it is important not just to protect our nhs staff, andl not just to protect our nhs staff, and ijoin in thanking them, but it is important for infection control and health care settings as well. on the roll out of the lateral flow test that is announced today, i understand that he is heading discretion to directors of public health, but does he agree that relatives of care home residents should be given priority access to these tests so they can go into the ca re these tests so they can go into the care home, see their loved ones and even maybe hold their hand or hug them? testing is only one part of them? testing is only one part of the jigsaw. to avoid this lockdown becoming a let down, we need to put contact tracing in the hands of public health teams from day one. can you update the house on how he is fixing contact tracing? at the releva nt is fixing contact tracing? at the relevant select committee, it has been confirmed that when it comes to isolation people find it very difficult, they need to keep owning and feeding a family is fundamental. he now accept that a better packag

but you know how much i value nhs workers. and colleagues right across the nhs. 0k. but i'm afraid i am going to respect cabinet confidentiality, as i always do, and instead allow the chancellor of the exchequer to set out the details, because then he can set out the broad landscape. because of course, as well as a very tough situation when it comes to health this year with the coronavirus, there is of course an incredibly tough economic situation as well. let's get more from our business presenter sue micah touch. good morning to you. on the day we learn government borrowing hit its highest october level ever last month, we're hearing about millions of public sector workers facing a potential pay freeze next year. we don't know the full details but potentially a very difficult balancing act for the government. yes, absolutely. we think 4 million people will be affected by this pay freeze. —— sima kotecha. these are police officers, soldiers, teachers, and we understand nhs workers will be exempt and some economists are saying if this pay freeze goes ahead the ec

but what we are doing in the nhs a nyway but what we are doing in the nhs anyway is make sure we have flexible facilities, that we have as many nurses able to work as we can because where coronavirus takes off ina because where coronavirus takes off in a community, that means nhs staff themselves are often affected or have to self—isolate. right now we have to self—isolate. right now we have 30,000 nhs staff either off with coronavirus or having to self—isolate. that has an impact, so our success also is a force multiplier for what the nhs can provide in the way of care. on the question you asked me, beth, i have every confidence that the measures we have announced, that everybody knows about, that go on until december the 2nd, i haven't promised it will work, that they will provide simon and the nhs with the protection they need. just to repeat the point, they automatically expire on december the 2nd and i believe that we will then be able to have... people across this country will be able to have as normal a christmas as possible. that is the objective. but will you be able to

the nhs is always at its busiest injanuary, february and into march. we see more infections can adjust infections from other viruses and bugs —— chest infections. we see more slips, trips and falls, so the pressure on the nhs builds. it is crucial we have this under control. in the spring, we are contending is full bond as we can with all our routine work, our elective work, and we are trying to make sure that we catch up on the backlog that we have had because of the pandemic in the spring. and we wa nt the pandemic in the spring. and we want and who have always been open for everybody with emergency conditions, with heart attacks, strokes, and we need the nhs... we saw a drop of that in the spring and we don't want to see that. we want people to come forward. for all of those reasons, it is critical to keep infection rate under control. clearly, christmas is a special time, but the nhs will always ask people to be sensible over christmas and we are confident again that people will act essentially once again over christmas. they will use the chang

a day later, she began bleeding and went to the nhs. so i explain to the hospital that i had been for a private ectopic scan and that everything was fine, it wasn't ectopic, so they did rescan me and they didn't pick up the ectopic either, so i was home, believing that i was miscarrying. the bleeding continued. two weeks later, she was sent to a&e. my fallopian tubes had ruptured and my stomach had filled with blood. i was hours from death. so there was no miscarriage, it was an ectopic pregnancy. the company says it's unable to comment due to legal proceedings. revealing the ba by‘s gender has become a big part of many pregnancies. party gifts is an industry worth tens of millions of pounds. go! we spoke into a woman who attended a scan with window to the womb in salford to check her baby's well—being and record its genderfor a party. we've learned the company identified a serious abnormality incompatible with life where part or all of the foetus‘s head is missing called anencephaly. but rather than refer her immediately to hospi

