labour says not enough is being done. also on the programme. a new way of keeping children safe in high—crime areas — using chaperones to help them to and from school. and we report on how the queen will celebrate her platinum jubilee this year, when she becomes the first british monarch to reign for 70 years. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister has warned that the pressure on the nhs in england is going to be considerable in the coming weeks, but he insisted that the way forward for the country is to continue on the current path. it comes as the education secretary says the government is determined to keep schools open after learning a painful lesson from earlier closures. nadhim zahawi confirmed all secondary pupils in england will be tested before returning this week. labour have accused the government of not doing enough to reduce transmission, and keep schools open. here's our political correspondent chris mason. the prime minister in aylesbury, buckinghamshire at a vaccination centre this morning. secondary schools in england are told to do what it has already been happening in wales, northern ireland and scotland. pupils wearing masks in class. , . . scotland. pupils wearing masks in class. ,. . , class. there is an increasing body of scientific _ class. there is an increasing body of scientific support _ class. there is an increasing body of scientific support for _ class. there is an increasing body of scientific support for the - class. there is an increasing body of scientific support for the idea l of scientific support for the idea facemasks can contain transmission. i don't like the idea of having facemasks in classrooms any more than anybody else but we won't keep them on a day more than necessary. this is what the start of term looked like in secondary schools in england in september and it will look similar in the next few days as pupils are tested at school before heading to lessons. this head teacher in solihull in the west midlands is a seniorfigure in the teachers union. it’s midlands is a senior figure in the teachers union.— teachers union. it's going to be challenging- — teachers union. it's going to be challenging. we _ teachers union. it's going to be challenging. we don't - teachers union. it's going to be challenging. we don't know- teachers union. it's going to be i challenging. we don't know what teachers union. it's going to be - challenging. we don't know what the impact is on students and staffing and the ability to deliver the education we want to deliver. i would echo what everyone else has said, we want schools open, we want students in but we are going into a bit of the unknown. we'll be carrying out testing with students tomorrow on the first day back. labour claimed the government hasn't done enough to make schools in england as safe as possible. i�*fifif} england as safe as possible. 7000 air purifiers _ england as safe as possible. 7000 air purifiers across _ england as safe as possible. 7000 air purifiers across hundreds - england as safe as possible. 7000 air purifiers across hundreds of thousands_ air purifiers across hundreds of thousands of classrooms in england isn't good _ thousands of classrooms in england isn't good enough. they clearly recognise — isn't good enough. they clearly recognise there is a need to take action_ recognise there is a need to take action but— recognise there is a need to take action but for so many schools and head _ action but for so many schools and head teachers, the answer has just been _ head teachers, the answer has just been open — head teachers, the answer has just been open windows and keep children in close _ been open windows and keep children in close learning. it'sjanuary, i don't _ in close learning. it'sjanuary, i don't think— in close learning. it'sjanuary, i don't think it's an adequate solution _ don't think it's an adequate solution-— don't think it's an adequate solution. ~ . ,, ., , solution. meanwhile, nhs leaders warned they _ solution. meanwhile, nhs leaders warned they are _ solution. meanwhile, nhs leaders warned they are seeing _ solution. meanwhile, nhs leaders warned they are seeing increasing | warned they are seeing increasing numbers of staff not able to work just as they are dealing with what has been a big increase in people sent to hospital with it. but there is some evidence from baserunning hospitals in london that things might be improving. i hospitals in london that things might be improving.— hospitals in london that things might be improving. i was talking to london chief — might be improving. i was talking to london chief executives _ might be improving. i was talking to london chief executives last - might be improving. i was talking to london chief executives last week. | london chief executives last week. they were seeing some very concerning daily increases of the numbers of people coming into hospital, 9%, 15%, 9% on the 27th, 28 and 29th of december. but in the last two days those numbers have dropped, the increases to i% and to 2%. dropped, the increases to 1% and to 296. �* , dropped, the increases to 196 and to 296. �* , , ., 296. but remember, there is a time la. 296. but remember, there is a time lag between _ 296. but remember, there is a time lag between peeple _ 296. but remember, there is a time lag between people being - 296. but remember, there is a time lag between people being infected| lag between people being infected and son ending up in hospital and the government expects a big increase in people being admitted in the coming weeks. chris is here. what is the very latest from the government on restrictions? the consistent _ government on restrictions? tie: consistent message we government on restrictions? tt2 consistent message we are hearing from the prime minister and from other ministers is that despite the fact they acknowledge that there will be this big increase in the number in hospital with covid in the coming weeks, they think as things stand looking at the data at the moment, but the restrictions in england which are more liberal than elsewhere in the uk even if they've got a little closer with the request to wear masks in secondary schools from this week, is that the measures in england are about right. that is the view of the government. there is going to be a review on wednesday, that's been in the diary since plan b was first implemented in the first week of last month. we'll probably hear from the health secretary in the commons on wednesday but the expectation is he will say that the restrictions such as they are in england will remain the same. they will be reviewed again towards the tail end of this month.