that it will rapidly turn back to rain and it will be a windy day. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. if you test positive on a lateral flow and don't have symptoms, the government's finalising plans to drop the requirement in england that you need to get a pcr to confirm it. borisjohnson will ask his top team to back his decision not to impose any further covid restrictions in england. the nhs under strain from coronavirus — more trusts in england declare critical incidents — and 17 hospitals in greater manchester put some non—urgent surgery on hold. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon is due to address parliament later today as covid cases continue to rise. there's a growing backlash in australia after tennis star novak djokovic is allowed to enter the country without a confirmed covid vaccination, to defend his australian open title. sport — and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good morning. we will discuss the developments emerging with regards to novak djokovic�*s appearance at the australian open. a bit of optimism in the cricket. england let's not forget, three down in the series, their ashes hopes over, playing to restore some pride in the two remaining matches. and on the opening day of the fourth test, two late wickets, one from james anderson, the other mark wood, giving england something to build upon tomorrow, australia closing on 126—3. here'sjoe wilson. so, what's left to play for in the ashes? well, every ball counts, doesn't it? that was david warner's idea. england had james anderson and stuart broad bowling. no earlyjoy for either. marcus harris with that shot. how soon do you start worrying, if you're england's captain? well, perhaps he never stops. broad is an expert at dismissing david warner. remember there. good catch. gone for 30. and that is why i should play every match, broad might just have been thinking. watch now, some courageous commitment. frantic pace. gripping drama. here we go, stumps clear. covers on. the ground staff were busy. rain lingered over sydney. eventually, the cricket resumed. marnus labuschagne scoring runs, frustrating england. normal service. harris on 38, anderson at 39. a timely wicket for england. a reminder they can compete. here comes mark wood. there goes labuschagne. edged, caught. 126—3 at the close of play and a chance to show england enjoying the ashes? well, for once, why not? interesting developments in novak djokovic�*s hopes of defending his australian open title — the australian government have warned the world number one he may not be permitted entry to the country despite being granted a medical exemption by organisers of the tournament. a medical exemption australia's home affairs minister said that irrespective of what the state of victoria and tennis australia have decided, djokovic would still need to provide adequate proof as to why he can't be vaccinated. prime minister scott morrison said the 20 time grand slam champion, who has never revealed his vaccination status, will be subject to the same border checks as everyone else. my my view is that any individual seeking to enter australia must comply with our border requirements. now, novak djokovic, when he arrives in australia and i'm not quite sure when he's going to turn up but i don't think it's too far away, if he is not vaccinated he must provide acceptable proof that he cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons to be able to access the same travel arrangements has fully vaccinated travellers. so, we await his presentation and what evidence he provides to support that. if the evidence is insufficient, he won't be treated any different to anyone else and will be on the next plane home. there's developing news, too, from liverpool, whose assistant manager has now tested positive for covid—i9. pep lijnders took charge for sunday's match against chelsea, withjurgen klopp in isolation with the virus, but he's now out of action too. liverpool are waiting to hear whether their league cup semifinal first leg against arsenal tomorrow night can be postponed because of the number of cases in the camp. the efl is considering the request. newcastle united have made their first signing since the saudi—backed takeover at stjames' park — england full back kieran trippier. remember this goal. from the 2018 world cup? kieran trippier has scored for england! pinpoint perfection. fans on tyneside can look forward to those free kicks. newcastle have agreed a £12 million fee with atletico madrid. trippier will be reunited with manager eddie howe, who signed him while he was at burnley. you wonder if more signings will follow. that's all the sport for now. thank you for your messages about the nation that the government at westminster are considering dropping the requirement to have a pcr test if you've tested positive on a lateral flow test. this says, hello, my adult daughter took a pcr test after a negative lateral flow in bed for a week with covid. she did a lateralflow for a week with covid. she did a lateral flow everyday to see if they