good morning, it is a rather grey, cloudy weekend ahead of us but at least it is a little more mild than of late. i will have all the details coming up shortly. it's saturday 28 november. our top story: just days before england's national lockdown ends, mps are being told that hospitals could be overwhelmed if they don't back new restrictions. the lockdown comes to an end next week to re— replaced by the return of three tiers on wednesday. that he are tougher than when they were first in place and they are being opposed by some conservative backbenchers. but writing in the times newspaper, cabinet office minister michael gove said that politicians need to "take responsibility for difficult decisions". here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. preparing for life after lockdown, under much tighter measures than before. kent will be one of the places in tia three of the new system which many conservative mps argue is unfair. why is it that we went into lockdown a few weeks ago in tier one, emerged at tier three? we still have some of the lowest covid rates, not just we still have some of the lowest covid rates, notjust in kent but actually in different parts of west kent, we have some of the lowest rates in the uk. from next wednesday the vast majority of england will be under the high or very high covid alert level. tiers two and three when no household mincing will be allowed indoors. 0nly cornwall, the isles of white and the isles of scilly will be placed under looser restrictions in tia one or medium risk, less than 2% of the population. defending the new measures the cabinet office minister michael gove has said the previous tiers weren't effective enough, and tighter restrictions were grimly, inevitably necessary. writing in the times he wants the level of infection is still threateningly high and the pressure on hospitals is severe. it comes as the number of people in hospital with covid—i9, in four nhs regions of england, retired totals this month than during the first peak of the pandemic. labour has not yet decided if it will support the new measures, warns that changes to economic support for businesses will leave local authorities stretched to breaking point trying to help. meanwhile there is some extra advice for the christmas period, when the rules will be relaxed. and scientists say people should consider meeting our doors where possible, children should share bedrooms with their pa rents of should share bedrooms with their parents of staying overnight, and quizzes might be a good alternative to board games which involve close contacts. the government is likely to get its way here at westminster, despite opposition from mps, and so restrictions will remain a reality across england well into the new year. hospitals have been told to prepare for the rollout of a coronavirus vaccine from mid—december. nhs providers, which represents hospital trusts in england, says intensive work is going on to prepare for the first doses of the jab — but the timeframe will depend on when and if vaccines are approved by regulators. people in liverpool, which is moving into the second—highest level of restrictions, will undergo more mass testing this weekend. the push, dubbed super saturday and sunday, will see eight pop—up testing centres placed in areas where take —up of the city's pilot testing programme has been lower. pubs, restaurants and bars in wales will have tougher restrictions imposed on them following a rise in coronavirus cases. it comes less than three weeks after the lockdown in wales was lifted. the measures, which are yet to be finalised, will come into force next friday. around 13,000 people employed by one of the high street‘s biggest retailers, arcadia, are waiting to hear if theirjobs are safe, with the company said to be on the brink of collapse. administrators could be appointed to the group, which owns brands such as topshop, dorothy perkins and burton, as early as monday. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. the festive season is approaching, but there is tough news this weekend for the 13,000 people working for arcadia, with their employer on the verge of collapse. the group had its troubles before the pandemic, already shedding jobs and closing stores. experts say it had failed to adapt as retail chains. new fashion businesses which are digital native have found it much easier to adapt to the shopping climate now. it is not easy for any big company who is an old company to adapt in the same way as a new one can do. arcadia's owner, sir philip green, had built a huge clothing empire, but in 2015 he sold vhs for a pound and the department store chain collapsed the following year. —— vhs. —— bhs. living on first facing fury from mps and then coughing up millions of plug the gap in bhs‘ pension scheme. he was a man of his time and times have been changing in recent years which has catapulted it further forward. —— and then we had the pandemic which has catapulted further forward. his style worked well in the past but has worked less and less well. arcadia said the closure of its stores during the pandemic and had a material impact on its businesses. if the administration process does kick off on monday the group's 500 shops will be able to continue to trade when they are able to reopen in england and ireland and if a buyer can be sought. the question then becomes if a buyer can be found for arcadia's brands and who that may be. face—to—face talks resume in london today to try to agree a trade and security deal between the eu and the uk. the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier said deep divisions remain. borisjohnson has also spoken to the irish prime minister and underlined his commitment to reaching an agreement, which respects the uk's sovereignty. iran has blamed israel for the assassination of the scientist who's believed to have masterminded the country's nuclear weapons programme. in a letter to the un security council, tehran said it reserved the right to defend its people and its interests. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera reports. the scene of an ambush. the highway where gunmen targeted a vehicle carrying one of the most important figures in iran's nuclear programme. mohsen fakhrizadeh was a scientist and senior defence official. but western intelligence services have long believed he was the driving force in iran's quest for a nuclear bomb. iran has always said its nuclear programme was peaceful — but it's been claimed fakhrizadeh was leading work on project amad, to develop a weapon. in 2018, he was singled out by israel's prime minister. this is how dr mohsen fakhrizadeh, head of project amad, put it — remember that name, fakhrizadeh. iran's foreign minister quickly responded to his death with this tweet: israel is widely assumed to have been responsible. but why now? iran's nuclear programme was constrained under an international deal signed in 2015. but in 2018, donald trump pulled the us out of the deal — and iran has been growing its stockpile of nuclear material. president trump is reported to have looked at — and then decided against — a military strike just two weeks ago. but israel may now be seeking to take advantage of the window whilst he's still in office. iran has been under economic located for the past few years. it is a country of 80 million people facing the most severe covid pandemic in the most severe covid pandemic in the region, under sanctions and it cannot access basic medicines and healthcare and medical equipment for its people. it is important to bear that in mind and the iranian government is surely aware of the extreme pressures it is facing at home. emergency vehicles were still at the scene hours after fakhrizadeh's death. the struggle over iran's nuclear programme has been going on for close to two decades but in the midst of a presidential transition in america, this looks set to be a moment of tension and uncertainty. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the region — she says the assassination is very significant. it comes nearly a year after a run's leading commander of the three revolutionary guard leader was killed, this time as with the earlier killing the question is how will iran respond, it comes at a very significant or delicate moment, only weeks left in the administration of president donald trump, we already know that president—electjoe biden has talked about rejoining the iran nuclear deal that president trump pulled out of in 2018, this movie is being seen not just as an effort to strike of in 2018, this movie is being seen notjust as an effort to strike a blow against iran's nuclear programme, emphasise —— in one of the size that doesn't have a nuclear weapons programme, but mohsen fakhrizadeh for years now, particularly by israeli and american intelligence was regarded as associated with the covid programme and this kind of association nation —— assassination, we don't know yet who carried out, but this kind of move would possibly come look at the effo rts move would possibly come look at the efforts of a new us administration tried to open a new chapter with iran, as difficult as that was going to be even without this assassination. it is ten minutes past six, a few more stories for you this morning. a rare plant has reappeared more than a century since its last confirmed sighting. known as grass poly, the pink flower came out of hiding after seeds were disturbed during restoration work at a pond in norfolk. scientists say conservation efforts could lead to the return of other forgotten species. there clearly is another alternative version of that story which is that it was there all the time and no—one has seen it. it was hiding, very pretty low. you may have seen this doing the rounds on social media last night, we know lots of business lights are going up this weekend, the switch on is happening all over the switch on is happening all over the place. if you're planning to impress anyone with a grand switching—on ceremony, here's a valuable lesson in the importance of timing. four, three, two, one... (laughs). it makes me laugh every timei (laughs). it makes me laugh every time i see it. that was the mayor of bridgwater in somerset, and a council colleague, being a bit slow with the ceremonial plunger. it is the fact that it takes the plunger several efforts to get it right. we'll be tried again? can we have the countdown again? four, three, two, one... ironically given that we were talking about timing, we had me in front when we were looking at the thing going. three, two, one... it is only just. it thing going. three, two, one... it is onlyjust. it is so close. they we re is onlyjust. it is so close. they were nearly honest. (laughs). i should say they have responded to going viral. no-one would have been going viral. no-one would have been going any attention to it otherwise, but a council spokesman said they we re but a council spokesman said they were glad the lights had brought "more happiness than we planned. 12 minutes past six. let's look at some of the pages and today's papers. the weekend i reports that philip green's arcadia retail empire faces collapse — and that he's being urged to use his family's personal fortune to provide a £30 million lifeline. really worrying for anyone employed by that company at the moment. the telegraph says a "christmas transport tsar" has been appointed with the power to force train firms to provide extra carriages. it follows concerns that social distancing will not be possible as people try to see their families during the five—day relaxation of restrictions. scotland's schools could be closed for an extra week over the christmas holidays, according to the scottish daily mail. that's under plans being considered by the snp. we will talk to the smp after 7am this morning. and the yorkshire post has a lovely picture of the huge advent wreath at york minster. the archbishop of york, stephen cottrell, is standing beneath it as clergy prepare to re—open churches after the lockdown. and they will prepare for the usual christmas celebrations.” and they will prepare for the usual christmas celebrations. i had not realised quite what big business, it you know this, but what big business candles are at the moment. huge. a p pa re ntly candles are at the moment. huge. apparently during lockdown people wa nted apparently during lockdown people wanted their houses to smell more cosy... is that what is like at your house? some people that i knew made candles, some did not. gwyneth paltrow, i have cleverly folded this piece of the newsletter because gwyneth paltrow‘s candle is advertised rather obviously. but anthony hopkins... does he? anthony hopkins has his own candle brand and the wrapper drake is now selling candles, candles is clearly anything. he is, or casualwith candles, candles is clearly anything. he is, or casual with his sweater on and he is selling candles. do you know the particular scent of gwyneth paltrow‘s candles? you do, don't you. i would like you to say it. instead of talking about that, we're talking about anthony hopkins' handles. —— candles. lots of them are doing it and scented candles are booming on the high street and apparently the thing is not only in your home, but in offices, spas, cinemas, everyone now wa nts offices, spas, cinemas, everyone now wants candles. do you have anything to add to the candle?” wants candles. do you have anything to add to the candle? i do because this is going to be a real downer on it and this is going to be a real downer on itandi this is going to be a real downer on it and i am sorry to sound so miserable but they are bad for the environment. they do, they emit, when you burn anything it has an impact, and you are not supposed to actually burn stuff in your home if you can avoid it. so that is a cheery thought... do you follow your own mantra on that basis? i thought you said your house was festooned with them. they are not mine but when you go shopping you cannot move for candles. i do like a candle, but apparently. louise will know about this because she is clever. anthony hopkins' candle range is a fragrance collection with gardenia, sandalwood. how does that sound? i don't like sandalwood. i'm not a candle person, my house is very open plan so there is no point in burning them... lm surely ifjust have one candle, the smell spreads everywhere. if you have it in a small room, you can smell it. bah humbug, don't buy me one of those for christmas if anyone is listening! we still want to know what winners paltrow‘s candle is called smells like, we are all intrigued about that one. —— —— gwenyth. there is a some frost and fog around but for most of us as we go through the weekend it will be quite cloudy and certainly more mild. here is the story. we are really sandwiched in the middle of an area of low pressure out in the atla ntic an area of low pressure out in the atlantic and high—pressure alf into scandinavia. it is also driving in milderairas scandinavia. it is also driving in milder air as the wind direction changes to a south—westerly. a light breeze but nevertheless it is driving in this milder air. we have got showery rain from the week read the fronts. —— weather fronts. that said, clear skies and a cold and frosty start in two parts of eastern scotland, that is where the best of the sunshine will be. slowly clouding over as the light, patchy rain and the cloud drifts its way steadily north. five or six degrees generally into the north but much milder further south. double figures returning, 12 degrees quite likely. we could get some evening and afternoon sunshine but then the cloud returns as we go through the overnight period. all bar the far north—east of scotland and here we can see temper just north—east of scotland and here we can see temperjust dipping below freezing in sheltered glens but it will be a milder start to sunday. sunday will be a cloudy affair, grey, misty, murky and with the light trees, we aren't going to see the cloud breaking up so much was up with the brakes into the east of scotla nd with the brakes into the east of scotland as we go through the afternoon. there might be some brightness into the south—west if we are lucky. top temperatures 8—12. as we move out of sunday into monday, high—pressure starts to build from the south—west stop this weather front will bring some showery outbreaks of rain but it will also turn the wind direction once again toa turn the wind direction once again to a north—westerly so we will see some rain around on monday that if we look ahead, it does look as though it will start to feel cooler as we go through next week. back to you both. louise, thank you. i must tell you, we will be talking about mike tyson's return so don't miss it. mike tyson who is 54? extraordinary. we can take a look at the latest movie releases now — it's the film review, with mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, running at the best films available for viewing in cinemas and the home. one of the most intriguing films at last month's bfi london film festival was possessor. the film by brandon cronenberg. set in an alternative 2008, this enjoyable squishy sci—fi thriller features andrea riseborough. they try to carry out covert hits. a much nastier version of inception. ross possesses the body of tayte played by christopher abbott, effectively doing an impression of andrea riseborough doing an impression of christopher abbott. think of all of me where steve martin's body is filled with lily tomlin. then by the son of body horror maestro david cronenberg who made head scrambling shockers. in his underrated first feature antiviral, and in cronenberg —— brandon cronenberg was sold to adoring fans. with possessor, it focuses on the ultimate invasion of privacy. timely. run by secretive companies whose data mining knows no boundaries. but the film also packs an emotional punch, thanks to our antiheroine's rowing confusion about her identity and her separation from the family to whom she has become a danger. mum! how was your trip? dull, extreme read goal. relying on prosthetics rather than computer graphics plays huge dividends, it keeps the story grounded even during its most land—use flights of fa ntasy. its most land—use flights of fantasy. some might find the blood splattered results alarming but as a lifelong fan of sci—fi and horror, i loved the fact that possessor isn't afraid to sink its teeth deep into both genres. it is available on digital platforms now. now citizen kane is widely regarded as the greatest movie of all time but it is also spawned a string of movies of variable quality that have attempted to get under the skin of its creation. in 1999, live at schreiber played 0rson creation. in 1999, live at schreiber played orson welles in rko 281, based in part on the battle of citizen kane. the biographical stage play rosebud was so good that he was cast to reply —— reprise his role me and 0rson cast to reply —— reprise his role me and orson welles, said in the years before 0rson and orson welles, said in the years before orson welles conquered cinema. ruefully explaining that kane was the only film over which he had control. the one film of mine when i had total control was cana. —— kane. when i had total control was cana. -- kane. now comes manker, the new film by david finch. i need a favour but you are going to have to promise you won't laugh. even the state of the world... you are going to. i have got such a hangover right now, there is a fighting chancel have got such a hangover right now, there is a fighting chance i won't. iam being burned there is a fighting chance i won't. i am being burned at the state and i'm dying for a cd, boo. laughs element there, what is punishing you. —— ciggie. element there, what is punishing you. -- ciggie. lily collins is rita alexandra, the secretary charged with helping to keep the writer sober long enough to produce the necessary pa g es sober long enough to produce the necessary pages while amanda seyfried is marion davies, scarlet mistress of media mogul upon whom the character of charles foster kane was loosely based. having lost out on an oscar for his wonderfully understated role on tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, and grandstanding as churchill in darkest hour, old men here keeps things broad while trying a brilliant drug who essentially wrote the script for kane on his own without input from the wicked 0rson welles who tried to rob him of credit. instead, 0rson welles who tried to rob him of credit. instead, orson welles who collaborated on the script was contractually going to claim sole authorship not only insisted that the other wouldn't get credit. after all, it is a drama rather than a documentary, was as remarkable as some of the reviews suggest. it isn't. would you be willing to hunt a great white whale? rather it is a good looking but ultimately empty affair, packed with heavy—handed visual nods to kane, boosted by a great score and a riproaring performance by charles dance but lacking the truthfulness originality and sense of mischievous wit that lay at the dark heart of 0rson welles's masterpiece, to evoke the music —— movie cliche, it is fine, it is just not citizen kane. you can judge it for yourself in a few cinemas in scotland and on netflix from december the fourth. it is often said that is lonely at the top and that is exactly how it seems in and that is exactly how it seems in a new documentary about screen legend audrey had been. best kept secret about audrey... was that she wa nted secret about audrey... was that she wanted to be loved having been a landed by her father as a wanted to be loved having been a landed by herfather as a child, had burn won an oscar for roman holiday and was hailed as a style icon around the world that still suffered from insecurity about her talent, appearance and life. drawing on a wealth of influence and archive material, the very sympathetic documentary paints a portrait of a woman whose own rand daughter has said the best kept secret about audrey was that she was so sad. yet the film which is available on dvd and digital on monday also highlights the pride had earned took on becoming an ambassadorfor unicef, revealing how her humanitarian work finally provided her with the love she craved offering a positive outlook for the fame and attention she had always mistrusted. when i love i love unconditionally. one of the interesting things about 2020 has been that in the absence of big lock busters, many smaller, more offbeat productions have gone widespread attention including several short films by celebrated directors. next month, for example, he was of the streaming service mubi can experience this short from peter strickland. new is nimic, who made the favourite. tell him to get out. this is our home. this is our home. you're my other half. you are my other half. the popular hit the range of international film festivals last year, nimic‘s stars matt dillon as a cellist who finds himself being pursued by a double gang who copied his every move. there are somatic echoes of dostoyevs ky, there are somatic echoes of dostoyevsky, the dog that make the double. —— the double. while totally nimic harks back to the surreal nightmarish satire of early films like dogtooth. it is a strange little movie that will leave you with a head full of questions that can only be answered by going straight back and watching it again, something that is easy to do with a short film. while nimic deserves to be seen twice, there are some other releases out this week that will in effect from never being seen at all ever buy anybody. take the ringmaster, a pitiful slice of danish torture porn which makes hostage movies look like the work of 0rson hostage movies look like the work of orson welles. adapted by the novel finale, this derivative bill which shows two women being terrorised in front of audiences both real and virtual. all this mayhem is orchestrated by the titular ringmaster, a character who is less funny than the funnyman, as frightening as mac less frightening than the bogeyman and less psychologically interesting than the man from the electric who came round to read the metre while i was watching this garbage who says what on earth are you doing watching this garbage? i said on earth are you doing watching this garbage? isaid it on earth are you doing watching this garbage? i said it is myjob, i do it so others don't have to. fantastic! you're welcome. element ladies and gentlemen, we have a cycle with us tonight! it is available allegedly in cinemas and i would tell you to avoid it in all of those viewing formats. to dispel the stench of that atrocity, let's turn to something altogether more uplifting, uncle frank, a musical drama set in1973, uplifting, uncle frank, a musical drama set in 1973, written and directed alan ball who won a screenplay 0scar directed alan ball who won a screenplay oscar for american beauty. paul bethany is the nyu academic whose family in south carolina don't know he is gay. but when his bullying father dies, frank has to make the road trip home with his knee death and his partner wally, —— nice. thejourney of knee death and his partner wally, —— nice. the journey of discovery for all three of them. —— neice. nice. the journey of discovery for all three of them. -- neice. you forgot your razor. story is formulaic and you have to be asleep at the wheel not to map out the emotional highs and lows from the outset but the ensemble cast are terrific, generating plenty of good—natured terrific, generating plenty of good—natu red laughter terrific, generating plenty of good—natured laughter and terrific, generating plenty of good—natu red laughter and tears terrific, generating plenty of good—natured laughter and tears as they bicker and bond about past, resident and future. anyone who found themselves succumbing to the gentle pleasures of green book will find plenty to enjoy in this undemanding but clearly heartfelt movie. it is available now on amazon prime video. that's it for this week, thanks for watching the film review. anna smith will be here next week and until then, stay safe. element i didn't come to my father — your element i didn't come to my father —— your father's funeral. element i didn't come to my father -- your father's funeral. and didn't wa nt -- your father's funeral. and didn't want you to. yes and i respected your wishes. .. want you to. yes and i respected your wishes... s it is not the same thing. are you the stupidest guy alive? obviously, luke who i am with. —— look. hello, this is breakfast with rachel burden and charlie stayt. we're to go straight to sport now. mike is here, not the highest scoring grand final we have ever seen but last night in ourfamily chat my brother told me that something like five players made 60 plus tackles in that game which is unbelievable. i have encountered but it was certainly the case that the fences were on top, it was a battle of attrition and the score when the sun went off at four was incredible. i can't imagine teenagerjack welsby slept much last night — in the end it was the exuberance of youth that made the difference. he's the toast of st helens, after scoring the try after full time had been called that meant st helens were crowned super league champions for the second year running, beating great rivals wigan warriors 8—4, in hull, as adam wild reports. a most astonishing and two extra ordinary season. with a grand final there is always drama but never has super league seen anything like this. after a year of turbulence and time while the year's biggest game was going to be special. st helens and wigan neighbours that could scarcely be closer. we can offer just the smallest of gaps, it was alljake bb needed. what became like ten points it made up for in passion, a saints penalty brought the scores back level but what came next would go down in rugby league legend. the very last play of the match, a drop goal attempt that hit the post, an incredibly st helens teenagerjack welsby was the quickest to react. the longest season seal in the very final session. the drama the game deserved, st helens super league champions. next, to a blistering innings from jonny bairstow that led england to victory over south africa, in their first t20 match in cape town. they were chasing 180 to win, and bairstow smashed an unbeaten 86 from just 48 balls — that's his highest international t20 score — as england won by five wickets. captain eoin morgan said his side were pretty average apart from two or three players — and bairstow certainly enjoys playing in cape town. seems to be one of my favourite rounds like you say, and yeah, i quite like it being my favourite ground, it's an amazing place to come and play cricket. the sun going down over the mountain, and it was just unfortunately another special crowd in to witness a game like that, they would have thoroughly enjoyed it. the brazilian strikerjoelinton had a great game for newcastle, as they beat crystal palace 2—0. he had a hand in one goal and scored another, very late on, first setting up callum wilson in the 88th minute, and then 99 seconds later making sure of the win, with his first premier league goal of the season. it's also fa cup weekend, with plenty of ties to come — but tranmere rovers are already in the hat for the third round draw. they beat non—league brackley town 1—0, thanks to this brilliant strike from just outside the box, from kaiyne woolery. remember the next round is when the big clubs enter the competition. there's coverage across the bbc all weekend. west ham united against manchester united will be the first premier league game to welcome back fans. that's next saturday, and there are, as you'd expect, a number of provsions in place. 