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From january 1st because of brexit and coronavirus. Well find out what this all means for uk citizens. Also this lunchtime a catalogue of failures in Maternity Care over 18 years is revealed at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. The number of people waiting more than a year for routine surgery in england has risen to its highest level since 2008. And the show must go on with theatres closed, we meet the performers bringing Musical Theatre to your street. And coming up on bbc news. Englands cricketers are set to tour india next year in what will be the countrys first series at home since the start of the pandemic. Good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news at one. The European Commission has published measures to ensure planes and lorries can keep moving between the eu and the uk in the event that no trade deal is agreed. Its also suggested a one year extension for fishing access which it says will protect coastal communities on both sides of the channel. Downing street say large gaps remain between the uk and the eu, despite the Prime Ministers three hour dinner with chief ursula von der leyen last night. Both sides say that negotiations to strike a post brexit Free Trade Agreement will continue until sunday, after which they say a Firm Decision must be made on the future. Heres our Political Correspondent leila nathoo. Keep your distance. 0k, mask on. Still far apart, still gaps to bridge. The verdict from both sides after borisjohnson had dinner with the European Commission president ursula von der leyen in brussels last night. Face to face for the first time in months to see if compromise could be reached. There was no breakthrough, but the talks are still on. Now the uk and eus chief negotiators have been given until sunday to decide once and for all whether a deal is possible. We need some point of finality on the negotiations to give a very clear line of sight and more certainty for those preparations, whether they are at the ports, with the businesses, with the logistics and the transport providers. We will leave no stone unturned. We would like a deal if it is possible. But we are not going to sacrifice the basic points of democratic principle. Eu leaders are gathering in brussels this afternoon but brexit isnt formally on the agenda. The uk thinks the eu needs to move significantly to enable progress. The eu feels the same. We are willing to grant access to the Single Market to our british friends. Its the largest Single Market in the world. But the conditions have to be fair. They have to be fair for our workers and for our companies, and this fine balance of fairness has not been achieved so far. The two sides are still stuck on long standing points of disagreement over fishing rights, rules for businesses operating each others markets and how any deal would be enforced. With no guarantee that differences can be overcome, the eu has published its plans for minimising disruption in the event of no deal. It proposes rolling over current arrangements between the uk and eu forairand road arrangements between the uk and eu for air and road connections for six months, and continuing reciprocal access for fishing boats to each others waters for another year. In the commons this morning, labour said businesses are urgently needed certainty about what was coming down the track. There is a sense of huge dismay as we all wanted to hear significant progress, but we heard more about the Prime Ministers meal than we did about his deal. In fact we have not heard from the Prime Minister at all, even though he was supposed to be taking charge of these negotiations. On sunday we will have just 18 days to go until the transition period. How has it come to this . Brexit crunch points have come and gone but decision time is fast approaching. The negotiators had just days to find a new route through well trodden ground. In a moment well speak to nick beake in brussels, but first lets go to leila nathoo in westminster. Here we are, thursday lunchtime and the sides are still far apart. Indeed, it looks like there is a critical few days ahead but we have heard a downbeat assessment from both sides about the prospects for any breakthrough in these coming days. Certainly the mood from the uk is that they want to see substantial movement from the eu side in order for there to be any progress, and thatis for there to be any progress, and that is because the two sides appear to be stuck on fundamentals. The uk thinking the eu is still not getting it, that the whole point of brexit is for the uk to regain control over its own affairs, be that fishing rights or regulation and standards. Similarly the eu is very protective over its Single Market. It looks like the prospect of a deal are receding at this late stage, and no deal scenario is looming. That said, the negotiators are still keeping going round the table for the next few days. Their political leaders are saying lets have one last shot to see if you can do what you have failed to do this year. If they sense in the coming days a deal is within reach, a good deal only, a good deal in the eyes of both sides, its not impossible we could see the crunch date of sunday being pushed back slightly. Thank you. Nick, in brussels where you are, contingency plans being drawn up to keep life moving essentially in case there is no deal . Thats right and the European Commission says this is the responsible thing to do to keep an idea of what may happen on january the ist if no trade deal is reached. They have resisted calls to publish this sort of detail. For the last few weeks behind the scenes youve had lots of ambassadors and diplomats saying they want to see this certainty. Michel barnier has told them behind closed doors to trust him, that they should wait longer