it is an expensive thing to do. a lot of people when they lost their jobs, theirjob would be quite the same as it was, and there is an opportunity to really think about jobs for tomorrow.— opportunity to really think about jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disru tion jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disruption resulted _ jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disruption resulted in _ jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disruption resulted in a _ jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disruption resulted in a decrease | jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid l disruption resulted in a decrease of less than 10% of carbon emissions, and it isn't yet known how much of thatis and it isn't yet known how much of that is due to an increase in working from home. but scientists are continuing to work to establish what role it could play going forward. emma calder, bbc news. coming up in the next hour with joanna gosling, she will be talking to our business correspondent who will tell us more about what this decision by cuba to pay its drivers holiday pay, pensions and sick pay could mean for others who work in the greek economy. and we will hear more from dominic cummings, boris johnson's former aide, who has been seenin johnson's former aide, who has been seen in public for the first time as he gives evidence to the science and technology committee. all in the next hour. you are watching bbc news. this area of high pressure will be dominating our weather this week. the air moving around it in a clockwise direction, so we will have a flow across the north sea coastline keeping it quite cool here. the other thing you will find throughout the course of the day is the cloud will start to thicken. in eastern areas, thick enough for showers. in the south—eastern home counties and greater london as well. away from that, a lot of dry weather. we hang on to the sunshine across the west country, south—west midland for example, also throughout wales. as we come north into northeast and north—east england. much of northern ireland and scotland, away from the west. in the west and final. then we will have a thick cloud by the time we get to the end of the afternoon. potentially with spots of drizzle. temperatures ranging from eight to highs of 15 in cardiff. as we head onto the evening and overnight period, once again there will be some holes in the cloud to start with, but the cloud will build through the night, again at some of drizzle in the north—west and still some showers in the south—east. whether cloud remains broken, for example in south—west england, we will see some pockets of frost developing. it will be a nippy night across the board. as we go into tomorrow, we will have this large area of high pressure dominating our weather. we still have this onshore flow coming in from the north sea keeping things cool. and a weather front not too far away, here it is, producing some light rain as it continues itsjourney producing some light rain as it continues its journey down into the south east corner. the best of the sunshine tomorrow likely to be across parts of eastern scotland and north—east england, with temperatures peaking at 14 degrees. into friday, there is a subtle change in the wind direction for a north—westerly, so it will feel a bit chillier across the south—east of england. here there will also be a bit more sunshine, whereas when you move further west, you will have more cloud at higher temperatures. the minimum wage, pensions, and holiday pay — tens of thousands of uber drivers will now get them. police investigating the murder of 31—year—old stuart lubbock at the home of entertainer michael barrymore in 2001 have arrested a man in cheshire. the european commission is expected to present proposals for covid vaccine passports — to allow eu citizens to travel within the eu for summer holidays. the government, the world health organization and the european medicines agency all say the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine is safe. police in the us state of georgia arrest a man accused of killing eight people, at three different spas in atlanta. people aged over 50 in england are now being invited to book their appointment for a covid vaccine. dominic cummings criticises department of health calling it a �*smoking ruin�* over procurement of ppe. it has been a year since uk leaders asked people to start working from home where they could, we look at the impact on the climate. more than 70,000 uber drivers across the uk will start getting the minimum legal wage from today, along with paid holiday and pension rights. it follows a ruling in the uk supreme court which could have a big impact on the "gig economy" for freelance workers. the ride—hailing app giant said all drivers would earn at least the national living wage, which rises to £8.91 next month. uber has told the bbc it did not expect the change in drivers�* conditions to mean higherfares. union leaders and employment experts say the move will have far reaching consequences for the gig economy. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies reports. it was the company that shook up the system. but the system seems to have caught up with uber. after last month's verdict by the supreme court, it's announced that all of its drivers will be classed as workers. for years politicians and unions have said you have been playing fast and loose with employment rights. does this not prove they were right all along? i think the situation for employment in the uk has been ambiguous for some time by government. you have taken advantage of those ambiguities, haven't you? we have worked as hard as we can to try and provide drivers with a good way of earning, the flexibility they want and the protections they have. but we can now go further than we have gone before because of the clarity the supreme court ruling brings us. drivers will still be able to work where and when they want. the company's minimum wage only applies once a driver accepts a ride. are passengers going to see their fares rise, because this will be costly to you? so we're not expecting to raise prices at the current time. we absolutely want to remain price competitive. so is this going to come out of the drivers�* income instead? where is that money going to come from? 0ur expectation is actually we can grow the business by treating drivers well, bringing drivers onto the platform, and also, by growing with cities as they unlock. 