2,000 season ticket holders will be selected by ballot, but no fans living in tier 3 areas will be allowed. everyone must arrive at least 30 minutes before kick—off and there will be limited food and drink available, but no alcohol. northern ireland's women are one step closer to qualifying for the european championship in 2022. kirsty mcguinness scored the winner in their 3—2 win over belarus in dublin, and that means if they beat the faroe islands on tuesday, they'll earn a play—off spot. but scotland's hopes of reaching the competition took another blow. they were beaten 1—0 away in portugal. the scots now have the tall order of beating beat finland on tuesday, if they're to stand any chance of making it through. newly—crowned f1 world champion lewis hamilton was fastest in both practice sessions yesterday ahead of the bahrain grand prix. the second session had to be stopped twice, first when alex albon crashed — that left his red bull career hanging by a thread, and then when a dog found its way onto the sakhir international circuit. running around, oblivious to where it was really, doing its exercise. thankfully no drivers or dogs were harmed. look at the pace he is setting, he could keep up with lewis hamilton by the look of that. after 15 years away from the sport, a 54—year—old mike tyson will turn to the boxing ring tonight when he takes on royjones junior, and what will be exhibition fight in los angeles. there's been plenty of intrigue over what to expect, and how the man who was once the youngest heavyweight champion in history will perform. one man who knows mike tyson very well is three—time heavyweight boxing champion lennox lewis. good morning lennox, you beat tyson famously in 2002 — we never expected to be talking about his return all these years on. 15 years since he retired. the first question people will be thinking, how safe is this going to be? two quys how safe is this going to be? two guysin how safe is this going to be? two guys in their 50s, may a bit rusty, how safe would be? very safe, this is something they have done for most of their career, most of their life ‘straining, so of their career, most of their life ‘s training, so their bodies are probably craving it again and they won't be the same obviously, they are older now, a little slower and they won't be able to move around as much as they did when they were younger, i am expect thing royjones to really move around and beat the royjones that we know he is, he is a lwa ys royjones that we know he is, he is always moving his head, he is going to be difficult to hit. and tyson is going to go there and do what tyson does, slip punches and come back from those slips. i wonder if we do suffer with age, you knew tyson so well, and you are saying he really only knows one way of fighting. we we re only knows one way of fighting. we were saying how brutal his fights we re were saying how brutal his fights were and he was saying this week, it was going to be fun — a broken eye socket, broken jaw, was going to be fun — a broken eye socket, brokenjaw, broken ribs, thatis socket, brokenjaw, broken ribs, that is fun to me! let's hope he has fun out there, i am sure both of them know how to have fun. you are talking to a movie star, a guy that has his own 1—man band show, mike tyson, so he knows how to entertain people and roy jones tyson, so he knows how to entertain people and royjones knows how to entertain people, he is a showboat kind of boxer so people are going to be on the edge of their seats, to see if he still has it and they will see if he still has it and they will see if he still has it and they will see if mike tyson is able to hit him. and if they are able to catch royjones junior, even though him. and if they are able to catch royjonesjunior, even though he is now 51 he has probably lost a bit of pace but probably still quicker than tyson. absolutely. ithink pace but probably still quicker than tyson. absolutely. i think he weighs less than mike tyson, i am actually shocked that he is boxing heavyweight, but it is really not about weight class, it is about to great older fighters that we rememberand you great older fighters that we remember and you know, we always love to see in the ring. let's face it, there is guys in their that our blog champions, they have so many people on their blogs, and now they are boxing. they are doing a good job at it but if those guys are in that we may as well put the real boxers in there that used to do it. such a famous night in 2002 when you beat mike tyson, lennox lewis, you became friends after this, didn't you, have you in touch over the yea rs you, have you in touch over the years in the family has become friends? me and mike tyson have a great history together, obviously we knew each other when we were younger, when we were 15, and when i went up to the catskills to actually spar with him for the first time and spend some time with him and years later, at that time we said we would meet in the ring and we did, so his wish came true. what did you say to him when you found out he was coming back make you know what i did?” sent him some of my vitamins, and i said he needed them, and i sent some to roy as well. no crowns in las vegas tonight — make no crowds in las vegas tonight, do you think that will have an impact? it is always nice to have a crowd around, we are athletes, athletes thrive on the sound of crowds and their corner men, i commentate for pbc right now and we do it in la and there is no crowds and some of the boxes can say after the fight, "i could hear you talking and what you are saying, so thatis talking and what you are saying, so that is the only thing that will be the problem, but i was actually supposed to be in la but there was no room in the stadium for any tv people, so i am going to be watching it on tv. cani people, so i am going to be watching it on tv. can i push you for what you think you will happen — make what you think will happen, do you fa ncy what you think will happen, do you fancy your old mate? i think there will be two winners there. it is a lwa ys will be two winners there. it is always nice to see these guys added again in the ring, let's see what they bring. it is great to talk to you and hopefully a huge year ahead far boxing, anthonyjoshua and tyson fury, are you looking forward to that? yeah, a good fight coming up, to heavyweights and people want to see this matchup and they want to see this matchup and they want to see who the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world is. linux, it has been great to talk to you, enjoy the spectacle tonight, it is a charity after all. —— lennox lewis. it is an exhibition fight, and a song comes into my head, "the oldest swingers in town", and they are old for boxing, i am 5a. swingers in town", and they are old for boxing, i am 54. it is show business really, those of us think outside the sport that it is fighting, but for the media show business. on a completely different note, he is looking complete —— he is looking pleasingly cosy in his netware. —— netware. is looking pleasingly cosy in his netware. -- netware. we will be looking at some big stories for you. the financial difficulties of arcadia, but massive group, topshop, dorothy perkins, if you are a member of staff do get in touch with us at bbc breakfast, and we are looking at the tier system and talking to some experts. it's a big night for an amateur choir in yorkshire. after losing two of its members to coronavirus, the huddersfield choral society wanted to do something special to honour them. restrictions meant they couldn't meet up to perform in the usual way, so they enlisted the help of the poet laureate simon armitage to create two new works, which will premiere online this evening. 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson reports. (singing). the huddersfield choral society refusing to stay silent. (singing). in march for the first time since the choir was formed in 1836, rehearsals were not allowed you to lock down. then within a matter of days, two members died from covid. stephen brooke who had sung with them for 44 years, and philip garland, described as a background of the group. the music suddenly stop was very difficult. particularly within that two—week period we actually lost two members of the choir. everyone was devastated, it was such a shock and so devastated, it was such a shock and so sudden, they had been there and then... they won't. it was through that, an approach was made to simon armitage to see if he could write something that was so relevant to what we were going through. singing. the choir responded to the tragic event by deciding to create something new. they commissioned two pieces with accompanying films, illustrating the separation felt by many this year. huddersfield is the hometown of the poet laureate, and he agreed to write the lyrics.” hometown of the poet laureate, and he agreed to write the lyrics. i had grown up he agreed to write the lyrics. i had grown up with the noise of choirs in these valleys, women's choirs, male voice choirs, coral societies, amateur operatic dramatics, so i guess the noise in my head was one that has been almost a constant soundtrack, you know, since growing up. how was it to hear the finished pieces? yeah, it was very moving actually, particularly when i saw them together with the films that had been made, you know, these are songs and films that are populated by real people expressing things that are very important to them. so i had that are very important to them. so ihada that are very important to them. so i had a little weep actually when i watched the films. singing. and the choir are thrilled that 7:30pm tonight the pieces will receive their premier online and at last they will be able to have a moment they will be able to have a moment they can share with others. it has lines such as" cobweb heart", or "a blackbird stirs and opens its throat". and i think that really ca ptu res throat". and i think that really captures how not just throat". and i think that really captures how notjust the people in the choir but people generally feel. i think it will be really exciting, it will be excited to hear them and see the films. it recognises what everybody has been through in this, and that yes, we will be back again. very inspiring. gorgeous. quite something. the weather is but a bit on the grey side but milder. yesterday it was all about frost and fog but as we go through the weekend, it is going to turn a bit milder and unfortunately that will come at a price. we have lost the sunshine. quite a lot of cloud today. that said, a chilly start for some and in actual fact these weak weather fronts are producing showery rain and driving this milder air but clearer skies further north so still pretty cold across eastern scotland, northern ireland, northern england, that is where we have frost and fog this morning. that is the dividing line. but whether front has produced rain and will be moving its way up through cornwall, pushing its way into southern parts of wales and a few scattered showers further north and west but that is where we have the clear skies and the cold start and at least we will see some sunshine into northern ireland, parts of northern england and eastern scotland as we go through the day, gradually clouding over as it drifts steadily north. we may still see a brighter sky at the end of the afternoon look at the difference, behind that showery rain we're looking at 8— 12 degrees and to the north of that 5—7. as we move through the night tonight, quite a lot of cloud generally across the country. the exception is the far north and east with clear skies so a frost is likely in sheltered glens of scotla nd frost is likely in sheltered glens of scotland and a mild start, grey start for many but a great day for getting out and taking in some exercises as we go through the day and you won't need those extra layers, highs of 12 degrees. good news and good advice. now it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show: the gadgets that could get us back on the road. kangaroo island bounces back. it's been awesome to see the resilience of the australian wildlife. hi, welcome to the show, coming to this week from an eerily quiet london city airport, hence why i'm allowed to talk to you from the actual runway. take a look at this. this is bonkers! normally, this would be buzzing with planes taking off and landing, but as we all know, travel around the world has pretty much stopped. but nevertheless, we are going to do our best to try and keep you all inspired until travel resumes once again. but until then, stick with us, and hopefully we'll be out on our adventures very soon. let's face it,... from press to give seat design to covid destroying the uv seat design to covid destroying the uv light, seat design to covid destroying the uv light, but the thing with the biggest impact in the short term is testing. and i've come to london city airport to find out how it could work. there will be a testing regime for christmas and testing will commence when you arrive to the uk. you will go to a testing centre and get tested and if it is negative then you will be able to be released from quarantine. however, as the industry, we really do wish to see departures testing protocol and what that would mean is that passengers would be tested before they fly forcibly would mean that a period when you arrive is no longer required. what are the main challenges you are foreseeing with all of these? capacity is one if we are required to significantly test significant numbers of passengers on site before they fly, we will need to find space to do that. we will need to have trained staff available. we think that will take some time that we are confident we can do that. we are hopeful that by next summer we will be approaching some degree of normality. how do you trust that the person next to his covid—safe? trust that the person next to his covid-safe? it helps people securely and privately share their covid status across international borders whether that is testing or eventually vaccination. the challenge right now is the current system for ensuring that somebody does not have covid who is sitting next to me or crossing a border is a piece of paper that was got from a lab, there is no standard format for that paper and it can easily be falsified or even counterfeit. with common past, we have a way to know that this is coming from a certified lab so what happens is when you are preparing to travel, you will say i am flying from london city airport in new york, you will pull out app and it will tell you you have to fill particular requirements and when you have fulfilled the criteria, it generates a qr code which you could then show to the entrance to the airport, the aircraft or at immigration in the us. how do you keep people's personal health data safe? is a non—profit organisation. we don't have access to your data, you control it, you control who gets to see it and it is basically on your phone and at the source of whether data is, we don't have any access to that, nobody has any to that. common passis that, nobody has any to that. common pass is hoping to become available in the new year but some country's entry requirements don't end at the airport. this is a simple device, a wristband, once you put it on. now it should transmit my location. these kinds of tracking devices have been trialed in several countries to stop people breaking lockdown rules. there has been an unprecedented rise in all kinds of tracking tech ology. around 120 contact tracing apps are being used worldwide. —— technology. you look like cautious person to me, sam. what are your main concerns? 0ur sam. what are your main concerns? our main concerns are about the speed and proportionality of these new measures. we need to make sure they are transparent, held accountable and don't last for any longer they are needed. there is a danger, though, isn't there, that we could scare people and overhyped. this whole surveillance thing. do you think it is a slightly over the top and we're worrying more than we should be? i don't think so, no, i think we need to be careful that we don't sleepwalk into a surveillance state with tools that aren't effective fighting back in a public health crisis. is like something out ofa health crisis. is like something out of a sci—fi movie. what should you be looking out for then? when you are looking at a privacy policy, some of the important things to look out for is how long your data is being retained for. there should be certain restrictions on how long a company or a public health body can access company or a public health body can a ccess your company or a public health body can access your information. there is other things like permissions. if you look at certain apps that have a lot of permissions that allow the app to read other aspects of your phone, your contacts, for example, as well as monitoring what you are doing online. there are some simple steps to take that will allow you to make downloading is safe. this year has disrupted travel more than anything we have ever known but is because the problems are, the solutions to can be brilliant. as long as we stay careful, i'm hopeful we will soon be out there experiencing the world again. kangaroo island is about 70 miles from the coast of adelaide. people come here for its seclusion, its golden beaches and its abundance of wildlife. but last summer, it was one of the highest profile casualties in australia's worst wildfire season on record. the flames spread over 16 million acres, mostly in the south—west of the country, in new south wales and victoria. it destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and claimed the lives of at least 33 people. according to the wwf, it also killed or displaced as many as 3 billion animals. here at the kangaroo island wildlife park, the owners found themselves directly in the fire's path as they fought to save some of the country's most iconic creatures. this little one is grace. grace came in from a road accident when her mum was unfortunately hit by a car and killed, so she has been with us for nearly two months now. it's really important that they do have their teddies. she holds onto that and sees it as her mum. it gives her comfort. if she doesn't have one, she does start looking for one, she gets quite stressy. this is the koala orphanage we've got at the park. hello, you two. it holds all sorts of different animals, not just koalas, but it was established during the bushfire is in response to the need that we had. the park was a hub for all the injured animals coming off the fire ground. at times, the flames got within a couple of kilometres, threatening the centre and everyone working there. 0bviously, because i've got little conor, we evacuated twice. when i left the front gates, i didn't know if i would be coming back to absolute devastation or whether we would come back to having a business still here. dayna's husband, sam, took the extraordinary decision to stay behind and fight the fire. fortunately, the centre was spared, allowing the family's work to continue. throughout the entire fire period time, we ended up with over 600 koalas come through, and around 150 other species. a lot of the animals that were coming in through the fires primarily presented with burns. quite a few had burnt down to the bone, and the best thing was for them to be euthanised, so we did lose quite a lot as well, but pretty much all of them came in very dehydrated, so quite a large range of injuries. it's really amazing to see how well they coped with the fires, and how well the ones that are still out in the wild have adapted to the changing conditions, so their habitat was completely destroyed and they've managed to pull through and eating the regrowth rather than eating established trees like usual, they've been a lot more resilient than expected, so it's been awesome to see the resilience of the australian wildlife. that's your lot for this week. coming up next week: to the batmobile! christer is here to look back at some of our favourite trips to north america. from ice canoeing in canada... how do you feel? i need to sit down. to paddling around a shipwreck. this wreck has been there for over 100 years! you can catch up with more of our trips on social media, all of the usual places and some of our recent shows on the bbc iplayer. until then, from all of us, looking longingly at the checking —— a check in at desks at london city airport, it's bye—bye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: a warning that hospitals in england could become overwhelmed with coronavirus cases if mps don't back new restrictions. a worrying weekend for 13,000 workers at some of retail‘s biggest names — the group that owns topshop, dorothy perkins, and miss selfridge is on the brink of collapse. iran blames israel for the assassination of its most senior nuclear scientist. the greatest ever finish to a super league grand final as a teenager scores last move of the match to get another win for st helens as they beat wigan's —— rate wigan's hearts. it isa it is a sunny weekend but a little milder than of late, i will have all the details coming up shortly —— a cloudy weekend. it's saturday 28 november. our top story: just days before england's national lockdown ends, mps are being told that hospitals could be overwhelmed if they don't back new restrictions. the comments from the cabinet office minister michael gove come as the lockdown is to be replaced by the return of three tiers on wednesday. the tiers are tougher than when they were first introduced, and are being opposed by some conservative backbenchers. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. preparing for life after lockdown, under much tighter measures than before. kent will be one of the places in tier 3 of the new system, which many conservative mps argue is unfair. why is it that we went into lockdown a few weeks ago in tier! and emerged at tier 3? we still have some of the lowest covid rates, notjust in kent but actually in different parts of west kent, we have some of the lowest rates in the united kingdom. from next wednesday the vast majority of england will be under the high or very high covid alert level. tiers 2 and 3, where no household mixing will be allowed indoors. 0nly cornwall, the isle of wight and the isles of scilly will be placed under looser restrictions in tier! or medium risk, less than 2% of the population. defending the new measures, the cabinet office minister michael gove has said the previous tiers weren't effective enough, and tighter restrictions were grimly, inevitably necessary. writing in the times he warns the level of infection is still threateningly high, and the pressure on hospitals severe. it comes as the number of people in hospital with covid—19, in four nhs regions of england, reached higher totals this month than during the first peak of the pandemic. labour hasn't yet decided if it will support the new measures, but warns that changes to economic support for businesses will leave local authorities stretched to breaking point trying to help. meanwhile there is some extra advice for the christmas period, when the rules will be relaxed. government scientists say people should consider meeting outdoors where possible, children should share bedrooms with their parents if staying overnight, and quizzes might be a good alternative to board games, which involve close contact. the government's likely to get its way here at westminster, despite opposition from mps, and so restrictions will remain a reality across england well into the new year. let's speak to our political correspondent, ellie price. ellie, how significant are these comments from michael gove? michael gove has some work to do to get disgruntled backbenchers on board? he has we had about ten conservative mps who have so far said they will vote against these measures when they are in parliament on tuesday, and —— there is about another 20 or so who voiced their concerns very publicly about it. there is work to be done within the government's own party. you had the example there injonathan's piece about mps in kent, one of the big things that mps, conservative mps in particular is worried about is areas where there is areas where there are low infection rates being lumped in with other areas, where these tier system being countywide. something michael gove said in his piece and the prime minister said on thursday is that the whole point about this is that the whole point about this is these larger regions are based on clarity, people want clarity and it makes it a bit more obvious what is going on. people who live in a certain area may drive to go to work, may need to go shopping, that sort of thing, in areas where it is higher. that is the government's argument on it all. i think what will be interesting is of course whether labour will choose to support these measures, we don't know that yet, are waiting to hear from some government expert advice on monday. it narrows down quite interestingly, nicely for a big debate in parliament on tuesday. people in liverpool, which is moving into the second highest level of restrictions, will undergo more mass testing this weekend. it will see eight pop—up testing centres placed in areas where take up of the city's pilot testing programme has been low. pubs, restaurants and bars in wales are to have tougher restrictions imposed on them following a rise in coronavirus cases. it comes less than three weeks after the lockdown in wales was lifted. the measures, which are yet to be finalised, will come into force next friday. around 13,000 people employed by one of the high street‘s biggest retailers, arcadia, are waiting to hear if theirjobs are safe — with the company said to be on the brink of collapse. administrators could be appointed to the group, which owns brands such as topshop, dorothy perkins and burton, as early as monday. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. the festive season is approaching, but there's tough news this weekend for the 13,000 people working for arcadia, with their employer on the verge of collapse. the group had its troubles before the pandemic, already shedding jobs and closing stores. experts say it had failed to adapt as retail changed. new fashion businesses which are digital native have found it much easier to adapt to the shopping climate now. it is not easy for any big company who is an old company to adapt in the same way as a new one can do. arcadia's owner, sir philip green, had built a huge clothing empire, but in 2015 he sold bhs for £1 and the department store chain collapsed the following year. do you mind not looking at me like that all the time? it's really disturbing. leaving him first facing fury from mps, then coughing up millions to plug the gap in bhs' pension scheme. —— hundreds of millions. he was definitely a man of his time, but that time has been changing dramatically in recent years and then we've had the pandemic which has catapulted it further forward. his style worked well some years ago, it's worked less and less well. in a statement, arcadia said the forced closure of its stores during the pandemic had had a material impact on trading across its businesses. if the administration process does kick off on monday, the groups 500 shops will be able to continue to trade when they are allowed to reopen in england and ireland, and a buyer will be sought. the question then is if buyers can be found for arcadia's brands, and who they might be. face—to—face talks resume in london today to try to agree a trade and security deal between the eu and the uk. the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier said deep divisions remain. borisjohnson has also spoken to the irish prime minister and underlined his commitment to reaching an agreement, which respects the uk's sovereignty. iran has blamed israel for the assassination of the scientist who's believed to have masterminded the country's nuclear weapons programme. in a letter to the un security council, tehran said it reserved the right to defend its people and its interests. 0ur security correspondent, gordon corera reports. the scene of an ambush. the highway where gunmen targeted a vehicle carrying one of the most important figures in iran's nuclear programme. mohsen fakhrizadeh was a scientist and senior defence official. but western intelligence services have long believed he was the driving force in iran's quest for a nuclear bomb. iran has always said its nuclear programme was peaceful — but it's been claimed fakhrizadeh was leading work on project amad, to develop a weapon. in 2018, he was singled out by israel's prime minister. this is how dr mohsen fakhrizadeh, head of project amad, put it — remember that name, fakhrizadeh. iran's foreign minister quickly responded to his death with this tweet: israel is widely assumed to have been responsible. but why now? iran's nuclear programme was constrained under an international deal signed in 2015. but in 2018, donald trump pulled the us out of the deal — and iran has been growing its stockpile of nuclear material. president trump is reported to have looked at — and then decided against — a military strike just two weeks ago. but israel may now be seeking to take advantage of the window whilst he's still in office. iran has been under economic blockades for the last few years. it is a country of 80 million people facing the most severe covid pandemic in the region, under sanctions in which it cannot access basic medicines and health care, and medical equipment for its people. it is important to bear that in mind, and the iranian government surely is aware of the extreme pressures it's facing at home. emergency vehicles were still at the scene hours after fakhrizadeh's death. the struggle over iran's nuclear programme has been going on for close to two decades. but, in the midst of an american presidential transition, this looks set to be a moment of tension and uncertainty. the time now is 7:10am. a specialist ward for treating covid—19 patients will open next week in newcastle—upon—tyne. the intensive care unit has been set up at the city's royal victoria infirmary. sharon barbour has been given exclusive access and sent this report. linda has covid and is in intensive care. she wants herfamily linda has covid and is in intensive care. she wants her family to linda has covid and is in intensive care. she wants herfamily to know that she is ok. they are doing a greatjob. tell that she is ok. they are doing a great job. tell the kids that she is ok. they are doing a greatjob. tell the kids not to worry. she is on oxygen to support her lungs. i came in on sunday morning, i wasn't too well, but the last couple of days i'm fit, i'm marvellous and the staff, i can't fault them. and these other staff that she is thinking. they have mastered the routine to protect themselves from the virus. and now, in the second wave of the pandemic, they are treating around 100 very ill covid patients. linda is being treated in intensive care here at the rvi. the problem is when you have covid patients in intensive ca re have covid patients in intensive care you can't bring other non— covid patients anywhere near them, and that is why here they have created one of the country's first specialist covid wards. this is one of the features of our new ward which is an airlock that is large enough to get a bed into, and you can bring a patient with covid on their bed into this space, and there is an interlinked between these two doors so this door has to be shut and locked before you are able to release the magnet on this door, and that reduces any chance of us inadvertently contaminating the corridor air by opening a door in environment where patients have got covid. across the country, medical wards, even operating theatres, have had to take in covid patients. this was a cardiology ward but no longer single — it has been completely refitted, redesigned. this is a war thatis refitted, redesigned. this is a war that is going to have a mixed use between very sick patients requiring intensive care with covid and less sick patients requiring hospital admission under respiratory medicine primarily with covid. it has been repurposed from a previously standard medical ward to being a very safe environment for covid patients. i am very safe environment for covid patients. iam not very safe environment for covid patients. i am not aware of any other wards that have been made, overhauled in such a dramatic way as this one. one of the biggest challenges facing hospitals is segregating non— covid patients and the increasing number of covid patients. if they run out of beds, the option is to take patients to the option is to take patients to the nightingale hospitals. the hope is that by expanding capacity here, that option can be avoided. the nightingale hospitals are ready and they are equipped to look after large numbers of patients with covid but the nightingale hospitals would be very much what we used as the last option, because it would be very difficult to start running and operating within a new environment while you are already extremely busy, and if we are able to open the surge area where we are happy with and absolutely it is available for any relief of pressure in any part of operation, notjust within newcastle. the first covid patients will be brought here within the next few days, and this will remain as a specialist covid ward. what no—one knows, is for how long. we'rejoined now by chris hopson, chief executive of nhs providers, which represents hospital trusts. it is interesting to see how one hospital there in newcastle and you would know better than us, how they have adapted the work they put into the pandemic. broadening this out a little bit to some of michael gove's comments about the risk of hospitals being overwhelmed if mps refuse to back these latest tear plans. —— tier plans. how close a cost —— hospitals to being overwhelmed?m shows how hard the nhs is working to treat everyone we need is to treat and being innovative and doing everything we can. in some places, the nhs is still under huge amounts of pressure. the good news is, the people in the areas that went into tougher measures first, deliverables and the manchester is, you are definitely seeing infection rates dropping but i'm still talking to chief executives where the infection rates are still rising and they are still seeing rising numbers in the missions. it is beginning to plateau but you see lots of hospitals are still under pressure as the key point is we have three sets of patients we are trying to treat. we have covid—19 patients, have those patients whose care, planned care, we had to delay from the first phase as the bit that really worries us if we are honest is we know that in january, we get large numbers of people who because of winter have emergencies, they slip on the ice, they fall over, they make their hit, they fall over, they make their hit, they break their wrist. the thing that really worries us is that if that really worries us is that if that —— that really worries us is that if that -- if that really worries us is that if that —— if we get large numbers of covid patients injanuary and we have a cold snap there will be a danger that the nhs gets overwhelmed. so what we would say to those mps is just think forward, think what it might be like in january and you need to take the precautions now to ensure that the nhs doesn't get overwhelmed and what is always its busiest time of year. can you narrow that down for me? if you look specifically and i know it is hard, but if you look at this christmas period is five day window that will be opened up, albeit with certain restrictions in place, but necessarily with those gatherings of different age groups, for example, other people who running hospitals, are they looking at that and thinking well, give it a couple of weeks, as some scientists are saying and we will be feeling it in the hospitals? what are they saying to you? well, they are obviously worried about it. they don't have all of the evidence in front of them, they are not epidemiologists, they are not experts about what the talents is between loosening the restrictions and what might then follow. that is for the scientific epidemiologist. they are the experts. clearly they are worried about the fact that if those rules are too loose and if people particularly go beyond them and think oh well, you know, let's take a bit of an extra mild think oh well, you know, let's take a bit ofan extra mild —— mile beyond the rules, yes, we could trigger a third phase and i keep coming back to this point was —— which is the real problem is this is the nhs. january is always the nhs's easiest time of year and therefore it is really important that people not only observe the rules but also, as we go forward, if it looks at any point like we are seeing the beginnings of a third phase, i'm afraid the government does have to jump afraid the government does have to jump in quickly. 0ne afraid the government does have to jump in quickly. one point which seems important, let's not forget that there is good news coming in terms of easter and in terms of early summer. the combination of the vaccines, the therapeutic drugs that if you do get it, we can ensure that fewer people are dying and at the same time the rapid turnaround testing, that really does offer us a way out that we have to get over the hump of winter first. a couple of more things i want to get through, on your staffing levels in the nhs, periodically alarm bells have rung about how many staff are available, how it is affecting your staffing numbers. people having to self isolate. what is the picture right now? the picture is, as soon as you talk to any chief executive whose trust is in the community that has high rates of transmission, they say look, our workforce is a representation across sector of what happening in the community so if you have lots of self isolation in the community, surprise, surprise, you will have lots of self isolation amongst the staff. forget, we're running at about 100,000 staff vacancies and the has always been run italy on very fine margins so it doesn't take very many people before you have a problem. i don't know whether you have been watching that hospital programme on the bbc which i think has been really end, the real problem for the nhs is individual clinicians going off can make a real difference. if you have a single anaesthetist who is off and that means 15—20 other people are meant to be doing an operation for somebody, actually that affects their work so what you have a particular problem with is all it ta kes particular problem with is all it takes is very small amounts of sickness in particular areas and you find you have a pretty major problem. part of the workload, the next step hopefully will be possibly as early as mid—december, vaccines being out,. —— hospitals could be the first place that are administrating those. what do you know about the timing because we are told it could be as soon as two weeks. what is the latest you have been told? and how prepared are hospitals in a practical sense for doing that work? the first question is how quickly well, the answer is that depends upon getting regulatory approval which is really important. we know that the regulatory approval will learn demonstrate clearly that this is a safe thing to do but that isa this is a safe thing to do but that is a hurdle we have got to jump. this is a safe thing to do but that is a hurdle we have got tojump. i think the papers today have been saying probably early to mid december, that is the kind of time period we would be expecting for the first vaccine which is likely to be the pfizer one. the pfizer vaccine isa the pfizer one. the pfizer vaccine is a really good example where effectively, they are in batches of 975 that you can't break up, you have to store them between —70 and 90 -- -80 in have to store them between —70 and 90 —— —80 in a very large cold chain ridge and you have also got to ensure that you have all the people because they only last for five days when they come out of the fridge, you have got to make sure they have those 975 people lined up and ready to go. whereas the other vaccines are probably likely to be done through primary care, gp surgeries, like the flu vaccination. for the one, it will be our trust that are going to have to do that. they are working very hard at the moment to make sure they are ready to go but let's just be realistic. make sure they are ready to go but let'sjust be realistic. this is make sure they are ready to go but let's just be realistic. this is a huge logistical task that we are doing and real pace so i can't believe they won't be some bumps on the road but just believe they won't be some bumps on the road butjust to go right the way back to the beginning, look how brilliant the nhs is in terms of being innovative and adapting to ensure it can fight this coronavirus. at‘s exactly what we will be doing to ensure that we can deliver the virus, so —— deliver the vaccines. thank you for your time this morning. chief executive of nhs providers. we will talk to the smp ina providers. we will talk to the smp in a moment but louise is here with all the weather details. a bit grey and dull today. a bit grey but a bit milder. yesterday was cold particularly if the fog lingered. what a difference. we will see this pendulum swing with the feel of the weather throughout the feel of the weather throughout the next week, in actual fact. the feel of the weather throughout the next week, in actualfact. at the next week, in actualfact. at the moment we have these weather fronts producing showery rain and behind it a south—easterly flow of air is driving in milder air with it and that means that the colder spots are so far this morning have been through northern ireland, northern england and southern scotland. here we have some frost and fog as well. a few showers here but it is this patchy rain that has been moving its way up through cornwall, across the midlands, not so much in the way of significant rain but certainly a cloudy, alluding —— gloomy, misty start as well and it may well linger for much of the afternoon is that showery rain drifts its way north. much of scotland through this afternoon, still not quite as warm here, 5—7 but we are likely to see temperatures taking to 12 or 13 as we go through the afternoon. a real difference to the feel of the weather out there. we keep quite a lot of cloud, the only exception is the far east of scotland and here temperatures will drop below freezing. six or seven degrees but it means that sunday is going to be a grey day. predominantly drive for many of us. a great day for getting some fresh air if you want to the best of any brightness will likely best of any brightness will likely be in the far north—east of scotland and maybe some fringes through the afternoon. eight or 12 degrees. moving into sunday or monday, a weather front will arrive and that will bring outbreaks of rain. it will bring outbreaks of rain. it will gradually moving from the what is interesting is, we will start to see the temperatures falling away so the milder air will squeeze out of the milder air will squeeze out of the way as the weather front pushes through introducing somewhat colder weather conditions as we go through the week. so yes, there is the potential for seeing wetter weather as we go through monday but then into tuesday and wednesday it will turn noticeably colder —— back to you both. around 2.7 million people are now living under scotland's toughest coronavirus restrictions. the five—tier system was introduced at the start of november. the highest tier means all non—essential shops must close, although schools remain open. we're joined now by the snp finance secretary, kate forbes. good morning to you. on a story, we wa nt to good morning to you. on a story, we want to talk about the possibility of the business holidays extended a couple of days before the planned dates for some and then it extends beyond the time that most pupils are hoping to go back. is this under serious consideration by the scottish government? will set out to soon precise details of the school holidays. at the moment one of the approaches we try to take is to be as open and transparent as possible. this is one of the things we are considering in order that it doesn't come as a surprise to people. sometimes that is media speculation around this issue. the deputy minister can set out over the coming days precisely what is involved when it comes to the school holidays. given that there is a speculation, you can either close it down. the approach we are taking to christmas is trying to set out in clear details with plenty of notice what will be involved. so the parents know exactly what to expect over the christmas period. three weeks is not a usual amount of time for parents to find extra childcare, particularly at the moment if they have kids at home. absolutely. when it comes to anything around christmas holidays,, the prevalence of the virus is, decisions have to be made with a shorter notice so we can look at the current prevalence of virus across scotland. we talk about the fact that scotland is in the five tier system. we hope that much of the country will come out of —— tierfour, much of the country will come out of —— tier four, we much of the country will come out of —— tierfour, we will make much of the country will come out of —— tier four, we will make decisions about what tiers areas were going to. we have set out what is expected forfamilies to. we have set out what is expected for families and if they can meet or not. we have also set it out for schools as well. it sounds like pa rents schools as well. it sounds like parents will have to start thinking about a plan b if pet —— if it is going to be extended. we will look at the scottish government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and i'm just wondering if nicola sturgeon has got off a little lightly when you look at the start and the fact that scotland has one of the highest deaths per million of any comparable country in western europe, 30 times higher than norway when you look at the proportion of people who have died from covid in ca re people who have died from covid in care homes and even away from coronavirus, handling of the enquiry and her refusal to produce legal documents despite repeated votes in the scottish government. and yet she seems to be utterly focused on questions of independence without addressing any of that. is that right? willl addressing any of that. is that right? will i refute a lot of that andi right? will i refute a lot of that and i think the people of scotland will refute that as well. we are going into this conference in a position of strength. if you look at the support, the nicola sturgeon support of her handling of coronavirus. we have been upfront from the beginning of a pandemic. saying mistakes would be made, we will be honest and upfront and we would take all measures that we can to ensure that people are safe and we are managing the multiple harms of coronavirus. when we look at the details of coronavirus, nicola sturgeon has said they will be a public enquiry when the time is right into every aspect of the handling of the virus. that includes ca re handling of the virus. that includes care homes as well as the other points that have been identified. right now when it comes to the support nicola sturgeon enjoys, i think going into this conference in a position of strength but that is not to take anything for granted and not to take anything for granted and not to take anything for granted and not to brush under the carpet things that haven't gone as we would hope was not ultimately when it comes to the number of deaths, it is not the competition, we want to keep the deaths as low as possible and the prevalence of the virus as low as possible and that is why so much of scotla nd possible and that is why so much of scotland is in that level for, tier four, to suppress the virus. are you com pletely four, to suppress the virus. are you completely committed to holding a referendum on independence next year, 2021? if you look at the last few months, we have had 14 poles in a row which show was just as mixer stain, majority support for independent in scotland. right now, the government'sjob in independent in scotland. right now, the government's job in which independent in scotland. right now, the government'sjob in which i serve is focused solely on coronavirus, whether that is the health element or the economic crisis. it clearly when it comes to a point after the pandemic, and they will be an after the pandemic. we need to decide how we recover and what the future is for scotland and clearly when you look at those poles, they continue support for independence and the fact that we wa nt to ta ke independence and the fact that we want to take different positions and ta ke want to take different positions and take the country in a different direction then yes, there should be that choice in front of the people of scotland, hopefully in the next parliament. we will wait to see if any normality is returned to. one more question, if this current conservative government says no and thatis conservative government says no and that is exactly their position, they said they will not allow an independence referendum, if you can just give me a clear answer, would you push for an advisory and go ahead with regardless? any referendum has to be legally recognised and internationally wreck sized so that answers that question. any time the uk says no which is so clearly against the will of the people of scotland, all it does is increase the support for independence was not forrest johnson's position is unsustainable. thank you, kate forbes on the snp and they conference starts today —— borisjohnson. hello, this is breakfast with rachel burden and charlie stayt. we are going straight to sport. he is not standing there for nothing. he is an adornment while we wait for the christmas tree. good morning mike. it has been a hugely difficult season for rugby league, shortened in the end, covid—19 cases and outbreaks but what away in the end first sport to triumph over adversity. it was a night of incredible drama in rugby league as st helens were crowned super league champions for the second year running. a fantastic bit of drama. they beat local rivals wigan warriors 8—4 in hull — a victory secured in the last second of the match. with scores tied, saints hit the post with a drop goal attempt, and teenagerjack welsby scored with the rebound — the most dramatic climax in grand final history. ididn't i didn't even know it was 30 seconds left on the clock, it was unbelievable, scores aside, unbelievable, scores aside, unbelievable, but full credit to the lads, it has been one hell of the year, a hard year, a lot of sacrifices and commitment to the cause and we deserve that. there was no stopping jonny bairstow in cape town, as he led england to victory over south africa in their first t20 match. they were chasing 180 to win, and bairstow smashed an unbeaten 86 from just 48 balls — that's his highest international t20 score — as england won by five wickets. the second match of three is in paarl tomorrow. it's taken nearly 18 months, but newcastle are finally getting the best out of their brazilian striker joelinton. the £40 million man was the star of the show at crystal palace, setting up callum wilson in the 88th minute, and then 99 seconds later, making sure of the win, with his first premier league goal of the season. the prize for reaching the third round of the fa cup is a potential tie against one of the big clubs, because that's when the premier league and championship sides come into the competition. tranmere rovers are already in the hat for the draw, after they beat non—league brackley town 1—0, thanks to this brilliant strike from just outside the box, from kaiyne woolery. there are lots more matches to come, with coverage across the bbc all weekend. wayne rooney says he's ready to retire as a player if he's appointed as derby county's full—time manager by the club's new owners. rooney will take sole charge of the club against wycombe in the championship this afternoon. derby are bottom of