Have been the biggest upset in fa cup history, Manchester City eventually beat cheltenham, but only after the League Two Side gave them a scare. Good morning. Well, it is going to be a snow day for some of you today across england and wales, with scenes like these. Further north of scotland and Northern Ireland, brighter with sunshine, but still a few snow showers around as well. Ill have the all important Weather Forecast coming up a bit later on. Its sunday, the 24th of january. Our main story one of the governments top scientists is urging people to abide by all coronavirus restrictions, even if theyve been fully vaccinated. Englands deputy chief medical officer, Professorjonathan Van Tam, said it is possible they can still pass the virus on even if they are protected against falling ill themselves. Efforts to step up the innoculation drive are continuing, with another raft of Vaccination Centres opening this week. Danjohnson has this report. Here is a historical setting for the most modern medicine. At the birthplace of the industrial revolution, the Black CountryLiving Museum isjoining the rollout revolution, the Black CountryLiving Museum is joining the rollout of mass vaccination against covid i9. But people want be visiting the traditional victorian pharmacy. The vaccines will be given in more up to date facilities specially fitted out. ,. Date facilities specially fitted out. ,. Out. This is about predict everybody. Out. This is about predict everybody, and out. This is about predict everybody, and not out. This is about predict everybody, and not everybody will have that coverage in terms of vaccine. Protecting everybody. We rolling it out age related cohorts, but still use the face protection, still use that still keep your distance and still wash your hands. That has been echoed by pt chief medical officer that has been echoed by pt chief medical 0fficerJonathan Van Tam, who was himself giving vaccinations last week. Deputy chief medical officer. In a statement, he wanted that any change in behaviour, even after both doses, could risk passing on the virus. He said he also defended the decision to delay second doses so that more people can get the first. With over 4000 patients now on ventilators, more than at any time in the pandemic, the pressure on hospitals keeps building. Last week nhs england managed an average of i40 jabs every minute. All kinds of buildings are being used, so weather it is the cinema isles or cathedral pews, the idea is to reach as many people as possible across different communities. Cinema aisles. Geography is also important. This Pilot Project in rural wales is for those who cannot travel to larger Vaccination Centres. Vaccination centres. I admire the loaistics Vaccination Centres. I admire the logistics of logistics of today, to see 1200 people come here in this location, several practices, really shows a great commitment, i think. It is great commitment, ithink. It is very important great commitment, i think. It is very important because going a long way when very important because going a long way when you are 80, you cant do it. , ,. , way when you are 80, you cant do it. ,. , way when you are 80, you cant do it. Transmission rates remain high, thou~h. It. Transmission rates remain high, though. 33. 552 it. Transmission rates remain high, though. 33,552 cases it. Transmission rates remain high, though. 33,552 cases were it. Transmission rates remain high, | though. 33,552 cases were recorded in the last 24 hour period, and another 1348 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus. More sites like this will be needed as the vaccination rollout keeps growing. 5. 8 million first doses have been given out across the uk, but still a long way to go before we can focus borisjohnson has become the first european leader to speak to the new us president , joe biden, since he entered the white house the Prime Minister said he looked forward to deepening the long Standing Alliance between the two countries. Heres our Political Correspondent chris mason. Thumbs up, if youve got through to the president. The Prime Minister on the president. The Prime Minister on the phone to President Biden last night, the first european leader to receive a call from him since inauguration day. We are told the conversation lasted for about 35 minutes, with borisjohnson describing the new administrations early announcements as fantastic and saying they represented a moment of hope in a dark time. A statement from downing street after the call said the focus on Climate Change matters because it is an issue where both leaders agree, but it matters but it will lead to the uk because the government here is hosting an International Summit on Climate Change known as cop26 in glasgow in november. Matters particularly to the uk. The order in which the us president because International Leaders is always something of a political spectator sport. It is a crude measure of relative importance, but a measure nonetheless. Remember this . Importance, but a measure nonetheless. Rememberthis . Holding nonetheless. Remember this . Holding hands nonetheless. Rememberthis . Holding hands at the white house, almost exactly four years ago. The then Prime Minister theresa may rolling up Prime Minister theresa may rolling up within a week of president trumps inauguration, the First International leader to arrive. Not quite so straightforward in a pandemic. Downing street said the leaders looked forward to meeting in person as soon as circumstances allowed. Chris mason, bbc news. The first of a group of gold miners trapped for two weeks in china has been rescued. An explosion at the mine left them stranded 600m underground and rescuers have been battling to get them out. We can now speak to our china correspondent stephen mcdonnell, whos in beijing for us. Tell us the latest on this rescue operation, then . So, dramatic and Important News coming out of shandong, great news, in fact. Rescue teams have managed to bring one of those trapped miners to bring one of those trapped miners to the surface. Chinese television showed images of him coming up out of the collapsed mine with a blindfold on, because he has been underground for two weeks, and rescuers cheering as he was brought to the surface. However, he is very weak, as you can imagine. He was placed straight into an ambulance and rushed off to hospital. Now, crucially, he was in a different spot to the other group of ten miners. So it could well be that he hasnt been getting any of the food and medicine that theyve been getting, and somehow has stayed alive, i guess by drinking the underground water, which finally enough is threatening his colleagues, because that main group of ten, 600 metres underground, they had to move to a slightly different spot to try to avoid the underground water. The fear is that they will drown for the rescue teams can reach them. They are expecting it will take another two weeks to bore out a tunnel big enough, 600 metres underground, to get the main group out. And in fact one amongst their group has already died, he had had injuries, went into a coma and sadly didnt make it. Head injuries. But they will be getting the news today that a colleague has been rescued, i am sure that will void our spirits, and they will be urging on the rescue teams to reach them as well. Buoy their spirits. The snp will today