it was right we ensured the nhs was ready for that, we had the nhs was ready for that, we had the capacity and of course we have the capacity and of course we have the nightingale is on top but of course we do not want to step down elective surgery where at all possible and that is why in the second wave this autumn we have not done that. we are keeping elective ca re done that. we are keeping elective care going, our clinicians have done a fantasticjob care going, our clinicians have done a fantastic job over the care going, our clinicians have done a fantasticjob over the summer and are catching up, cancer work is back where it was last year. there is more work to do and of course the key thing is, as infection rates rise and hospitals come under pressure, we rise and hospitals come under pressure , we have rise and hospitals come under pressure, we have seen that in areas of the country with high community rates, once again there is a possibility that elective care gets affected and our staff do not want that to happen. our staff want to get on and treat people who are on waiting list a

so, the build—up of the backlog in our nhs is already huge, and for the nhs to then in addition have to do this whole vaccination programme is going to put it under a normal strain —— enormous strain. it seems to me that we might need to start questioning the investment in this moon shoot mass testing plan, because if we have a vaccine, that's a long—term solution in a way that testing probably isn't because you can't carry on spending billions of pounds every week. maybe we need to stop oui’ every week. maybe we need to stop our pivoting so we can prioritise the time and effort spent by our public health staff and get them into the programme also. let's move on to the mail. this poll by the male, with growing groups of anti—vaxxers, that seems reassuring. more people are willing to take the vaccine the not, is that the point was white yes, nearly nine in ten. including nearly nine and ten elderly. it goes on to say they wa nt ten elderly. it goes on to say they want reassurance, they want to see the prime minister and the cabinet perhaps take it publicly. with their right

medicalfor of the nhs, and by deputy chief medical for so, of the nhs, and by deputy chief medicalfor so, professorjonathan van tam. before turning to progress on vaccines i'd like to go through the latest data. the latest average number of new cases each day is now 22,287. i am glad to say that is just down on the 24,431 week ago. i wa nt to just down on the 24,431 week ago. i want to thank everybody for doing their bit during this lockdown. and, taken together with the office for national statistics survey published at lunchtime, these figures are promising, and they show the second peakis promising, and they show the second peak is flattening. but we must keep our resolve. there are today 16,409 covid patients in hospital across the uk and, sadly, yesterday, 511 reported deaths. this is a virus that has cast a shadow over this incredibly difficult year. and we have always known the best long—term a nswer have always known the best long—term answer would be the realflight provided by a vaccine. after clean water, vaccines are the most effective public health intervention that ha

the nhs is now planning to try out a new test in england. developed by the californian firm grail, it's designed to detect molecular changes in the blood caused by 50 types of cancer in people with no obvious symptoms. 165,000 participants aged between 50 and 79 will be asked to pilot the tests over the next three years. we want to be one of the first health services in the world to see whether this simple blood test can detect those cancers when treatment will make the biggest difference. but critics of the plan say the technology is unproven and there are real questions about the accuracy of blood tests for cancer. the nhs says if the pilot is successful, the scheme could be expanded to another1 million people in england from 202a. jim reed, bbc news. dr chris mcdonald, head of research at the charity pancreatic cancer uk and says the trial is a very good idea. i think there is cause for optimism even if it is caution. for pancreatic cancer, it is the most lethal form of common cancers, half of those diagnosed will die within three months

also the nhs applies across the city. we have issues due to lack of clarity and communication, so we're trying to go is one, and i've been really impressed by how mps, councils, boroughs across the city of work closely together, and what was seen of work closely together, and what was seen by the announcement today with the government making the right decision is the fruits of us being collegiate as a city, and i'm really pleased that we have worked so hard over the last few months, and the promise to londoners that we will work closely together. we are on the sum side trying to fight the virus. with the ever be any prospect of getting into tier 1? could you ever see that happening? we had to be really careful, because there is a risk of us going into tier 3, so it's really important that i remind londoners yet, yes, we will be in tier 2 from next wednesday, we got to follow the rules. don't inadvertently think the virus is now gone, because if you mix and mingle in the virus spreads and it accelerates and we've got chall

and i've been working closely with my counterparts, and the nhs has been working, the four nhs organisations have been working together. but ultimately, let us hope that should a vaccine become available because we still don't have one authorised yet, but should one become available, it will be a moment at which the whole country can come together in support of making sure that those who are clinically most vulnerable will get support first wherever they live. as the house knows, i represent a vast and very remote constituency. what worries me is the thought of the elderly and vulnerable constituents having to travel long distances to get the vaccine. we are proposing roving teams to be able to get out into rural communities across england, and i know that there are discussions going on between the nhs in england and in scotland who are responsible for the deployment of this vaccine, but it's a critical principle that it should be deployed according to clinical need, not according to where you live across the united kingdom. a labour mp asked a health minister how long it would all take. it

