shower cloud moving its way from west to east and really know where is immune to catching some of those heavy showers through the course of the afternoon. if you do catch one there is some hail and thunderstorms mixed in as well and the gusts of wind are still a feature, about 30-40 wind are still a feature, about 30—a0 miles an hour but more than 50 miles an houraround 30—a0 miles an hour but more than 50 miles an hour around exposed coasts particularly the north and west. it's windy out there, temperatures between 8—12 but feeling colder than that where you are exposed to the brisk wind and with the heavy showers, the hail and thunder mixed in too. there also sleet and snow over the highest ground of scotland so turning quite icy here during the course of the night. elsewhere the show as he is away tonight through central and eastern parts of england but further west across england, wales and northern ireland, will continue to see more showers blowing through on the brisk breeze tonight, but it won't be quite as windy as it was last night. temperatures down to about 2—6, so particularly in the east under the clear skies quite a chilly start to your friday morning. through the day tomorrow, similar to what we've got today. we got another day of sunny spells and blustery showers but i don't think it will be quite as windy as it is today at the showers will tend to ease, particularly for many central and eastern parts into the afternoon. a bit more sunshine breaking through tomorrow. still some winteriness across the mountains of scotland and temperatures only around 6—11 so feeling pretty chilly once again in the breeze on friday. heading into the breeze on friday. heading into the weekend and low pressure starts to drift off towards the north—east and we are seeing higher pressure try to build in from the south—west, but we're still left with quite a brisk north westerly airflow on saturday so another day of sunshine and blustery showers, a little bit of a wintry flavour once again over the higher ground in the north, but further towards the south—east it should be a bit of sunshine on saturday, temperatures about 8—10 . into the second half of the weekend and sunday looking the quieter day of the weekend as high pressure starts to build in it will not be quite as windy. there will be more of those showers especially in the north and west, perhaps some longer spells of rain later in the afternoon, but temperatures around 9-11 afternoon, but temperatures around 9—11 on sunday. into next week things are looking a little bit less blustery and we'll see a return is some night—time frosts. a reminder of our top story. prince william has insisted the royal family is not racist, in his first comments since his brother harry told us television that a member of the family had questioned what colour their child's skin would be. reporter: have you spoken - to your brother since the interview? no, i haven't spoken to him yet, but i will do. and can you just let me know is the royal family a racist family, sir? we're very much not a racist family. that's all from the bbc news at one. it's goodbye from me. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. looking ahead to this weekend. full back max malins will make his first start for england in their six nations match against france at twickenham on saturday. after six appearances on the bench, he replaces elliot daly in one of three changes to the side beaten by wales, with luke cowan—dickie starting at hooker and charlie ewels named in the second row. malins will line up alongside anthony watson and jonny may in the back three. really interest us since he has been in the squad. started in the autumn, he has a good return game, he has a good feeling for the game, bring space onto the ball and particularly playing against a team like france which are the highest kicking and longest kicking game in the world. the full—back is pretty busy so he is going to have a big role for us. france return to action for the first time since covid—i9 hit the squad, they're unbeaten in the championship after wins over italy and ireland. powerhouse centre virimi vakatawa missed those games with a knee injury but he's back in the starting fifteen to face england. new zealand's dual—code rugby international sonny bill williams has confirmed his retirement, at the age of 35. he switched between codes in a 17—year career, winning two rugby union world cups with the all blacks. he now plans to concentrate on boxing — he's won all seven of his professional heavyweight fights to date and says he's keen to get back in the ring. manchester city are in action against fiorentina in the women's champions league. and they're heading for a place in the quarterfinals — england striker ellen white gave them an early lead in florence. and caroline weir scored from the penalty spot — they're still in the first half, and they already had a 3—0 advantage from the first leg. there's text commentary on the bbc sport website. 