well—being has been more negatively affected. and we follow chanua the black rhino, leaving yorkshire for tanzania, in the hope of increasing the numbers of the endangered animal. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. detectives investigating the disappearance of sarah everard in south london say a policeman they detained in kent last night, has now been arrested on suspicion of murder. he was already being held in custody at a london police station on suspicion of kidnap. sarah, who was 33, was last seen a week ago as she walked home from a friend's house in the evening, as jon donnison reports. it's now almost a week since sarah everard disappeared. the 33—year—old, originally from york, was last seen as she walked home through clapham in south london last wednesday evening. this morning, more details were given on the news that a serving metropolitan police officer is one of two people to be arrested in kent in connection with the case. our inquiries suggest that this officer was not on duty at the time of sarah's disappearance. at the same time and at the same location, a woman was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. she was also taken into custody and remains so at a london police station as i speak. police say sarah left her friend's house around 9:00pm last wednesday. officers believe she walked across clapham common to rejoin the south circular ring road on the other side. at 9:30pm, she was spotted on cctv, on poynders road, walking alone in the direction of tulse hill, and she hasn't been seen since. police are continuing to scour the area around clapham common, using boats and sniffer dogs to search local ponds. this is a serious and significant development in our search for sarah, and the fact that the man who's been arrested is a serving metropolitan police officer is both shocking and deeply disturbing. i recognise the significant concern this will cause. this morning, police have extended their search to several locations in kent, including a property in deal. as time passes, her family and friends will only fear the worst. that wasjon donnison reporting. 0ur correspondent sangita myska is outside new scotland yard in central london, which is the headquarters for the met police. just bring us up—to—date with what we learned in. just bring us up-to-date with what we learned in.— we learned in. we're targeting this afternoon, more _ we learned in. we're targeting this afternoon, more details _ we learned in. we're targeting this afternoon, more details on - we learned in. we're targeting this afternoon, more details on the - afternoon, more details on the serving police officer who has been arrested by police, in a statement that was issued this afternoon. the metropolitan police said the man... "the man is a serving metropolitan police officer in the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command. his primary role was uniformed patrol duties of diplomatic premises." when i spoke to the met police earlier this afternoon, they said that was specifically embassies and consulates stop what sangita, we know this is quite a complex investigation —— sangita. police have been described this as complex in nature for stubble do they mean by that? they mean the sites they are investigating are spread over at least four to from areas, so two sites in london as we understand it, a housing estate and also clapham common, the last area sarah was seen. we also know that their investigation has moved over to kent and we know there are two locations there. there was a woodland and on top of that there's a house in deal. we understand there are forensic teams at that house in deal and also at that woodland this afternoon at lipm. this is a wide—ranging investigation and the police have said time and time, express their dismay and upset that a serving police officer has been arrested in connection with a possible murder. 0ver arrested in connection with a possible murder. over and over again, the police explaining this is accomplished investigation, that they are in no hurry, they will take their time. as one person at the vet said to me this afternoon. {lila their time. as one person at the vet said to me this afternoon. 0k, many thanks for that _ said to me this afternoon. 0k, many thanks for that update, _ said to me this afternoon. 0k, many thanks for that update, sangita - thanks for that update, sangita myska, our correspondent at new scotland yard. now, coronavirus, and the latest uk government figures show that another 5,926 people have tested positive for the virus in the latest 24—hour period. that's down from last tuesday, when 6,391 positive cases were reported. a further 190 people have died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test in the uk — that's also down from 315 deaths reported this time last week. meanwhile, more than 22.8 million people have now received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. meanwhile, the cross—party public accounts committee says there's no clear evidence that the government's test and trace scheme contributed to a reduction in covid infections, despite its £37 billion budget. the committee says the scheme was set up to help prevent lockdowns but that two more had happened since then. the head of test and trace, dido harding, says the system was built from scratch and is now doing more tests than any other comparable country. anna collinson reports. identifying the infected, locating their contacts and isolating. a well—functioning test and trace programme is seen as crucial in the fight against coronavirus. each nation has its own system, but a damning report is questioning whether england's is effective enough to justify its cost — £37 billion over two years. those who have experienced issues would say it's not. by the time we were contacted — we were the close family contacts — i was rung on sunday the 23rd of august and i was asked to self—isolate until sunday the 16th of august, which of course was a week earlier, so it's a pretty bonkers system that continues to ring people to ask them to do something that is impossible for them to do because it's in the past. the budget for test and trace was £22 billion when it was set up last may. a further £15 billion was approved, following claims it would avoid a second national lockdown. but not one, but two lockdowns followed, and the public accounts committee claims there is no evidence the programme is cutting coronavirus infections. it's an eye—watering sum of money that's been spent and for that we need to see better results and a clearer connection between testing and stemming the spread of the virus and so far the data on that is not very strong. the findings are a particular sting for health workers. the royal college of nursing says there will be fury their members have only been offered a i% pay rise, while test and trace has spent millions on consultants. is test and trace a waste . of money, prime minister? but the government says every pound spent has helped save lives. it is thanks to nhs test and trace that we are able to send kids back to school and begin cautiously and irreversibly to reopen our economy and restart our lives. the report does acknowledge that test and trace has been set up at an incredible speed. the person in charge of the programme says it now does more tests than any other comparable countries. the scale of nhs test and trace is huge, but that's because, as we've all been learning, we've had to respond really quickly to fight covid and so, yes, we do a very large number of tests, we successfully reach a very large number of people to ask them to self— isolate. that's what test and trace is set up to do. the more cases fall, the easier it is to detect and contain outbreaks, like the one at this sandwich factory at northampton in august. test and trace will continue to play a key role in our lives, but many will be watching closely to ensure taxpayers' money isn't wasted. anna collinson, bbc news. a diplomatic row has broken out after one of the eu's top officials claimed the uk had imposed an outright ban on the export of covid vaccines. a senior eu diplomat has been summoned to the foreign office, after the european council president, charles michel, accused britain and the us of banning the movement of vaccines. this lunchtime, borisjohnson said the uk had "not blocked the export of a single covid—i9 vaccine or vaccine component". 