you know how much i value nhs workers and all colleagues right across the nhs, but i am afraid i am going to respect cabinet confidentiality, as i always do, and instead allow the chancellor to set out the details. public sector workers currently get 7% more on average in pay and pensions than private sector workers. if rishi sunak takes private sector workers. if rishi sunaktakes up private sector workers. if rishi sunak takes up a suggestion by a think tank the government could save £23 billion a year by freezing public sector pay for three years or 15 billion of nhs workers were exempt. of course are nhs staff have been at the forefront but still have civil servants, local authority workers, care workers. this pandemic has demonstrated how much the government relies on the public service. freezing public sector pay was one of the main austerity measures after the financial clash with no pay rises in the public sector for three years and after that they were capped at i%. that over the decade has cut the difference between public and private sector pay. if you strip out pensions it is

this is necessary to protect our nhs and keep the virus under control. business owners say it's more dreadful news for the hospitality industry. we've all agreed it feels like the government have been playing a game of carrot and stick with us. we are going above and beyond what they ask us going above and beyond what they ask us to do. then the goalposts to change the following day. we'll have reaction live from around england, and ask how the decisions were reached. also this lunchtime... the chancellor defends his decision to freeze the pay of many public sector workers. i've had to make some tough choices, and what i couldn't do was justify an across—the—boa rd rise in public sector pay. and, people mourn across argentina after the death of the footballing legend diego maradona. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, george ford returns for england as they look to maintain their unbeaten autumn nations campaign this weekend against wales. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, the health secretary has revealed what

the good news is nhs test and trace is working ever more efficiently. the bad news is that they've pinged me and i've got to self—isolate. it doesn't matter that we are all doing social distancing. it doesn't matter that i am fit as a butcher's dog, feel great, so many people do in my circumstances, and actually it doesn't matter that i have had the disease and i am bursting with antibodies. we've got to interrupt the spread of the disease. his neighbour's getting some fresh air though. the chancellor was in east london this morning. like all other business and organisations over the past few months, he has been learning to do things differently. we're doing a lot of meetings online, the prime minister this morning, you've seen the video that he's put out, we are getting on with delivering people's priorities. the prime minister is not the only one doing a stint of domestic incarceration. 0ther mps at the same meeting left with a beaming picture with the boss, and later instructions to stay at home. so borisjohnson has been told to stay in here. on fr

have you fought by the nhs to be exempt from the pay freeze, nhs workers? you know, there is lots of speculation in the newspapers and what i can tell you is that the chancellor of the exchequer will set these details out... have you fought for nhs workers do not have a pay freeze? you care, you want to say thank you. i am asking, genuinely, we imagine ministers sitting around a table, fighting their corner. have you fought for your corner, for the nhs, which you to? i always fight for the nhs. have you fought for them to be exempt from the pay freeze? i always fight for the nhs and the chancellor of the exchequer will set out the details next wednesday. you have not answered my question. because... i am wednesday. you have not answered my question. because... iam not wednesday. you have not answered my question. because... i am not going to comment on internal discussions... i am asking you what you are fighting for it for the nhs around the table in the cabinet meeting. have you fought for nhs workers to be exempt from the pay freeze? whether it happens o

working closely with my counterparts in the nhs and the four nhs organisations have been working together. ultimately, let us hope that should a vaccine become available, because we still don't have one authorised yet, but should one become available, it will be a moment at which the whole can come together in support of making sure that those who are clinically most vulnerable will get support first, wherever they live. i represent a vast and remote constituency. what worries me is the thought of elderly and vulnerable constituents having to travel long distances to get the vaccine. we're proposing roving teams to get out into rural communities across england. i know that there's discussions going on between the nhs in england and in scotland who are responsible for the deployment of this vaccine, but it's a critical principle that should be deployed according to clinical need, not according to where you live across the united kingdom. a labour mp asked the health minister how long it would all take. it looks like vaccines to be effective may have to have two injections rather than one,

and medical experts say the threat to the nhs is real. 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. so far, around 12 conservative mps have said they will vote against the government in the commons on tuesday. another 20 or so have publicly voiced concerns. a numberare waiting on a so—called impact assessment, a sort of cost—benefit analysis, that the government are expected to publish in the coming days. but will it be enough? order, order. but don't forget there was a sizeable conservative rebellion going into the most recent lockdown measures in england, and that still passed. so any real chance of a government defeat will depend on how labour vote. and so far, they are undecided. i am particularly worried about business. there is no extra support for businesses in tier 3. and the hospitality industry will be really hardly hit at christmas, so we've got real concerns there. but also we want to know how different parts of the country can come