0ne drivers�* union was pleased. i wish they'd had done this five years ago. i wish they'd had it listened then. however, they appear to be listening now. and this is a tremendous victory for working people in this country. this decision could have implications across the gig economy. uber is probably the most well known and potentially the biggest player in the gig economy. and other operators will be looking closely at this and thinking, well, after six years of litigation, uber had to give in to the inevitable and agree that their drivers were workers. so we probably need to be doing the same. this move is a fundamental change and it is one that will be closely watched around the world. caroline davies, bbc news. let�*s talk to our business correspondent alice baxter. this has been a hard—fought case, what are the likely implications? absolutely right, this has been in and out of the courts since 2016. they took this action to the supreme court who have ruled in favour of the drivers. uber drivers now being classified as workers, that is a classification unique to uk law. they are not full employees but they are entitled as you say to a pension, holiday pay and a national living wage applied to all drivers over the age of 25 coming out that £8 72 per hour. as we have also been hearing, uber being accused of cherry picking those bits of the supreme court ruling as well saying at the moment that status only applies for when there is a passenger in the car, not for when they simply log on to the application. the implications of this going forward, i am sure we are going to see more challenges boasting courts and countries over the world. we have already heard uber saying it will not push up prices but some saying look, in california, where a similar ruling was put against uber, there has been a price increase. and the gauntlet has firmly been put down to other right hailing applications out there. i spoke to jamie hayward, regional managerfor there. i spoke to jamie hayward, regional manager for uber, there. i spoke to jamie hayward, regional managerfor uber, saying we hope all other operators willjoin us in improving conditions for workers who are a part of our everyday lives. we are having to cast the —— set the tone now. 0thers cast the —— set the tone now. others should follow suit, too. detectives investigating the indecent assault and murder of 31—year—old stuart lubbock at the home of entertainer michael barrymore in 2001 have arrested a 50—year—old man in cheshire. the name of the man arrested has not been released. 0ur correspondent sean dilley has more. it is obviously 20 years on from those original tragic events back in 2001. police are not releasing the name of the person arrested. that is fairly ordinary but this is an arrest essex police say has been made up in cheshire, obviously some way from essex. they are looking into the allegations back from 20 years ago that saw stuart lubbock found dead inside the property of michael barrymore, at a party she was attending with eight other people. at the time, police sought to question and then released michael barrymore, who was never charged, along with two other people in connection with that. we now back in connection with that. we now back in 2009 the police watchdog carried out a review and found some evidence could have been processed more quickly. we will bring you the details when we have them but at the moment police not saying who they have arrested beyond a 50—year—old man in cheshire. we are expecting a news conference from the police so we will bring that to you when it begins. former downing street advisor dominic cummings has strongly criticised the department of health over their response to the pandemic. in his first public appearance since he left number 10, mr cummings has been speaking to a commons science committee about investment in science. though the focus of the committee is not about the response to covid—19, he did criticise the health department and said the vaccine roll—out�*s success was because it was taken away from the department. it is not coincidental that the vaccine programme worked the way that it did. it is not coincidental that it did. it is not coincidental that to do that we had to take it out of the department of health, had to have it authorised very directly by the prime minister and say strip away all the normal nonsense that we can see is holding back funding... you say we, who is we? can see is holding back funding. .. you say we, who is we?— can see is holding back funding. .. you say we, who is we? number ten. it has been — you say we, who is we? number ten. it has been 2020 — you say we, who is we? number ten. it has been 2020 in _ you say we, who is we? number ten. it has been 2020 in a _ you say we, who is we? number ten. it has been 2020 in a situation - it has been 2020 in a situation where the department of health was a smoking brewing in terms of procurement and all that. —— smoking ruin. that was the kind of context for it. patrick vallance came to number ten and said we should create a separate task four. —— task force. let�*s talk to our chief political correspondent, adam fleming. he said it was a total disaster zone and whitehall overall is a total disaster zone and dominic cummings has said in the select committee hearing laid bare the tensions at the heart of the government over the covid response. stuff we kind of heard about at the time, stuff that laura kuenssberg has been unveiling in reporting this week. here it is from the mouth of someone who was there, he was really there. he was there, he was really there. he was the prime minister�*s senior adviser in number ten all the way through this and it is clear that he did not think the department of health was up think the department of health was up to many of the tasks that was given. 