glasgow one final question if i may, one _ at risk moving forwards. glasgow one final question if! may, one never- final question if i may, one never knows how much this is kite flying which does happen from time to time and politicians want to test the waters were things but there was a story a couple of weeks ago suggesting the government might look at possibly scrapping part of the h52 at possibly scrapping part of the hs2 plans, possibly kind of pushing further back the timetable. does that trouble you?— further back the timetable. does that trouble you? what concerns me and i think concerns _ that trouble you? what concerns me and i think concerns many _ that trouble you? what concerns me | and i think concerns many businesses is the deep and long impact that covid and this pandemic is having on many businesses. what we all need to do is think very carefully about how we can recover, and what we are saying today is that eurostar needs to have some support so that when passengers do return, and they will, they will return in a different form and eurostar are still able to ope

edinburgh beat glasgow 10—7 in the pro 1a. a tight match remanied scoreless for over an hour before jaco van der walt got edinburgh's first points on the board. a few minutes later the home side extended their lead, when magnus bradbury crossed the line. glasgow got a late try but 10—7 to edinburgh it finished elsewhere in the pro 1a. ulster survived a late fightback by munster, to maintain their 100% win record in pool a. ulster with a 15—10 victory. and zebre beat bennetton by 24—15 earlier on. england's cricketers are heading to sri lanka, for their two—test series, which starts on the 14th . and there's been a really impressive performance from one player not involved in the tour. dawid malan, the world's best t20 batsman, steered hobart hurricanes to victory in australia's big bash league, he top—scored with 75, as they set melbourne stars a target of 165. and the visitors fell 21 runs short. the big race of the day, the unibet tolworth hurdle at sandown, was won by the 7—4 favourite metier ridden by sean bowe

the road to glasgow will be marked not just by promises but by progress at a pace that we can all be proud of. and gina is going to be putting her efforts into making certain that that is true. the world will measure us by what we can do here at home. so with these executive actions today, we believe we're stepping further don that journey. thank you.

but a miss, and it is glasgow's night in this oldest of royal rulers. —— oldest of rivalries. adam wild, bbc news. there's more on the bbc sport website including the latest on heather watson and almost 50 other tennis players being confined to their hotel rooms ahead of the australian open after a positive coronavirus case on their flights. thank you very much indeed. the duke of cambridge has praised those involved in the coronavirus vaccine rollout in a video call with nhs staff and volunteers — describing the effort as a monumental moment. he also said he was proud of the queen and duke of edinburgh for having their covid—19 vaccinations. here's andy moore. hello, your royal highness. good morning, everybody. prince william spoke to a number of medics from different parts of what he called the world leading nhs, all involved in the roll out of the vaccine. i want to say huge congratulations to everyone involved in the vaccination programme because it looks tremendous, it really does, and i know what a massive difference it's going to make to everyone. and the vaccine w

glasgow will be extremely important. in fact, i would say in myjudgment it is the last best chance the world has to come together in order to do the things we need to do to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis. the uk government, as host of the glasgow conference, will be hoping mr kerry's efforts pay off. in his first interview since becoming full—time president of the summit, alok sharma says having a us administration that's really engaged on the climate issue is good news indeed. i think it's great to have the us administration back at that table on the global fight against climate change. i think what's incredibly encouraging is that, within hours of the inauguration being completed, president biden, one of the first executive orders he signed was to rejoin the paris agreement. it is only a week since the new administration took power, and it has already taken big steps to reverse trump's policies on climate, but the agenda is ambitious, and bothjoe biden and john kerry know their efforts will have t