0ur europe correspondent nick beake is in brussels with the latest. it's worth reminding ourselves that the bigger picture here is that the roll—out of the vaccine across europe has been really slow, certainly compared with the uk. top officials here in brussels have come in for a lot of criticism. what's happened now is the man who chairs the meetings of the leaders of the 27 eu countries has been talking about how in the months to come, the eu will be a shining light in sending vaccines to other parts of the world, particularly to poorer countries. and he drew a contrast with the uk, where he claimed there was effectively an export ban on vaccines leaving the uk. that has caused fury in downing street, and today the deputy ambassador to the uk has been summoned to the foreign office. it was a private meeting, but you can imagine what went on there, ranged from an awkward chat over tea and biscuits to a full on dressing down. critics of the eu say this is a bit rich. they point to january, when the eu was willing to override parts of the brexit divorce deal in order to stop vaccines leaving the eu and potentially getting to great britain. in the last few days, we have seen italy block the export of 250,000 jabs destined for australia. to sum things up, the relations between the two countries are really frosty and this latest episode does not help at all. nick beake there, speaking a little earlier to jane hill. a clearer picture is emerging of the differing impact of the covid pandemic on men and women. new data from the office for national statistics, which covers england and wales, shows more men have died with covid—i9, but women's wellbeing has been more negatively affected. more details now from our health correspondent philippa roxby. more men than women died over the course of the pandemic, over the course of the last year, 80% more. --18% —— 18% more. for example, there were 63,000 deaths among men and 53,000 among women in england and wales between march and january. it's known, of course, that men have a greater health risk from the virus. that could be because of the underlying conditions that increase their risk. and this was particularly apparent in the first peak, when 30% more men than women died in the pandemic. this gender gap narrowed in the second peak, perhaps because of greater knowledge of the virus and greater awareness of it. but the death rate was also significantly greater among working men, so those aged between 20—64. so notjust people in their over—70s more at risk. but, of course, the younger you are, the less your risk of dying. and the impact on women, great, but in a different way? that's right. it was their wellbeing that was more affected. they felt more anxious, more depressed and more lonely than men at all times when they were asked over the past year. more men than women, actually, said they were not at all worried by the effects of the virus on their lives, but a greater number of women were furloughed. so women less likely to be working from home, which could explain why a greater proportion of women were home—schooling. 67%, compared to men, who were 55%, and one in three women said this had a really negative impact on their well—being. they were also doing lots of unpaid housework, more than an hour more than men. that was our health correspondent philippa roxby speaking in little earlier to jane hill. some breaking news metoo us from downing street. borisjohnson has discussed the case of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. —— breaking news coming to us. boris johnson raised the case of nazanin and other dual nationals detained in iran and called for their immediate release. her continued confinement remains an excitable and she must be allowed to return to her family in the uk. it also goes on to say that while the prime minister is stressing... it must stop reaching its terms and come back into compliance. he also stressed the importance of iran seizing the opportunity presented by the united states's willingness to return to the nuclear deal if iran comes back into compliance, the quite a lot there, but the headline that the prime minister has demanded the release of the detained british uranian national nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. —— british— iranian. 0k, time to look at the headlines here on bbc news. a serving police officer has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the disappearance of sarah everard. despite a £37 billion budget, the impact of the test and trace scheme is unclear, say mps who've criticised unimaginable spending. broadcaster piers morgan says he stands by his criticism of the duchess of sussex. there are now reports that meghan complained to itv about his comments on mental health. and more now on that story. it's being reported the duchess of sussex formally complained to itv about piers morgan before the good morning britain host quit. the broadcaster left the show yesterday after the regulator 0fcom received tens of thousands of complaints about his comments about meghan. piers morgan says he stands by his comments that he "didn't believe a word" meghan said in her interview with oprah winfrey. it's understood the duchess raised concerns about how piers morgan's words affect the issue of mental health. here's our media correspondent david sillito. piers morgan, suddenly with a bit of time on his hands. his departure from good morning britain after what he described as "an amicable disagreement with itv" was provoked by comments about the duchess of sussex — especially his views about her mental health. 