after a year of coronavirus, senior government figures tell say we should have locked down earlier in the autumn. i love you. no, you don't. know, i don't-u — and a red carpet of british talent and diversity is among this year's oscar nominations. good evening. germany, italy, and france are among several european countries that have now suspended the use of the oxford—astrazeneca covid vaccine. it follows cases of blood clotting reported in some people after having the jab. so, is the astrazeneca vaccine safe? experts here say it is, and the number of blood clots reported after the vaccine are no more than those typically reported within the general population. and the world health organization says there is no evidence of a link between the vaccine and reported blood clots. our medical editor fergus walsh has more. a public display of confidence in the oxford/astrazeneca vaccine from northern ireland chief medical officer today. by contrast, you cannot have the jab in the irish republic, in france, germany and a growing list of eu countries which have temporarily suspended its use. this is a safe, effective vaccine as recommended by mhra, let's remember, this virus kills people, it kills people my age, younger people and older people. the benefit is strongly in favour of people getting this vaccine at this time. the eu vaccine roll out was already lagging well behind of that of the uk. france has said it will wait for a safety analysis from the european medicines agency due tomorrow before deciding whether to restart using the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine. translation: the decision which has been taken is to suspend, _ as a precaution, vaccinating with the astrazeneca vaccine in the hope that we can resume quickly if the opinion of the european medicines agency allows. nine european countries have temporarily suspended all use of the oxford/astrazeneca vaccine pending safety investigations. germany, italy, france and the netherlands are the latest, ireland paused at the weekend following denmark, norway and iceland. several other eu countries including austria have stopped using certain batches of the vaccine. that still leaves spain and others in the eu currently using the vaccine, which has been approved in over 70 countries around the world. astrazeneca says more than 17 million people in the uk and european union have now had its vaccine and fewer than a0 cases of blood clots have been reported. it says the risks of having a clot are significantly lower among those who have been vaccinated compared to the general population. we know that blood clots are remarkably common and we would expect them to happen in one or two people per 1000 per year, which is actually a very large number and much, much higher than the sorts of levels that we are talking about in these particular reports. scientists in the uk are frankly baffled by the decisions made in the eu. there is concern that the pause in using the astrazeneca jab will cost lives because people won't be protected from covid, and that it would damage public confidence in a highly effective vaccine. fergus walsh, bbc news. dr muhammed munir is a virologist at the university of lancaster, who today received the oxford/astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine. shejoins us now. you had the jab today. did the action on the continent in europe and other countries about suspending the roll—out to make you think twice? well, thank you very much for having me first of all. not only in the scientific community but in the general public whenever there is any kind of rumour orany general public whenever there is any kind of rumour or any kind of conspiracy or any kind of concerns about the vaccine safety, people think twice and for me it wasn't a very hard decision because i can look into the data myself and make an informed decision that it is safe because it has been passed through vigorous testing and trial process and it has been approved by the mhra. so there is no difficulty for me to make the decision. the issue as we are not _ me to make the decision. the issue as we are not talking _ me to make the decision. the issue as we are not talking about - me to make the decision. the issue as we are not talking about rumour| as we are not talking about rumour and speculation, we are talking about the health agencies and the bodies, the european medicines agency, for example, making that decision so you have one group of scientists being ultra—cautious, and others perhaps not or can you not categorise it like that? absolutely, ou are categorise it like that? absolutely, you are right _ categorise it like that? absolutely, you are right because _ categorise it like that? absolutely, you are right because if _ categorise it like that? absolutely, you are right because if european i you are right because if european medicines agency comes across and backs up the decision for not using the vaccine or continuing the use of it, that is a concern but at the same time what we need to do in the scientific community is to make sure that the data is supporting that claim or not. if we look through the data now, we have 17 million doses administered, only a0 people have got this blood clot which is less than 0.002%, one in 160,000 vaccine doses. that is certainly lower than the normal population would observe in a regular situation, one in 1000 people normally observe this blood clotting. if we look into the european dieter, 5000 doses administered, what we'd expect is around 5000 blood clotting in the european eu countries but that hasn't been seen, it is only 30 which is significantly lower than what we observe. is it which is significantly lower than what we observe.— which is significantly lower than what we observe. is it fair to say that because _ what we observe. is it fair to say that because the _ what we observe. is it fair to say that because the roll-out - what we observe. is it fair to say that because the roll-out has . that because the roll—out has happened so quickly and it has been the most extraordinary development of the vaccines, further down the line, there may well be some side effects, serious or not so serious, but we don't know that yet.- but we don't know that yet. well, aenerall , but we don't know that yet. well, generally, vaccines _ but we don't know that yet. well, generally, vaccines don't - but we don't know that yet. well, generally, vaccines don't have - but we don't know that yet. well, generally, vaccines don't have a l generally, vaccines don't have a long—term impact and if they do, those are very tiny to be considered because one in 1 those are very tiny to be considered because one in1 million side those are very tiny to be considered because one in 1 million side effect for the long term is the same as in one in1 million chance to have an accident when you take the car out. most of those are short lived and they go off within two or three days. vaccines have been approved in a relatively short period of time but the number of people that have been investigated in the trials is the same as it would have been trialled in other situations are, therefore, there is no safety concerns. and these vaccines that have been approved and rolled out are already proved their efficacy and safety into the general population so i don't think there is any concern and any link between the blood clot and the vaccine, particularly with astrazeneca. i am sure ou particularly with astrazeneca. i am sure you are _ particularly with astrazeneca. i am sure you are