, in november. nations summit, in glasgow, in november-— nations summit, in glasgow, in november. ., ~ , ., ., , ., november. thank you for the update, chris. the foreign secretary dominic raab has condemned authorities in russia after police there detained more than 2,000 people at protests in support of the jailed opposition leader alexei navalny. large gatherings took place across russia, including the eastern cities of vladivostok and khabarovsk. in the siberian city of yakutsk, protesters braved temperatures of —50 degrees. the main demonstration was in the capital, moscow, from where our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. in moscow, you can feel the anger. police had warned people any protests would be broken up, any protester risked arrest. but thousands came to pushkin square to support the kremlin�*s fiercest critic, alexei navalny. "freedom to navalny," they cried. and, "russia without putin." on her way to the protest, mr navalny�*s wife, yulia, was detained by police. so were hundreds of others — for taking part in what the authorities called an unsanctioned g

boris johnson november in glasgow. boris johnson has _ november in glasgow. boris johnson has enjoyed a - johnson has enjoyed a close relationship with president trump. he started off as mayor of london saying that he was stupefyingly english and when it was president trump, he said there were many good policies. they really bonded, president trump and borisjohnson over brexit and this is where you might find life more difficult withjoe biden because he hasn't agreed,. it seems boris johnson mayjust be tempted and to look at bending the withdrawal agreement. the advice would be for boris johnson from therese of may would be to stick to his agreements and maintain the moral high ground. let's catch up with all the latest sport now. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is your wednesday sport briefing. )leicester city went top of the english premier league on tuesday — after beating chelsea 2—0. it's a result that puts more pressure on chelsea boss frank lampard whose side underperformed again. leicester took the lead early on through wilfried ndidi and ja

we'll be live in glasgow. also this lunchtime: scientists say they're disappointed that covid infections aren't falling quickly enough in england to ease pressure on hospitals. the government insists there will be no interruption to the uk's vaccine supplies from astrazeneca, in a continuing row with the eu about a supply shortage. nearly one in three police officers in england and wales say they've been threatened by someone claiming to have covid—19. and how singing classes can help people cope with the breathlessness and fatigue that comes with long covid. and coming up in sport on bbc news: manchester united condemn the racial abuse of their players on social media following last night's defeat to sheffield united. defender axel tuanzebe was one of the targets. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. on a visit to scotland, the prime minister has thanked nhs staff and emphasised the importance of the uk working together in tackling coronavirus. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has que

markets but even as it leaves the glasgow processing plant no one can be quite sure it will actually arrive it is very very difficult very well we don't know what's up with girls the time to wait for you know you to take 24 hours to be in front know you can take 234 days to the front last week with us. we lost it all someone else we could call the product quality like that last week about half a tonne. in the bit bucket but you're right the front losses are mounting seafoods sometimes left to rot with e.u. customers cancelling orders and prices plummeting because of border checks and failing computer systems but if it's important you'll just stop those also forever now you know because you lose so much money you know it's not viable anymore but solutions to now permanent trade rules may be hard to find and the scottish fishing . industry's main trade body has accused the government in westminster of lying about the benefits of breaks it warning many of its members fear for their livelihoods scottish fishing communities aren't alone among u.k. businesses in feeling the pain of new bor

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glasgow will be extremely important. in fact, i would say in myjudgment it is the last best chance the world has to come together in order to do the things we need to do to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis. the uk government, as host of the glasgow conference, will be hoping mr kerry's efforts pay off. in his first interview since becoming full—time president of the summit, alok sharma says having a us administration that's really engaged on the climate issue is good news indeed. i think it's great to have the us administration back at that table on the global fight against climate change. i think what's incredibly encouraging is that, within hours of the inauguration being completed, president biden, one of the first executive orders he signed was to rejoin the paris agreement. it is only a week since the new administration took power, and it has already taken big steps to reverse trump's policies on climate, but the agenda is ambitious, and bothjoe biden and john kerry know their efforts will have t

glasgow will be extremely important. in fact, i would say in myjudgment it is the last best chance the world has to come together in order to do the things we need to do to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis. the uk government, as host of the glasgow conference, will be hoping mr kerry's efforts pay off. in his first interview since becoming full—time president of the summit, alok sharma says having a us administration that's really engaged on the climate issue is good news indeed. i think it's great to have the us administration back at that table on the global fight against climate change. i think what's incredibly encouraging is that, within hours of the inauguration being completed, president biden, one of the first executive orders he signed was to rejoin the paris agreement. it is only a week since the new administration took power, and it has already taken big steps to reverse trump's policies on climate, but the agenda is ambitious, and bothjoe biden and john kerry know their efforts will have t