— in some high—crime inner city areas, children are being helped to and from school by adult chaperones. it's based on a successful scheme in chicago and is being piloted in the west midlands. the schools taking part have been chosen based on police intelligence, as our midlands correspondent phil mackie reports. guys, you can come through, you can come through. you look nice. thank you. towering above the children leaving the ark boulton academy in sparkhill in birmingham is callam dunne. guys, do you want to come through? he works for mad, or make a difference, and he is one of a group of chaperones who keep students safe on their way into and out of school. the chaperones are in the prominent places, if you like, _ i so they are easily identifiable i by the students, they are on key routes home and also in areas i that we know are known hotspots so they provide a refuge. so if there are students who feel they are at risk or feel _ they are vulnerable, _ they can see those chaperones, they are marked out with mad on theirjackets and they can l approach them and the chaperones can make sure feel safe. _ the school is one of more than a dozen across the west midlands which is taking part in a pilot project called step together. in each case, the children have to use routes to and from school where drug dealing and gang crime are problems. thankfully, none of us have ever been involved in such violence across the streets but we do know that obviously there are people out there, there are the dangers of the world out there and you want them to be protected in such situations, so the fact that these chaperones are out here now, it does make everybody feel ten times safer. i think every student should get the chance to go home safely and not have to worry about anything like that. and it's more scary to go to a stranger and ask for help, so to know that there are trained professionals there, and we know they are there to protect us and we can go to them. the walk to and from school can be perilous for teenagers in big cities. an 18—year—old was stabbed to death barely a mile from here a few weeks ago. this park is just a couple of minutes' walk away from the school so lots of people will congregate here and they might play football or cricket in the summer, but it is also a potential dangerous flashpoint because there is a lot of criminal activity here as well — drug dealing, weapons have been stashed here so that is why the chaperones come, notjust to act as a point of reassurance for the children who use this, but also as a deterrent to the criminal activity. we found a machete into the ackers woods just up there. callam dunne has brought me to the park that he and the other chaperones patrol after school. it is known as the ackers and is right next to the ark boulton academy. when bad things happen, it's not often in the eyesight of the public so that's why green areas and big parks like this are often places where a lot of things will happen out of eyesight. callam says that because they spend so much time with the children, they get a sixth sense if something is wrong and can immediately detect if there is likely to be trouble. if it is a success, it is hoped these chaperones could become a more common sight elsewhere in england and wales. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. a legal document which the duke of york's lawyer believes will stop the civil case against him in the us is expected to be made public today. prince andrew's lawyers say a settlement made in 2009 between virginia giuffre and sex offenderjeffrey epstein will release him from liability in the case brought by ms giuffre, who accuses him of sexual assault when she was 17. he has consistently denied the claims. our legal correspondent dominic casciani is here. what do we expect to happen today? we're going to have a lot of noise today but then it's going to go to a judge in new york tomorrow to hear what this document amounts to. it's been a secret document for more than a decade now. it's getting unsealed which means it becomes public. in her original action in florida, virginia giuffre who brings these allegations against prince andrew said she was exploited notjust by jeffrey epstein but his closest male peers including royalty. she's never defined he that is. prince andrew's lawyers say that all the allegations she makes are baseless, not true but evenif she makes are baseless, not true but even if they were, this document prevents her from even if they were, this document prevents herfrom bringing the action. this is the critical point in this case, really, because if the judge rules the document effectively bars any action then it's judge rules the document effectively bars any action then its game over for her and the case stops. however, course, if the document is open to interpretation, we are going to hear further arguments from the prince's lawyers that the case should be thrown out on all sorts of other grounds, including the fact the complainant doesn't even live in the us. meanwhile she says she wants evidence the prince himself doesn't sweat. if you remember, he said on newsnight that an alleged meeting between them