the welsh nhs has achieved extraordinary things in the pandemic. it's kept emergency treatment going. but for those who need urgent surgery, many are still waiting. 0ur problem then is, who do we prioritize? do we take into account a policeman? whose ability to work properly affects the society at large? or do we prioritize a person who is in agony all the time and is literally suicidal? some people ring and say, "i feel that death will be better than the pain i'm suffering." how long will those waiting lists extend for? flip a coin, it's that kind of thing. but if we have a complication like a second spike or severe flu pandemic, then you know it could be, who knows, three years maybe more. we asked all health boards in wales how long it might take to clear the patient backlog caused by the pandemic. none of them could put a figure on it. but we've discovered that patients are already waiting much longer than they did before. in september there were more than 19,000 people in wales waiting more than a year for treatment. that's a ten—fold increa

if you want the nhs to look after the patients we see overwinter if you want the nhs to look after the patients we see over winter when we are at our most stretched, if you to deal with covid patients coming in and if you want us to those care backlogs, the bit you can control is the number of covid patients. you can‘t stop people having heart attacks or strokes or slipping on theice attacks or strokes or slipping on the ice and breaking their restore hip, but you can control the flow of covid patients. i recognise there are trade—offs and i recognise it is difficult, but if you want the nhs to treat everybody, including recovering those 140,000 people who have been waiting more than 52 weeks for care, it is vital that we control the flow of covid patients coming to hospital. and it is vital that everybody who is watching this programme follows those lockdown rules. you know the political arguments that there have been over the use of data leading into this current lockdown in england. are you telling us from the coalface of hospitals around england that there isa hospitals around

as nhs staff battle the second wave of the pandemic, some hospitals are once again cancelling non—urgent treatments. i'm in quite a lot of pain, some days are worse than others, sometimes i go into a spasm. you are just left in a sort of wasteland with sort of not knowing what's going on. also tonight, from covid's impact on health care to what it's doing to our economy. the uk's roller—coaster ride — a big rebound over the summer, but signs of another dip as the second lockdown bites. baby deaths at the countess of chester hospital — a maternity ward nurse is charged with murdering eight children. separated by a screen — the nottingham care home that's hoping rapid covid tests could make face—to—face visits possible again. the olympic boxer nicola adams has to pull out of strictly after her partner, katya jones, tests positive for coronavirus. and coming up on bbc news, can scotland and northern ireland secure victories which will see them join wales and england at next summer's euros? not for six decades have all four home nations featured at a major tournament. good evenin

the nhs pressure in that area. as ever with these things, it seems that each paper or individual areas will be pushing back saying whether it‘s fairorunfair pushing back saying whether it‘s fair or unfair on pushing back saying whether it‘s fairorunfairon them, pushing back saying whether it‘s fair or unfair on them, and if you are in cornwall, or the isle of wight you are doing all right but we are not allowed to travel there, if you are not living there you can‘t go there for the holiday at. as confusion as well when it comes to travelling, atjo are sticking to a faster earlier we get the real fine print and he was saying that potentially if you had a second home which gets people so angry when you travel from the higher tiers come in tier 3 you cannot but tear to your potential can travel, i‘m getting myself confused now, tier 2 to tier 1. of course there‘s still a lot of questions when it comes exactly how it will pan out after the second lockdown. it certainly seemed to be, i'm not around the rul

you know how much i value nhs workers. and colleagues right across the nhs. but i'm afraid i am going to respect cabinet confidentiality as i always do and instead allow the chancellor of the exchequer to set out the details. public sector workers currently get 7% more, on average, in pay and pensions than private sector workers. if rishi sunak takes up a suggestion by the right—leaning think tank, the centre for policy studies, the government could save £23 billion a year by freezing public sector pay for three years — or 15 billion if nhs workers were exempt. of course our incredible nhs staff have been at the forefront of this. but so have care workers. so have local authority workers. so have civil servants. if this pandemic is demonstrated one thing, it's how the government relies on the entire public service. freezing public sector pay was one of the main austerity measures after the financial crash — there were no pay rises in the public sector for three years, until 2013, and after that they were capped at 1%. that, over the decade, has cut the