much _ particularly with astrazeneca. i am sure you are much younger than i am but i'm getting myjab on wednesday. in terms of the perception is the age groups get younger and younger to have these jabs, is very delete baggy grey business suit is there a fear it might influence people in their a0s or 30s who are saying i am so young, if there is a risk, even if people like you and every other risk expert as there is in, it might make them change their mind? absolutely, that is one of the major worries and one of the most negative impact i would see in the near time is vaccine hesitancy in the younger group because now we are moving in to the majority group that is much younger adults, and those are the ones that have highest vaccine hesitancy, around 17% in the uk so moving on to that priority group at that time when there are a lot of concerns being shown by the eu countries, particularly, ithink that would reflect negatively but i'd like to make sure for all the people because if i can take the vaccine, i think most of the world can be sure it is safe and it can be deployed in the same pace as it is being rolled out already. in a coule being rolled out already. in a couple of _ being rolled out already. in a couple of words, _ being rolled out already. in a couple of words, my - being rolled out already. in a couple of words, my friend said they reacted to it and it was a bit sensitive afterwards. es, reacted to it and it was a bit sensitive afterwards. a little bit but that is _ sensitive afterwards. a little bit but that is really _ sensitive afterwards. a little bit but that is really not _ sensitive afterwards. a little bit but that is really not much - sensitive afterwards. a little bit| but that is really not much more than what you would see with any needle that would go into your arm. all right, dr muhammed munir, thank you forjoining us on news. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are rosa prince, editor of the political magazine, house, and rachel cunliffe, deputy online editor at the new statesman. the prime minister says the government will work to ensure that women have confidence in the police, following the death of sarah everard and the outcry over the police response to a vigil for her. borisjohnson says he continues to back the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, and that there will be an independent investigation into what happened. by coincidence, parliament is debating a new policing and justice bill today which, amongst other things, will restrict the right to protest. our special correspondent, lucy manning, reports. this is a moment, a moment for the country and women in particular. it has triggered something in so many, and although few here will have known sarah everard, they think of her and their own experiences of harassment, abuse, or rape. your story is ours and ours is yours, the message here. that's why this scene two days ago where reflection turned to resentment towards the police behaviour upset so many. officers dragging away women taking a stand against violence. for those at the vigil on saturday, anger it didn't stay peaceful. the police in the middle of that vigil made a clear decision to do enforcement and it was at that point when they went up to the bandstand that the mood changed in the vigil, and people became stressed and upset. given the fact that there was a load of burly men going up to the bandstand to try to stop women speaking. georgina ashby was also at the vigil and on her way home when she saw a man exposing himself. it was a group of about five or six police officers and i went up and said, "hey, excuse me, there is a man who has his genitalia out, i feel really uncomfortable, it is a bit scary, can you please check it out?" a female officer was, "ok, let's go." and a male officer said, we have had enough of the rioters tonight, we are not going to deal with it. how did it make you feel when they said they would not take any action? it was disappointing, i wouldn't say it is an issue with the police on the ground, they are only listening to instruction, it needs to come from the top and there needs to be a systematic change. the prime minister said the pictures from the vigil were distressing, but he still had full confidence in the head of the metropolitan police cressida dick. people must feel, women in particular, must feel that when they make serious complaints about violence, about assault that they are properly heard and properly addressed. in westminster, a few hundred people gathered to demonstrate against attacks on women and about a commons debate this evening on new laws for the police and courts. too many of us have walked home from school or work alone only to hear footsteps uncomfortably close behind us. too many of us have pretended to be on a phone to a friend to scare someone off. too many of us have clutched our keys in our fist in case we need to defend ourselves, and that is not ok. it is still so emotionally charged here. men and women standing, many of the women are in tears. it has certainly touched something. and if the spark was the death of sarah everard and the flash point the police clearing the vigil, then the focus has to be on the police and the politicians stopping the attacks and harassment of women. at the heart of all this, sarah everard. police searching in sandwich in kent today as they widen the investigation to find out how she was murdered. lucy manning, bbc news. well, in lucy's report, we saw what was going on in parliament square this afternoon — and, as evening came, those protests moved over westminster bridge. here are some pictures. you can see significant numbers of people moving across westminster bridge. i think we have a live camera now and you can see actually those numbers have completely dissipated. apparently, there is police action, police had surrounded, and circled a few people, not sure of any arrests at the moment, but the streets are much clearer tonight although you can just see a bit of police activity there. actually, iam just see a bit of police activity there. actually, i am told these are not live, these are 15 minutes ago. so, there you go, that seems to have cleared. let's move on the for coronavirus. the latest coronavirus figures show there were 5,089 new cases recorded in the latest 2a—hour period, which means on average the number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is 5,756. there were 6a deaths reported, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test, which means on average, 1a5 people died every day in the last week from coronavirus taking the total to 125,580. 257,010 people have had their first dose of a covid vaccine in the latest 2a hour period, which means a total of more than 2a million people have now had theirfirstjab, meaning just over a6% of the adult population has now received their first vaccination. and more than 1.6 million people have had both doses of the vaccine. the headlines on bbc news... france, germany, and italy are among several countries to suspend the use of the astrazeneca vaccine over safety fears. a small number of people out of the millions who've had the vaccine have suffered blood clots. experts here insist it is safe. more protests outside westminster this evening, following the outcry over the police handling of the sarah everard vigil. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's tulsen tollett. good evening. to boxing — tyson fury and anthonyjoshua are set to meet in the ring this year after signing a two—fight deal that could become most lucrative bout in the sports history. the pair agreed to fight last year but, according to promoter eddie hearn, have only now put pen to paper on the deal, which could see the first fight staged in june orjuly. boxing commentator steve bunce says there's some debate over where it will take place. we are going to go global, we are going to go on a 70s globetrotting journey. remember mohamed ali in the rumble in thejungle, in manila? george foreman and joe frazier in jamaica. we will go probably to the middle east. my money is still on saudi arabia. they don't need to take any money at the door, they don't need 90,000 fans. it can be indoors, air—conditioned. they pair their money in a site fee. it will be the biggest thing i've seen. it will generate more money than any otherfight in history, and that could be taken over by the rematch later this year. it will generate $400 later this year. it will generate $a00 million to $500 million. there is the suggestion that pay—per—view for fans in is the suggestion that pay—per—view forfans in britain could be as much as £a0! £a0! you've got awful lot as £a0! £a0! you've got an awful lot of money already in your kitty if you sell a couple of million of those. one match under way this evening. wolves in action against liverpool where its currently goalless at the molineux. victory for liverpool would take them up to places to sixth while wolves could go 11th. wales manager ryan giggs has been involved in squad selection for the upcoming world cup qualifiers — despite his arrest on allegations of assault, which he denies. aaron ramsey has been called up for games next week in belgium and the czech republic in cardiff, despite reports in italy he's injured. the fa of wales had said giggs would not be involved in the upcoming camp, having missed november's nations league matches, but assistant manager robert page said he has helped with selection saying it was business as usual. the last three matches in the t20 series between india and england will be played behind closed doors in ahmedabad. over 130,000 watched the first two games, but there's been a spike in coronavirus cases in the region. the third t20 in the series is tomorrow. batsmanjason roy says he's confident england can bounce back after their defeat yesterday. i'm very confident. obviously, easier said than done, they are a class team, but the way we started the series in that first game was a bit more comprehensive than what they gave to us last night. so going into the second game, still full of confidence. we found it difficult, our last game time, our batting we found a bit difficult, but i think we are a fast learning side, so i don't think there has been huge amounts for ourselves to be honest. the famous cheltenham festival starts tomorrow, but one of its more famous names, altior, has been ruled out of wednesday's queen mother champion chase. bitterly disappointed trainer nicky henderson said that the horse had developed a cough. it's the second year in a row that altior has been withdrawn just before the festival. henderson masterminded two wins for the 11—year—old in the race, and said he'd been training really well in the lead up. mads wurtz schmidt won stage six of the tirreno—adriatico on monday — sprinting away from a five—man breakaway which went early on. wurtz schmidt beat the lotto rider brent van moor to take the honours, the first win of his five—year—long professional career. tour de france champion taday pogarchar finished safely in the main bunch to keep his grip on the overall race lead ahead of tomorrow's final stage, a time trial at san benedetto del tronto. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. i will see when several hours' time. thanks very much. new measures have been promised to improve bus services in england including cheaper, greener and more frequent services and miles of new bus lanes. the government says its aim is to encourage more people to take the bus rather than use their car. labour says the plan fails to reverse recent cuts to bus routes. our transport correspondent caroline davies reports. it's the route in, it's the route out, so how well it works can affect your life. buses to southfields northampton run every 30 minutes, but never on sundays. like, as it is now, we are not getting any increase in our salaries but the buses are rising, so it's really expensive. especially for me as well as single parent. nathan has been out of work as a decorator since december. i find getting a bus to town - gives me motivation to do things. for a week rider, it's £15. but for a monthly rider, 60 quid. i mean, that is 60 quid you ain't got. stagecoach, who run the service, says it does offer a discount for job—seekers. today, the prime minister announced the government's plan to improve buses, including introducing a,000 hydrogen or electric buses. this is an investment in the long—term future of this country. it's an investment in driving down carbon emissions, in making the uk one of the world's leaders in clean, green technology. the government say they also want simpler bus fares, more services, contactless payments and more bus lanes. local authorities will have to work with bus operators to make a legally binding plan that meets the government's priorities, in order to secure some of the £3 billion of funding. the idea behind the government plan is that this would create a positive cycle. so, for instance, if more bus lanes were introduced, buses would move faster, they would be more reliable, more people would want to use them and, therefore, there would be more money in the system. sally keeble was the local mp here and campaigns for bus services. she doesn't think this amount of money is enough. i'm sure that some local authorities will be able to cope with it very well, but to expect them all to be able to put plans in place within a year in order to qualify for the money, i think, is unrealistic. the liberal democrats say the plan won't return routes cut over the years. the green party welcomed it but said that the government needs to stop the fuel duty freeze which has cut the cost of driving, if it wants a bus revolution. after months of being told not to take public transport, the first challenge will be to get the public back on board. caroline davies, bbc news, northampton. this year's oscar nominations are out. there's plenty of british talent on the list including carey mulligan, olivia colman and sir anthony hopkins. our arts editor will gompertz takes us through the nominations for a ceremony that will be unlike another — taking place in a train station. welcome to the 2021 oscar nominations, not coming from the sunny hollywood, sadly, but from a rather damp leicester square where the cinemas have been shut all year but, by hook or by crook, the films have been released so we have got a shortlist to discuss with larushka from the metro newspaper. let's start with the acting nominations and best actress. who should win and who will win? i think who should win is vanessa kirby, the british actress, for pieces of a woman. i still haven't got over the 20—minute birth scene that she does at the beginning of that film. but i think who will win is andra day, who puts in a terrific transformational performance as billie holiday. # blood on the leaves and blood at the root.