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In half an hour, well be putting your questions about the new covid variant to virologist professorJonathan Ball. Also tonight thats it, sharp scratch coronavirus vaccinations are under way in care homes in scotland and in gp surgeries in england. Both the eu and britain say progress is being made in negotiations over a future trading relationship but warn the talks could yet fail. More money to victims of the windrush scandal the government is to increase its minimum compensation payment from £250 to £10,000. And footage emerges of a near miss between two cars and a train at a level crossin...

Locals in Rackheath, Norfolk's fastest growing village, say they would like to see a new train stop.

Houses in Rackheath, Woodbastwick, Wroxham, Salhouse and Sprowston were without water, as Anglian Water work to resolve the problem.

What can other communities learn from the huge changes that Rackheath has seen over the years?

The nail-biting footage shows the moment a 40mph train narrowly avoids ploughing into two cars at a level crossing by half a second - after leaves on the line caused the barriers to lift too soon. Two cars can be seen driving across the Norwich Road level crossing, near New Rackheath, Norfolk as the a train approaches. The quick-thinking train driver slammed on the emergency brake as he saw the cars - but only managed to avoid colliding with the rear end of the second car by less than half a second. The train that was heading from Norwich to Sheringham, avoided the collision before 8pm on Nov...