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
they re still sought after by celebrities and royalty alike. it s hard to put a price on this one. it was the first one ever sold. only a few people can afford them any more. sadly, i m not one. phil mackie, bbc news, shropshire. time for a look at the weather. this time yesterday we were saying there was not much to report apart from some cloud here and there across the uk, and that s certainly the case of the weekend, variable cloud. but it varies a lot because this high pressure, while it s keeping things very calm across the uk, some parts of the country are stuck underneath grey skies when it s pretty chilly. 0ther stuck underneath grey skies when it s pretty chilly. other areas are gloriously sunny. sunny at the moment in the south east and east anglia because the jet stream has pushed drier colder air in from the continent. it is mostly cloudless, so some glorious sunshine for norwich and london. 0ne so some glorious sunshine for norwich and london. one area which has
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
hello and welcome to a special programme in which we ll be featuring some of the winning stories from this year s bbc young reporter competition. more than two and a half thousand young people aged 11 to 18 submitted their ideas, and 30 national and regional winners were picked from across the uk to film their own story with some of the bbc s programme makers. this year, there were three categories me and my world, coronavirus stories and uplifting stories. well, the winners were told they d been chosen by some of the competition judges, and here s some of their reactions. i m not calling you to find out more about your idea. i ve come with some good news. are you ready? i m delighted to say that. you are one of the winners. ..for this year s bbc young reporter competition! laughter. all right, thank you so much. you have won. wow! i m speechless, it sjust. it s amazing. yay! congratulations! thank you! hope you re ready to chat about it. yeah, i m ready. congratulations, h