an actionable, accountable way to bring our cities together to sign that in glasgow. secretary kerry, it is kind of you to join us. you are somebody on the global level, and we know those interactions whether it is through sister cities, peer pressure of cities around the world, how are you looking to help our department of state in your role as a global ambassador to integrate american cities to help push these local -- global agreements at the subnational level? sec. kerry: is a great question and i mentioned a moment ago. you guys are the example. i know that in -- paris set a floor, not a ceiling for where we are going. in 2017 there were only a handful of cities that committed to clean electricity. today, 155 had made that commitment. the independent climate disclosure project named 88 cities around the planet as a list and more than a quarter of those are american cities. that gives me bragging rights, that gets me leverage when i go out there and i have said this to gina, what we put on the table as our national, determined contribution. it is a term in the par

the road to glasgow will be marked not just by promises, but by progress, at a pace we can all be proud of. and gina is going to be putting her efforts into making concern that is true. the world will measure us by what we can do here at home. so with these executive actions today, we believe we're steps further down that journey. thank you. >> all right. let's start with nancy. >> thank you so much. secretary kerry, a question for you and then for administrator mccarthy. you talked about the fact that it won't really matter what we do very much if the world doesn't do the same thing. but the u.s. has had a fairly rocky relationship with china recently. how do you plan to try to bring both china and india to the table on this? >> before i answer that, let me just say that the issue of making a difference, i.e., what we do at home, what i'm saying is, you can't solve a problem alone. but our doing things makes an enormous difference. where gina succeeds in pulling together is essential to our ability to have credibility in the world. now, with respect to china, obviously, we have serious

and am now asked by the president, by president biden to make sure that we do the same in glasgow, if not more. so, i had no one to question our credibility at this point in time. someone probably will, and the answer will be that i think we can achieve over the course of the next four years, things i will move the marketplace. the private sector. global finance. innovation, research that in fact no one, no one political person in the future will be able to undo. the planet will be organizing over the next few months and years. this is the start of something new. i don't know if you read larry's letter at black rock the other day, yesterday, but there is a new awareness among major asset managers, commercial banks, and others, about the need to be putting resources into this endeavor because it is major investment to manage. so, i -- i think the proof will be and what we do. neither gina nor i are going to start, you know, throwing around a lot of big promises, but you heard what she just said. we will work very closely because we are going to try to bring to the table to help inform

will be hosting in september. >> glasgow will be extremely important. in fact, i would say in my judgment, it's the last, best chance the world has to come together in order to do the things we need to do to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis. reporter: the u.k. government, as host of the conference, will be hosting -- hoping his efforts pay off. in his first interview since becoming full-time president of the summit, he says having a u.s. administration really engaged on the climate issue is good news, indeed. >> i think it is great to have the u.s. administration back at the table on the global fight against climate change. i think what is incredibly encouraging is that within hours of the inauguration being completed, president biden, one of the first executive orders he signed was to rejoin the paris agreement. reporter: it is only a week since the new administration took power, and it has already taken big steps to reverse trump's policies on climate. but the agenda is ambitious, and both joe biden and john kerry no, their -- know,

james, many thanks, our 00:18:41,478 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 correspondent in glasgow 00:00:00,000 --> 2147483051:36:44,715 hospitality closed, and people again 2147483051:36:44,715 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 told to stay at home unless it is arle na arlena foster was saying this is very serious. we are seeing a very sharp writing in cases ever since christmas and gatherings of people out in the open on the street there is been photographic evidence of that it's been going around. the big question at the moment is restrictions on schools. most school pupils in northern ireland and got delayed by about a week. but the executive is discussing possible further restrictions on the first minister arlene foster has said that she would regret it very much if schools had to close like they did backin schools had to close like they did back in march but that is one of the things that they must look at my having to do. unfortunately the advice coming to us is very stark. today we had 1801 positive cases in terms of covid—19. if you look over the last seven days it has reason from 5000 over sev

