving. hello? it is doctor dukes speaking. hi. 0micron is creating problems and we are expecting it to create a lot of problems for a lot of people over the next few weeks as the infection seems to spread really fast, so it is important to realise what we can do ourselves to protect ourselves, our loved ones and others and that is to get your vaccinations and to get your boosters done. whatever happens, happens, we will deal with it. we have got enough ppe at the moment, at least we do not have that issue that we had two years ago, so certainly from that perspective, things have improved and at the moment we are having extraordinary meetings to try and free up staff from surgeries that are not vaccinating to go and help in the vaccination clinics, so that will be our priority. i want to set out our plan for managing covid this autumn and winter. this year one of the frustrations has been that the government made it sound as if there were locums we could just hire, that means doctors who do sessions on different surgeries, and yet these locums are not available because there are not enough doctors around the nhs, so it is no use giving us money and making it sound like we can just hire additional staff when those additional staff when those additional staff when those additional staff are not available. it was an example of how we are being hung out to dry, where it is presented to the general public as if there is a solution out there that we just need to grab. walking back into work again in a rather snowy day. it is very frustrating to hear another government minister on the radio today saying that the work for vaccinations needs to take priority over the work that we do in general practice. we cannot ask gps to stop carrying in their usual way, because that leads to a backlog that people and the nhs cannot afford. 0ne people and the nhs cannot afford. one of the things that has improved is that we get very few patients now being unreasonable, shouting and swearing. 0ur receptionists feel that definitely there has been a massive improvement. into my office. several patients have been complaining about the vagueness of advice that they are given now regarding what to do and whatnot advice that they are given now regarding what to do and what not to do with the new variant. so, i really think that the messages need to be given by health leaders. by clinicians, because they have been trained in how to give clear messages and how to convey a clear message. we are really grateful for the patience of people, hopefully we will get through a peaceful christmas, working towards a happier and healthier new year. fiur christmas, working towards a happier and healthier new year.— and healthier new year. our thanks to doctor natalie _ and healthier new year. our thanks to doctor natalie working _ and healthier new year. our thanks to doctor natalie working in - to doctor natalie working in grimsby. in amongst all the myriad of things, one of the things i picked out from that was, we have done stories about the aggression of people that doctors were trying to get and one of the things she said was that has improved, it feels like something we are not having to deal with any more, so many thanks to her for taking time to do that for us. most of them, all of them, will be working right up to christmas. of course, they have time with their families as well, so thank you. a government spokesman said "primary care services, responsible for gps, have been asked to prioritise vaccinations and emergency care, which will mean some non—urgent appointments will need to be postponed. we urge people to be considerate of the enormous effort we are asking them to put in." the time now is 8:24am, saturday morning, maybe you will be out in your garden, so have a think about this. peat compost gives plants near—perfect growing conditions, and it's long been a go—to for many gardeners. but harvesting it is incredibly damaging to the environment. from today, a 12 week consultation begins on phasing out the sale of compost containing peat in england and wales by 2024. let's speak to garden writer and author, kate bradbury. good morning. good morning. lovely to see you, we can see your garden behind you and you had better start with some basics for us, do you want to tell us what the problem is with peat compost? fiifi to tell us what the problem is with peat compost?— to tell us what the problem is with peat compost? ok, the problem is that -eat peat compost? ok, the problem is that peat is — peat compost? ok, the problem is that peat is harvested _ peat compost? ok, the problem is that peat is harvested from - peat compost? ok, the problem is that peat is harvested from peat i that peat is harvested from peat bogs and they are an incredible source, they hold more carbon dioxide per square metre than woodland orforest, they are dioxide per square metre than woodland or forest, they are so good at storing carbon and we are digging them up and destroying them, which is not only releasing vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but it is also, peat bogs are a great habitat for wildlife like dragonflies and butterflies and we need to protect them and stop digging them up. loath? them and stop digging them up. why are we only talking about this now? we have been talking about it for about ten years, the last time the government said they were going to try and phase it out in 2011, by 2015! think, and that deadline just 2015| think, and that deadline just sailed by and here we are going. yeah, time is ticking. what are the alternatives? some people would say that they are used to it, for a start, it is in lots of gardeners habitual gardening, but it is also cheaper than a lot of the processed products out there as well. what would be the inclination, the kind of carrot to kind of say, move away from peat —based compost? i of carrot to kind of say, move away from peat -based compost? i would start by saying _ from peat -based compost? i would start by saying most _ from peat -based compost? i would start by saying most people - from peat -based compost? i would start by saying most people do - from peat -based compost? i would start by saying most people do not. start by saying most people do not know they are buying peat —based compost, the average gardener goes to the garden centre and buy a bag of compost and do not look at the label and they take it back a new set and nine times out of ten that is going to have pete in it. the carrot i suppose is that there are some really good peat free compost available i have never used it. it is december at the moment in my garden is not looking brilliant, but i have never used tempered, i have an allotment and grow my own food, you do not need to used peat —based compost, there are good alternatives using coconut fibre, bracken compost and will, lovely stuff and this argument that peat is necessary and is the best option for gardeners is just not true. it is not. yes, you have to adapt and peat has different qualities to peat free compost, but that does not mean that peat free compost are not as good. i prefer using them, i prefer the feel of them and how seeds germinate in them. ., , ., �* them and how seeds germinate in them. . i. �* i. them and how seeds germinate in them. . �* ., them. kate, you're in your own iarden, them. kate, you're in your own garden. so _ them. kate, you're in your own garden. so can _ them. kate, you're in your own garden, so can you _ them. kate, you're in your own garden, so can you give - them. kate, you're in your own garden, so can you give us - them. kate, you're in your own garden, so can you give us a i them. kate, you're in your own i garden, so can you give us a little talk through the garden and do you have a compost i do. i am talk through the garden and do you have a compost i do.— talk through the garden and do you have a compost i do. i am a wildlife iarden, i have a compost i do. i am a wildlife garden. l garden — have a compost i do. i am a wildlife garden, i garden for _ have a compost i do. i am a wildlife garden, i garden for all _ have a compost i do. i am a wildlife garden, i garden for all species - have a compost i do. i am a wildlife garden, i garden for all species of i garden, i garden for all species of wildlife and i have lot of bird friendly and bee friendly plants, i have a huge pond behind me and compost, i have a compost bin to my right, which is out of shot where i compost my kitchen waste, it is called a hot pen and it compost waste very quickly. right at the back, i have a big pile which is a habitat pile really and that is where the hedgehogs live. kate, toda , it where the hedgehogs live. kate, today, it sounds _ where the hedgehogs live. kate, today, it sounds lovely _ where the hedgehogs live. kate, today, it sounds lovely with - where the hedgehogs live. kate, today, it sounds lovely with the l today, it sounds lovely with the hedgehogs, by the way, today it is cold, so sarah told us it is getting colder, what do you do? when you know you have got something to do, give us inspiration, if you are sitting on the sofa or under the duvet and think i do not want to do any gardening, give us one little thing that you can do in your garden today to motivate you? i thing that you can do in your garden today to motivate you?— today to motivate you? i would say create a habitat _ today to motivate you? i would say create a habitat pile, _ today to motivate you? i would say create a habitat pile, if _ today to motivate you? i would say create a habitat pile, if you - today to motivate you? i would say create a habitat pile, if you have i create a habitat pile, if you have been doing protein or if you need to do some pruning, get some sticks together and pile them up at the back of the border so that things like ladybirds and earthworms, not earthworms, earwigs and all sorts of little critters and hibernate beneath those. really good habitat pies, if you get a big one, you can get hedgehogs, log files are good, in brighton not all the leaves have fallen from the trees and if you're in a part of the country where there are still leaves on the trees, you can gather up leaves to make leaf mould, just get plastic bags, put holes in them, make sure the leaves are wet and then put them at the back of the shed and that is one of the best things you can use in your own home—made potting compost, if you mix a bit of garden compost with a bit of leaf mould and sand, you don't even need to buy compost. make leaf mould and stick piles. for the wildlife. ., y ., leaf mould and stick piles. for the wildlife. ., , ., . , wildlife. lovely to catch up with ou, wildlife. lovely to catch up with you. thank _ wildlife. lovely to catch up with you. thank you _ wildlife. lovely to catch up with you, thank you for _ wildlife. lovely to catch up with you, thank you for talking - wildlife. lovely to catch up with you, thank you for talking us i you, thank you for talking us through the garden where you are and obviously we will keep an eye on how that consultation goes with regards to peat and compost. take that consultation goes with regards to peat and compost.— we will be back shortly. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. it is just after half past eight. it's been a bruising few weeks for the prime minister, from by election defeats to backbench rebellions and allegations of christmas parties held during lockdown last year. now the uk's top civil servant — simon case — who was tasked to investigate those claims, has stepped down from the role, after it emerged an event was held in his own office. we're joined now by the labour mp chris bryant, who is also the chair of the commons select committee on standards. good morning to you. good morning. you got there. i got there in the end. this is a good thing, isn't it? she has a history of investigating various situations, largely as a do it successfully. a good replacement, and your point of view? yes. it successfully. a good replacement, and your point of view?— and your point of view? yes, i have not iot and your point of view? yes, i have not got any — and your point of view? yes, i have not got any grief — and your point of view? yes, i have not got any grief with _ and your point of view? yes, i have not got any grief with her— and your point of view? yes, i have not got any grief with her being - not got any grief with her being appointed. we should have got there earlier. it goes round and round and round and never seems to should have happened months and months ago as the prime minister should have sat down and gone, right, what happened? let's get all of the facts out there and if people broke the rules, they should face the consequences. ifear broke the rules, they should face the consequences. i fear what the prime minister wanted to do is make sure nobody face the consequences. now we end up with this preposterous situation. it feels like downing street is completely dysfunctional. nobody seems to know what is going on. i nobody seems to know what is going on. ~' nobody seems to know what is going on. ~ ., ., , , ., on. i think there are two sides to this, what _ on. i think there are two sides to this, what is _ on. i think there are two sides to this, what is happening - on. i think there are two sides to this, what is happening in - on. i think there are two sides to i this, what is happening in downing street and the government's managing of it, pr for want of a better word. but when it comes to this specific case, would you agree that the right person, or a suitable person, is now in charge, because the investigation needs to continue, or restart. weill. needs to continue, or restart. well, who knows — needs to continue, or restart. well, who knows what _ needs to continue, or restart. well, who knows what needs _ needs to continue, or restart. well, who knows what needs to _ needs to continue, or restart. -ii who knows what needs to happen because we do not know what has already been done. as i understand, it is all the interviews with the individual people, those have been done. will they be done again? well, i have no idea because i don't know how thoroughly they were done. look, in the end of the rules were broken, if they were broken in any other line of work, the police would be investigating. i don't know why the police are not investigating on the situation. it may be now that sue gray has enough information to hand that over to the police, as the prime minister guaranteed in the house of commons, and they can make a judgment as to whether the rules were broken for it they are to be prosecutions. as you know, why does this matter? for two reasons, i think. first of all because everybody in the country believes this is a pandemic. we are all in this is a pandemic. we are all in this together, or we are not going to get through it. the only way we can get through it properly as if the government has enough moral authority to be able to take difficult decisions and at the moment, this has harmed that moral authority. the second point is, you cannot have one set of rules for one set of people and another set of rules for everybody else. that is very much what the feeling is at the moment. i very much what the feeling is at the moment. ., �* ~' . , , very much what the feeling is at the moment. ., �* ,, ., , , ., moment. i don't think anybody would disairee moment. i don't think anybody would disagree that — moment. i don't think anybody would disagree that they _ moment. i don't think anybody would disagree that they should _ moment. i don't think anybody would disagree that they should be - moment. i don't think anybody would disagree that they should be one - moment. i don't think anybody would disagree that they should be one set| disagree that they should be one set of rules for someone and different for other people.— for other people. except... sorry, from my perception, _ for other people. except... sorry, from my perception, i _ for other people. except... sorry, from my perception, i have - for other people. except... sorry, from my perception, i have never| from my perception, i have never worked in downing street, i have beenin worked in downing street, i have been in there but never worked in there and i have met sue gray and i am impressed by sue gray. but from my impression, it seems as if people in downing street, both civil servants and the political appointees and government ministers, felt as if they should be a different rule for them and everybody else and they behaved according to their own rules. that has nothing _ according to their own rules. that has nothing to — according to their own rules. that has nothing to do _ according to their own rules. that has nothing to do with sue gray, though, has it? h0. has nothing to do with sue gray, though, has it?