the table, and until now rooney, has been part of an interim four—man coaching team. northern ireland's women are one step closer to qualifying for the european championship in 2022. kirsty mcguinness scored the winner in their 3—2 win over belarus in belfast, and that means if they beat the faroe islands on tuesday, they'll earn a play—off spot. but scotland's hopes of reaching the competition took another blow. they were beaten 1—0 away in portugal. the scots now have the tall order of beating beat finland on tuesday, if they're to stand any chance of making it through. there's a big game in rugby union's autumn nations cup this afternoon, as in—form england travel to take on wales in llanelli. england will guarantee their place in next month's final with a win. they are undefeated in the competition so far, but form often goes out of the window in matches like this... pretty basic answer, but is simple, pure fact on the rugby side of things, any opposition, the added sideshow and potential circus, but we are in a different context of a competition and like i say we are very competition and like i say we are very aware competition and like i say we are very aware of what's coming. it's ha rd very aware of what's coming. it's hard to keep that continual drive to the top up and wales have gone through that, they have also had a change of coach who has tried to change of coach who has tried to change their style a little bit, play more attacking, wider game, so there is an adjustment for players toa there is an adjustment for players to a new tactical approach, but they are a dangerous animal, we know that. newcastle falcons, continued their brilliant return to rugby union's premiership with a dramatic last—gasp win over sale sharks. sale were ahead with time up on the clock, but the falcons scored this try with the last play of the game to make it two wins from two. after 15 years away from the sport, a 54—year—old mike tyson will return to the boxing ring tonight when he takes on royjones jr, in what will be an exhibition fight in los angeles. there's been plenty of intrigue over what to expect, and how the man, who was once the youngest heavyweight champion in history, will perform. one man who knows mike tyson, very well is three—time world heavyweight champion lennox lewis who told me he believes the fighters will be safe. this is something they have done for most of their career, most of their life is training, so their bodies are probably craving it again and they won't be the same obviously, they are older now, a little slower and they won't be able to move around as much as they did when they were younger, iam sure i am sure both of them know how to have fun. you know, you are talking toa have fun. you know, you are talking to a movie star, a guy that has his own1—man band to a movie star, a guy that has his own 1—man band show, mike tyson, so he knows how to entertain people, and royjones, he knows how to entertain people, he is a showboat kind of boxer, so people are going to be on the edge of their seats, seeing if he still has it. and newly—crowned f1 world champion lewis hamilton was fastest in both practice sessions yesterday ahead of sunday's bahrain grand prix. but he wasn't the star of the show — this little dog was. it managed to find his way on to the sakhir international circuit and forced the practice session to stop. hamilton was told on his radio, that there was a dog on track at turn 1, and joked on the team radio: "i hope it's not roscoe." he does take his british bulldog roscoe to every race with him. with all due respect, roscoe would not be as quick as that dog. luckily it quickly managed to find its way off the track. rosco is of course far better trained than that dog, he would never go running a mark like that. more than 2.5 million people thought to be most at risk from coronavirus are to be offered free vitamin d supplements. let's talk now to the gp dr sarahjarvis, who joins us from west london. how are you this morning?” how are you this morning? i am very well indeed and have taken my vitamin d supplement which i do every day. this is something that has been talked about for a long time in relation to coronavirus, what is the evidence behind it? we have known for a long time that vitamin d firstly regulate at least 1000 genes in the body including some that affect your immune system. so it is involved in the good solid functioning of your immune system. we also know that properly more than 50% of the population have insufficient levels during the winter, and that bubbly one in six are severely deficient in the winter and spring. and that is because at least 90% of the vitamin d we get, unlike other vitamin c that we get from food and drink, at least 90% of vitamin d comes from sunshine on our skins. lots of us are getting less sunshine this year, the government already recommends that everybody should consider taking a supplement during the winter of ten mcg, that is 400 international units, and if you are at high risk because you don't have a lot of son you should don't have a lot of son you should do it all year round. this isjust extending that. there was one study in september that suggested that vitamin dat in september that suggested that vitamin d at high doses might reduce your risk of going into intensive care, this is not conclusive evidence but is not going to any harm. and if this particular pertinent to people, black asian minority ethnic people as well?m absolutely is. there are several groups who are at higher risk, so people who cover up for religious reasons, people who have darker skin because they make vitamin d less effectively in their skin. also people like me, because i am com pletely people like me, because i am completely paranoid about the son, so people were very pale skin may be at higher risk, which is why i take at higher risk, which is why i take a supplement and anyone who is generally unwell, housebound all the time inside, because all of those are either going to get less vitamin dorin are either going to get less vitamin d or in the case of people of bame origin, make less of it. good to see you, last time we spoke to you you we re you, last time we spoke to you you were a bit croaky, can ijust run through thought with you. people are getting lots of news that send them ina getting lots of news that send them in a different direction. 0n the one hand we have the wonderful news that the r rate is coming down, between 0.9 and one. we have news about the vaccines which is progressing and then of course we have the sobering 521 deaths were reported, this is friday, within 28 days of a positive test, we have those warnings about hospitals and hospital beds. it is a challenging time in terms of where people, how people think about where we are in the midst of the pandemic. you're absolutely right, and of course the thing to bear in mind is that there is always a lag between people getting infected, hospital beds being filled, and then deaths. so of course the good news is the stuff that is just happening as a result of that lag, so the r number going down to between 0.9 and 1.0, which means numbers shouldn't increase and could start to come down, is because we have been in lockdown and previously had the series. but deaths take a bit longer, people have to get the infection, younger people have to started and then they parted older people who go into hospital, then they die. after a few weeks, we had several weeks and lock down and to three makes a big difference, as we have seen, they have down to tier 2, dear one sadly made virtually no difference at all, so we do need to ramp things up. —— tier 1. what we now need to remember is not to take our of the panel, cannot be complacent, things are getting better because of the measures we have taken, so a vaccine is just around the corner, i really hope you will be able to hug your dad or your granny or whoever, safely, may become as soon as february, and that is really positive news, but that is february, that's not now. and on that theme, on the r rate, how many people. 0.9 21 means only one person. those very theoretical, if you're ina person. those very theoretical, if you're in a room at christmas for example, it hasn't changed how infectious it is. it is very important, maybe i am stating the obvious but it is really important that people think about that. obvious but it is really important that people think about thatm obvious but it is really important that people think about that. it is hugely important, and you are not stating the obvious at all sadly, a lot of people are now saying oh, we will be fine, we have a vaccine around the corner, we don't need to worry. actually you can still get ill before the vaccine comes along. we know a lot more about the virus than we did in march when we first went into lockdown, ventilation is going to be really key. i know it is winter, i know it is christmas, but not just keeping your distance, winter, i know it is christmas, but notjust keeping your distance, not just washing your hands regularly, not just possibly wearing just washing your hands regularly, notjust possibly wearing face coverings, even if you are at home but with someone very vulnerable, but with someone very vulnerable, but again, getting really close and hugging money is hugely going to increase their risk whereas ventilating the room, allowing lots ofairto ventilating the room, allowing lots of air to pass through —— hugging granny. it dramatically reduces the risk far more than we did, because in march we didn't know about aerosol spread. thank you very much, doctor sarah jarvis for your time. the sage advice over a safe christmas and how to celebrate is district. they are getting down to some real specifics. it is quizzes not monopoly, solo boardgames where you are passing the pieces around, avoiding hugs, his —— kissing, handshakes, no dancing, particularly at the same time as singing. that will severely curtail your christmas activities. louise has details on the weather. let's get out of the way. we will let that carry on for as long as you like. how we got music ready? (laughs), in my head all the time, but sadly not in the studio. i'm trying to deflect from this pretty grey, gloomy story that i have got to tell you about unfortunately, that this is a fair indication of what most of us have got this morning, this is west sussex, you can got this morning, this is west sussex, you can see got this morning, this is west sussex, you can see low cloud, misty, maggie, there is also some rain around as well, —— murky. the rain around as well, —— murky. the rain has been around the far south—west. these weather fronts are drifting steadily northwards, but we have some clear skies across northern ireland, northern england and scotland, so here, yes, it is frosty and foggy at the moment, but that cool air is going to be squeezed out of the way as the milder south—easterly start to kick in. soa milder south—easterly start to kick in. so a milderfield milder south—easterly start to kick in. so a milder field generally as we go through the weekend. here is the rain pushing across cornwall into south wales and through the midlands, it will weaken off substantially as it pushes steadily forward , substantially as it pushes steadily forward, but certainly a band of cloud and some spots throughout the afternoon. we keep the sunshine in northern ireland and northern england possibly throughout the day, parts of scotland as well. not quite as warm, we will seek damages between 5—8 but by the south we will see double figures behind that rain with highs of 12 celsius. through the night that cloud will act as a blankets over most of us it will be a mild night in comparison to the onesjust gone, we keep some clear skies into the far north—east here, we could see temperaturesjust falling below freezing in sheltered glens of scotland but for many we keep this cloudy grey theme, sorry it is not great news if you want some beautiful sunshine but unfortunately cloudy but dry and relatively mild so if you are meeting a friend or taking a spot of exercise through the afternoon, you're not going to be too disappointed with the story. a few isolated showers into the far north—west, temperatures likely to peak at 8— 12 degrees as a high. if you like that cold, crisp feel, keep watching because the weather story is set to change. a little bit like a pendulum these temperatures swing over the past few days, this weather front will introduce more cloud and rain on monday, but it is also going to introduce cold air as the wind direction changes once again. this north—westerly wind will kick in and you can see the yellow disappears, the cold air is set to return as we go through the week so that means yes, some rain around on monday but as we get towards the end of the working week we could see some showers to higher ground in scotland turning wintry again. now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to newswatch. viewers really understand what all mean? and economics editorfor bbc news tells us how he tries to make sense of the numbers. before we hear your comments, regular viewers will see today that i am trying out a new backdrop. i am still in a small studio but through the magic of cg! we have replaced the normal recordings of the studio with a different vision of the newsroom. we are shooting new footage to replace those films before the epidemic so that we reflect the current socially distanced a way of working here. and it was covid—19 again which provided the big news for many of those in england with the unveiling of which tiers will be revealed. pubs and responsible be forced to provide ta keaway responsible be forced to provide takeaway only and no mixing of households except for up to six people in outdoor spaces like parks. john silcock objected to some of the language being used writing... the impact of the pandemic was keenly felt in wednesday's announcement by rishi sunak about the spending plans. the chancellor's statement was so much anticipated by the bbc news that when carol kirkwood was telling views —— viewers about what whether to expect, this happened. some of the showers across western scotland and northern ireland could be heavy and we will see a few of those... northern ireland could be heavy and we will see a few of those. .. just pulling you away from the weather because... you know what? we have just missed him. the chancellor, that is, we were talking about him just a second ago, just left number 11 and has disappeared into that car. one viewer got straight onto the phone to newswatch and left us this message. i was watching the weather forecast, which this message. i was watching the weatherforecast, which i was interested in, and it was, i would say brutally interrupted from the studio to show a piece of non— news. we were told unfortunately we have just missed the chancellor rishi sunak getting into his car. since when has somebody getting into a car been news and so newsworthy as to interrupted other essential services? well, the chancellor's car did deliver him to the house of commons and just after he spoke there, political correspondent jonathan blake reported from westminster about the sums of money we had been told had been spent so far as we had been told had been spent so farasa we had been told had been spent so far as a result of covid—19. we had been told had been spent so far as a result of covid-19. it is about five times the amount the government spends each year on it most expensive departmental bill... department for work and pensions essentially well for payments. yelling in the background. chancellor says the money is not sustainable. those noises... here is trevor adams... there were plenty more opportunities over the next couple of days to hearing analysis of and reaction to rishi sunak‘s statement, particularly active on—air, as you would expect was the bbc‘s economic editor faisal islam. the economy is set to shrink, that means an annual increase in borrowing only seen during world wars and £4 billion, 90% of the size of the national economy. a staggering figure and not everyone finds it easy to get their heads around the numbers, not only because they are large but in the case of a spending review budget, there are simply so many them. and as the report released by them. and as the report released by the office of national statistics on wednesday found, a large proportion of people lack a basic understanding of people lack a basic understanding of economic statistics such as employment figures or the deficit and also mistrust official data. that is one of the challenges faced by faisal islam who joins me now from our camera position upstairs in the newsroom. welcome to newswatch. evenif the newsroom. welcome to newswatch. even if we are not in a pandemic, the spending review would be a huge task for you to process and explain, can you briefly talk us through how you go about doing that? in the days running up to it, we obviously try and scope out exactly what the broader parameters and exactly how much is going to be spent. you tend to get quite a lot of it pre— announced by the treasury, a mixture of lea ks, unauthorised, announced by the treasury, a mixture of leaks, unauthorised, but also actually the announcements they are going to come on the following wednesday happening during the course of the previous few days. we have to analyse there. there is a particular challenge there because you don't get all the information so you don't get all the information so you might get a partial announcement, the full announcement to become a few days later so you have to be wary of exactly what is being communicated. and you have already hinted at that one of the concerns viewers already hinted at that one of the concerns viewers have which is how far you should be reporting government leaks and rumours put out beforehand. if we take the example of the cut in foreign aid urgent which was definitely leaked well in advance, do you everfeel that which was definitely leaked well in advance, do you ever feel that you are being played ? advance, do you ever feel that you are being played? whenever you get a piece of information unofficially, you do have to process the motive for getting that piece of information. kick the tires on it, make sure that it isn't only being given to you in a partial way so that it will be reported in a slightly, with a lack of nuance. you have to be aware of the basis upon which information is turning up in yourinbox which information is turning up in your inbox or on your whatsapp or your inbox or on your whatsapp or your messages or occasionally by carrier pigeon. you have to be aware of why you are getting that information and how you reported, but identified that actually it is worth just waiting a little bit until the official information comes out and you can fully assess the context of that government announcement. but i think it would be naive to assume that you would never report these things in advance. these discussions and debates are happening in private, good journalists would have to be wa nt to good journalists would have to be want to —— would want to be in on that. but you are right to say that we should put a certain health warning on the quality of some of that information that comes through before it is official. the office for national statistics this week reported that most people don't really understand very much about economic data and its terms and i wonder if you shouldn't be doing even more to explain, to spell out the difference between say debt and deficit, some of these concepts, for viewers. yes and it depends on the outlet as well. but you are absolutely right. i would say that there are twin deficits that this would run up against the problem, evenin would run up against the problem, even in my answer. the twin challenges of complexity and controversy. and we need to be able to guide viewers, listeners, readers, through all of that. on complexity, it is true that we have to bear in mind some basic concepts foran to bear in mind some basic concepts for an economic audience or a political audience such as the deficit needs to be unpacked but i also think there is a challenge as well with brevity. if you try to explain with a sentence or a couple of sentences every single thing every time you said that, you would never actually say anything. the numbers we are now talking about because of the pandemic associated, you know, the scale of borrowing, it can be hard for many of us to grasp, but equally, i'm wondering as an economist yourself, when you report that we're talking about the biggest debt situation for 300 years, is actually a bit scary, even for you? yes, i think you to bear in mind, it is not ourjob to scare people. it is not ourjob to scare people. it is ourjob to inform people stop one way to give context to us —— to that is historical comparisons. you mentioned the borrowing as a proportion of our national income. the largest since world war ii. perhaps a better way which is when i tried to use to explain it is that we had only seen this level of borrowing in world wars so that gives you a letter idea of the scale of the crisis that the government has dealt with was a bit is like a world war. you need to come up with ways of explaining things that come alive and decimal point or percentage and give some context to the challenge, but it is a challenge and it is not surprising that some would feel that this is daunting, it is daunting, but there are obviously ways through it. faisal islam, thank you so much. wednesday was a busy day on the news channel, as well as that spending review, there was some sad and distressing breaking news to report. hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. we begin this morning with the news which has just emerged in the last few minutes which we brought you in the headlines, that the duchess of sussex has revealed she has had a miscarriage. she revealed the news in an 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restrictions. a worrying weekend for 13,000 workers at some of retail‘s biggest names — the group that owns top shop, dorothy perkins and miss selfridge is on the brink of collapse. iran blames israel for the assassination of its most senior nuclear scientist. the most incredible end to a super league grand final. with time up on the clock, the youngest player on the pitch, teenagerjack welsby, pounces on a rebound to win another title for st helens and shatter wigan's dreams. good morning. it's a rather grey, cloudy weekend ahead of us, but at least it's a little milder than of late. all the details coming up shortly. good morning. it's saturday november the 28th. our top story. just days before england's national lockdown ends, mps are being told that hospitals could be overwhelmed if they don't back new restrictions. the comments from the cabinet office minister michael gove come as the lockdown is to be replaced by the return of three tiers on wednesday. the tiers are tougher than when they were first introduced, and are being opposed by some conservative backbenchers. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. preparing for life after lockdown under much tighter measures than before. kent will be one of the places in tier 3 of the new system, which many conservative mps argue is unfair. why is it that we went into lockdown a few weeks ago in tier 1, and emerged at tier 3? we still have some of the lowest covid rates, notjust in kent but actually different parts of west kent, we have some of the lowest rates in the united kingdom. from next wednesday, the vast majority of england will be under the high or very high covid alert level — tiers 2 and 3, where no household mixing will be allowed indoors. 