and some of them might have to go to hospital and unfortunately, some of them might go on to die. and scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, is expected to confirm changes this afternoon to restrictions on outdoor gatherings. also this afternoon... the suspect in the death of harry dunn would be willing to do community service and make a contribution in his memory, her lawyer says. we're expecting this year's bafta nominations this hour — amid efforts to make the line—up more diverse after last year's baftas �*so white�* controversy. i'll be speaking to the chair of bafta about this years nominees. after a journey through space of 4.6 billion years — the meteorite that fell to earth near cheltenham. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. senior royals have been holding crisis talks after harry and meghan�*s bombshell television appearance. buckingham palace has yet to comment on the interview, which was broadcast last night on itv and watched by more than 11 million people. meghan said before their son archie was born, an unnamed member of the royal family voiced concerns about how dark his skin colour might be. the labour mp, diane abbott, said the alleged remarks were "stupid" and "racist" — and criticised the british media for systematically attacking harry and meghan. but the society of editors says it's not acceptable for the couple to claim sections of the british press are bigoted — without providing any supporting evidence. and meghan�*s father has got involved — saying he doesn't believe the royal family are racist. daniela relph has this report. back to the everyday business of royalty. yesterday his son was telling the world of the rift in their relationship. today the prince of wales visited a pop—up vaccine centre in london and said nothing about the interview. reporter: can i ask, what did you think of the interview? that remains the official buckingham palace position, for now. more than 11 million people in the uk watched the interview last night. they heard meghan describe feeling suicidal and allegations of racist remarks from within the royal family. in those months when i was pregnant, all around the same time, so we had in tandem the conversation also, "he will not be given security, he will not be given a title." and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he is born. what?! meghan markle�*s estranged father this morning gave his perspective on the interview fall—out. i don't think the british royal family are racist. this thing about what colour will the baby be, how dark will the baby be. i'm guessing and hoping it isjust a dumb question from somebody, i hope it isjust somebody asking a stupid question. in the united states, a wave of support for meghan and harry and some critical eyes have been cast over the workings of the royal family. the fact she did not get more support, that the reaction was, let's just paper it over and pretend it did not happen or it will go away, keep your head down, well, this young woman was not about to keep her head down. this is 2021. there has been no shortage of public opinion and analysis of the interview. the headlines are harsh reading. the treatment of meghan by both the royal household and the tabloid press have come in for particularly sharp comments. they even criticised meghan for having her hands in her pockets when there were photographs of the queen with her hands in her pockets and nothing was said. you have to draw conclusions from the way meghan was systematically criticised and attacked for things which other white members of the royal family could get away with. but there's been a strong defence from the newspaper industry. it is not as though the royal family has been given an easy ride. harry and meghan said they left britain in part because of racism, but the accusation that this was caused by sections of the british media, which are racist, it's not true and is not borne out by evidence of the coverage. harry and meghan was meant to be the fairy tale to modernise and diversify the royal family. today, that same family is grappling with how to respond to a stream of criticism that has left it shaken to its core. russell myers is the royal editor at the daily mirror. the silence from buckingham palace at the moment is deafening. yes. the silence from buckingham palace at the moment is deafening.- at the moment is deafening. yes, it is. at the moment is deafening. yes, it is- everyone — at the moment is deafening. yes, it is. everyone will— at the moment is deafening. yes, it is. everyone will be _ at the moment is deafening. yes, it is. everyone will be wondering - at the moment is deafening. yes, it is. everyone will be wondering what on earth is going on in buckingham palace. millions of people have seen this programme, not only in the uk but around the world, and the palace aides were trying to get to grips with it. no doubt the queen will have to sign off on such a statement and whether is —— she wants to do so and whether is —— she wants to do so and take the wind out of its sales, that must be the only motivation we can imagine at the moment. her husband is _ can imagine at the moment. her husband is in — can imagine at the moment. her husband is in hospital so she has plenty to think about at the moment. what is your understanding of what has upset those in the palace most of the accusations of racism? where to start? an — of the accusations of racism? where to start? an extraordinary _ of the accusations of racism? where to start? an extraordinary list - of the accusations of racism? where to start? an extraordinary list of - to start? an extraordinary list of allegations from harry and meghan, racism from a senior member of the royalfamily, who made these unbelievable comments about the colour of their unborn child's skin, at the accusations from meghan, her story saying that she was in an impossible position and she was not being helped. she said she had suicidal thoughts and this came in the backdrop of her being five months pregnant and this is an extraordinary problem now, an extraordinary problem now, an extraordinary allegation for the royal family to get to grips with. they were very quick last week to put out a statement they were going to investigate bullying allegations of meghan to her staff and now we have a deafening silence at the moment and it is very concerning. the fallout from this goes beyond buckingham palace and the uk, because this is global. it buckingham palace and the uk, because this is global.