Charities say its bad timing. In december we saw that 2. 1 Million People were behind on their bills. Thats 600,000 more than february last year. An outstanding 100 by an outstanding player. Scoring a hundred at his 100th test joe root� s special day. This is a meeting called by two councilors. Illegally who may now elect a chairman. Not they cant, because the vice chairs here i take charge and, when Online Meetings go wrong. The Parish Council session thats gone viral. And coming up on bbc news, the only two male brits in the Australian Open have been drawn against each other. Dan evans will play Cameron Norrie in the first round. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Covid infections are continuing to fall in most parts of the uk, with one in 65 people testing positive in england in the last week of january. New figures from the office for National Statistics show a drop in scotland and Northern Ireland with infections remaining level in wales. It comes amidst calls for the government to give more details on the easing of lockdown measures. In a further development, the government says it plans to give everyone in england who is over 50 or clinically vulnerable at least one dose of vaccine by may. 0ur Health CorrespondentKatherine Da Costa reports. England Katherine Da Costa reports. Has made a strong stai the england has made a strong start to the vaccination programme. More than 10 Million People have now had their first dose. In the next few weeks, experts say immunisation should have a real impact on reducing deaths and hospital admissions. That has prompted a small number of conservative backbenchers to renew calls for an early end to lockdown. We know what the government set was the reason for this third lockdown. Now that threat is receding, we ought to be, and indeed we are, and the government says we are, looking to open up. We also know now that the vaccines are going to benefit, with the enormous number of people who have been vaccinated, and we also know the vaccines are going to benefit, in terms of transmissions, in terms of cutting hospitalisations. All of those metrics should be moving rapidly in the right direction. The right direction. Latest figures show infections the right direction. Latest figures show infections are the right direction. Latest figures show infections are falling the right direction. Latest figures show infections are falling across most parts of the uk and have labelled off in wales. The prevalence remains high, with the office of National Statistics adjusting one in 65 had the virus in england in the week to last saturday. But the Health Service is still under intense pressure, with 50 more Covid Patients done during the first peak last spring. Health Officials Say cases need to be at very low levels before restrictions a re very low levels before restrictions are eased to avoid another surge. This virus is not pleasant for patients. Its not pleasant to do a bit and we would like to see levelled at a really safe level before we take our foot off the gas. We dont want to be in this position again and we want our hospitals in some sort of state that they can cope with what used to be normal, if we are going to head back towards that. U. , we are going to head back towards that. H. ,. ,. ,. , we are going to head back towards that. ,. ,. ,. , , that. Vaccination remains our best wa of that. Vaccination remains our best way of tackling that. Vaccination remains our best way of tackling the that. Vaccination remains our best way of tackling the virus. Way of tackling the virus. Assessments of the roll out so far have found both the pfizer and astrazeneca vaccines are extremely safe. Data up to the 24th Of January found nearly 23,000 suspected side effects were reported. Thats about three in every 1000 people. The vast majority of cases were mild, such as a sore arm or tiredness. Severe allergic reactions to the Pfizer Vaccine are very rare, affecting between one and two cases per 100,000. Affecting between one and two cases per100,000. Because affecting between one and two cases per 100,000. Because of the risk, doctors have said that those with a history of significant allergic reaction should not have the Pfizer Vaccine. ,. ,. ,. , vaccine. They have data from 10 Million People, vaccine. They have data from 10 Million People, and vaccine. They have data from 10 Million People, and they vaccine. They have data from 10 Million People, and they look i vaccine. They have data from 10| Million People, and they look as safe as they were reported in the earliest studies. So that is really encouraging. That is a huge amount of data showing that, essentially, the side effects are no different to most vaccines that we get. I hope that will be very reassuring to the General Public. That will be very reassuring to the General PublicGeneral Public. Assessments will continue as General Public. Assessments will continue as the General Public. Assessments will continue as the rollout General Public. Assessments will continue as the rollout is General Public. Assessments will i continue as the rollout is wrapped continue as the roll out is wrapped up. The government hopes to have offered more than 30 Million