in and glasgow. further south, recovering 8 degrees. in and glasgow. furthersouth, low single figures for most. a degree also on yesterday. tonight, there's temperatures continue to climb, more cloud pushing in from the west, a breeze picking up. very wet across the north and west of scotland, perhaps some localised flooding. you can see temperature —wise, away from the south—east, it is a frost free night. loads of seven or 8 degrees for parts of scotland and northern ireland. this week it will be milder than the weekjust gone. they will bea than the weekjust gone. they will be a bit of rain at times, mainly across western areas, some snow over the hills in the north. this is the pressure chart form and they can even see low pressure chart form and they can even see low pressures pressure chart form and they can even see low pressures of the north of the country. outbreaks of rain. the milder air making inroads for most of the country. the cold air will turn some mothering into snow over northolt and scotland. it could be quite heavy. father south

in scotland, more than 5,000 nhs staff were vaccinated here, at a temporary hospital in glasgow, over the weekend. larger centres are also open in wales, and northern ireland. there are some early signs that lockdown measures might be working, and infections are starting to fall back in some places. it is more positive news, but will take time to be reflected in hospital admissions, meaning the pressure on nhs services is likely to continue for weeks to come. jim reed, bbc news. the latest government figures show there were 38,598 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means on average the number of new cases reported per day in the last week was 46,231. across the uk an average of 35,882 people were in hospital with coronavirus over the seven days to friday. 671 deaths were reported, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. so on average in the past week, 1,119 deaths were announced every day, taking the total across the uk, to 89,261. 0n vaccinations, 298,087 people have had their first dose of one of the three approve

glasgow survived a late fightback tojust edge out edinburgh in rugby union's pro ia. this try from george turner put glasgow in control, but edinburgh hit back and could have won it, but jaco van der walt�*s missed conversion preserved the glasgow's one—point lead and moved them off the bottom of their conference. history will made at the masters snooker today. we'll either have the oldest ever winner injohn higgins or the youngest winner for more than 25 years in yan bingtao. two—time champion higgins — who knocked ronnie 0'sullivan out in the quarter finals and first made a masters final back in 1995 — saw off david gilbert last night and described his 20—year—old chinese opponent today as an old head on young shoulders. you might be aware of sir ben ainslie's attempts to qualify for the america's cup in march — his british team are competing in the challenger series for the right to face the holders team new zealand for the main prize.. they're competing against two other teams, one of those american magic, who got into some difficulties in one of t

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cool at least for the time being we'll see a temperature of gradually rising up towards the northwest glasgow getting up to 7 degrees celsius on sunday afternoon way warmer than spain poor madrid will struggle to get to around 4 celsius need to say still some snow flurries up towards the pyrenees up towards boss lower and some of the pictures you go on into a monday wetter weather will spill out by the state into that western side of the mediterranean still cool hip you can see that mahler wetter weather pushing into the northwest 9 celsius in glasgow by this stage similar temperature that will see in rome as that wintry mix down towards a southeastern corner of europe and across the black sea so once it weather will make its way out of spain and portugal into northwestern parts of africa we're back with a high of just 11 degrees. sponsored paul qatar airways talk to motors there are we heard scott realistically how can you do with institutionalized corruption in this country we listen if this breaks up into a conflict between pakistan and india this has implications for the rest of the world

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glasgow got a late try but edinburgh held on. there's more on all yesterday's games on the bbc sport website. british boxer luke campbell said he was "heartbroken" after his hopes of another world title shot suffered a severe blow. in the early hours of this morning, campbell was beaten on a technical knockout by the rising american star ryan garcia in a gripping lightweight fight in dallas. campell, the olympic champion from london 2012, —— campbell, the olympic champion from london 2012, landed a left hook in round two to floor garcia. but he recovered — and he was the first man to beat campbell by stoppage when the fight was halted in the seventh round. campbell told garcia afterwards that he punched harder than anyone he'd everfaced. so garcia moves towards a title challenge, but at 33, campbell is running out of time. england's cricketers have arrived in sri lanka, for their two—test tour. a charter flight landed in the south of the island, where all members of the party and their belongings were sprayed with disinfe