— buckingham palace and the uk, because this is global. it is. more than 100 million _ because this is global. it is. more than 100 million people - because this is global. it is. more than 100 million people will- because this is global. it is. more than 100 million people will have| than 100 million people will have seen this programme towards the end of the week. you showed the reaction, it is very different on either side of the pond, overwhelming support for harry and meghan in the us, and it is very split in the uk. some support for what they have done but also people are very wary of why they have done it. the duke of edinburgh is in his third week in hospital and the queen is nearly 95 and dealing with this tremendous fallout of her family. this free brow atmosphere and there is a sense of deja vu for some of us who were around in the diana years —— febrile atmosphere. the papers love this. this is great for newspapers and their figures. i look at the tv channels, _ newspapers and their figures. i look at the tv channels, as _ newspapers and their figures. i look at the tv channels, as well, - newspapers and their figures. i look at the tv channels, as well, you - at the tv channels, as well, you have been covering this story extensively, global networks are covering it, notjust newspapers, it is a talking point for everyone around the world at the moment. harry and meghan have put themselves out there as oprah winfrey is said to meghan about her true, it is one version of events and we haven't heard from the other side —— her truth. we await a buckingham palace statement to see how they react. a, statement to see how they react. a former editor of your newspaper piers morgan is in something of deep water because he said he doesn't believe meghan and that has upset some charities dealing with mental health. there is a real issue at the heart of this about mental health and what we expect from members of the royal family and the pressures they are under. meghan especially feels that the press and elements of the press are part of the problem here. you accept that part of the british press has been bigoted in its of her? —— do you accept. we its of her? -- do you accept. we have to its of her? —— do you accept. - have to understand and take a step back at the royal family, as well, this is a woman who felt especially vulnerable about coming into the royal family, vulnerable about coming into the royalfamily, she has told her story about how she was unprotected and suffering and nobody was listening to her and now she has spoken up about having deep thoughts about taking her own life and i think that is the real issue which we should be talking about. whether she made those complaints to staff or members of the royal family we will no doubt see in a buckingham palace statement but it is all very concerning. it is a sad state of affairs and i think at its ultimate base it is a dint as —— disintegration of a family before our eyes. ma; -- disintegration of a family before our e es. g , ., -- disintegration of a family before oure es. g , ., , -- disintegration of a family before ourees. g ,., our eyes. my question is about the ress our eyes. my question is about the press because _ our eyes. my question is about the press because she _ our eyes. my question is about the press because she feels _ our eyes. my question is about the press because she feels she - our eyes. my question is about the press because she feels she was . press because she feels she was badly treated and in a racist manner by some parts of the press. do you think some colleagues in this business were bigoted and perhaps may have regrets about how they treated her? clearly it has had an effect on her mental health. there is the constant _ effect on her mental health. there is the constant reference - effect on her mental health. there is the constant reference to - effect on her mental health. there| is the constant reference to certain articles about avocados being straight out of compton and those articles were shameful, and they were not in our newspaper and we can always stand by our commentary on anything we have produced. meghan and harry are right to feel that way and harry are right to feel that way and to tell the truth as they have put across. it is their feeling that can't be argued with. the damage done by the _ can't be argued with. the damage done by the comment _ can't be argued with. the damage done by the comment about - can't be argued with. the damage done by the comment about the l done by the comment about the alleged racist comment by a member of the family, there is now a witch hunt to find which member of the royalfamily said it. the hunt to find which member of the royal family said it. the story still has some way to go? we are auoin to still has some way to go? we are going to be _ still has some way to go? we are going to be talking _ still has some way to go? we are going to be talking about - still has some way to go? we are going to be talking about this - still has some way to go? we are going to be talking about this for| going to be talking about this for notjust going to be talking about this for not just weeks going to be talking about this for notjust weeks but many going to be talking about this for not just weeks but many years going to be talking about this for notjust weeks but many years