3 english sides and the scottish champions in europa league last 16 action this evening. rangers, tottenham, arsenal and manchester united — who are likely to be missing some key names from their line up, including marcus rashford who went off in sunday's manchester derby with an ankle injury. cavani and de gea are also expected to be missing for the early kick—off against ac milan who will be without zlatan imbrahimovic. a thigh problem keeps him from a return visit to his old club. man united meeting ac milan, that sounds champions league like. i have the ultimate admiration for ac milan for many many years. they have got tradition, history, quality, absolute class act. they have rebuilt again and now really challenging at the top and it is nice to see them back out there. silverstone has been earmarked as on of three tracks ready to stage one of the first sprint races this season, as changes to the traditional run—up to grand prix are trialled. the second practice session on fridays is likely to be replaced by qualifying for the shortened race the following day, which will last about half an hour and will decide grid positions for the grand prix on sunday. the idea is to make race weekends less predictable and increase the sport's fan base. fi teams are broadly in support of the new format. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's it from me. thank you very much. good afternoon, i am jane good afternoon, i amjane hill, and i will take you through the next few hours of our coverage. we will start with the coronavirus. one year on since the coronavirus pandemic was declared, and the world has changed in ways we couldn't previously have imagined. four of our correspondents look back at what's happened in shanghai, rome, sao paulo and johannesburg — and what the situation is there now. we start in china, where covid—i9 was first discovered, with our correspondent robin brant. this is the place where it all began, and it started as an outbreak in a small part of the city. it went on to become an epidemic, and now it is a global pandemic. but here, 15 months on from that, in the country where it all started, things are pretty much normal. in shanghai, everyone wears a mask, but the buses are running, the are banks open, and the restaurants are doing business. most of the schools in this country have been teaching face—to—face since last august. and people are travelling in their millions on planes, on trains, but china is a country shut off from the rest of the world. almost no—one is allowed in internationally. it is rolling out vaccines — there are three home—made versions at the moment — but�*t is doing it slowly. it's aiming to get almost half the population having had those jabs, but not until this summer. at the same time, it's using some of that stock to help other countries abroad and also to try to win diplomatic favour. now, china's official version of how it dealt with coronavirus is one of success, and look to the official numbers. in a country of one billion people, 15 months on from the outbreak, they have had 108,000 cases, according to the official numbers, and just under 5000 deaths. this week marks a year since italy became the first country in the world to impose a nationwide lockdown, and one year on, the situation is again not looking good. with the infection curve rising here and the r value, the spread of the virus, going back above one again in the last week, italy is thought to be in a third wave. it's become the second country in europe to surpass 100,000 deaths, after the uk, and fatalities remain high at 3—400 today. the government of the new prime minister, mario draghi, is tightening restrictions, with different regions in different tiers — yellow, orange and red. but he's under pressure to tighten further and faster, with support growing for a more stringent lockdown, despite the dire economic impact — italy's economy shrank by about 9% last year. the vaccination roll—out here is rather sluggish. italy has administered by 5.8 million doses, but that's a lower number per 100,000 people than the rest of europe, including spain, greece and portugal. one year after the pandemic started, brazil is going through its worst moment, breaking daily records of cases and deaths. injanuary, the amazon city of manaus as made the news again due to a shortage of oxygen and hospitals overwhelmed. and now the fear is that we could see that happening in other parts of the country as the situation has gotten worse all over the territory. a handful of facts explain how we got here — that is of course the new variant identified in manaus, with mutations that make the virus more transmissible. but that's not the only reason. brazilians have been disregarding social distancing recommendations for the past few months, sometimes stimulated by their own president, jair bolsonaro, who has been downplaying the severity of the pandemic since the beginning. vaccination started injanuary, but the roll—out has been very slow, so it could take a long time for brazilians to get some sense of normality back. it's been a year since south africa recorded its first case of coronavirus. the country went from a mere two cases at the beginning of march last