present the Scottish Assembly with what its calling a roadmap to a new referendum on independence. The strategy sets up the possibility of a showdown in the courts with the westminster government. Borisjohnson has repeatedly said he opposes another referendum, even if the snp wins a majority in this years Scottish Parliament elections. British businesses planned to cut a record 795,000 jobs last year as employers felt the effect of the covid pandemic on the economy. More than 10,000 firms planned job cuts, however the pace slowed at the end of the year. The figures were obtained in response to a bbc freedom of information request to the insolvency service. One of the worlds most wanted fugitives, said to be responsible for up to 70 of narcotics entering australia, has been arrested in the netherlands. Tse chi lop, whos the leader of an asian drug ring known as the company, was detained at Schipol Airport on friday. He has been tracked by the Australian Federal police for more than a decade. The weather has been really unpredictable over the last week and there are snow and ice warnings in place for much of the uk this morning. And a bit of black ice outside when i was out this morning, so watch out if you are up and about early. Yes, a real taste of winter coming up. Good morning. Snow is on the way. This is the scene from just an hour or so ago, from north of the city of swansea in morristown in south wales. You can see lying snow, it is coming down pretty heavily here, and that band will push east as we go through the day today. Some heavy snow for a time across wales, the midlands, parts of southern england as well. Here is our snowbound working on at the moment. Through the day it is going to push on and start pivoting around. It will start moving at some point across probably the midlands and perhaps into central areas of wales. So i think there will be some areas that a fairly heavy snow, maybe 5 10 centimetres, most likely across central and southern england, probably the south West Midlands, and on into central areas of wales. To the north they might not be too much snow, and towards the south coast, there is a bit of rain mixed in with this as well. Nevertheless, ice remains a hazard. Further north, the Northern Ireland, Northern England and scotland, brighter weather with sunshine, but even here there will be snow showers at times. A cold day, with temperatures not much above freezing, particularly around the design of persistent snow. So a bit of transport disruption today, difficult conditions to be expected for a time on the roads is that heavier band of snow works in. Beyond that comedy snow works in. Beyond that comedy snow will tend to pivot south back again across southern england before clearing away. The showers continue to feed on across North Western areas of the uk, but as temperatures drop, particularly over the snow cover, it will be a very cold night with a real sharp frost developing, and they will be some icy stretches around to take us on into monday morning as well. Monday, much brighter weather for england and wales, more in the way of sunshine. Further north west again we have those snow showers coming in, still on a fairly brisk northerly wind, and it will be another cold day after that frosty start stop looking at temperatures of around 4 five celsius. Still on the path of year. There will be changes as we head towards the middle part of the week, we got these atlantic frontal systems pushing in from the south west, cold air initially ahead of this band of rain. So we could see a bit of snow for a time before the milder air moves in from the south west. So on tuesday, this is the kind of battleground, if you like. We might well see a bit of snow on the leading edge of this weather system. Snow on the leading edge of this weathersystem. Heavy snow on the leading edge of this weather system. Heavy snow across parts of wales and southern areas of if there is any. It will turn back to rain. Further north east we may well see the snow last that little bit longer, given that the errors that bit colder. Eventually, mid week, we will see that milder air pushing into most parts of the uk, though it never really reaches the far north east of the uk. It will stay cold there still with the threat of some wintriness around. For the short term, today, some heavy snow around to watch out for, particularly for wales, parts of the midlands and parts of something that as well. Back and obviously if you have any snow this morning, send us your pictures. We always like to look at snowy pictures. We always like to look at snowy ictures. , we always like to look at snowy ictures. ,. , pictures. Certainly in the morning it hels to pictures. Certainly in the morning it helps to soften pictures. Certainly in the morning it helps to soften the pictures. Certainly in the morning it helps to soften the start pictures. Certainly in the morning it helps to soften the start of pictures. Certainly in the morning it helps to soften the start of the | it helps to soften the start of the day. But as we said, take care of you are going out. F. Lets take a look at some of todays front pages. The sunday telegraph leads with those comments by the deputy chief medical officer, Professorjonathan Van Tam, warning people who have had the vaccine not to start breaking lockdown rules. There is a lot of, ive had the vaccine now, thank god i can see my children or grandchildren again soon, but obviously that can only happen in time. The mail on sunday reports that head teachers in what it calls britains top schools have unveiled a plan to vaccinate the countrys entire Teaching Staff over the february half term and the paper urges the Prime Minister to back the plan. A frayed union flag, and a headline of our disunited kingdom, dominates the front of the sunday times, which reports that the majority of scottish and Northern Irish voters want referendums on independence. Thats according to some Polling Research by the paper. And one of the trending stories on twitter overnight is the news that sir Kenneth Branagh will play the Prime Minister borisjohnson in a five part sky drama which charts the governments response to the pandemic during its first wave. Just of interest to any parents or carers listening this morning, we mentioned that the daily mail is backing this campaign to get teachers vaccinated. Well, the front page of the sunday times this morning suggest children will not go back to school next month, which i think everyone has kind of got their heads around, it wont happen after february half term, as some predicted, or at least hope, if not predicted, or at least hope, if not predicted stop hoped, if not predicted. But even east is not a certainty. They are saying it is likely, maybe some will be back after easter, but possibly, brace yourselves, schools may be close to some pupils right up until may. All of this of course is so dependent on so many variables. We of this of course is so dependent on so many variables. Of this of course is so dependent on so many variables. We seem to change b the da. So many variables. We seem to change by the day i so many variables. We seem to change by the day i prefer so many variables. We seem to change by the day. I prefer to so many variables. We seem to change by the day. I prefer to be by the day. 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