to come. i understand the commentary about meghan and harry doing the rest of the royal family a disservice by not saying who made that comment and i don't buy it thomas markle's explanation of it that maybe it was a clumsy comment. harry and meghan were deeply offended by this, these string of words to them about their unborn children and rightly so. yes, there will be a whodunnit, whether that is in the media or indeed the family or the palace, and until we get an explanation eitherfrom the palace, and until we get an explanation either from harry and meghan, he already said it wasn't his grandfather and grandmother and that whittled it down to a handful of people and people will be wondering who said those words. if there is a silence on the palace, is that going to get the anger of the daily mirror and its readership because you want answers? i think --eole because you want answers? i think people would _ because you want answers? i think people would like _ because you want answers? i think people would like an _ because you want answers? i think people would like an explanation l because you want answers? i think| people would like an explanation as to why harry and meghan felt the need to press this nuclear button. they have taken extraordinary measures by speaking to oprah winfrey and the history of royals during these interviews tells you that itjust doesn't end up well, look at princess diana's interview with the bbc 25 years ago and also that of charles, we still talk about them, and both of them bitterly regretted their decisions. whether it harry and meghan regret their decision because they are under a different landscape in the us where they have a lot of support, only time will tell.— they have a lot of support, only time will tell. the pressures that brou . ht time will tell. the pressures that brought those — time will tell. the pressures that brought those interviews - time will tell. the pressures that brought those interviews about l time will tell. the pressures that - brought those interviews about were very similar and there's a sense of deja about this. very much at the heart of every complaint from a member of the royal family has heart of every complaint from a member of the royalfamily has been what they see as a received treatment at the hands of the british press, do you think the british press, do you think the british press, do you think the british press is out of control on this? that british press is out of control on this? �* , ~ ., this? at the daily mirror we give our readers _ this? at the daily mirror we give our readers exactly _ this? at the daily mirror we give our readers exactly what - this? at the daily mirror we give our readers exactly what they i this? at the daily mirror we give i our readers exactly what they want in terms of understanding the issues around it and in terms of understanding the issues around itand i in terms of understanding the issues around it and i think we have been fair to harry around it and i think we have been fairto harry and around it and i think we have been fair to harry and meghan from our own personal viewpoint. there was a huge groundswell of support for them right from the start, i was on their royal tours and there was gushing praise for them. justifiably so. harry has had a deeper problem with the immediate for a very long time and i don't necessarily agree with his assumption that the media were out to get them at all junctions. his assumption that the media were out to get them at alljunctions. we are seeing them putting their view across once again and until we hear from the royalfamily across once again and until we hear from the royal family we are only hearing one side at the moment. really good of you to give us your time. thanks forjoining us. unlocking too quickly would lead to a substantial surge in infection — that's what england's chief medical officer has told mps. professor chris whitty said it would be dangerous as there are still a lot of vulnerable people who are not protected. our health correspondent jim reed reports. it's the most important, perhaps most difficult, question facing politicians and scientists. how to open up society without causing another major wave of the virus and more pressure on hospitals? speaking in front of mps, england's chief medical officer was cautious, saying even with a successful vaccine programme, another rise in infections is inevitable at some point. what we're going to see is, as things are opening up, all the modelling suggests that at some point we will get a surge in the virus. we hope it doesn't happen soon. another key question is this, if cases rise, can vaccines protect enough people from serious disease? early data shows currentjobs are performing better than expected after one dose but they cannot offer 100% protection. straight to holyrood and an update on the first minister. aha, straight to holyrood and an update on the first minister.— on the first minister. a change which will _ on the first minister. a change which will be _ on the first minister. a change which will be welcomed - on the first minister. a change which will be welcomed by - on the first minister. a change - which will be welcomed by scotland's faith communities and while the changes are relatively minor they are important for our well—being and they do represent gradual but i hope steady steps out of lockdown and back towards a life where we can interact much more freely with our loved ones. next week i will set out a firm indicative timetable for reopening the economy including shops, hospitality, headdresses, gyms and the tourism sector —— hairdressers. the ability to announce limited changes is only possible because of the hard sacrifice is that the majority of people in the country continue to make each and every single day. let me at the outset acknowledge and be clear that i share the anger and despair that the vast majority of people including the