the american private investigator who was paid by the sun newspaper l mac for information on meghan markle, he says he broke the law. this one in six female victims of sexual assault tell the police about it. we will be asking why they are so reluctant. and in rugby union, wales have their sights on a six nations —— six nations grand slam. hello, welcome to bbc news. the eu medical regulator has — in the clearest possible terms — backed the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine. it follows a week in which several eu countries suspended their roll—out of the jab, citing fears over a link to blood clots in a small number of people. and here, the regulator confirmed it's been investigating five cases of a rare blood clot but confirmed its longstanding view that the oxford jab was safe. we've also had some more detail about why there's been a problem with the supply of vaccines to the uk, but the health secretary said no appointments would be cancelled. tonight, borisjohnson said, "we remain on track to reclaim our lives." here's our medical editor fergus walsh. every injection, every vaccine given is another person protected. half a million people a day are getting immunised at present. in hull, there was no sign of vaccine hesitancy over the oxford—astrazeneca jab, which more than a dozen eu countries have suspended using. i was waiting a long time. i'm in my 60s, and i've onlyjust really got mine, so i was just happy it's finally done. ijust took on board, "this is my appointment, this is what needs doing, this is keeping everyone safe, so let's go ahead and get it done." the uk medicines regulator said, after a rigorous review, there was no evidence that blood clots were caused by the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine. it looked in particular at five cases of rare clots in the brain among 11 million people immunised by the nhs. all were men under 60, one of whom died. it said, given the link was unproven, the benefits of the vaccine far outweighed the potential side effects. for those in their 40s, the risk of dying after covid infection is one in a thousand. as a precautionary measure, it is advising anyone with a headache that lasts more than four days after vaccination to seek medical attention. there is no difference that blood clots in brains are occurring more than would be expected in the absence of vaccination, for either vaccine. the public can have every confidence in the thoroughness of our review. and in amsterdam, the european medicines agency has come to the same conclusion about the astrazeneca jab. this is a safe and effective vaccine. its benefits in protecting people from covid—19, with the associated risks of death and hospitalisation, outweigh the possible risks. the committee also concluded that the vaccine is not associated with an increase in the overall risk of thromboembolic events, or blood clots. the prime minister, who is 56, will get his first dose of the astrazeneca vaccine tomorrow and said all adults would be offered a jab by the end ofjuly. our progress along the road - to freedom continues unchecked. we remain on track to reclaim the things we love, _ to see our families and friends - again, to return to our local pubs, our gyms and sports facilities, and, of course, our shops. _ all, of course, as long - as the data continue to go in the right direction, - and we meet our four tests. those in their 40s seem likely to have to wait until may to get their first vaccine, because older people will be getting their second shot, and there won't be enough extra doses to go around, due to some supply issues. half of all adults in the uk have now had a first dose of vaccine. the head of the nhs in england, sir simon stevens, got the astrazeneca jab at westminster abbey. safe and effective vaccines will answer all our prayers, to be delivered from this pandemic. fergus walsh, bbc news. let's get more from our political correspondent damian grammaticas. a sense of relief, no doubt, we are back on track.— a sense of relief, no doubt, we are back on track. yes, we are on track to hit the target, _ back on track. yes, we are on track to hit the target, that _ back on track. yes, we are on track to hit the target, that had - back on track. yes, we are on track to hit the target, that had been - back on track. yes, we are on track to hit the target, that had been set at the outset of the vaccination programme number so that is the mid april target for all of the priority groups, everyone over 50 and everyone who is medically vulnerable to get a first vaccination. government had been hoping to be a bit ahead of that, and what it has now done is said there will be this slow down in the month to come, in april, because of the slowdown in vaccine deliveries, but overall, it doesn't expect at the minute that thatis doesn't expect at the minute that that is going to have an impact on that is going to have an impact on that target in april or the ultimate target of that which is that by the middle ofjuly, all adults, everyone over the age of 18, should have been offered a first dose, so the promised or was keen to point that out. he said despite this drop in supplies —— the prime minister was keen. he does think things are still on target. keen. he does think things are still on taruet. ., , ., ., ., ~ on target. damian grammaticas, thank ou for on target. damian grammaticas, thank you for bringing _ on target. damian grammaticas, thank you for bringing us _ on target. damian grammaticas, thank you for bringing us up _ on target. damian grammaticas, thank you for bringing us up to _ on target. damian grammaticas, thank you for bringing us up to date. - on target. damian grammaticas, thank you for bringing us up to date. we - you for bringing us up to date. we will have more for you on vaccinations, butjust to bring you up—to—date on another story. the alex salmond inquiry has concluded that nicola sturgeon misled holyrood, the bbc understands. sources close to the holyrood committee say there has been majority vote that nicola sturgeon misled the committee. but a scottish parliament spokesperson said the committee is still finalising its report. nick eardley is monitoring all of this from glasgow for us, so what has emerged night? the this from glasgow for us, so what has emerged night? the committee are still meetin: has emerged night? the committee are still meeting at — has emerged night? the committee are still meeting at the _ has emerged night? the committee are still meeting at the moment, _ still meeting at the moment, actually, the report has not been finalised, so there is a bit of caution coming from some sources about what the final wording of this would be come seeking to people close to the committee tonight, sources are saying that there was a majority vote in the committee that nicola sturgeon had misled it when she gave evidence a couple of weeks ago. the exact details of that are not clear, and the scottish parliament is making it abundantly clear tonight that it has not finalised that report, but it doesn't seem that this committee is about to confirm that it believes the first minister of scotland misled committee when she gave evidence, that is a pretty significant moment, because depending on how it believes she has misled the committee and exactly how they think she came to that point, it could be this becomes the massive issue of the day leading up to holyrood breaking up before the scottish elections. there is only a week left of holyrood sitting before the official election period begins in scotland, and as i say, at the moment the committee has voted 5—4, sources are saying, that nicola sturgeon misled them when she gave evidence a couple of weeks ago. just talk us evidence a couple of weeks ago. just talk us through what the holyrood pressmen committee are saying tonight. indie pressmen committee are saying toniaht. ~ ., ., ., pressmen committee are saying toni. ht_ . ., ., ., ., , tonight. we have not heard anything officially from _ tonight. we have not heard anything officially from the _ tonight. we have not heard anything officially from the committee, - tonight. we have not heard anything officially from the committee, the i officially from the committee, the scottish part is saying that the deliberations are continuing and that there has not been any official decisions made, but speaking to people post to the committee who are around that process, it does seem that the vote on that crucial part about whether nicola sturgeon misled the committee and therefore this led parliament, that vote did happen this evening and it was 5—4 in majority of nicola sturgeon misleading the committee. the wording, as i say, is going to be really crucial, and that report, we don't expect to see that full report until tuesday, although there may be details leaking out in the next couple of days, but potentially really big moment and ministers who break the ministerial code in certain circumstances, by misleading parliament, may have to resign. i do not think the first minister of scotland is going to resign seven weeks out from an election, but we are at a very serious point in this process. alex salmond and nicola sturgeon have been accusing each other of not telling the truth, nicola sturgeon has accused mr salmond of coming up with conspiracy theories, but it was always this question of whether miss sturgeon had been complete the honest about when she found out about the various allegations against mr salmond, whether she told permit the truth and the committee the truth about exactly what she knew when —— parliament the truth. and all the indications for my source tonight, sources close to the committee, is they do not believe the story miss sturgeon has told them and the majority have come to the conclusion she misled the committee. hick. she misled the committee. nick, thanks so much _ she misled the committee. nick, thanks so much for— she misled the committee. nick, thanks so much for bringing - she misled the committee. nick, thanks so much for bringing us . she misled the committee. nick, thanks so much for bringing us up to date, nick eardley live for us in glasgow. let's go back to the situation with the european medical relator which has, in the clearest medical terms, cleared the oster —— oxford acids into vaccine. dr veronique trillet—lenoir mep is an oncologist and a member of the european parliament's public health and food safety committee. good of you to give us your time tonight. you feel confident, you feel happy now with what the conclusions when it comes to astrazeneca?— conclusions when it comes to astrazeneca? , , , astrazeneca? yes, it is very good news, astrazeneca? yes, it is very good news. the — astrazeneca? yes, it is very good news, the vaccine _ astrazeneca? yes, it is very good news, the vaccine is _ astrazeneca? yes, it is very good news, the vaccine is safe - astrazeneca? yes, it is very good news, the vaccine is safe and - news, the vaccine is safe and efficient. the analysis will be continued on an eventual new, atypical cases of blood clots, but we can safely start again the vaccination which was temporarily suspended. i think that it was legitimate to use the precautionary principle. there will be specific inquiries because there is a suspicion that some very rare places of atypical blood clots could happen. we have been transparent, and now we have to convince people it is important to go out and vaccinate against.— it is important to go out and vaccinate aaainst. �* ., ., ., vaccinate against. and how damaging do ou vaccinate against. and how damaging do you think — vaccinate against. and how damaging do you think concerns _ vaccinate against. and how damaging do you think concerns had _ vaccinate against. and how damaging do you think concerns had been - do you think concerns had been raised, and also, as a member of president macron's party, the things that he was saying, the concerns he had previously raised regarding over 65—year—old and the oxford astrazeneca vaccine, when it comes to public perception of this? how concerned are you it has perhaps made people fearful? the decision has been changed, _ made people fearful? the decision has been changed, and _ made people fearful? the decision has been changed, and we - made people fearful? the decision has been changed, and we now - made people fearful? the decision | has been changed, and we now use made people fearful? the decision - has been changed, and we now use the vaccine, whatever the age. the prime minister has announced that he will, our prime minister, like yours, announced that he would soon receive the vaccine. the french authorities will continue. as you know, we have always had in france a high level of vaccine hesitancy, so we have to work on education and information of the population, but i think that being transparent and showing the people that when we have even a very low suspicion of toxicity, we do what we have to do to make sure that the vaccine will be administered in safe conditions. bath the vaccine will be administered in safe conditions.— the vaccine will be administered in safe conditions. both boris johnson and jean castex, — safe conditions. both boris johnson and jean castex, they _ safe conditions. both boris johnson and jean castex, they both - safe conditions. both boris johnson and jean castex, they both doing i safe conditions. both boris johnson and jean castex, they both doing it| and jean castex, they both doing it tomorrow, aren't they? but in terms of when it comes to a pandemic like this, nations keeping their societies and their citizens safe, is it inevitable that there is going to be a sense of vaccine nationalism when it comes to something that people just want to keep their own citizens safe?— citizens safe? yes, i understand that perfectly- _ citizens safe? yes, i understand that perfectly. a _ citizens safe? yes, i understand that perfectly. a government. citizens safe? yes, i understand that perfectly. a government is| that perfectly. a government is responsible for its own citizens and has to protect them in priority. i have to say that i appreciated the words of prime minister boris johnson this afternoon, when he said that we have to work together. i agree with that. we are facing a worldwide disease, we are all in the same boat, and it is important to fight vaccine nationalism and do our best efforts to work together. {lilia best efforts to work together. 0k, dr veronique _ best efforts to work together. ok, dr veronique trillet—lenoir, mep, thank you very much for your thoughts. thank you. we can also speak to professor ian douglas. he is from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. professor douglas, you spent time, you spent several years, at the nhra, the uk regulator leigh battie when it comes to medicines. —— regulatory body for some when they say they do a thorough and careful review, just help us to understand what that kind of process looks like, how they can reach the decision that they have reached today. decision that they have reached toda . , ., , ., decision that they have reached toda. ,., ,., , ., today. this would be a very detailed look at all of — today. this would be a very detailed look at all of the _ today. this would be a very detailed look at all of the evidence _ today. this would be a very detailed look at all of the evidence that - today. this would be a very detailed look at all of the evidence that is i look at all of the evidence that is available to take on this particular issue, so they will have had people look through each of those individual case reports about clotting, looking to see if there were any details within them that might have hinted that they could have been caused by the vaccine. this would have been looked at by several people with different areas of expertise and then they would also have looked at all of the randomised trial data to see if there were any suggestions they are about clotting problems and then wider literature of anything else available come so it is a really rigorous and very thorough investigation they would have put this through to be able to reach this through to be able to reach this conclusion. there seems to be no evidence there is an increased risk of clotting problems.- no evidence there is an increased risk of clotting problems. when it comes to. — risk of clotting problems. when it comes to. they — risk of clotting problems. when it comes to, they talk _ risk of clotting problems. when it comes to, they talk about - risk of clotting problems. when it comes to, they talk about these i risk of clotting problems. when it. comes to, they talk about these rare cases, these specific rare cases of the blood clots, just help us understand how that relates the stop and also how often does that occur in the wider community? i and also how often does that occur in the wider community?— and also how often does that occur in the wider community? i was having a look today. — in the wider community? i was having a look today. trying — in the wider community? i was having a look today, trying to _ in the wider community? i was having a look today, trying to see _ in the wider community? i was having a look today, trying to see in - in the wider community? i was having a look today, trying to see in the - a look today, trying to see in the published literature how common those events are. and i think it is roughly around one in 100,000 people a year that might be expected to develop that problem. so it is pretty rare. they will be looking in detail at those cases. what is important to know is they will also be looking further to see whether there are any other aspects of those cases that made them look like they might have been caught —— might�*ve been clotting related, but there will be more studies in the next weeks and months, to see if there is any evidence of people getting the vaccine are more likely to have this kind of outcomes the people who are not. they were not believing any stones unturned, looking at and credit will detail in these problems.— these problems. talking of side effects, these problems. talking of side effects. the _ these problems. talking of side effects, the leaflets _ these problems. talking of side| effects, the leaflets distributed, they talk about headaches. just put that into context for everybody who may have concerns.— that into context for everybody who may have concerns. yeah, and i guess lots of us will — may have concerns. yeah, and i guess lots of us will know _ may have concerns. yeah, and i guess lots of us will know people _ may have concerns. yeah, and i guess lots of us will know people who - may have concerns. yeah, and i guess lots of us will know people who have l lots of us will know people who have had the vaccine and they have said about possible side effects that might have happened to them, and they tend to be things like a sore arm or, as you say, a headache or possible flu—like symptoms, and i thought the nhra in the european medicines agency did very well today giving up good advice to people that if these kind of events are fairly short—lived and last a couple of days, there is probably no need to worry. if they get worse over time or they are persisting for several days, that would be the point in time to think about consulting with medical experts, possibly dialling one on one or getting in touch with your gp, if you think that it is a problem ongoing or more severe than you might have expected.— you might have expected. professor dou~las, it you might have expected. professor douglas. it is _ you might have expected. professor douglas, it is really _ you might have expected. professor douglas, it is really good _ you might have expected. professor douglas, it is really good teacher. douglas, it is really good teacher clarity on all of this, and i'm sure our viewers are feeling better for hearing your advice. dash makes great to get your clarity on this. professor ian douglas. of course, lots more on our website. rugby union, close to your heart, a game, i believe. there is a game on the weekend, but do you know what, i am going to start on cricket. england's will need to win saturday's deciding game five of their t20 series against india, that's after today's eight run loss in ahmedebad. the tourists fell just short of the target as andy swiss reports. it was close, but for india, it was victory, a thrilling finale. earlier, indians batsmen had blazed away. the first bull of the whole match went for six while the first of the international career went the same way for steve easy, this game, is it not? kumar smashed 57 before falling incontro fashion. dawood malan with a catch, or the replay suggested it might have raised the grass. a late barrage of boundaries set england a testing target. after a stuttering start, who else but ben stokes led the charge? while he was there, anything was possible, but when he missed queued on a6, that seems to be that. england needed 23 off the last over. just watch jofra archer. they england needed 23 off the last over. just watchjofra archer. they could not, could they? not quite. in the nick of time, in india held their nerve. so closer england, but saturday's series decider now beckons. to football. tottenham have been taken to extra time in their europa league second leg tie against dinamo zagreb in croatia. they conceded twice to mislav orsic so the aggregate score was 2—2 after normal time. and guess what, orsic has scored a hat trick, and with a couple of minutes