Christmas in quarantine. Good morning. The battle lines are drawn, the wait is nearly over as anthonyjoshua returns to the ring to defend his heavyweight titles against kubrat pulev at wembley arena tonight. Stayin alive its more than a0 years since the bee gees had seven us number one singles in just one year. Now the last surviving member barry gibb lifts the lid on life as a disco king. Good morning. It looks like today will be the better day of the weekend. It looks like we will see some sunshine around, particularly gcioss some sunshine around, particularly across Western Areas, tomorrow a low pressure system was weeping, bringing wet and windy weather to our shores but it will be gradually milder. Ill have all the details for you a bit later on. Good morning. 0ur good morning. Our main story borisjohnson has chaired a meeting to check the uk is prepared for a no deal brexit as the trade negotiations with the eu, which are currently stuck in stalemate, are expected to end tomorrow. The ministry of defence has also confirmed that four Royal Navy Ships are on standby to protect british fishing waters if no agreement is in place when the transition period ends on december 31. Heres our Political Correspondent jonathan blake. In downing street yesterday the Prime Minister chaired what has been described as a stock take on the uks readiness to end its relationship with the eu without a trade deal. Visiting a manufacturing plant in northumberland, he said while its not the outcome he had wanted, written would be prepared. It is looking, you know, very likely that we will have to go for a solution that i think would be, you know, wonderfulfor the solution that i think would be, you know, wonderful for the uk solution that i think would be, you know, wonderfulfor the uk britain would be prepared. We would be able to do what we want from january the first and obviously it will be different from what we had set out to achieve but ive no doubt that this country can get ready and, asi that this country can get ready and, as i say, come out on world trade terms. Four rural Navy Patrol Boats will be ready to protect uk fishing waters, it was confirmed last night, as part of what the ministry of defence that was extensive preparation for a range of scenarios at the end of the transition period. In brussels, the eu rejected Boris Johnsons attempt to meet key leaders individually to try to make progress. While some Member States sound more worried than others about an ideal outcome, they are united in their approach. This is not to say that we would require the uk to follow us every time we decide to raise the level of ambition. For example, in the environmental field. They would remain free, sovereign if you wish, to do what they want to do. Plans to manage traffic queues are being tested this weekend, one of many possible consequences whether or not a Free Trade Agreement is reached. Still, so much is uncertain. With less than three weeks to go. Jonathan blake, bbc news. The us food and Drug Administration has authorised the Pfizer BiontechCoronavirus Vaccine for emergency use. The agency had come under intense pressure from the Trump Administration to approve the vaccines use, and President Trump said the first vaccinations will take place in less than 2a hours. 0ur washington correspondent nomia iqbal has more. This emergency authorisation has taken a bit of time. The fda has approved the vaccine after being advised to do so by an outside Advisory Group of independent medical experts. They had analysed the effectiveness of the vaccine. It also looked at the potential side effects, including those reports of two british patients who had allergic reactions after receiving the pfizer jab. And allergic reactions after receiving the pfizerjab. And after the recommendation came this intense political pressure by President Trump. He had called the fda a big old slow total and was demanding he approve the vaccine. He had this to say, once the green light came. The first vaccine will be administered in less than 2a hours. The governors decide where the vaccines will go in their state and who will get them first. We want our senior citizens, healthcare workers and First Responders to be first in line. I promised that we would produce a vaccine in record time before the end of the year. They said it couldnt be done. But with todays announcement, we have now achieved that goal. There is pressure for protection because the pandemic is surging here. On wednesday, one day alone, there were more than 3000 deaths and mr trump is keen to turn those headlines away from americans dying to american being vaccinated, as he leaves the white house. And we will now see what will be the largest Vaccination Campaign in us history, people who are over 16 will receive the jab, Health Workers and the elderly, living in Nursing Homes, will be the first to receive the vaccination. Those with severe allergic reactions are recommended not to take the vaccine but the us is also waiting for approval on another vaccine made by the company moderna, expected to go through the same robust approval processes next week. Anyone arriving into the uk from the Canary Islands must now self isolate. The new rules came in to force at 4 oclock this morning, after the islands were removed from the travel corridor list because of a rise in covid cases. However, the isolation period is being cut from 1a to 10 days, as john mcmanus reports. With december temperatures in the low 20s, life is still a beach on the canary low 20s, life is still a beach on the ca nary islands. Low 20s, life is still a beach on the Canary Islands. With holiday makers returning from there to the uk from four im this morning, welcome home is going