A minutes silence to commemorate the life of a minutes silence to commemorate the life of sir tom and to respect the life of sir tom and to respect the lives the life of sir tom and to respect the lives lost through covid. Remembering captain sir tom moore a minutes silence is observed in the House Of Commons. And the nation is urged to clap for him at 6pm tonight. Good afternoon. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, says Research Suggesting the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine may reduce the spread of coronavirus is superb and will help us all to get out of the pandemic. A study, which has yet to be Peer Reviewed, has shown the jab could cut the spread by two thirds. Its the first time a vaccine has been shown to reduce transmission. It comes as a new study shows that 88 of people who tested positive for the virus retained antibodies for the full six months of the trial. Awarning, a warning, this report contains some flashing images. Its been the Great Unknown would vaccines stop coronavirus
After extra time. And from the resulting spot kicks, it was argentinian Lautaro Martinez who skied the crucial one for inter. Atletico winning 3 2 on penalties. And dortmund are into the quarterfinals for the first time in three years. They beat dutch side psv 2 0. They got off the mark early, thanks to jadon sancho his early goal settling any nerves for the home side marco reus wrapped up the victory in stoppage time, as the germans won 3 1 on aggregate to go through. So, confirmation then of the last eight teams standing in europes top tier competition. Atletico and dortmund joining arsenal and barcelona, who sealed their spots on tuesday. They alljoin bayern munich, holders Manchester City, paris saint germain, and real madrid in the draw which takes place on friday. Lets stay with football and there was an amazing comeback in the Premier League on wednesday, as luton town were beaten 4 3 by bournemouth despite leading 3 0 at half time. This game was a rearranged fixture after tom l
13 showed their resilience, their determination to win this game and we have had so many setbacks im really proud of the team, not only in this game but the whole season there have been so many setbacks and they can deal with it. There are very strong it helps also that the defence behind us and we got the win. Defence behind us and we got the win. So lets take a look at how those semifinals line up. Manchester united taking on coventry, who got the better of wolves in another late thriller this weekend. The championship side have former united striker mark robins as their manager. Also a huge tie which sees holders Manchester City against chelsea. Those ties in a months time. Bayer leverkusen are closing in on their first ever bundesliga title after a 3 2 win at freiburg. It means xabi alonsos side are ten points clear of Bayern Munich at the top with only eight games left to play. Leverkusen havent lost a game all season in any competition. Their head coach, xabi alonso, is keen to u
Risk of your shower, mainly in the South East Of England, but many places will be dry. These are the temperatures, similar to yesterday, 1415, temperatures, similar to yesterday, 14 15, could be 16 in the South East Of England but we got that rain coming in to Northern Ireland and we will see a couple of bands of rain sweeping eastwards overnight. The second one could turn heavy with some gusty winds in scotland, gail is perhaps in the far north but the rain tends to ease off later in the night because we got cloud and some breeze and a bit of rain here and there it will be milder than last night, no lower than 9 10. You can see there two bands of Rain Decaying and turning more showery, and many places brightening up with sunshine. A few showers for england and wales and perhaps Northern Ireland. The early heavy showers in scotland should move away and the winds will ease as well and we will get more sunshine around here. Maybe a bit coolerfor sunshine around here. Maybe a bit cooler f
There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader A