That we didnt understand in the way that we would have liked in the first few weeks and months. Millions in england will be offered the flu jab this winter, to ease pressure on the nhs, amid coronavirus. And a tight contest at old trafford, as england take on west indies in the decisive final test. And coming up on bbc news in around 15 minutes time. The 2020 Tokyo Olympic were due to start today, but doubts now surround the delayed games. Will they take place at all . Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Three teeangers have been convicted of the manslaughter of pc Andrew Harper, who died in berkshire last year, after being dragged along a country road by a car. The officer, whod been been investigating a burglary at the time, had married his childhood sweetheart just four weeks earlier, and today she spoke of her disappointment that the three accused were not found guilty of murder. Our correspondent, helena wilkinson, is at the old bailey for us this evening. Clive, as the verdicts were read out pc Andrew Harpers widow lissie broke down in tear, she and the officers family have had to listen to the most harrowing details in the last four week, he was killed while protecting the public just last four week, he was killed while protecting the publicjust doing his job. A warning that my report contains distressing details and flashing images. Andrew and lissie harper beaming onnen their wedding day lastjuly. Butjust harper beaming onnen their wedding day lastjuly. But just four weeks after they promised a future together, it was so cruelly taken away, when pc Andrew Harper was killed. The teenagers responsible 19 year old henry long, along with 18 year old Albert Bowers and jessie cole seen here laughing, after their first court appearance. The teenagers had that night gone to steal this quad bike, the bikes owner watched on as the theft unfolded. Ive got four masked men outside my house, they are stealing my quad bike. I am going out. Dont go out there. I am going out. Have you sent someone or go out there. I am going out. Have you sent someone or not. Officers we re you sent someone or not. Officers were indeed on their way. Two of them, pc andrew shaw and pc Andrew Harper. This is the front facing camera of their Unmarked Police car, and the moment they found the thieves. You can seejessie cole trying to escape after unhooking the quad bike which had been attached by the tow rope. This is now the rear view from the officers vehicle with pc shaw at the wheel. You can see jessie coles legs as he tries to get into the car, closely followed by pc Andrew Harper. At that moment, the officer stepped into the tow rope, and was dragged away. My colleague pc harper got out of the vehicle, run after the vehicle, i have now lost him. Pc shaw gave chase. He found the officers stab vest a short distance away. All the time, getting updates from officers. There is a body in the road, it fell out the vehicle. Pc shaw knew who it was. That is probably pc harp e i have found his stab vest in the road. In court, thejury road. In court, the jury was shown this computer visualisation, of where Andrew Harper was dragged for over a mile. The prosecution said he was swung from side to side, like a pendulum, in an effort to dislodge him. Their case for murder was that the teenagers knew the officer was behind the car, and had intended to kill him. But thejury behind the car, and had intended to kill him. But the jury wasnt convinced, and convicted on manslaughter instead. This is very serious, you you can spare to help would be much appreciated. With the help of a Police Helicopter officers tracked down the teenagers car to a nearby ca rava n down the teenagers car to a nearby caravan site. I am arrested both of you on suspicion of murder. As the arrests were made henry long protested his innocence. Does it look like i have done a murder. Andrew was taken from us, his life was stolen and the lives of his family and friends altered forever. This crime, whatever the outcome, deliberated over in court was brutal and senseless. The way in which andrew was robbed of his life which all know to be barbaric and inexplicable. I am all know to be barbaric and inexplicable. Lam immensely disappointed with the verdict given today. At pc Andrew Harpers funeral his widow lissie told the congregation andrew was a gentle giant with a heart of gold, there wasnt a day, she said, thats passed when they didnt say they loved each other. It can be revealed thatjurors in the trial had to be given special Protection Measures because Police Received intelligence that associates of the teenagers had planned to intimidate the jury. The three teenagers will be sentenced next week. Clive. Helena, thank you for that. At the old bailey. Boris johnson has admitted the government didnt understand the coronavirus in the first few weeks and months of the pandemic, and suggests things could have been done differently. Speaking as he marked his first full year in office, the Prime Minister said there are very open questions on whether the lockdown came too late. The comments are a marked change from ministers past insistence, that the right decisions were taken at the right time. Hes been speaking to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. 