to be bit chillier. They will have to go into quarantine after the canaries were removed from the uks travel corridors list because of rising infections there. Tour operator tui says it has around 2000 i can avoid uk customers on the island, many unable to change their plans to beat the deadline. There is some good news though, the time spent in isolation for those returning from high risk areas will be cut from 1a days to ten. The relaxation also applies to those who have been in contact with virus carriers. The changes already started in wales. The rest of the uk follows on monday. Wales is facing a serious challenge, though, with more than 1900 people in hospital with the virus, there has been a warning that another lockdown may be posed after christmas. If current restrictions, which include School Lessons moving online from monday, valtr work imposed. If those measures do not succeed in turning the tide of the virus, then it is inevitable that we will have to consider a move to alert level four. Immediately after christmas. In parts of london and the south east cases have also risen, particularly among secondary school aged children. Past experience shows this can precede a jumping infections for older age groups. Elsewhere in england, 67 local authorities which are under the highest tier three rules have been given the green light from the government to offer rapid result testing programmes to help them cut transmission rates. Ministers say the move follows a successful trial in liverpool. But there are concerns over the tests after preliminary data from the city shows they have missed 51 of covid cases. The government, though, insist the test are reliable and can help quickly detect the virus in those who dont have sentence symptoms. John mcmanus, bbc news. The Us Supreme Court has rejected a bid to overturn the president ial Election Results in four key states. The lawsuit, filed by the state of texas and backed by President Trump, sought to throw outjoe bidens victories in georgia, michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin. The Supreme Court ruled that texas had no legal standing to bring the case. World leaders will set out their plans for cutting Greenhouse Gas emissions at a Virtual Summit today, which is being co hosted by the uk. Ahead of the summit, which takes place on the fifth anniversary of the paris climate agreement, the uk government announced it would cut taxpayer funding for fossil fuel projects abroad. More than 70 World Leaders from countries, including china, india and france, will take part in the conference. The duke and duchess of cambridge have had their first red carpet engagement with all three of their children. They took prince george, Princess Charlotte and prince louis to the london palladium theatre to watch a special pantomime starring julian clary and elaine page. In a speech before the show, the duke paid tribute to the late Dame Barbara Windsor. Before i go on, i want to pause and pay tribute to a True National treasure, Dame Barbara Windsor. Who sadly passed away last night. Applause. She was an absolute giant of the entertainment world and of course a legend on pantomime stages across the country. Especially here at london palladium. And i know we will miss her hugely. Of course we we re will miss her hugely. Of course we were covering that yesterday and Dame Barbara Windsor who died at the age of 83 on thursday evening. Mariah careys song all i want for christmas is you has reached number one in the uk charts more than 26 years number one in the uk charts 26 years after its original release. I dont want a lot for christmas. There isjust one thing i need. Its been streamed 10. 8 million times this week alone. So far, the song has earned mariah more than £16 million in royalties and has spent 70 weeks in the uks top 100 since its release in 1994. Now, iam not now, i am not a now, iam nota big fan now, i am not a big fan of Christmas Songs and there are not many that i like but that one. At one . It is not my favourite but it cheers me up. But why do you think now it has gone back to number one, 26 years. We are desperate for some joy because it has been a miserable year business has come early and people have put up the decorations early and getting into the Christmas Spirit and that is a joyful song christmas has come early. This image, we lop the top of the Christmas Tree. Can we not see the top . Does not a proper top. In the wide shot, you can see in the wide image of the studio. Wide shot, you can see in the wide image of the studiolj wide shot, you can see in the wide image of the studio. I will get told off for criticising out free. Our tree. Lets take a look at some of todays front pages. Brexit and the looming trade deal deadline feature in many of this mornings papers. The times reports that the royal navy will be given extra powers to patrol british waters in the event of a no deal brexit. I think you can see the photograph of the royal visit to the pantry. Panto. The guardian carries a warning from scientists about the risk of spreading coronavirus over the festive period. Rethink your christmas is the message there. And of course one day on from the news, many of the papers carry tributes to the actress Dame Barbara Windsor, whose death was announced yesterday. The mirror carries a plea to the government from her widow, scott mitchell, to fund better dementia care. Do it for babs is the headline. And this picture features in many of the papers we reported, of course, the duke and duchess of cambridge and their three children enjoying their first royal engagement together as a family. They were attending a special pantomime to thank key workers for their efforts this year. Time now is 