year to currently reaching over 1.5 million infections, and with more than 50,000 deaths, this is the worst affected country on the continent. a third wave is expected here during the winter months, and there are fears that less than half the population will have been vaccinated by then. we will talk more about coronavirus one year on later in the afternoon. a boy who suffered life—changing burns in a caravan fire that killed his younger brother, is attempting to scale the height of everest — at home. harley's family was told to prepare for the worst after the fire, but he's since made a remarkable recovery. now, he wants to raise money for the charity that helped get him back on his feet. a warning, tomos morgan's report contains some images viewers may find upsetting. coming home to the house is when it really hit. everything was just so different and so quiet. on january 19th last year, zach and his older brother harley, were staying with their father in a caravan when a fire broke out overnight. harley was saved by their heroic father. but as the blaze grew stronger, zach was unable to be rescued and died. the police came then. even though i knew what they were going to say, about zach, when they said it, it was just... everything just came crashing and it was just... i was in shock. the surviving son was transported by air ambulance to bristol for immediate surgery, as mum erin made a three and a half hour drive in the car as fast as she could to be there for harley. they sat us down and said it wasn't looking very good and to obviously be prepared for the worst and for harley to not make it. no matter what they they said, couldn't prepare us for when we walked into that room. it was a big shock. he was in a critical condition on intensive care. the prognosis wasn't good. the medical teams kept preparing the family for the worst. but on week three... harley! ..harley took his first steps since the blaze. his recovery was a remarkable, miraculous, better than most had predicted. in another three weeks, he was home. and just over a year later... ..look at him now. like every five—year—old boy, he's as active, lively and cheeky as ever. and just wants to play. 0k, we'll do one more slide down and then you're going to sit down. 0k. his recovery will continue at swansea over the next few years. so harley and older brother alex have decided to do something to help the welsh dragons burns club, a charity there. the boys are on day 15 of their challenge. they have 39,662 steps. are you ready, boys? yeah. go! climbing snowdon is off limits due to lockdown, so it's the stairs. but the highest mountain in wales wasn't enough of a challenge. so the aim over 12 weeks, is to climb the 114,000 steps needed to summit everest. alex, how are you finding it so far? eh, it's a bit tiring. the cause of the fire is still unknown. it's not being treated as suspicious, and the family are awaiting an inquest. every day there'll be something that will remind me of zach, or what's happened, and then i'll get emotional and it'll be hard. but then i do always have the kids to pick me back up and get on with it for them. his positivity and his energy definitely helps us all get through, i think, especially me. just seeing his his attitude towards it all is definitely what kept me going. have you done it today? no. no? are we going to do it when we get home? actually, i'm buying - something from the shop. buying something from the shop, 0k. two weeks down, and if the remarkable recovery of this young lad is anything to go by, a few stairs won't be getting in his way. tomos morgan, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... prince william says he is yet to speak to his brother harry after his interview with oprah — and defends the monarchy against charges of racism. the prime minister says he's "deeply saddened" after human remains were found in the search for sarah everard. a police officer is being questioned on suspicion of murder. john lewis confirms another raft of store closures as it announces an annual pre—tax loss of £517m — the first annual loss in its history. a restaurant owner who wanted to give something back to the community during the coronavirus outbreak, will today reach the milestone of delivering 100,000 meals to hospital staff, community centres, homeless projects and care homes. sujan katuwal had feared that the pandemic would force his restaurant to close. however, after being inspired to help people in his local area, he's been given a queen's award for voluntary service and won support from high profile names — such asjoanna lumley. earlier my colleague annita mcveigh spoke tojoanna and sujan katuwal — who explained how he came up with the idea. it started with my wife, we were planning to close down to the restaurant. give the keys to my landlord. when i came home she said why don't we help the community before we run away. then we started, we never looked back. the appreciation we got from the hospital, the ambulance drivers, the main idea came from my wife and my mum. it is quite an operation, hundreds of meals every night. i can