# best actor, who is in the running and who is going to win? i would love to see riz ahmed win for sound of metal. he plays this ex—drug addict drummer who goes suddenly deaf. he is electrifying in this role. but who could begrudge chadwick boseman for winning for his final role in ma rainey�*s black bottom that he shotjust months before he died from cancer. if my daddy had known - i was going to turn out like this, he would have named me gabriel. best supporting actress? could it be eighth time a charm for glenn close? she's got the record for the most nominated and never won actress, for hillbilly elegy. unfortunately, everyone hates the film. that's a bit of a problem. and i'd love to see maria bakalova win for borat 2. who would have thought borat 2 would have been in the running for the oscars? i want this one with a baby on it. ok, larushka, best supporting actor? daniel kaluuya is winning one of the awards forjudas and the black messiah. but here he is up against his co—star lakeith stanfield in the same category, both for best supporting. where is best actor in this film? any last words? we haven't talked about mank, although it does lead the way with ten nominations, the film about the writing of citizen kane and starring gary oldman. it is up for best picture? will it win? in a word no. so what will win best picture? nomadland, no doubt. it is a timely portrait of a woman who is living in isolation. to me this is the great film of the pandemic era. you're my sister. when you were growing up - you were eccentric to other people. it'sjust because you were brave. let's finish with best director. who is going to win and who should win? let's just say first of all, two women nominated for best director at the oscars this year. for the first time in history. the meaty revenge drama starring carey mulligan who is also up for an award in the best actress category but it is going to be nomadland, the second woman ever to win at the oscars. film critic larushka ivan—zadeh talking to our arts editor will gompertz. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. most of us had a dry and bright day today, bit of sunshine by poking through the clouds. in the west midlands for example. from west yorkshire in through the east midlands, south—east england including london, we had some showers and of those were heavy as they worked through the london area. overnight tonight we have our next weather system working its way in bringing rain southwards and that rain will be around tomorrow as well so rain initially across scotland and northern ireland sinking southwards across england and wales. it is a mild night with temperatures 8-10 it is a mild night with temperatures 8—10 and to be honesty rain will not be heavy. tuesday, a damp start to the day with the rain working southwards across england and wales, quickly clearing from scotland and northern ireland, here we will see decent spells of sunshine. the rain slow to clear across east anglia and south—east england, sting damp into the afternoon. temperatures, 10—1a. that is your latest. hello this is bbc news with tim willcox. the headlines... pulling the jab — at least for now. france, germany and italy are among several countries to suspend the use of the astrazeneca vaccine over safety fears. a small number of people out of the millions who've had the vaccine have suffered blood clots. experts here insist it is safe. more protests outside westminster this evening after the police handling of the sarah everard vigil, but the home secretary warns people to follow covid restrictions. the right to protest as the cornerstone of our democracy but the government's duty remains to prevent more lives being lost in this pandemic. a plan for more, cheaper, and greener buses in england to get us out of our cars. after a year of coronavirus, senior government figures tell say we should have locked down earlier in the autumn. officers investigating the death of sarah everard have moved their focus to several locations in the town of sandwich in kent. the number of areas of being searched by specialist officers, including a dive team, is thought to total approximately one square mile of land. our reporterjon hunt has spent the day there. metropolitan police officers descended on sandwich yesterday afternoon. today, they were seen searching through a trolley shelter in the co—op supermarket car park, and then they emptied clothes from a recycling bank. they've cordoned off a huge area — this aerial view showing just a small section of where they're working. the length of the delft stream, which passes right through the town, has been completely closed off to the public. it's mainly the town walls. and alongside the town wall, there's a river. and this particular car park has been taped off, and a full search has been undertaken, in addition to that main store's car park there has been commandeered enclosed. and the police continue with their inquiries. police have not revealed the lines of inquiry there following here — and are now unlikely to, since a man has been charged with sarah everard's kidnap and murder. but naturally, one would expect that detectives are following the trail of evidence. that trail began in woodland near ashford, where the 33—year—old's body was found. the major police operation continued there today. in any murder inquiry, especially where you have the potentially different sites, it'll always likely extend, of course, all the police can do is take them where the evidence or intelligence goes. the death of sarah everard is having a deep impact. it’s death of sarah everard is having a deep impact-— death of sarah everard is having a deep impact-_ deep impact. it's very shocking, i was really — deep impact. it's very shocking, i was really surprised _ deep impact. it's very shocking, i was really surprised this - deep impact. it's very shocking, i was really surprised this morning| deep impact. it's very shocking, i i was really surprised this morning to find out _ was really surprised this morning to find out from a neighbour, you know, that police _ find out from a neighbour, you know, that police were here and searching. the police _ that police were here and searching. the police have cordoned off our supermarket _ the police have cordoned off our supermarket. nobody _ the police have cordoned off our supermarket. nobody really - the police have cordoned off our. supermarket. nobody really knows what happened. _ supermarket. nobody really knows what happened, that's _ supermarket. nobody really knows what happened, that's the - supermarket. nobody really knows what happened, that's the thing. l what happened, that's the thing. great _ what happened, that's the thing. great unknown, _ what happened, that's the thing. great unknown, isn't _ what happened, that's the thing. great unknown, isn't it? - what happened, that's the thing. great unknown, isn't it? if- what happened, that's the thing. great unknown, isn't it?