good morning! and welcome to way too early, the show that wants to hear more about this four-day workweek idea. we re going to tell you about that little bit later on in the show. i am kasie hunt on this tuesday, march 16th. we ll start with the news. europe s fight against coronavirus just hit another snag as more countries hit pause on the astrazeneca vaccine due to concerns about side effects. germany, france, italy and spain have halted use of the vaccine after reports of blood clots in some people who had recently received shots. denmark and norway halted the shots last week. astrazeneca says a review of 17 million people found no increased risk of blood clots and the world health organization is urging countries to continue using it. this comes as europe faces a third wave of coronavirus amid a slow vaccine rollout. the shot, which was developed with oxford university, has not yet been approved for use in the united states. the fda is still reviewing data to determi
us. further lockdown easing as more children return to school in scotland and hairdressers reopen in wales. a new £3 billion plan to improve bus services in england, but there are concerns the money won t be ready quickly enough. at the grammys, beyonce breaks the record for the most awards ever won by a woman. as an artist, i believe it is myjob and all of ourjobs to reflect the times and it has been such a difficult time. and coming up at 10:30am, we ll talk live to katie price as her petition to make it more difficult for online trolls to be anonymous passes 100,000 signatures. good morning. the prime minister will chair a meeting today of the government s crime and justice taskforce after saying he is deeply concerned about the way police handled a vigil in memory of sarah everard. borisjohnson said every part of the criminaljustice system needed to work to protect and defend women and girls. among those attending today s summit will be the metropolitan police comm
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as italy faces a third covid wave we ask why europe is struggling with vaccinations. cheaper and more frequent the government unveils a £3 billion plan to improve bus services in england. the grammy goes to beyonce! and beyonce makes grammys history breaking the record for the most awards ever won by a woman, and there s british success for harry styles and dua lipa. and coming up on bbc news, disappointment for one of the favourites altior twice winner of the queen mother champion chase at cheltenham is ruled out of the festival which starts tomorrow. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister has said the country is united in shock and grief at the killing of sarah everard. borisjohnson said her death had unleashed a wave of feeling about the safety of women in britain, and insisted the government would work to ensure that women had confidence in the justice system. following strong criticism of the police s handling of saturday s vigil
but he says even when the pandemic is over, he ll think twice before returning to the festival. fiona lamdin, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. thanks a lot. for many of us the weather will stay bright and right through the rest of the day today, quite a bit of cloud around but some spells of sunshine poking through. the satellite picture shows a weather system looking to the north west ultimately bringing some rain, particularly tonight and tomorrow. but we also have rain stretching across parts of eastern england from this line of showers that have developed over the last couple of hours. those showers have formed due to a convergence zone, where the winds bash together, scraping all the moisture together to make this line of downpours and they will continue to affect these areas well over the next few hours. if you live across parts of west yorkshire, nottinghamshire, leicestershire and towards greater london and into parts of east sussex and k