to go, spurs trail in that one. arsenal are through to the quarter finals though despite losing 1—0 at home to olympiakos. youssef el—arabi's goal wasn't enough as the gunners won 3—2 on aggregate. the greek side had knocked arsenal out last year. two more games just under way. manchester united in action away to ac milan. it is currently goalless, 1—1 on aggregate. rangers hosting slavia prague. it was 1—1 on aggregate, but the visitors have scored. visit the website for the latest on those games. aston villa's ollie watkins and west brom's sam johnstone have been given their first senior england call—ups — as gareth southgate names his squad for the 2022 world cup qualifiers. jesse lingard, john stones and luke shaw return, but there's no place for liverpool defender trent alexander—arnold. watkins, the villa striker, gets his first senior england call up after impressing since joining from brentford in the summer. west brom goalkeeperjohnstone gets his maiden call up following an injury to england number onejordan pickford. southgate's named a 26—man squad for the qualification triple header against san marino, albania and poland this month. to the third day of the cheltenham festival — and more success for rachael blackmore in the ryanair chase. riding the willie mullins—trained favourite alla—ho, coming home 12 lengths blackmore led the race from start to finish, coming home 12 lengths ahead of the rest of the field. fakir finished a long way back in second with tornado flyer in third. it's the irish jockey blackmore's fourth winner this week. meanwhile, flooring porter stayed the longest in the stayer�*s hurdle, coming home well ahead of the field. sire doo berlay was second, whilst the 2019 winner paisley park finished in third. it was jockey danny mullins's first win at the festival after five second—place finishes. wimbledon is likely to go ahead this summer with reduced crowds, organisers have announced today. it's due to start on the 28th ofjune — a week after covid restrictions are set to end in england. there won't be any scenes like this, because there'll be no ticket resales within the grounds. and the traditional ballot won't take place — instead, all tickets will be sold on—line, although there's no word on how many will be available. there were over half a million fans at the all england club in 2019, the last time the championships were held. i cannot review document i can reveal if wales beat france on saturday evening, they will win the six nations. and you would know, former international. thank you very much. let's bring you up—to—date with the latest coronavirus numbers. the latest coronavirus figures show there were 6,303 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 5,601. the number of patients in hospital with covid continues to fall, now down to 7,218. there were 95 deaths reported of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test, which means on average 108 deaths were reported every day in the past week from coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths so far to 125,926. onto vaccinations now, and a62,2a6 people had their first dose of a covid vaccine in the latest 2a—hour period, which takes the total of people who have now had their firstjab to more than 25.7 million, meaning a9% of the uk adult population have now received their first vaccination. and nearly 1.9 million people have had both doses of the vaccine. the health secretary has announced an additional £6.6 billion of funding for the nhs in england. the money will be spent on continuing to deal with the coronavirus, but there was also a pledge to start tackling the ever growing backlog of procedures that have been postponed during the pandemic. our health editor hugh pym has been hearing from one hospital boss about the scale of the task ahead. this experience was like being in a little bit of a hotel. yeah. getting feedback from patients. marcel levi tours wards at university college london hospitals. he is both consultant and chief executive, and soon will head back to his native holland to become the dutch government's chief scientific adviser. he is full of praise for the work of staff, but he says the nhs was not well set before the pandemic, with waiting lists growing steadily, so covid cancellations have made an existing problem a lot worse. covid is actually a magnifying glass making very clear that capacity in the nhs was not sufficient already for years, and that has now become very, very obvious. it is going to take, i'm afraid, a very long time to get where we want to be. does it need more money, just to get through these procedures? yes, of course it will take more money, and of course we will try to do this as efficiently as possible, but you can only treat all those patients if you introduce even more weekend working, evening working, extra shifts, extra operating theatre time. an extra £6.6 billion has now been allocated to the nhs in england, some of which will be used to help cut waiting lists. there will be proportionate increases for scotland, wales and northern ireland. i have a nice, warm bath- when i come home from work. chris can only hope it will make a difference. he was keen on sport, but arthritis over the last few years has made that impossible. he has been told he needs a knee replacement, and has been waiting nearly a year. it is frustration, absolute l frustration that, you know, i lie awake at night, _ worrying about getting up to work the next day, and thinking, am i going to be ok, - am i going to be able to get down the steps in the morning? - and all that, and i get that, - it'sjust frustration, to be honest. the charity versus arthritis said it was vital some of the new money would be focused on cutting waiting times forjoint replacements. marcel levi believes the nhs is a very strong organisation, itjust needs to build up capacity now to cope with the impact of the next pandemic. hugh pym, bbc news. a los angeles private investigator says he was paid by the sun newspaper to investigate meghan markle and herfamily in the early days of her relationship with prince harry. daniel portley—hanks says he unlawfully obtained detailed private information about her, including her social security number, as part of a dossier. news uk, the publisher of the sun, accept they paid mr hanks but insist they never asked for, or knew of, any unlawful activity. our media editor amol rajan's report contains flashing images. we all know what the british press can be like, and it was destroying my mental health. really? i was like, this is toxic. prince harry has long had a fraught relationship with britain's tabloid press, as he told james corden recently. he is suing both the former publishers of the sun and the daily mirror, over allegations of phone hacking and other illegal activity before 2011. witnesses at the leveson inquiry in 2012 included celebrities, politicians and a former editor of the sun and news of the world. since 2015, rebekah brooks has been the boss of the sun's publisher, rupert murdoch's news uk, and was later cleared on all charges of phone hacking. on page nine of her first written witness statement to the enquiry, dated