2a hours on, his opinions were unchanged. i don't believe almost anything that comes out of her mouth. i think the damage that she's done to the british monarchy and to the queen at a time when prince philip is lying in hospital is enormous and frankly contemptible. so if i have to fall on my sword for expressing an honestly held opinion about meghan markle and that diatribe of bilge that she came out with in that interview, so be it. but yet you continue to trash her... ok, i'm done with this. the dramas of yesterday's programme, which saw piers morgan storming off at one point, did bring a record audience and a record number of complaints, one of them reportedly from the duchess of sussex herself. today, there was a quieter atmosphere in the studio. he is without doubt an outspoken, challenging, opinionated, - disruptive broadcaster. he has many critics i and he has many fans. for itv, which has been running a campaign about mental health, it's clear there was a feeling that piers morgan, who is, after all, employed to be provocative, had gone too far. it seems to me that most of the people who complain about their freedom of speech being limited, they do so live on tv and live on radio 24 hours a day. i don't really buy that. piers is never going to be silenced. piers is always somebody who will find a platform for his voice. and from piers morgan himself, a strong hint that this will only be a brief pause. although the woke crowd will think they've cancelled me, i think they'll be rather disappointed when i re—emerge. indeed. two new opinion—led news services are waiting in the wings. the morgan style of broadcasting is far from going out of fashion. david sillito, bbc news. with me now is megyn kelly, the former fox news anchor and nbc news anchor who now hosts a new podcast, the megyn kelly show. hello there to you. thanks so much forjoining us on bbc news the view of publicly expressed support for piers morgan. tell us why. i think ou piers morgan. tell us why. i think you should _ piers morgan. tell us why. i think you should be _ piers morgan. tell us why. i think you should be allowed _ piers morgan. tell us why. i think you should be allowed to - piers morgan. tell us why. i think you should be allowed to express| piers morgan. tell us why. i think i you should be allowed to express his opinion, and i think we need more people who are willing to push boundaries, not less, on the air. and we're just cracking down on free speech in a way that i find really alarming and it does not... i do not have to agree with everything piers says, ijust have to report is reggie say how he actually feels, and if people get offended, that's ok. sometimes when you are in the 0k. sometimes when you are in the business of talking about difficult issues and stories for a living, some people take offence, although the online campaign against piers seemed very organised yesterday by his pre—existing detractors, so i just, i am his pre—existing detractors, so i just, iam in his pre—existing detractors, so i just, i am in favour of his right to have his own opinion and i get alarmed when we see that getting shut down left, right and centre, when i don't know how controversial it is to say that he just does not believe meghan markle. he does not... why does he not get to believe her? it not. .. why does he not get to believe her?— not... why does he not get to believe her? it is so interesting, what ou believe her? it is so interesting, what you say. — believe her? it is so interesting, what you say, because - believe her? it is so interesting, what you say, because no - believe her? it is so interesting, what you say, because no one i believe her? it is so interesting, - what you say, because no one would question his right to have an opinion, they would question his right to express it as a journalist on television. is there not a responsibility on journalists to maintain a degree of impartiality when they are reporting on a news story? i when they are reporting on a news sto ? ., �* ~' when they are reporting on a news sto ? ~ when they are reporting on a news sto? ~ story? i don't think that's been piers's brand, _ story? i don't think that's been piers's brand, right? _ story? i don't think that's been piers's brand, right? i- story? i don't think that's been piers's brand, right? i don't. story? i don't think that's been | piers's brand, right? i don't get story? i don't think that's been - piers's brand, right? i don't get to watch him on good morning britain a lot because i'm here in the states, but i read his column in the daily mail all the time and i would put in more in the field of, i don't know, like a glenn greenwald in the states, he is in brazil, but he is in opinions injournalism, and piers has never been shy of expressing his opinion and he often takes controversial opinions and he has been beating up on meghan markle and prince harry for a long time, so i think his brand is what they hired and he did not deviate from it this week. �* , , and he did not deviate from it this week. �* , ., week. but maybe he went too far because the _ week. but maybe he went too far because the media _ week. but maybe he went too far because the media read - week. but maybe he went too far because the media read later- week. but maybe he went too far. because the media read later 0fcom got over 40,000 complaints from the public, they cruelly thought he went too far. ., .. �* ., public, they cruelly thought he went too far. ., �* ., _ public, they cruelly thought he went toofar. ., �* ., _ ., too far. you can't go by that, though. _ too far. you can't go by that, though. they _ too far. you can't go by that, though, they broke - too far. you can't go by that, though, they broke records l too far. you can't go by that, i though, they broke records for too far. you can't go by that, - though, they broke records for their viewership —— they clearly thought. 40,000? think about the people who had no problem with peers, and if you went out and said to them, they are thinking of cracking down on piers's speech, how many would have they gotten? you cannot get a heckler�*s veto. even if piers was in trouble, he slapped his hand, and he went out there yesterday morning and said, look, if 70 is struggling with mental health or is suicidal, i100% support their ability to get help, and if she did complain... he was basically saying i do not buy it. having listened to the whole interview and knowing this person, i do not believe what she said. he is entitled to that belief. i do not take it is irresponsible to say that having covered her now for year to in, day out, much more than the average person, i have no reason to believe this or anything else she says stop it perhaps he is offended you any people that he does not believe her, prickly on the subject of mental health which is a sensitive subject. it is, and i am not what you dispute that —— which is a sensitive not what you dispute that -- which is a sensitive— and... she took a risk in disclosing that, but i do not think her doing that, but i do not think her doing that requires everyone to believe it and i do not think it is unsound for and i do not think it is unsound for a commentator to say, i am not buying it, ithink a commentator to say, i am not buying it, i think she is going percent of the full it is not how i feel, but i do not think people being offended, some faction of a huge audience being offended, should cancel somebody�*s right to speak out, right? yes, generally we need to be a little ginger around difficult issues, but if that is what you want, you don't put piers morgan in the seat. he put piers morgan in the seat. he put piers morgan in the seat. he put piers morgan in the seat to get eyeballs and he brought that show to wear, yesterday, it was number one, and their viewers skyrocketed, he and susanna have a good dynamic, the public clearly enjoy it. they may hate him on monday like him on tuesday, he's been great in great britain on the covid stuff, but you cannotjust keep yanking people's microphones off because they happen to have an opinion that some people may find offensive. i to have an opinion that some people may find offensive.