majority of football fans felt at the weekend towards crowds of supporters flag ra ntly towards crowds of supporters flagrantly breaching rules that the rest of us are following every day at great personal cost. the behaviour witnessed at the weekend was disgraceful and it was selfish. it's natural that some of the anger people feel is directed towards the government and the police, i understand that, we are all reflecting on what more could have been done and what will we need to do to avoid any repeat in the future. those at fault are those who breach the rules and how the police manage situations like this is a course an operational matter and government cannot and should not direct policing operations. but i will be speaking to the chief constable later this afternoon to consider what further action might be necessary to avoid any repeat of the unacceptable scenes we saw at the unacceptable scenes we saw at the weekend. however, no one should doubt the deeply invidious situation that behaviour like this puts the police in as they discharge their responsibility to protect public order and public safety. we will also be having further discussions this week with the football authorities and at certain clubs who in my view do need to show much more leadership on occasions like this. in making these comments i don't care about the colour of the shirt. my care about the colour of the shirt. my comments on these matters are in no way partisan. said some harsh things about celtic boss make decisions at the start of year and as far as i'm concerned in this case rangers football club could have done more to help avoid the situation arising at the weekend. —— celtic�*s decisions. elite football is allowed to continue at the moment so that fans who are deprived of so much can continue to watch and support their teams, and it would be deeply unfair if a minority spoiled that for the majority and i very much hope that will not be the case. given the fragility of the situation we are facing, we cannot simply turn a blind eye to what happened at the weekend and we won't. we will report backin weekend and we won't. we will report back in due course and certainly ahead of the old firm match scheduled for the 21st of march on the various discussions taking place this week. finally on this subject, i understand completely white people watching what unfolded at the weekend might wonder why they are bothering doing the right thing —— white people. the fact is the vast majority are doing this because we know it really matters, it matters for our own health and the health of our loved ones, it is about saving lives and it is working. we are firmly on the right track. no matter how legitimately angry we feel, let's not allow the irresponsible behaviour of a minority to set us all back. let's stay with it as we make our way slowly but surely back to normality. let me turn to the substance of the statement today with an overview of the latest statistics. the state of the epidemic and the detail of the initial changes that we are proposing. today's statistics, the total number of positive cases yesterday reported was 466 which is 3.3% of all tests carried out and takes the total number of cases now to 206,465. 614 people are in hospital, 40 fewer than yesterday and 50 people are receiving intensive care, nine if than yesterday. i regret to report that in the last 48 hours of the 19 deaths have been registered of patients who first tested positive over the previous 28 days and the total number of deaths under this measurement is now 7441 and yet again i want to send my deepest condolences to all those who have lost a loved one. a week ago, yesterday was the anniversary of the first confirmed covid case in scotland, the saturday coming will be the anniversary of the first confirmed deaths in scotland have someone with covid and in two weeks' time on the 23rd of march we will reach the first anniversary of lockdown. the scottish government has been in contact with a number of organisations to discuss how we can best mark the day and on the 22nd of march i will meet representatives of uk covid families forjustice. current plans for the 23rd of march include a national silence and we are also discussing how communities can be supported to develop their own commemorative activities over the coming year as part of longer term plans for remembrance and i will set out more detail of all of this over the next fortnight. i know parliament will wish to consider how it marks the occasion and all of us i'm sure will want to remember all those who have been lost over the past year and to offer our continued thoughts, solidarity and support to the bereaved. the figures i'vejust reported four new cases and people in hospital and of course deaths are still higher than we would want them to be —— for new cases. but they are not as high as they were a few weeks ago and so it is worth reflecting on the positive trend that we are now seeing. two weeks ago we were recording an average of 850 new cases per day across the country and last week that had fallen to 657 new cases per day and this week it has fallen further to an average of 490 new cases per day. the average test positivity rate is nowjust above 3%, admissions to hospital and intensive care units are also falling, and the number of deaths although still heartbreakingly height, it has almost halved since the third week of january. we are also continuing to make excellent progress with the vaccination programme. as of 830 this morning 1 million, 789,377 people in scotland have received the first dose of vaccine, an increase of 14,718 since yesterday. the number of vaccines being administered each day has fallen during the last week or so and that is because of a dip in supply that i spoke about before and which we have been expecting and planning for. but from around the middle of this month onwards we expect supplies to pick up again and for that to allow for a very