— has nothing to do with sue gray, though, has it? no, no. as i say, i have no beef— though, has it? no, no. as i say, i have no beef with _ though, has it? no, no. as i say, i have no beef with sue _ though, has it? no, no. as i say, i have no beef with sue gray. - though, has it? no, no. as i say, i have no beef with sue gray. the i have no beef with sue gray. the final analysis has to be done by a completely independent person and i think that should be the police. that is a separate thing. what would you expect the police to do? are you in favour of retrospective punishments? what punishments would you expect to be applied? i punishments? what punishments would you expect to be applied?— you expect to be applied? i don't understand _ you expect to be applied? i don't understand this _ you expect to be applied? i don't understand this concept - you expect to be applied? i don't understand this concept of - you expect to be applied? i don't understand this concept of the i understand this concept of the police not investigating things retrospectively. surely we can only investigate things that have already been done. yes, there are people that are still being prosecuted. people are being taken through the courts and given substantial fines for doing, as i understand it, what went on in downing street. i don't understand the argument that police don't investigate retrospectively. i suppose the argument is about the length of time between what happened and what is being investigated. sets i and what is being investigated. as i sa , there and what is being investigated. as i say. there are _ and what is being investigated. 2 i say, there are people who whose cases are still being taken through the courts now for events that happened in december, 0ctober the courts now for events that happened in december, october last year. yes, i believe the police... think there's any statute of limitations are saying, sorry, we want investigate it because it happened a year ago. i think the police should be investigating philly. my concern is that the prime minister guaranteed to the house of commons that whatever simon case discovered would be handed over immediately to the police. i hope that will still be the true with sue gray. that will still be the true with sue gra . ., ., , ., that will still be the true with sue gra. ., ., gray. how do you feel about the fact that this is being _ gray. how do you feel about the fact that this is being focused _ gray. how do you feel about the fact that this is being focused on - gray. how do you feel about the fact that this is being focused on so - that this is being focused on so prominently by the media, by the labour party when the 0micron variant is here, it is prevalent, we have had warnings already from scientific advisers that concerns are we need to tackle that. there needs to be the focus and the message getting out at this moment in time to protect us as a society, rather than focusing on this. you would have had the prime minister pass my comments yesterday. yes. would have had the prime minister pass my comments yesterday. yes, the prime minister — pass my comments yesterday. yes, the prime minister seemed _ pass my comments yesterday. yes, the prime minister seemed to _ pass my comments yesterday. yes, the prime minister seemed to be _ pass my comments yesterday. yes, the prime minister seemed to be upset - prime minister seemed to be upset people were talking about his missteps and his mistakes over the last few months. incidentally, 0liver started unravelling when my committee produced its report on 0wen paterson's corruption and the prime minister decided to try and dismantle the whole system of standards in the house of commons to try and protect his mate. i think that has made a lot of people question whether borisjohnson has the moral authority to lead us through the pandemic. so, you are right, what do people in my constituency care about at the moment? i would say the cost of living crisis is top of the list and followed by 0micron. if you run a pub or a restaurant you are probably worrying about whether you can have enough clients through the door of christmas and terrible mixed messages going on. frankly, there needs to be financial support. the first minister here in wales said yesterday there needs to be financial support for all of those businesses that are going to struggle because lots of people are going, i do not want to get covid, especially 0micron, i am going to stay—at—home. and then there are people worried about whether they are going to be able to go back to school injanuary and are going to be able to go back to school in january and whether are going to be able to go back to school injanuary and whether their school in january and whether their christmas is going to be ruined, not because of government rules but because of government rules but because they have got covid or somebody in their family has covid. all of those issues are the important, vital ones. in the end, you need a government to address them it has moral authority. if the government patently is dysfunctional, that is a problem. chris bryant, labour mp and chair of the commons select committee on standards. thank you forjoining us. thank you. the time is 8:38am on saturday morning. mike is here with the sport. any land far away down under the is a drama unfolding. i wanted to wake cricket fans up with a nice surprise, but i can't. if you woke up at 630 m, could have done. it was going 0k woke up at 630 m, could have done. it was going ok then. you were hopeful, won't you?— it was going ok then. you were hopeful, won't you? england have the most difficult — hopeful, won't you? england have the most difficult spell _ hopeful, won't you? england have the most difficult spell when _ hopeful, won't you? england have the most difficult spell when the - most difficult spell when the floodlights come on later on. me most difficult spell when the floodlights come on later on. we are where we are — floodlights come on later on. we are where we are and _ floodlights come on later on. we are where we are and where _ floodlights come on later on. we are where we are and where are - floodlights come on later on. we are where we are and where are we - floodlights come on later on. we are| where we are and where are we now? the second test. england are hoping to bounce back. it is looking ominous already. england cricketers are now heading for a heavy defeat again in the second ashes test and are set to go 2 nil down in the series. the day had started so well for england, withjoe root and darvid malan batting through the session before dinner, but after the break england's innings has collapsed. patrick gearey reports. don't look down. england were on a precipice. the match, perhaps the series, on the edge. best not to panic. not easy to stay calm when every racket means so much. fortunate but not for the field. these were conditions ideal for batting. england's captain led his team to a calmer place. at the other end, a rarity. and england batsman who seems to play better in australia. he made 50, no wickets in the first section. just as there back home were waking up and checking the score... joe root out. the slightest touch can transform the mood. a stray area, officially the mood. a stray area, officially the worlds best batsmen, now they were losing. the domino started to fall. all the hope prodded at nathan lion. we have been here before. england had lost four wickets for 19 runs. they were looking nervously into the chasm. there are still three sets after this to go. it is looking ominous for the series, isn't it? now only two premier league, games are still on today due to all the disruption caused by coronavirus. no matches at old trafford, southampton, watford or west ham. aston villa's game with burnley, is still on at villa park at 3pm before arsenal visit leeds, who do have nine first team players out injured, now, but injured and not testing positive for covid. 19 games are also off across the english football league. premier league clubs are meeting on monday to discuss the crisis. villa boss steven gerrard says clubs can't plan ahead at all, as they wait for covid test results to come through. we have had some cases on the players, some cases with staff, we are feeling it to a certain extent. in my position now i am hoping that we have a good 24—hour is in terms of test results return, otherwise we have a situation that grows and is worse here. at the moment, we are ready to go and ready to play. it's not just football that is struggling — seven european rugby matches between french and british teams this weekend, have been postponed because of france's new travel rules in response, to the 0micron variant. the match between ulster and northampton saints did get played last night, though. ulster came out on top and clinched the bonus point through, craig gilroy�*s try. the final score was 27—22 in belfast. heavy weightsjoseph parker and derek chisora will meet again tonight in their much antipicated rematch. chisora lost the first fight in may, on a split decision, and so is aiming for revenge against the former world champion, in parker. the pair weighed in yesterday ahead of tonight's showdown in manchester. now, what a way to make your mark, on your debut, in the world darts championship. scotland's willy borland, managed a historic, nine dart finish. this is when a player, gets all the way from the starting score of 501, with the fewest throws. and while there are over 3 thousand ways of doing this mathmatically, he did it in the traditional way — starting with three treble 20s, and then he followed that up with another two treble 20s, and a treble 19. that left him in with a chance of the perfect score, in front of the excited fans at alexandra palace. they went wild when the scot finished it off. it helped him clinch the match in the best possible way...borland described it as "unbelievable and "the best night of my life" 0n on his debut as well, in front of the cameras, in front of the crowd. i love the fact his opponent was delighted. when you see something so rare and something like that and the all know how hard they work, you see something like that.— something like that. absolutely, es. he something like that. absolutely, yes- he went — something like that. absolutely, yes. he went on _ something like that. absolutely, yes. he went on to _ something like that. absolutely, yes. he went on to win - something like that. absolutely, yes. he went on to win the - something like that. absolutely, i yes. he went on to win the match. something like that. absolutely, - yes. he went on to win the match. so much to come tomorrow night. brilliant. thank you, mike. it is 8:44am. 0ne brilliant. thank you, mike. it is 8:44am. one of the things i am always mindful across this year, very challenging times, we meet some very challenging times, we meet some very remarkable people. it is a privilege. the three gentlemen, the three dads as they have become known, and it mike and tim. we have seen them on bbc breakfast over the last few months. andy, mike and tim — we've followed them on bbc breakfast over the last few months, as they took on a 300—mile hike from cumbria to norfolk in memory of their daughters — sophie, beth and emily — who all took their own lives. (pres) for them, and many others in the same situation, this can be a very difficult time of the year — but sophie's dad, andy, has been telling our reporter alison freeman how his family's grief has taught them to take some joy out of christmas. it was the 22nd of december when we were told that they'd found soph's body. so three days before christmas. that day, we were devastated. we were sitting here in a heap. but one of the things we decided was that we weren't going to cancel christmas. it would have been very easyjust to take everything down and try and forget about it. andy airey�*s daughter sophie took her own life in december 2018. she had turned 29 just one week before she sent her family the message which said she loved them all, as well as a request not to be buried. three days later, she was found. as a way of coping with his daughter's death, andy threw himself into physical challenges in aid of suicide prevention. the first, a half marathon along the northumberland coast that sophie had been due to run in the february after her death. he documented his training in social media videos called run for sophie. almost from the moment we lost soph, we'd been talking about suicide prevention and trying to help other people. it felt that she's there, she is with us all the time, because i talk about her all the time. so it is almost like she is still out there at work. but then there are the days that you would definitely have been in touch with her, either on the phone or face—to—face, that suddently it is like, it is very real again. and you will full back into the gaping chasm and a void of grief. it happens, that is what grief is like. it doesn't mean you have to stay there all the time. andy's wish to turn the devastating events of christmas 2018 into something positive reached new heights this year when he and two other dads who have lost daughters to suicide, walked 300 miles between their three homes. they raised almost £1 million for suicide prevention charity papyrus and helped make it easier for people to talk about suicide. soph would be really proud of what we have done and continue to do. it is just awful that she didn't see that we would have rather have helped her. just to ask for help, let us know what she was actually going through. we could have done a lot of talking then that would have saved her. here we go. and sophie's brother gregor, home from university to spend the holidays with his dad and his mum fi thinks he is seeing a change amongst people his age, too. it's one thing i wish i could say to soph, i would much rather listen to anyone's problems, i do not care who you are, rather than attend your funeral. it is a really, really straightforward choice. i like to think, i don't know if it is the bubble i have ended up in, but it does seem like the stigma is easing somewhat. has it been particularly important for all of the families, gregor as well, that you keep this as a positive time of year? it is different because she is not here. the loud laughter and the "hiya" as she came through the front door. we will miss that. but you can't. .. we definitely found you can't allow the grief to crush the joy out of you. we have made a concerted effort to live, to keep going forward. fi often says that soph would have hated the thought that she made a mess of our lives. she has, but, you know, she would not have wanted us to wallow in grief. she definitely would have wanted us to keep laughing. to start off, you can feel very guilty when you start to smile and the first time you laugh, it hurts because you think, i shouldn't be doing this. the answer is, yes, you should. without having some kind ofjoy in your life — what are you doing? you are doing it wrong somewhere. alison freeman, bbc news, cumbria. and anyone... we will talk about strictly in a moment. anyone who have watched this story will know what they have done. all the best for all those families at the moment. it's the strictly come dancing final tonight but only two couples will compete for the glitterball after tv presenter aj 0dudu had to pull out of the competition after she tore a ligament in her ankle leaving her unable to dance. she said she was "deeply upset" that she was unable to perform with professional partner kai widdrington, let's take a look back at some of their best moments on the show. i have never in any country seen a jive like that in week one. absolutely outstanding. for someone that has never danced, that was absolutely incredible. it really, truly was. ijust wish you would have started dancing as a child, you would have been a pro. # you know what it is like to dream a dream # you know what it is # baby hold me tight... 0h! oh, my god. oh, my goodness. the queenjust the queen just bowed the queenjust bowed down. can i say, you definitely know how to put it together in a semifinal. let me tell you. we are gutted because we were ready to smash it. this isn't the way we wanted to go out, obviously. even just looking back at all of those moments, it has been an— absolute pleasure to dance with you every week. so, thank you. # show me heaven. let's reflect on that little bit now. we're joined now by rhys stephenson and sara davies — who were both contestants on strictly this year. good morning. rhys, you came closest to the final. it is an agonising moment for aj, isn't it? it to the final. it is an agonising moment for aj, isn't it? it hurts because you _ moment for aj, isn't it? it hurts because you are _ moment for aj, isn't it? it hurts because you are just _ moment for aj, isn't it? it hurts because you are just there - moment for aj, isn't it? it hurts because you are just there but i moment for aj, isn't it? it hurts | because you are just there but at the same time watching it and seeing how amazing everybody was, there was no injustice in it either. i am sad that i am out but everyone else has gone through and it is going to be the best final. it is a hard one, a mixture of emotions.— the best final. it is a hard one, a mixture of emotions. what is the feelini , mixture of emotions. what is the feeling. you _ mixture of emotions. what is the feeling, you have _ mixture of emotions. what is the feeling, you have worked - mixture of emotions. what is the feeling, you have worked so - mixture of emotions. what is the i feeling, you have worked so closely with aj. you worked so closely with your partners for so long and then itjust your partners for so long and then it just stops, your partners for so long and then itjust stops, doesn't it? how are you doing, rhys? it is itjust stops, doesn't it? how are you doing. rhys?— itjust stops, doesn't it? how are you doing, rhys? it is almost like beini on you doing, rhys? it is almost like being on married _ you doing, rhys? it is almost like being on married at _ you doing, rhys? it is almost like being on married at first - you doing, rhys? it is almost like being on married at first sight. i you doing, rhys? it is almost like i being on married at first sight. you are given this spouse and they are intensely in your space and see every part of you, the good parts, the bad parts and you go through this emotionaljourney the bad parts and you go through this emotional journey together and suddenly when the competition stops, you guys separate again. it happened so quickly. you need a few days to process what has happened. naga, you would know about it, you bond with them. brute would know about it, you bond with them. ~ . ,, ., would know about it, you bond with them. ~ ., i, would know about it, you bond with them. . ., i, . would know about it, you bond with them. ~ ., i, ., ., them. we will get back to rhys and a moment. them. we will get back to rhys and a moment- sara. _ them. we will get back to rhys and a moment. sara, you _ them. we will get back to rhys and a moment. sara, you have _ them. we will get back to rhys and a moment. sara, you have had - them. we will get back to rhys and a moment. sara, you have had more i them. we will get back to rhys and a i moment. sara, you have had more time to decompress, as it were, after leaving the competition. you have all been working for the final group dance. , ., ., all been working for the final group dance. , . ., ., ., ., dance. yes, we have had an amazing week. i dance. yes, we have had an amazing week- i felt — dance. yes, we have had an amazing week. i felt guilty _ dance. yes, we have had an amazing week. i felt guilty because _ dance. yes, we have had an amazing week. i felt guilty because we - dance. yes, we have had an amazing week. i felt guilty because we get i week. i felt guilty because we get to come _ week. i felt guilty because we get to come into the studios and have the absolute time of our life, are practising — the absolute time of our life, are practising. we get ten seconds each and we _ practising. we get ten seconds each and we basically all had all of the tuesday— and we basically all had all of the tuesday and most of yesterday to hang _ tuesday and most of yesterday to hang out — tuesday and most of yesterday to hang out with our friends while pure john and _ hang out with our friends while pure john and rose are having to work all week— john and rose are having to work all week to _ john and rose are having to work all week to learn the dances and the earlier— week to learn the dances and the earlier in— week to learn the dances and the earlier in the group dances. i felt guilty— earlier in the group dances. i felt guilty but — earlier in the group dances. i felt guilty but an amazing week, i will tell you — guilty but an amazing week, i will tell you lt— guilty but an amazing week, i will tell ou. , ., , ., , guilty but an amazing week, i will tell ou. , ., , .,, tell you. it is lovely to see your smile. tell you. it is lovely to see your smile- you _ tell you. it is lovely to see your smile. you really _ tell you. it is lovely to see your smile. you really enjoyed - tell you. it is lovely to see your - smile. you really enjoyed yourself. what do you compare it to by way of pressure? you have worked in business and that is where people think of you from. how do you compare the pressures and the agonies along the way? theyjoked at the beginning and said she is switching the boardroom for the ballroom. i’d switching the boardroom for the ballroom. �* , ., , ballroom. i'd try to find ways it was similar, — ballroom. i'd try to find ways it was similar, it _ ballroom. i'd try to find ways it was similar, it is _ ballroom. i'd try to find ways it was similar, it isjust _ ballroom. i'd try to find ways it was similar, it isjust like - ballroom. i'd try to find ways it i was similar, it isjust like dragon deni _ was similar, it isjust like dragon den, except i am not doing the judging, — den, except i am not doing the judging, i— den, except i am not doing the judging, lam beingjudged. it is the vulnerability you have to feel, to go— the vulnerability you have to feel, to go anywhere in the competition. bear in _ to go anywhere in the competition. bear in mind this is someone who was bottom _ bear in mind this is someone who was bottom of— bear in mind this is someone who was bottom of the ouija board in week one, _ bottom of the ouija board in week one. i_ bottom of the ouija board in week one. i know— bottom of the ouija board in week one, i know what it was like to be 'ust one, i know what it was like to be just out — one, i know what it was like to be just out -- — one, i know what it was like to be just out. —— bottom of the leader board _ just out. —— bottom of the leader board you — just out. —— bottom of the leader board. you have to put everything on the dance _ board. you have to put everything on the dance floor. i went from that realisation — the dance floor. i went from that realisation after week one to the top of— realisation after week one to the top of the — realisation after week one to the top of the leaderboard on week two and that— top of the leaderboard on week two and that feeling when everyone gets behind _ and that feeling when everyone gets behind you, love and support from everyone _ behind you, love and support from everyone at — behind you, love and support from everyone at home, it is another level _ everyone at home, it is another level no — everyone at home, it is another level. no one can compare for it. rhys, _ level. no one can compare for it. rhys, i_ level. no one can compare for it. rhys, ithink— level. no one can compare for it. rhys, i think we have got you back now. what about you, what was the moment in time for you when you embraced it? right at the beginning, i don't know how comfortable you were getting out there and being comfortable. was there a moment when you thought, here we go? i comfortable. was there a moment when you thought, here we go?— you thought, here we go? i think it was after we _ you thought, here we go? i think it was after we did _ you thought, here we go? i think it was after we did our— you thought, here we go? i think it was after we did our second - you thought, here we go? i think it was after we did our second dance | was after we did our second dance with the jive. throughout that, i was stressed so much on making the technique work and i couldn't enjoy any dance. after i finished it, i struggled to watch it back because i forgot to point my toe in this section and all i could see where the bits i missed, rather than the bits i made my own. and i remember we were in the dance off with the jive and my partner said forget everything i said to you, go out and have fun. and i thought, forget the stress and just do it. i remember going out there and having so much fun. i thought after that, this is fun. i thought after that, this is fun. if it is a dance of or in the show, it doesn't matter. i like to enjoy being on the show, you are still on strictly and you are dancing and it is an amazing thing to do. it started to switch for me and i started to enjoy itjust every moment rather than stressing out about the details. brute moment rather than stressing out about the details.— about the details. we should put some rumours _ about the details. we should put some rumours to _ about the details. we should put some rumours to bed, _ about the details. we should put some rumours to bed, where . about the details. we should put| some rumours to bed, where you about the details. we should put - some rumours to bed, where you are asked to take part in the final? i wasn't asked to take part in the final. it might have been too late to take a lot —— might have been too late to get it together for the night. people said to me can you put a story onjust night. people said to me can you put a story on just that you are not in the final. i had to set the record straight. it the final. i had to set the record straiiht. ., ., , the final. i had to set the record straiiht. ., . , .., ., straight. it would have been cool. sara, straight. it would have been cool. sara. what _ straight. it would have been cool. sara. what can — straight. it would have been cool. sara, what can you _ straight. it would have been cool. sara, what can you tell _ straight. it would have been cool. sara, what can you tell us, - straight. it would have been cool. sara, what can you tell us, just i straight. it would have been cool. sara, what can you tell us, just a | sara, what can you tell us, just a hint wise, you see it is only ten seconds, give us a theme? it is brilliant. what _ seconds, give us a theme? it is brilliant. what you _ seconds, give us a theme? it is brilliant. what you get to do is see the best— brilliant. what you get to do is see the best ten seconds of everybody's journey _ the best ten seconds of everybody's journey i_ the best ten seconds of everybody's journey. i am the best ten seconds of everybody's journey. lam in the best ten seconds of everybody's journey. i am in the foxtrot and rhys _ journey. i am in the foxtrot and rhys does _ journey. i am in the foxtrot and rhys does a bit of his argentine tango — rhys does a bit of his argentine tango. we get to be in the background of everyone's dances. wait until— background of everyone's dances. wait until you see dan walker, stop, hammer— wait until you see dan walker, stop, hammer time, wait until you see dan walker, stop, hammertime, it is wait until you see dan walker, stop, hammer time, it is incredible. wait until you see dan walker, stop, hammertime, it is incredible. i think— hammertime, it is incredible. i think it— hammertime, it is incredible. i think it is— hammertime, it is incredible. i think it is the best dance i have ever— think it is the best dance i have ever seen— think it is the best dance i have ever seen choreographed on strictly. who are _ ever seen choreographed on strictly. who are you rooting for? you only have to pick one out of two.- who are you rooting for? you only have to pick one out of two. sara, a tou~h have to pick one out of two. sara, a tough one- — have to pick one out of two. sara, a tough one- i — have to pick one out of two. sara, a tough one. i think— have to pick one out of two. sara, a tough one. i think rose _ have to pick one out of two. sara, a tough one. i think rose is _ have to pick one out of two. sara, a tough one. i think rose is most - tough one. i think rose is most likely— tough one. i think rose is most likely to — tough one. i think rose is most likely to end because there is a lot of love _ likely to end because there is a lot of love out— likely to end because there is a lot of love out there for her. but i think— of love out there for her. but i think what— of love out there for her. but i think whatjohn has of love out there for her. but i think what john has achieved, what he has _ think what john has achieved, what he has done hasjust been incredible. my vote would be going forjohn_ incredible. my vote would be going forjohn tonight. i think rose doesn't — forjohn tonight. i think rose doesn't need it, if that makes sense — doesn't need it, if that makes sense. lt— doesn't need it, if that makes sense. ., ~' , doesn't need it, if that makes sense. .ni , ., , doesn't need it, if that makes sense. .ni , , , sense. it makes absolute sense. i airee sense. it makes absolute sense. i agree with — sense. it makes absolute sense. i agree with sara. _ sense. it makes absolute sense. i agree with sara. i _ sense. it makes absolute sense. i agree with sara. i think— sense. it makes absolute sense. i agree with sara. i thinkjohn - sense. it makes absolute sense. i agree with sara. i thinkjohn has i agree with sara. i thinkjohn has done an amazing thing forjust being themselves and we have danced spectacularly. i would be very surprised if rose does not go away with the glitter ball. they have equally done amazing things for the deaf community and she has dazzled us as well and her personality is so sweet. i would be very, very surprised if it was not rose. bud surprised if it was not rose. and she is a good — surprised if it was not rose. and she is a good dancer. and - surprised if it was not rose. and she is a good dancer. and that i surprised if it was not rose. and j she is a good dancer. and that is 'ust b she is a good dancer. and that is just by hearing — she is a good dancer. and that is just by hearing the _ she is a good dancer. and that is just by hearing the beat. - she is a good dancer. and that is just by hearing the beat. i - she is a good dancer. and that is| just by hearing the beat. i cannot fathom that. _ just by hearing the beat. i cannot fathom that. what _ just by hearing the beat. i cannot fathom that. what is _ just by hearing the beat. i cannot fathom that. what is the - just by hearing the beat. i cannot fathom that. what is the agenda | just by hearing the beat. i cannot i fathom that. what is the agenda for today? when do you have to get somewhere? what is the agenda? rhys, what do you have to do today? i y’a�*iiiii what do you have to do today? i will be -icked what do you have to do today? i will be picked up — what do you have to do today? i will be picked up very — what do you have to do today? i will be picked up very soon _ what do you have to do today? i will be picked up very soon and we are heading _ be picked up very soon and we are heading off— be picked up very soon and we are heading off to the studio and getting — heading off to the studio and getting ready for the show. if it is a nice thing _ getting ready for the show. if it is a nice thing for— getting ready for the show. if it is a nice thing for us. _ getting ready for the show. if it is a nice thing for us. i _ getting ready for the show. if it is a nice thing for us. i have - getting ready for the show. if it is a nice thing for us. i have only . a nice thing for us. i have only been away for a week, i get to go in with no stress and just think i am here to do my bit in the group dance and say hi to everyone and just enjoy the last moment of this amazing show before it all ends. horde amazing show before it all ends. how about ou, amazing show before it all ends. how about you, sera? _ amazing show before it all ends. how about you, sera? i— amazing show before it all ends. how about you, sera? i am _ amazing show before it all ends. how about you, sera? i am in _ amazing show before it all ends. how about you, sera? i am in a _ amazing show before it all ends. how about you, sera? i am in a hotel- about you, sera? i am in a hotel room at the _ about you, sera? i am in a hotel room at the moment. _ about you, sera? i am in a hotel room at the moment. i - about you, sera? i am in a hotel room at the moment. i have - about you, sera? i am in a hotel room at the moment. i have a i about you, sera? i am in a hotel. room at the moment. i have a hot date _ room at the moment. i have a hot date with— room at the moment. i have a hot date with dan walker for breakfast, .et date with dan walker for breakfast, get the _ date with dan walker for breakfast, get the car into the studio, arrive at the _ get the car into the studio, arrive at the same _ get the car into the studio, arrive at the same time as greece and it is at the same time as greece and it is a busy— at the same time as greece and it is a busy time — at the same time as greece and it is a busy time. we have to spend two or three _ a busy time. we have to spend two or three hours— a busy time. we have to spend two or three hours in— a busy time. we have to spend two or three hours in here and make up, it is easy— three hours in here and make up, it is easy for— three hours in here and make up, it is easy for the blokes.— is easy for the blokes. there are a lot of excited _ is easy for the blokes. there are a lot of excited people _ is easy for the blokes. there are a lot of excited people looking - lot of excited people looking forward to the show tonight. i wish you both well for tonight. and the final is on bbc one tonight at ten past seven. we are back in just a moment with the headlines. good morning welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today... the uk's top civil servant stands down from running an inquiry into downing street parties — because of an event in his own office. government scientific advisers warn that tougher covid restrictions are needed ”very soon”, to prevent a big rise in hospital admissions in england. i live at a vaccination centre in north london where they are going for 24 hours offering a walk vaccination clinic and they are hoping to get 5000 people vaccinated by the time they finish at 6pm this evening. it is very busy. england lose four quick wickets, in the second ashes test... jos buttler is the latest to go, with the tourists struggling to avoid, the follow on and another heavy defeat... good morning. it's a largely dry but fairly cloudy weekend ahead and it is going to be feeling a bit colder than it has been lately. i'll bring you all the details, coming up shortly. it's saturday, 18th december. our main story. the uk's top civil servant has stepped down from leading an inquiry into downing street lockdown parties, after it emerged an event was held in his own office last year. simon case's investigation was supposed to clear up whether rules had been broken — but instead it's another damaging development for the prime minister after a bruising couple of weeks. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. westminster is packed up for christmas, but it is events from this time last year that are continuing to cause controversy. simon case is the man the prime minister asked to look at allegations of rule breaking at parties, but yesterday it emerged that there had been an event at his own private office. e—mails had invited people to a christmas party, which it emerged yesterday, was a quiz. the cabinet secretary did not attend, but he did speak to staff as he left. last night, it was announced that he would stand back from the enquiry and another top civil servant, sue gray, would complete the probe. it is incredibly hard to believe that no one in government knew that these parties were happening and there is a huge amount of evidence now and i do believe that the investigation that sue gray is going to be leading up, if the evidence is there, they need to carry that investigation out very swiftly to restore the public trust and then hand over that evidence to the police because no one is above the law. it is another damaging episode after a damaging few weeks for the government. from accusations of not taking sleaze seriously, to big rebellions in parliament, to this. cheering and applause. the remarkable result in north shropshire, with the liberal democrats overturning a 26,000 majority for the conservatives and they think they burst the prime minister's bubble in the process. they burst the prime minister's that is always the signal sent by the public when they feel that things have gone wrong and that the answer to that is very simple, it is not more of the same, it is the reality that if we want to get the vote back, then we have to be able to show that we deserve that support. the past few weeks have led to questions over borisjohnson's authority and his politicalfuture. many conservatives think things need to change in here if he is going to steady the ship. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. leaked minutes from the government's scientific advisers say tougher coronavirus restrictions need to be brought in "very soon", to prevent daily hospital admissions more than tripling to 3,000 a day in england. suggestions include a limit on social mixing and a ban on indoor hospitality — but with many bars and restaurants already struggling with cancellations, this would be another blow for the industry, as louisa pilbeam reports. the weekend before christmas is usually one of the busiest of the year, with bars and pubs packed with parties and people celebrating. across england, from the deserted streets of ipswich to the bright lights of london, it is looking different this year. these friends had been to a bar in central london and said it was nearly empty. this is not a usual— and said it was nearly empty. this is not a usual night _ and said it was nearly empty. ti 2 is not a usual night in oxford circus. ~ ., ., , ., ~' is not a usual night in oxford circus. ~ ., ., ,, , ., circus. what do you think is going on? the virus. _ circus. what do you think is going on? the virus. usually _ circus. what do you think is going on? the virus. usually at - circus. what do you think is going on? the virus. usually at this - circus. what do you think is going | on? the virus. usually at this time of niiht on? the virus. usually at this time of night you _ on? the virus. usually at this time of night you see — on? the virus. usually at this time of night you see everyone - on? the virus. usually at this time of night you see everyone out, - on? the virus. usually at this time of night you see everyone out, the streets _ of night you see everyone out, the streets are — of night you see everyone out, the streets are packed but i think everyone _ streets are packed but i think everyone was staying inside and trying _ everyone was staying inside and trying to— everyone was staying inside and trying to avoid corona, because of the new_ trying to avoid corona, because of the new variant. the trying to avoid corona, because of the new variant.— trying to avoid corona, because of the new variant. the friday before christmas has _ the new variant. the friday before christmas has come _ the new variant. the friday before christmas has come to _ the new variant. the friday before christmas has come to be - the new variant. the friday before christmas has come to be known i the new variant. the friday before. christmas has come to be known as mad friday but here at oxford circus, since the government asked people to prioritise events, it is not very busy. merry christmas! but sage, the group of scientists who advise the government on the pandemic would like to see tighter restrictions in england, like banning indoor mixing of households, otherwise they warn that covid cases could soon reach 3000 per day. but with many customers already staying away, that would be a devastating blow for hospitality.— blow for hospitality. covid restrictions _ blow for hospitality. covid restrictions are _ blow for hospitality. covid restrictions are having . blow for hospitality. covid restrictions are having a l restrictions are having a significant impact on business, particularly hospitality, retail and events and it is not so much i think the specific nature of the restrictions which have been introduced by government, but the impact on confidence, on the behaviour of people which is having such a negative effect. the chancellor _ such a negative effect. the chancellor rishi _ such a negative effect. the chancellor rishi sunak and his team met on friday to discuss the hospitality industry, but the treasury is not expected to offer any new support for the time being. meanwhile, borisjohnson will chair meanwhile, boris johnson will chair an meanwhile, borisjohnson will chair an emergency cobra committee this weekend with leaders from scotland, wales and northern ireland, asking for more financial help from westminster. louisa philbin, bbc news. nhs england say boosterjabs will be available at nearly 3,000 locations across the country this weekend. yesterday saw a record number of daily covid cases for a third day in a row — all four nations are meeting this weekend to discuss the response to the spread of the omicron variant. our reporter ben boulos is at a vaccination centre in north london which is staying open for 24 hours. ben how busy has it been? it is very busy, as you can see, every room, they have got patients coming in and out, this isjust one of the booster doses being given. if you're squeamish, maybe look away, but this is what it is about, getting the protection into arms and the centre in north london is one of 3000 around the uk. they have passed the halfway mark, they started at 6pm yesterday and a steady flow of people coming in as they have been throughout the night, plenty of people waiting. the white time here is not as bad as elsewhere, between ten and 15 minutes, so easy to come in and get it done. a lot of shift workers have taken the chance of using the option to come in when it was convenient for them. peter is drawing up some of the vaccinations, it is all part of a slick operation to make sure that when people come in they can give them the boosters. it is particularly important in london where the omicron variant is hitting and hitting hard, case numbers are high and rising. yet the numbers are high and rising. yet the number of people who are fully vaccinated is lower than the rest of the country. this is one of 3000 vaccination sites around the country, operating this weekend. that includes sports stadiums, racecourses, even christmas markets, so plenty of opportunity to get your booster jab so plenty of opportunity to get your boosterjab if you need to. thank booster 'ab if you need to. thank ou so boosterjab if you need to. thank you so much- _ ireland has announced new restrictions in an effort to slow the spread of the omicron variant, ordering bars and restaurants to close every night from 8pm. sport venues will have to operate at 50—percent capacity and wedding receptions will be limited to 100 guests. the new variant now represents a third of new cases in the country. france has tightened covid restrictions for travellers arriving from the uk. from today, those who are not french residents or citizens, must give a "compelling reason" to enter the country. some lorry drivers and students will be able to travel but visiting relatives is not allowed. the french prime minister has warned that the omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading at "lightning speed" in europe. nine minutes past nine and of course we have our covid panel coming up, we have our covid panel coming up, we have our covid panel coming up, we have chris and sian who will be joining us to talk about all of your questions. things have been changing, haven't they and there are lots of thoughts, as we heard from the sage advisors, lots of thoughts about whether more restrictions will come into place after christmas and what difference it will make. also, you saw ben at one of the 24—hour centres, a lot of people asking questions and this is why we do the panels every week about the efficacy of the booster vaccination. what difference does it make and when can you have it, all those really basic questions, we will go through those in a moment. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. it is very cold. yes, good morning. not much change in weather over the next few days, it is largely dry, very settled out there at the moment. i could not resist showing you this picture from aviemore, a beautiful morning, frost around, a little bit of shallow fog in the valleys, but sky overhead there. the rest of us are not quite so lucky, we will generally have a lot of clout through the course of the weekend, it will be dry, very cloudy, some mist and fog and cooler thanit cloudy, some mist and fog and cooler than it has been recently, those temperature starting to come down a few degrees, but the settled weather all down to this big area of high pressure across the uk. it is trapping and for most of us, quite a lot of low cloud, mr mrzyglod, but there are clear skies over the high ground of scotland. some sunshine for scotland, parts of the high ground of the north of england and western fringes of england and wales, northern ireland seen a bit of blue sky, but for most of us you have got the cloud, mist and mark, particularly in the east of england, some of that will be slow to clear. temperatures somewhere between three and aberdeen to ten in london and norwich. we will keep that cloud into the evening, a bit of a breeze through the english channel, for south—east england, some mist and fog patches developing overnight, a little bit of a murky start to sunday morning. for scotland and the north of england under the clear skies, a touch of frost, a similar start to the day tomorrow to what you have got out there today. for much of the uk, it is dry, we have the low cloud mist and mark and thick enough for drizzle in central and eastern parts of england. some brightness for central and western scotland, into north west england, wales seem some glimpses of blue sky. temperatures between five and 10 degrees tomorrow. things do not change as we head into monday. high pressure still with us, lots of dry settled weather, there will be perhaps a few more breaks in the cloud across parts of england and wales compared to what we are seeing through the course of the weekend. those temperatures coming down a little bit, for instance aberdeen 2 degrees on monday, but we might squeeze double figures in the far south west. looking towards the festive period, through the course of the way, high pressure looks like it gradually uses way towards the east and that could allow a cold front from the north and potentially these weather fronts to be read from these weather fronts to be read from the west as well. largely dry and clear, some overnight frost at times over the next few days, but milder and more unsettled towards christmas. and more unsettled towards christmas-— this time each week we try to answer some of your questions around the coronavirus pandemic, with the help of our panel of experts. today we're joined by the virologist dr chris smith, and professor sian griffiths, emeritus professor at the chinese university of hong kong. what are you wearing? this is my cova—coat. it is a one—of—a—kind coronavirus tank top. could you stand up? we cannot see all of it. it is not to scale, the real virus is slightly smaller. it has real spiked proteins, little mushrooms, i think it is absolutely brilliant. this is my christmas tank top. professor griffiths, you did not come on here to talk about tank tops, but here is your opportunity tops, but here is your opportunity to say something about that. i cannot see him! i will have to look later, _ cannot see him! i will have to look later, but— cannot see him! i will have to look later, but i— cannot see him! i will have to look later, but i think it is great he has a — later, but i think it is great he has a nice _ later, but i think it is great he has a nice tank top. let later, but i think it is great he has a nice tank top.— later, but i think it is great he has a nice tank top. let us get on the questions. _ has a nice tank top. let us get on the questions. various _ has a nice tank top. let us get on the questions. various themes i the questions. various themes developing. maybe you could start this one for us. jenny asks how long is the booster likely to protect against omicron? how ill are people who have contracted the omicron variant? lam afraid i am afraid that we do not know. it looks _ i am afraid that we do not know. it looks as _ i am afraid that we do not know. it looks as if— i am afraid that we do not know. it looks as if the vaccination is not quite _ looks as if the vaccination is not quite as— looks as if the vaccination is not quite as effective against omicron as it is _ quite as effective against omicron as it is against delta but it is still— as it is against delta but it is still effective and still worth having — still effective and still worth having particularly as we are going through— having particularly as we are going through that very fast increase of cases— through that very fast increase of cases at— through that very fast increase of cases at the current time. with this virus. _ cases at the current time. with this virus. this— cases at the current time. with this virus, this time last year it was new, _ virus, this time last year it was new. all— virus, this time last year it was new, all the way through it is the research, — new, all the way through it is the research, it— new, all the way through it is the research, it is the studies, the population— research, it is the studies, the population based real—life research which _ population based real—life research which helps us understand what to do next as— which helps us understand what to do next as we _ which helps us understand what to do next as we go through these various phases _ next as we go through these various phases i_ next as we go through these various phases. i think the best messages .et phases. i think the best messages get the _ phases. i think the best messages get the booster and as we go along, if we need _ get the booster and as we go along, if we need another one, we will be told _ if we need another one, we will be told. , ., ., , if we need another one, we will be told. , . ., , ., , told. chris, hannah is a bit concerned, _ told. chris, hannah is a bit concerned, she _ told. chris, hannah is a bit concerned, she said - told. chris, hannah is a bit concerned, she said she i told. chris, hannah is a bit. concerned, she said she had told. chris, hannah is a bit- concerned, she said she had the boosterjab concerned, she said she had the booster jab and concerned, she said she had the boosterjab and did not know that she also had covid and she is asking if she should be concerned. goad if she should be concerned. good mornini. if she should be concerned. good morning. although _ if she should be concerned. (lime morning. although certainly not. the amount of material that the booster makes in your body is going to be a fraction of the amount of the same proteins that the virus makes in your body when you are infected for real. the reason that the boosters work so well is that unlike the virus which has various clever tricks up its sleeve so that it can bypass the immune system and actually restrict how much of an immune response you buy, the vaccination strive a powerful response but you are still making the same stuff in the body and the answer is you will have made an immune response in order to recover from the infection and you will have made a good immune response and you will be protected for a reasonable length of time and there is no risk from having had the booster at the same time as the infection and there is no onward infection risk, because you will have made a good immune response and recovered and be protected in the aftermath. would ou clari protected in the aftermath. would you clarify for _ protected in the aftermath. would you clarify for duncan who - protected in the aftermath. would you clarify for duncan who asks, i protected in the aftermath. would you clarify for duncan who asks, ifj you clarify for duncan who asks, if you clarify for duncan who asks, if you have your boosterjab and you test positive for covid—19 shortly afterwards, which is possible, will this have an impact on how you respond to the vaccination? it is a similar sort _ respond to the vaccination? it is a similar sort of— respond to the vaccination? it is a similar sort of scenario, _ respond to the vaccination? it is a similar sort of scenario, which . respond to the vaccination? it is a similar sort of scenario, which is i similar sort of scenario, which is that when you are infected with something, orwe that when you are infected with something, or we put a vaccination into somebody, your immune system is being presented with something to fight off grow and make a response to and you make white blood cells and antibodies which are sticky and can stick onto and block the growth and spread of whatever things you do not want in your body. the longer they are therefore, the longer you are protected for and in order to stay protected, you have to keep the levels of those high and the question we do not have at the moment is how long, either in the aftermath of the infection with the variance or in the aftermath vaccination a person, picked at random, is going to stay immune for and immunity means different things to different people because we have got immunity against infection and we have immunity against severe disease and what we think is the case is that you will be protected, probably for a really long time, against severe disease if you encounter either the infection for real or you get vaccinated. what we cannot say is that you will be protected for a really long time against catching the infection because you need a much higher response to do that. we are learning more and that is why we are doing the boosting because this pushes the level of immunity up beyond the threshold of which they are likely to not be able to catch the infection, but some people will nevertheless still catch it, but almost certainly they will not become severely unwell, they will be well protected and that includes when you have thought of the infection for real.— infection for real. stating the office, infection for real. stating the office. we — infection for real. stating the office, we know _ infection for real. stating the office, we know that - infection for real. stating the . office, we know that coronavirus infection for real. stating the - office, we know that coronavirus is no respecter of the diary and christmas is irrelevant, just another day and a lot of people thinking about, necessarily in relation to their decision on this question is from louise, who says i have been told by a nurse that the booster takes around three weeks to take full effect. is this true and what are the implications? a lot of people are asking that question. the booster does take time to maximum effect, _ booster does take time to maximum effect, but _ booster does take time to maximum effect, but as soon as you have had it, effect, but as soon as you have had it. your— effect, but as soon as you have had it. your body — effect, but as soon as you have had it, your body starts to react. i think— it, your body starts to react. i think that _ it, your body starts to react. i think that people who have not yet had their— think that people who have not yet had their boosters should go ahead and get _ had their boosters should go ahead and get some protection for christmas. chris can give you a more scientific— christmas. chris can give you a more scientific response, but in general the booster will take maximum effect over a _ the booster will take maximum effect over a period of time, the booster will take maximum effect overa period of time, a the booster will take maximum effect over a period of time, a couple of weeks. _ over a period of time, a couple of weeks. but — over a period of time, a couple of weeks, but it is still worth having because — weeks, but it is still worth having because your body will be responding as we _ because your body will be responding as we move _ because your body will be responding as we move towards christmas. chris. about two or— as we move towards christmas. chris. about two or three _ as we move towards christmas. chris. about two or three weeks _ as we move towards christmas. chris. about two or three weeks to - as we move towards christmas. chris. about two or three weeks to reach . about two or three weeks to reach maximum protection, but the reason it is not instantaneous is unlike popping a pill for a headache when you put the drug in and it goes everywhere in your body and instantly goes to work, the way vaccinations work is by stimulating your immune response and you then build an immune response over that takes time to do and you have to make new blood cells, make those cells make antibodies and that takes time to reach a peak and it is usually about two or weeks before you reach peak antibody in the wake of a vaccination or a booster. shannon, sometimes it is worth going back to basics and we can go back and it was hands, face and space and we were encouraged and we all learned about the fist bump, the elbow bomb, no hugging, nick is asking, in the early days of covid, we were instructed not to shake hands, and he says it is very rarely mention now, is this because we have learned something new about how it is transmitted, what is the most common means of transmission? neck, the hands, common means of transmission? neck, the hands. face — common means of transmission? neck, the hands, face and _ common means of transmission? neck, the hands, face and space _ common means of transmission? neck, the hands, face and space still- the hands, face and space still applies— the hands, face and space still applies it'sjust that the hands, face and space still applies it's just that we have the vaccination and much more information. in terms of the transmission, the virus passes usually— transmission, the virus passes usually through droplets or aerosol spreads— usually through droplets or aerosol spreads and that is the most common which _ spreads and that is the most common which is _ spreads and that is the most common which is why— spreads and that is the most common which is why wearing masks and face coverings— which is why wearing masks and face coverings are so important and that is why— coverings are so important and that is why wearing face coverings, whenever— is why wearing face coverings, whenever you are in a crowded space or space _ whenever you are in a crowded space or space with — whenever you are in a crowded space or space with people you want to protect— or space with people you want to protect the people you do not know, wearing _ protect the people you do not know, wearing masks is important because it helps— wearing masks is important because it helps to _ wearing masks is important because it helps to protect. it is only one measure — it helps to protect. it is only one measure and hand washing is very important — measure and hand washing is very important. it has rather fallen off the agenda but it is a basic hygiene measure _ the agenda but it is a basic hygiene measure and i am rather hoping that everyone _ measure and i am rather hoping that everyone will remember about that as we go _ everyone will remember about that as we go through the christmas period. wash— we go through the christmas period. wash your— we go through the christmas period. wash your hands, especially before you sit— wash your hands, especially before you sit down to eat. that will protect — you sit down to eat. that will protect against other diseases as well. _ protect against other diseases as well. washing hands is still important, keeping distance still important, keeping distance still important, particularly as the case rates _ important, particularly as the case rates are _ important, particularly as the case rates are going up, and of course getting _ rates are going up, and of course getting a — rates are going up, and of course getting a booster, wearing a mask, and staining as much as you can to protect— and staining as much as you can to protect yourself and your family. so, protect yourself and your family. so. sian. — protect yourself and your family. so, sian, you are not shaking hands in general? i so, sian, you are not shaking hands in general?— in general? i used to go to france a lot and we — in general? i used to go to france a lot and we would _ in general? i used to go to france a lot and we would kiss _ in general? i used to go to france a lot and we would kiss on _ in general? i used to go to france a lot and we would kiss on either - lot and we would kiss on either cheek. — lot and we would kiss on either cheek. we _ lot and we would kiss on either cheek, we definitely stop that and in general— cheek, we definitely stop that and in general i am not shaking hands and i_ in general i am not shaking hands and i have— in general i am not shaking hands and i have noticed people standing back a _ and i have noticed people standing back a little bit now when you say hello _ back a little bit now when you say hello to _ back a little bit now when you say hello to them. i think most people have internalised that message to a certain— have internalised that message to a certain extent and i would encourage people _ certain extent and i would encourage people to _ certain extent and i would encourage people to continue with that and also to— people to continue with that and also to remind children to wash their— also to remind children to wash their hands, particularly before they ate — their hands, particularly before they ate or after the toilet. i think— they ate or after the toilet. i think that is basic hygiene and it has sort — think that is basic hygiene and it has sort of— think that is basic hygiene and it has sort of slipped out of the lexicon — has sort of slipped out of the lexicon but it is important to protect— lexicon but it is important to protect us all against viruses. chris. — protect us all against viruses. chris. i— protect us all against viruses. chris, i have got a distinct sense of deja vu asking you this, but bear in mind christmas is around the corner and people will be gathering and we know that will happen, take us to a room, put us in a room somewhere where a family have come around, friends have come around, and you are having some form of christmas, perhaps not quite like normal, but there are more people than normal in your house. what is happening in that room, if one person is there, you can never be sure, what is happening in the room in relation to the way the virus could transmit from one to another and what measures you can take to try and give yourself the best chance? jets try and give yourself the best chance? �* , , try and give yourself the best chance? . , , ., ., chance? as we were 'ust hearing from time to come _ chance? as we were 'ust hearing from time to come out — chance? as we were just hearing from time to come out the _ chance? as we were just hearing from time to come out the main _ chance? as we were just hearing from time to come out the main dominantl time to come out the main dominant route of transmission of this new coronavirus, like many viruses, in fact the most common virus that transmits amongst humans as respiratory infections, we have to brave and we spent a lot of time together in close proximity and when you get a respiratory infection of any persuasion, but coronavirus is one particular thing at the moment, the virus is growing in your airways and nose and throat and down into your lungs in some cases and it grows on the cells that line your airways. when i sell gets hijacked by the virus, it turns into a virus factory and each infected cell will churn out hundreds and thousands of virus particles that will affect the surrounding cells, they can occasionally go elsewhere in the body but they will come off the lining of the airways and get packaged into droplets of moisture and when you breathe out, they are carried out of the body and into the air around you. carried out of the body and into the airaround you. it carried out of the body and into the air around you. it sounds difficult to envisage, but these particles are tiny, virus particles in some cases are as small as one of a millimetre across and the coronavirus is about one in 10,000 that of a millimetre and an infected person is going to be breathing out hundreds and thousands of those particles in droplets of moisture with every breath. the particles are so small in fact that they will bob around in the airaround in fact that they will bob around in the air around you for extended periods of time, hours in some cases. the more people you put in a room, the more of those particles in the air and the more air we are all sharing and if you imagine that someone is sitting on the other side of the room from you, but they were smoking a cigarette, where the smoke goes is where the air goes and the airflow goes. if you could smell a person's cigarette from the other side of the room, you are effectively breathing in molecules from that person's lungs a few seconds before and you're also potentially breathing in droplets that were in their lungs and therefore virus in their lungs. if you ask yourself how would i mitigate against the smell of smoke from the other side of the room, what would i do to minimise the risk of smelling smoke, then the same will apply to minimising the chance of breathing in the virus. either minimise the number of people smoking, which means fewer people, you ventilate the room better or you tell them to put the cigarette out. sian, you will be aware that we are reporting this morning that scientific advisers have said there is a leaked report that they want to prevent, if you want to prevent hospital admissions at 3000 per day, more stringent restrictions are needed. what we have been looking up this morning is to try and find what needs to be done and it is obvious in the document says there are many uncertainties. it is not an exact science. how difficult is it at this moment in time to be able to predict what is going on, how the virus will spread and what we can do, what mitigations can be put in place that will actually make a significant impact? will actually make a significant im act? , ., , will actually make a significant im-act? , ., impact? yes, as you say, there are many unknowns — impact? yes, as you say, there are many unknowns and _ impact? yes, as you say, there are many unknowns and i _ impact? yes, as you say, there are many unknowns and i think - impact? yes, as you say, there are many unknowns and i think this . impact? yes, as you say, there are many unknowns and i think this is i many unknowns and i think this is what _ many unknowns and i think this is what makes it so difficult for everybody because you cannot absolutely say there will be this many _ absolutely say there will be this many cases of omicron, this many cases— many cases of omicron, this many cases of— many cases of omicron, this many cases of delta infection, this will be the _ cases of delta infection, this will be the consequence. the best thing here is— be the consequence. the best thing here is to _ be the consequence. the best thing here is to think it a precautionary way. _ here is to think it a precautionary way. in _ here is to think it a precautionary way. in a — here is to think it a precautionary way, in a way of prevention and i think— way, in a way of prevention and i think from — way, in a way of prevention and i think from a _ way, in a way of prevention and i think from a lot of the vox pops around. — think from a lot of the vox pops around, many people are really taking — around, many people are really taking this seriously and people are going _ taking this seriously and people are going forward to get their boosters, but people are also wanting to keep their families say. if you think, how— their families say. if you think, how do— their families say. if you think, how do i— their families say. if you think, how do i keep, who do i really need to see. _ how do i keep, who do i really need to see. do — how do i keep, who do i really need to see. do i — how do i keep, who do i really need to see, do i really need to go to that party— to see, do i really need to go to that party or do i really want to see my— that party or do i really want to see my mum? you may decide you want to see _ see my mum? you may decide you want to see your— see my mum? you may decide you want to see your mum and not go to the party _ to see your mum and not go to the party a _ to see your mum and not go to the party a lot— to see your mum and not go to the party. a lot of individuals making those _ party. a lot of individuals making those choices can impact on the numbers— those choices can impact on the numbers of cases, because as chris was explaining, it was about having people _ was explaining, it was about having people together in a room and the virus _ people together in a room and the virus passing around, that is how you get— virus passing around, that is how you get infected and obviously if you get infected and obviously if you have — you get infected and obviously if you have the booster you are protected to a certain extent, but not entirely and you may not know if you have _ not entirely and you may not know if you have a _ not entirely and you may not know if you have a lateral flow whether you are about _ you have a lateral flow whether you are about to get the infection or not. _ are about to get the infection or not. it— are about to get the infection or not. it is— are about to get the infection or not. it is worth us doing all those precautionary things, taking a lateral— precautionary things, taking a lateral flow before you go into your room _ lateral flow before you go into your room with — lateral flow before you go into your room with people, particularly if they are — room with people, particularly if they are vulnerable or older, making sure that _ they are vulnerable or older, making sure that you do wear your mask, as we were _ sure that you do wear your mask, as we were talking about earlier, and taking _ we were talking about earlier, and taking all— we were talking about earlier, and taking all those behavioural issues. whether— taking all those behavioural issues. whether or— taking all those behavioural issues. whether or not you start to close venues. — whether or not you start to close venues, such as the choice in wales has been _ venues, such as the choice in wales has been to— venues, such as the choice in wales has been to close at nightclubs after _ has been to close at nightclubs after christmas, that is —— has been made _ after christmas, that is —— has been made in _ after christmas, that is —— has been made in the — after christmas, that is —— has been made in the light of the knowledge that the _ made in the light of the knowledge that the population of wales and the way the _ that the population of wales and the way the virus is spreading there. in scotland. _ way the virus is spreading there. in scotland. i— way the virus is spreading there. in scotland, i think nicola sturgeon has advised only three hassles together, but that is guidance, advice. — together, but that is guidance, advice. i'm _ together, but that is guidance, advice, i'm afraid that a lot of this— advice, i'm afraid that a lot of this is— advice, i'm afraid that a lot of this is about what we decide to do in our— this is about what we decide to do in our own— this is about what we decide to do in our own circumstances as well as controls _ in our own circumstances as well as controls put — in our own circumstances as well as controls put in by the government. people _ controls put in by the government. people in _ controls put in by the government. people in general do not want to be told what _ people in general do not want to be told what to do and need to make the decisions _ told what to do and need to make the decisions that are best for them and their situation. the cumulative effect — their situation. the cumulative effect of— their situation. the cumulative effect of that can have an impact, so if— effect of that can have an impact, so if you — effect of that can have an impact, so if you have got the booster rights — so if you have got the booster rights increasing, the cumulative effect _ rights increasing, the cumulative effect of — rights increasing, the cumulative effect of behaviours that reduce the risk and _ effect of behaviours that reduce the risk and that we don't absolutely no where _ risk and that we don't absolutely no where the _ risk and that we don't absolutely no where the epidemic of omicron is going _ where the epidemic of omicron is going we — where the epidemic of omicron is going. we know that the news from south _ going. we know that the news from south africa is quite encouraging, it has— south africa is quite encouraging, it has been— south africa is quite encouraging, it has been quite a mild disease, but what — it has been quite a mild disease, but what we do not know is how that then translates into the pandemic in then translates into the pandemic in the uk _ then translates into the pandemic in the uk or— then translates into the pandemic in the uk or the then translates into the pandemic in the uk orthe pandemic then translates into the pandemic in the uk or the pandemic as it takes a .rip the uk or the pandemic as it takes a grip in— the uk or the pandemic as it takes a grip in europe. a lot of unknowns, best advice — grip in europe. a lot of unknowns, best advice is to stay as safe as you can — best advice is to stay as safe as you can add reduce the risk particularly to vulnerable people. professor — particularly to vulnerable people. professor griffiths, those of the serious question. we havejools holland in a moment and i am thinking i am seen a piano behind you. do you play? h0. thinking i am seen a piano behind you- do you play?— you. do you play? no, my family .la , you. do you play? no, my family tla , m you. do you play? no, my family play. my husband _ you. do you play? no, my family play, my husband and _ you. do you play? no, my family play, my husband and son, - you. do you play? no, my family play, my husband and son, they| you. do you play? no, my family. play, my husband and son, they are good. _ play, my husband and son, they are good. but _ play, my husband and son, they are good. but i — play, my husband and son, they are good, but i thinkjools holland is magnificent and i have watched him for years _ magnificent and i have watched him foryears. he magnificent and i have watched him for ears. . magnificent and i have watched him for ears. , ., ., for years. he will be on the sofa in a few minutes. _ for years. he will be on the sofa in a few minutes. i _ for years. he will be on the sofa in a few minutes. i will— for years. he will be on the sofa in a few minutes. i will be _ for years. he will be on the sofa in a few minutes. i will be watching i a few minutes. i will be watching him. chris, _ a few minutes. i will be watching him. chris, sian, _ a few minutes. i will be watching him. chris, sian, it— a few minutes. i will be watching him. chris, sian, it is— a few minutes. i will be watching him. chris, sian, it is always- a few minutes. i will be watching l him. chris, sian, it is always good to chat. thank— him. chris, sian, it is always good to chat. thank you _ him. chris, sian, it is always good to chat. thank you so _ him. chris, sian, it is always good to chat. thank you so much. - him. chris, sian, it is always good to chat. thank you so much. if. him. chris, sian, it is always good to chat. thank you so much. if we j him. chris, sian, it is always good i to chat. thank you so much. if we do not speak to you before christmas, happy christmas. not speak to you before christmas, happy christmas-— not speak to you before christmas, happy christmas. happy christmas. merry christmas. _ happy christmas. happy christmas. merry christmas. i _ happy christmas. happy christmas. merry christmas. i wonder- happy christmas. happy christmas. merry christmas. i wonder if- happy christmas. happy christmas. merry christmas. i wonder if there | merry christmas. i wonder if there is christmas _ merry christmas. i wonder if there is christmas dinner— merry christmas. i wonder if there is christmas dinner on _ merry christmas. i wonder if there is christmas dinner on saturday i is christmas dinner on saturday kitchen. happy christmas! is there christmas dinner on the menu? there is a bit christmas dinner on the menu? there is a big ltalian — christmas dinner on the menu? there is a big italian theme _ christmas dinner on the menu? there is a big italian theme going _ christmas dinner on the menu? tree is a big italian theme going on today. is a big italian theme going on toda . . ., ., , , , , today. panettone has 'ust been put in m ear. today. panettone has 'ust been put in my no. _ today. panettone has 'ust been put in my ear. no. now- today. panettone has 'ust been put in my ear. no. now a — today. panettone hasjust been put in my ear. no. now a groan - today. panettone hasjust been put in my ear. no. now a groan of- in my ear. ijrn now a groan of disappointment. in my ear. no. now a groan of disappointment. what - in my ear. no. now a groan of disappointment. what should | in my ear. no. now a groan of- disappointment. what should have been out in disappointment. what should have been put in your— disappointment. what should have been put in your area, _ disappointment. what should have been put in your area, we - disappointment. what should have been put in your area, we have . been put in your area, we have stanley tucci here, we are pulling out all the stops and serving up a feast and our special guest, hollywood star, cocktail connoisseur and bestselling author, stanley tucci. i and bestselling author, stanley tucci. ., and bestselling author, stanley tucci. . ., ., tucci. i am good, how are you? i like how you _ tucci. i am good, how are you? i like how you dressed _ tucci. i am good, how are you? i like how you dressed up. - tucci. i am good, how are you? i like how you dressed up. it- tucci. i am good, how are you? i like how you dressed up. it is. like how you dressed up. it is amazing _ like how you dressed up. it is amazing-— like how you dressed up. it is amazint. . ., ., ., ., ,, ., amazing. we are going to talk about our amazing. we are going to talk about your fantastic _ amazing. we are going to talk about your fantastic memoir _ amazing. we are going to talk about your fantastic memoir a _ amazing. we are going to talk about your fantastic memoir a little - amazing. we are going to talk about your fantastic memoir a little bit - yourfantastic memoir a little bit later. it is a brilliant rate. for now, let us talk about food heaven and food heaven for me is almost anything italian. just and food heaven for me is almost anything italian.— anything italian. just everything italian. anything _ anything italian. just everything italian. anything that _ anything italian. just everything italian. anything that those - anything italian. just everythingl italian. anything that those two. and my— italian. anything that those two. and my mother, of course i like really— and my mother, of course i like really simple stuff, what you might call peasant food. it is the best food. _ call peasant food. it is the best food. we — call peasant food. it is the best food, we relate to things like that. anything _ food, we relate to things like that. anything really sweet that isn't ltalian — anything really sweet that isn't italian would be food hell. that is a narrow view. _ italian would be food hell. that is a narrow view. i _ italian would be food hell. that is a narrow view. i don't _ italian would be food hell. that is a narrow view. i don't care - italian would be food hell. that is a narrow view. i don't care for. a narrow view. i don't care for sweets. _ a narrow view. i don't care for sweets, necessarily, - a narrow view. i don't care for. sweets, necessarily, especially a narrow view. i don't care for- sweets, necessarily, especially very rich sweets — sweets, necessarily, especially very rich sweets. i do not care for that. it is rich sweets. ! do not care for that. it is all— rich sweets. i do not care for that. it is all things italian in the kitchen today. we have two of the best italian chefs and they are both good friends. gennaro, what a lovely shirt. d0 good friends. gennaro, what a lovely shirt. , ., good friends. gennaro, what a lovely shirt. i. ~' good friends. gennaro, what a lovely shirt. ~' no. good friends. gennaro, what a lovely shirt-_ no- l _ good friends. gennaro, what a lovely shirt._ no. i have - shirt. do you like it? no. i have tot m shirt. do you like it? no. i have got my disco — shirt. do you like it? no. i have got my disco shoes _ shirt. do you like it? no. i have got my disco shoes on. - shirt. do you like it? no. i have got my disco shoes on. that. shirt. do you like it? no. i have. got my disco shoes on. that blue shirt is almost identical to the one stanley is wearing! what do you making? i stanley is wearing! what do you makint ? ., stanley is wearing! what do you makint ? . ., ., stanley is wearing! what do you makint? . ., ., .«i stanley is wearing! what do you makint? ., ., ., ., , making? i am going to make a very traditional dish, _ making? i am going to make a very traditional dish, pasta, _ making? i am going to make a very traditional dish, pasta, linguine . traditional dish, pasta, linguine with cocos. _ traditional dish, pasta, linguine with cocos, with— traditional dish, pasta, linguine with cocos, with a _ traditional dish, pasta, linguine with cocos, with a little - traditional dish, pasta, linguine with cocos, with a little bit - traditional dish, pasta, linguine with cocos, with a little bit of. traditional dish, pasta, linguine with cocos, with a little bit of a| with cocos, with a little bit of a wine. _ with cocos, with a little bit of a wine. a — with cocos, with a little bit of a wine. a little _ with cocos, with a little bit of a wine, a little garlic, _ with cocos, with a little bit of a wine, a little garlic, saute, - with cocos, with a little bit of a i wine, a little garlic, saute, serve on a _ wine, a little garlic, saute, serve on a plate. — wine, a little garlic, saute, serve on a plate. i'm _ wine, a little garlic, saute, serve on a plate. i'm going _ wine, a little garlic, saute, serve on a plate. i'm going to - wine, a little garlic, saute, serve on a plate. i'm going to serve . wine, a little garlic, saute, serve. on a plate. i'm going to serve with a lovely— on a plate. i'm going to serve with a lovely sicilian _ on a plate. i'm going to serve with a lovely sicilian salad _ on a plate. i'm going to serve with a lovely sicilian salad which - on a plate. i'm going to serve with a lovely sicilian salad which is - a lovely sicilian salad which is phenol— a lovely sicilian salad which is phenol cut _ a lovely sicilian salad which is phenol cut very— a lovely sicilian salad which is phenol cut very fine, - a lovely sicilian salad which is phenol cut very fine, orange i a lovely sicilian salad which is i phenol cut very fine, orange on a lovely sicilian salad which is - phenol cut very fine, orange on top, juice _ phenol cut very fine, orange on top, juice of— phenol cut very fine, orange on top, juice of the — phenol cut very fine, orange on top, juice of the orange, _ phenol cut very fine, orange on top, juice of the orange, you _ phenol cut very fine, orange on top, juice of the orange, you know- phenol cut very fine, orange on top, juice of the orange, you know what| phenol cut very fine, orange on top, j juice of the orange, you know what i am talking _ juice of the orange, you know what i am talking about, _ juice of the orange, you know what i am talking about, you _ juice of the orange, you know what i am talking about, you will— juice of the orange, you know what i am talking about, you will enjoy - juice of the orange, you know what i am talking about, you will enjoy it. i am talking about, you will enjoy it. i am talking about, you will enjoy it. i was _ am talking about, you will enjoy it. i was about— am talking about, you will enjoy it. i was about to _ am talking about, you will enjoy it. i was about to say _ am talking about, you will enjoy it. i was about to say that _ am talking about, you will enjoy it. i was about to say that it _ am talking about, you will enjoy it. i was about to say that it sounds i i was about to say that it sounds simple. it could go anywhere. it is ou take simple. it could go anywhere. it is you take my _ simple. it could go anywhere. it is you take my time _ simple. it could go anywhere. it is you take my time away! angela, i simple. it could go anywhere. it is i you take my time away! angela, how are ou you take my time away! angela, how are you going — you take my time away! angela, how are you going to _ you take my time away! angela, how are you going to hold _ you take my time away! angela, how are you going to hold it _ you take my time away! angela, how are you going to hold it together? i i are you going to hold it together? i am just going to help genaro! i'm going _ am just going to help genaro! i'm going to _ am just going to help genaro! i'm going to do — am just going to help genaro! i'm going to do a _ am just going to help genaro! i'm going to do a lovely _ am just going to help genaro! i'm going to do a lovely home - am just going to help genaro! i'm going to do a lovely home baked i am just going to help genaro! i'm i going to do a lovely home baked sea bass. _ going to do a lovely home baked sea bass. lots— going to do a lovely home baked sea bass. lots of— going to do a lovely home baked sea bass, lots of the _ going to do a lovely home baked sea bass, lots of the flavours, _ going to do a lovely home baked sea bass, lots of the flavours, olives, . bass, lots of the flavours, olives, capers. _ bass, lots of the flavours, olives, capers, tomatoes, _ bass, lots of the flavours, olives, capers, tomatoes, fennel- bass, lots of the flavours, olives, capers, tomatoes, fennel and - bass, lots of the flavours, olives, capers, tomatoes, fennel and wej bass, lots of the flavours, olives, - capers, tomatoes, fennel and we will do a salad _ capers, tomatoes, fennel and we will do a salad on — capers, tomatoes, fennel and we will do a salad on the _ capers, tomatoes, fennel and we will do a salad on the side _ capers, tomatoes, fennel and we will do a salad on the side and _ capers, tomatoes, fennel and we will do a salad on the side and some - do a salad on the side and some roasted — do a salad on the side and some roasted potatoes. _ do a salad on the side and some roasted potatoes.