arriving in north east scotland later. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 20th of november. our main story. it s the start of a big week for the covid inquiry, which will hear evidence from the high profile doctors and scientists who helped to shape and explain the government s response to the pandemic. the former chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, whose diaries from that time accused boris johnson of chaotic leadership, will appear today, followed by professor sir chris whitty, jonathan van tam and damejenny harries over the coming days. our health reporter jim reed reports. patrick, over to you. thank you very much. numbers are increasing and they re increasing across europe and in the uk. sir patrick vallance was up there at the downing street podium in some of the darkest days of the pandemic. we re also recommending increased social distancing. that s the phrase that you hear. already the inquiry has heard extracts from his priv
were wearing poppies. it s an important day to remember those who died, but amongst them were 10,000 palestinians whojoined the british army. the atmosphere as the rally began was relaxed and good natured but from early in the day, police have been concerned about what they categorised as a right wing counter protest. there were scuffles a short distance from the cenotaph. the met commissioner sir mark rowley paid a visit to his command team as riot squads in the field worked to keep the two protest groups apart. here in the met police s operations centre, officers are monitoring every aspect of the protest and they ve got fixed cameras and also they ve got evidence gatherers, officers on the ground, who are taking pictures they can beam back live from the scene so the commanders here can decide where to deploy and when to arrest. we watched as the senior commanders instructed their teams in the field to arrest some of the counter protesters. from what we can see they came in
be a really good game. two teams are doing quite well at the minute. they have got some key players that are on form, so hopefully, it will be a good match. on form, so hopefully, it will be a good match- on form, so hopefully, it will be a aood match. ., ., ., ., ., . good match. coverage of that match on radio 5 live. in scotland, celtic bounced back from their first premiership defeat in a year with a 2 1 win over motherwell. rangers remain two points behind after they won at hearts, ryan kent ending his 22 game drought by sealing a 4 0 win in stoppage time. elsewhere there were wins for st mirren, hibs, aberdeen and stjohnstone. in rugby union s premiership, saracens blew away the champions leicester tigers 51 18. in a repeat of last year s final, sarries made amends for losing. most of the damage was done in the first half with four tries. sean maitland capped off a dominant display, making it three wins in three for saracens and a second loss for leicester. in formula 1, quali