significant acceleration in the vaccination programme. it is worth noting that some of the supplies will be of short dated stock, in other words they will be vaccines which must be used very soon after they have been received. at the moment the vaccination programme is working through priority groups 6—7 which includes 60—64 —year—olds, unpaid carers and people with a particular underlying health conditions. for example unpaid carers who are not registered with the scottish social services council will be able to self register for vaccination from next monday onwards. i can confirm that we are now in a position to start scheduling appointments for people in groups 8—9, people who are 55—59 years old and people who are 50—54 years old and people who are 50—54 years old. i should point out that many in these age groups, 30% of 50-54 many in these age groups, 30% of 50—54 and many in these age groups, 30% of 50-54 and 36% many in these age groups, 30% of 50—54 and 36% of many in these age groups, 30% of 50-54 and 36% of 55-59 many in these age groups, 30% of 50—54 and 36% of 55—59 year have already had the first dose because of having an underlying health condition. by now scheduling appointments for these age groups, though, we can now make sure that no vaccine goes to waste and we can meet our target of offering first doses to everyone on the initial jcvi priority list, everyone over 50, all unpaid carers and all adults with an underlying health condition, by mid april. the good progress we are making on vaccination is of course an important context for the statement today and almost 40% of the entire adult population has now received a first dose of the vaccine. there is already strong evidence that the vaccination programme has reduced deaths in care homes and studies are beginning to show that vaccination as well as reducing illness and death can significantly reduce transmission of the virus. we therefore have not absolute confidence yet but increasing confidence that as more and more people acquire some protection through vaccination, we will be able to ease restrictions while still keeping the r number below one. in addition to vaccine protection, continued international travel restrictions and the work of test and protect, this will help keep the virus under control as we hopefully return to much greater normality in our everyday lives. the prospects are now very encouraging indeed. that said, getting the timing of all of this right remains essential. if our easing of restrictions gets ahead of the progress on vaccination the virus will run out of control again and thatis will run out of control again and that is what we must avoid and that is why notwithstanding all the positive news, caution is still essential at this stage. case numbers were much lower than at the start of the year are still high and although we are confident that the r number is currently below one it is probably not very far below one. you know the more transmissible variant of covid which was identified before christmas now accounts for almost 90% of all new cases in scotland. we have no real experience yet ofjust how far and fast the variant will spread as we start to emerge from lockdown. it is possible that some of the very significant steps we had already taken to get children back to school could push the r number back above one and if that happens as we know all too well case numbers will grow again. even though older people who are more likely to die from the virus now have stronger protection as a result of the vaccine, no vaccine can provide absolute protection for the most vulnerable citizens and in addition we know the virus can cause significant long—term harm to people of all ages, people in their 30s, 40s and 50s make up a significant proportion of those who are currently in hospital with covid. there are people who have never been in hospital but who are still suffering from what is known as long covid and in addition if we allow more people to get the virus we also increased the risk of new variants emerging and finally we also need to show continued caution about the risk of new variants entering the country. a possible although still not confirmed further case of the brazil variant in scotland has now been identified and it involves an individual who travelled to scotland from rio dejaneiro via paris and arrived on the 19th of debris. the individual follow the procedures for self isolation and we have no reason to believe that this case provides any risk to the wider community but we are of course continuing to undertake all necessary follow—up work. the point i'm making is that even though we are heading firmly on the right direction right now and i firmly believe we are, we can't afford to take our foot off the brake too soon. we still need to keep the virus under control or if our hopes for a normal summer are not to suffer a setback, and if we continue to prioritise children's education as i believe we should and must, ourscope education as i believe we should and must, our scope to make further changes will be limited while we are still rolling out the vaccine. we intend to ease restrictions as soon as we safely can and we will do it quicker than previously anticipated if that proves to be possible, and as i indicated when i update parliament next week i will set out a firmer timeline for our exit from lockdown. today i want to set out some changes that we believe can be made it safely more immediately. considering this, we have very deliberately prioritised changes which might improve our general well—being and quality—of—life, without having too big an impact on infection rates, and we focused especially on restoring a bit more normality for children. the first set of changes relate to outdoor social interactions and we realise that meeting up even outdoors, even in scotland, can be hugely beneficial for our well—being, and from friday we intend to relax the law so that up