a bit of luck on this one? we probably do after the weekend we have had we heard earlier about the problem we can. storm corrie is sliding away eastwards, but still some rough seas off the east coast of england because although the storm is clearing away, high pressure is building in from the west and there are still plenty of white lines on this chart, isobar is squashing together, and whenever you see that we still have quite brisk winds. they are 50 mph down this east coast, coupled with high tides with the potential for flooding. coast, coupled with high tides with the potentialforflooding. some of the potentialforflooding. some of the showers are wintry over the high ground in the north, but spots of rain later and temperatures generally between five and 10 degrees. this evening and tonight it will turn quite cold for a time in eastern areas. however, we see that her cloud and outbreaks of rain working in from the west and missed until fog. working in from the west and missed untilfog. by working in from the west and missed until fog. by the end working in from the west and missed untilfog. by the end of working in from the west and missed until fog. by the end of the working in from the west and missed untilfog. by the end of the night things will be much milder, 7 degrees for london and ii for glasgow and belfast. tomorrow morning we find ourselves in this wedge of mild air. another quite windy day, in fact those winds pick up windy day, in fact those winds pick up in the north of the uk. a lingering weatherfront up in the north of the uk. a lingering weather front bringing a band of cloud and patchy rain through northern ireland, parts of england and wales and the south—west will stay quite cloudy. brighter skies in eastern england and northern england and scotland. increasingly windy conditions again in scotland with gusts up to maybe 65 miles an hour in the most exposed spots. but much milderfeel to the weather with highs of ii, 12 or 13 degrees. weather with highs of 11, 12 or 13 degrees. as we move through tuesday night into wednesday, this weather front works back northwards again with a of rain. not as many white lines on the chart. when they open up lines on the chart. when they open up a little wider, that is where the winds will be a little lighter. not as windy on wednesday. a lot of clout around as well and some rain affecting northern areas, particularly in the north and west of scotland. another mild day. as we move from wednesday into thursday we see another weather front pushing southwards and this is a cold front and behind it the air turns colder again and there is potentialfor wintry showers, even at quite low levels. but the end of the week with wintry showers north. still quite windy, but not as stormy as it has been. let's hope so. of our top story. downing street has received initial findings in the long awaited investigation by the senior civil servant into lockdown parties at number ten and whitehall. good afternoon. it's just 1.30pm and this is your latest sports news. brentford have announced the signing of denmark international christian eriksen until the end of this season. eriksen you'll remember suffered a cardiac arrtest on the pitch playing for his country at the euros last summer. he had his contract with the italian club inter milan terminated because the heart starting device he had fitted is not permitted in serie a. here's how brentford made the announcement on their social media page. eriksen had previously been at spurs where he made 226 appearances. he said it's his hope to compete at the world cup with denmark, and he needed to find a club to complete that aim. and that sees a return to the premier league with brentford. this was his message to the fans. hello, everyone. i'm happy to announce i have signed for brentford football club. i can't wait to get started and hopefully i will see you all very soon. plenty more deals could be done today before the transfer window closes. everton are expected to confirm frank lampard as their new manager on a two—and—a—half—year deal, and it's thought lampard is close to securing his first signing. everton are reportedly close to a deal to sign manchester united midfielder donny van de beek on loan until the end of the season. lampard faces a challenge to turn things round for everton, who sacked rafa benitez afterjust one win in 13 games. everton lie 16th in the premier league, four points above the relegation zone. formula 1 is to make covid—19 vaccines mandatory for all personnel this year. no—one will be able to work within the paddock. f1's inner sanctum where the teams operate without being fully vaccinated. the policy will apply to all personnel working within f1, including drivers, teams, media, hospitality workers and any guests who attend the races. all current drivers are understood to be vaccinated. the sport will also follow the vaccine and wider covid policies of each national government of the countries it visits, although there remain uncertainties over whether genuine medical exemptions will be permitted. now some cricket news and the former england all—rounder tim bresnan has retired at the age of 36. bresnan played 23 tests and was twice part of an ashes winning squad. he also helped england win the t20 world cup in 2010. bresnan was part of warwickshire's county championship winning side last season. and england are set to host a women's test match against south africa this summer. the match would be part of a tour for south africa's women and would be their first since 2014. england's 2022 home women's fixtures have yet to be finalised but could be confirmed by mid—february. now, what a moment for rafa nadal yesterday. he called his success in melbourne the most