has tried a very distinctively different approach has beenjapan, and they have tried a very different way and of course japan was much better prepared for this pandemic because of his experience with sars is so on sol because of his experience with sars is so on so i don't think there have a can be taken up. the point is that if nothing to be any alternative to having lockdowns if the infections spread and if and let's remember the priority always has been protect the nhs. we did not want and we do not wa nt to nhs. we did not want and we do not want to overwhelm the national health service. yes, this is a time of year we have more flu cases and so of year we have more flu cases and so want and that happens every year. but we do not want to see a situation where ambulances are waiting. we have had pictures and carry pictures today on television about ambulances waiting outside hospitals and parking in double yellow lines and so on and we don't wa nt yellow lines and so on and we don't want those scenes to be replicated oi’ want those scenes to be replicated or even worse seems want those scenes to be replicated oi’ even worse seems to be want those scenes to be replicated oi’ even worse seems to be seen. surely that is not something that we can surely that is not something that we ca n allow surely that is not something that we can allow even if it means curtailing liberty. look at the daily telegraph but let's look at the telegraph front page to have the final word on that, schools may stay shut says on the front page as ministers look to expand tier 4. let's consider some of the financial applications of this because it will go straight to the ft now. if we can. and the ft on its front page —— to raise cash drives record the hall. there is. global banks. that another side of the story here. what you have seen is companies desperate to get loans to keep themselves afloat through this sudden interruption in economic activity across the globe. you've also seen governments turning to banks trying to encourage them to land to businesses. you have seen masses and massive amounts of money being printed in all of these things have benefited banks bottom line. banks are making profits on extending loans, on new lending or business advice. there are lots of ways in which this is actually been tremendous for the financial sector. quantitative easing itself, the central bank's efforts to see that the economy, work very much via the banking system and the financial system. it is not as if like an american now, they are going to send checks to everybody's household. in many countries, especially here and in europe, the quantitative easing is done via the bull market can provide the financial markets. and much of the boost to the economy to try and support us through this crisis has been via increasing debt levels, increasing lending, which makes money for the banks. the mortgage holidays for individuals where they are being told they don't have to pay their mortgage for three or six months ultimately brings more money into the banks as well. because they end up making more on the length of the loan being extended. just mentioning the front page of the sun and from what we understand from them the front page concurs with the fact that two thirds of the anglo population in it like a shirt, cover it in the midlands will be included in new lockdowns. so moving back to the finance. let's go up—to—date with the lockdown and on the front page of the ft, ryanair convinces uk investors to lose money rest after britain leaves the eu. our second big story of this between christmas and new year period with brexit. this is the older story. the one that has been running for several yea rs that has been running for several years now, brexit, and this is the consequence is financially of brexit because these companies, these airline companies, ryanairand because these companies, these airline companies, ryanair and other uk airlines that are affected, if they operate in the eu, they are required to have 50% control of eu nationals, or of course countries associated with the eu like norway and iceland or liechtenstein, and of course with britain out of the eu now from the 1st of january, formalised position, that means uk investors will lose their voting rights and we get into this what we used to have in the old days, different class of shareholding. therefore that will ensure these companies still retain their majority eu holding rights. otherwise it will affect their ability to operate in the eu countries. and it's notjust ryanair, they are the ones who are announced it but other airlines, easy jet will also announced it but other airlines, easyjet will also be involved and iag which has a number of airlines including british airways and iberia and aer lingus will all be affected. and uk shareholders and all these companies will find they no longer have those full rights that they had when britain was part of the eu. i canjust when britain was part of the eu. i can just make one when britain was part of the eu. i canjust make one point when britain was part of the eu. i can just make one point about the banks making money that we discussed earlier, this is the story of what happens during the war when certain industrial companies and manufacturing arms make a lot of money. so people have been losing jobs as a result of the lockdown, some are doing very well out of it. let's look at the times now and brexit on the front page there, there is brexiteers at the top back deal as borisjohnson there is brexiteers at the top back deal as boris johnson hails there is brexiteers at the top back deal as borisjohnson hails new chapter for deal as borisjohnson hails new chapterfor britain. deal as borisjohnson hails new chapter for britain. it is quite surprising to see the opposition leader, a prominent person who wa nted leader, a prominent person who wanted to stay in the eu, voting alongside members of the european research group he wanted to leave. is that right that that's happening? that looks as if it's going to happen tomorrow. we will be in parliament voting on this new deal, and the point here i think is that the country and the parliament are facing just two choices. it's a binary choice. you either have this deal or no deal. no deal would be absolutely catastrophic. so even if you don't particularly like this deal, you need to vote for it to stop us leaving without a deal at all. and it is a very hard