to four adults from “p law so that up to four adults from up to two households can be outdoors and in addition we will make clear in the guidance that this will allow for social and recreational purposes as well as essential exercise. meeting will be possible in any outdoor space including private gardens, but please stick to the new rules, gatherings must be a maximum of four people from two households and you should only go indoors if thatis and you should only go indoors if that is essential in order to reach a back garden or to use the toilet. for now please stay as close as home to possible, but we hope to be in a position to relax at least to some extent travel restrictions within scotland in the weeks ahead, but our advice is that it would not be safe to do so quite yet. for young people aged 12 to 17, we want to be even more flexible and so for 12 to 17—year—olds, outdoor meetings will also be limited to four people, but the two household limit will be applying. that means that for people from two different households will be able to get together and that will allow young people to see more of their friends and is the case. we will also be changing the rules on outdoor exercise and activities. from friday, outdoor noncontact sports and group exercise will be permitted for all adults in groups of up to 15 people. we will also ensure that there is some flexibility around the travel rules for some people so that children are not prevented from taking part in sport, for example if they belong to a club not in the local authority area. these are minor changes, i know that, buti think they're important. they've also been made possible by the hard sacrifices the majority of people across the country have made and we will seek to build on them as quickly as possible in weeks ahead. the other cattle change that we feel able to make at this stage relates to places of worship. —— careful change. between now and then, we tend to allow —— intend to allow communal worship in time for easter, ramadan and other religious holidays. this will be increased from 20, which was the limit in place before lockdown and 50, assuming that the place of worship is spacious enough to accommodate that many people were to meet a social distancing. i know that the restrictions on communal worship have been difficult and many people despite the exceptional efforts by faith groups to reach out to the community. this change again is relatively minor and it is proportionate and can be achieved relatively safely. hopefully, it will enable more people to draw strength, confidence and integration from worship. all of us, i think, can see that things are getting better just can see that things are getting betterjust now. in recent weeks, we have seen a significant fall in new cases, deaths and hospital admissions are now falling thankfully and vaccination programme is notjust progressing well, but beyond initial expectations. all of this is excellent news and provides really strong grounds for hope, but that hope must also be balanced by caution. because we have been in lockdown, it is easy to overlook the fact that the virus we are dealing with now is more infectious than the one we were dealing with in autumn. we will be reminded of that very quickly if we try to do too much, too soon. since we are prioritising the reopening of schools and lifting of the restrictions in the coming weeks, this scope will be limited. i hope that these small changes will help people's health, let children see more of their friends and people to exercise more normally and also provide some comfort for faith groups. i suspect that more substantial changes will be available in weeks coming ahead and i will set more information about that when available. if the data allows us to release restrictions more quickly than previously indicated, we will not hesitate to do that. i am aware of how difficult continued restrictions are and i never get harder than easy as time goes on, i also know because i very much feel there is also, that the progress and vaccination makes us even more impatient to reach the end of this ordeal as quickly as possible. but i am certain, absently certain easing restrictions too quickly would be a mistake that we would regret. to take advantage of the relaxation set out today, but please continue to do so within the rules. we must still stay at home except for specific purposes, which from friday will include limited outdoor socialising and recreation on the basis i have set out. we must not meet people from other household indoors yet, that is absolutely essential. we must all follow the facts as vice when we are out and about. by doing this, we continue to look after each other and protect the nhs and will play our part in keeping case numbers down while the vaccinators continue to do their work, children get back to school and we all take tentative, but i hope very firm steps back to life as we once knew it. for the moment, please continue to stick with it. please stay at home to protect the nhs and save lives. thank you. thank ou ve nhs and save lives. thank you. thank you very much. _ nhs and save lives. thank you. thank you very much, first _ nhs and save lives. thank you. thank you very much, first minister. - nhs and save lives. thank you. thank you very much, first minister. i - you very much, first minister. i would _ you very much, first minister. i would encourage any members that want to— would encourage any members that want to ask questions to push the buttons — want to ask questions to push the buttons. . ~ want to ask questions to push the buttons. ., ,, , ., , ~ , buttons. thank you, first minister, third fansite _ buttons. thank you, first minister, third fansite of _ buttons. thank you, first minister, third fansite of her _ buttons. thank you, first minister, third fansite of her statement - buttons. thank you, first minister, third fansite of her statement and l third fansite of her