and we have some news from abroad. we start in the united states and across parts of the south in particular because we have some enormous thunderstorms breaking at the moment. they will be capable of bringing some pale and later today there is a significant risk of seeing some very strong tornadoes across this kind of area. some of those could be on the ground for quite a long time so there is a risk of significant damage because that part of the united states later today. here in the uk there is more cloud than yesterday but still some fine spells of sunshine. for most of you through the afternoon. the exception is across parts of east anglia and the south east england where we have some rain which could be on the heavy side across essex, kent and sussex before that clear through. most of us than see some sunshine and if you are out of that chilly wind temperatures as high as 14 chilly wind temperatures as high as m in glasgow and around 15 for chilly wind temperatures as high as 1a in glasgow and around 15 for the south of wales and south—west england. during this evening and overnight we continue to have those northerly winds. some showers across east anglia but otherwise a dry night with a lot of cloud around so not quite as cold as last night. overnight lows around six, 9 c. tomorrow high pressure is still to the west of the british isles. we have another by front moving through the north sea and again that will bring thicker cloud and ultimately some rain. again mainly a cost east anglia and south east england particularly during the afternoon. drier west were some breaks the cloud particularly across the central belt of scotland and across the south of wales, west midlands, south—west england seeing some sunny spells and miles as well. for friday again pretty cloudy, some breaks in the cloud and the best of those are cost east anglia and south—east england but here we have some particularly chilly north easterly wind and those running across the north sea where sea temperatures are just six of the moments of feeling cold around the eastern coasts factoring in the wind. a lot of cloud but some bright or sunny spells coming through. temperatures around 13, 1a celsius are best for the continues there is pretty settled and quiet spell of weather and it stays that way into next week as well. a reminder of our top story... an independent report into child sex abuse in football accuses the fa of "significant institutional failings", and says it "did not do enough to keep children safe" following high profile convictions in 1995. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. it is true that i interfered with the pay system regarding my own pay. that was in summer good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. you're watching bbc news. i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. we've just had the first race on the second day of the cheltenham festival, the ballymore novices hurdle, just over two and half miles, jockey rachael blackmore, who won the champion hurdle yesterday, was on the 6/4 favourite, bob olinger, also trained by henry de bromhead, and she came home well clear for another grade 1 win. the big race of the day is at 3:05pm, the queen mother chase. three weeks after breaking his leg and ankle in a car crash in california, tiger woods is back home where he says "he'll be working on getting stronger every day". the 15 time major champion posted that he was "so grateful "for the outpouring of support and encougement received over "the past few weeks." the 45 year old also thanked all the staff at the medical centres where he was treated. team new zealand have retained sailings most prestigious prize, the americas cup. it's the fourth time that new zealand have won the oldest international trophy in sport. the took the best of 13 series 7—3 against the italian challengers luna rossa racing off the coast of auckland, they were roared on by huge crowds as they won race on by huge crowds as they won the race by 46 seconds. new zealands prime ministerjacinda ardern said they had made the country proud and has committed government support for their next defence. with the tokyo games fast approaching, britishjudo is conducting an investigation into bullying. the sports governing body has told the bbc that it is "completing an investigation into allegations that have been raised, in accordance with internal procedures". uk sport, that gave the sport £10 million in funding for the latest olympic cycle says it is "aware of the independent last year, uk sport's chair katherine grainger pledged to "identify, confront and eradicate" bullying and abuse after a number of issues were raised concerning athlete welfare in elite sport. england centre henry slade appears to be winning his fitness battle for saturday's six nations finale against ireland. slade picked up a calf problem in training on monday but forwards coach matt proudfoot says his rehab is going well and insisted "we'll give him every opportunity to be ready". the last ties in the champions league round of 16 take place tonight, chelsea will be looking to join manchester city in the quarter—final draw on friday. they have a 1—0 lead from the first leg against la liga leaders atletico madrid. they are still unbeaten under thomas tuchel since he took over 12 games ago, but though chelsea are favourites to through at stamford bridge, the manager is being cautious. both teams can win the competition. every team in the last 16 can win the competition. this is proven in the competition. this is proven in the last years and this is how we respect the competition. this is what we are in form. we are inferred to win this game and it does not help to think more about only this one game. help to think more about only this one came. . , ., ~ ~ help to think more about only this one came. . w, ~ ~~ one game. that is an apm kick-off. 