would return a positive result, they did not, so we no longer trust them and believe they give us full sense of security and increase the spread of security and increase the spread of covid. ——. sense of security. if you don't have symptoms and get a positive lateral flow, the government is finalising plans to suggest he won't need a pcr test to confirm it. if you have a positive lateral flow, confirm it. if you have a positive lateralflow, they confirm it. if you have a positive lateral flow, they think you'll probably have a positive pcr and you still need to isolate. if you have symptoms you still need to get a pcr test and isolate. i hope that's clear, i tried test and isolate. i hope that's clear, itried my test and isolate. i hope that's clear, i tried my best. another viewer says, the test kits are becoming difficult to obtain, pharmacies have no stock and are struggling to get more. i'm unable to obtain many from the government website. how does the government intend to remedy this if pcr tests are being phased out in favour of lateral flows? are being phased out in favour of lateralflows? please are being phased out in favour of lateral flows? please keep your reaction coming in. the house of representatives committee investigating the storming of the us capitol almost exactly a year ago by supporters of donald trump says it wants to question one of the former president's closest allies in the media. text messages have been published that show the fox news presenter, sean hannity, was in close contact with mr trump and his senior staff before and after the attack. mark lobel examines the state of the criminal and congressional investigations. a year on since this brutal attempt to overturnjoe biden�*s win, in which five people died and dozens in law enforcement were injured, hundreds have been charged and many are behind bars, where some politicians think at least two of donald trump's allies belong. and america remains a divided country. a criminal investigation is ongoing. the 725 arrested and over 70 sentenced so far have come from right across america. an npr study shows most charged have no links to extremist groups and 13% have ties to military or law enforcement — suggesting extremist ideologies have moved into the mainstream. a democrat—led investigative committee has amassed tens of thousands of documents and interviewed over 300 witnesses, summoning over 50. the committee is recommending criminal contempt charges for two of trump's former aides for refusing to appear — steve bannon, who is due in court later this year, and mark meadows, who thejustice department is considering charges against. an aide so close to the president, his text messages reveal trump's son sought his help in getting through to his dad on the day. donald trumer texted again and again, urging action by the president. quote, "we need an oval office address. "he has to lead now. "it has gone too far and gotten out of hand." the committee is now seeking to speak to fox news host sean hannity, who is said to have texted trump's team onjanuary the 5th that he was very worried about the next 48 hours. the committee is under pressure to deliver before november's midterms, when they could be dissolved if the republicans do well, as they search to find out if federal and state officials were pressured into changing election results, and if the president really did consider using emergency powers to bring in the national guard to do just that. despite last year's shocking scenes, this remains far from a one—sided story. recent polling shows that 26% of republicans think the protesters who entered the capitol were mostly violent, compared to 78% of democrats. 72% of republicans say trump doesn't really bear responsibility for what happened, compared to 60% of americans, who say he bears a great deal or good amount. a year on from urging his followers, in his own words, "to fight like hell after a rigged election," donald trump maintains he has done nothing wrong. but he has just cancelled a news conference scheduled forjanuary 6th, claiming total bias and dishonesty of what he called "the january 6th unselect committee" and "fake news media" — one reading of which is that the pressure may be starting to bite. mark lobel, bbc news. this year will mark the 40th anniversary of the falklands conflict — which claimed the lives of 255 british and 649 argentinian troops. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has been looking back at the events of 1982 — and speaking with some of the veterans who fought in the conflict. it was a war on the other side of the world. on april the 2nd, 1982, argentine forces invaded the falkland islands and claimed it as their own. the task force, with all its power, is ready. britain has gathered its might, it must set its course. accompanied by the late brian hanrahan for the bbc, a task force of more than 100 ships had set sail within days to make the 8,000 milejourney. their task — to liberate the islands. i thought we had better get ready and take it seriously, but i'm not quite sure that i absolutely believed we would do it. but as they sailed south, resolve hardened. first with the controversial sinking of the argentine cruiser the general belgrano with the loss of 323 lives. we didn't cheer when she was sunk, because we were in a ship, as well. we knew there were argentine submarines. we could have ended up in the same boat, or the same water. so we suddenly realised that it was going to be a proper hot war. notjust a hot war, it would be the largest air and sea battle involving british forces since the second world war. 100 aircraft and more than 20 ships would either be destroyed or damaged. julian thompson was the man charged with the initial british landings at san carlos on the 21st of may. luckily it was thick fog. so the argentine air force never found us. we knew they were trying to find us. we could hear them zooming around and trying to find us. they might have created a bit of mayhem had they have done so. that was the bit i was really worried about. once we had ourfeet on the ground, i knew we were on our way to winning. so great was the scale of victory that, four days after the surrender, nobody has had time to tidy up. goose green was the first time british paratroopers came face—to—face with the enemy. the british lost 18 men, among them friends of paul bishop, who was just 21. after we took casualties and friends had been killed, my feelings was hate towards them. we wanted to take out as many as we could. we wanted to remove them from the islands. later, paul witnessed this — the argentine attacks at bluff cove, where the british lost more than 50 men. he tried to help the dozens injured ashore, but the argentines weren't the only enemy to contend with. winter was coming. a lot of the guys, we just cuddled up together to keep warm at night, and when you woke up, you would do running on the spot or sit ups or press ups to try and get warm and fall back asleep for ten minutes again, wake up freezing cold. so, that's how difficult it was. we're now between the two gun lines and there is a right old artillery duel going on between them. the battle on the ground tookjust over a month. short, but victory would be bittersweet for robert lawrence, a young lieutenant in the scots guards who fought in one of the last battles at tumbledown. it became gutter fighting. ammunition, you know, re—supplies aren't going to happen in the middle of a battle, so once you are using up your ammunition, you start using whatever you can lay your hands on, including enemy weapons, and your bayonet. towards the end of the battle, robert was shot in the head by a sniper. the bullet had hit me in the back of the head and came out up here, just in my hairline above my right eye, removing four by three inches of skull and damaging the brain quite severely. on the 14th ofjune, the argentines surrendered. 649 of them lost their lives. the british had lost 255 men. so what will the 40th anniversary mean for these three veterans? i had great pride in what i've done. and i've always acknowledged that the injury i have is easier to live with emotionally because i did it in a sort of glorious event than i fell out of a hotel window or, you know, fell off a moped. i personally don't expect anything from the country, from the government. we just volunteered to do it and we did it. it would be nice to be remembered. i visit the san carlos cemetery and usually shed a tear there. | and look out over that - peaceful water and remember what it was like with guns firing and ships being hit _ and aeroplanes bombing. the contrast is really quite remarkable. i yeah. you still shed a tear about it? yeah, one does, yeah. a0 years on from a war on the other side of the world, but they are still remembered. jonathan beale, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. if you test positive on a lateral flow and don't have symptoms, the government's finalising plans to drop the requirement in england that you need to get a pcr to confirm it. borisjohnson will ask his top team to back his decision not to impose any further covid restrictions in england. more nhs trusts in england declare critical incidents — and 17 hospitals in greater manchester put some non urgent surgery on hold. now — what advancements can we expect from the scientific community in 2022? well, mega rockets will be launched in space, there will be another climate summit — cop27 — in egypt, the large hadron collider will be restarted in cern, antarctica will be further explored and the most advanced pictures of the universe will be taken. rebecca morelle, our science editor, has more. it's a big year for space, and we should see the launch of two mega rockets as america prepares to take astronauts back to the moon and beyond. there's starship from spacex. at 120 metres high, it's the tallest rocket ever built, and in 2022 it will attempt to fly around the earth. then there's nasa's ultra powerful space launch system, which will blast off and send a crew capsule called orion into orbit. no people will be on board for either of these test flights, but if they're a