unexpected win of his career and his greatest comeback. he became the first person in history to come from two sets down to win the australian open, beating danil medvedev to win a record 21st grand slam title. that edges him one ahead of his two great rivals roger federer and novak djokovic. at the end, it doesn't matter that much if it's 20 orfinishing at the end, it doesn't matter that much if it's 20 or finishing with 23 and others with 21, we did very important things for our sport and achieved our dreams and we enjoy it. i feel lucky to be achieved our dreams and we enjoy it. ifeel lucky to be part achieved our dreams and we enjoy it. i feel lucky to be part of this era. it's been very special for our sport. it's been very special for our sort. ~ . it's been very special for our sort, ~ ., ., it's been very special for our sort. ~ . ., ., just before we go a reminder that you can keep across all the days deals on transfer deadline day on the bbc sport app and website. that's all the sport for now. let's return to our top story — the imminent publication of sue gray's report into parties and social gatherings at downing street during lockdown. my colleague victoria derbyshire is at downing street — and earlier she spoke to tim durrent, the associate director of the institute for government. it's unclear at this stage how much is going to be in that so we know the metropolitan police have asked us for minimal reference to be made to the ones they are investigating. we knew there would be changes to her report as a result of that but this word update suggests there will be more information to come down the line so it feels yet again this is not the resolution, this is not the final chapter of this story. it will keep going for a while yet. in final chapter of this story. it will keep going for a while yet. in terms of what we — keep going for a while yet. in terms of what we are _ keep going for a while yet. in terms of what we are going _ keep going for a while yet. in terms of what we are going to _ keep going for a while yet. in terms of what we are going to see, - keep going for a while yet. in terms of what we are going to see, the . of what we are going to see, the expectation that it will be pared back, slimmed down, but nonetheless it's going to be very significant, isn't it? it it's going to be very significant, isn't it? . it's going to be very significant, isn't it? , ,., ., , isn't it? it is important. the terms of reference _ isn't it? it is important. the terms of reference to _ isn't it? it is important. the terms of reference to the _ isn't it? it is important. the terms of reference to the report - isn't it? it is important. the terms of reference to the report is - isn't it? it is important. the terms of reference to the report is to - of reference to the report is to look into what happen and establish why these events happen, what the purpose of them was, who organise them, who authorised them and if she answers those questions they will tell us an awful lot about what was happening inside downing street during 2020 and 21 and how decisions were made, who the leaders of these processes were, the balance of responsibility between the prime minister, his political advisers and the civil servants working at number ten, as well. we will see a lot but it's not going to answer all the questions that were initially posed. we won't get today who organised them, who attended them? hat we won't get today who organised them, who attended them? not for all of them, them, who attended them? not for all of them. n0- — them, who attended them? not for all of them, no. once _ them, who attended them? not for all of them, no. once the _ them, who attended them? not for all of them, no. once the metropolitan i of them, no. once the metropolitan police are looking out will be dealt with separately but we don't know at this stage which one is the police are looking into and which ones they aren't so at least we will find that out and we will see whether or not she answers those questions about who organised them. we she answers those questions about who organised them.— she answers those questions about who organised them. we are told it was reported _ who organised them. we are told it was reported over _ who organised them. we are told it was reported over the _ who organised them. we are told it was reported over the weekend - who organised them. we are told it| was reported over the weekend that she was furious by the intervention of the metropolitan police on friday. i don't know if you know soon grow personally or not, but does that ring true to you? she has been ut does that ring true to you? she has been put in — does that ring true to you? she has been put in a _ does that ring true to you? she has been put in a difficult _ does that ring true to you? she has been put in a difficult position - been put in a difficult position throughout all of this. originally, this was going to be done by the cabinet secretary, simon case, the most senior civil servant in the country but there were allegations about a party in his office in december 2020 so sue gray was brought in to do this but in the course of this investigation she's been looking into what the prime minister has been doing, what he knew and didn't know, and at a difficult position for a civil servant. also a situation where the police are going to look into this as well but that depends on what you find. it's unusual. there is a lot of moving parts and she has had a very difficultjob balancing all of those different aspects. it's obviously not normal for a civil servant to look into potential criminality. that's the job of the police. the fact they are late in the day is obviously going to make things