where she said he sweated profusely, he said couldn't have happened because he doesn't sweat. a , have happened because he doesn't sweat. , ., a critical incident has been declared at hospitals in lincolnshire because of covid—related staff shortages. the situation has been described as "extreme and unprecedented" by the nhs trust that runs them. it says essential services remain open. our correspondent danny savage is at lincoln county hospitalfor us now. what are the hospital authorities saying? this is the hospital behind me and it effectively has a huge staffing crisis, notjust at it effectively has a huge staffing crisis, not just at this site it effectively has a huge staffing crisis, notjust at this site but sites in boston and grant them as well. they declared the critical incident on saturday night and it's all down to the fact that lots of staff are off with covid at the moment which means there are fewer staff covering shifts. they say there is a significant staff absences due to covid—i9 but they say in spite of the challenges, essential services are fully open. it's a bank holiday today so it is fairly quiet around the hospital, most of the normal outpatient services wouldn't be functioning as they normally would be on a working week day. a&e is open, ambulances are coming and going but that seems to be effectively running normally at the moment, albeit with long waiting times at most hospitals. this isn't a unique incident from what we can tell. about half a dozen other trusts have declared critical incidents. sometimes they last for 80 days, but you have a situation at the moment where staff absences are rising and so are the number of cases coming in with covid —— sometimes they last for a few days. the queen will celebrate her platinum jubilee this year when she becomes the first british monarch to reign for 70 years. the queen is set to pass the milestone on 6th february, the anniversary of the death of her father king george vi in 1952. national festivities to mark the unprecedented jubilee will take place injune over a four—day bank holiday weekend. our royal correspondent daniela relph looks at the significance ofjubilees. first came the silver. the gold coach was on its way to st paul's and a service of thanksgiving. fanfare plays 25 years later, it was the golden. more recently, the diamond. the queen is a veteran of a jubilee. brian, christine and dave — neighbours on park street in salisbury, which looked very different ten years ago. the team photo. the residents of park street held a diamond jubilee street party in 2012 — but it was much more than that. the months of planning brought neighbours together. new friendships were made, community spirit was strengthened. it's your sense of identity and belonging to this nation, as it were. you know what i mean? i'm welsh, but it didn't matter. she's our queen, it's that feeling. and getting together, one big family, as it were. one big memory is the colourful table spending and groaning under the weight of the food. there was definitely no shortage of cakes and colourful foods. brian, no one's lived longer on park street than you have, but it was transformed that day. what was it like here on the day? well, not seeing any parked cars was rather nice, - having this nice big open street where we had tables and chairs and bunting and people enjoying themselves. l the milford street bridge mural was created in salisbury for the diamond jubilee, after people here were asked for their royal memories. each image represents someone's recollection. a permanent reminder of royal history. this year, salisbury and communities across the uk will turn their mind to the queen's platinum jubilee, where much of the focus will be on creating a lasting legacy to mark the longest reign in british history. and this year, that lasting legacy wants us all to get planting. back in october, the queen met local schoolchildren and launched a tree planting season on her balmoral estate. thank you very much, that's very kind. it's part of a uk wide project to get trees planted to mark the platinumjubilee, alongside a four—day bank holiday weekend injune for a national celebration. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. as we've been reporting, the prime minister has echoed his ministers in signalling that the government is considering no new coronavirus restrictions for england at the moment. on a visit to a vaccination centre ni aylesbury, he said everything would be kept under review. he's been speaking in the last half hour. let's listen to more of what he had to say. i think we've got to recognise that the pressure on our nhs, in our hospitals is going to be considerable in the course of the neck couple of weeks and may be more because there is no question that omicron continues to search through the country and as a couple of important points, it is plainly milder than previous variants but we are also different position, we've got plan b in place, people should never forget that. we've got the measures that we are using, making people wear masks on public transport, in confined spaces, when meeting people you don't normally meet. these types of restrictions, working from home if you can, working from home if you can, working from home if you can, working from home if you can but we also are continuing the massive booster roll—out which can see happening here in aylesbury today and notjust the booster roll—out but the vaccination programme for those who have not yet had their first or second vaccination. ijust want to make a crucial point to people who are thinking about getting their booster that they are are still quite a lot of people who have had two jabs but have not had the third. a third jab really does make a big, big difference. there are 2 million slots just this week to get your booster so get boosted now, it can make all the difference in the role. the majority of people