brexit, this deal. it's much better than no deal but it's a very hard brexit which is why the brexiteers are ok to back it. so if you wanted a hard brexit and you were an extreme brexiteers and you are satisfied with this deal, that gives you a flavour of how hard a brexit this will be. but what the prime minister is saying and what i truly hope will happen is that now we have got brexit and we have thank goodness got a deal, we need to move on and get back closer to the eu as a sovereign country with our own choices. get back into cooperation with the eu in the way that we have done for 40 years. obviously not pa rt of done for 40 years. obviously not part of the eu, not part of the political structures and not even pa rt of political structures and not even part of the legal oversight of the european court of justice. part of the legal oversight of the european court ofjustice. but as neighbours and partners. let'sjump back to the telegraph which has a similar brexit story and a quote from borisjohnson, similar brexit story and a quote from boris johnson, who similar brexit story and a quote from borisjohnson, who for many yea rs from borisjohnson, who for many years worked there. we now open a new chapter in our story. is it a case of the 1st of january where we start again and we throw out all the old diaries? 1st ofjanuary, after he prime minister would say, is independence day. we should celebrate it like i suppose if you area celebrate it like i suppose if you are a brexiteers like the americans celebrate july the 4th. but frankly... brexit independence day! so sorry is resented in this way because the paper is strongly for many years calling for us to leave the eu but what we are witnessing here in the very interesting political gain because the prime minister having won the election on the basis that he got another a plan that he cannot claim what he is produced seems to be a fish pie which may or may not be very tasty to eat but he can claim he has got this deal done and people said he could not get this done and he is put the labour party on the back foot because they are aware that many of those who left the labour party leading to the collapse of the red wall in the last election were left because of its pro—european union plan or its anti—leave policies and find itself in a difficult position and has to support. so this new genre that we expect, i don't think there is a new dawn, i don't think there can be a new arrangement that we will have. we have an arrangement with the eu but if you look at the deal in detail, a lot of these arrangements are ina detail, a lot of these arrangements are in a state of transition. after five years another deal on fish and after another seven years another deal something out sol after another seven years another deal something out so i think this eu thing and our country will be coming on for years and we will have negotiations and lots more midnight meetings were who knows what will happen. who does know? thank you both for a rather marathon look at the papers. thank you so much. ros altmann and mihir bose will be back in just over half an hour to look at more of the stories being covered by newspapers and websites here. goodbye for now. winter is finally turning white for some but not all of us will see the snow over the next few days with the potential still there for a bit more to come our way. certainly staying cold enough. frosty sharp frost at times overnight and icy conditions we see times overnight and icy conditions we see showers and rain, sleet and hailand we see showers and rain, sleet and hail and yes some snow but notjust on hills but also lower levels with a risk of disruption. there are coming our way some weak disturbances what they are in a flow ofaircoming down disturbances what they are in a flow of air coming down from the north which means the moisture out of these disturbances will be falling as rain but also sleet and snow in places. and we will have a few wintry showers overnight into first thing in the morning with a sharp frosted out there may be modest night ina frosted out there may be modest night in a few spots in scotland and icy conditions around and still some of these showers falling snow may be not just of these showers falling snow may be notjust on hills into the north and northwest of scotland and northern ireland and the shower running down towards north wales and northwest england and the midlands and we see an area of rain but turning to sleet and snow potentially for south wales and snow potentially for south wales and more especially running eastwards a cross and more especially running eastwards across parts of southern england during wednesday and some uncertainty about how far north it will get and how muchly and snow there will be within this. it will bea there will be within this. it will be a cold day but much of the eastern side of the uk will stay dry and see a bit of sunshine. what rain, sleet and so there is will pull across parts of southern england overnight and into thursday morning before clearing and asked her to begin as we get some of these snow showers pushing him towards eastern parts of scotland and it's those that are going to move further south during thursday and again giving potential for some snow and ice in places and notjust on hills but the chance of some disruption as a result. so, this system will take its rain, sleet and snow showers out of scotland and into parts of england and wales as we go through thursday. the tendency for a lot of that to turn back to rain if you are seeing some snow away from hills during thursday, and where you don't get to see any rain, sleet and snow, quite a bit of cloud, maybe a few sunny spells, but it'll be cold. that weather system still around overnight and into friday, new year's day, the start of 2021. overnight and into friday, it will tend to die out during friday but still with a good deal of cloud, especially through england and wales, and patchy rain, sleet and hill snow out of that. and little less cold on friday, but temperatures staying below average well into the start of 2021. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the us president—elect, joe biden, criticises the vaccine roll—out and pledges 100 million jabs in his first 100 days. turning this around is going to take time. we might not see improvement until we're well into march, as it will 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