he says the nhs would be overwhelmed if no action was taken. we talk to doctors and patients in liverpool, with the highest number of covid hospital cases in the uk. all these people who go round saying it's a hoax, and, you know, it's just like a bit of a bad cold and whatnot and everything, they need to get their heads straight. the prime minister accepted there would be pain for many of those affected, but he told mps the decision had to be made. i'm truly sorry for the anguish these measures will impose, particularly for businesses which had just got back on their feet. at every stage, the prime minister has been too slow, behind the curve. at every stage, he has pushed away challenge, ignored advice. we'll have more details, and we'll be looking at the latest measures being introduced in scotland. also tonight... in vienna, at least one person has been killed and several injured after a shooting in the centre of the city. on the eve of the us presidential election, we're in the all—important state of pennsylvania, where both candidates a

can't dealwith nhs capacity. but say from the modelling but we can't deal with nhs capacity. but your advice to the prime minister and the government based on nhs data and the modelling data was this is a serious prospect in a serious risk. yes. not inevitable. the action is already being taken by people are having an effect but our view is that it's just a matter of time once the r number is above one it will only go up. do these forecasts and projections include the impact of the tiered restrictions that began in parts of the country on the 14th of october? they won't yet be feeding through fully into the numbers in my view. so it's not a question of whether, the question might be a question of when. the only part of the country where at the moment i think there is realistic evidence that the numbers have flattened where the r number is approaching one is in terms of regions of the north—east. but it is still as far as we can tell going up, albeit at a much lower rate. so this is quite a widely held view. wha

and matt hancock also announced that nhs staff will now begin being tested twice a week. which will help keep people safe when they go into hospital and help keep my wonderful colleagues in the nhs safe to. turning to the vaccine, he said he'd ordered a0 million doses. but he sounded a note of caution. we do not have a vaccine yet. but we are one step closer. there are many steps still to take. the full safety data is not yet available, and our strong and independent regulator, the nhra cover will not approve the vaccine until it is clinically safe. we do not yet know whether vaccine is approved, but i have tasked the nhs with being ready for any date from the ist of december. the logistics are complex. the uncertainties are real and the scale of the job is vast. but i know the nhs, brilliantly assisted by the armed services committee will be up to the task. i want to thank, in advance, manages colleagues for the work that this will entail. i know that they will rise to the challenge. of being ready when the science comes good to inject hope into millions of arms this win

as well as testing nhs staff, ministers have promised to give us whatever the nhs needs. can you guarantee that the spending review will deliver the resources, beds and capacity to bring waiting lists the good news is, mr speaker, that we are managing to continue to drive through the backlog that understandably built up in the first peak. i think that the honourable gentleman, instead of attacking the nhs, should be backing the nhs and thanking them for the incredible ha rd thanking them for the incredible hard work that they are doing right now and we'll be doing over this winter. we now have a substantive question. thank you, mr speaker. the prime minister has announced £3 billion to support nhs capacity this winter. among other things, this money funds nightingale hospital is so money funds nightingale hospital is so extra capacity is available. it funds the nhs ongoing access to additional private sector capacity. in addition £450 million of capital funding has been announced to upgrade and expand a&es across the country to help repair the nhs for winter. that money

as nhs operations being delayed. hospitals fight to c( covid—19. as hospitals fight to contain covid—19. the times reports how the prime minister is to ease lockdown with a christmas shopping spree. the metro has "bubbles with the baubles" and says christmas lockdown rules will be eased to allow some families to mix during the festive season. "families can meet up for christmas" says the i, with an agreement between number ten and the devolved nations meaning people will be allowed to travel across the uk. the daily express has "it's official, christmas is saved! the guardian says the pm will promise mass testing in areas with the highest infection rates to head off a tory revolt over covid—19 restrictions. the telegraph reports that self—isolation will no longer be required for contacts of positive covid cases under new government plans. and the financial times reports on how the chancellor will fund schools and police in what it describes as one last hurrah before taxes rise. so let's begin... starting with the express. it's official says t

i cannot justify the nhs will have their wages frozen. i cannotjustify a significant across—the—board pay increase for all public sector workers. instead, we are targeting oui’ workers. instead, we are targeting our resources at those who need it most. but, how tojustify breaking the government's promise on the aid budget for the world's tourist? sticking rigidly to spending 0.7% of our national income on overseas aid is difficult to justify to the british people. awkward for some ministers who have stood by the targets. 0ne even quit. but there are big promises. we in government can set the direction, better schools, more homes, safer streets, but it is the individual, and the community that must become stronger, healthier and happier as a result. there's £4 billion for a infrastructure report that mps can build from four local projects, and cash to help people find work, 3 billion more for the nhs to catch up after covid, money for the additional police promised last year but no getting away from the shadows of the shutdown. coro