before they put in the Public Domain this sort of information. Why is that . I think there is a sense here that through putting this out for everyone to see, it could weaken their position. The fact the british may look at it and think, that doesnt look too bad, we could deal with that, and maybe that would guide the uk towards no deal. It is ha rd guide the uk towards no deal. It is hard to tell. Meanwhile talks are set to resume between Michel Barnier and lord frost but the big question is can they make any sort of progress . They have been going round in circles. To what extent was there a meeting of minds in this dinner between borisjohnson a meeting of minds in this dinner between Boris Johnson and a meeting of minds in this dinner between borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen . Not a great amount, by the sounds of things. We know today that they have a summit, it is supposed to be about coronavirus and security. Just a moment ago, Angela Merkel of germany arrived and president macron of france arrived. Neither said anything about brexit. Nick, thank you. Nick beake and leila nathoo. Uk travellers could be barred from visiting many eu countries from january ist because travel rules associated with being part of the eu will have expired, and coronavirus restrictions may prevent entry to many regions. Our Business Reporter Simon Browning is with me to explain more. Yes, it could come as a bit of a shock this lunchtime that uk travellers could be barred from entering the eu when the transition period ends. When it ends we become a third party nation in our relationship with the eu. There are currently severe coronavirus restrictions on travel about entering into the eu, and only essential travel is permitted. Only eight countries are currently allowed to enter the eu for that essential basis because they have low Coronavirus Infection rate. Dominic said this morning eu states would likely decide the rules to protect against infection. The uk has had travel corridors in place with lots of countries over the summer, with lots of countries over the summer, we with lots of countries over the summer, we had travel corridors in place with spain and other places. They changed because infection rates have also changed but its thought they could come back and individual countries could put travel corridors in place with the uk like spain and the canary in place with the uk like spain and the ca nary islands in place with the uk like spain and the Canary Islands where british travels are very lucrative and essential for their economies. Easyj et essential for their economies. Easyjet this morning explained they believe individual countries will operate like this. But its no surprise these shock suggestions are coming up. Negotiations are ongoing and discussions are continuing, but this morning the french minister has ratcheted up the pressure by visiting the French Border and explaining that uk travellers could need visas if they intend to stay in europe for longer than 90 days once we go into this new phase of our relationship with the eu. So again this rests on negotiations, and hopefully it will form part of the deal. Simon browning, thank you for now. The number of patients in england waiting over a year for routine hospital care is now 100 times higher than before the pandemic. New figures out today show that nearly 163,000 people were waiting for treatment the highest number since 2008. The Royal College of surgeons says its a Real National crisis. Our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. Julie and chris, just two of tens of thousands of people who face long and often painful wait for treatment. Both have severe arthritis. Chris, a former care worker, was due to have a hip replacement in march but it was cancelled due to the pandemic and he says the weight has been unbearable. Iam in says the weight has been unbearable. I am in constant pain, all through the night and all through the day. Im on painkillers and i know that if im sitting down or lying down, if im sitting down or lying down, ifi if im sitting down or lying down, if i move and stand up, it will get even worse. On a scale of one to ten i suppose it is nine. Julie is in so much pain shes had to give up her work in the nhs. Shes been waiting since january for operations to replace her knees and says it has had a huge impact on her. |j replace her knees and says it has had a huge impact on her. I do understand but all i would say is, you know, not just understand but all i would say is, you know, notjust talking understand but all i would say is, you know, not just talking about myself but other people in the same position, my pain cant wait. Even if they said to me, right, it will get done within the next three months, it is something to aim for but every time you go you get a shrug of the shoulders. In february before the pandemic really hit, around 1600 patients were still waiting more than 12 months for routine treatment in england. But by october this year, that had jumped to 163,000 patients, a staggering 100 fold increase. Surgeons are describing it as a Real National crisis, and a warning it will take considerable time to sort out. Crisis, and a warning it will take considerable time to sort outm will be two or three years minimum. Evenif will be two or three years minimum. Even if we were managing to, if you like, make the capacity work at its highest possible rate, may be business as usual plus ten or 15 , thatis business as usual plus ten or 15 , that is still not going to get anywhere near solving the problem in anywhere near solving the problem in a short time. The nhs in england says theres better news for cancer patients, with urgent checks and treatment now above normal levels. It is urging anyone concerned about their health to come forward but the latest figures