People, the over 50s and those with health conditions, and jab by the spring. The government has been defending its plans to quarantine people arriving in the uk, in a scheme due to begin in ten days time. People travelling from countries with high Infection Rates will have to stay in a hotel at their own expense, in an effort to control the spread of new variants of coronavirus. Labour says the scheme should extend to all international travellers. Helena wilkinson reports. Its Hotels Near Airports like heathrow which are expected to sign up. Once a uk resident or Irish National arrives from one of 30 covid hot spots, they will be escorted and required to quarantine for ten nights in a hotel. The Government Banker says they are working at pace and hotels will have enough time to prepare. The working at pace and hotels will have enough time to prepare. Enough time to prepare. The whole oint of enough time to prepare. The whole point of this enough time to prepare. The whole point of this is enough time to prepare. The whole point of this is that enough time to prepare. The whole point of this is that we enough time to prepare. The whole point of this is that we give enough time to prepare. The whole point of this is that we give the point of this is that we give the hotels notice, because they will need to change the way they operate. We are asking them to do something very different. We are giving them time to make adjustments and we also ourselves time to ensure that this policy is effective, by working with International Partners and giving our Border Enforcement Officials the time they need to prepare to make this work. The time they need to prepare to make this work. ,. , time they need to prepare to make this work. , time they need to prepare to make this work. ,. , this work. The Quarantine Rules are bein this work. The Quarantine Rules are being brought this work. The Quarantine Rules are being brought in this work. The Quarantine Rules are being brought in to this work. The Quarantine Rules are being brought in to control this work. The Quarantine Rules are being brought in to control the being brought in to control the spread of new variants of the virus. But some hotels say they have not been contacted by the government. 0thers been contacted by the government. Others say they wont have enough time to prepare. The Chief Executive of the London Hotel Group already runs a hotel that accommodates people quarantining because of covid. It took them nine months to set up. Covid. It took them nine months to set u. , covid. It took them nine months to set u. ,. , covid. It took them nine months to setu. ,. , set up. There has been no open dialouue set up. There has been no open dialogue between set up. There has been no open dialogue between hospitality i set up. There has been no open dialogue between Hospitality Sector and the government. I sent a step plan to them last week, and yesterday afternoon a document has come out and they are expecting people to fill that document in and submit it, and give these hotels open on the 15th of february. Labour sa s the open on the 15th of february. Labour says the scheme open on the 15th of february. Labour says the scheme should open on the 15th of february. Labour says the scheme should be open on the 15th of february. Labour| says the scheme should be extended to all international travellers, not just some countries. It is to all international travellers, not just some countries. Just some countries. It is utterly shambolic just some countries. It is utterly shambolic that just some countries. It is utterly shambolic that this just some countries. It is utterly shambolic that this is just some countries. It is utterly shambolic that this is being just some countries. It is utterly shambolic that this is being brought into effect on the 15th of february. That is into effect on the 15th of february. That is over into effect on the 15th of february. That is over 50 days since the South African that is over 50 days since the South African strain was first discovered in This African Strain was first discovered in this country. And little wonder, frankly, in this country. And little wonder, frankly, that it reached our shores. It is expected more than 1000 residents per day will return from places where new variants are prevalent. Details on how passengers will book their place in a Quarantine Hotel are expected to be set out by the government next week. Helena wilkinson, bbc news. Waless Education MinisterKirsty Williams says the country is not yet in a position to allow all School Pupils to return to the classroom. She confirmed that children aged 3 7 will be back at school from february 22, along with some older children on Vocational College courses. But there has been no timetable given for a return for other children. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym is here. Another busy day. We focus on new figures, of course. A fall in many parts of the uk. What should we be reading into this . Reading into this . Well, jane, this week has brought reading into this . Well, jane, this week has brought more reading into this . Well, jane, this week has brought more positive i reading into this . Well, jane, this week has brought more positive news. We learn from Professor Chris Whitty that, in the view of him and fellow experts, we were past the peak. Things were moving in the right direction. We know that daily reported case numbers are down around a quarter, week on week. It is nearly the same for daily hospital admissions. Is nearly the same for daily hospitaladmissions. Now we is nearly the same for daily hospital admissions. Now we have had the ons hospital admissions. Now we have had the 0ns survey, we heard about that a bit earlier, which is a broader survey of infections because it takes in people who dont know theyve got the virus and who dont have symptoms. That does suggest last week, in england, scotland and Northern Ireland, at least, case rates were falling. Although they were level in wales. So, things are looking more optimistic. That is why we are hearing political calls for Lockdown Restrictions to be eased more rapidly. It also warnings from the nhs that there is still a very large number of patients in hospital with covid 19. There was overall Hospital Numbers remain high. We had a warning earlier this week that the current vaccination programme, focusing on the top four Priority Groups, those aged 70 and over, would have an impact there. But there are, of course, admissions among those under the age of 70. People will continue getting sick with covid 19 for a little while yet. So, the general message, certainly from the nhs, is that the pressure is likely to continue for some time and there should not be any easing off before we are a bit more sure about the situation. Yes. Huh more sure about the situation. Yes. Hugh pym. More sure about the situation. Yes. Hugh pym. Thank more sure about the situation. Yes. Hugh pym, thank you more sure about the situation. Yes. Hugh pym, thank you very more sure about the situation. Yes. Hugh pym, thank you very much. 0ur poltical correspondent Damian Grammaticas is at westminster. That sums it up. There is still pressure on some fronts for the government here . Pressure on some fronts for the government here . Yes, definitely. Some very government here . Yes, definitely. Some very important government here . Yes, definitely. Some very important decisions, i government here . Yes, definitely. | some very important decisions, and difficult decisions that the Government Banker is facing. As you are hearing, the positive news increases the pressure, in some ways. Those calls from some backbenchers. But what the Government Back row has done to try and mitigate some of the pressure is to give us a timetable. So we know that by the middle of february we have the same for the Priority Groups, we seem to be on track for that. A week later, the Prime Minister will set out his road map, the beginning of march, talking about the possibility of children going back to school in england. What we have learned today is that the government is saying that by the beginning of may they expect to have heart all over 50s and Priority Groups given the first vaccine dose. So local elections can go ahead in england. Therefore, there are questions about when it will be able to open schools, when will it be able to open businesses, in what sort of order. But i think what everyone is conscious of is that we have had 110,000 deaths. We are in the third lockdown. A lot of those deaths have come since christmas, because the virus was allowed to expand again, to spread around the country. Nobody wants to go back to that. What we are hearing is, the health secretaryjeremy hunt, saying that the case number need to be down about 1000 a day before we think about 1000 a day before we think about relaxing. At the moment it is 20,000. Energy bills are to go up for millions of people in april after the Regulator 0fgem announced a raising of the price cap because of extra costs facing suppliers. The typical bill for someone on a default tariff will go up by nearly £100 a year. Poverty campaigners say the move comes at a time when many families are already struggling because of the pandemic. 0ur Personal Finance correspondent Kevin Peachey has the details. Forjanet and her family, lockdown life means their energy use and bills are going up, but the regulator, 0fgem, will soon allow suppliers to charge more. A higher price cap affects people who havent switched suppliers or whose Discount Deals have expired. I have three children. Ive got two Working From Home at the moment because of covid and because the offices are shut. The energy that we use, gas and electric, we use on a daily basis and usually it goes on in the morning at about 6 30am to warm the house. Its staying on constantly until probably 8 30pm at night. It means bills will go up by £96 a year when using a typical amount of gas and electricity bought from the same supplier. Thats likely to take an annual bill to £1,138. Those who switch can bring that down to £851 a year, but even the cheapest deals around went up by £50 at the end of last year. The new cap means Prepayment Metre customers may also see bills go up by nearly £90 a year. With an estimated two Million People behind on paying energy bills and covid related Government Support schemes winding down,