that is what will take pressure off the nhs. but faced with another lockdown — businesses across england say over potential damage. johnny depp loses his libel action against the sun newspaper over an article which labelled him a "wife beater". and the us presidential candidates spend the last day of campaigning crisscrossing the key battle ground states. borisjohnson has told mps that failure to impose a national lockdown in england could lead to a situation where the sick were turned away from hospitals because there would be no room for them. the prime minister has been speaking in the commons this afternoon, ahead of a vote about the forthcoming month—long shutdown. the prime minister said "the way out" of lockdown "is to lower the r number" — or reproduction rate — to beat the autumn surge. he warned that without action, there could be twice as many deaths over the winter in comparison to the first wave. but he has faced criticism from the labour leader keir starmer, who said, "at every stage the prime minister over

tonight at ten — the huge impact of coronavirus on the nhs. almost 140,000 people have been waiting for more than a year for routine operations in england. it's the highest number for 12 years — and looks set to get worse as some hospitals start to cut back even more on non urgent surgery — to the distress of many patients. i'm in quite a lot of pain. some days are worse than others. sometimes i go into a spasm. you are just left in a sort of wasteland, sort of not knowing what's going on. it comes on the day of a record number of new infections in the uk — thought to be the result of people going out and mixing in the days before this latest lockdown. reasons to be cautiously optimistic, says the chancellor after a big rebound for the economy over the summer — but there are signs of another dip as the second lockdown bites. trying to take the barriers away for care home visits — the pilot schemes to trial rapid coronavirus tests to help families see more of their loved ones. in nagorno—karabakh, the ethnic armenians burning their

staff on less than £24,000 and some nhs workers will get a wage rise. rishi sunak also warned that unemployment could rise to 2.6m by the middle of next year. and he said the economy is set to contract by 11.3% this year, the largest fall for more than 300 years. here's the chancellor this morning outlining why some public sector workers won't get a pay rise this year. if you take a step back, you talked about the economic emergency, that is the context we are dealing with, record levels of borrowing and debt, an economy that is suffering enormous stress. i wanted to get on, as you thankfully acknowledged, in investing in things people really ca re investing in things people really care about. so, new hospitals, better schools, safer streets on the infrastructure that can transform our country. in order to do that, i've had to make some tough choices. what i couldn't do is justify an across—the—board rise what i couldn't do is justify an across—the—boa rd rise in what i couldn't do is justify an across—the—board rise in public sector pay. wh

would become inevitable that the nhs would become inevitable that the nhs would be overwhelmed by cases of covid, leaving no room for important other treatments such as the car crashes that people need intensive ca re crashes that people need intensive care beds after cancer treatment, or major operations. it's clearly a judgment call in the end, when a decision is made to do this. sage we re decision is made to do this. sage were advising this should be done perhaps, some members of sage advice and it should be done several weeks ago, the government waited to see itsjudgment of ago, the government waited to see its judgment of all the evidence taken together. what difference, i know this is hypothetical, i appreciate that, but from the scientific modelling, what difference might it have made if this had happened, if we had gone into lockdown may be six weeks ago oi’ into lockdown may be six weeks ago orfour into lockdown may be six weeks ago or four weeks into lockdown may be six weeks ago orfour weeks ago, that's into lockdown may be six weeks ago or four weeks ago, that's the perio

really quickly, temper tantrums in the nhs. i'm sure this will be a great comfort to every parent who has ever had to deal with temper tantrums of small children. this is the duchess of cambridge, kate, who is doing an awful lot of work with her early yea rs project awful lot of work with her early years project and she was doing sort ofan years project and she was doing sort of an online conference talking about temper tantrums and apparently she said that she could do with some advice herself with dealing with it. so she has got a seven—year—old, a 5 euros and a two—year—old see you can imagine that even in a royal household i should imagine there is a few screens and tantrums. but she is doing an amazing job on this and pulling her heart into it. hopefully we will get your opinion in the next addition at 11:30pm but for now, thank you both very much indeed. and thatisit thank you both very much indeed. and that is it for now. coming up next, it's click. hey, welcome to click. hope you're doing 0k. now, we've met some