— do a salad on the side and some roasted potatoes. some rosemary. it is not a shot. — roasted potatoes. some rosemary. it is not a shot. you — roasted potatoes. some rosemary. it is not a shot, you have _ roasted potatoes. some rosemary. it is not a shot, you have just _ roasted potatoes. some rosemary. it is not a shot, you have just seen - is not a shot, you have just seen her in rehearsal. i is not a shot, you have 'ust seen her in rehearsal.- her in rehearsal. i loved it so much, i _ her in rehearsal. i loved it so much, iforgot. _ her in rehearsal. i loved it so much, iforgot. in _ her in rehearsal. i loved it so much, i forgot. in charge - her in rehearsal. i loved it so much, i forgot. in charge of. her in rehearsal. i loved it so i much, i forgot. in charge of all thints much, i forgot. in charge of all things drinks — much, i forgot. in charge of all things drinks and _ much, i forgot. in charge of all things drinks and cocktails - much, i forgot. in charge of all things drinks and cocktails is i much, i forgot. in charge of all. things drinks and cocktails is the very nervous and slightly giggly helen. ., ., ., very nervous and slightly giggly helen. ., . . , helen. how are you? i am very well, ha- . ou helen. how are you? i am very well, happy you did _ helen. how are you? i am very well, happy you did not _ helen. how are you? i am very well, happy you did not come _ helen. how are you? i am very well, happy you did not come in _ helen. how are you? i am very well, | happy you did not come in sequence. that is— happy you did not come in sequence. that is for— happy you did not come in sequence. that is for friday nights only. there you go, lots of that and we will see you at ten o'clock. matt, the calibre of your guests has gone up a notch or two. no disrespect to anybody who has been on your show previously. thank you. i had a thought. you are not showing enough love to angela. thank you. i feel for you because i have been in the studio. when it comes to reading an autocue, some friendly advice between colleagues, on our autocue we get let's go to the fantastically talented matt, we don't have to read the autocue. you can stick to your truth. just bear that in mind. enjoy. what a brilliant, brilliant guest. the time now is at 934 e m. mike, when you scurry out of here between your sport bulletins, you are glued in goings on in adelaide. i think sometimes i wish i wasn't as an england fan. i think sometimes i wish i wasn't as an england fan-— an england fan. wickets, wickets, wickets after _ an england fan. wickets, wickets, wickets after the _ an england fan. wickets, wickets, wickets after the last _ an england fan. wickets, wickets, wickets after the last session. - an england fan. wickets, wickets, | wickets after the last session. five match series and this is the second and they could be going to down. all to do. good morning...england cricketers are heading for a heavy defeat again in the second ashes test and are set to go 2 nil down in the series. the day had started so well for england, withjoe root and darvid malan batting through the session before a rather familiar story..patrick gearey reports. the match, perhaps the series on an edge. best not to panic. hat the match, perhaps the series on an edge. best not to panic.— edge. best not to panic. not easy to sta calm edge. best not to panic. not easy to stay calm on — edge. best not to panic. not easy to stay calm on every _ edge. best not to panic. not easy to stay calm on every wicket _ edge. best not to panic. not easy to stay calm on every wicket means . edge. best not to panic. not easy to stay calm on every wicket means so | stay calm on every wicket means so much. fortunate for the better, not the field. these were conditions ideal for batting, the field. these were conditions idealfor batting, especially the field. these were conditions ideal for batting, especially when you are batting likejoe root. he led his team to a calmer place. milan is an english batsman who seems to play better in australia. like route, he made 50. englishmen in adelaide out of hiding. just as those back home were waking up and checking the score... joe root out. in test cricket, the slightest touch can transform the mood. australia, had removed the world's officially best batsmen. now they were believing, soon milan was leaving. the domino started to fall. we have been here before. butler next and england had lost four wickets for 19 runs. they picked a spinnerfor this match. here is why that might have been a mistake. england staring into the distance. now, with sports personality live here on bbc one tomorrow evening its that time of year when we look back at great sporting achievements and what a year it's been for speedway. the rawest form of motoracing that often goes under the radar, no breaks round an oval circuit, think chariot racing on bikes. this christmas, great britain are celebrating being world champions for the first time since the late 80's. before they went off for their winter break i went to the national speedway track at belle vue in manchester to reflect on how the speedway of nations cup was won there. on the edge of glory, a face full of dirt sliding into the big time. looking back on a day that dan huey will never forget, the climax to the international season which made the rider from cumbria a global speedway superstar just six years after he left school, as he helped great britain become world champions for the first time in 32 years. it's something since you're a kid, you kind of dream of something like that. especially being here at my home track, racing here every week, and then to do it as high as you can get, you know, racing for your country, pretty special. dan got his chance because of what happened to britain's individual world champion tai woffinden on the first day of the speedway world cup, a horrific crash. although tai was thankfully able to walk away, he was injured and out of the team. and so it was super—sub dan who came off the bench to help his country complete their win on the final day. it was a difficult morning, watching tai go down in such a horrible crash, initially you're just hoping he could get up. it was not until the next morning we found out that i was in. so it was a bit of a sleepless night, waiting to see what would happen. all the more nerve—wracking because of the jeopardy involved, going hell for leather with no breaks in this rawest form of motorsport. i think if you go back far enough, this sport was probably chariot racing. it's a really simple form of motorsport. they race around an oval, they had carts and horses, now we have 70—horsepower engines. you know, our bikes are not much more complicated than a chariot, they're pretty simple. they didn't want to give an inch back then and nothing has changed, really. the racing is just the same. some of the riders have been back at bellevue stadium in manchester to celebrate their historic achievement, to hold a version of the trophy winners actually get to keep — at 20 kilos, one of the heaviest cups in any sport, and made from a speedway engine, of course. and to get in a final few laps before the sport goes into its winter break, the british team now goes into that break as world champions for the first time since 1989. and they've done it — won the world championship here at the national speedway centre in front of a home crowd. it could well be a defining moment for the sport. a well—needed shot in the arm for the sport in this country. it raises awareness of the sport, and what we really need to do is get more people watching, it is a fantastic sport to watch, so exciting. i think it goes more under the radar than what you're looking for. in the long—term, what you want is more riders to come into it. it has got to be the most accessible motorsport around. speedo doesn't require much, it's a relatively small investment and you'll see the return straightaway. tom brennan started racing on grass on minibikes aged six, and came to speedway through motocross to become a world champion. it's the only thing i have ever sort of been told how to do and i've actually maintained. so school was pretty tricky, and spedway is the one thing i seem to be pretty good at. it's hard to explain the rush you get from it. it can be over and done, though, when you're having a bad one. in eastern europe, where the sport has a high profile, the likes of dan and tom would be icons now, recognised wherever they went. becoming world champions means they can now dream of the sport going again here. had a little visit to rome at the end of the season, seeing the old coliseum, and it was cool walking in here today. you know, obviously not the same size, but it's two oval tracks. so who knows? maybe in a few years we will have something the size of the coliseum. as the saying goes, when in rome. too as the romans did. it is an exciting sport to go and watch. massively loud. exciting. and jeopardy. another wicket in the cricket. ben stokes is out. there is a thing called the follow on, you could be made to bat again, australia might do that to england. they might want to bat themselves to tire out the english bowlers. if they are feeling dejected, you throw them back in, don't you? they might want to grind them down further. it is up to them, they are in control. they started all right. glad you got your strong cup of tea. it's been 100 years since earnest shackleton left plymouth on a perilous journey to the south pole. marking the occasion, a group of scientists from the south west have just reached antarctica on their own ecological mission. the team, who have been planning the venture for four years, are trying to discover whether micro plastics have spread through the peninsula. emma ruminski reports. hello. we have made it to antarctica and it is a little bit windy. we are getting off early tomorrow. getting to the antarctic _ getting off early tomorrow. getting to the antarctic with _ getting off early tomorrow. getting to the antarctic with the _ getting off early tomorrow. getting to the antarctic with the covid - to the antarctic with the covid restrictions were difficult. the conditions at sea were not great. it is not like shackleton when things were washed overboard, let's hope. now he went and a four day storm will delay the start of their track. we are huddling down with this tent. it is we are huddling down with this tent. it is not _ we are huddling down with this tent. it is not ideal when you want to get on and _ it is not ideal when you want to get on and move, but the conditions are likely— on and move, but the conditions are likely to _ on and move, but the conditions are likely to deteriorate over the next four days — likely to deteriorate over the next four days l — likely to deteriorate over the next four da s. , ., ., likely to deteriorate over the next four da s. i. ., ., ., ~' likely to deteriorate over the next four da s. ., ., four days. i will give you a look at where we — four days. i will give you a look at where we are _ four days. i will give you a look at where we are headed, _ four days. i will give you a look at where we are headed, a - four days. i will give you a look at where we are headed, a plateau. | four days. i will give you a look at - where we are headed, a plateau. even the name is — where we are headed, a plateau. even the name is not _ where we are headed, a plateau. the name is not appealing, crossing the name is not appealing, crossing the forbidden plateau, they will need all of the training we recently got in the french alps, avalanches and falling down a crevice will be present. irate and falling down a crevice will be resent. ~ ., ., ., present. we did a lot of understanding - present. we did a lot of understanding about. present. we did a lot of i understanding about cold, present. we did a lot of - understanding about cold, a lot present. we did a lot of _ understanding about cold, a lot on mental health because it is going to be a challenging environment for them. we did a lot about this just understanding people's emotional needs and how you keep mentally well. . . needs and how you keep mentally well. , , .., . well. this trip will collect important _ well. this trip will collect important climate - well. this trip will collect important climate data i well. this trip will collect l important climate data and well. this trip will collect _ important climate data and measure uv levels in this time of the world. snow samples will measure micro—plastics to see if pollution has travelled to the furthest parts of the polar region. similar work has taken place on everest. there was a samples are prone to contamination. mount everest is trampled on by hundreds and hundreds of people. you trampled on by hundreds and hundreds of --eole. ., ,, of people. you can link megaloblastic - of people. you can link- megaloblastic contamination of people. you can link— megaloblastic contamination directly to that. you would not know from a sample on everest, but in the antarctic it is a completely different story.— antarctic it is a completely different story. antarctic it is a completely different sto . , ., ,., different story. the trip will also commemorate _ different story. the trip will also commemorate its _ different story. the trip will also commemorate its namesake, i different story. the trip will also - commemorate its namesake, ernest shackleton. 100 years ago, he tragically lost his life in the antarctic with his research ship. good luck to them. what an adventure. i don't think it is going to be that cold here. cold and foggy. by to be that cold here. cold and foggy, by the look of things. careful if you are going out in the car today. that is right. good morning. calderthrough car today. that is right. good morning. calder through most of the weekend. forsome morning. calder through most of the weekend. for some of us, pictures like this. this is the scene in north—west wales this morning. loot living cloud, mist and fog, and some producing drizzly outbreaks of rain. a morning of mixed fortunes. this is the picture in north wales but this is in the scottish borders. some pockets of mist and fog as well. where you have the fog and the low cloud, are lucky enough to see the blue skies, predominantly dry. this area of high pressure is dominating our weather through the next few days. some drizzle around here and they are coming out of the thick grey cloud. much of eastern england will keep the fog for much of the day. it's not too clear. perhaps part of the central belt, misty and murky. for much of scotland, some blue sky, particularly over the higher ground. temperatures between three to 10 celsius. some breaks in the cloud for wales. and south—west england and northern ireland, too. mist and fog pockets re—farming this evening. stays quite cloudy across much of england and wales. mild and fast free where you have the blanket of cloud. frost to start your sunday morning. tomorrow morning, similar to today. largely dry and settled. drizzle here and there. pockets of mist and fog that could be slow to clear. murky all day for central and eastern parts of england, perhaps scotland as well. brightness breaking through. it is turning cooler than it has been over the last few days. a little bit colder through sunday. another largely dry and breezy through the english channel. lighterwins and breezy through the english channel. lighter wins elsewhere. where you do see the fog lingering for aberdeen, where you do see the fog lingering foraberdeen, only where you do see the fog lingering for aberdeen, only 2 degrees on monday. maybe squeezing double figures. what about the lead up to the festive period? it will slip away slowly to the east, that will allow these weather fronts to move in from the atlantic. certainly over the next few days, looking dry and settled. overnight frost and fog. milder and wetter and more unsettled as we head towards the christmas weekend. thank you very much. enjoy the weekend. thank you. jools holland's new year's eve hootenanny, is a tv must watch for lots of us who decide to stay in to bring in the new year. hootenanny is something you would osa. —— something he would always say. he will be here any minute but let's listen to him. # the piano that we play # the piano that we play # still holds us together # still holds us together # with the song is... delighted to say we have jools # with the song is... delighted to say we havejools holland with us. good morning. we werejust say we havejools holland with us. good morning. we were just saying, hootenanny is a word that rules of the tongue. is it real or did you make it up? if the tongue. is it real or did you make it up?