who are nicu sadly have not been vaccinated and the vast majority have not been boosted. —— the majority of people in icu. you mention restrictions but there is increasing pressure in the hospitals. is a gamble? the way forward for the country as a whole is to continue with the path we are on, we'll keep everything under review, of course we will keep measures under review but the mixture of things that we are doing at the moment is, i think, the right one and so number one, continue with plan b, make sure people take it seriously, do what we can to stop the spread, use the plan b measures, work from home if you can, wear a mask and public transport, be sensible about... take a test before going out to meet people you do not normally meet, think about the requirements under plan b but also get the booster and i think that is the difference between the uk and so much of the rest of the europe and perhaps the rest of the world as we have a very high level of vaccination now and we need to continue very fast to build up those defences and almost 3a million people, 33.9 million people across the uk have had a booster, among the 70-75 the uk have had a booster, among the 70—75 group, you're looking at over 90% of evil have had it, huge numbers. i think 76% of adult, so everybody who is thinking about it, get a booster and you're joining the vast majority. white might hospitals have declared it a —— lincolnshire hospitals have tickled a critical incident, is that a major factor in terms of staff shortages? we have to make sure we look after the nhs and anyway we can and i talk this morning to madame prichard and steve powys, and all those who are running the nhs and i appreciate the pressures our hospitals are under, i think it is vital that we make sure we help them by trying to contain the pandemic in the ways that i have set out, so do all the things i've said, make sure we follow plan b, get boosted but also help the nhs with their staffing requirements and we are looking at what we can do to move people into those areas that are particularly badly affected but do not forget that whatever. .. no matter how incredibly transmissible omicron is, there is no question that really spreads very, very fast, it is different from previous variants and it does seem pretty conclusively to be less severe than delta or alpha and it is putting fewer people into icu and sadly the people getting into icu are the people getting into icu are the people who are not listed so get boosted. ., ., , ., . boosted. your thoughts on cutting isolation to _ boosted. your thoughts on cutting isolation to five _ boosted. your thoughts on cutting isolation to five days. _ boosted. your thoughts on cutting isolation to five days. when - boosted. your thoughts on cutting isolation to five days. when you . isolation to five days. when you look at what _ isolation to five days. when you look at what we've _ isolation to five days. when you look at what we've got, - isolation to five days. when you look at what we've got, in - isolation to five days. when you | look at what we've got, in effect, it is very close to that kind of limit anyway because... won in the morning, one minute past midnight, on the day that you test negative, we will continue to look at the infectivity periods but the key thing is we do not want to release people back into the workplace when they are still infectious and the risk is you increase the numbers of people going back into the workplace you are infectious by a factor of three so you might perversely have a negative effect on the workforces so thatis negative effect on the workforces so that is the argument we are looking at. ~ ., . , ., that is the argument we are looking at. worried about facemasks in schools as _ at. worried about facemasks in schools as children _ at. worried about facemasks in schools as children go - at. worried about facemasks in schools as children go back, i schools as children go back, facemasks and schools, some of your mps say the efficacy is questionable. what would you say to them? fin questionable. what would you say to them? ., ., ., , them? on the other hand, there was increasin: them? on the other hand, there was increasing body _ them? on the other hand, there was increasing body of— them? on the other hand, there was increasing body of scientific - increasing body of scientific support for the idea that facemasks can contain transmission. we don't want to keep them, i don't like the idea of having facemasks and classrooms any more than anybody else does and we will not keep them on a day more than is necessary. fine on a day more than is necessary. one final question. _ on a day more than is necessary. one final question, are _ on a day more than is necessary. one final question, are we at the beginning of the end of the pandemic? t beginning of the end of the pandemic?— beginning of the end of the pandemic? beginning of the end of the andemic? ~ , ., pandemic? i think the uk is in a much stronger— pandemic? i think the uk is in a much stronger position - pandemic? i think the uk is in a much stronger position than - pandemic? i think the uk is in a| much stronger position than this time last year and there is no doubt at all, and that is basically because of science, because of vaccination, and my view is that omicron seems to be borne by all evidence much milder, considerably milder than the previous variants and we are much more boosted, so our position is far, far better but looking... this is what i would say to everybody, looking at the pressures on the nhs in the next couple of and may be longer, looking at the numbers of people who are going to be going into hospital, it would be absolute folly to say this thing is all over now, we have to remain cautious, we have to stick with plan b and get boosted. borisjohnson boris johnson speaking a borisjohnson speaking a little earlier. the queen's coronation and the moon