— may find offensive. i wonder if part of our may find offensive. i wonder if part of your difficulty _ may find offensive. i wonder if part of your difficulty with _ may find offensive. i wonder if part of your difficulty with the _ may find offensive. i wonder if part of your difficulty with the meghan i of your difficulty with the meghan interview and piers morgan's difficulty was the nature of the questioning. the doctors —— the duchess of sussex is going to put her point of view, but i wonder if you would have been less frustrated and he would have been less frustrated if you thought the interview was more combative. hat interview was more combative. not combative. — interview was more combative. not combative. i _ interview was more combative. iirrt combative, i did not want to see that, and oprah, she started her career as a journalist but she has been a talk show host for the last 30 years, so she is sort of in a different lane when she does these interviews, i am sure that is why she was selected. as a journalist i have really wanted to see 0prah in general. she has done a couple of interviews on big cases in the united states recently. 0ne interviews on big cases in the united states recently. one was the michaeljackson document tree and now this couple is not, believe me, i am not on the side of the michael jackson estate, but i wanted to see more probing questioning, and when she talks to meghan, i think she does the audience... printed overall a greatjob but i think it not pressing for more specifics come over to the —— 0prah did the audience and it meghan a disservice for some it is the facts, the details, the specifics that convince people. she would've done everyone a better service if she said, who at the palace would you they would not help you when you reported you were suicidal? who specifically? and when you went to hr, who specifically? you don't want to name who was the alleged racist in the royal family, can you name one of these for? can you rule out the queen and prince philip? because she had to do clean up philip? because she had to do clean up on that the next day. people were jealous of meghan when she went on the australian tour. who? what was your evidence of that? how did you know that? as a present or, showing instead of telling is much more compelling and i do nothing that happened. just compelling and i do nothing that hauened. , ., ., compelling and i do nothing that hauened. , ., . ., compelling and i do nothing that hauened. , . . ., , ., happened. just again on the question of piers morgan. _ happened. just again on the question of piers morgan, i _ happened. just again on the question of piers morgan, i wonder _ happened. just again on the question of piers morgan, i wonder if - happened. just again on the question of piers morgan, i wonder if there - of piers morgan, i wonder if there was a corporal difference as well that, in britain, broadcasters are by and large expected to stay impartial and objective, piers morgan was always given more leeway, if you like, but he was on a fairly extreme and. not so much the case in the united states. you extreme and. not so much the case in the united states.— the united states. you are probably riuht. iwill the united states. you are probably right. i will tell— the united states. you are probably right. i will tell you _ the united states. you are probably right. i will tell you just _ the united states. you are probably right. i will tell you just as - the united states. you are probably right. i will tell you just as an - right. i will tell you just as an americanjournalist, i don't american journalist, i don't understand americanjournalist, i don't understand this 0fcom and i can not imagine working for some other than my own boss, my audience, my own conscience. we are pretty big on free speech come up so i do not like the idea of government typing you on the idea of government typing you on the shoulder saying, i do not like the shoulder saying, i do not like the way you said that, but i love great britain and i think your press is pretty fun so it must be working to some extent. can is pretty fun so it must be working to some extent.— to some extent. can i 'ust ask you separately — to some extent. can i 'ust ask you separately can h to some extent. can i 'ust ask you separately can you _ to some extent. can ijust ask you separately can you yourself- to some extent. can ijust ask you separately can you yourself have l separately can you yourself have been the object of personal chrism by the former president trump over your handling of one of the presidential debates, so you know what it is like to come under personalfire. how did what it is like to come under personal fire. how did you what it is like to come under personalfire. how did you deal with that? personal fire. how did you deal with that? �* , ~ ., ., , that? i've been thinking about a bit in recent days. _ that? i've been thinking about a bit in recent days, because _ that? i've been thinking about a bit in recent days, because when - that? i've been thinking about a bit in recent days, because when i - in recent days, because when i listened to meghan markle, i understood her talking about how awful it is to be the scorch of the press, i got it, i have been there. many times. but my thought was, why did the palace not protect me? the palace cannot protect you from the press, the press, as you know, is going to do what it is going to do and there's only much anybody can really do. i have experience that also. when you put yourself in the public eye, as i have come as you have and certainly as she has, at some level you have got to say, it is time to put your big girl pants on and understand this comes with thejob. it is on and understand this comes with the job. it is unpleasant, on and understand this comes with thejob. it is unpleasant, you have to find ways of turning it out and go on living your beautiful life, and i think meghan trying to say the palace did not protect me and people said negative things, that is part of the job. i said negative things, that is part of thejob. i know it said negative things, that is part of the job. i know it involved race, i have been on the receiving end of tonnes of sexism, so i understand how painful that kind of thing can be, but it is baked into the cake we have all chosen to eat when we become public figures. fiifi have all chosen to eat when we become public figures. 0k, very good to talk to you- — become public figures. 0k, very good to talk to you. thank _ become public figures. 0k, very good to talk to you. thank you _ become public figures. 0k, very good to talk to you. thank you so - become public figures. 0k, very good to talk to you. thank you so much, i to talk to you. thank you so much, thatis to talk to you. thank you so much, that is megyn kelly, american broadcaster. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. a deep area of pressure approaching from the atlantic. and glidden wells will see the struggles of the winds, further rain sweeping across the uk, the heaviest across northern ireland thursday. it is through the small hours the winds are anticipated to peak around the west coast and through the irish sea for through thursday, they will gradually begin to ease back, but overall, thursday could be a windier day than when they has been. —— wednesday has been. showers dragged along the westerly wind. some of them squally, and it will feel chillier than it has done today. take a look at those costs around those western coasts, another windy day. —— take a look at those costs. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... a serving police officer has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the disappearance of sarah everard. this is a serious and significant development in our search for sarah. and the fact that the man who has been arrested is serving metropolitan police officer is both shocking and deeply disturbing. despite a 37 billion pound budget, the impact of the test and trace scheme is unclear — say mps who've criticised unimaginable spending. broadcaster piers morgan says he stands by his criticism of the duchess of sussex — there are now reports that meghan complained to itv about his comments on mental health. a clearer picture of the impact of covid 19 in england and wales — new data shows more men have died with the virus — but women's well—being has been more negatively affected. and, we follow chanooa the black rhino, leaving yorkshire for tanzania — in the hope of increasing the numbers of the endangered animal. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chettan. good evening. wales manager ryan giggs will be missing again for their upcoming world cup qualifiers against belgium and the czech republic, as well as a friendly against mexico. he'll remain on leave, with robert page continuing in his caretaker role. the welsh fa says it was a mutual decision. giggs was arrested on suspicion of assault at the start of november and last month his bail was extended until the 1st of may. chelsea are into the quarter finals of the women's champions league following a 1—1 draw in the second leg of their last 16 tie against atletico madrid. they were 2—0 up from the first leg with this afternoon's game played in monza, northern italy, because of travel restrictions between the uk and spain. adam wild reports. coming up smiling, this is chelsea's seemingly enjoying life at the moment, top of the super league and already 2—0 up in this type. but on mutual ground in italy, atletico madrid was looking to make things rather less comfortable. tony duggan going close into the first half. having already had one good penalty appeal waved away, atletico madrid was a little unlucky to not get one here as well. they were finally handed an opportunity from the penalty spot, handball here. that opportunity was wasted. dugan hitting the bar, incredibly, the third penalty. they failed to score in this type. to make things worse, just seconds later, the referee deemed this i handball as well. showing everyone how it should be done. atletico madrid did score at the end, but their manager's reaction, nothing but frustration. their chance gone, chelsea taking bears, through to the quarterfinals. adam wilde, bbc news. liverpool will be hoping to reach the quarter of the champions league when they take on rb leipzig in budapest this evening. kick off at 8. it can't be played at anfield because of the pandemic. liverpool's run there has been terrible of late anyway, fulham were the sixth team in a row to beatjurgen klopp's side at home at the weekend, but their european form has been better and they take a 2—0 first leg lead into tonights game. it's a new situation we are in right now. we are used to winning games and winning trophies, and now it's totally the opposite. so, yes, i think the confidence is less than the previous years, but it's also because this is a totally different situation we are in right now. manchester united manager 0le gunnar solskjaer says a decision over edinson cavani's future will not be made until the end of the season. the uruguayan striker�*s current contract expires in the summer, but united have the option to extend it by a year. cavani's father is quoted as saying that his son "does not feel comfortable" and could return to south america at the end of the season. last year's giro d'italia winner tao geoghegan hart has crashed out of the paris—nice cycle race, on stage four. the ineos grenadiers rider was fifth in the peloton at the time, with just under 12 miles to go. geoghegan hart did get back on his bike, but had to abandon the race later on. primoz roglic broke away in the last two miles to win the stage — he now leads the race overall by 35 seconds with four stages to go. meanwhile in italy, british riders simon yates and geraint thomas finished safely in the main pack at the end of the first stage of the week—long tirreno—adriatico race. wowt van aert of the netherlands sprinted clear to take the stage win, and the race lead with it. thomas bach has been re—elected unopposed as president of the international olympic committee. bach will be at the helm for the delayed tokyo games this summer, having been postponed last year. he's held the role of ioc president since 2013. very quickly, roger federer is planed the british number one, dan evans, it's his first match in over a year to beat qatar open, and roger federer 5—4 up in what is the deciding set with evans' fighting back. you can follow that around the bbc sport website. that's all for now. back to you, rita. a vote of no—confidence is being debated this afternoon against collin �*s deputy first minister. ——against scotland's deputy first ministerjohn swinney. the scottish conservatives, who've tabled the motion, have criticised delays in releasing legal documents to the committee investigating the scottish government's handling of harassment complaints. the conservative leader in the scottish parliament has called on msps to support the vote of no confidence. ruth davidson's party had tabled the motion. 0n the 4th of november 2020, this chamber voted for the following motion, that the parliament calls on the scottish government to publish all legal advice they received regarding the judicial review into the investigation of the allegation— alleged behaviour of the former first minister kamal examined. upon his passage, john sweeney did nothing, and missed the deadline of the 13th of november to hand over the 13th of november to hand over the information. on the 20 for the november another motion was passed by this chamber noting the previous quote and calling on the scottish government to respect the will of the parliament, but still, john sweeney did nothing. it took more than three months and the threat of vote of no—confidence for mr sweeney which of the votes to win for his position to change and promise of publication to emerge. the deputy first minister said we will release the key legal advice. —— swinney. the first batch of that advice was evidence against the scottish government. msps will vote on the motion at eight o'clock tonight. the company whose flammable cladding was used on grenfell tower was warned of the risks of a fire that could kill as many as 60 to 70 people, a decade before the disaster happened. the prediction of a blaze with striking similarities to the fire at grenfell tower that killed 72 people was part of a presentation attended by a marketing manager from the company, arconic. three key witnesses from the firm failed to attend the ongoing inquiry to answer questions. the welsh health minister has said the public health situation across the country is continuing to improve — and said the results of the current review of coronavirus restrictions will be —— from the summer, manufacturers will need to make spare parts billable to consumers with the aim of extending the life span of their products. the of extending the life span of their aroducts. ., , , ., products. the move is designed to reduce electrical— products. the move is designed to reduce electrical waste _ products. the move is designed to reduce electrical waste and - products. the move is designed to reduce electrical waste and to - products. the move is designed to reduce electrical waste and to cut| reduce electrical waste and to cut carbon emissions from making new goods. a government feasibility study is to examine the possibility of building a bridge or tunnel between northern ireland and scotland. the transport expert was asked by the government to examine connections between the different parts of the uk. he said further work should now be undertaken to look at link across the irish sea. two engineering professors will assess the potential project. the government has extended the ban on evictions enforced by bailiffs in england until the end of may. the ban, which has already been extended several times, was due to expire at the end of march. 0ur political correspondentjonathan blake is following developments. jonathan, why has this been done? well, the evictions ban has been in place for almost a year now in varying forms when housing secretary robert chen rick said, as the first lockdown was introduced in england around this time last year, that nobody should lose their home as a result of losing income due to coronavirus. and the idea was to put in place of protection to ensure that people who fell behind on their rent because they had lost theirjob or their income had fallen due to the pandemic, could not be evicted, of course, when the message from the government was for people to stay—at—home, and what was initially supposed to be a short—term measure has been extended several times between then and now, and we learned today that it will be extended until the end of may along with an extension to an evictions ban for commercial properties as well, and the government is saying that this will give people the chance to find alternative accommodation or alternative accommodation or alternative support as we move through the road map. but at every turn, the housing sector, landlords, letting agents, as well as groups representing tenants have been united in their call for more targeted supports. figures vary, but a thought about half a million people have fallen into significant rent arrears during the pandemic and many want the government in england to follow the scottish and welsh government's approach of providing interest—free loans or grants to te na nts interest—free loans or grants to tenants and arrears into land lords who have lost income because there tenants aren't paying their rent. there isn't any sign that the government at westminster is ready to do that at the moment. any people had hoped that the chancellor might say something in the budget. instead, ministers have stressed the existing support schemes already in place like the furlough scheme, paying peoples wages if they are out of work and helpful self people as well. so after this announcement today, the reaction has echoed the calls that we have heard throughout this process at various points. housing charity shelter welcomed the extension but said as we follow the road map out of lockdown, the destination for renters is unknown, the national residential landlords association, again, have welcomed the move, but say that it does nothing to help those landlords and tenants financially hit due to the pandemic. as to whether the extension will continue, well, there is a suggestion from the government today that this might be the last time they extend the measures in their current form. the ministry of housing communities and local governments saying today that they will consider the best approach to move away from the emergency protections from the beginning of june. so, it may well be that the evictions ban lifts and proceedings will continue on some basis from that point, but another concern of those who are not happy with the government's approach is that people who have fallen into six months or more of arrears during the pandemic can still have an eviction notice served against them, so they may be first in line to lose their homes if that process goes forward. 0k, jonathan, many thanks. 0ur political correspondence, jonathan blake there, without update. the welsh health minister has said the public health situation across the country is continuing to improve — and said the results of the current review of coronavirus restrictions will be vaughan gething also said that contact tracing and testing were being expanded — and that anyone who comes into contact with someone who later tests positive for coronavirus must get tested themselves. we're strengthening our testing regime to help identify more people who have coronavirus at an earlier stage as well as those who don't have symptoms. we're expanding testing to include everyone identified as a close contact of someone who has tested positive for coronavirus. this will mean that when people are contacted by our ttp service, there will be advised to self—isolate but also to take a test as they start self—isolation and again on the day eight of their isolation period. this will help us to identify more people with coronavirus and their close contact who would otherwise be unknown to ttp, helping us yet again to break chains of transmission and to help stop the virus from spreading. but taking a test is not an alternative to self—isolating. if you have a negative test, this doesn't mean you can go back to work or school. if you've been identified as a close contact, it's really important that you do complete the ten days of isolation and do the two tests. heathrow chiefs have warned that long queues at airports ad other borders could damage the resurgence of the uk economy after lockdown is fully lifted. its chief operating officer, emma gilthorpe, told mps on the home affairs select committee that queues at heathrow had reached up to six hours, with sometimes only two desks manned. she said the airport was key for business and trade, and the uk had to make sure it was ready for recieving people or they would go to paris or frankfurt. meanwhile, staff working in passport control at heathrow have served notice for industrial action over the imposition of new "u nworka ble" rosters. a month of action short of a strike, that will include a work to rule and overtime ban, involving just under 450 members in the dispute, will take place from 24 march to 21 april. the union has made it clear it will escalate the action if there is no progress. let's return to the story that it's being reported that the duchess of sussex formally complained to itv about piers morgan before the good morning britain host quit. the broadcaster left the show yesterday after the regulator 0fcom received tens of thousands of complaints about his comments about meghan. piers morgan says he stands by his comments that he "didn't believe a word" meghan said in her interview with oprah winfrey. it's understood the duchess raised concerns about how piers morgan's words affect the issue of mental health. i asked the broadcaster and spectator chairman, andrew neil, what he made of the story. i think it's a pity for itv. i think it's a pity for itv. i mean, he brought great energy and dynamism, controversy to itv�*s morning programme, and it always lags way behind the bbc�*s breakfast time show. people tuned in because of him. i mean, it reminded me of the old days of newsnight, people tuned in forjeremy, if he wasn't doing intimate wasn't so exciting, and the same is true of this. the programme this morning was much more run—of—the—mill, low—key kind of ordinary, so it's going to be difficult for them to replace them. do you think that it was right that he should've had to leave? weill. do you think that it was right that he should've had to leave? well, i don't think — he should've had to leave? well, i don't think it's _ he should've had to leave? well, i don't think it's a _ he should've had to leave? well, i don't think it's a free _ he should've had to leave? well, i don't