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of strikes in the coming weeks in a long—running dispute about pay and conditions. these are staff including engineers and firefighters. that is what the union is telling us. it is all part of a long—running dispute about pay and conditions. if we have more details and that we will bring that to you but that has just come through in the last few minutes. let's hear a little more now from the evidence given to an mps' committee today by former downing street advisor dominic cummings. he's strongly criticised the department of health over their response to the pandemic, in his first public appearance since he left number 10. he was speaking to the business and technology committee. it is not coincidental that the vaccine programme worked the way that it did. it is not coincidental that to do that we had to take it out of the department of health, had to have it authorised very directly by the prime minister and say strip away all the normal nonsense that we can see is holding back funding... you say we, who is we? number ten. in spring 2020 you had a situation where the department of health was a smoking ruin in terms of procurement and ppe and all of that. that was the kind of context for it. patrick vallance came to number ten and said we should create a separate task task force. mr cummings also responded to labour's claims that he was given a 40% pay rise as a result of his handling of the covid crisis — which he denied, and said he had actually asked for a salary cut after the 2019 general election victory for boris johnson. it is true that i interfered with the pay system regarding my own pay. that was in summer 2019 but when i arrived i was put on the normal pay band from my position of 140 something thousand. i said that i didn't want that and i only wanted to be paid what i was paid at vote leave. ifigured i should be paid the same for trying to sort out the brexit mess as i had been paid for doing vote leave. so i asked for a pay cut which is what happened in summer 2019. for some reason this has appeared in the media as if i got a pay rise after covid but that didn't happen. when we were all rehired the day after the election i moved back onto the normal pay grade for my position. dominic cummings giving evidence of the parliamentary committee a little earlier. back to coronavirus now. in the welsh government's daily coronavirus briefing, it's been announced that nhs and social care staff in wales are to get a one—off pay bonus worth around £500. the details were given this lunchtime by the welsh health minister vaughan gething. as we approach the first anniversary of the pandemic in the uk, the dates when we went into lockdown, i want to start by thanking all of our nhs and social care staff who have worked so hard over the last year. your contribution has been truly remarkable. you have help save lives and you have help keep people safe in some of the most difficult and challenging circumstances. we have all asked so much from our health and care services and yet at every step of the way you have been there to look after us. as we approach one year on, you are still working hard, looking after the sick and the vulnerable, and vaccinating tens of thousands of people everything the day to give us real everyday to give us real hope for the future. in recognition of this enormous effort we will be providing all nhs and social care staff with a special bonus payments. more than 220,000 people working across our nhs and social care will receive the payment in their pay packets starting next month, and we will cover the cost of the basic rate of tax and national insurance contributions. that's equivalent to £735 per person. after tax and insurance deductions, most people, certainly those who are basic rate taxpayers, will receive £500. students who worked in the nhs during the pandemic and some 26,000 primary care staff, including pharmacy, general practice, dental and optometry staff, will also be available for payment. i want to be clear. this is not linked to the current issue of nhs pay. we, in the welsh government, are evidence to the independent pay we, in the welsh government, have given evidence to the independent pay review bodies without an arbitrary cap on pay and we await that independent advice and recommendation. the bonus payment reflects our immense gratitude to our nhs and social care staff for their extraordinary contribution to helping to keep wales safe. wales' health minister speaking earlier. scotland will establish a new genomic sequencing service to identify different variants of coronavirus. speaking at the scottish government's coronavirus briefing, the first minister nicola sturgeon said that as part of a new testing strategy, £13 million will be invested in a new sequencing centre over the next year. genomic sequencing is something you've heard us discuss in these briefings before. it enables us to identify the specific variations or characteristics of a virus within a specific sample. so it is really important in identifying new strains and variants and that has been important in recent weeks to make sure we are aware of any new variants that are causing concern and it will also help test and protect teams to take steps to try to stop those new variants spreading within the wider community. now scotland and, indeed the whole uk, already have extremely advanced genomic sequencing capabilities, probably amongst the best in the whole world. but in order to build on these capabilities, we are investing £13 million over the next year to establish a new sequencing centre which will ultimately be capable of sequencing up to 1000 samples every day. and that's going to be really important in this next phase of the pandemic, helping us to identify new variants at as early a stage as possible so that we can try, where those variants are of concern, to make as sure as we can that they don't get a foothold into the community and start to spread more widely. and also, as we look to the longer term and hopefully in the not—too—distant future start to come out of this crisis, this centre will support our preparedness for any future pandemics, and indeed for any other possible public health threats. so it's going to play an important role in the immediate sense, in the next phase of the pandemic, but be a really valuable asset for the country in years to come. and i thought it was worth just taking a bit of time to set that out today. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon at the daily briefing. the office for national statistics has given up its case over how a person's sex is defined in the census. a campaign group, fair play for women — had taken the case to the high court — after the ons gave official guidance which said that people could answer the "male or female" question by using documents including a passport. a judicial review was due to take place tomorrow. but the ons has now agreed that sex for the purposes of the census is defined by a birth certificate or gender recognition certificate. it has agreed to pay the group's costs. the once—a—decade census takes place this sunday. prolific burglars, robbers and thieves are to be tagged with gps trackers in a bid to stop them re—offending. 250 offenders — who have served at least a year in prison — will have to wear the device for up to 12 months after being released. the ministry ofjustice scheme is being trialled in areas including humberside, the west midlands and gwent. the headlines on bbc news... a damning report into child sexual abuse in football says there were "significant institutionalfailings" by the fa which should have done more to keep children safe. a man has been arrested in connection with the murder of stuart lubbock 20 years ago — who died after attending a party at the home of the entertainer michael barrymore. and — a digital travel certificate — the eu suggests a way for holiday—makers to prove they've had a covid vaccination. the head of the european commission has threatened to restrict coronavirus vaccine exports if third countries do not also allow exports in a reciprocal and proportionate way. ursula von der leyen said this could apply to countries with higher vaccination rates than those in the eu, an apparent reference to the uk. she said the eu was facing "the crisis of the century", and all options were on the table. if we have a look at the epidemiological situation it is getting worse. it is worrisome. we see the variants, mainly b117, we see the crest of a third wave forming in member states, and we know that we need to accelerate the vaccination rates. europe is trying to make international cooperation work. whether we do it through the funding of covax — we are the largest funder in covax — or through exports to other countries but open roads run in both directions. this is why we need to ensure that there is reciprocity and proportionality. i want to be clear and reciprocity. i want to be clear on reciprocity. if the situation does not change we will have to reflect on how to make exports to vaccine producing countries dependent on their level of openess. all options are on the table. we are in the crisis of the century. i am not ruling out anything for now because we have to make sure that europeans are vaccinated as soon as possible, human lives, civil liberties and also the prosperity of our economy are dependent of that, the speed of vaccination and moving forward. so vaccine production and vaccine deliveries in the european union must have a priority. ursula von der leyen _ union must have a priority. ursula von der leyen there. _ six asian women are believed to be among eight people shot dead in the us city of atlanta. the shootings happened at two spas and a massage parlour. a man has been arrested. mark lobel reports. authorities in cherokee county were called to young's asian massage. there, they found five people with gunshot wounds. two were pronounced dead at the scene. the other three were transported to hospital, where two died. the deceased were two women of asian descent, a white woman and a white man, according to the local sheriffs department. the surviving victim is a hispanic man. his niece spoke to reporters. and how are they? how is his wife doing? she is completely devastated. she is telling all the family to pray for him, because we know he will be ok but we just... around an hour later, police in atlanta responded to a reported robbery at the gold massage beauty spa on piedmont road, and found three people dead. while there, police received another call of shots fired directly across the street at the aromatherapy spa, where they found one person dead. according to atlanta's police chief, the four victims there were female and asian. we just heard numerous gunshots coming from across the street. they weren't letting us out so from what we hear there is five girls shot. the ballet is saying that they had a whole bunch of, no offence, but a whole bunch of asian girls kind of standing outside in the line, beautiful women. and i amjust like, what exactly is going on here? this suspect was taken into custody, following a police chase around 3.5 hours after the killings. the authorities are working on the assumption that the three shootings are connected. the suspect was identified as robert aaron long, 21 years old, from cherokee county. he is currently in custody in crisp county. we have been communicating with them. my understanding is they did a pit manoeuvre on him and took him into custody, as far as i know, without incident. in response to the shootings in atlanta, police patrols have been increased around similar businesses. the fbi says it is assisting, as authorities seek to ascertain the motive behind the shootings. it has been a year since the prime minister asked people to start working from home when they would. with less activity in offices, fewerjourneys being taken, and many people's working life taking place on sofas — what has the impact been on carbon emissions? new research seen by the bbc suggest that emissions from both work settings and transport fell by over 60% shortly after the work from home plea — what could be the long term effect? emma calder has been finding out. we need people to start working from home where they possibly can. it has been a year since, for many people, the daily commute stopped at the front door. like many in the uk, eleanor�*s kitchen has been doubling up as her office for much of the last