statement and our condolences to those who have lost their lives. when 70 people have done so much over such a prolonged period of time, to see a tiny minority rest those assets jeopardises the progress we have made. —— resist those efforts. this is down to the progress and success of the vaccine roll—out. at the weekend, we can see what's been achieved by the actions of all of us. the scottish conservatives have always urge the first minister to ensure that children returning to school is a priority. the first minister eco bar and last week brought forward plans to get our students back into schools. it was important for well—being and education and today she has referred to as significant steps. because of the importance that she gave to it last week, parents who have spent months trying to home—school a watch that children struggle away from friends and face—to—face teaching were expecting a significant change. it is therefore come as a shock to many to discover that when the k men, they were looking at something less than expected. —— k men. half a day per week has been called ridiculous. another doctor allen in five said his daughter gets one day per week but in turn will have no other life teaching online, which he saysis other life teaching online, which he says is an absolute joke. pupils were promised it is returned to the classroom but the information they are now getting sent, this will only amount to a few hours a week at best. can the first minister look parents in the eyes and say this is the best she can do and increase plans for the actual amount of teaching plans that pupils will get? first minister. i teaching plans that pupils will get? first minister.— first minister. i will also look arents first minister. i will also look parents in — first minister. i will also look parents in the _ first minister. i will also look parents in the eyes _ first minister. i will also look parents in the eyes and - first minister. i will also look parents in the eyes and try i first minister. i will also look| parents in the eyes and try to explain the difficult balance that we are trying to accomplish. i accept that a few groups in society have found this more difficult than parents trying to work at home and home school at the same time. i understand how important this is. i said to have very clearly in parliament last week that from the 15th of march, all primary school children will be back to full—time education in schools and that is a significant change. we will also seek to have some in school learning for secondary schools in the period between now and easter. it is the intention, assuming there is no deterioration in the position, that we will have a full return after the easter holidays. instead of having some young people in secondary schools with no in—school contact at all, we have decided to try and do that evenly. even if that is on fairly minimal basis on the period from now until easter in order to try and reacquaint them with schools, theirfriends try and reacquaint them with schools, their friends and prioritise their well—being. i don't stand here and say this is perfect. but we need to balance all of this to get schools back and to get them backin to get schools back and to get them back in a way that doesn't then set back in a way that doesn't then set back the progress of the country overall and in terms of continuing to look at all this, the deputy first minister does that with an ongoing basis with the partners in the education recovery group to make sure we are striking the best balance overall. let me repeat again, the most important objective that we are seeking to fulfil right now is to get all young people back to school full time after these holidays. in the way that we did last august, that is what we are aiming for. in terms of secondary school, to prioritise school contact we now when easter for those that are senior faced, to we now when easter for those that are seniorfaced, to make we now when easter for those that are senior faced, to make sure that their qualifications are those that they deserve and... ii their qualifications are those that they deserve and. . ._ their qualifications are those that they deserve and... if you want to keep watching _ they deserve and... if you want to keep watching that _ they deserve and... if you want to keep watching that session - they deserve and... if you want to keep watching that session at - keep watching that session at hollywood, bbc scotland is the place to watch that. the first minister announcing tinkering on the rules of being outside from friday, up to four adults from two households will be able to meet up for social and recreational purposes, as well as excise the 12 to 17—year—olds, —— exercise for 12 to 17—year—olds and the two household rule will not apply, though for people well. details next week is to a more widespread unlocking?- details next week is to a more widespread unlocking? yes, i think there is a direction _ widespread unlocking? yes, i think there is a direction of— widespread unlocking? yes, i think there is a direction of travel- widespread unlocking? yes, i think there is a direction of travel here i there is a direction of travel here in scotland now. changes on the way as a number of people testing positive falls, test positivity client, the people suffering with covid and hospital admissions also reducing and vessel taking place against a backdrop of increasing numbers of people being vaccinated against this disease as well. nicola sturgeon described these relatively minor changes this week, but important changes of people's well—being. she has also described it as tentative, but firm steps back to life as we know it. they are small changes, but i think, you know, there is a possibility that it will make a big difference for people to be able to meet and slightly larger groups outside, especially for children between 12 and 17. changes to the rules around worship coming in a little while also on march 26, 50 people can gatherfor worship as also on march 26, 50 people can gather for worship as long as back to me to distance is maintained and more announcements next tuesday as well. from now, the restrictions on travel remain in place for all but essential purposes, people have to remain in local areas. she essential purposes, people have to remain in local areas.