landing were both moments when people gathered around the tv to witness history in the making. it's been 100 years since the bbc launched, and zoe conway has been taking a look back at some of the moments that shaped british television. when bbc tv launched in 1936, music theatre star adele dixon sang about television's magic rays of light. the studio crew can be forgiven for not looking very excited. tvs were so expensive, only 100 people in britain had one. even higher—ups within the bbc thought it would never catch on. the bbc didn't particularly want to make television and they were quite happy with radio, thank you very much. and lord reith, who was running the bbc, absolutely abhorred this newfangled invention. but, the government could see that war was coming. germany was using television for propaganda purposes. so they thought we have to get going and launch a television service. so it all happened incredibly quickly. in about 18 months, the bbc has to launch the first ever television service, up in the north of london at alexandra palace. and it is madcap mayhem, because basically they are making it up as they go along. 12 years later, the london olympic games were televised. the coverage helping to buoy a nation still scarred by war, now beamed into 140,000 ohms. the action could be seen in real time. she is in fact wearing a dress of shimmering white. - but it was the queen's coronation in 1953 that would prove the turning point. 20 million people tuned in — for the first time, overtaking the bbc radio audience. coronation comes along and television does what it does so well, it convenes the nation, it brings people in. and all these wonderful stories of 18 people crammed into the living room, all watching around the television. in fact there was a saying — if you want to make new friends, put an aerial on your roof. even the male elephants don't have tasks. oh, where having a slight penny down here. - five years later, blue peter launched, the longest—running children's tv programme in the world. it survived a urinating errant elephant and a scarily out—of—control campfire. # we are.# we are on fire. let's get the firemen in. the first black children's tv presenter was paul danquah on playschool in 1966. it has been a simply tremendous afternoon here. simply tremendous is one way to describe one of the most momentous moments of the 20th century — the first moon landing in 1969. a year later, the first same—sex kiss delivered by sir ian mckellen in a bbc two production of edward ii. in this series, i am going to show you how to cook... a british love affair with indian food was ignited by madhurjaffrey, whose show began in 1982. it is the kind of food you get in indian homes. one of the things i am going to make is roganjosh. this is a classical north indian dish. as you can see, our home is very relaxed. from 1983, the nation woke up to frank bough... let's get britain fit! ..and the green goddess, diana moran. on britain's first ever breakfast tv show. stretch out, expanding the lungs and then down. the launch of the iplayer in 2007 made streaming mainstream. what is ever—changing is not just what we're watching but how we're watching it. zoe conway, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. the weather's set to get a lot colder, temperatures in the highlands dropping from around 16 celsius that we had just 12 days ago to around four over the next few days. the colder air is pushing in behind this weather front that's bringing rain this afternoon across parts of northern ireland and the far north of england. the last of the mild days to the south of that front with the colder air already making inroads across scotland and to a degree the far north of england and northern ireland, too. overnight tonight the risk of icy patches with some snow showers moving in. could see some accumulating snow over the higher ground. two to five centimetres in places but the frost is going to be quite widespread particularly in the countryside, so a cold start for many but stilljust about mild across the far south. now, through tuesday, a weather front pushes southwards. the colder air spreads across all parts of the country, we get there was snow showers moving into scotland and it becomes very windy for a time in orkney where we could get gusts of wind 60, perhaps even 70 mph. that's your latest weather. hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines: the prime minister has said there is no reason forfurther measures in england — amidst the surge of coronavirus cases due to the omicron variant. the pressure on our nhs and on our hospitals is going to be considerable in the course of the next couple of weeks and maybe more because there is no question omicron continues to surge through the country. meanwhile the government says keeping schools open is a priority and that pupils won't have to wear masks for a day longer than needed. labour says not enough is being done. a critical incident is declared at hospitals in lincolnshire because of covid—related staff shortages. how chaperones are escorting children to school in parts of the west midlands with high levels of crime. now on bbc news, it's time for weather world. sarah keith—lucas and nick miller report on how climate change is affecting the scottish ski industry and look back at 2021's biggest storms. this time on weather world, i'm in scotland, the country that hosted the 2021 cop climate summit. and even though i've come to one of the coldest and snowiest parts of the country, the cairngorms ski area, it faces its own challenges as our world warms. i'll be talking to the people whose livelihoods depend on winter snow here — even if sometimes, they have to make it themselves. the factory produces four tonnes an hour, so injust under a month, that's about 3,000 tonnes. and i'm in london where, like many major cities around the world, mass transport systems are facing up