moving, heavy and thundery with some hail. all of the details later in the programme. the uk economy shrank again in the first three months of the year as businesses and jobs were impacted by the lockdown in january. latest figures out this morning show there was a strong bounceback in march as restrictions started to ease, but the size of the economy is still way below pre—pandemic levels. nina has more on this for us. it is close to where experts predicted we would be. we saw some really strong numbers for march. schools reopeneing, confidence growing, vaccination programme expanding. the economy picked up by 2.1% that month — the chamber of commerce describing this as exceptionally strong. and the chancellor this morning saying things are moving in the right direction.