see what you mean when you said once you started you did not look back. how much help have you had? obviously, my staff, my customers, there are a few customers who have always stood by me. they always come like every other day they come ask how i am doing. to see if i need help. and then joanna lumley. she is a big fan of the nepalese. we thank her for what she has done to the nepalese community. i know members of your family have served in the gurkhas and we know joanna has been a huge supporter of them. let us turn to you. i understand sujan wrote an e—mail to your pa and you got back in touch quite quickly which is how the connection developed. i wasjust so impressed by this initiative. it seems such a generous and open—hearted thing to do to look out and realise people who were terribly busy and won't have time to get food. the food that sujan makes it absolutely delicious, i know because i tried it, it is first—class. the idea ofjust some rice and some hot curries in a lovely container which you can eat almost on the go. that idea just snowballed and snowballed and snowballed. i love the idea that he took in the homeless community. care workers. ancillary staff. it wasjust wonderful and the numbers crept and crept and then sujan, great celebration as you cracked through the 100,000th free meal. it is quite sensational. let me pop back to you. is it 100,000 meals today or are you about to hit that today? we are going to hit across the barrier today, annita. what a moment that will be, definitely calls for celebration. joanna, have you been involved in delivering any meals? i have not but i hope today i am going to be packing some of them. i have been rushing around but of course with the restrictions one couldn't really do it but i have been a silent person in the background, i hope helping and assisting and supporting. ok, i was going to ask if you had been, what people's reactions was if they open the door and saw joanna lumley standing there. but behind—the—scenes we'll need people working hard as well. margarita, to you, you and your staff, you have been benefiting from all this wonderful cooking. i believe a medium hot chicken curry is the dish that is being delivered. who doesn't love a medium hot chicken curry frankly. what difference has that made, to have people think about you as health workers and deliver something at a time when you have been under such stress and so very, very busy? it has meant so much to my colleagues in the front line and to all the other colleagues working in hospitals. asjoanna said, a lot of the time they didn't have time to have a hot meal and therefore to have that delicious curry delivered by the community has been fantastic so we're really grateful to him. it has been incredible, we have been really touched by the support and it demonstrates to us how valued my colleagues are. and how did these deliveries happen in the first instance, did someone get in touch or did someonejust turn up? no, there is a bit of logistics involved. sujan and his team got in touch with us we said we would be delighted. he and his team have been very generous in offering them to our to hospital, university hospital in lewisham and queen elizabeth in woolwich and some community settings, so it has been really fantastic. they have been really welcome. i haven't tried one myself but i look forward to trying one soon. i think you must, absolutely. sujan, i know you said you were inspired by captain sir tom moore and marcus rashford in your efforts. are you going to keep going with this? you will get 100,000 today and what next? thank you. today is the end of my 100k journey then i am beginning with a newjourney which is called helping hands, a charity i have registered. so obviously with joanna's help and you people help, i will carry on my work and what i have been doing. i might go a little bit further, like southeast london if any needy people need my help but i will continue doing good work. joanna, do you think sujan embodies the nepalese spirit which you know so well? i absolutely do, cheerful, generous to a fault, best friends this country could ever have. i'm so proud of him. what he hasn't said, what we haven't got time for here is the other projects he has set up back in his home country and in india. he is a simply remarkable man and this is a wonderful wonderful project, i am very proud to be strained and supportive. project, i am very proud to be his friend and supportive. when we, amidst all the doom and gloom, because certainly we have had many of that the past year, when your wonderful stories about people responding in this way and putting on a huge effort to serve their community, it is really heart—warming, it is really heart—warming, isn't it? i think he inspires us all, that is the truth of it. he says he was inspired by sir tom moore and i think the whole country thought what can we do? there are so many untold stories of kindness and sacrifice and help which go unreported as you know but it isjust heart—warming to hear of something on this scale and for me being a south londoner, just in my hood as they