disaster, when 66 people were crushed to death leaving a football match between rangers and celtic in glasgow — one of scotland's worst peacetime tragedies. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. i'm shaun ley. the uk's largest teaching union is calling for all schools in england to close for two weeks, after the government ordered all primaries in london to remain shut when the new term begins. pupils in some boroughs in the capital were due to return on monday. the government says the city—wide closures were a "last resort" due to rising coronavirus infections. here's our education correspondent, dan johnson. keeping children in school has always been the priority, with closures and more home learning a last resort. the government was forced to make that move, announcing on wednesday that primary schools in most parts of london and some other areas in the south—east couldn't have pupils back next week because of increasing case numbers. the london boroughs not included cha

glenn campbell from glasgow _ the headlines on bbc news... more than 70 cases of the south african variants have been identified in the uk with concerns of vaccine may be less effective against it. a number of covid—19 cases in the united states passes 25 million. the number of deaths has soared to nearly 418,000. israel announces it will ban incoming flights from monday evening until the end of january flights from monday evening until the end ofjanuary in order to contain the spread of coronavirus. people in amsterdam have been taking part in protests against new coronavirus restrictions introduced by the dutch government. police have used water cannon to disperse the demonstrators. netherlands has imposed its first night—time curfew since world war ii in a bid to stop the spread of new coronavirus mutations after a majority of lawmakers supported the emergency measure during a debate on thursday. egypt, the arab world's most populous country, has begun the process of vaccinating its more than 100 million citizens. the first recipients

to express our values around the world leading both the g 7 and the cop 26 climate change summit in glasgow however the u.k. is also dealing with a big escalation in the coronavirus pandemic at the same time surging infections in england are forcing authorities to reactivate the emergency hospitals which were set up when the pandemic began most of the so-called nightingale hospitals have been largely unused fishel say they are now being prepared to admit patients if other medical centers reach that capacity. to other news and at least $140.00 congressional republicans are reportedly to oppose counting the electoral college votes next week when president elect joe biden's victory is expected to be certified although it could trigger a long debate president trump supporters really have no chance of overturning the results a peacekeeping operation run by the african union and the united nations in darfur is closing after 13 years the mission in sudan will gradually wind down fully ends in june of next year that was launched to end the conflict that's killed more than 300000 people since 2003 a

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of help and social care workers, ——today, thousands of health and social care workers, like here in glasgow, had been receiving their coronavirus vaccine. you get the vaccines out. obviously do your dosage counting. and from scotland to south wales and the llyn peninsula, this pilot aims to reach those who are unable to travel to the larger sites. very pleased and looking forward to the next one. but while the roll—out rolls on, so do questions about the gap between the first and second dose. as pressure intensified on hospitals in december, the dosage gap was extended to 12 weeks. the uk's chief medical officer said millions of the most vulnerable were more likely to become severely ill without a jab, and this was the best way to reach more of them quickly. but some senior doctors want the intervalfor the pfizerjab reduced to six weeks. that would still allow many more people to have a first dose, compared to a three—week interval, but at least it would be in keeping with international best—practice guidance. there is no other nation internationally that has adopted a 12—week delay

james cook, bbc news, glasgow. in a moment, we'll be speaking to emma vardy, who's outside stormont in northern ireland, but first our correspondent hywel griffith is at the senedd in cardiff. white hywel, just take us through the measures that are being enforced in wales and how they compare with what it is across the border in england. yes, well, wales has been ina england. yes, well, wales has been in a national lockdown for the last two weeks, the instruction to stay at home has been in force since december the 20th, so nonessential retail closed over the christmas period, and although there is a review of all of that at the end of this week, we have been told they measures are likely to stay in place until the end of january. measures are likely to stay in place until the end ofjanuary. but measures are likely to stay in place until the end of january. but new measures are being brought in. this evening the welsh government has pushed back school closures, so no face—to—face learning in schools or colleges