12 minutes past six. Heres stav with a look at the weekend weather. You heard yesterday it was very rainy and getting quite cold although this morning i thought it was quite mild. Strangely mild this morning. I was worried it may be fog around because we had a bit of that earlier but who knows . Stove knows. Good morning to you. Stav. Good morning to you both. Absolutely right, some mist and fog around around eastern areas but actually, it is not looking that bad. If you compared today with tomorrow which will be wet and windy, it is certainly the better day of the two. Some sunshine around, particularly across the western most of the cloud and shovels will be across the east. The reason is settling down today slightly because of this bump in the pressure chart, this is a ridge of High Pressure, but that area of low pressure will be with us for sunday so we start off quite a lot of cloud and mistand so we start off quite a lot of cloud and mist and merc across much of scotland, north and Eastern England, to show is further west but the clear skies here, quite chilly, the sunshine for Northern Ireland spreading into southwest scotland into wales in the midlands and South West England as well so it is really a n South West England as well so it is really an east west divide, it stays pretty grey and dismal across eastern areas with further showers. Those temperatures topping around eight or nine degrees. Through tonight, we will hold onto the cloud and shower reverse ran across eastern areas. Clear for a while within the area of low pressure sta rts within the area of low pressure starts to move in and it will turn wet and windy across southern and Western Areas. Those temperatures ranging from a chilly two or three across the east to a much milder 710 across the east to a much milder 7 10 further west. So something on the scene for quite a while is this area of low pressure, deep low which will be really influencing our weather through sunday. It starts off bright initially across the east, quite chilly, and then the rain starts to push in from the west end you could see some transient snow for the scottish hills as the rain move then but all the while, the milder air will be moving in with some of the rain which could be heavy across Western Hills. The wind gusts as well will be quite a feature tomorrow, gusting around 30 miles an hourand feature tomorrow, gusting around 30 miles an hour and a0 or 50 around some southern and western coasts but here we will have the mildest air, either 12 or 13. Quite chilly across the north and east but it will all change as we head into monday, the area of low pressure pushing the milderair area of low pressure pushing the milder air right across the country, again lots of isobars on the charts so it really will stay quite windy with gales around southern and western coasts and there is the milderair western coasts and there is the milder air right across the country, as you can see, from yellow and orange colours there. So as we head on into monday, it will be a blustery day with some sunshine around. Most of the showers will be across southern and Western Areas and some quite heavy across some of the Western Hills. Temperature double figures for all, including much of scotland as well, ten or 11 up much of scotland as well, ten or 11 up there, around 12 or 13 further south. As we head on through the week, it looks like it was stay pretty unsettled. Quite a mild week coming up compared to what we had earlier on in december. Those temperatures around 11 or 12 degrees and it will stay quite unsettled with showers and longer spells of rain and some sunshine at times too. Stav, thank you very much. Well just have a look at some of the inside pages. However you when it comes to eating pies . Well, id obviously dont understand the question i obviously dont understand the question. What is your favourite kind of understand the question. What is yourfavourite kind of pie . Understand the question. What is your favourite kind of pie . Steak and kidney, it might have changed over the years. That sounds quite old fashioned. Over the years. That sounds quite oldfashioned. That is basically what pies are. They are sort of steeped in tradition, they have that sort of comforting feel about them. Where are you going with this . Are you keen on pastry . When i. E. A pie, ijust you keen on pastry . When i. E. A pie, i just like. You keen on pastry . When i. E. A pie, ijust like. Are you not confusing puddings here . Forget about that. Stea k puddings here . Forget about that. Steak and kidney pudding has the pastry all around it, pie, steak and kidney pudding has the pastry allaround it, pie, i understand, and i get corrected, as pastry on the top. Can buy a pie which is all pastry, old pastry and the pastry on top, but you can also buy pies where it is just the container and the pastry in it. What have you got there . I have got pie for you. I dont know if you would wa nt to for you. I dont know if you would want to eat it. This is a substantial meal. Fees, chips, and mushy peas. I am a huge fan. Im not sure i want it in a pie. But this chef, gareth mason, has created for drinkers who have to sit down under covid 19 restrictions and have a substantial meal. What other dimensions . It is hard to tell from that picture how big it is. Is that a giant pie you would subdivide, or is itan a giant pie you would subdivide, or is it an individual pie . There is a little picture here of someone who isu is gareth. It is called a northerners dream come true. It is ina box northerners dream come true. It is in a box there and it looks pretty substantial. Do you know what i like about that . I like the layering. There is something satisfying about the layer