say. sujan, final word to you, you are doing all this charity work, obviously you're doing takeaways as well but you must be so looking forward to customers being able to come back into your restaurant as well? yes, i cannot wait to be honest. everyone is asking when are we opening? is someone coming? yes, they will be the first person coming. always good to have a debate about good food at lunchtime when you are quite hungry. my colleague having a cheque —— chat about the excellent work being done during the pandemic. let us touch again on this story. an eight—year—old black rhino has completed the first leg of her 4,000 milejourney from north yorkshire to tanzania. chanua left her home at �*flamingo land' to travel to africa as part of a plan to increase the number of the species. luxmy gopal reports. chanua has been training for this moment for weeks. her keepers in yorkshire have worked on coaxing the eight—year—old black rhino to step into the crate. and now, for the final time, the barrier comes down and she's safely stowed, ready to start herjourney to africa. getting a crate holding a one tonne rhino onto a lorry is no mean feat. but this precious cargo is worth the effort. chanua's new life in east africa is part of a vital conservation mission to help revive the black rhino population, a critically endangered species. she's travelling from her home in malton, down to hythe in kent, where she'll spend time with two other captive females before they're all transported by air to tanzania, tojoin a new herd of rhinos brought there from other zoos. like her predecessor, almaty, who was moved to rwanda in 2019, her transition to life in the wild will be gradual, with the team helping the herd adjust. we need to assimilate them to the natural diet in the area, wean them off of the zoo food which we've been feeding her, and the dried pellets, and start introducing her to local flora, specifically alfalfa. it's a long drive down to kent. luckily, she seems to be a calm passenger, even when a stop—off at the services is needed. and finally, the first leg of herjourney is complete. in a few weeks they will be off to join a new herd, start a new family and starting new life in the wild. luxmy gopal, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. some very strong winds have caused disruption especially last and early today as well. winds have been easing, just some disruption to travel, big waves around the coast, this is hastings and east sussex earlier on. we keep the strong winds today, a mixture of sunshine and showers with some hail and thunder mixed in. this is the satellite picture, the main band of rain heading to the east but then this speckled cloud piling on from the west bringing heavy and blustery showers. gusts of wind through the afternoon, widely a0 mph but up to 50 mph towards the north and west where we will see the bulk of the showers. temperatures between 8—12 degrees for most of us. staying dry for longest in the east but into the evening, we will all see heavy showers of hail and thunder rattling through. showers are falling as snow over the highlands of scotland, icy conditions developing overnight. more showers piling in from the west overnight, eastern area of remaining dry and clear with temperatures down to three or 4 degrees. milder air where we have more cloud in west. tomorrow is similar to today, sunshine and blustery showers moving through the west on that breeze. not as windy as today. again, some of these heavy showers could bring hail and thunder and more sleet and snow over the mountains of scotland. towards the west we will see the bulk of the showers during the afternoon, brighter and drier in the east. towards the weekend, low pressure is not far away. areas of low pressure in the east, another one approaching from the west so still unsettled. saturday another day of sunshine and blustery showers, some are wintry on the high ground, in north england scotland and scotland in particular. 8—10 on saturday, best of the sunshine in southern and east england. things turning quieter on sunday but still a brisk wind coming in from the north—west. more rain into north—west later on in the day. southern and eastern areas avoid most showers, temperatures around 9—11 on sunday. high pressure builds towards next week so it will be a little bit quieter and drier with overnight frosts. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines: prince william says the royal family isn't racist, following accusations made by harry and meghan during their explosive interview with oprah winfrey. have you spoken to your brother since the interview? no, i haven't spoken to him yet, but i will do. and can you just let me know, is the royalfamily a racist family, sir? no, we are very much not a racist family. detectives investigating the disappearance of sarah everard in south london are continuing to question a serving police officer on suspicion of kidnap and murder. the number of patients waiting to start hospital treatment in england hits a new high — 11.5 million people injanuary, with cancer services among the worst hit.