october 2011, she said, of private investigators... we're going to look at privacy and harassment law... - four years after levenson in 2016, meghan markle was working as an actor in the legal drama suits. shortly after meghan's relationship with prince harry was revealed, a private investigator based in california, now retired, was paid by the sun to get detailed personal information about her and her family. he believes some of what he then did was unlawful. in accessing a particular one—stop database as a licensed private investigator, and giving a false statement about what he was using the data for, danno hanks breached federal law. pretty much anything i found out, they could find out themselves, using legal means, with the exception of the social security numbers. when you have that information, it's the key to the kingdom. especially a social security number, because you can contact any other thing, you can contact the banks, you can contact phone companies. it is important to stress there is no evidence that there were such misuse in this instance. the bbc has seen and corroborated this so—called comprehensive report on meghan and herfamily, for which hanks was paid by the sun, as well as the remittances, payments he received from news uk for this and many other reports. it was in this period in november 2016 that prince harry issued a trenchant statement, condemning the media. hanks says the sun wrote to him in 2012, instructing him to act within the law, and he later confirmed this in his invoices, but he feels they could have done more. did anyone from the sun at any point say, "we have some concerns about how you get this information"? no, they never asked. they didn't care. is hanks a reliable source? a sometime actor, and vietnam veteran, he was jailed four times, including for extortion, and had been a private investigator for decades. a statement from news group newspapers says... they say he was instructed and undertook in writing to act lawfully and the information provided did not raise any concerns. they also say they did not request her social security number and that none of the information was used for any unlawful practice. hanks was initially being approached by a freelance journalist, who was previously sentenced for phone hacking, and now reports on press ethics. his website is funded by supporters of press reform, and spun off from a media group that has received funding from the likes of max mosley and hugh grant. he paid hanks for access to his documents. this story definitely sticks out in the post—leveson world, because it's taken place five years after we thought these practices had stopped. hanks says watching harry and meghan's interview with oprah winfrey prompted his confession. prince harry and meghan markle might well be listening to you right now. what would you like to say to them directly? i'm deeply sorry for what i did. if your lawyers need to talk to me, to help you with these cases, i'm ready to give you what i know. amol rajan, bbc news. i will be back very shortly. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker. hello. it remains quiet on the weather front, and that's how it's going to stay for the next few days. generally speaking, pretty cloudy and chilly, but one or two spots did warm up a little bit today, especially southeastern scotland, around perth. the clouds cleared and temperatures got up to around 18 celsius near perth, making it the warmest day of the year in scotland, but so many other areas were cloudy and damp. and you can see more damp weather there through this evening and overnight across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, the east midlands, the south east as well. no realfrost tonight, six or 7 degrees for most of us, but where the skies remain clearer there in central and western scotland, temperatures will be just that little bit lower. so a lot of cloud around on friday, but some sunshine across central and western scotland. and after a damp morning, we're also expecting some sunshine to develop across east anglia and the south east, but the temperatures, well, between eight and 12 celsius. hello this is bbc news with kasia madera. the headlines: the european medical regulator gives the astrazeneca vaccine the green light — several eu countries had suspended its use over fears of a link to blood clots. this is a safe and effective vaccine. benefits in protecting people from covid—19 rate the associated risks of death and hospitalisation outweigh the possible risks. boris johnson stresses the safety of the jab — and says no vaccination appointments will be cancelled here, despite problems with supplies from india. sources tell the bbc that a majority of msps on the alex salmond committee have said nicola sturgeon misled the inquiry. the american private investigator who was paid by the sun for information on meghan markle — he says he broke the law. the bbc announces major plans to move large parts of its programme—making out of london, over the next 6 years. and, a remarkable collection of handwritten letters from diana princess of wales to a friend are being sold at auction — to raise money for arts charities. more now on our top story. there is no evidence the astrazeneca covid vaccine causes blood clots, according to uk and eu regulators. the mhra and the ema say people can have confidence in the vaccine's benefits and should get immunised, despite some countries pausing use. earlier, emer cooke from the european medicines agency said the committee would continue to study possible links between rare blood clots and the vaccine. our expert committee on the safety of medicines and the risk assessment committee has now come to a conclusion on their review of cases of blood clots and people back with astrazeneca covid—19 vaccine. the committee has come to a clear scientific conclusion. this is a safe and effective vaccine. its benefits in protecting people from covid—19 with the associated risks of death and hospitalisation outweigh the possible risks. the committee also concluded that there vaccine is not associated with an increase in the overall risk of thromboembolic events for blood clots. now, during the investigation and review we began to see a small number of cases of rare and unusual but very serious clotting disorders and this triggered a more focused review. based on the evidence available and after days of in—depth analysis of lab results, clinical reports, autopsy reports and further information for the clinical trials we still cannot rule out definitively a link between these cases and there vaccine. professor adam finn is from the university of bristol and sits on the government'sjoint committee on vaccination and immunisation(os) you advise the uk health department on immunisation. when we hear comments like that, benefits outweighing possible risks, bring it into context for us, what does that really mean? i into context for us, what does that really mean?