more difficult for her. can we nail this _ things more difficult for her. can we nail this notion of her independence? we've had conservative mps over the week saying an independent report from sue gray, she is a civil servant who works for the government, upholding civil service values, her boss is a man who's had to step aside and her bosses boss is the prime minister. exactly, is not independent. she can be impartial, very thorough, and her reputation is she is thorough and she won't be put under political pressure but she works for this government and the ministerial code is very clear, it's not theirjob to uphold the code that the prime minister isjob to uphold the code that the prime minister is job to enforce the ministerial code because you can't have civil servants who are impartial but not elected, you can't have them making decisions about ministers jobs over have them making decisions about ministersjobs over and have them making decisions about ministers jobs over and above the heads of the government. we ministersjobs over and above the heads of the government. we will get the latest from _ heads of the government. we will get the latest from victoria _ heads of the government. we will get the latest from victoria at _ heads of the government. we will get the latest from victoria at two - the latest from victoria at two o'clock and throughout the afternoon including all the build—up to the prime minister statement to the house of commons on those findings by sue gray. that'll be live on bbc news at 3.30. stay with us. the manchester united footballer mason greenwood remains in custody for questioning after being arrested on suspicion of rape and assault. greater manchester police said it was made aware of "social media images and videos posted by a woman reporting incidents of physical violence". our reporter, dave guest, has been outside old trafford from where he's given us the latest. mason greenwood made his manchester united debut in 2019, only last year he signed a four—year deal with the club after rising through the ranks of the united academy. but yesterday, manchester united issued a statement saying that mason greenwood would not be playing for or training with manchester united until further notice. that statement was made following allegations online by a woman who said she had been assaulted by mason greenwood. greater manchester police later confirmed they had been made aware of these social media posts and they had arrested a man in his 20s on suspicion of rape and assault. now when united issued that statement saying mason greenwood would not be rejoining his team—mates until further notice, they also said that the club does not condone violence of any kind. however, they said they would be making no further statement until the full facts were established. of course, establishing the full facts is what greater manchester police hopes to do, it is a process which could take some time and so speculation about what may or may not have happened is not only unwise at this time but also potentially prejudicial. meanwhile, the sportswear manufacturer nike who sponsor the player have said they are deeply concerned by these disturbing allegations and are monitoring the situation very closely. so far, there has been no statement on behalf of the player. care home residents in england can have as many visitors as they like from today, as covid restrictions are eased. previously they were limited to three designated visitors. the changes will also see self—isolation periods cut or removed altogether. helena wilkinson reports. throughout the pandemic, care homes have faced some of the tightest restrictions, very few visitors have been allowed inside and that has taken its toll on the health and well—being of residents, families and staff. so the easing of restrictions will be a huge relief to many. the changes affect care homes in england. more recently, just named visitors have been allowed inside. from today, there won't be a limit on the number of visitors. self—isolation periods will also be cut. if residents go on a day trip, they'll no longer have to test or self—isolate when they return. and there'll be changes to how care homes manage covid outbreaks. if two or more staff or residents test positive, the length of time the home has to shut for will be reduced from 28 to 1a days. the changes from today are the latest rolling back of plan b curbs in england. they affect some of the most vulnerable in our society. well, i think for the residents in our services, it'll be lovely for them to see more than one or two people that have been coming in regularly. it will create a little bit more normality wherever possible. i think for staff, there'll be some tension, some concerns, some worries, especially we've got sickness still, we've got outbreaks in care services. so for staff, it is going to be another challenge to maintain the levels that we need to do all of this safely. there will still be some challenges ahead, but this will mean more people will be able to see more of their loved ones in care homes. the headlines on bbc news. number ten has the draft of a first report by sue gray. the report will be published shortly. after intense pressure ministers meet to consider scrapping a mandatory covert vaccinations for nhs workers in england. more extensive damage after the double whammy of storms this weekend in scotland and the north—east of england. —— covid. the labour mp rosie duffield has said that she's carefully considering herfuture in the party because she hasn't received enough support in the face of online abuse. ms duffield says she had been the victim of "obsessive harassment" from current and former members for several years and the