year. i'd been commuting into manchester from where i live and it would be about a 15 minute journey, door to door. we switched to online teaching overnight, just before the national lockdown. since the beginning of lockdown, scientists have been studying the impact on carbon dioxide emissions. piers forster is a professor of physical climate change at the university of leeds and a member of the committee on climate change. his real—time tracking shows, while emissions from households saw an increase at the beginning of lockdown, there was a sharp drop in emissions from both the workplace and from transport. i think it probably had one of the most significant roles in decreasing them. because we did see the biggest drop in emissions. but of course we have to do a lot more than just change behaviour. we have to really think about the infrastructure. while professor forster�*s data shows emissions benefits from working remotely, moving forward, some scientists believe it is not a year—round solution. there is a seasonal difference. generally, if you are working - from home, in the winter your carbon footprint is higher— because you are heating your house. in summer, you are not _ heating your house and so working from home in the summer is always greener than travelling _ to the office. a year on from being asked to work from home, and we now have a road map that could see a number of businesses reopen over the coming months. but that doesn't mean that everyone will be going back to their offices or that they will be commuting in the ways they used to. alex has been working from home and is looking to switch to greener commuting. during the pandemic, i bought a bike. so i think i am actually going to start cycling into work. i think it's like a 30 minute journey. with some people continuing to work remotely and others considering their options when they return to commuting, reopening presents an opportunity to get closer to climate targets. the latest awareness figures say 0.7% of uk gdp is spent on protecting the environment. but professor forster recommends spending 1.2% of global gdp to keep temperatures under an increase of 1.5 degrees. that is in line with the paris climate agreement, to avoid the most dangerous impact of climate change. that transition is not an expensive thing to do. a lot of people will have lost theirjobs or theirjob won't be quite the same as it was, and this opportunity to really think about the jobs of tomorrow. overall, covid—19 description resulted in a decrease of less than 10% of carbon emissions, and it isn't yet known how much of that is due to an increase in working from home. but scientists are continuing to work to establish what role it could play going forward. just to tell you that there is a downing street news briefing coming up downing street news briefing coming up later on today so you will be able to see that life. the health secretary matt hancock is leading that briefing this evening at 5pm so follow that life here on bbc news. much more coming up in the next hour. we arejust much more coming up in the next hour. we are just going to pause and take a look at the weather prospects with chris. a full uk forecast coming up in just a moment but first or we go to the states where severe thunderstorms are developing and are capable of bringing some very large hail as well as a significant risk of some tornadoes developing during wednesday across parts of the south. those tornadoes could be very intense today and could last a long time so some damaging weather across the us expected. here in the uk we have another quiet day of whether with more clouds than yesterday, still some breaks across southern wales and south—west england. a few towards northern ireland and some broken cloud in scotland. some places will see sunshine, eastern england having the thickest cloud and we could see the odd patch of rain coming and going through the day today. in shelter from those northerly winds will be the highest temperatures. overnight tonight clear skies across western areas with mr patch is developing. most areas will tend to have a dry night with cloud building up through the night so not as chilly as it was last night with temperatures down to five to seven celsius may be nine across parts of northern ireland and scotland. another weather front on thursday going southwards across the north sea so more rain expected but it will be light and patchy, mainly affecting eastern areas, so east anglia at most risk of seeing rain in the afternoon. favoured spots include western scotland in the central belt with highs of 1a in glasgow and also some sunny breaks in wales and parts of south—west england. here is your chart for friday and another quiet weather day. high—pressure still dominating the picture. a lot of cloud around and it will be some sunshine for east anglia in south—east england but with cold northerly winds. damages really struggling along the coast with highs for someone friday of just seven celsius. coast with highs for someone friday ofjust seven celsius. however north—easterly wind we will see higher temperatures. north—easterly wind we will see highertemperatures. highs north—easterly wind we will see higher temperatures. highs of 13 in northern scotland. on into the weekend and beyond, a lot of dry weather on the way but it will quite often be pretty cloudy. that is your weather. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines. a damning report into child sexual abuse in football says there were "significant institutionalfailings" by the fa which should have done more to keep children safe. there's a theme of people knew or suspected, but none of the officials had the gumption to raise it with anyone — police, social services — at all. a man has been arrested in connection with the murder of stuart lubbock 20 years ago — who died after attending a party at the home of the entertainer michael barrymore. as we stated last february, and have continually stated over the last 20 years, we believe someone or some people at that party know what happened. a digital travel certificate — the eu suggests a way