0ne up to many of the tasks that was given. one of the major tasks could have gone its way, procuring enough vaccines to get us all inoculated against covid had to be taken away from it. we do not know if boris johnson agreed with the diagnosis of the problem but agreed with the solution, that is what happened, a stand—alone vaccine task force headed by kate bingham that was apart from the department of health. i imagine matt hancock and company are good to work dominic cummings is saying. —— glued to what he is saying. -- glued to what he is sa inc. , ., ., , saying. -- glued to what he is sa in. , ., .,, . saying. this will no doubt increase the pressure... _ saying. this will no doubt increase the pressure... the _ saying. this will no doubt increase the pressure... the government's| the pressure... the government's osition the pressure... the government's position on _ the pressure... the government's position on ppe _ the pressure... the government's position on ppe and _ the pressure... the government's position on ppe and testing - the pressure... the government's position on ppe and testing was . the pressure... the government's i position on ppe and testing was that it was hard to get it right but they did get it right. dominic cummings are suggesting, actually, that is not what happened and not the belief not what happened and of some people involved in the system. you mention the fact dominic cummings had actually been told by the committee chair at the start of the committee chair at the start of the meeting it was not an inquest into the government�*s handling of covid, that will come later when the committee and the health select committee look at it in detail but let�*s be honest, this is turning into an inquest in the government�*s handling of covid and the government does not want that at this point. they have committed to having an enquiry at some point, we do not know which form but the government does not want to know. he is know which form but the government does not want to know.— does not want to know. he is still aaivin does not want to know. he is still giving evidence — does not want to know. he is still giving evidence to _ does not want to know. he is still giving evidence to the _ does not want to know. he is still giving evidence to the committee j does not want to know. he is still i giving evidence to the committee of mps, if you want to carry on watching it, you can on bbc parliament and we are staying across it and we�*ll bring you any other interesting lines that come out of what he is saying. britain�*s plans to expand its nuclear capabilities have dealt a serious blow to the concept of arms control according to russia�*s foreign ministry. yesterday, as part of a foreign policy review, britain announced plans to increase its nuclear warhead stockpile by more than a0%. the prime minster identified russia as the "most acute threat" to uk security. moscow said it will take london�*s move into account when working on its own military planning. a declassified us intelligence report has concluded that russia tried to underminejoe biden�*s campaign to become president. it says moscow�*s methods included undermining confidence in the voting system but that there was no evidence of vote tampering. some media reports suggest washington is expected to impose sanctions on moscow as soon as next week because of the allegations. the office for national statistics has given up its case over how a person�*s sex is defined in the census. a feminist campaign group, fair play for women, had taken the case to the high court — after the 0ns gave official guidance which said that people could answer the �*male or female�* question by using documents including a passport. a judicial review was to take place tomorrow. however, the 0ns has now agreed that sex for the purposes of the census is defined by a birth certificate or gender recognition certificate. it�*s agreed to pay the group�*s costs. prolific burglars, robbers and thieves are to be tagged with gps trackers in a bid to stop them re—offending. 250 offenders who have served at least a year in prison will have to wear the device for up to 12 months after being released. the ministry ofjustice scheme is being trialled in areas including humberside, the west midlands and gwent. energy customers could get an automatic annual refund if they overpay their gas and electricity providers by direct debit. the regulator, 0fgem, wants to limit the amount of customer credit which suppliers can hold — and is proposing an average return of £65 per household. suppliers say they�*ll look at the plans "in detail". you are watching bbc news, don�*t forget prime minister�*s questions is coming up at midday, full coverage on the bbc news channel. goodbye on bbc two. the government says that by the end of this week, half the uk adult population will have been vaccinated against coronavirus. this comes as the number of european countries which have suspended the use of the 0xford—astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine has risen to 18. latvia and sweden are now on the list. that�*s despite the european medicines regulator declaring that fears about blood clots are unfounded. dan johnson reports. across europe there are questions... ..about the 0xford—astrazeneca vaccine, as more countries suspend its use. in italy, vaccination centres stand empty whilst presumably, coronavirus keeps spreading. the concern is blood clots. astrazeneca says there have been 37 incidents of blood clots in the uk and eu. but that is following 17 millionjabs. in germany, seven rare clots in the brain and three deaths have been recorded. health officials there say the responsible move is to pause, investigate each case and re—evaluate. but the european medicine regulator says the overall rates of clots are actually lower than you would expect in the general population. and delays could mean more covid cases and more lives lost. the damage to confidence in the vaccine just seems a dreadful price to pay in order to signal some sort of, yes, we are looking at safety and we are erring on the side of caution. this isn�*t erring on the side of caution, it�*s throwing caution to the wind. in austria, one batch of the vaccine has been held back, while others are still being given, leaving some people like manfred concerned. i wouldn�*t recommend to get it now for me. i�*m a bit scared to get ill of the vaccine. but this woman is pleased she has had herfirst dose. if you get covid—19 and you have really bad issues, you never know, then it's better to take it. vaccine take—up in the uk is among the highest in the world, and the message couldn�*t be clearer. the oxford—astrazeneca jab is safe. we know that over 10 million people have had it in this country. and that�*s what the british regulator says. but also the world health organization, and even the european regulator. a european safety review will be published tomorrow. france has said if it gets the all clear it will restart immediately. for some countries this is about being careful to ensure confidence in vaccination programmes. but there is also awareness that doubts about vaccines can be just as contagious as viruses. if one spreads, so will the other. dan johnson, bbc news. the former chief executive of the uk medicines regulator mhra, sir kent woods, says there has been a "dent in public confidence", but it has a very strong safety record and people shouldn