party leadership had done little to help her. labour's shadow attorney general, emily thornberry, insists the mp will receive help and support from within the party. there have been conversations with rosie that i'm aware of with those in the leadership and i'm on a whatsapp group and we were discussing with rosie and offering support. i'm a long—standing friend of rosie's, i campaigned to get her elected in 2017 when nobody thought that canterbury would ever go labour. i have always been there to give her support and i think that her current circumstances are really sad and it does need to be sorted and i will play my part, if anyone wants me to help. the mobile network vodafone has re—introduced roaming charges for uk customers travelling to europe. rival network ee also re—introduced charges at the start of this month — and the three network is planning to do the same in may. bbc three is being re—launched as a broadcast tv channel tomorrow evening at 7pm. it first appeared on our tv screens in 2003, but since 2016 it has only been available online via bbc iplayer. a special episode of rupaul�*s drag race will form part of the launch night programming. the broadcating regulatory body ofcom says the relaunch will help the bbc reach younger viewers. later this week, beijing will become the first city ever to host both the summer and winter olympics. putting on one of the world's biggest sporting events in a country still committed to zero—covid and with the omicron variant spreading has presented a massive logistical challenge. the solution has been to enforce enormous, strict, separation bubbles, as our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, explains. in beijing, olympic athletes and the public are not allowed to mix. from arrival at the airport, visiting teams are in their own bubble. people will recognise the birds nest olympic stadium and this is one of the main bubble areas. without special olympic accreditation or without permission from officials, you can't go past those gates to enter the bubble. even though it's a huge area with venues and the like, a small village effectively, even within there, there are discrete bubbles so that athletes don't mix with the media or invited spectators. using dedicated driving lanes, olympic vehicles move between zones. special high—speed trains also connect to the city and the mountain venues. to get an idea of the scale of this, let's have a look at a map. there are three main bubble areas. one in downtown beijing, one in beijing's mountains and another in the mountains of neighbouring hebei province. with bubble transport in between. but it's even more completed than you might think because there are also these little satellite bubbles attached to the main ones. this 5—star hotel for example is its own isolation bubble. those staying there won't meet anyone out on the street. they will just shuttle from the hotel to the olympic events and after that they will leave china. thousands of university students will help to make the olympics run smoothly. some inside the bubbles, some outside. this woman was a volunteer at the 2008 beijing olympics. this year she is volunteering again. we are just ordinary people working as assistants as best we can. if we do every little thing well, we can help complete something huge like the olympics. nearly 2,000 volunteers have joined armies of security staff. they will separate categories of people to reduce covid—19 transmission at the games. beijing has been testing entire housing communities following recent outbreaks of the virus. as for the public, they may not be able to buy olympic tickets, but at least they can watch the games on television during this new year holiday. after several years of being kept out of the classroom, teenage mothers in tanzania have been returning to schools this month. pregnant pupils were prohibited from attending classes by the former president in 2017. but late last year, president samia suluhu hassan overturned the ban, giving these girls a second chance to finish their education. the bbc�*s aboubakkar famau reports from a school in the country's southern highlands. classes are back. it was a wish come true for this girl. she is back at school after having her baby. and she's making up for the year she lost. i never thought that i would return to school because i lost my focus. i only saw darkness ahead. she was in her last year of school when she fell pregnant. the government policy meant she had to drop out. it devastated her. i felt very sad because all my dreams were shattered at once. i felt like i will never get another chance to study. the new president has overturned the ban and pregnant girls can go back to school. but of the 1,500 girls expelled from classes in this area, only 240 have returned. a school official told me that they hope to bring more back soon. it is true that these girls lost a lot of time while at home. but we have created a system called alternative education pathway where these students will have a condensed programme, allowing them to study form one and two within a year and from three and four within another year. although she is back at school, there are some challenges. she has no—one to look after her baby so she brings her to school. she has just walked out of class. she has come here to change her baby's nappy. it's one of the challenges that she has to overcome of studying and taking care of her child at the same time. she says she is now studying to become a lawyer. the decision to lift the ban has given hundreds like her hope. but for many others, it has come too late. after decades of population growth, the number of ottters are now falling and experts fear it could be the same story in england