- great unknown, isn't it? if the olice great unknown, isn't it? if the police were — great unknown, isn't it? if the police were going _ great unknown, isn't it? if the police were going to _ great unknown, isn't it? if the police were going to do - great unknown, isn't it? if the police were going to do their l great unknown, isn't it? if the - police were going to do their work here, we must help them and comply with what they need us to do. any helping give — it'sjust a terrible story. helping give - it's 'ust a terrible sto . . ., ., ., helping give - it's 'ust a terrible sto . . ., ., , helping give - it's 'ust a terrible sto . . ., ., story. late afternoon, there was no sin of story. late afternoon, there was no sign of the — story. late afternoon, there was no sign of the search _ story. late afternoon, there was no sign of the search ending. - sign of the search ending. detectives forced their way into a newspaper recycling bank at the end of town. meanwhile, the coroner has indicated that the inquest into sarah everard's death will likely be opened later this week. jon hunt with that report. the scenes that unfolded in south london on saturday night to remember sarah everard — ended with arrests and bitter argument over the role of police in dispersing the crowds.0ur home editor mark easton looks at the many issues which arise when public gatherings are held during a pandemic. a warning that his report contains flash photography from the start. understanding what went wrong on clapham common on saturday night means going right back to the beginning of the pandemic a year ago. the public health emergency saw new laws forbidding ancient freedoms. police found themselves navigating strange legal territory and decided to take a sensitive and sympathetic approach to the coronavirus regulations, using enforcement only as a last resort. derbyshire police found themselves criticised for being too tough in the early days of lockdown. officers found themselves in a place that they had never been before. and, in a sense, we were all making it up as we went along. everyone in society. the difference for police officers was that they were having to apply the new legislation. last summer posed a new question for police. how to deal with protests? chanting: power... power... power to the people. the black lives matter movement exploded onto the streets and, rather than risk a confrontation, some officers took a knee in solidarity. when demonstrators in bristol pulled down a statue with police watching on, the home secretary let it be known she wanted and expected tougher enforcement. to the criminal minority who have subverted this cause _ with their thuggery, i simply say this. i your behaviour is shameful and you will face justice. i the death of sarah everard amid the tightest of lockdowns in england prompted an outpouring of anguish. the organisation reclaim these streets wanted to hold a vigil, promising to provide stewards and ensure social distancing, but police said such an event would be illegal. the debate ended at the high court. the argument was about the coronavirus regulations versus the fundamental right to freedom of expression, as enshrined in the human rights act. now, the judge listened to both sides but, in the end, declined to rule on the legality of the vigil itself. he was effectively saying sort it out between yourselves. facing a potential £10,000 fine, reclaim these streets decided to cancel their involvement in the event. this afternoon, they met with metropolitan police commissioner dame cressida dick. cressida dick has lost our confidence and the confidence, i think, of women in the capital. this morning, we didn't want to call on her to resign until we had at least had a meeting and given her a chance to engage with us. we feel that that chance was wasted. without organisation, the vigil was much more difficult to control. when some women moved to make speeches, it appears police tactics changed. perhaps it was felt this turned a legal vigil into an unlawful demo. passions exploded, there was anti—police chanting. chanting: nojustice, no peace! and a group of anti—lockdown protesters joined the crowds. mistakes were made, but there is no map for policing in a pandemic. the insensitivity shown on clapham common on saturday night may have been a side effect of covid—19. mark easton, bbc news. let's return to the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill which mps are debating today. critics say it could lead to crackdowns on people's right to protest and limit noisy but peaceful demonstrations. shabnam chaudhri is a former scotland yard detective superintendent. could we just start with saturday? former scotland yard detective yourself, had you been on the ground at clapham common on saturday night, would you have handled things differently?— would you have handled things differentl ? , ,, ., �* , differently? listen, ithink that's a difficult question _ differently? listen, ithink that's a difficult question to _ differently? listen, ithink that's a difficult question to ask. - differently? listen, ithink that's a difficult question to ask. i - a difficult question to ask. i wasn't there on saturday night, and the policing tactics are determined ljy the policing tactics are determined by the senior officers at the scene, you know, who are leading. but they are front—line officers who have to then implement those tactics themselves. so a very, very difficult situation. for me, it was very disturbing to watch, it was uncomfortable to watch, it was very upsetting particularly for many, many women who attended that location, because their main aim was to go there to basically pay their respects and two, you know, show that enough is enough and they aren't prepared to put up with some of the issues they're having to put up of the issues they're having to put up with, as women against violence. but wouldn't senior commanders have realised that? and also, i suppose in terms of the optics of this, the photographs, the images that were broadcast and went on to so many front pages showed male police officers arresting and handcuffing females — which again seems so wrong, doesn't it? shouldn't there have been more female police officers on the front line there? look, we have to work with the resources we have as police. ideally it would be better to have more female officers on the ground, but you have to work with what you've got. in actualfact, there is equality in policing — that particular situation on saturday night was very uncomfortable, it was very difficult. people had been attending all day long, paying their respects, they felt that it was ok to go there. they were peacefully, you know, complying with the vigil, so to speak, and itjust went horribly wrong around 9pm... but so to speak, and itjust went horribly wrong around 9pm. .. but you acce -t m horribly wrong around 9pm. .. but you accept my choice _ horribly wrong around 9pm. .. but you accept my choice that _ horribly wrong around 9pm. .. but you accept my choice that perhaps - horribly wrong around 9pm. .. but you accept my choice that perhaps the - accept my choice that perhaps the optics would've been better where the arrests carried out by female officers rather than male officers, when women were holding a vigil for someone and protesting, making their point that women don't feel safe because of men on the streets? it’s because of men on the streets? it's a vi . il, because of men on the streets? it's a vigil. and — because of men on the streets? it�*s a vigil, and the police officers probably weren't expecting that to play out in the way that it did. it was very unfortunate, we have, you know, policing has predominantly male officers in any case. i can't imagine it would be that simple to get a huge amount of female officers to come down to a situation like that. as i say, it's very difficult to police. that. as i say, it's very difficult to police-— that. as i say, it's very difficult to police. that. as i say, it's very difficult to olice. , ., to police. the point is, though, the viuil, to police. the point is, though, the vigil. which — to police. the point is, though, the vigil, which was _ to police. the point is, though, the vigil, which was peaceful— to police. the point is, though, the. vigil, which was peaceful throughout the day, but even then people were breaking the law, weren't they? and police didn't move in to break it up. police didn't move in to break it u -. ~ , �* police didn't move in to break it u . _ . , �* , ., ~' up. well, they weren't breaking the law, but up. well, they weren't breaking the law. but they _ up. well, they weren't breaking the law, but they were _ up. well, they weren't breaking the law, but they were doing... - up. well, they weren't breaking the law, but they were doing... the - up. well, they weren't breaking the j law, but they were doing... the law is broken when you don't adhere to the covid regulations, so the social distancing, and ensuring that you aren't in large groups. i distancing, and ensuring that you aren't in large groups.