— into context for us, what does that really mean? i think what it means is that we know _ really mean? i think what it means is that we know this _ really mean? i think what it means is that we know this vaccine - really mean? i think what it means| is that we know this vaccine wrecks and we know that covid—19 is a very present risk at the present time. particularly for older people but also for younger people as well. we know that this is a very effective tool for getting right back to normal. like other vaccines that we use, there are one in a million events that we associate with the vaccine. sometimes they turn out to be living and we have to keep a close eye open for those possible side effects and that's what's being done at the moment. it's not clear whether or not these serious cases of blood clots are related to the vaccine but we need to take them seriously and continue to look out for any other problems we face and the other vaccines going forward. at this not mean we should stop using the vaccine because the balance is very clearly in favour of getting the protection that the vaccine provides against this very real risk that covid—19 poses to all of us. the rarity of these particular blood —— where blood clots, just to put them into numbers for us so that we genuinely understand the very cases that have a reason. the most useful numbers for us right now today we face vaccine in the uk is that we have given over 11 million doses of this vaccine and we have managed no more than five cases of this rare blood clotting condition which they would have expected to see even in the absence of information going on. this is less —— less than i want a million event that may be occurring by chance rather than through too vaccine. it certainly not the kind of risk that anyone should be seriously concerned about when they are facing much larger risks of taking covid—19 and potentially either chronic illness or hospitalisation or even death as a result of that infection which is very much around us at the moment. can you talk to us about the vaccination programme in the uk, the prime minister stressing that at no point to these vsp can sell but we are seeing problems with supplies from india. what is your understanding as to bring that to be potentially resolved and how long now for the under 50s. how will they have to wait for this to resume? it sounds to me as though this were influenced to supply of the vaccine during the coming month of april. there will be surprise of the pfizer vaccine and they will be supplies of astrazeneca vaccine and actually enable us to complete the phase one of the programme on time so that all adults stand to the age of 50 and risk groups will be afraid their first dose by that date. and it should enable us to honour all of the second dose is coming due now for people who are immunised back in december and january and it may mean that at the beginning of face to which we would like to follow up with him immediately after completing phase one may be put back by a short while but i don't think it sounds as the morning as though the delay will be sufficient to put us behind schedule which we are ahead of right now. you feel confident every adult will be offered a first dose by the end of july? offered a first dose by the end of jul ? , july? yes well confident in the sense that _ july? yes well confident in the sense that is _ july? yes well confident in the sense that is what _ july? yes well confident in the sense that is what is - july? yes well confident in the l sense that is what is protected. july? yes well confident in the - sense that is what is protected. you can never be sure about the future but certainly the uk has done a good job of contracting a large number of doses of vaccine and i'm confident about the ability of the nhs to abilities vaccines out even personally taking part in some of the sessions and it is really fantastic to watch the efficiency and the enthusiasm of their teams and the enthusiasm of their teams and they really the mass of people coming forward and the gratefulness to receive the vaccine. as long as the supplies come through i have got no doubts that the programme will deliver on time.— deliver on time. when it comes to our final deliver on time. when it comes to your final thoughts _ deliver on time. when it comes to your final thoughts on _ deliver on time. when it comes to your final thoughts on anybody . your final thoughts on anybody coming tomorrow for their vaccine and depending if the penn minister has said he will be. how many —— any fears they might have? what you say? you should be throwing your height in the air to get this vaccine. we are in a real predicament at the moment and this is the best tool we have got to us out of it. it is a vaccine we know works really well and if you have been concerned that any point about that included you can massively reduce those concerned by checking your vaccination done tomorrow. fin by checking your vaccination done tomorrow. ., ., ., tomorrow. on that note from their government _ tomorrow. on that note from their government joint _ tomorrow. on that note from their government joint committee - tomorrow. on that note from their government joint committee on i governmentjoint committee on vaccination thank you so much. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are the former trade minister lord digbyjones and the broadcaster henry bonsu. the care regulator for england has said hundreds of people had their human rights breached when "do not resuscitate" decisions were placed on them during the early part of the pandemic — without them or their families knowing about it. a report by the care quality commission says there's some evidence that blanket dnr decisions — which restrict potentially life—saving treatment — were used on elderly and disabled people. nikki fox reports. hi, everyone, i'm jordan. jordan is supported by dimensions. this is my support worker, emma. hi. we're currently making an omelette. his social care provider is one of many who have fought to remove inappropriate "do not resuscitate" orders during the pandemic. i want me and my friends to grow old and have a happy and fulfilling life, and to have these decisions made for us, against us, in this way i think is very inhumane. it did create a real climate of fear, i think, amongst people with learning disabilities and their families about what the outcomes might be for people. for the "do not resuscitate" orders that you'd heard about, the inappropriate ones, rachel, what were some of the reasons given? we had somebody we support and the reason given for their order was that they had dyspraxia, asthma and a learning disability, which is clearly entirely inappropriate reasons to apply a "do not resuscitate" order. and there are many examples of this. in fact, the care quality commission was told of more than 500 cases where a "do not resuscitate" order was applied without the consent of the person or their family. it said it raised serious concerns that many disabled people were seeing their human rights breached by not being given the right to choose their own end—of—life care. we know at the beginning of the pandemic there was a lot of confusion. i think some of that confusion and some of the miscommunication did lead to this increase in dnr cpr decisions that we saw. it's completely unacceptable. it'sjust