that is integral to what we're doing, what the nhs test and traces doing. i think there are 198 local authority teams and as we go forward, the work local authorities and others, we've mentioned the armed services are probably helping and so on, will be crucial. i just want to stress, you say is it value? it's of such importance and such value because if we don't have it, we can't know where the disease is prevalent in the way that we do. we have fantastic granular detail which enables us to have this tiering system, this regionalfocused, locally focused tiering system that we've got. and it enables people who have symptoms to get a test and find out whether they've got it or not and thereby to take themselves out of circulation. that's absolutely crucial and the point we are trying to make this evening is we can see the light at the end of the tunnel but we are not there yet. we can see the oasis but there is a long way to go. i don't want to mix my seasonal metaphors! it's... go. i don't want to mix my seasonal metaphors! it's. .. there go. i don't want t

care home residents and care home workers, and then nhs workers. then we go down the age groups and we also have high—risk individuals somewhere between very elderly people and 50—year—olds. so they are prioritised more than other people. but what we are doing, they have set out their objectives clearly. they are trying to minimise mortality and protect the nhs, but also protect the social care system which was badly hit in the first round. how ha rd badly hit in the first round. how hard is it to test a vaccine when people are socially distancing? there was a lot of talk for a while about pieces being reduced dramatically and perhaps that would impinge on the ability of the development process to have an efficient testing programme but even once the cases had been rising, people are staying away, isolating when they‘ve got it in socially distancing otherwise anyway. when they‘ve got it in socially distancing otherwise anywaylj when they‘ve got it in socially distancing otherwise anyway. i don't know about the specifics of the pfizer tr

the spending review will give a boost to the nhs, but expect a sting in the tail for public sector workers and private pensions. the spending watchdog says ppe stockpiles in england were inadequate for the covid pandemic, with a surge in price costing the taxpayer around £10 billion. and coming up this hour, shut for the first time in a century — how the closure of a village hall in rural wiltshire has affected a whole community during the pandemic. hello, good morning, welcome to bbc news. we begin with some news that has just news. we begin with some news that hasjust emerged in news. we begin with some news that has just emerged in the last few minutes, which we brought to you in the headlines. the duchess of sussex has revealed she has had a miscarriage in an article she has written for the new york times. she says that she miscarried in july, and her article for the new york times begins, it began as an ordinaryjuly morning, as ordinary as any other day, making breakfast, feeding her dogs, taking vitamins, finding a missing sock, picking up a rogue crayon that rolled under the tabl

but you know how much i value nhs workers. and colleagues right across the nhs. 0k. but i'm afraid i am going to respect cabinet confidentiality, as i always do, and instead allow the chancellor of the exchequer to set out the details, because then he can set out the broad landscape. because of course, as well as a very tough situation when it comes to health this year with the coronavirus, there is of course an incredibly tough economic situation as well. dave prentis is general secretary of the uk's biggest trade union, unison. hejoins us now. thank you he joins us now. thank you for your time today, dave prentis. we do not know the full detail of what the chancellor will announce in the spending review but you are clear that all public sector workers should get a pay rise. i've got no doubt whatsoever. the statement this morning and the policy unit behind it, what they are saying, the pay freeze for public sector workers, it's like going back to the days of austerity over the last decade when those public service workers who paid the price, pay freezes, 700,000 jo

christine asks: both my daughter and son in law work for the nhs. they have two children aged 8 and 4. as grandparents, can we have the children to stay to give their mum and dad some respite? they would come under the category of essential care givers and childcare is one of those essential items that they have to do. therefore, of course, they can do it, but my supplementary advice, you are going from one household to another, make sure you keep your circulation amongst other humans are low because you do not want to be introducing infections to other households. right, that is clear. joyce asks: can my husband and i travel a0 miles within our own local authority to collect our 3 year old granddaughter and take her to a park? the brief answer is yes, a few caveats, people in england are being encouraged not to travel outside their local area if they can avoid it but if that is within the local authority area, if you can do that within a few hours, that is acceptable. the second point, crucially, that you are outdoors, so people are allowed to meet

nhs england has told each primary ca re area nhs england has told each primary care area to nominate a gp surgery to runa care area to nominate a gp surgery to run a clinic dedicated to delivering the vaccine seven days a week. how difficult will it be? we can't speak to the chief medical 0fficer can't speak to the chief medical officer of doctor care anywhere. thank you forjoining us. it is been described as the biggest vaccination campaign in history. is primary care, are gps really going to be able to cope with this? good evening, i think it is a really exciting campaign for us to be able to talk about and there is no doubt that it will be a bit with just tickle challenge when we're talking about the particular pfizer vaccine thatis about the particular pfizer vaccine that is been announced this week. at gp practices have been very used to delivering vaccine campaigns throughout the country and geared up from a documentation point of view with a contact with patient positive perspective, the vaccine is run very successfully as well as child immunisations. i think gp practices are