— distancing, and ensuring that you aren't in large groups. i didn't see social distancing _ aren't in large groups. i didn't see social distancing even _ aren't in large groups. i didn't see social distancing even during - aren't in large groups. i didn't see social distancing even during the i social distancing even during the afternoon, did you? i social distancing even during the afternoon, did you?— social distancing even during the afternoon, did you? i wasn't there. you've seen _ afternoon, did you? i wasn't there. you've seen pictures, _ afternoon, did you? i wasn't there. you've seen pictures, haven't - afternoon, did you? i wasn't there. you've seen pictures, haven't you? what i would say to you is that there were large gatherings, the police made the decision throughout the course of the day, and considerations have to be made and questions have to be answered in respect of the number of people that were there throughout the course of the day, the number of people that were there throughout the course of the evening, the decision at which point was made to stop the vigil because of the gathering of the number of people not adhering to the social distancing rules. so i think there were a mixed message or is there were a mixed message or is there for members of the public who felt it was ok to go there, then throughout the course of the evening around 9pm when the speaker started to speak in the crowd started to descend on the bandstand which probably made it more difficult — and that's when the decision was made. i'm notan and that's when the decision was made. i'm not an expert in that respect, however, something has clearly gone wrong from the daytime through to the evening... i clearly gone wrong from the daytime through to the evening. . ._ through to the evening... i suppose the confusion _ through to the evening... i suppose the confusion is _ through to the evening... i suppose the confusion is even _ through to the evening... i suppose the confusion is even greater- through to the evening... i suppose the confusion is even greater than l the confusion is even greater than that, isn't it? because dame cressida dick yesterday said that, had it been lawful, she probably would have gone and joined the vigil. so she's saying she didn't join the vigil because it was unlawful. then you have the duchess of cambridge, a senior royal attending that, as well. so what is the law here?— attending that, as well. so what is the law here? ~ . , the law here? well, the law was they were explaining _ the law here? well, the law was they were explaining you _ the law here? well, the law was they were explaining you can't _ the law here? well, the law was they were explaining you can't have - the law here? well, the law was they were explaining you can't have large | were explaining you can't have large gatherings, and that's part and parcel of the covid restrictions. i absolutely agree with you that throughout the day, there were large numbers of people attending the location, the duchess of cambridge, of course she also attended, it was peaceful throughout the course of the day and the evening. and then at some point, the decision was made by senior managers, not those on the front line, the officers that were actually policing that vigil, but someone at the higher levels made a decision that is no longer complying with regulations of covid, and made that decision — which ultimately resulted in the outcome and the very uncomfortable photographs you saw of women being handled and pushed by officers at that particular time of the evening. the officers at that particular time of the evening-— officers at that particular time of the evenina. ., , , the evening. the trouble i suppose is the police _ the evening. the trouble i suppose is the police are _ the evening. the trouble i suppose is the police are carrying _ the evening. the trouble i suppose is the police are carrying out - the evening. the trouble i suppose is the police are carrying out the i is the police are carrying out the law, and the laws are unenforceable, then? ~ . ., law, and the laws are unenforceable, then? . ., , then? well, the police are carrying out the laws. _ then? well, the police are carrying out the laws, and _ then? well, the police are carrying out the laws, and their— then? well, the police are carrying out the laws, and their combined l out the laws, and their combined with what they've been asked to do. except they're not, because they didn't during the afternoon. weill. didn't during the afternoon. well, that's a decision _ didn't during the afternoon. well, that's a decision for _ didn't during the afternoon. well, that's a decision for the _ didn't during the afternoon. well, that's a decision for the police. i that's a decision for the police. the fact is they were going throughout the day, somewhere along the line, somebody from the higher levels had made the decision that it's no longer a gathering, it was no longerjust people turning up, it's more of a gathering. that's one of the questions that needs to be answered when this review was undertaken by sir tom wins him. let's move to what's happening in the commons, the second reading of this new police, crime, sentencing and courts bill, which will give police more powers to halt demonstrations, including halting demonstrations, including halting demonstrations around parliament, anything that is deemed to be noisy, they can impose a start and finish times on demonstrations, as well, and they can convict people if they ignore conditions. is that something the police want, or should be worried as a society about giving police those sorts of powers? i think you've got to look at all the protests that have gone on in the last few years, then you've got to make those decisions based on what's gone on over this period of time, particularly around the extinction rebellion where people were gluing themselves to the concrete posts, and where everyday people who are trying to go to and from work were being prevented from going to and from work, you know, the noise levels down to whether they are or not, it impacts on other organisations and the defacing of statues... but organisations and the defacing of statues... �* ., , , �* statues... but noise isn't necessarily _ statues... but noise isn't necessarily violent, - statues... but noise isn't necessarily violent, is . statues... but noise isn'tj necessarily violent, is it? statues... but noise isn't - necessarily violent, is it? it's still a crime, _ necessarily violent, is it? it's still a crime, isn't _ necessarily violent, is it? it's still a crime, isn't it, - necessarily violent, is it? it�*s stilla crime, isn't it, it's still a crime, isn't it, it's criminal damage. the fact is, let's go back to what we were talking about. i go back to what we were talking about. ,., ., , go back to what we were talking about. ., , ., , �* about. i said noise doesn't necessarily _ about. i said noise doesn't necessarily mean - about. i said noise doesn't| necessarily mean violence, about. i said noise doesn't - necessarily mean violence, aid noisy crowd isn't necessarily violent. know, but if it impacts on other organisations who are trying to, you know, conducted business and there is loud noises and all sorts of other things going on with regards to serious protest, then the policing bill will have some impact on, you know, people being able to protest. 