0nly cornwall, the isle of wight and the isles of scilly will be placed under looser restrictions, in tier 1, or medium risk. less than 2% of the population. defending the new measures, the cabinet office minister michael gove has said the previous tiers weren't effective enough, and tighter restrictions were grimly, inevitably necessary. writing in the times, he warns the level of infection is still threateningly high, and the pressure on hospitals severe. it comes as the number of people in hospital with covid—19 in four nhs regions of england reached higher totals this month than during the first peak of the pandemic. the thing that really worries us is that if we get very large numbers of covid patients injanuary, and we have a cold snap, there will be a danger that the nhs gets overwhelmed. labour hasn't yet decided if it will support the new measures, but warns that changes to economic support for businesses will leave local authorities and stretched to breaking point trying to help. meanwhile there is some extra advice for the christmas period, when the rules will be relaxed. government scientists say people should consider meeting outdoors where possible. children should share bedrooms with their parents if staying overnight. and quizzes might be a good alternative to board games, which involve close contact. the government's likely to get its way here at westminster, despite opposition from mps, and so restrictions will remain a reality across england well into the new year. jonathan blake, bbc news. let's speak to our political correspondent ellie price. ellie, how significant are these comments from michael gove? this is a message for his backbench mps as much as it is for the general public. i think that is right, we have been hearing increasingly irritated rumbles from conservative mps since the new tiers were announced on thursday, and that is who michael gove was appealing to with this stark message. what are they angry about? it is this idea that there area could go from being tier 1, have a national lockdown and then go up to tier 3 without any suggestion of anything going on in the middle, and this idea that areas have been lumped together, areas of low prevalence lumped together with areas where the virus is much higher. that is because a lot of these tiers are now countywide. the government says, look, the nhs is at the risk of being broken, start language, and people travel between areas and that is something that offers clarity with these new tier systems. the other thing that michael gove talks about in this article is that this is a challenge, this is a decision for mp5, notjust for ministers, he says. come on, guys. for ministers, he says. come on, guys, this is one for the country and not your local area. by our last count, it looks like ten tory mps will vote against this on tuesday, another 20 seem upset and angry at the moment, we are not sure what they will do. the government is going to announce an impact assessment on monday. i think that will do something towards making some conservative mps make up their minds. thank you very much. hospitals have been told to prepare for the rollout of a coronavirus vaccine from mid—december. nhs providers, which represents hospital trusts in england, says intensive work is going on to prepare for the first doses of the jab — but the timeframe will depend on when and if vaccines are approved by regulators. people in liverpool, which is moving into the second highest level of restrictions, will undergo more mass testing this weekend. it will see eight pop—up testing centres placed in areas where take up of the city's pilot testing programme has been low. iran has blamed israel for the assassination of the scientist who's believed to have masterminded the country's nuclear weapons programme. in a letter to the un security council, tehran said it reserved the right to defend its people and its interests. i was security correspondent gordon parreira reports. the scene of an ambush, the highway where gunmen targeted a vehicle carrying one of the most important figures in iran's nuclear programme. he was a scientist and a senior defence official, but western intelligence services have long believed he was the driving force in iran's quest for a nuclear bomb. the driving force in iran's quest fora nuclear bomb. iran the driving force in iran's quest for a nuclear bomb. iran has always said its programme was peaceful, but it is claimed he was leading work to develop a weapon. in 2017 he was singled out by israel's prime minister. remember his name, fakhrizadeh. this statement was released today. israel is widely assumed to have been responsible, but why now? iran's nuclear programme was constrained under an international deal signed in 2015, but in 2018, president trump pulled the us out of the deal, and iran has been growing its stockpile of nuclear material. president trump is reported to have looked at and decided against a military strike just two weeks ago, but israel may now be seeking to ta ke but israel may now be seeking to take advantage of the window whilst he is still in office. iran has been under economic blockade for the last few years. it is a country of 80 million people facing the most severe covid pandemic in the region, under sanctions and in which it cannot access basic medical facilities for its people. it is important to bear that in mind, and the iranian government is surely aware of the pressure it is facing at home. emergency vehicles still at the scene hours after fakhrizadeh's death. the struggle over iran's nuclear programme has been going on for close to do decades, but in the midst ofan for close to do decades, but in the midst of an american presidential transition, this looks set to be a moment of tension and uncertainty. gordon corera, bbc news. a couple of other stories for you this morning. a rare plant has reappeared, more than a century since its last confirmed sighting. known as grass—poly, the pink flower came out of hiding after seeds were disturbed during restoration work at a pond in norfolk. scientists say conservation efforts could lead to the return of other forgotten species. this is one of our other favourite stories of the morning. a lot of christmas lights are going up this weekend — and if you're planning to impress anyone with a grand "switching on" ceremony — here's a valuable lesson in the importance of timing. here is a very good example. it is all about creating a moment. the build—up and the timing. let's see it. four, three, two, one... it just makes me itjust makes me laugh every time. that was the mayor of bridgwater, in somerset. it was the slow moving down of the plunger, and it is like a half a second timing thing. the lights go on, down goes the plunger. thank you. they acknowledge, by the way, that this has massively done the rounds on over the country. more people are seeing those lights than would have done otherwise, and they are happy that they have brought more happiness. i think more happiness. ithinki more happiness. i think i was probably quite old before i realised that sometimes when people push those things down, they are not actually controlling they are not actually controlling the thing that they appear to be controlling, and that unfortunately lays it bare. shattering dreams! you cannot pretend they are actually controlling the thing, that has blown it. if you excuse the pun completely. i was talking to the set designer about the way the plunger worked. it was probably only made just before! ten minutes past eight. let's go back to one of our main stories. around 13,000 people employed by one of the high street‘s biggest retailers — arcadia — are waiting to hear if theirjobs are safe — with the company said to be on the brink of collapse. it isa it is a huge worry for all those people working in those businesses. administrators could be appointed to the group — which owns brands such as topshop, dorothy perkins and burton — as early as monday. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. the festive season is approaching, but there's tough news this weekend for the 13,000 people working for arcadia, with their employer on the verge of collapse. the group had its troubles before the pandemic, already shedding jobs and closing stores. experts say it had failed to adapt as retail changed. new fashion businesses which are digital native have found it much easier to adapt to the shop and climate now. it's not easy for any big company who's an old company to adapt in the same way as a new do. arcadia's owner, sir philip green, had built a huge clothing empire, but in 2015, he sold bhs for £1, and the department store chain collapsed the following year. do you mind not looking at me like that all the time? it's really disturbing. leaving him first facing fury from mps, then coughing up hundreds of millions to plug the gap in bhs's pension scheme. he was definitely a man of his time, but that time has been changing dramatically in recent years, and then we've had the pandemic, which has catapulted it further forward. his style worked really well some years ago. it's worked less and less well. in a statement, arcadia said the forced closure of its stores during the pandemic had had a material impact on trading across its businesses. if the administration process does kick off on monday, the groups 500 shops will continue to trade when they're allowed to reopen in england and ireland, and a buyer will be sought. the question then is if buyers can be found for arcadia's brands, and who they might be. katy austin, bbc news. let's pick up on some of those themes. joining us now is sue dunn a former director for house of fraser — and bill grimsey who's the former chief executive of iceland and wickes. between you, huge amount of retail experience. so, if! between you, huge amount of retail experience. so, if i can start with you most, first and foremost it is worth saying that 13,000 people right now are very worried, and whatever else is going on in their lives, they will be very worried about their immediate future. yes, and that is the sad part about this. i think the things that have already been said about this business not keeping up with the digital age and not having investment, and then philip green being a man of his time, and times have changed. and the covid situation has accelerated what was already happening in the retail sector, so what we've done is we've got to a place now where we would have been in 2030 instead of 2020, and we are seeing online shopping grow and grow. so it is sad for these people, but i am optimistic that these brands will find some suitors out there, particularly topshop and top man. i understand mike ashley has already expressed interest in the whole shooting match, so hopefully there will be some rescuers out there, but the messages they will have to invest in those businesses. they have lacked the right and proper strategic investment recently, and without that they don't have a future in the high street. sue, do you want to pick up on what bill was saying there, what are the things that those brands do have that could be sustainable, albeit that right now it looks bleak? they've got long—term appeal in the sense that they have been around for a long time and a lot of people will have historically shopped in them. however i think bill is right about the shift to online. i think bricks and mortar can trade very well. you've got to look at primark, who have invested a lot in making their shops not only really great value but exciting and interesting to shopping, and that has been missing from some of the arcadia brands. so there is an opportunity to do that and to make them more relevant to what we see in the high street today. people come to shops to be entertained and excited and see things that are different, which is harder to do online. so it is fair to say these problems stem way back before the pandemic, actually, and as you have already identified, not being nimble enough in terms of moving to a much more effective online operation. but there is also quite a lot of criticism of sir philip green's own personal management of the business, his relu cta nce management of the business, his reluctance to perhaps put some of his own personal wealth into it to make upfor his own personal wealth into it to make up for some of the losses. and there is a story on one of the papers this morning about him going ona papers this morning about him going on a very papers this morning about him going on a very expensive holiday this christmas with his family. all the optics around that are not going to look good for him at a time when, as charlie said, people'sjobs look good for him at a time when, as charlie said, people's jobs are on the line. i think you are right. sorry, go ahead. ithink the line. i think you are right. sorry, go ahead. i think you are right, the vhs whole saga left a bad taste in the mouth of the public, and therefore unfortunately there is not so much goodwill towards sir philip green, although we always have to remember that this is a very large organisation employing a lot of people, and it's the people, as bill mentioned early on, those 13,000 people that we should be thinking about, rather than perhaps focusing on sir philip green. bill, ina focusing on sir philip green. bill, in a wider sense, we are obviously ata time in a wider sense, we are obviously at a time when retailers are having to shut down, which is compounding all the problems. is there a sense in the industry that as and when we can go back to the shops, the pent—up demand and the fact that people have been deprived of that experience of going into a place, looking at things. do you think it will just looking at things. do you think it willjust come back? in a way, that could be enhanced, because people have been deprived for a while.” don't think it's going to come back in the sense of where it was. i think that people have recognised that online shopping does work, and the convenience of it is great, and ido the convenience of it is great, and i do think that the 21st—century is all about mobile technology, and i do think the young people understand that. but we've got to remember that sitting behind covid is a greater threat indeed, which is climate change. and i think young people ta ke change. and i think young people take that very seriously, and our town centres need to reinvent themselves as community hubs, and we need local economies growing around local produce, local manufacturing, andi local produce, local manufacturing, and i do think that we are going to see a shift in this century away from the car culture to a mobile technology culture where experience and town centres will need to reinvent themselves as unique places. people like me spent our entire career cloning every town in the country, dcs fresh food, and going out of town, and you like we created this issue. the challenge for our town is now is to take up this wonderful opportunity to reinvent themselves as community hubs and give a reason to go there, the excitement, the experience. and then you will get shops as well. and i think those shops will need to be different, and as has been so, although those brands have heritage, they need to be exciting if they are going to go forward as bricks and mortar and online, so they have to bea mortar and online, so they have to be a multichannel retailer. that is the vision for the future. right now, sue, is it women who are likely to be disproportionately affected if there arejob to be disproportionately affected if there are job cuts? i think that is very sadly the case. lord wolfson, the ceo of next, were saying there we re the ceo of next, were saying there were a numberofjobs the ceo of next, were saying there were a number ofjobs which could transfer into other retailing occupations in warehousing and it and so on, but there would be a lot of high—street jobs lost, and so on, but there would be a lot of high—streetjobs lost, and and so on, but there would be a lot of high—street jobs lost, and those are the positions that women very often work around their kids in the times, and those are going to be very ha rd times, and those are going to be very hard to replace, and that is worrying news, really, because those people not only want to look after their families and have happy lives, but they're also consumers, so in effect the whole market anyway is suddenly left short of the household budget. mohsen fakhrizadeh, bill grimsey, thank you very much for your time this morning. it isjust coming up to 20 past eight. we are still in lockdown, lots of people wanting to get outdoors. how is it looking? i was out walking the dog three times yesterday just to looking? i was out walking the dog three times yesterdayjust to get fresh airand three times yesterdayjust to get fresh air and see the old friend, and you can see from walking the dog in blackheath in surrey, this is going to be the story throughout the day. quite a lot of cloud around today in comparison to yesterday, and not quite as cold, so in some respects, that is good news, but these weather fronts are bringing some light and patchy rain as they drift steadily northwards, but this is the dividing line. to the north is the dividing line. to the north is still on the chilly site, so a frosty start across eastern scotland, some dense fog in places through the vale of york, but a few scattered showers continue into the far north—west. this rain is drifting its way steadily northwards, not amounting to too much, but it will bring with it at cloud, so it is a grey, misty, murky, damp start to the day for some, and that cloud continues to drift steadily northwards. the best of the sunshine today likely to stay across scotland, maybe northern england for a time before the cloud arrives and then to northern ireland, but not as warm here, five to7 ireland, but not as warm here, five to 7 degrees generally, but we should see double digits, 12 celsius the high expected by the afternoon. the cloud continues to push its way slowly northwards, so quite a lot of cloud through the night acting like a blanket, preventing those temperatures from falling very far, but we could across the far north—east of scotland keep clear skies, and once again the temperatures in sheltered rural parts could fall below freezing. but it is going to be a mild, grey start to sunday, that is how the day is going to stay, light winds are not going to stay, light winds are not going to stay, light winds are not going to break the cloud up that much, the cloud will sit, it will be mild, predominantly dry, so a great day for getting some time outside, and generally we should see highs through the afternoon quite uniform across the country on sunday as the milderair across the country on sunday as the milder air spreads north, 8—10 across the country on sunday as the milderairspreads north, 8—10 the high. louise thank you, see you later on. across england, residents and businesses are coming to terms with what the new tiers will mean when they come into effect on wednesday. 0ne place that has seen a dramatic change in restrictions is the county of kent, which went into the month—long national lockdown in tier 1, but will come out of it in tier 3. the village of groombridge is split in two, half in kent, and half in east sussex, which will be in tier 2. piers hopkirk reports. at the crown inn, they should be gearing up for christmas. instead, they're clearing things away. just devastating, because we've just got everything ready to make sure that we're ready for the christmas bookings, and now we've been told we're not able to. how painful is that for you? obviously we've just lost everything that we've built up, everything's completely lost. to the pub's everything's completely lost. to the pubs on the kent side of the village. that means they're in tier 3. village. that means they're in tier 3, and barred from opening when lockdown ends next week. it's the same people, the same village, the same people, the same village, the same school, the same shops, the same school, the same shops, the same leisure centre. and half the village is allowed, and half is not. that is not fair. in this split village, it is one rule for one pub, another rule for another. just a third of a mile away on the east sussex side, in tier 2, thejunction inn is getting ready to reopen. so relieved, yes. it's not the ideal scenario, obviously we'd like people to be able to come in and have a drink and do not have to eat, but i'm glad we can open under any capacity and just keep going. groombridge is a divided village, and this is the county boundary, so behind me there is tier 3 and they have tough restrictions, but a few steps away, i'm in east sussex, where they enjoy the comparative freedom of tier 2. so what do the villagers make of the new rules? where do you draw the line? it is impossible, really. people who complain have to put up with it. impossible, really. people who complain have to put up with itm is the same as it always has been. we have two parish councils, two cou nty we have two parish councils, two county councils, two district councils, two mps, two fire brigades. we have always had two of everything. get on with it. very unfair. everybody is moaning about not being able to go to the pub, but i don't know. you'vejust not being able to go to the pub, but i don't know. you've just got to get on with it, i think. and while the village's two pubs may be rivals, there is no shortage of sympathy.” wouldn't be able to get my head around it in his position, at all. i don't think anybody understands it for a small village, it seems absolutely crazy. emerging from lockdown, the new tier regulations mean tonic for some but bitter disappointment for others. he is hot cut, bbc news. —— pieres hop kirk. let's speak now to craig mackinlay, who is mp for south thanet in kent. the landlady said, i don't think anyone understands, this is a place i assume you know well, a village with one part in kent and one part not, and there is a dividing line down the middle. i was going to mention that example, actually, if you hadn't. this is the problem of borderlands, and i think we are going to see a lot of this next week, particularly in kent with the border into london, which is in tier 2. border into london, which is in tier 2, and kent in tier 3, border into london, which is in tier 2, and kent in tier3, and border into london, which is in tier 2, and kent in tier 3, and that borderland of kent into east sussex, which is in tier 2, so this is the difficulty of borderlands, no matter where you draw them. so i can understand that situation. but i suppose this comes back to some of the arbitrary nature of some of these decisions, where you do have in kent some pockets that are very low infection rates, and then some very bad infection rates like my constituency of south thanet. dover is not so bad. if we were to cut to the county down into a district and borough region, we would probably find that thanet would be in tier 3, and dover might more realistically be in tier2, and dover might more realistically be in tier 2, and and dover might more realistically be in tier2, and i and dover might more realistically be in tier 2, and i don't think there would be any prizes for guessing where the locals of thanet would be going for a night out. so these are some of the difficulties. but underlying all this is the big question we have to ask ourselves. we had two, version one, a couple of months ago, but we now have vastly more people being moved up a facebook despite being told this is the last push, this is the new pa na cea . the last push, this is the new panacea. get through this and that we can start seeing the sunny uplands. 0f we can start seeing the sunny uplands. of course the big sunny uplands. of course the big sunny uplands will come when those vaccines are being rolled out, and there is some very good news on the horizon, we have got the pfizer and biontech one which will hopefully pass through the regulations and health care agency this week, and we will see that rolled out, but this is going to take a long time. it ta kes is going to take a long time. it takes the nhs for months over any winter just to takes the nhs for months over any winterjust to roll out 15 million vaccines for normal seasonal flu. we are now asking the system to cope with probably 65 million vaccinations, times too, because all of these vaccines need to hits, over a shorter period as we possibly can. that is going to be a challenge. so we have to live with this virus for some months yet. can ijust ask we have to live with this virus for some months yet. can i just ask you, in relation to the vote on tuesday, people will not be that familiar, but you have explained very well, the constituency you serve where some people are going, why are we in such a tough tier, others saying, it is right, so the people you represent in very different places. so come the vote on tuesday, what are you going to do? are you seeking more information? what will make you vote for it? because i it, you are minded now to vote against.” vote for it? because i it, you are minded now to vote against. i have been saying that for a couple of days, because of some of these... the interpretation, what put somewhere into a higher tier, but fundamentally, given that we have been through all this before, we have to ask ourselves, is this the cure? is this actually working? so yes, iam cure? is this actually working? so yes, i am looking for a lot more data, but it is notjust a health data, but it is notjust a health data relating to covid. it is health data relating to covid. it is health data in the round. there was a report out on friday suggesting that there are 40,000 less cancer diagnoses this year than they were last year. i don't suppose for one minute there is less cancer out there, but what it means is we are building up in the system a lot of people who are too fearful to go into a medical arena, possibly struggling to see their gp for that first appointment. these are going to be built up for the future. more intensive treatment will be required once we get into... i know we haven't got much time, sorry to interrupt. a last thought for you. if it is possible you could vote against, what else? if not the tiers, what else? if this were to be voted down? i know that is unlikely given the numbers, but what else? i'm starting to wonder. we have a lock of —— a lot of local data coming up, thanks to the government and nhs agencies, we are seeing almost on a daily basis real—time information. i think once area see themselves going in the wrong direction, that actually has a very distinct effect on people's behaviour. they will self regulate and take those space, hands, and all of those good things, far more seriously, and i think that has just as much power in getting infection down the slope again as any other of these rather draconian measures which destroy businesses, particularly hospitality, which is going to suffer perhaps permanently during this phase. craig mackinlay, thank you very much, the mp for south thanet, one of those kent constituencies, that covers a big area with big disparities in the rate of coronavirus. we know so many teachers have gone to extra lengths over the course of the last year to help the students and we are celebrating then this year, looking at the teachers who have had the biggest impact on your life. well, every year the national teaching awards honours outstanding work in the classroom. in normal circumstances we applaud those, right now more than ever. later in the programme, we'll speak to this year's gold prize winner — but first here's kirsty gaythwaite finding out she'd won on ‘the one show‘ earlier this week. we have got one more category understanding, new teacher of the year, so andrew. and a huge congratulations goes to kirsty gaythwaite. oh, my god! she was quickly identified as having a talent for teaching maths. the head teacher says, we are so proud of you and your achievements... oh my god! i wasn't expecting... love that! that is a great reaction, there is someone who is genuinely touched. we are going to be talking to a later on. yeah, looking forward to it and we also want to hear from you this morning. who's your favourite teacher who had the most impact on you and why? get in touch on social media: @bbcbreakfast or email: bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with rachel burden and charlie stayt. a great weekend of sport, we have got boxing to come in the early hours of tomorrow morning, which we'll talk about on this programme tomorrow morning as well, but we have to start with the grand final, mike, and what a grand final it was! yeah, sometimes there are moments in sport that define careers and will live for ever more in history, defining what happens to clubs going forward and we saw one of those last night. after such a difficult season for rugby league, struggling through the pandemic, the brilliant drama that sport can provide meant it was a remarkable finale that will go down in history and thanks to the quick thinking of a teenager. so let's set the scene. it's st helens 4, wigan 4, and just as the hooter goes to signalfull time, and with extra time looming, saints' tommy makinson goes for broke, a long range drop goal attempt, that would have won it, but comes back off the post. you expect wigan to collect the ball and clear, but a moment of hesitation, and the bounce of the ball costs bevan french, and 19—year—old jack welsby dashes in, snatches his chance and just before the ball goes out...gets the ball down for the try. if we look again, you can see how close it is. the exhuberence and extra energy from the teenager was crucial, but he could have easily taken the ball out of play, and under such pressure in the last moment of the grand final, asa as a teenager... while! he makes sure it's in, by the finest of margins. a matter of centimetres winning saints a second grand final running... i don't even know if there were 30 seconds left on the clock. it... it was unbelievable. out of nowhere jack pops up, scores the try... and the whole stadium goes mental, so... yeah, unbelievable, but full credit to the lads, it has been one hell of a year. a hard year, we've had a lot of sacrifices, a lot of, you know, commitment to the cause and yeah, we deserve that. next to a blistering innings, from jonny bairstow that led england to victory over south africa, in theirfirst t20 match, in cape town. they were chasing 180 to win — and bairstow produced an incredible performance, smashing an unbeaten 86 from just 48 balls. that's his highest international t20 score. england won by five wickets to take a 1—0 lead in the three—match series — they play again in paarl tomorrow. newly crowned f1 world champion lewis hamilton was fastest in both practice sessions, on an eventful day at the bahrain grand prix. the second session had to be stopped twice, first when alex albon