— the tongue. is it real or did you make it up? if there was a fellow who used to _ make it up? if there was a fellow who used to run _ make it up? if there was a fellow who used to run bbc— make it up? if there was a fellow who used to run bbc news - make it up? if there was a fellow who used to run bbc news years| make it up? if there was a fellow . who used to run bbc news years ago and he said you should call it hootenanny, it is a real word i looked it up, and it means a shindig or a knees up. when everybody sings a song, that is what it means. it's a song, that is what it means. it's a bit like when i was a child i had my piano in front and all the old people would sing their songs around the piano. they would only sent once per year. the piano. they would only sent once ter ear. . the piano. they would only sent once ter ear. , ., ,~. the piano. they would only sent once ter ear. per year. tell us about your happy lace per year. tell us about your happy place when _ per year. tell us about your happy place when you — per year. tell us about your happy place when you are _ per year. tell us about your happy place when you are at _ per year. tell us about your happy place when you are at the - per year. tell us about your happy place when you are at the piano i place when you are at the piano keys. this is your career, your work. what is that like? you are sitting here now, compare that with a piano or a fancy piano, whatever, what is going on? hoist a piano or a fancy piano, whatever, what is going on?— what is going on? how does that feel? i would _ what is going on? how does that feel? i would not— what is going on? how does that feel? i would not be _ what is going on? how does that feel? i would not be here - what is going on? how does that | feel? i would not be here without what is going on? how does that i feel? i would not be here without a piano. piano is my friend. i would not be talking to you both, i wouldn't be doing anything, i have had an extraordinary life because of the piano. it is also, whether i was playing at home, whether i was ten years old are whether i am in the studio you are plugging into the same thing. it is a piano. if it is a stranger piano, you have to make friends with it. sometimes you have to take charge, other times they take charge of you. it is like horse riding. there are no two pianos alike. that is right. the piano, when you mix it with other instruments, it becomes a piano and its friends. it has allowed me to make lots of friends, and it musically makes friends, too. when ou tla musically makes friends, too. when you play the — musically makes friends, too. when you play the piano. _ musically makes friends, too. when you play the piano, obviously- you play the piano, obviously different pianos sound different, different pianos sound different, different tones, fine, say you play the piano and then someone else played the same tune with the same rhythm, right, with the —— with the sound to be the same? it rhythm, right, with the -- with the sound to be the same?— sound to be the same? it would be similar but — sound to be the same? it would be similar but people _ sound to be the same? it would be similar but people have _ sound to be the same? it would be similar but people have different i similar but people have different touches. no two people's voices are the same, no two fingerprints are the same, no two fingerprints are the same, no two fingerprints are the same, no two pianos are the same and the way people play is different. i recorded a track recently with the concert pianist. it was interesting and i was honoured he wanted to do a duet. he learnt any different way to me. i learned by ear. i said you played back really beautifully. when did you first play? he said when i was three years old i won the competition. it is a different world he comes from. but then you mix the two together and you realise the two of them, when you play together, you can have a conversation that kind of works. there are no rules on music. it doesn't matter where you come from, everyone gets a different sound. i from, everyone gets a different sound. ., ., from, everyone gets a different sound. . ., . ., sound. i have a vivid recollection when you — sound. i have a vivid recollection when you came _ sound. i have a vivid recollection when you came in _ sound. i have a vivid recollection when you came in for _ sound. i have a vivid recollection when you came in for an - sound. i have a vivid recollection i when you came in for an interview here, in the old days when i shook hands and i was terrified of hurting the hands. ., ., ., , the hands. you have to be careful. he would wear— the hands. you have to be careful. he would wear gloves _ the hands. you have to be careful. he would wear gloves to _ the hands. you have to be careful. he would wear gloves to keep - the hands. you have to be careful. he would wear gloves to keep hisl he would wear gloves to keep his hands protected. he plays any romantic style whereas i play a different style. it is a different ethos. when we did the thing together, which is a new record, we think, that works. you can hear my part and it is clear there are two different voices it is because of the person. i different voices it is because of the person-— different voices it is because of the person. i think it is time for us to hear— the person. i think it is time for us to hear more _ the person. i think it is time for us to hear more of— the person. i think it is time for us to hear more of what - the person. i think it is time for us to hear more of what you . the person. i think it is time for i us to hear more of what you have been doing. i think we have tom jones, who have worked with, let's have a look and you can tell us afterwards. # forgive me for what i've done # forgive me for what i've done # i sang so low # i sang so low # nowi # i sang so low # now i want you to know # now i want you to know # please forgive me for what i've done. # forgiveness is such sweetness. did you dare to give tom jones any instruction? you dare to give tom jones any instruction?— instruction? no, it is quite the opposite- _ instruction? no, it is quite the opposite- the _ instruction? no, it is quite the opposite. the record, - instruction? no, it is quite the opposite. the record, the - instruction? no, it is quite the | opposite. the record, the great producer who has been producing it, he was great, but it is the idea of having the piano and the friend, there is ruby turner, gregory porter, great singers, and with tom i had written this song and i said, tom, what do you think of this? he said, i will record that. that is the biggest compliment you can have. he is one of the best singer on earth. he turns it into something thatis earth. he turns it into something that is really great. it was very moving for me.— that is really great. it was very moving for me. does he do it in front of you? — moving for me. does he do it in front of you? or _ moving for me. does he do it in front of you? or did _ moving for me. does he do it in front of you? or did he - moving for me. does he do it in front of you? or did he take - moving for me. does he do it in front of you? or did he take it i front of you? or did he take it away? i front of you? or did he take it awa ? , ., .,. away? i will tell you the exact sto . away? i will tell you the exact story- that — away? i will tell you the exact story. that was _ away? i will tell you the exact story. that was found - away? i will tell you the exact story. that was found in - away? i will tell you the exact story. that was found in the i away? i will tell you the exact - story. that was found in the studio. he had got the song, i went to his flat and played it once around the piano. he started to inhabit the song and then own the song, it becomes his. he is the greatest master and it is the greatest compliment that he wants to sing the song. he is the servant of the song. he becomes the servant of the song and he communicates with the music. he really is the master of that. he is very honest and very gently gets on with it. this thing comes out and you can't believe it. do on with it. this thing comes out and you can't believe it.— you can't believe it. do you get nervous? _ you can't believe it. do you get nervous? you _ you can't believe it. do you get nervous? you have _ you can't believe it. do you get nervous? you have aught - you can't believe it. do you get nervous? you have aught to i you can't believe it. do you get i nervous? you have aught to some amazing people, you as well are an extraordinary artist, but do you have nerves? or is it not like that because you are musicians together? you do have nerves but it is mainly before. when the music begins, you become a servant of the song. beforehand, especially if it is someone you have admired. tom is my friend but also someone i have admired all my life. he took one —— but you still can't quite believe it. when the music begins you become part of the music and then you have to pinch yourself and think, did this really happen? do you think about your early days? a lot of people love what you are doing now and a lot of people remember the songs. mike nipped out and he said i loved the squeeze. i still songs. mike nipped out and he said i loved the squeeze.— loved the squeeze. i still see them. the drummer— loved the squeeze. i still see them. the drummer plays _ loved the squeeze. i still see them. the drummer plays with _ loved the squeeze. i still see them. the drummer plays with me - loved the squeeze. i still see them. the drummer plays with me in - loved the squeeze. i still see them. the drummer plays with me in the i the drummer plays with me in the orchestra and it is wonderful things that we did. as an artist, you have to keep moving forward and doing your own things which is what i have been doing. curiously enough, this piano record now is a way of expressing where i have been going for the last... what i have been learning all my life now for the last 50 years when i first sat down and worked out the piano. i have been obsessed with the piano since i had my uncle playing the boogie—woogie. had my uncle playing the boogie-woogie. hootenanny. hootenanny- _ boogie-woogie. hootenanny. hootenanny. in _ boogie-woogie. hootenanny. hootenanny. in the _ boogie-woogie. hootenanny. hootenanny. in the studio, i boogie-woogie. hootenanny. . hootenanny. in the studio, when boogie-woogie. hootenanny. - hootenanny. in the studio, when we do this show, if you say the hootenanny, everyone shouts it out. when hootenanny comes around, how has the year been? it when hootenanny comes around, how has the year been?— has the year been? it has been a hard ear has the year been? it has been a hard year for _ has the year been? it has been a hard year for everybody. - has the year been? it has been a l hard year for everybody. everyone has got their own story that has not been good that has happened in their lives and has been challenging in many ways. ourjob is to celebrate going from one year to the other. it is great music and getting together. people have a family parties, when people cannot get together. as same? last year, it was more determined. for the first time ever, my whole rhythm and blues orchestra were a dinnerjacket because it was like if you have been exiled to myers and you have been exiled to myers and you have been exiled to myers and you have to have a party, let's make the effort and dress up for it. we couldn't have any guest in the studio. this year, we are going to have the show and i hope, although we can't have the studio full of people, i think the artists will be allowed to bring a couple of people who are in their bubble. we can have a little bit more atmosphere in the studio. jets a little bit more atmosphere in the studio. �* . ., . a little bit more atmosphere in the studio. . ., a little bit more atmosphere in the studio. , ., ., , ., studio. as a big fan of the show, one of the _ studio. as a big fan of the show, one of the things _ studio. as a big fan of the show, one of the things i _ studio. as a big fan of the show, one of the things i love - studio. as a big fan of the show, one of the things i love about i studio. as a big fan of the show, one of the things i love about it| studio. as a big fan of the show, | one of the things i love about it is easy this up of people, artists of different genres, do you have a moment that you have cherished of people you would not have thaw could collaborate, i would be in the same place together? collaborate, ! would be in the same place together?— place together? yes, i think that is treat. let place together? yes, i think that is great- let me _ place together? yes, i think that is great. let me just _ place together? yes, i think that is great. let me just think. _ place together? yes, i think that is great. let me just think. the - great. let me just think. the strange thing now, you look on youtube and a lot of things you look up youtube and a lot of things you look up they are on the hootenanny. there was one with an artist and kylie minogue was dancing on the table. what kind of artist? one of the greatest jamaican artists ever. he was just great. greatest jamaican artists ever. he wasjust great. he greatest jamaican artists ever. he was just great. he was one of the best. wasjust great. he was one of the best. �* , wasjust great. he was one of the best-_ and _ wasjust great. he was one of the best._ and she - wasjust great. he was one of the best._ and she is - wasjust great. he was one of the i best._ and she is dancing best. and kylie. and she is dancing on the table- _ best. and kylie. and she is dancing on the table. understandably, - on the table. understandably, because that is the effect it has on you. and paul mccartney is singing along. you think the music is different, but you realise there are similarities, not the differences which is the great thing about it. on a new year's eve, you can sing whatever you want. the other great thing is you get people singing the songs we wouldn't normally sing which is something that the piano does, i have realised. people are playing instrumental pieces they wouldn't normally do. i have come beautifully around. that is the piano. beautifully around. that is the tiano. �* beautifully around. that is the tiano. . , ., beautifully around. that is the tiano. �* . , beautifully around. that is the iano, �* , ., ., , , beautifully around. that is the tiano. . ., , , ., piano. and your new album is out now. piano. and your new album is out now- that — piano. and your new album is out now. that was _ piano. and your new album is out now. 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is it from breakfast. we are back at 60 m tomorrow. to have a lovely weekend. this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. tighter covid restrictions across europe — as nations battle to contain the spread of the new omicron variant. uk government scientific advisers warn that tougher covid restrictions are needed "very soon" to prevent a big rise in hospital admissions in england. shopping centres and football stadiums will be among nearly three—thousand venues in england offering boosterjabs this weekend. some centres will open round—the—clock. the uk's top civil servant steps down from running an inquiry into downing street parties because of an event in his own office. the british socialite, ghislaine maxwell who denies sex trafficking charges in the united states has told the court she won't be giving evidence. and a typhoon that hit the philippines on friday is now known to have killed 33 people.