50 on, you know, people being able to rotest. , ., ., on, you know, people being able to rotest. ,. ., , , protest. so you would support it, would you? _ protest. so you would support it, would you? i— protest. so you would support it, would you? i haven't _ protest. so you would support it, would you? i haven't given - protest. so you would support it, would you? i haven't given it - protest. so you would support it, j would you? i haven't given it that much thought. _ would you? i haven't given it that much thought. i'm _ would you? i haven't given it that much thought. i'm much - would you? i haven't given it that much thought. i'm much more i much thought. i'm much more concerned about the violence against women and girls, and looking at the legislation that may come in that would protect violence against women and girls. and that's what this whole vigil issue was about this last weekend, the death of sarah everard and the fact that women don't feel safe being out in society, because they are being, you know, taken advantage of, or that men are behaving inappropriately to them, and they don't feel safe going out and about — despite the fact that, you know, they are safe but they are not made to feel safe. and i think that we need to make sure that those new legislation, the legislations being proposed is protecting women and girls. just un-ack protecting women and girls. just unpack that _ protecting women and girls. just unpack that for me. if they are safe but they don't feel safe, how do you resolve that?— resolve that? sorry, my point is this - what _ resolve that? sorry, my point is this - what happened _ resolve that? sorry, my point is this - what happened to - resolve that? sorry, my point is this - what happened to sarah l resolve that? sorry, my point is i this - what happened to sarah was this — what happened to sarah was tragic and very, very unfortunate. but there's a slim chance of that happening, you know, more prevalently. however, women and young girls do not feel safe when they are out and about because they are made to feel unsafe by the unwarranted advances of young boys and men towards them when they are out and about. so that some of the issue, so some of that legislation which they are hoping to introduce around street harassment, around introducing misogyny under the hate crime laws, you know, pawn revenge, for example, the nantes regulation — there's a lot of law that will protect young women and girls to make them feel safer and allow them to feel that they can report a crime to feel that they can report a crime to police and it will be further persecuted by the criminaljustice system. persecuted by the criminal 'ustice s stem. . ., persecuted by the criminal 'ustice s stem. ., ,, persecuted by the criminal 'ustice s stem. . ~' , . system. thank you very much indeed. thank you- — the headlines on bbc news... france, germany and italy are among several countries to suspend the use of the astrazeneca vaccine over safety fears. a small number of people out of the millions who've had the vaccine have suffered blood clots — experts here insist it is safe. more protests outside westminster this evening, following the outcry over the police handling of the sarah everard vigil. cabinet ministers and senior officials have told the bbc that the government should have brought in tougher restrictions in the early autumn of last year, to tackle the second wave of coronavirus. in the run—up to the anniversary of the first lockdown, bbc news has spoken off the record to more than 20 senior politicians and other figures about the key moments of the last 12 months. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. as we approach the anniversary of what has been an extraordinary and painful year for so many of us, we spoke to more than 20 of the ministers, cabinet ministers, officials and former officials who really were in the rooms, particularly in those early months, trying to work out what the right thing was to do. and a lot has been said in britain about the early phase of the coronavirus pandemic, whether or not they were moving quickly enough and, through the course of those and through the courses of those conversations, it's really been rammed home to me just how uncertain it all was, how much they didn't know. one official said to me, "we were blind, more blind than we told the public." and there was a huge amount of uncertainty, a realisation in government that the preparations that they had in place for a pandemicjust weren't good enough. one source said to me, "the government machine basically collapsed in our hand." and in that early period, you saw a, sort of, dawning realisation that by 1a march — the prime minister was confronted by a small group of staff in downing street with a series of graphs drawn for him on a whiteboard that showed basically, if they didn't speed up, then the nhs was at risk of falling over. and just thinking in the weeks and months after that, how many times we heard then again and again of this aim of stopping the nhs from collapsing. but what's also been really noticeable is, although that confusion in the first phase was perhaps, according to many sources, understandable — but by the time you get to the autumn, a lot of people believe that the governmentjust didn't want to listen closely enough to concern about cases that were rising then. one source said to me, "by september, the data was screaming out." the cabinet ministers have said that at that point, the government should've locked down more severely. now there isn't consensus — a lot of people think, "well, look, nobody knew about the new variant then," that test and trace should've been up running to help manage a second wave. but it's been fascinating having all these conversations. there are people i've spoken to where you can hear the anger and regret in their voice of what happened. downing street says they were absolutely right to try to manage this with test and trace, they were absolutely right to try to see if they could make things work with the restrictions they had, rather than retreating to another national lockdown. of course, in the end, that's what they had to do. hand sanitiser, comfy clothing, and home gym equipment soared in demand this year because of the pandemic. the office for national statistics has added these items and several other covid—inspired items to the inflation basket, which is used to calculate the cost of living in the uk. our reporter nina nanji is here. so fish fingers, white chocolate, plus all these extra things this year? is plus all these extra things this ear? , . , , ., ., , year? is an interesting list and, as ou sa , year? is an interesting list and, as you say. there's — year? is an interesting list and, as you say. there's a _ year? is an interesting list and, as you say, there's a really _ you say, there's a really interesting glimpse into how our habits have changed during the pandemic. the best ways to