crashed — that left his red bull career hanging by a thread — and then when a dog found its way onto the sakhir international circuit. thankfully no drivers or dogs were harmed...and hamilton says he was relieved it wasn't his dog roscoe. he cost 40 million pounds, and there was relief for newcastle as their brazilian striker, joe linton...finally got off the mark this season. he really showed what he can do, at crystal palace, setting up callum wilson in the 88th minute. and then 99 seconds later, making it 2—0, with his first premier league goal of the season. the prize for reaching the third round of the fa cup is a potential tie against one of the big clubs, because that's when the premier league and championship sides come into the competition. league 2, tranmere rovers, are already in the hat for the draw, after they beat non league brackley town, 1—0, thanks to this brilliant strike from just outside the box, from kaiyne woolery. there are lots more matches to come, with coverage across the bbc all weekend. dan was hosting the action there last night, and more more than ever this season clubs could really do with... yes, absolutely and they were originally down in tier 3 but have now come down in tier 3 but have now come down to tier 2, so from next week they will be able to have some fans backin they will be able to have some fans back in the grounds as well and that will make a huge difference to them. there are lots of clubs at that level who have missed out on all sorts of money and support over the last few months and have been going through what we have all been going through what we have all been going through right across the uk and around the world. it was lovely to see this club making it through and a decent game against the non—league tea m a decent game against the non—league team there, who made a brilliant goal that you have just seen. we have got a bit of fa cup new sprinkled about the programme for you today and also a piece on hamilton, who take on marine, who are the lowest side left, and we we re are the lowest side left, and we werejoined by their are the lowest side left, and we were joined by their manager neil young on the programme last night because marine is not too long away from tranmere. we will have one—minute's silence on the programme tonight and that is to do it for the death of their player this week, and as you can probably understand we have got quite a bit on his life and career and his talent on football focus —type today. three things to tell you about, barry davies, a commentating hero, the one who commentated on that match against england in 1986 and said, you have to say that is magnificent, when maradona scored that of the goal. he has paid tribute to maradona at the start of football companies focus and we have got gary lineker remembering the dead player's career. we have got damien lend off on the show and here isa damien lend off on the show and here is a little snippet from the interview, where the swedish international says it was football or ice hockey and he nearly went the other way. i used to play ice hockey before, you know. it is a sport that i still love and... i still miss it sometimes as well. so it was a hard choice for me. you know, if i was going to keep playing ice hockey or football, but... in the end i chose football and i think... i think it was a wise choice, but... yeah, i like to play ice hockey and my brothers play as well, so it is a sport that i love and in a different world then maybe could have tried to become professional in that as well. so more from him on the programme, talking about fans going back to football, we have got four sets of fa ns football, we have got four sets of fans on the show, a sunderland cafe owner just outside the fans on the show, a sunderland cafe ownerjust outside the ground, a steward and... united and three of them will be in tier 3, so only one them will be in tier 3, so only one the fans are going to be able to go back to watch their team play, brentford, and i know that is something that all the fans are talking about at the moment, so glad to discuss from 12pm midday on bbc 0ne. that's right, a lot of fans are really gearing up for their return if they are allowed and are in the right tears, some clubs coming back as early as wednesday, of course, in leagues one and two and in the championship as well. thank you so much. just a charlie, for rugby union fans new zealand, versus argentina could be the first time they have lost twice in a row... yes, while! it's a big night for an amateur choir in yorkshire. after losing two of its members to coronavirus, the huddersfield choral society wanted to do something special to honour them. restrictions meant they couldn't meet up to perform in the usual way, so they enlisted the help of the poet laureate simon armitage to create two new works, which will premier online this evening. 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, reports. choir sings. the huddersfield choral society, refusing to stay silent. in march, for the first time since the choir was formed in 1836, rehearsals were not allowed you to lock down. rehearsals were not allowed due to lockdown. then, within a matter of days, two members died from covid. stephen brooke, who had sung with them 44 years, and philip carland, described as a backbone of the group. for the music to suddenly stop was a very difficult, particularly as in that two—week period, we actually lost two members of the choir. everyone was devastated. it was such a shock, and so sudden. they'd been there, and then they weren't. it was through that an approach was made to simon armitage to see if he could write something that was so relevant to what we were going through. the choir responded to the tragic events by deciding to create something new. they commissioned two pieces with accompanying films, illustrating the separation felt by many this year. huddersfield's the home town of the poet laureate, and he agreed to write the lyrics. i have grown up with the noise of choirs in these valleys. women's choirs, male voice choirs, choral societies, amateur operatics and dramatics. so i guess the noise in my head was one that's been almost a constant soundtrack since growing up. how was it to hear the finished pieces? yeah, it was very moving, actually. particularly when i saw them together with the films that have been made. you know, these are songs and films that are populated by real people expressing things that are very important to them, so i had a little weep, actually, when i watched the films. and the choir are thrilled that at 7:30pm the pieces will receive their premiere online, and at last they will be able to have a moment they can share with others. it has lines such as "cobweb heart", or "a blackbird stirs "and opens its throat". and i think that really captures how notjust the people in the choir but people generally feel. i think it's going to be really exciting. it'll be exciting to hear them and to see the film is. and to see the films. it recognises what everybody‘s been through in this, and that, yes, we will be back again. this colin paterson, bbc news, huddersfield. joining us now is gregory batsleer — who is the conductor of the huddersfield choral society. i wonderfirst if i wonder first if you could tell us a bit about the choir members you so sadly lost? yet, as the video was saying there they were kind of pillar members of the choir, and stephen particularly who had been around for a long time and had been around for a long time and had been a crucial part of the choir for very long, contributing in so many different ways, and like all the members that commitment was so strong to this kind of art of making music. and as we all know, and you will know better than most, music can be an amazing help. i was going to call it a kind of therapy, but it is much more than that. it brings people together in a way that is clearly what has happened with the very tight group you have there. yeah, i'm into music making and i think it is the most important part of this country's fabrics culturally and it was really clear going into this pandemic that we weren't going to return to making music in the way we know and love for a long time and we know and love for a long time and we still won't, actually, that we have to find ways through that to make music together and to present music as well. simon armitage obviously has a connection to huddersfield, a very strong one, but how did you persuade him to do this? were you very surprised when he said yes? i wasn't surprised, to be honest. i mean, simon is one of the great writers of words and itjust felt really right to make something new here. there is some great music available for people to sing, but it felt to embrace this time and challenge properly we we had to really create something new and felt that obviously when we sing we sing with words, constantly, and simon is one of the greatest writers we know of words and itjust one of the greatest writers we know of words and it just felt like one of the greatest writers we know of words and itjust felt like a natural manage to bring simon to this, and obviously he is from huddersfield, so... iwasn't surprised, but i'm delighted he has taken part in the way he has. for the other members, was it emotional when they began to see the words and pull those words with the music together. yes, when simon first created the lyrics and when we first read them through and were showing them because most of our interactions, as with most amateur choirs throughout the uk, most interactions have been taking place online we have the opportunity to read the lyrics simon had written to the choir and the emotional and catharsis was really palpable, even through a computer screen, you know? it was a very touching moment for all of us and i think these lyrics also i hope will speak to other choirs in the uk as well. talk to us about a few of the practicalities, because we are seeing you doing your business conducting, but your choir is spread obviously for reasons of social distance, so how do you adapt your style to making sure you can communicate the way you normally would, gregory batsleer? yeah, the pandemic has caused many, many different challenges and we were very fortu nate different challenges and we were very fortunate in the huddersfield choral society to have a very small moment in time and we could actually come back together at the choir were separated physically, but as you said earlier music is one of the things that really brings people together and we are all singers trying to express music together it is not bring our —— not difficult to bring ourselves together, if that makes sense. one last thing, you are talking about how wonderful music can be. have you got a go to thing? 0bviously can be. have you got a go to thing? obviously we are on zoom with you in your home. do you, i don't know, wa ke your home. do you, i don't know, wake up in the morning and think you know what i listen to? do you know what i fancy? where do you go to for your think? i am very proud... the huddersfield choral society find this hilarious because i'm just across the pennines, but often i find myself thinking of those moments what i put on? it has got to be...i moments what i put on? it has got to be... i like the fact that his... i was going to say at odds, butjust different. yes. it is a great project, and a great tribute to those friends and colleagues of yours that you have lost. thank you very much. it is a beautiful piece of work if you get the chance to go and see it and by the way if spandau ballet is your go to, you will lift me up. we are going to be talking to martin kemp in a few minutes' time. yes, has a standard ballet song been connected to an important moment for you? get in touch. how about that? you have got form, charlie, i love them! i love them! i genuinely wasn't trying to catch you out, i thought there might be some weather punt you might want to come up with. if you don't know what i'm talking about, just google matt taylor when charlie asked the question and i can't remember what he said, but it was hilarious at the time. good morning everybody. it was rick astley, yes, i remember, and he took it well. quite a lot of pad around today, rather drab and grey, so you might need to put some music on to cheer you up after this. this is west sussex just an hour ago and we have got a couple of weather fronts that are introducing a little bit of showery rain and these weather fronts are providing a dividing line between that colder air we all had yesterday sitting across the north at the moment and somewhat milder conditions following on behind, so frosty and foggy further north, but further south some rain around and it has been moving its way up through cornwall, wales and into the midlands, and is continuing to drift its way steadily northwards and we keep that cloud across england and wales and the odd spot or two of rain, nothing much, but it stays drab and dreary. for northern ireland and much of scotland, you keep the sunshine, not as warm, but the sunshine compensated for that, top temperatures of 5—7 . further south those temperatures widely into double figures by the end of the afternoon. as we go through the night night, the cloud continues to push its way steadily north, so a beautiful blanket for us keeping us all nice and warm through the night tonight. the exception is the far north east, where we will see those temperatures just below freezing. further south around 5—7 , so a mild start to sunday morning. that cloud continues to be a feature to the story on sunday, staying quite quiet for the second half of the weekend, not that much anyway as rain, but a lot of low cloud, listing us and a great story, but a mild one. i can't stress that enough. we'll see those temperatures around 8—12 down into the far south and west. it does look as though the weather story will change once again in terms of the feel of the weather as we go into next week because this weather front arrives on monday and it is going to bring further rain, pushing its way steadily southwards, but it will introduce a wind direction from the north—west, so the yellow tones, the mother air sitting across us, that is being squeezed out of the way it will introduce a wind direction from the north—west, so the yellow tones, the north—west, so the yellow tones, the mother air sitting across us, thatis the mother air sitting across us, that is being squeezed out of the way and as we go through the week we see a return to something cooler for the start of december. so yes, there will be some showery outbreaks of rain on monday, but again double figures and by the time we get to friday we are looking at five or 6 degrees maximum and some of the showers in scotland on higher ground will turn increasingly wintry. they 90. will turn increasingly wintry. they go, but you. thank you, see you later on. it was 40 years ago this month that a young spandau ballet emerged with their trademark quiffs, before going on to become one of the bands of the 805. to mark the milestone, they are releasing a ‘greatest hits' album. bass guitarist martin kemp will tell us all about it in a moment, but first let's remind ourselves of some of the classic tracks. # see you in the valley # see you in the valley # work on... # work on... #to # work on... # to cuta # work on... # to cut a long story short i lost my mind # when # when you # when you lose # when you lose me # when you lose me to # when you lose me to danger. # when you lose me to danger. when you lose me # take # take this # take this song # take this song away! # take this song away! take this song away! #so # so true... # so true... i # so true... i know, # so true... i know, i # so true... i know, i know, # so true... i know, i know, i # so true... i know, i know, i know # so true... i know, i know, i know so true... i kn this # so true... i know, i know, i know this much is true # this much is true # this much is true # this much is true. # this much is true.. # this much is true. # gold! always believe in your soul! # gold! always believe in your soul! # you have got the power to know! you are indestructible! # ways believe in... # ways believe in... # you are gold! # you are gold! # what they say as the drums begin to fade. # and we made our love on waves to land... #do land... # do you know, one of the joys of this programme is we get the opportunity, while you were watching that, i am watching martin, 0k? he is over here and i have seen, what a lovely little teacup clock you have got, can i say that first? good morning! is that tea in there, a cup of tea ? morning! is that tea in there, a cup of tea? yes, a cup of tea. nice. do you have a saucer to go with it, thatis you have a saucer to go with it, that is the question? no, of course not, it is a mug really. the other thing i like is where we were listening to music everyone is going back on watch as lovely as you are genuinely, i could see, during hearing that back and that doesn't mean that you are egotistical or anything, it is just rather delightful to see. yeah, because anything, it is just rather delightfulto see. yeah, because i don't really get a chance to listen to that any more, but they are on their album, a bit of a cliche, but they are songs of people's lives, they are songs of people's lives, the soundtracks of a lot of people's lives that grow up to the 19805 and i'm really proud of it at the whole idea of the album, you know, 40 years, is just to idea of the album, you know, 40 year5, isjust to mark idea of the album, you know, 40 years, is just to mark the occasion of 40 yea r5. years, is just to mark the occasion of 40 years. that is such a long time and we wanted to do something. the band isn't around to go and play live at the moment, so we thought we would bring our record out and it has got absolutely everything, so really good obscure tracks that have never been released, like the last record we ever made in the studio was a cover of simon and garfunkel‘s the boxer, which were never came out, but we put it on there and those of other stuff that will keep it interesting. we love that track, so we looking forward to hearing that. 40 years, how do you compute that? does it feel like 40 years, has it flown by? well, it isjust a lovely legacy that i think me and the other guys are leaving behind. it is just the other guys are leaving behind. it isjust a the other guys are leaving behind. it is just a wonderful thing. you know, it kind of goes quicker and quicker as you get older, doesn't it? you know how time goes, you know, the older you get, the quicker it all goes, but when i look back at it all goes, but when i look back at it now i see myself on television holding a guitar that band it feels like someone else. it feels like... did you know that old saying of every seve n did you know that old saying of every seven yea rs did you know that old saying of every seven years you become somebody else because you regenerate every cell in your body after seven yea rs ? every cell in your body after seven years? and i must be about five times or six times a different person now. martin, my confession is that... because we are not dissimilar age and that... because we are not dissimilarage andi that... because we are not dissimilar age and i was actually bear right at the beginning. you didn't know this, but i was in the run run in birmingham in those heady, new romantic days when eve ryo ne wore heady, new romantic days when everyone wore those outlets and have that extraordinary hair, so i remember it very well. i do not have any of the outfits are used to wear in those days. do you still have yours? i do, i do have some. in fa ct, yours? i do, i do have some. in fact, if you would have told me i would have got some down so i could have showed them to you. it is quite nice, but you know what was different about it? when i was wearing that stuff, no matter how ridiculous it looks now, you have to put it in perspective. i was watching the round of the other day and princess diana wore —— i was watching the crown the other day and princess diana had massive hair and everything was big in the 19805, and so when the band came along itjust had to be that level bigger. i am a lwa ys had to be that level bigger. i am always really proud of what we wore because we started but will look, as a band,, us and the guys in rum runner. you as well, charlie. yes, it was six and extra ordinary time musically at that time as well because the new romantics were brand—new and there was lots of other stuff happening at that time, wasn't there? yes because pop culture was really big then. you know, pop culture nowadays is sadly kits sitting behind their laptops, thinking what they can do for instagram, that is pop culture, but in ourday it instagram, that is pop culture, but in our day it was saving up all month to go and buy your album. that became yourflag, month to go and buy your album. that became your flag, that picture, month to go and buy your album. that became yourflag, that picture, and what you wore. you wore those clothes to attract other like—minded people that were into the same things and that was pop culture and i think we really miss that. what is going on? what is happening? dog barking martin, unless you need to go and pick up a parcel? is that all right? do you need to go? no, it's all right. martin, you've got the album coming out and also the book andi album coming out and also the book and i really like that this is a shared project with your wife shirley because you too have been together forever and it is a bit of a cliche to say the longest running marriage in show business, but you cannot be successful and stay sane u nless cannot be successful and stay sane unless you have that really great working partnership, right? silly absolutely, and it was something i a lwa ys absolutely, and it was something i always wanted to do is a book together with shirley because she has got such a wonderful story of growing up with george and andrew inside of ram and taking that bradley world. you know, if you put that in juxtaposition against my story in spandau ballet, in my head it was always like a movie where you have got the pot and the subplot working against each other all the time, taking different positions, so i wanted to put it down during lockdown, like everybody else, when we have a lot of time on our hands we have a lot of time on our hands we put the book together and it is out now. you mentioned a little bit earlier on about the soundtrack of people's lives. 0ver earlier on about the soundtrack of people's lives. over the years, people's lives. over the years, people must have just come up to you in the street and said, oh, do know what? that song takes me right back to... of all the stories you have heard, are there any that are particularly stand out? for a lot of people it is through the barricades, andi people it is through the barricades, and i think that is for me as well, which means the most. the obvious one to say is true because that is a lot of people's first dances, a lot of people's weddings, but through the barricades was about finding love through the divide and it was written about catholics and protesta nts, written about catholics and protestants, in northern ireland, finding love a good start, but you also find love across any sort of divide that keeps people apart and these they are the stories that have touched my heart the most. do you know what? my sense of what is going on in your house right now? is surely there, try to keep the dog quiet? yeah, she's in a dressing gown, she's not going to come on. laughing another moment that you talk about in your career is an absolute highlight and my goodness was at an emotional day, but live aid, how clearly do you remember that day? emotional day, but live aid, how clearly do you remember that day7m isa clearly do you remember that day7m is a day that stands out to me. it is a day that stands out to me. it is one of those days that while we we re is one of those days that while we were doing it, we knew it was kind of historical because the amount of people that were watching it, over 2 billion people, on television. things become historical in retrospect usually, and this wasn't, it was in the moment. and i have the absolute pleasure... did you watch bohemian rhapsody? yeah. when they ta ke bohemian rhapsody? yeah. when they take you back stage, and for me it was so perfect and it took me back to that moment behind stage waiting to that moment behind stage waiting to go on and coming out to 100,000 people at wembley. 0bviously to go on and coming out to 100,000 people at wembley. obviously i think it is one of the biggest days of my life and it changed the full... in the way that we worked charity alongside music and also it change the form of festivals because before that day, festivals were kind of... you know, it belonged to heavy metal, it belong to big acts, you know, iron maiden and stuff like that. but the pop festival grout of live aid, which is amazing. amazing, and brilliant to talk to you. say hi to shirley for us in her dressing gown and your dogs as well. yeah, we'll do, they say hi,! she has run away. the album is called the new best of album, 40 years. funny catching up with people at home? yeah, it is his son now, that is who my kids know all about. do stay with us, we got the headlines coming up. good morning. welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: a warning that hospitals in england could become overwhelmed with coronavirus cases if mp5 don't back new restrictions. if we get very large numbers of covid patients injanuary and we get a cold snap, there is a real danger that the nhs will be overwhelmed. a worrying weekend for 13,000 workers at some of retail‘s biggest names — the group that owns top shop, dorothy perkins and miss selfridge is on the brink of collapse. iran blames israel for the assassination of its most senior nuclear scientist. good morning. the most dramatic end to a super league grand final ever as teenagerjack welsby pounces to win another title for st helens, who beat wigan in the last moment of the match. good morning. it's a rather grey, cloudy weekend ahead of us, but at least it's a little milder than of late. i'll have all the details coming up shortly. it's saturday november the 28th. our top story. just days before england's national lockdown ends, mp5 are being told that hospitals could be overwhelmed if they don't back new restrictions. the comments from the cabinet office minister michael gove come as the lockdown is to be replaced by the return of three tiers on wednesday. the tiers are tougher than when they were first introduced, and are being opposed by some conservative backbenchers. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. preparing for life after lockdown under much tighter measures than before. kent will be one of the places in tier 3 of the new system, which many conservative mp5 argue is unfair. we had two version one a couple of weeks ago. we havejust lived through lockdown. but now we have vastly more people moved up a phase, despite being told, this is the last push, this is the new panacea, get through this, and we will start seeing the sunny uplands. from next wednesday, the vast majority of england will be under the high or very high covid alert level, tiers 2 anti—numeric three where no household mixing is allowed indoors. 