from the Second National lockdown suggest people have once again stayed away from a e, raising concerns that hundreds of thousands may be missing on treatment. Sophie hutchinson, bbc news. A review into maternity failures at an nhs trust has found that mothers were sometimes blamed for their babys death, that women were denied appropriate care, and that lessons werent learned when things went wrong. The report says a catalogue of failures occured at the shrewsbury and Telford Trust between 2000 and 2018 it has now been given 27 changes to implement, with a further seven recommendations for all Maternity Units in england. Our social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan reports. For two decades this Hospital Trust contributed to the avoidable deaths of women and babies, and repeatedly denied they were at fault. Today, the harm they caused was revealed, often in painful detail. You read the story of a baby and it died. The story of another baby, and it died. The weight of that, reading through that, i physically felt sick. These are the two families who persuaded the government to lodge this review, each compelled to do so by the avoidable death of a child. Kate sta nton avoidable death of a child. Kate Stanton Davis died in 2009, Pippa Griffiths in 2016. They need to own the failure. Instead of saying we are soiiy the failure. Instead of saying we are sorry and putting the same im sorry statement out, and then saying, but we do deliver all these healthy babies, that is not acceptable. The review found that mothers were blamed for the deaths of their babies. There was a relu cta nce of their babies. There was a reluctance to carry out cesarean sections, often with catastrophic consequences. 13 women died in labour or shortly afterwards, higher than the england average. Some deaths were not investigated. We believe in the importance of this review. I will be honest, there have been days when i met family after family, andi been days when i met family after family, and i meet them privately in shrewsbury where i have sat down and cried. Because as a fellow human being, you cannot do anything other than that. The trust wouldnt take questions today but did say theyd implement all 27 recommendations. This is a harrowing read and it sets out poor care across a number of decades. As the chief executive of the trust now, i want to say personally and on behalf of the trust that we are very sorry for all of the pain and distress caused to these families. The full report into all 1862 cases before the review will be published next year. Until then, these families will continue to fight for change. When your children say to you, why are you doing this again, mum . Why do you put yourself through this . Its because we dont want any other families to go through the pain that we have. Michael buchanan with that report. The time is 17 minutes past one. Our top story this lunchtime. The eu lays out plans to keep road and air travel running with the uk in case theres no brexit deal, after the two sides failed to reach an agreement yesterday. And coming up facebook could be forced to sell whatsapp and instagram after regulators and us state prosecutors filed a lawsuit claiming the take overs were illegal. Coming up on bbc news. Tributes are paid to italian football legend paolo rossi. The striker, who led his country to victory at the 1982 world cup, scoring six goals, has died at the age of 64. Britains Economic Growth slowed to 0. 4 in october, as covid restrictions were tightened. Manufacturing saw business improve, but other sectors, including hospitality, saw activity sharply down. Business groups are warning it will take at least two years for the economy to recover fully even if a post brexit trade deal is done. Heres our economics correspondent, andy verity. Its not usually manufacturers that drive the uk economy forward. But in october, they saw they saw rapid growth in activity of nearly 7 , driven by pent up demand for cars. This maker of Precision Instruments in port talbot branched out to medical masks and face coverings in the summer, and kept growing as the welsh Circuit Breaker began. The business saw, you know, i think, a quieting down in the first lockdown, but then sort of a quite strong recovery. And thats continued into october, november, december. You know, still, its a little bit behind the levels of last year, but it is certainly very positive news compared to how we were looking at things back in the first lockdown. The Services Sector also grew, led by demand for health care, both linked and not linked to the virus. But as the system of tiers and the 10pm curfew came in, hotels and restaurants welcomed fewer customers, and the hardest hit sectors, the creative and entertainment industries, and, above all, travel, were still doing less than half their normal business. As a travel industry, you know, we have seen an industry that has been decimated over the last nine months with unfortunately no means of recovery. So what we have not been able to do is play our part in that Economic Growth. Our numbers stand at around 90 down, so we are trading around 90 down on where we would expect to be at this time of year. Since october, the Circuit Breaker in wales, tougher tiers in scotland and the november lockdowns in Northern Ireland and england have again suppressed economic activity. Business groups warn a full recovery will now take years, and a no deal brexit could put it back even further. This is the shape of the economy this year. Less of a v, more like a nike tick. And activity is still 8 below where it was before the pandemic struck. The official prediction is it will take another two years to get back up to that level. And if theres a no deal brexit, it could take until 202a. We absolutely do need to get that deal. That is what will give businesses the con