think it's a free speech - don't think it's a free speech issue. you know, piers morgan is free to say whatever he wants, if you want to could assess the duchess of sussex, then why not, he's not alone in that. she's free to hit backin alone in that. she's free to hit back in the way that she has with the complaint to 0fcom. i think part of the problem is his role as a presenter. a programme that became increasingly dominated by his opinions which made it interesting, but isn't what we are used to on british television. and i think that needs to be clarified. what was and is his role in programmes like that, and are they all opinionated? is there some opinion and then you do there some opinion and then you do the straight news? it was always unclear to me what the role was. 50. unclear to me what the role was. so, as ou unclear to me what the role was. so, as you say. — unclear to me what the role was. so, as you say. he _ unclear to me what the role was. so, as you say, he was, to a certain extent, employed to be provocative, but that particular moment yesterday got tens of thousands of complaints to 0fcom. notjust the duchess of sussex, loads of viewers feeling that he had crossed the line entirely. i that he had crossed the line entirel . �* .,, , entirely. i didn't say was 'ust the duchess of i entirely. i didn't say was 'ust the duchess of sussex, _ entirely. i didn't say was 'ust the duchess of sussex, you _ entirely. i didn't say wasjust the duchess of sussex, you have - entirely. i didn't say wasjust the l duchess of sussex, you have over 40,000 complaints, that must be a record. i didn't know it network, particularly a —— no public service network can exhort outcome and then it goes to 0fcom. a thing it's a pity it's come to this post i think gmb will suffer as a result, piers morgan will not be short of other offers, of course, to do that. but i think we need some clarity on what exactly the rules allow and what they don't allow. we are moving into a different age now. you know, we don't want ranting and endless opinion, on the other hand, the age ofjust you know, straightforward reading the auto q, giving the news, that's probably over as well. so interesting you say he want to be short of offers. you of course are involved in the new gb news. i've got to ask the question, are you going to be offering a job? weill. going to be offering a “ob? well, piers morgan * going to be offering a “ob? well, piers morgan would _ going to be offering a job? well, piers morgan would be _ going to be offering a job? well, piers morgan would be a - going to be offering a job? -ii piers morgan would be a huge asset to gb news, and we will definitely look at that, but we haven't started any negotiations yet, but he would certainly be delighted to talk to him if he is up for it. find certainly be delighted to talk to him if he is up for it.— him if he is up for it. and if he were u- him if he is up for it. and if he were up for— him if he is up for it. and if he were up for it, _ him if he is up for it. and if he were up for it, would - him if he is up for it. and if he were up for it, would he, - him if he is up for it. and if he l were up for it, would he, would him if he is up for it. and if he - were up for it, would he, would you expect him to be allowed to say the sort of thing that he said yesterday without notes pushback? x�*t�*ou’iiii without notes pushback? you'll understand _ without notes pushback? you'll understand that _ without notes pushback? you'll understand that i _ without notes pushback? you'll understand that i wouldn't - without notes pushback? you'll| understand that i wouldn't want without notes pushback? you'll. understand that i wouldn't want to negotiate with piers morgan on the airways of the bbc, all i would say is that i wouldn't really want to simply transfer what he did at gmb on to gb news. but could we find a role for piers morgan? 0f on to gb news. but could we find a role for piers morgan? of course, we could. any network worth its salt could. any network worth its salt could find a role for a broadcaster of his calibre.— of his calibre. neil speaking with me a little _ of his calibre. neil speaking with me a little bit _ of his calibre. neil speaking with me a little bit earlier. _ dr shola is a lawyer and activist — and author of this is why i resist. she told me piers morgan's behaviour towards the duchess of sussex has wider repercussions and there needed to be more action taken. love him or hate him, or agree with piers morgan, which i have on occasion, especially where he held the government to account, or disagree with him, which i do on more occasions than i agree with him. there is no denying that his malicious obsession of meghan is truly reprehensible. and his irrational dislike of her has caused him or lead him to abuse his position as a host of one of the national platforms in the country, and that means he inevitably escalates and aggravates the bigoted, racist, sexist and misogynist attacks on meghan. i've said this to piers morgan directly, and we need to understand that because of the society we live in, piers morgan leaving good morning britain isn't really going to change anything for piers morgan, because we live in a society that caters to whiteness. we live in a society that rewards bad behaviourfrom white privileged men like piers morgan. if you think about the fact that piers morgan has brought up two forms of defence, his first defence is that this is freedom of speech, that's nonsense. no freedom of speech gives you the right to undermine the lived experiences of depression, of suicidal thoughts, of other people. 0k... what that does, because of his position, that's going to embolden other people to do it to others. 0k. not just meghan. ok, i'm sorry to butt in, but there's a lot in what you say. you say that you know, society enables people like piers morgan to express themselves, himself, infact, but it is the case that 0fcom got tens of thousands of complaints about what to piers morgan was saying, so he hasn't really been allowed to carry on as he wants to, has he? he has been forced to quit. so let's think about it, he was forced to quit, he wasn't fired. whatever power 0fcom had or could have done, because we don't know if they're going to still undergo an investigation and come out with an outcome, are we going to hear about it now? because you know he's going to walk off good morning britain straight into another role. so the point i'm making is that this is going to change nothing for piers morgan. we should be talking about how we change the way we work as a society so that bad behaviour like his is no longer tolerated. around 1.5 million adults in the uk have a stammer, but it's not always immediately obvious. felicity baker is one example — she managed to keep her stammer hidden through most of her school life and her professional career, as a producer here at the bbc. but now she's opened up about her experience, working alongside my colleague sophie raworth. hello, i'm calling from the bbc. around 1.5 million people stammer in the uk, and i'm one of them. what's your name? felicity b—b—ba ker. this was me, ten years ago. since then, i've learnt techniques to hide my stammer. so well, that most of my colleagues had no idea. it's a complete role reversal, this is great! i know i appear like i'm not stammering now. but underneath the surface, there's this kind of mad peddling. you know, i'm thinking as i'm speaking to you. i'm thinking, you know, how i'm going to avoid difficult words, difficult