0nly cornwall, the isle of wight and the isles of scilly will be placed under looser restrictions, in tier 1, or medium risk. less than 2% of the population. defending the new measures, the cabinet office minister michael gove has said the previous tiers weren't effective enough, and tighter restrictions were grimly, inevitably necessary. writing in the times, he warns the level of infection is still threateningly high, and the pressure on hospitals severe. it comes as the number of people in hospital with covid—19 in four nhs regions of england reached higher totals this month than during the first peak of the pandemic. the thing that really worries us is that if we get very large numbers of covid patients injanuary, and we have a cold snap, there will be a danger that the nhs gets overwhelmed. labour hasn't yet decided if it will support the new measures, but warns that changes to economic support for businesses will leave for local authorities and stretched to breaking point trying to help. meanwhile there is some extra advice for the christmas period, when the rules will be relaxed. government scientists say people should consider meeting outdoors where possible. children should share bedrooms with their parents if staying overnight. and quizzes might be a good alternative to board games, which involve close contact. the government's likely to get its way here at westminster, despite opposition from mp5, and so restrictions will remain a reality across england well into the new year. jonathan blake, bbc news. let's speak to our political correspondent, ellie price. so, these comments from michael gove. who is he really talking to?” think probably he is talking to his own mp5, many of whom as we heard from jonathan's peace have been rather irritated by this new tier system. and that isn'tjust because it is good to keep your own mp5 on side, mp5 will vote about these new tiers on tuesday. and michael gove used strong language, he talked about the tiers being necessary to stop the nhs being broken, and he issued something of a warning, that mp5 are notjust ministers who have to make tough decisions. he thinks that people should vote for the whole country, not just that people should vote for the whole country, notjust a local area. it seems like ten mp5 have so farsaid area. it seems like ten mp5 have so far said they would vote against the measures, and another 20 or so seem vocally unhappy with what is going on. the government is going to release its own impact assessment, cost benefit analysis of these tiers will mean, and i know a cost benefit analysis of these tiers will mean, and i knowa number of mp5 will wait for that before they decide how to vote. it will also depend on what labour do, they will probably decide on monday or tuesday exactly how they will vote. thank you very much. around 13,000 people employed by one of the high street‘s biggest retailers, arcadia, are waiting to hear if theirjobs are safe, with the company said to be on the brink of collapse. administrators could be appointed to the group, which owns brands such as topshop, dorothy perkins and burton, as early as monday. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. the festive season is approaching, but there's tough news this weekend for the 13,000 people working for arcadia, with their employer on the verge of collapse. the group had its troubles before the pandemic, already shedding jobs and closing stores. experts say it had failed to adapt as retail changed. the covid situation has accelerated what was already happening in the retail sector, so we have got a situation now in 2020 that wasn't going to happen until 2030, with online shopping growing and growing. arcadia's owner, sir philip green, had built a huge clothing empire, but in 2015, he sold bhs for £1, and the department store chain collapse the following year. leaving him first facing fury from mp5, then coughing up hundreds of millions to plug the gap in bhs's pension scheme. the bhs whole saga left a bad taste in the mouth of the public, and therefore unfortunately there is not so much goodwill towards sir philip green. in a statement, arcadia said the forced closure of its stores during the pandemic had had a material impact on trading across its businesses. if the administration process does kick off on monday, the groups 500 shops will continue to trade when they're allowed to reopen in england and ireland, and a buyer will be sought. the question then is if buyers can be found for arcadia's brands, and who they might be. katy austin, bbc news. face—to—face talks resume in london today to try to agree a trade and security deal between the eu and the uk. the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier said deep divisions remain. borisjohnson has also spoken to the irish prime minister and underlined his commitment to reaching an agreement, which respects the uk's sovereignty. the scottish national party's annual conference gets under way this morning, with nicola sturgeon expected to tell members she's "never been so certain" that scotland will become independent. 0ur poilitical correspondent nick eardleyjoins us now from glasgow. just ahead of the events unfolding there. tell us how this works. 0n there. tell us how this works. 0n the one hand, scotland is in the middle of a pandemicjust like everybody else, but of course the issue of independence is in the air. i think you have hit it right on the head. the snp have been criticised for some of the ways that the scottish government has handled the pandemic, on issues like care homes. the death rate in scotland is a lot higher than it is in a lot of european countries, higher than wales and northern ireland, for example. really interesting earlier hearing about the issues of schools as well, there are big questions over whether the school holidays in scotla nd over whether the school holidays in scotland are going to be extended over the christmas period. but independence always is a big issue at snp conferences, and i think that is going to be the case this weekend, because although there are criticisms of the way the snp and scottish government has dealt with the pandemic, most people from the polling evidence are happy that nicola sturgeon is making those decisions and not borisjohnson. have a listen to scotland's finance secretary, the snp's kate forbes, talking about just that. secretary, the snp's kate forbes, talking aboutjust that. clearly when it comes to a point after the pandemic, and there will be and after the pandemic, there pandemic, and there will be and afterthe pandemic, there is pandemic, and there will be and after the pandemic, there is hope on the horizon, we need to decide how we will recover and what the future is for scotland, and clearly you look at those polls, they continue to go up in support for independence, and the fact that we wa nt independence, and the fact that we want to take different decisions and ta ke want to take different decisions and take the country in a different direction. then yes, there should be that choice in the front of the people of scotland, hopefully in the first part of the next parliament. it is interesting, because opposition parties up here will say, the snp is distracted by its push for independence. the government here would say, no, we are still focused on it, but independence is at potential way out. it is one of thoseissues at potential way out. it is one of those issues we are going to talk a lot about over the next six months. there is a scottish parliament election in may, all the signs are the snp are going to win big on stand for that election, promising another independence referendum, and if that happens, they will go to london and say, we have a mandate for it. boris johnson london and say, we have a mandate for it. borisjohnson plans to say no, but there is potentially a big debate on that. nick, for the moment, thank you. iran has blamed israel for the assassination of the scientist who's believed to have masterminded the country's nuclear weapons programme. in a letter to the un security council, tehran said it reserved the right to defend its people and its interests. we can get more on this now from our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. paul, can we be any more clear on the details of what exactly happened in this incident? it was a pretty audacious attack, and i think whoever carried it out, and most people assume that it is israel, even though israel has said nothing about it, i think it was a warning to iran that, we can touch you anywhere we can. your top scientists, however well protected they may be, we can reach out and we can kill them. it's interesting, this hasn't happened in iran for about ten years. back in around 2010, 2012, the is israelis killed four scientist, and i haven't been any assassinations since then, and i think this is an indication that other countries in the region are concerned about the amount of progress iran has made in the last couple of years following donald trump is my decision to withdraw america from the international deal that was designed to control iran's nuclear ambitions. iran has moved ahead with uranium enrichment and the stockpiling of low enrichment of uranium beyond the levels permitted, and that is a source of concern. i think the timing of that is also significant. this is the back end of the donald trump presidency. he has made it very clear he wants to exert as much pressure on iran as he possibly can write until the end. you will remember that a couple of weeks ago it was reported that he had asked his officials about whether or not it might be wise to launch some kind of military strike against iran, he was dissuaded from that. but they have been piling on the pressure with sanctions, and it is clear that the united states, israel, and some in the gulf are very, very keen to keep up that pressure on iran as long as possible, because they are aware that in the incoming president, joe biden, there is a man who would like to get the whole diplomatic process going again. they have said he would like to return... it looks like we just lost paul adams there, but immensely complicated geopolitics at play in all of that, and we will be following up on the next few days. it is 13 minutes past nine. 0ne following up on the next few days. it is 13 minutes past nine. one of the story for you this morning. cher has arrived in pakistan at the end of a long campaign to free an elephant living in grim conditions in a small enclosure. the pop star paid for kaavan, a 36—year—old asian bull elephant described as the world's loneliest elephant to be airlifted by rescuers so they can take him from islamabad zoo to a sanctuary in cambodia. how lovely? a beautiful story, and we know how intelligent elephants are. and their need for contact and association within the community is absolutely huge. they live and thrive in herds, so to be isolated would be like isolating a human being. i'm just confused by the pictures. we just saw a tiny glimpse of cher, sitting on a chair. she looked like she had eight cher chair and was watching things unfold. i know that the story isn't about her. focus on the elephant, charlie! good point, let's do that. here's louise with a look at the weather. it isa it is a bit early for domestics, i tell you! you need to get out and vent some of that frustration if you are stuck at home today, and it will be largely dry, but it is going to be largely dry, but it is going to be pretty cloudy. this story is fairly indicative of what we have got, low cloud, grey, misty and murky today, weather fronts producing a little bit of showery rain it has to be said, drifting its way steadily across wales in the midlands at the moment. it is the dividing line between this milder air nudging and across the country. but still on the nippy side across scotla nd but still on the nippy side across scotland and northern ireland. here we have seen some frost, but the showery rain is going to continue to push its way across the midlands up into the north of england through the afternoon, so it stays rather grey and gloomy here. we keep some mist and merck as well. gradually the cloud pushing into the north of england as well, but scotland and northern ireland should stay dry. lowest values 5—8, but elsewhere we should see double figures quite widely, may be as high as 13 for the south—west, 14 in the channel islands. 0vernight tonight, mostly cloudy, clearer skies will tend to fill in, but the exception is the far north—east, and here we could see lows down just below freezing in a few sheltered glens, but elsewhere temperatures holding up, 5—7 first thing in the morning. it stays grey and cloudy with bits and pieces of missed first thing in the morning, and we won't see that much in the way of improvement, but it will stay mild and dry, so if you want to get out and get fresh air, you can certainly do that through the afternoon. as we move out of sunday into monday, we start to see some changes developing. a weather front will bring some rain as it slips south—east on monday, and then once again the wind direction is set to change. a north—westerly feed of wind will start to dominate as we go through the week, that will squeeze that milder air back to the near continent, cooler air from the that milder air back to the near continent, cooler airfrom the north which means that we are likely right across the country to see those temperatures fall away once again, and on friday we could see some showers turning increasingly wintry with any elevation in scotland. back to you. and talking about pop music, we interviewed martin kemp just before nine, if you arejustjoining us now, and charlie mention the now, and charlie mention nine, if you arejustjoining us now, and charlie mention the fact that he was there in the early days of the new romantic phase at a club in birmingham. yes, the heart and soul of that movement of the time. you have electrified our viewers this morning with the idea of charlie stayt in his new romantic outfits. have you got some images? let's not! cheryl from worcestershire says, i will look at you in a totally different outfit tonight, charlie. we didn't take pictures in those days. it is just a fact, no we didn't take pictures in those days. it isjust a fact, no pictures exist. let's go back to one of the main stories of all of this week is about the changes, you will know about this in your local area, it is about what tier each area is in. we'll be putting some of your questions to our panel of experts in a moment, but first lets bring you up to date with the latest developments. a number of significant developments this week. fallen to between 0.9 and one for the first time since mid—august, which means the epidemic is thought to be no longer growing. so that is really good news. but scientists advising the government have warned covid—19 infections could double over christmas if restrictions are eased. and a nationwide lockdown in england, which began on november fifth, comes to an end on wednesday, marking a return to tiered restrictions. joining us now from cambridge is the virologist dr chris smith. and professor of global health, devi sridhar is in edinburgh. good morning to both of you. let's start away with one of our viewer questions, and this one comes from lynn. so, devi, this is all to do with a slightly complicated system by which they determine who is in what tier? yes, so the four metrics scientists are looking at his first the cases per 100,000, second to the testing positivity and how many test a retaining positive, the third is hospital capacity and that links to how many people in the over 605 group are being infected at what that means in terms of projections for beds and i see —— icu units, and at that stage it is up to political leaders and it is a political decision. when you say political leaders, it is fundamentally the health secretary into the prime minister? exactly. they have to look at those metrics and make a call which tier they want to put people into. and we saw an illustration earlier today, we saw a village on the border of kent literally split down the middle, one pub in the village that can open, because it is allowed to, and on the other half of the village, it can't open, and a lot of people very perplexed about the logic of that. it is very difficult, and i think you have to, and it sounds cliche, draw the line somewhere. it is always going to be a challenge to do this, do it in a way that is fair and equitable and reflects the demands of the changing landscape of this disease. as we have just heard, they are using these filter criteria to decide, and one of the ones that might not be so obvious to people is the ratio of the perceived need to the ability of the perceived need to the ability of the local nhs services to cope, because you can have areas where there is very low level of activity, but at the same time, there is a low level of nhs provision in that area, and it will be relatively easy to become overwhelmed in cases, and then you have got a problem. sol think that is part of it, and the cynic in me thinks, if everybody we re cynic in me thinks, if everybody were put into low tears, we would all exploit the rule of six to have the christmas that everyone would wa nt the christmas that everyone would want to have, or at least some people would want to have, and that would mean you could just get together as different groups of six all day across the christmas period. by all day across the christmas period. by putting people into tier 2 or higher, there is no mixing outside your household or in the bubble perhaps later, created, and as a result it does limit spread. and you have led us into a question from an. why is the government allowing us to meet for five days over christmas? isn't there another risk of lockdown in the new year? from a scientific perspective, it seems to make no sense because the virus doesn't care it is christmas, and the virus doesn't stop spreading over those days and there are major risk associated with indoor poorly vented gatherings, having meals together, especially with elderly relatives. so my suggestion would be for people to be cautious, make an informed judgment based on their personal situation and to get outside for walks, to reinvent christmas traditions and make them safer, we are ina traditions and make them safer, we are in a pandemic christmas. remember this virus spreads like tobacco smoke, that is the best analogy. so if someone next you are smoking inside, that is how this virus spreads through breathing, so to think about that dynamic. ventilate the room is, keeping the airgoing and not ventilate the room is, keeping the air going and not having the air just sitting around the table, because that is highest risk. yes, i think we will need to sit rooms with massive open windows! and inevitably people moving around the country, the entire uk, and chris, this one for you from martin: he is getting married, congratulations. congratulations, martin. this is tricky. while weddings can still theoretically go ahead in all tiers, they are limited to 15 people. if you then look at the further down the page guidelines for tier 3, we are advised we shouldn't be travelling outside tier 3 unless it is absolutely essential to do so, because you inherit the risk of the tier you are because you inherit the risk of the tieryou are in because you inherit the risk of the tier you are in when you start your journey or where you live or spend most of your time. so if you left a tier3area, you most of your time. so if you left a tier 3 area, you would be taking the risk with you and bringing a higher risk with you and bringing a higher risk to a lower risk area which is precisely what we are trying to avoid. so unfortunately, do please check this, but my interpretation would be that people from tier 3 shouldn't be travelling to tier 2, and that a hotel in tier 2 might turn round and say to you, we would prefer you not to stay here, even though you are staying together in the hotel room and have minimal contact with other people, because you are bringing that risk with you. but is there it is tension between going for the day and staying overnight? you are definitely not allowed to stay overnight outside your tier. people can travel outside tier 3. we should be your tier. people can travel outside tier3. we should be minimising travel anyway, but people in tier 3 are advised not to travel outside, although they can attend weddings within a tier 3 area, because you are literally taking your risk from are literally taking your risk from a high risk area to a lower risk area, so it is about trying to minimise that contact. i would seek advice and see if the hotel are willing to do that, but i don't think people should be staying outside their tier 3 area, i think thatis outside their tier 3 area, i think that is ill advised and against the guidelines. but also whether or not is permitted to travel in the first place, and we are being advised we should try to avoid doing that. key point you make there, this is advised against, not illegal. this is not remotely saying anyone should then take that as free reign to do whatever they like, but there is an awful lot of personal responsibility and all this. congratulations, martin. getting married on december the 5th, that is when it is taking place, so that's great. i'm mindful that that may be isn't what he would have wanted to hear. if you could pick up on that theme. we can read the guidelines, and chris has gone through the guidelines there. a lot of people left scratching their heads about working out what the rules, what the advice and then what you feel is right. the thing i would come back to is you don't want to expose anyone to the virus if you have it, and you really want to avoid getting it, however old you are, because it is nasty to get, more so if you are older. so think about where the virus transmits. it transmits inside, close to others without a face covering. travel is an issue because we don't want people moving from higher prevalence areas to lower prevalence, because lower prevalence areas have more ability for people to mix. we should get back to basic principles, which is telling people how the virus spreads, how to avoid getting it what they can do. unfortunately it is winter, but outside it is much safer, very few transmission events outside. let's go back to what has been positive news this week, in connection with the vaccine. a viewer has asked about this. i have heard a lot in the news about the 0xford vaccine in different percentages of success. what does it actually mean? we have all tried to process these things, we are not experts. how good is that and what the differences mean in practical terms? when we appraise the success rates or the effectiveness rates of medicines, including vaccines, the way this is done it with a clinical trial, and in the case of this vaccine or other vaccines, the wait has been done is to recruit tens of thousands of people and to then randomly assigned them without them knowing into which group they are being assigned into a group that receives a dummy treatment and a group that receives the real deal, the vaccine. neither the doctors giving these vaccines or the patients receiving them know what they are getting. having given the vaccine, you then follow up those groups of people to see over a period of time how many cases of coronavirus infection you get. and then after you reach a certain numberof then after you reach a certain number of coronavirus infections which has been pre—calculated to give that trial adequate power, you then unlock the code to see how many infections occurred in the group that got the dummy treatment and how many infections occurred in the group that got the vaccine for real. and the ratio between the two is how effective we should strictly say efficacious, the vaccine was. so if 100 people got infected in total, there were ten people in the vaccine group and 90 people in the dummy group, that would mean it was 90% effective, nine times better at preventing people who got the vaccine from getting coronavirus compared with people who effectively weren't givena compared with people who effectively weren't given a vaccine against coronavirus. that is not the same as saying when that is rolled out across the world in a real—world circumstance it is going to be effective in the same way, because effectiveness is a bit different than one of these clinical trial efficacy tests. but it's still a very good guideline as to what would happen when that drug goes out into the real world and actually is then used in people. we nevertheless had to follow up those groups of people to follow up those groups of people to see whether it continues to perform at that sort of level, and we also have to consider things like how well you can get this into remote communities. and how safe it is in the long term. all of those things we will learn in the long term. and on all those questions, we talk about when his life going to get back to normal. first we heard, may be the spring, and then it was easter, and now we are beginning to hear early summer, so in terms of vaccine roll—out, devi, when it is your best guess? on the positive side, i think scientists are optimistic that we will be in a pretty strong position come march, not only because of the vaccines but also because of mass testing which is proving to be a strong tool to control the virus, so there is good news ahead, just to say to people even though it will not see in this way going into christmas. there will bea way going into christmas. there will be a roll—out starting with priority groups, so people over 80, over 70, ca re groups, so people over 80, over 70, care home residents, people in the nhs. so it really depends what risk category they are, someone who is low risk, and to get to some kind of threshold where the virus stops circulating, you probably have to vaccinate up to 90% of the population, which will take a long time, so yes, life will get more back to normal, we will have less restrictions as we head into spring and next summer, but it is not going to be like a light switch where all ofa to be like a light switch where all of a sudden it goes back. it will be a gradual easing as we try to find a way to manage this virus and try to keep numbers as low as possible with the vaccines and testing as the toole's. devi, chris, good to hear from you. not a light switch but more like that rickety plunger turning on the christmas lights! we will speak again. it is worth saying you can find out what covid two your area is in by visiting the bbc news website. this is breakfast. we're on bbc one until ten o'clock this morning, when saturday kitchen takes over in the saturday kitchen. good morning, guys! good morning, how are you? reasonable. what is going on there? every week you give usa going on there? every week you give us a different, last week you had a hand on the hip thing... you are just giving us a different look every year. i am multitalented, much like today's best, jamie cullen. thank you for being here. oh, i love it. we can talk properly later, for now let's talk heaven and hell, food heaven? ijumped up a sausage, mushroom, creamy pasta thing. do think you