success, astronauts could soon be taking a ride. back on earth and it will be another critical year for climate change. at november's climate summit in glasgow a deal was reached to try and limit global warming. but it was clear that plans to cut emissions didn't go far enough, so in 2022 the world will meet again, this time in egypt. nations have been asked to return with more ambitious pledges. the question is, will this be enough to stop the worst impacts of climate change? and — remember the large hadron collider? it's the world's most powerful particle accelerator and its discoveries of the higgs boson and dozens of other subatomic particles have changed our understanding of physics. but for the last three years, it's not been operating. the shutdown was planned to undertake vital repairs and upgrade work, but the pandemic meant it's taken longer than expected. soon the collider will be switched on again to start the next phase of experiments. and the uk's new polar research ship has arrived in antarctica, and soon it will be undergoing trials to see how it copes with the thick ice there. the vessel, which was almost called boaty mcboatface after a public vote, is now named after the british naturalist sir david attenborough. it's the most advanced polar vessel ever to set sail, and scientists will use it to study every aspect of this remote and rapidly changing ecosystem. and 2022 should be a dazzling year for the james webb space telescope, the most ambitious astronomy mission ever attempted. after its recent launch, the huge eye in the sky has been slowly unfurling in space to open up its giant sun shield and 6.5 metre wide mirror. by the summer it should be ready to send back its first images — giving us our best ever view of the universe. rebecca morelle, bbc news. visitor numbers to our national parks have shot up during the pandemic, which means more work for mountain rescue teams when inexperienced walkers and climbers get into difficulty. last year, rescue teams in the lake district were called out 680 times. two of those were on christmas day — and the new year has brought more of the same, as mark mcalindon reports. this team are bringing a casualty down from the fells. it's become all too frequent these last 12 months, 680 call—outs, 154 the keswick team alone. 680 call-outs, 154 the keswick team alone. , ., , 680 call-outs, 154 the keswick team alone. , .,, , ., alone. over the christmas period, the last eight _ alone. over the christmas period, the last eight days, _ alone. over the christmas period, the last eight days, the _ alone. over the christmas period, the last eight days, the team - alone. over the christmas period, the last eight days, the team has| the last eight days, the team has been out for 43 hours.- been out for 43 hours. including last night- _ been out for 43 hours. including last night. volunteers _ been out for 43 hours. including last night. volunteers working l been out for 43 hours. including i last night. volunteers working for two young men trying to climb scarf pike were badly underprepared. the two lads pike were badly underprepared. tue: two lads from pike were badly underprepared. tte: two lads from manchester, no waterproofs, no map, no compass, no torch. they didn't even know where their car was parked. they did well to survive last night and if we hadn't found them, i think we would have been looking for two bodies today. tt’s have been looking for two bodies toda . �* , , have been looking for two bodies toda. �*, ,.,., today. it's these avoidable incidents _ today. it's these avoidable incidents that _ today. it's these avoidable incidents that really - today. it's these avoidable | incidents that really stretch today. it's these avoidable - incidents that really stretch the teams across the national park. 2500 erson teams across the national park. 2500 person hours. — teams across the national park. 2500 person hours. 260 — teams across the national park. 2500 person hours, 260 team _ teams across the national park. 452: person hours, 260 team members. its incredible numbers and we are all volunteers, we love doing what we're doing. but the pressure is intense. and with winter conditions, it's feared rescues could turn to tragedy. sir keir starmer has tested positive for coronavirus again. but news just in. angela rayner will stand in for him at prime minister's questions today. the labour leader sir keir starmer has tested positive for covid. thailand's historic hua lampong central train station is scaling back most of its operations after more than 100 years of service. the move to a newly built station in northern bangkok marks the end of an era of an iconic terminal that has served as a hub for backpackers for decades. bangkok—based author of lonely planet thailand guidebook joe cummings reminisces how significant the station has been for nostalgic tourists and train travellers. when i heard about this place closing, it was just... of all the things that have changed, this was the first one that to me felt personal. i started doing the lonely planet guide in 1981. i