366 days in number ten. Hi laura. Welcome. Welcome. He won an election. We left the eu. You walk through this door as Prime Minister. The days have been dominated by a crisis no one could have imagined. Covid i9. What have you got wrong so that you get it right next time . |j think that you get it right next time . think laura, when you look back at this crisis, everybody can see that this crisis, everybody can see that this was something that was new, that we didnt understand in the way that we didnt understand in the way that we didnt understand in the way that we would have liked in the first few weeks and month, and i think probably you know, the single thing that we didnt see the beginning was the extent to which it was being transmitted from person to person, but i am very proud of many of the things that people in our Public Services did, that members of the public did, to deal with coronavirus. What you are saying is that the response was too slow because the disease wasnt understood . I think it is fair to say there are things we need to learn about how we handle it in the early stages. I think what people really wa nt early stages. I think what people really want to focus on now, is what oare really want to focus on now, is what o are we doing, to prepare for the next phase. But Prime Minister, people want to know what happened though, Prime Minister. You are talking about this as though it is in the past. It is not. Hindsight isnt just a in the past. It is not. Hindsight isntjust a wonderful thing, it is useful. People wan to know what happened. 16,000 people died who have tested positive, what do you think the mistakes were . We mourn every one of those who lost their lives, and our thoughts are very much with their families, and. Were you taking it. And i take full responsibility for everything that government did. But did you ta ke that government did. But did you take it seriously enough at the start . There will be plenty of opportunities to learn the lessons of what happened. But the best way to honour the, those who lost their lives, the victims, and their families, is now, because you keep talking about this as though it is in the past laura, as though we must look back, actually we need to make sure that we are prepared for the future. Prime minister, isnt that precisely why, now is the time to be honest about what went wrong. Do you regret now that lockdown happened when it did, many people believe it might have been too late. You are trying to run a kind of inquiry into what happened. Prime minister i am not trying to run an inquiry, i am trying to get you to acknowledge what went wrong. Listen to the scientist, the questions that you have just asked are very open questions as far as they are concerned is, and there will be a time, obviously to consider all those issues. Surely, the best way to be prepared is for people to be confident that the government will act quickly enough the next time. I mean wasnt there a pattern that developed over time . You said you didnt need to ban public gatherings and then you did. The government said we didnt need to wear face masks and we do. Now you Say Community testing is vital. Isnt there a story of delay. No. If you look at the timing of every single piece of advice that we got from our advisers, from sage, you will find whenever they said we needed to take particular step we stuck to that. Maybe the scientists were wrong. Well, maybe. There were things we could have done differently as i said. What is the hardest thing you have had to decide in this room . think it would be difficult to choose the single most difficult thing i have personally had to deal with. Gone perhaps his insistence that the right decisions were made in this room at the right time. But what of the tragedy behind care homes closed doors . Your Health Secretary claimed a prospective ring had been thrown round care homes, you know that is hot the case. We have done a huge amount. It was too late. I mentioned the difficulty of testing but, thanks to the fantastic work of our care home sector, if you look at what is happening now, the number of new outbreaks in care homes is massively down, and we are testing every ca re homes is massively down, and we are testing every care home worker, weekly, every care home worker weekly, every care home worker weekly, every care homes are deve ntry weekly, every care homes are deventry 2 day, we will increase testing both for the nhs and care home worker, both symptom matically and asome 2078 matically. We are earn willing the whole time. This disease affected you personally, did you think you were going to die at that moment when you were seriously ill . I was very lucky, that moment when you were seriously ill . Iwas very lucky, i had that moment when you were seriously ill . I was very lucky, i had stand tick doctors and nurses in the nhs. For me and for quite a few others, is, and this is an issue we are raising today, is the issue of being overweight, and that is why we need to tackle our National Struggle with obesity, typically our great country tends to be a bit fatter than many other countries in europe, so you ask about my own personal circumstances, one of the lessons i dry from that is the need for us to be fitter and healthy. What is your priority now . I mean you have had this roller coaster year . The priorities are exactly what they a lwa ys priorities are exactly what they always have. Except we are doubling down, covid has taught me this country has moved too slowly sometimes so we need to go faster and when we look at some of the obstacles and problems we have, as a government, and as a society, we need sometimes government, that is me, me, to be willing to push and move things along, if we have any hope of drivering the infrastructure we need. Yes, the country has been going through a very tough time and psychologically it has been an extraordinary time for the country. But i also know is a nation of incredible natural resilience and fortitude and imagination, and i think we will bounce back really much stronger than ever before. Optimism his familiar trademark. Do you see yourself being here for the very long term . You see yourself being here for the very longterm . We are working very ha rd very longterm . We are working very hard laura. Ithought very longterm . We are working very hard laura. I thought i got through this interview already folks. But he has already discovered the real change of life in power is perhaps surprise. Borisjohnson change of life in power is perhaps surprise. Boris johnson is change of life in