sounds. i know the sounds that i find hard to say and so i don't tend to use them in my vocabulary. i've learned over the years not to use them. grace crenshaw is a 19—year—old arts student. like me, she struggles to say her own name. i will eitherjust say hey, hey, m—m—my name's grace. just to make sure that i don't have to have that, like, moment of them being, like, what's your name and me just not being able to say it. what's it like to stammer, if you're trying to explain? it's... i mean, it's really hard to, like understand. because it's like you're constantly having to... you're constantly having to use your... ..use your energyjust to get a word out. and i can be very embarrassed when i'm, like, when i'm... when i'm blocking on a word for a long time. i'm just like, oh god, can ijust, like, leave right now! some people who stammer hide it well. but it can still impact even the small things in your daily life. going to a bar, you order what's easiest to say, not necessarily what you want. and it's the same when you go out for lunch as well, sandwiches or in restaurants, i just will instantly order the thing that's easiest for me to say. outside of work, i never, i'll never make phone calls, ever. unless i absolutely have to. living life with a stammer is rarely talked about. by being open about it, i hope we can give more people a chance to be heard. felicity baker, bbc news. and you can see felicity�*s documentary — i can't say my name: stammering in the spotlight — tonight on bbc one, at 7.30pm. a black rhino has begun a 4,000—mile trip from a zoo in north yorkshire to live in the wild in her ancestral home in tanzania, in east africa. chanua, who's eight, has been living at the flamingo land zoo as part of a conservation project. there are only 5,000 black rhinos in the world — and it's hoped chanua could increase their numbers. luxmy gopal has more. it's moving day for chanua, this 8—year—old black rhino has been a familiar face at flamingo land for years, but her time at the zoo has come to an end. today, she begins the first leg of a journey that stretches more than 4,000 miles, from north yorkshire to her new home in tanzania. we've been concentrating on her crate training, which is feeding every meal in the crate. 0n move day, it's going to be quite a noisy affair. she's got to get used to things banging around the crate, doors being shut behind her. so that's sort of the next step, to just sort of get her used to those sort of noises and the movements of the doors. we're just going to work really hard to make sure that she's nice and comfortable. and that's sort of our main focus at the moment. it's a long process to help chanua feel comfortable, with zookeepers working for a month to help her acclimatise to the feeling of being inside the crate. while she's in the crate we need to make sure she's secure. and in order to do so, we need to slide some bars behind her. so in order to do that, we are going to introduce a poking stick. so while chanua is in the crate, we will be using a long pole that we have and we will be putting it through the holes of the crate and we will be touching herjust on the bum, just gently with it and rewarding her by saying "good girl". giving her treats as well, just to reward her for that behaviourjust so that she knows that it's so nice and calm, she doesn't need to freak out if any of the bars touch her. chanua has an extraordinary responsibility, which she's been specially selected for. she could be a vital part of the work to help revive the black rhino population, a species that's been poached for many years, to the point that it's now critically endangered. as it stands at the moment, there are only about 5,000 black rhinos left in the world. so obviously she's part of a really important breeding program. we're part of a little project which is intended to put this several black rhinos back out into tanzania, which is sort of adjacent to flamingo land's conservation project out in tanzania itself. it's hard to say goodbye to a rhino that's loved by visitors and staff alike. but the time has come for chanua to start a new life and bring renewed hope for the world's black rhino population. luxmy gopal, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. some very strong winds on the way for the uk in the next few days, but potentially a peak overnight tonight, with gales around western coasts and across the hills. some very stormy seas too. what we are seeing at the moment is an area of low pressure deepening then heading our way from the atlantic, and we expect it to reach peak intensity, in terms of the strength of the gusty winds, sometime in the middle of the night — 3am to perhaps 6am across western reaches of wales and the southwest of england. into the small hours, though, there's more rain to push across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. further south, the rain, a little bit more showery, but nonetheless, here, we're anticipating the strongest of the winds and particularly for our western—facing coasts. the cloud, the wind and the rain mean a mild enough night, no concerns with the overnight temperatures, but the wind will be strong enough, particularly i think across parts of wales and the southwest of england, to cause some damage and disruption and make for some very rough conditions through the irish sea. now, through thursday daytime, as we see the low centre pulling away to the east, the winds will ease back somewhat. actually, thursday daytime, in comparison to wednesday, could still actually feel when the year because it will be pretty gusty still across the board on into thursday afternoon. drier, brighter, yes, some sunshine, but quite a few showers coming in on the westerly wind and a chillierfeel to proceedings, temperatures in single figures. and we'll take a look at those gusts once again. you can see they're lower than they will be through the small hours of thursday, but they're still significant. even inland, 50 mph across parts of england and wales well on into thursday evening. and for friday, some changes but quite subtle. still low pressure driving our weather, still notable winds, some organised showers feeding and across england and wales. the winds, though, in comparison to thursday, should be a little lighter, a little less gusty. but a breezy day, squally showers, perhaps increasingly wintry showers across the northern half of the uk, and we definitely can't rule out some hail and thunder mixed in with these. even on into the weekend, the picture still looks pretty windy. saturday, some further showers, perhaps some heavier ones for a time across england and wales. sunday, we should start to see the winds easing quite significantly, though. i think quite a bit of dry weather too. tonight at six — a serving police officer has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the disappearance of a woman in london. 33—year—old sarah everard went missing a week ago after leaving a friend's house in clapham. two sites in kent are being searched after the police officer — in his 40s — was held yesterday. this is a serious and significant development in our search for sarah and the fact the man has been arrested is a serving metropolitan police officer is both shocking and deeply disturbing. also on the programme tonight: the prime minister defends england's test and trace system — as mps heavily criticise its unimaginable spending. piers morgan says he stands by his criticism of the duchess of sussex after dramatically leaving itv�*s breakfast show —