just thought the place was amazing. i think it was the first overnight train trip i'd ever taken anywhere. people are going long distances. it is the place. it's where it all happens. suppose you're taking a train for sightseeing, having that train leave and arrive would just add so much nostalgia. i tell people i take the train, and they say flying is so much faster. well, i don't have to go to the airport. i don't have to go through these x—ray machines. you just feel like a criminal going to the airport, constantly being checked. it's a nostalgic way to travel. i love the sound, i think people who like travel, they're into all that stuff, all the arcane details about train travel. the movement and the sound. some people say they can't sleep on a train. i sleep like a baby. it rocks me to sleep. after the italian architects designed it, it was opened in 1916. i really hope they preserve the station because they shouldn't lose this. absolutely, this is the busiest station. nothing comes close. it's been such a hub for tourists. average 60,000 passengers a day up until two years ago. the thing about coming to a station like this is that you immediately feel like you're in thailand. it's notjust some modern building. it has a cultural legacy. the new station, just glass and steel, square box — it could be anywhere. not much of a thai experience, really. the staff at london zoo are back at work. they are counting up how many species and animals they have. keepers were out in force yesterday, clutching clipboards and cameras, as they completed a labour of love also known as the annual stock take. they worked together to tally up more than 400 species that call the zoo home. it'll take them about a week to complete the count. we just tell you that so we can show you gorgeous pictures of animals. it's a bit of an anti—climax after those lovely pictures of animals. good morning. it's been a cold and frosty start, still a risk of ice across scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, north west midlands and wales. a lot of dry weather and sunshine with high—pressure building today, so many of the showers will fade. some wintry ones coming in from the north sea and eastern areas and a few the west. temperatures lower than this if you have lying snow. overnight, clear skies with temperatures falling away rapidly. some wintry showers along the coasts but by the end of the night the wind strengthening towards the west, the cloud building and some rain arriving in northern ireland. it won't be as cold from the west but it is going to be a cold night for the rest of us. it might prove to be the rest of us. it might prove to be the coldest night of this winter so far across the board. temperatures could full 2—10 in sheltered glens. this is the weather front coming our way, it's a warm front, followed by a cold front. that means behind the weather front, a cold front. that means behind the weatherfront, the earth turns a cold front. that means behind the weather front, the earth turns a a cold front. that means behind the weatherfront, the earth turns a bit milder and behind the cold front it tends slowly colder. as the rain bumps into this cold air, it will full at all levels as snow in scotland and northern england. more likely to be a hill feature as we travel further south and it will be short lived, behind it we will see it turning back to rain. it mayjust be a couple of hours of snow. we are also looking at windy conditions across the board. the strongest winds in the north—west and parts of the west with gales in the north—west, even severe gales. as we head on into friday, we still have got some wintry showers. we are back in the cold air. some of those will fall to lower levels as sleet and snow. there will also be a lot of dry weather around as well but it's going to feel cold with temperatures between 3—7. into the weekend, a clutch of weather fronts coming bringing some rain, hail snow in the north and it's also going to be windy. during the course of saturday, rain in the west travelling east and on sunday a drier note but rain coming in from the west and pushing east again. hello, welcome to bbc news — i'm victoria derbyshire and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. borisjohnson is currently meeting his top team and they're expected not to impose any further covid restrictions in england — that's despite the current high levels of infection in the country. it comes as the health service is under increasing strain from covid — more trusts in england declare critical incidents — and 17 hospitals in greater manchester put some non urgent surgery on hold. the government's finalising plans to drop the requirement in england that people who test positive on a lateral flow should get a pcr to confirm it. the teams are looking at testing and testing regimes. as i say, we have introduced so many lateral flow tests now that people are... they are very accurate, the lateral flow tests. what do you think of that idea? do let me know @vicderbyshire on instagram or twitter or email [email protected].