good morning from north yorkshire. millions of us go on coach trips every year but they are under really big financial pressure and hoping for a big summer to their losses. it s a huge day forjockey rachael blackmore. she s leading the way at the cheltenham festival and today aims to become the first woman to win the gold cup. raising a laugh, but at a safe distance. red nose day goes ahead in the face of covid restrictions. a spring equinox this weekend but the weather stays fairly cloudy for most of you, but most should stay dry. the full forecast coming up. it s friday the 19th of march. our top story. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine will be rolled out in some european countries today after regulators found no evidence it causes blood clots. the prime minister borisjohnson will receive the vaccine today and has assured the public it is safe after more than a dozen countries paused their delivery of the jab. here s our health correspondent katherine da costa. the oxford astr
billion last month it reached the highest level for february since records began almost 30 years ago. a warning that poor oral health is still a significant problem in england despite being largely preventable. and coming up this hour. a big day forjockey rachael blackmore she s leading the way at the cheltenham festival, and could be the first woman to win the gold cup. our top story, this morning. the prime minister is due to receive the oxford astrazeneca vaccine today and has assured the public it is safe. it s after several leading european countries have confirmed they are to resume the rollout of the jab following a pause over safety concerns. borisjohnson s urged people to get vaccinated and says england s roadmap out of lockdown is on track, despite a drop in vaccine supply. the roll out of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine will resume in some eu countries today, after regulators found no evidence it causes blood clots. the european medicines agency reviewed the
a lesson in primate parenting bonobos have been seen for the first time adopting babies outside their family groups. we ll hear from the scientists behind the research later this afternoon. a number of eu countries have started using the oxford astrazeneca covid vaccine again after the european medicines agency confirmed it is safe and effective. germany, france, italy and spain are among the countries that halted its use earlier this month, after concerns about blood clots. but with cases and deaths rising now across europe and millions of people in france being placed under lockdown at midnight tonight there s been a stark warning from germany s health minister who said there isn t enough vaccine supply in europe to prevent a third wave. our europe correspondent nick beake reports. paris in the spring, a city where the mood is darkening. the french capital is descending into another lockdown, part of the effort to stop a third wave of the virus taking hold across
first for pep guardiola as well, manchester city manager, he has never competed in this competition before. also on sportsday: looking ahead to the rest of the day ‘s sports news, but fa cup sportsday, half past six, with me, ollie foster, bbc news. first, time for the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review. to take us through this week s cinema releases is antonia quirtke. we are going to start with silence, martin scorsese s new film, liam neeson, andrew garfield, adam driver, they are playing jesuit priests in 17th century japan. passengers, starring chris pratt, jennifer lawrence, about two passengers sleeping in suspended animation for 120 years on their way toa animation for 120 years on their way to a new colony on a far away planet and they wake too early. and also, assassin s creed, michael fassbender‘s big movie, based on the computed game. so we will be looking at some films which were released over the festive period. let s kick off the
long, long conversations reflecting scorsese s own ambiguity towards his own faith. i know it has been very highly praised, and not many people have gone to see it, but it has been critically tremendously well received. ifound it. i think that there is a pulse of confusion in it i wasn t clear what scorsese was actually trying to say. the directors that he admires, the religious directors carl dreyer, withjoan of arc, or robert bresson and there is a euphoria in those sorts of films. a movie likejoan of arc. and yet you kind of think, this was scorsese s moment to join the ranks of those kind of directors, and i m not sure that he has done it, but i know that many people disagree with me. let s take a little clip here, and a preview. but, padre, if we have fought to travel, for the lord. for me. you must pray for courage. but if we do not do what they want, then there could be danger for everyone in the village. they could be put in prison, ta ken away forever. what sho