and scotland. our environment correspondent steffan messenger has more. if you ever come across an otter in the wild, count yourself very lucky. these elusive animals try their best to stay hidden. for ecologists like eleanor and mia it means some detective work is required to get a sense of how the species is faring. yes, definitely. yes. delight at the discovery of an otter�*s droppings. it's got a very distinctive smell and that's for otters to find other signs of other otters but also helps us to track where they are in the field in the wild. national otter surveys started in wales in the 19705 and then pesticide pollution was blamed for nearly wiping them out. after the chemicals were banned, the otters had been bouncing back, that is until now. unfortunately for the first time we've seen a decline in otter signs across wales so the last national survey in 2010 had a height of 90% of the server side had signs for otters which was really positive but unfortunately this latest survey has shown we've declined to 70% of those sites so we had quite a drop. the otters returned to riversides just one right across the uk in recent decades, and it's been seen as a huge and let's face it pretty rare nature conservation success story. and that's why the experts are so worried by the findings of this survey. it is a bit of a warning to us that something might be going wrong. it could be habitat, food, pollutants, the general quality of the river, that's the next app to try and understand what might be causing this and what we can do about it as well. meanwhile we've learnt a cheque across england has now been commissioned in response to the welsh survey. it calls for the same to happen in scotland and northern ireland too. in wales and scotland we felt the recovery was pretty - much almost complete. i would like to think _ that the respective governments will see the importance - of the barometer in the water environment and the need to get more up—to—date information _ on their status. a kingfisher. wildlife aplenty it seems at this survey site at least but elsewhere the state of our rivers is causing a lot of debate. with the plight of wales' otters are now another concern to add to the list. the us east coast is cleaning up after a major blizzard hit at the weekend. even florida was affected by the freezing conditions — unusually low temperatures there had a serious affect on the local wildlife. these iguanas you'll be glad to hear are not dead but got so cold that they become immobile and have been falling out of the trees they normally live in. this prompted the florida weather service to warn the public of the falling reptiles but said most will recover as the temperature rises. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. the weather is slowly calming down a little after the two storm systems that work through the weekend. the most recent, storm corrie, sliding eastwards of high pressure building behind but still quite a squeeze in the white lines on this chart. a squeeze on the isobars. still quite windy out there particularly down the east coast with strong winds and high tides still bring a potential for some coastal flooding, showers down the east coast as well. a few showers out west and cloud in northern ireland in western scotland with outbreaks of rain. temperatures in the first part of the evening will drop away across eastern areas. briefly turning chilly into the east of the uk but out west, more cloud rolling in. outbreaks of rain. the rain at light and patchy with mist and hill fog and as that works eastwards, temperatures will climb up. seven in london by the end of the night. 11 in aberdeen, glasgow and belfast. turning much milder. a wedge of milder between these weatherfronts, still, though, white lines on the chart, isobars, so it will still be pretty windy during tuesday particularly across the northern half of the uk. we will see some brighter skies developing here. showers in the far north. more cloud and a lingering weather front in parts of northern ireland, north—west england, wales, the south—west and something brighter in eastern england later. the wind, feature once again. not as windy as it was over the weekend. maybe 70 miles an hour gusts and expose northern areas but really mild actually. top temperatures of 12—13. tuesday into wednesday, this weather front works its way northwards taking some patchy rain with it. the what isobars opening out on the chart a little so the wind less of a feature on wednesday. still breezy but not as windy as it has been. patchy rain drifting northwards across scotland. drier further south potentially with cloud and temperatures still on the mild side. 11-13. thursday, a band of rain southwards with a cold front. behind that, the air will turn colder as the potential for wintry showers, and it will again be fairly windy but not as windy as it was on the weekend. turning colderfor the end of the week. this is bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire live in downing street. the headlines at 2... number 10 has now received a first draft, of the long awaited report by a senior civil servant, into lockdown parties in downing street. the report will be published shortly. the findings are limited for now, due to the ongoing inquiry, by the metropolitan police. earlier borisjohnson was asked if he did anything wrong... you're going to have to wait and see the outcome of the... you've been telling people privately. you have to wait and see the outcome of the investigations but of course i stick absolutely to what i've said in the past. i'm ben brown with your other stories... after intense pressure, ministers meet to consider scrapping mandatory covid vaccinations for nhs workers in england.