can do that? yes! all your favourites in one dish? what about health? smoked mackerel. i didn't have a good experience on a plane once and it has been a hell of mine ever since. once and it has been a hell of mine eversince. i'm sure once and it has been a hell of mine ever since. i'm sure it lovely, but... sounds like a fun story, tell us about that in a bit. two shafts with us as well, what are you pickling today? i'm doing ukrainian pickle, cabbage and beetroot, fermented, demystifying pickling, and also a dark hash with an egg on top. very nice. paul, very dapper, showing me up in my usual blue shirt. well, try harder! iwill, i will. thanks for flagging that up. you are looking very christmassy. yes, i you are looking very christmassy. yes, lam you are looking very christmassy. yes, i am going for an elf. enough sartorial chat, what are you giving us? gorgeous maraschino cherry, double chocolate marzipan and gold leaf. give chocolate. nice! you're sort of thing? yes, please, in massive amounts, please. good morning! good morning! veryjazzy. very good. how are you, how is the wine this week? they were dream dishes to match, both of them, and i am especially excited about sharing the one we have got fully chocolate. i almost wasn't going to share it just in case it all goes, but we will. but that is yourjob! don't forget you guys at home will be in charge of voting for your guests late in the show, so go on to the website to see the details and we will be with you at 10am.” website to see the details and we will be with you at 10am. i like that smoking jacket. yes, i might give it a try myself, it looks like it might be a bit snug around my waist, but there we are. back to you, charlie. that takes you back to your new romantic days, doesn't it, charlie? i can see what you're going for that look. not quite. charlie? i can see what you're going forthat look. not quite. it charlie? i can see what you're going for that look. not quite. it is 9:33am, we have got the sport coming up 9:33am, we have got the sport coming up in 9:33am, we have got the sport coming upina 9:33am, we have got the sport coming up in a moment. hello, this is breakfast with rachel burden and charlie stayt. it is now 9:34am. let's get the sport, mike bushell is here to tell us all about yesterday's immense grand final. yes, would sport you follow is not necessarily rugby league, you will appreciate the moment that won the grand finaland appreciate the moment that won the grand final and was a fitting and dramatic end to the season. but i was talking about those stats earlier, a number of stats made. 60, 65. that tells the story of the match, very tight, a lot of sensors on top, not many scoring opportunities could, but all that changed? imagine all the bodies this morning... yes, especially if you lost. it was a dramatic moment. i can't imagine teenagerjack welsby slept much last night. he's the toast of st helens, after scoring the try after full time had been called, with the last touch of the match, that meant st helens, were crowned super league champions for the second year running, beating great rivals wigan warriors 8—4, in hull, as adam wild reports. the most astonishing end to a most extraordinary season. with the grand final, there is always drama, but never has super league seen something quite like this. after a year of turbulence and turmoil, the game's biggest occasion was always going to be special. st helens and wigan, nearest neighbours. they could scarcely be closer. st helens the first to crack. wigan offerjust the smallest of gaps. it was alljake bibby needed. what the game lacked in points, it made up for in passion. a saints penalty brought the scores back level. but what came next will go down in rugby league legend. the very last play of the match, a drop goal attempt that hit the post, but incredibly, st helens teenagerjack wells be was the quickest to react. the longest season sealed in the very final second. the drama the game deserved. st helens, super league champions. adam wild, bbc news. and this is how 19—year—old jack reacted on instagram last night... standing with captain, james roby — me and the goat ..winning tings... that is how the young people do things. more than new, charlie!” have got daughters. in less than 3 hours, the premier league champions liverpool are hoping to go top of the table for a day at least when they kick off at brighton. while the weekend's work is already done for newcastle, who won with 2 late goals at crystal palace, callum wilson in the 88th minute and then the brazilian who set that one up, joe linton, scored himself, his first premier league goal of the season. monday evening, seven oclock here on bbc one, is a time for your diaries, as it's when the fa cup third round draw will be made...and when the premier league and championship clubs enter the competition... how league 2 tranmere rovers would love to face one of the neighbours, everton or liverpool, after they made it through, beating non—league, brackley town, 1—0, thanks to kaiyne woolery. there are lots more second round matches to come, with coverage across the bbc all weekend. northern ireland's women are one step closer to qualifying for the european championship in 2022. kirsty mcguinness scored the winner in their 3—2 win over belarus in belfast, and that means if they beat the faroe islands on tuesday, they'll earn a play—off spot. but scotland's hopes of reaching the competition took another blow. they were beaten 1—0 away in portugal. the scots now have the tall order of beating beat finland on tuesday, if they're to stand any chance of making it through. lewis hamilton enjoyed a successful return to the track, after winning his seventh world title. he was quickest in both practice sessions ahead of tomorrow's bahrain grand prix, despite being unhappy with the new tyres they had a chance to try out, before they're introduced next season. he said they were disappointing, considering they'd had two years to make improvements. they have still got the winter months to work on the cars. there was no stopping, jonny bairstow in cape town as he led england to victory over south africa in their first t20 match. they were chasing 180 to win, and bairstow smashed an unbeaten 86 from just 48 balls — that's his highest international t20 score — as england won by five wickets. the second match of three is in paarl tomorrow. now, can new zealand recover after two defeats in a row in the tri nations rugby championship? they first lost to australia, and two weeks ago argentina beat them for the first time ever. and ahead of the rematch against argentina, captain sam kane laid an all blacks jersey with "maradona number 10" on the pitch — the first of many tributes we'll be seeing at sporting events this weekend. new zealand are 10—0 ahead approaching half time, thanks largely to a converted try from dane coles. going over in the corner. and in the autumn nations cup, it's wales against england, at four o'clock in clanethlee. after 15 years away from the sport, a 54—year—old mike tyson will return to the boxing ring tonight when he takes on royjonesjunior in what will be an exhibition fight in los angeles. there's been plenty of intrigue over what to expect, and how the man who was once the youngest heavyweight champion in history will perform. one man who knows mike tyson, very well is three—time world heavyweight champion, lennox lewis, who told me he believes the fighters will be safe. this is something they've done for most of their career, most of their life, is train, so their bodies are probably craving it again. and, you know, they won't be the same, obviously they're older now, a little slower. they won't be able to move around as much as they did when they were younger. i'm sure both of them know how to have fun. you're talking to a movie star, a guy that has his own one—man band show, mike tyson, so he knows how to entertain people, and royjones, he knows how he is a showboat kind of box. to entertain people, he is a showboat kind of boxer. so people will be on the edge of their seats to see if he still has it. and due to the ages of the fighters tonight, there are a few amendments. shorter rounds, so two minutes, larger gloves, it also they have been told to try not to knock each other out. just be nice to each other! i mean, yeah, telling mike tyson that, after the fights we have so in the past? charlie wasjust saying you look back at his old fights last night and how brutal they were. yes, quite extraordinary! i have to say the all blacks laying down the number ten maradona, sport can sometimes feel like you are only in sport and it is a very disparate thing. in reality of course, big sports stars always appreciate the skills of other sports and you just don't often see it played out so obviously, do you? know, maradona, the whole life of hidden, what he stood for and where he came from ca ptu re stood for and where he came from capture the hearts of people everywhere, his story, his prowess transcended not just put everywhere, his story, his prowess transcended notjust put football, but way beyond. the frailty of humans as well, all of that plays into it. yes. thanks, mike, 9:41am now. they're bumpy, noisy, and probably the most hated trains in britain — but pacers have been a familiar sight across the north of england for years. the low—budget carriages were made from bus parts and were only meant as a temporary solution. now after more than 30 years, the end of the line is finally in sight. although they have been saying that for some time. judy hobson has been for one last ride. pulling into wigan wallgate on its way to manchester victoria. the final time that these passengers will have to endure a pacer. built in the 19805 out of bus parts, pacers were due to run for 20 years, but theyjust kept on going. well, it's bumpy, it's noisy, but this train has carried passengers for more than 3 million miles. in the summertime, they're too hot, so it's definitely hard to say a unique experience, but the noise and the smell, i think you have to be here to appreciate it. you don't feel too safe, really, i wouldn't have said. it's a bit rackety. northern had 102 pacers, and they ran for an incredible 300 million miles. they were retired last year, but brought back to provide extra seats in the pandemic. is this the end of the pacer, really? they have had many reprieves over the last few years, but this really is the last pacer passenger traffic in the north of england, so it is quite a momentous occasion. some pacers have gone to museums or been turned into cafes, but this journey was kept secret to prevent rail enthusiasts crowding after platforms. but word got out. it is the end of an era. this is the last ever time it is going to happen. and this is the last ever trip of it, so why not be here to record the end of an era? and off it goes to what really could be the end of the line for the pacer. judy hobson, bbc news. ok, so the downside is it's uncomfortable, all of those things, the upside is some of those trains ta ke the upside is some of those trains take you to lovely places, don't they? 0h, take you to lovely places, don't they? oh, yeah, we werejust talking about the line that goes to the peak district, it is absolutely stunning. what would it be like if one was hopping on a train and heading up to somewhere in the peak district today, louise? not bad, actually, not as cold as it has been, but this is where i would like to be right now and any guesses on where i have been talking about? a lucky dog! cold and frosty, but this is actually eastern scotland where we have seen some clear skies through the night, st andrews and fife. but most of us across england and wales are unfortunately waking up and wales are unfortunately waking up to low cloud, misty and murky conditions, the odd spot of rain as well, so not quite as beautiful as walking the dog in surrey. it does seem like it is going to stay predominantly dry this weekend and there are a couple of week weather fronts on the charts, bringing in cloud, and the odd spot of rain. that colder air is where we had the criss, frosty start across scotland and northern ireland and that is where the best of the sunshine is likely to be today, elsewhere we keep the murky skies and this lower area of rain drifting northwards to dj. best of the sunshine in northern ireland and scotland. if you've got some sunshine in northern england it is not going to last in the filter its way towards the scottish borders through the end of the afternoon, temperatures 6—8 in scotland. a bit milder than that further south, ten or11, milder than that further south, ten or 11, may be 12 vanity south—west and the channel isles. through tonight, that cloud continues to drift steadily northwards across most of the country, a lovely blanket keeping things on the mull side through night tonight, six or 7 degrees. the exception is the north—east of scotland, where we keep those clear skies for a time, but at least you get the best of the sunshine for tomorrow again. tomorrow will be a pretty quiet predominantly dry, cloudy, grey, murky gap sunday, but a mild sunday for many and at least we will be able to get out without having to ta ke able to get out without having to take a brolly or an extra layer or two because temperatures will be around 8—12 c at the hive. if you like that colder more wintry feel to it, just take a look at what is happening into next week. this was a front will bring some rain on monday, so staying mild, but the wind direction is set to change once that weather front moves through and that weather front moves through and thatis that weather front moves through and that is going to squeeze that milder airout of that is going to squeeze that milder air out of the way and return to blue colours, which means a cold northerly flow starts to kick in, so as we go through the week temperatures will ease back down to around five or six as daytime maximums and we could see some showers turning increasingly wintry, so quite a crisp, wintry december field by the end of this week. back you too. louise, thanks very much, heavily lovely weekend. thousands of british pension holders, who were persuaded to invest their life savings into an unregulated german property scheme, are now facing financial ruin. they were promised huge returns and assured their money was safe. but the firm — dolphin trust — now known as german property group, has collapsed. an investigation by radio 4's you and yours programme can reveal that an estimated £1 billion is owed to investors all over the world. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent, sarah corker reports. this was the sales pitch. land is your pensions to buy these derelict buildings across germany. we will do them up, sell them on and benefiting from tax breaks from the government, pay y°u from tax breaks from the government, pay you back with interest and lots of it. these were the promises made by the dolphin trust. and people like caroline in wiltshire invested their pension savings. it was about taking that frozen pension and doing something with it. i wasn't necessarily aware it could be lost utterly and completely, which is what this is going to do, i think. 60 years ago, after a divorce, caroline had just started up an events com pa ny. caroline had just started up an events company. concerned for her financial future, she was events company. concerned for her financialfuture, she was persuaded by an independent salesman to lend dolphin trust £15,000, a third of her pension. she did get some interest payments, but was supposed to get the rest of her money back last year. she is still waiting. there is a very slim chance that i will get any of that money back, to be honest with you. and just like you know, we are in a situation, my partner and myself, we are both self employed, we have a relatively large mortgage, still, for our age that was going to help pay it off. and now i am not quite sure how we're going to do it. dolphin trust, now known as german property group, promised huge returns and their original capital back if investors lend their money for up to five yea rs. lend their money for up to five years. the firm has now collapsed and owes an estimated £1 billion to investors around the globe. the businessman behind dolphin trust was charles smethurst, seen here on the right. charles smethurst, ceo and founder of dolphin trust... the bbc has seen documents suggesting some investors' money was used to pay loa ns to investors' money was used to pay loans to family members. and loans to his wife's tv shopping channel. mark is another investor waiting for his money to be returned, after being made redundant, he decided to invest his whole pension with the company. i think about this... all my working hours. i invested £279,000, which is my entire savings from my pension fund. and the majority of any money that my wife andi majority of any money that my wife and i had to look forward to into our retirement. and i'm just hoping ican get our retirement. and i'm just hoping i can get something back from this. 0therwise i can get something back from this. otherwise i just don't i can get something back from this. 0therwise ijust don't know what i can get something back from this. otherwise i just don't know what the future will hold for us. he told me he has already had to sell the family home. do you feel you have been misled? very much so, and i think it is unacceptable that the uk authorities are not, in my opinion, taking this as seriously as they should. since the rules on what people can do with their pension pots were relaxed in 2015, the ombudsman says there has been a rise in complaints about so—called diy or self invested pension is. we often hear stories of people who have been called called and felt pressured into making decisions, and i would say, don't do that. take your time. either seek financial advice or go toa either seek financial advice or go to a trusted source. back in wiltshire, caroline says she will now have to work many more years before retiring, while mark is taking legal action to try to retrieve some of his savings. some investors have had their money back. the german property group, though, is currently in administration. neither mr smethurst or his wife responded to the bbc‘s questions. sarah caulker, bbc news. a couple of things to clarify, we should add the company is not linked with a separate business called dolphin capital investors. here the full story about this on abc radio four‘s pension programme on bbc sounds. it is 9:51am. do you remember the teacher that had the biggest impact on your life? mine was mrs piers, who instilled in mea mine was mrs piers, who instilled in me a love of politics. it was so special about mrs piers? she was a just a brilliant communicator and also became a good friend, you know you blurred the line in sixth form and wejust you blurred the line in sixth form and we just became good friends. we had some great debates of those yea rs. had some great debates of those years. she proud of you now? i don't know. i hope so expect hopefully she is watching! right now, of course, eve ryo ne is watching! right now, of course, everyone will know teachers have been front line with what has been going on. each year the national teaching awards honours outstanding work in the classroom. the winner of this year's gold prize was kirsty gaythwaite, and here's the moment she found out. we have got one what category outstanding, new teacher of the year, so andrew, if you would do the honours please. a huge congratulations goes to kirsty gaythwaite. oh, my god! kirsty gaythwaite. oh, my god! kirsty gaythwaite initiallyjoined as a learning assistance to help pupils. was quickly identified where she had a talent for teaching maths. head teacher mr smith says, we are so proud of you and your achievements... oh, my god! iwasn't expecting... well, . .. and kirsty gaythwaite joins us now. we absolutely love that reaction from you. fair to say you want expecting a? definitely not, i am still quite teary now actually. the reaction says it all. i wasn't expecting it and it was just a com plete expecting it and it was just a complete shock. a complete shock. you had this amazing path into teaching. it wasn't what you intended to do, you set out as a learning assistant. take us through your career path from there. yes, i started for what was then called a... into college in december 2009 asa a... into college in december 2009 as a learning support assistant and as a learning support assistant and a couple of years later a position, before a supervisor within the school and i went for it and i got thejob, which i was very... pleased about. i think it was september 2014 we had a couple of maths teachers down and i was asked if i would cover the timetable, just until they we re cover the timetable, just until they were able to get a maths teacher in place, to which i said, yes, of course, i love maths, i can do this. and a year past and i had taken the timetable and i was approached and askedif timetable and i was approached and asked if i would do my teacher training because they had realised that i had a flairfor training because they had realised that i had a flair for teaching maths and teaching in general, so it was a big decision i had to make, but it wasn't a hard decision because i was loving what i was doing. so then i started attending evening college, studying in the evenings and at the weekends to gain my teaching qualification, whilst teaching a full timetable and being a single parent, which was, as i am sure you can imagine, really challenging. and here i am now, being presented with the gold award for outstanding new teacher of the year with the national pearson awards. it is just incredible. kirsty, congratulations, good and good morning to you, it is charlie here. there are times when teachers deserve all the accolades they get and if ever there was a time that chilly is now. but i know, alongside everything you are saying about how much teaching means to you, you have gotan much teaching means to you, you have got an 11—year—old daughter, you?” have! yes. so along this journey, how has that been for you and the relationship between the two of you what you have been trying to achieve for yourself, but also for her? and for yourself, but also for her? and for yourself, but also for her? and for yourfamily? for yourself, but also for her? and for your family? yeah, it has made us stronger. it has made us a lot stronger and everybody always comments on how... how envious they are the relationship because we are... we are like friends. you know, there are boundaries in place, but we... i hope she looks up to me. she certainly was crying in the video as well, when i was announced as getting a gold award and initially, i think for any parent would do what we do for our children andi would do what we do for our children and i want her to have that stable future and i want her to see that anything is possible. no matter how ha rd anything is possible. no matter how hard something may seem, if you just persist and you keep going, anything is possible and that goes to the stu d e nts is possible and that goes to the students at my school and all over the country as well. you know, don't give up on your dreams. don't give up give up on your dreams. don't give up on what you want to be because although the journey is hard and there are many, many ups and downs, when you get to where you have aim to be, you look back and you just think, wow! i did it! i did it! i did that and it's... yeah! think, wow! i did it! i did it! i did thatand it's... yeah! yeah, love her to pieces, just, yeah!m is lovely to see the pride in your face as you talk about her. loads of pa rents, face as you talk about her. loads of parents, myself included, have grown to love teachers even more over the last nine months because of having to do home—schooling with young children. and i am astonished at the level of motivation teachers must have every day to go in and face a class of children, even in times where they are being an absolute pain in the whatsit. how do you do it? must be lots of days we think, i can't face this today? how do you get going every day?” can't face this today? how do you get going every day? i don't really need to because i love what i do. teaching is just natural and need to because i love what i do. teaching isjust natural and i don't ever get up any mornings and think, ijust don't ever get up any mornings and think, i just don't want to go to work every today. i just get up and i just don't want to go to work every today. ijust get up and i'm excited about teaching trigonometry or looking at areas of 2d shapes to move on to volume and... my students laugh at me about how excited i get and, oh, miss, you are so sad! but i don't feel sad, i feel enthused every day and just knowing that every day and just knowing that every morning when you wake up you are actually doing something that you love... it is not a chore, it no longer becomes a job, it is a vocation and i just longer becomes a job, it is a vocation and ijust hope that the stu d e nts vocation and ijust hope that the students that i teach in the community of deal that that is passed onto them and it helps them in their futures and their life chances as well. while, listening to you this morning, i have absolutely no doubt that is the case because everything you say makes perfect sense and shines through. what they call you? when you come in a classroom, what is the decorum around how you engage with a teacher these days? are you miss, christian names, how does it work? yeah, they call me miss most the time, miss ki rsty call me miss most the time, miss kirsty gaythwaite if they really wa nt to kirsty gaythwaite if they really want to get my attention and i'm busy with another student. i have been referred to by students in the past as miss battle axe, from horrid henry. not quite sure why. but you know i think it is important that stu d e nts know i think it is important that students have boundaries and those boundaries are kept consistent and building a relationship is notjust about... iam building a relationship is notjust about... i am not there to be liked, it isa about... i am not there to be liked, it is a bonus if you are light as a teacher. and there to get them a fantastic education and help their future. and sometimes they think i'm too strict, but they have that safety net event, they know exactly what to expect when they come into my classroom, live from the minute they walk into the minute they walk out, they know the expectation, so i don't mind being called this battle axe. as long as i get the results for the students and having them believe in themselves. miss battle—axe, but i could say behalf of the programme, i think we will talk to you again, that is ok? may be another time, and congratulations. what a joy, what a way to finish? art that is it from us, i will be back with chris mason from 6am tomorrow. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. iran's president rouhani blames israel for the assassination of a top nuclear scientist, saying his country won't be deterred from its nuclear ambitions. a warning that hospitals in england could become overwhelmed with coronavirus cases, if mp5 don't back 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