in people aged 80 and over, plus front line nhs workers. the vaccine will then be allocated to younger age groups in bands of five yea rs. younger age groups in bands of five years. but that is dependent on it being effective in older adults and we are still waiting for that data. adults under 65 with underlying health conditions will also be given some priority. there should be enough doses of the pfizer vaccine to immunise 20 million people, so younger adults may have to wait for other vaccines to come through. the pfizer vaccine is not intended for children. the health secretary said the military and nhs staff would be on standby to roll out a vaccine from the start of december. the uncertainties are real and the scale of thejob is uncertainties are real and the scale of the job is vast. but i know that the nhs, brilliantly assisted by the armed services, will be up to the task. vaccinate as well go into care homes to immunise vulnerable, older residents. gp surgeries will play a crucial role, some may be open seven days a week. and larg

i work for the nhs myself, so i understand the pressure the nhs is under with covid, and how it has been dealt with, but if it wasn't for those i feel i would totally be on my own. coronavirus has consumed the health service. the latest figures for september show the number of patients waiting for more than a year for routine operations is the highest it's been since 2008. nhs england say nearly 140,000 people waited more than 12 months. in total, there are now more than 4.3 million on the waiting list. if you want nhs to look after the patients we see overwinter list. if you want nhs to look after the patients we see over winter when we are at our most stretch, if you wa nt we are at our most stretch, if you want us to deal with covid patients coming in, and recover those backlogs, the bit you can control is the number of covid patients. you can't stop people having heart attacks, strokes, slipping over on the ice. cancer services are now back to pre—pandemic levels but there is still a significant backlog. these latest figures also don't take the pressures of the second wave into acc

the nhs risks failing the patients it's there to serve. it is very depressing, if you're out there, if you need a new hip, if you're in pain, you can't walk, we can't help you right now. the covid intensive care unit at the royal liverpool hospital is at full stretch. she's not synchronising. medical teams work non—step to help patients struggling for breath. like douglas, who is 73, a former bus driver and crane operator. i was doing 0k, and then i suddenly went down hill. the sealed plastic hood he is wearing enables oxygen to flow into his lungs under pressure. it's a bit claustrophobic but it's doing the job. that's all that matters to me. he takes a dim view of those who down play the seriousness of coronavirus. all these people that go round saying it's a hoax, and, you know, it'sjust like a bit of a bad cold and whatnot and everything, they need to get their heads straight, because i have never ever ever been so ill in all my born days. this is an absolute crippler. staff sickness levels are three times normal. critical care now d

i work for the nhs myself, so i understand the pressure the nhs is under with covid, and how it has been dealt with, but if it wasn't for those i feel i would totally be on my own. coronavirus has consumed the health service. the latest figures for september show the number of patients waiting for more than a year for routine operations is the highest it's been since 2008. nhs england say nearly 140,000 people waited more than 12 months. in total, there are now more than 4.3 million on the waiting list. if you want the nhs to look after the patients we see over winter when we are at our most stretched, if you want us to deal with covid patients coming in, and recover those backlogs, the bit you can control is the number of covid patients. you can't stop people having heart attacks, strokes, slipping over on the ice. cancer services are now back to pre—pandemic levels but there is still a significant backlog. these latest figures also don't take the pressures of the second wave into account, with cancellations of non—urgent work already happening. anoushka found a cyst on her breast i

together, while we invest in our nhs, we must also protect our nhs. so it will always be there for all of us during this pandemic and beyond. i am so grateful for the resolve that people have shown throughout the crisis. thanks to this shared sacrifice, we‘ve been able to announce that we will not be renewing our national restrictions in england, and we‘ve been able to announce uk wide arrangements for christmas, allowing friends and loved ones to reunite and form a five day christmas bubble. and i know that this news provides hope for so many. but we must remain vigilant. there are still today 16,570 people in hospital with coronavirus across the uk. and 696 deaths were reported yesterday. that means 696 more families mourning the loss of a loved one, and the house mourns with them. so, as tempting as it may be, we cannot simply flick a switch and try to return life straight to normal, because if we did this, we wouldn‘t do the hard work of so many, and see the nhs overwhelmed, with all that that would entail. we must keep suppressing the virus