terrifying. your life is everything you own, so, scary. sarah, who wants us to protect her identity, has a rare neuromuscular condition. she's in her early 20s and is a successful writer. at the beginning of the pandemic she was asked on three occasions to sign a "do not resuscitate" order. there was no back—and—forth, it was very much, "i think this should happen to you," it was just, "i think this is best." "they wouldn't treat you anyway, let's do it." it was a tick box exercise. i think of a 20—year—old me, i would have been useless at that conversation. i mean, i have had practice, like, i do use a hospice, but this has felt different. this has felt like a fight, which i really don't enjoy. the government says it would take on board the report's recommendations and stressed that blanket "do not resuscitate" orders were always completely unacceptable. nikki fox, bbc news. the bbc has announced it's to move large parts of its programme making outside london, over the next 6 years. the director general tim davie says for the first time a majority of network television production will be made outside the capital and much of radio production will be relocated across the country. our media and arts correspondent david sillito has more. on six music will be talking about our national anthem today... six music is heading north, to salford, just one of a whole series of bbc services, staff and departments that are being shifted out of london. the bbc says this is an attempt to change its tone, to make it feel less london centric. what that means in practice is that a lot of people in this building, broadcasting house in london, are today being told they are moving, so radio three, which is up there, is going to salford. news beat, over there, is going to birmingham. the tech team is going to glasgow. science is going to cardiff. £700 million worth of spending is going outside the m25. it will affect around 1000 jobs. of the total headcount at the bbc is going to be reduced. the full details ofjust how many jobs are to go was not part of the day's announcement. this was all about signalling an attempt to shift both jobs and culture, to try to make the bbc feel less so than. the bbc has already moved programmes such as bbc breakfast to its salford base and some think it has made a difference. i think it's undoubtedly the case that bbc breakfast and five live strike a different note in the conversation than other parts of bbc output so i think the fact that northerners like what they get from for instance the team at bbc breakfast means that perhaps they might also like what they get from now what will be business news from salford, a lot more news content from the north of england. drama is also under the spotlight. eastenders will be joined by two new long—running drama series set outside london. there's hoped that moving £700 million of spending will help spread the country's creative industries. the corporation is facing some tough conversations about the future of the licence fee. this is an attempt to show it both reaches and reflects the whole of the country. david sillito, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the european medical regulator gives the astrazeneca vaccine the green light — several eu countries had suspended its use over fears of a link to blood clots. boris johnson stresses the safety of the jab — and says no vaccination appointments will be cancelled here, despite problems with supplies from india. the american private investigator who was paid by the sun for information on meghan markle — he says he broke the law every day this week we are sharing stories sourced and produced by people between the ages of 11 and 18 as part of the bbc young reporter competition. wilamena is from cornwall and was one of more than two and a half thousand young people who entered this year's competition. her desire to promote understanding about tourette syndrome made her one of the regional winning entries. this is her story. music plays. five years ago, i woke up one day and i couldn't walk or even get out of bed due to disabling and violent full body ticks. eventually, i got diagnosed with tourette syndrome at the age of nine. what age did you first get diagnosed with tourette syndrome? i was five years old when i first got diagnosed with tourette's. i started my first symptoms when i was two. most people with tourette's have what's called a co—morbidity. that could be ocd, adhd, anxiety or depression. the co—morbidity that i have is anxiety and ocd. turns out i'm not the only one. adhd. ocd as well. ocd and adhd. what's really extraordinary is that you don't seem to tick very badly when you're having your cello lessons. bananas in pyjamas. i have a government funded scholarship to attend a specialist music school where i board away from home and learn cello and percussion to an advanced level despite my disability. the moment my fingers touch the piano, the keyboard, it completely disappears. they go away. | my focus is for playing the drums, | it almost overtakes the tourette's. even though tourette's can be hard, i try not to let it stop me from reaching my goals. even if myjourney getting there a slightly different from everyone else's. talk to us and treat us like anybody else. we've created such a stereotype in the media. how can we undo this? people don't understand the unknown and that's what is stressful— for people who have tourette's. has your tourette's changed at all as you got older? yeah. there are always kind of, even each day, can have its ups and downs. i started just making small grunting noises from my throat. as i got older, they became more physical in my legs. you name it all, i had all the ticks. with tourette's, expect the unexpected. how do you think your life would have been different or where would you be now if you hadn't discovered the world of music and how that helped you cope with your ticks? i honestly think i'd be either in one of two places. i'd be dead or injail. tourette's isn'tjust the swearing disease that the media portrays it to be. i want it to stop being the punch line of every comedian's jokes. i want people to learn about what tourette's actually is. this is the real tourette's. that was wilamena. every day this week we're showing stories from some of the winners of the bbc young reporter competition.and tomorrow at 8.30pm — there will be a special programme here on the bbc news channel showcasing their work. typ branding with text reading: the winners friday 8.30pm. let's return to that breaking news we brought you earlier —— a majority of msps on the alex salmond committee have said nicola sturgeon misled the inquiry, sources have told the bbc. it is understood msps on the committee voted by a majority that ms sturgeon gave them an inaccurate account. erlier, nick eardley outlined the latest developments the committee i still meeting at the moment. there is a caution coming from some sources about what the final wording of this would be but speaking to people close to the committee tonight, so it is i seeing there was a majority vote in the committee that nicola sturgeon had misled it to when and gave evidence a couple of weeks ago. the