moment because the uk will be chairing that cop 26 summit on climate change, united nations summit in glasgow in november. so whats�*s the view across the pond? well, the bbc�*s washington correspondent nomia iqbal explained why speaking to a new us president is considered a badge of honour amongst world leaders. whenever there is a new president, everyone wants to get in there as quickly as possible to make their case, to try to get lots of deals, and the statementjust reading in front of me, it's a very warm statements, as you can imagine. borisjohnson congratulating joe biden on his victory and touching on lots of issues as chris mentioned there, climate change. what really stood out for me, however, were talks of a trade deal which is hugely important to the uk as we know because the uk has left the european union and wants a trade deal as soon as possible. in fact, in the statement, the words as soon as possible were written in terms of discussing the benefits of a potential free—trade deal. those are the words used in the statement. the truth is that that the biden administration

yes, a beautiful winter, crisp day here on the south side of glasgow, perfect for a football match, ongoing behind me here at ibrox. 0—0 heading towards half—time. also a day to remember, to remember the 66 men, women and children who came to watch this fixture 50 years ago today and lost their lives. crushed today and lost their lives. crushed to death on a stairway to the east of the stadium, a crash that left metal barriers crumpled, 200 people injured, and families up and down the country mourning and knowing their lives would never be the same. today the club director laid a wreath outside the ground and the clu b wreath outside the ground and the club captain is laying a wreath before a minute's silence here at the stadium. steven gerard, the rangers manager, urging fans to stay away with coronavirus still dictating here. but in a city quite often divided by football, today there is unity to remember those who, 50 years ago today, came to watch this game and never made it home. thanks. england's cricketers are heading to sri lanka for their two—test series, which starts on the 1

james cook, bbc news, glasgow. in a moment, we'll speak to our ireland correspondent emma vardy, but first our wales correspondent hywel griffiths joins us from the senedd, hywel, an announcement is due imminently from the welsh government. the welsh government has confirmed that there will be a phased return to learning by january vat. we were told last week that to close schools would be a last resort, but it seems thatis would be a last resort, but it seems that is the point we have reached. wales is in a national lockdown and has been for the last two weeks, since the 20th of december. people have been told to stay at home. you remember back then wales had the worst coronavirus case rate within the uk. moving into the new year, the uk. moving into the new year, the situation has improved, but the pressure is now being felt on the front line and welsh hospitals are treating more covid patients than at any other time. emma, ministers are meeting tonight to discuss further restrictions there. they are. northern ir

this was glasgow united — united in remembrance and in a determination that the 66 people who came along here 50 years ago to watch their team and never returned home, will never be forgotten. chris mclaughlin, bbc news, ibrox stadium. that's it. the prime minister will be on the andrew marr show tomorrow at 9am, and i'll be back with the late news tonight at 10:00pm. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. bye for now. hello. this is bbc news. employers in all sectors have been cutting hundreds of thousands of jobs, as the economy struggles people out of work. our business correspondent, sarah corker, spoke to some of them about the chalenge of finding a job. three people who all lost theirjobs because of the pandemic. olympia, rebecca and heather were facing the toughestjobs market for a generation. we've got no money coming in, so we'll survive as long as we can. i first met olympia and herfamily back in may. she was touring as part of a circus troupe when the first lockdown restrictions came in and they were stranded on morecambe seafront for months. with no money coming in,

the road to glasgow will be marked not just by promises, but by progress at a pace that we can all be proud of and gina will put her efforts into making certain that that is true. the world will measure us by what we can do at home. with these executive actions today, we believe that we are steps further down that journey. thank you. >> thank you so much, secretary kerry, question for you. you talked about the fact that it will not really matter what we do very much at the rest of the world does not do the same thing, but the u.s. has had a fairly rocky relationship with china recently. how do you plan to try to bring both china and india to the table? mr. kerry: let me just say, before i answer that, the issue of making a difference, what we do at home, what i am saying is, you cannot solve the problem alone, but our doing things makes an enormous difference. if gina succeeds in pulling together, it is essential to our ability to have credibility in the world. with respect to china, obviously, we have serious differences with china and imported issues and i am as mindful of that as a