power is perhaps surprise. Borisjohnson is still relu cta nt to surprise. Borisjohnson is still reluctant to give chapter and verse of everything that may or may not have gone wrong in this terrible pandemic, but i think it is significant he was willing to concede there was an open question about whether or not the lockdown came too late. There has been huge intense debate already about that, not just here intense debate already about that, notjust here in westminster but among scientists and round the country. Over whether things just happened too slowly and labour is already saying tonight what the Prime Ministers remarks show, is that ministers mantra, that the right decisions were made at the right decisions were made at the right time, is just too confident and has been proven to be not the case. But what is viking from the Prime Ministers point of view, striking, is it is clear he wants to use his agony and the countrys agony from coronavirus all the stress, tensions and the terrible things to renew his energy and determination to make the kinds of changes that he promised, notjust when he stood on the steps a year ago when he became Prime Minister for the first time, but also, to renew the promises he made to people in the general election campaign, but as the Prime Minister well knows he may well be an optimist at heart, but the last year has shown events of course can disrupt and they can make politics very very difficult and very challenging indeed. The script has certainly not gone as he would have happened hoped or planned. 0k, planned. Ok, laura, thank glare. Its the first day of the compulsorary wearing of Face Coverings in confined indoor public spaces in england. Some of the places affected include supermarkets, shops, transport hubs and takeaways. The penalty for non compliance is a fine of up to £100. However, there are exceptions to the rule. For instance, you dont have to comply in a restaurant or pubs, gyms, cinemas or at the hairdressers. And some people are exempt from having to wear a Face Covering, including children under 11, people with breathing difficulties, and those with some disabilities. The government says it hopes most people will voluntarily follow the rules, with some retailers saying its not up to them to help enforcement. Well, our correspondent danny savage is in northalteron, in north yorkshire, for us this evening. This is going to be a self enforced rule. Most Police Forces say they are not going to be patrolling shops to make sure people are Wearing Masks so those £100 fines are likely to be few and far between, but he would have thought injanuary that come the summer would have thought injanuary that come the summer we would have thought injanuary that come the summer we would all have to cover her face to go shopping . Like every high street in england today, new rules about wearing a Face Covering are leading to caution and questions. Across the road in this department store, only 110 people are allowed in the shop at any one time, if social distancing is to be observed. Every single customer thats come through the door this morning has been wearing a mask already. We havent had to ask anyone. Theres been the odd person with them slightly down below their nose, just reminding things like that, but apart form that its all been fine. Inside this store also highlights the variations in the rules. Out here in the shopping area you have to wear your mask, but when you come into the restaurant you can take it off to have your food and drink. But you have to remember to put this back on as soon as you leave. Many people are keeping their masks on between shops, although not everyone approves. If we werent advised, i wouldnt be wearing them, to be honest, because i cant see they will have much effect. But as the government says you wear them, so we ll wear them, you know. But mostly shoppers are happy to comply. If it can stop the spread of the coronavirus, i mean, why not . Its not a big ask. Its a Little Something you put over your face just to protect you and everyone else round you. Its important to toe the line. You know, those are the rules, so thats what we have to do. I dont like wearing one, but no choice. This food shop will give customers a mask if they havent got one. But they also wont be challenging people who arent wearing one. We understand that, you know, people with certain medical conditions are finding it difficult to wear them, so we trust our customers to be, you know, to do the sensible thing and we respect that. This co op store near norwich is part of one National Supermarket chain which also wont be enforcing the new rule. It says its the job of the police to do that. In bristol, most people in this Shopping Centre were doing as they have been told, and in scotland Face Coverings have been mandatory for two weeks now. Policing it isnt straightforward, though. One person has been fined so far, for not complying. In wales and Northern Ireland, covering your face in shops is still optional. Back in england, this is now the norm, although traders say they are very worried about the effect this will all have on business if it is still the rule in the run up to christmas. Danny savage, bbc news, northallerton. Figures for the latest 2a hour period show 123 peoples deaths were recorded, after being diagnosed with coronavirus. That brings the total number of deaths in the uk, to 45,677. On average in the past week, 63 people died every day from covid 19. The list of countries that tourists can visit without having to quarantine when returning to the uk will now be reviewed every week, rather than every three weeks. Five more countries have been classifed as safe for travel but portugal is to remain on the list of countries, from which travellers must go into quarantine for two weeks on arrival into britain. The flu vaccine is to be offered to more than half of englands population this winter to prevent the