exact details are not clear. the scottish parliament is making it abundantly clear that it has not finalised that report but it does seem this committee is about to confirm that it believes the first minister of scotland misled the committee when she gave evidence and that is a pretty significant moment because depending on how it believes she has misled the committee and exactly how they think she came to that point it could be this becomes the massive issue of the days leading up and breaking up the scottish parliament elections and there is only a week left of hollywood setting before they officially left —— election period begins in scotland and i say at the the committee has voted 5—a that sources are saying nicola sturgeon misled them when she gave everyone a couple of weeks ago. teiiii everyone a couple of weeks ago. tell us what the — everyone a couple of weeks ago. tell us what the harassment committee i sang tonight. brute us what the harassment committee i sang tonight-— sang tonight. we have not heard an hinu sang tonight. we have not heard anything from — sang tonight. we have not heard anything from the _ sang tonight. we have not heard anything from the committee . sang tonight. we have not heard anything from the committee as| sang tonight. we have not heard . anything from the committee as the deliberations are continuing and there has not been any official decisions made. speaking to people close to the committee who are around that process it does seem to fill it whether nicola sturgeon misled the committee and therefore misled the committee and therefore misled parliament, that vote that happened this evening and it was 5—a majority of nicola sturgeon misleading the committee. the wording is going to be really crucial and we don't expect to see the full report until tuesday and given what you have been told by sources tonight. this is really big moment and potentially ministers who break the ministerial code in certain circumstances by misleading parliamentary be expected to resign. i know people who think nicola sturgeon is going to resign several weeks out and potentially a very serious point in this process and it's been a week long process with the former first minister has been accusing each other of not telling the truth and nicola sturgeon of his missed assignment of coming up with wild conspiracy theories but there is always this question of whether she had been completely honest about when she found out about the various allegations against him and let it she told parliament the truth and the committee the truth about exactly what she knew and ran and all the indications from my sources tonight, sources close to the committee, i that they do not believe this story they told them and that the majority have come to the conclusion. and that the ma'ority have come to the conclusion.— the conclusion. they will be lots more on our _ the conclusion. they will be lots more on our website _ the conclusion. they will be lots more on our website and - the conclusion. they will be lots more on our website and be - the conclusion. they will be lots | more on our website and be back the conclusion. they will be lots - more on our website and be back but now it's time for the weather. hello. well, it's time to have a look at the weather for the next week or so and a little beyond that. it's very quiet on the weather front right now. a big high pressure is dominating the scene. for many of us, little change for the rest of the week and into the weekend. and it's generally quite chilly with this high pressure currently centred just to the west of ireland. now, the winds are flowing around the high pressure in a clockwise fashion. the wind has been dragging in cloud from the north, spreading it across the uk, so for most of us it has been quite overcast — there's been a bit of rain. having said that, the skies did clear across scotland and in one or two spots, it actually turned quite warm. and scotland has in fact just had its warmest day of the year so far. temperatures in edinburgh got up to around 19 degrees celsius. this is still yet to be confirmed by the met office, but the high teens felt very pleasant indeed today across parts scotland. now, a very different story early in the morning in central and southern scotland. temperatures only around 3 degrees or so, so a bit of a nip in the air. but for most of us it's frost free. 6 or 7 degrees and also damp. from lincolnshire, east anglia, perhaps to the london area, there will be some light rain in the morning, but come the afternoon, the expectation is that the skies will clear across norfolk, suffolk into central southern england. also some sunshine again across one or two areas of scotland. so, glasgow could hit the highest temperature, 15 degrees celsius. for most of us, it's going to be a little bit less mild, shall we say? here's saturday, and saturday marks the vernal equinox, so that means it's the first day of astronomical spring. just a reminder — meteorological spring starts on 1st march, the 20th or 21st march is often astronomical spring. and very little change expected. it's going to be overall pretty cloudy with temperatures around 11 to 13 degrees. just a hint of a weather front there brushing the very far north—west of scotland. here's sunday and again little change. the high pressure is still centred just to the west of us. the clouds are sort of flowing in this area of high pressure, not doing an awful lot. for some of us, yes, it will be a decent day, perhaps around the lake district, but for some eastern areas, it may end up being another cloudy day. now here's an outlook into next week, so the high pressure is still very close to the uk, actually stretching all the way into iberia. the jet stream is way to the north of us, so that's sending weather systems in the direction of iceland, so things remain settled across the uk and all we're going to be doing is forecasting the amount of cloud we're going to get. so let's have a look at the outlook, then, end of the week, through the weekend and into next week. you can see there's so little to talk about just weather icons here indicating variable amounts of cloud. temperatures of around 11 to 13 degrees celsius. if the sun pops out, it could briefly turn a little bit warmer in one 01’ two areas. now later next week, the weather is finally going to turn more unsettled, because that high pressure isn't going to stick around forever. so we're anticipating things to turn a lot more unsettled and here's the outlook from the midweek next week onwards. you can see that the high pressure has slipped to the south and these weather fronts are starting to push in from the atlantic, so perhaps the south—east stays more settled, but rain and wind will eventually reach western areas. but until then, it's calm. i'm laura trevelyan in washington and this is bbc world news america. the top—level meeting with sky—high stakes. the us secretary of state arrives in alaska for meetings with chinese diplomats. we're on the ground in anchorage. exploring the roots of the surge at the us border. we follow one family from 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