look at this is if it's a sort of virtual basket of goods and services by the ons. and this is the latest reshuffle we've seen to the list today, and it's included a lot of items that we've unfortunately all become very familiar with over the past year. first up, hand sanitisers. it won't surprise you that there's been a big pick—up in hand gel or hand sanitisers, because clearly we've all been using a lot more of that over the last 12 months. we've also seen hand weights — home equipment, gym equipment for people having to do their work outs in their living rooms, that's also going up. we've also seen men's loungewear. loungewear has also been used by casual wear, sort of, comfortable clothing for all those people who have been working from home were just spending more time at home. now one item that wasn't added to the list that you might�*ve thought demand has gone up his facemasks. now demand has increased forfacemasks, however facemasks. now demand has increased for facemasks, however it seems the nhs dutch ons thinks demand might start to tail off once we've all been vaccinated. now it's been to make it look at what's been coming off the list. white chocolate — you might like it, but it seems demand has tailed off for that, people prefer multi—users. ground coffee has been replaced by things like coffee sachets, the nespresso capsules. in canteen sandwiches, obviously people spending more time outside the office not buying their take away sandwiches. the outside the office not buying their take away sandwiches.— take away sandwiches. the other issue at the _ take away sandwiches. the other issue at the moment _ take away sandwiches. the other issue at the moment is - take away sandwiches. the other issue at the moment is inflation | issue at the moment is inflation could rise. the bank of england doesn't seem that bothered about it, and for many people, it's not a bad thing. and for many people, it's not a bad thin. . �* , and for many people, it's not a bad thin. . h thing. that's right. if you take it back to what — thing. that's right. if you take it back to what this _ thing. that's right. if you take it back to what this whole - thing. that's right. if you take it back to what this whole basket | thing. that's right. if you take it | back to what this whole basket is about, at the ons use it to calculate inflation. and it all comes at a time where there is this increasing concern that we might see a spike in inflation. the idea is there's all this pent up demand from consumers who've been stuck at home, perhaps built up some savings of the pandemic, and what they might see thatis pandemic, and what they might see that is when the lockdown ends, they'll go out and spend that money which could lead to some overheating of the economy. in fact, their expectations of a possible a—5% spiked inflation. the governor of the bank of england was asked about this on the bbc�*s today programme earlier this morning, and he said he's not really concerned about a huge spike in inflation. but he thinks inflation will start to pick up thinks inflation will start to pick up closer to the bank's 2% target over the coming months.- up closer to the bank's 2% target over the coming months. thank you ve much over the coming months. thank you very much indeed. _ the results of the bbc young reporter competition have been announced, with coronavirus and lockdown experience stories reflected in a number of the winning entries, as well as a range of other personal stories — from being a wheelchair user and the challenge of finding clothes that fit, to the positive impact of growing up in foster care. young people between the ages of 11—18 were invited to enter their original story ideas in three categories — me and my world, uplifting, and coronavirus. 30 national and regional winners were picked by a panel ofjudges — lots have been told via zoom calls that their stories had been chosen. many of the young reporters are already busy, working with bbc teams in television, radio and online to bring their stories to life. one of the competition's regional winners, for london, is 13—year—old neha. park road allotments in isleworth has been an important place for her. she has grown food there since she was three and says having outdoor space for the community is vital, especially during lockdown. but the allotments are under threat from redevelopment. northumberland estates has proposed to create 80 new homes on the site. the firm said it would retain 29% of the allotment space. but 13—year—old neha thinks protecting green space should be the priority. my patch of green in the urbanjungle. it's a peaceful, hidden oasis of shining, verdant green. i'm neha, i'm 13 years old. we're in our local allotment — park road allotment in isleworth. to me, it's a place i grew up and it's a really, really special place to our community. because we're all in flats, it's been really vital to us and the rest of our community through lockdown. my patch of green in the urban jungle is under threat from redevelopment. doomed to become a finite forest of lifeless, beige buildings. the current duke of northumberland has been trying to get a planning application approved to have this place redeveloped into lots of flats. there's going to be so many people here, and you can't build a community on concrete. i would miss the community, and people now are getting really urgent, trying to just get a final decision of, "are we going to have this place are not?" as we're talking about climate change and saving the trees, etc, it's all being redeveloped. i think that's scary. we're the younger generation, so this is the world we're being left — a world made of concrete. and i really don't think that's what we want. let's give the children of tomorrow a future in which nature is key, and protect the little patches of green in this vast urban jungle. every day for the rest of this week, we'll be showing more reports made by the winners of the bbc young reporter competition. and at the end of this week — on friday evening at 8.30pm — there will be a special programme here on the bbc news channel showcasing more of their stories. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. most of us had a dry and bright day today, bit of sunshine by poking through the clouds. in the west midlands for example. from west yorkshire in through the east midlands, south—east england including london, we had some showers and of those were heavy as they worked through the london area. overnight tonight we have our next weather system working its way in bringing rain southwards and that rain will be around tomorrow as well so rain initially across scotland and northern ireland sinking southwards across england and wales. it is a mild night with temperatures 8—10 celsius and, to be honest, the rain will not be heavy. tuesday, a damp start to the day with the rain working southwards across england and wales, quickly clearing from scotland and northern ireland, here we will see decent spells of sunshine. the rain slow to clear across east anglia and south—east england, sting damp into the afternoon. temperatures, 10—1a celsius. that is your latest. i'm katty kay in washington and this is bbc world news america. europe is way behind on covid vaccinations so why have so many european countries just stopped using the astrazeneca shot? italy — back in lockdown. infections are surging — hospitals are worried. a year on it all sounds too familiar. the nominations are in but the effects 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