— remain in local areas. she has got other things _ remain in local areas. she has got other things on _ remain in local areas. she has got other things on her _ remain in local areas. she has got other things on her plate - remain in local areas. she has got other things on her plate as - remain in local areas. she has got other things on her plate as well. | other things on her plate as well. most notably, the continuing fallout with the alex almond enquiry. and the note withjohn swinney, is that going ahead? it is the note with john swinney, is that going ahead?— the note with john swinney, is that going ahead? it is going ahead. he has been the _ going ahead? it is going ahead. he has been the point _ going ahead? it is going ahead. he has been the point person - going ahead? it is going ahead. he has been the point person to - going ahead? it is going ahead. he has been the point person to the l has been the point person to the enquiry looking into the scottish government at the handling of harassment claims. there will be a vote of no constants againstjohn swinney tomorrow triggered by what the opposition party believes to be a tardy nature that the scottish government has released documents to the enquiry, particularly legal documents. i think when you look at the parliamentary arithmetic here and at the fact that the greens this afternoon, and said they will not support the vote, i think it is unlikely or pass.— support the vote, i think it is unlikely or pass. thank you very much. the american woman accused over the death of harry dunn would be willing to do community service and make a contribution in his memory, according to her lawyer. the 19—year—old died when his motorcycle was involved in a collision with a car near an raf base in northamptonshire. dominic casciani reports. an avoidable death, the memorialfor harry dunne at the spot where he was fatally injured. 18 months on, his family still demanding recognition from the american woman who collided with his bike driving on the wrong side the road. anne sacoolas claimed diplomatic immunity from prosecution and left the country. she was able to rely on that legal immunity because her husband was a member of staff at this secret us communications base, less than a minute from the crash site. now, today, her us lawyer has spoken for the first time. she says her client doesn't deny causing the collision but insists she shouldn't face a criminal court in the uk. this kind of an accident, had it occurred in the united states, would not be prosecuted criminally. we have actually been making efforts to resolve this case short of her return. we understand that community service is a typical sentence for offences like this, and we have offered, ever since over a year ago now, that she would be willing to serve that kind of a sentence and to try and bring some peace to the family. prosecutors want anne sacoolas extradited back to the uk for causing death by dangerous driving. harry's grieving family and their adviser, radd seiger, say they won't enter a public negotiation. i made a promise to harry the night he died thatjustice would be done. there are no circumstances at all that are going to make me break that promise. she needs to come back. if she wants to resolve this, like she says she does, then it is easy — face the ukjustice system. harry's family lobbied president trump to waive anne sacoolas's immunity. the plea fell on deaf ears. but they're also suing her for damages in a us federal court. that case has been given the go—ahead. one way or another, in our courts or theirs, anne sacoolas will have to account for harry dunn's death. dominic casciani, bbc news. ten months ago, jake voyavich almost died from coronavirus — and was in hospitalfor more than 100 days. he's now recovering, but suffers from debilitating fatigue and breathlessness. jake is one of a growing number of people with long—covid, struggling to shake off symptoms weeks — and months — after contracting the virus. fergus walsh reports. my my chances were to survive covid were very, very low. iam much stronger now. this man feels he has been given a second chance at life. he almost died last year, spending three weeks on a ventilator. covid—19 ravaged his body, damaging his lungs and limbs. ten months on, the 56—year—old has only partially recovered. my feet are still paralysed, and basically i can't go anywhere without crutches. it's quite risky. the other thing which still remains is a fatigue. it's something that... itjust hits you from nowhere. it's all so unpredictable. jake spent 107 days in five different hospitals before being discharged. you were saying that you're returning to work. how has that been for you this week? he's still under the care of the rehab team at london's university college hospital, which has a growing list of long covid patients. patients with covid are suffering with extreme and really debilitating levels of fatigue, breathlessness and cognitive issues. actually seeing them with such long—term disabilities, an effect of that is... yeah, it's awful. it's harrowing. knowing how close they were to losing him, jake's family simply appreciate having him home. just the fact that he's next to me, that you are sitting next together and talking, and emily has a father, and that we are family again, i think that's the best of everything. i think as a family we have actually grown closer due to this. _ in a way, i'm grateful, because, you know, i we are more close than before. it could be 18 months before jake knows if he'll walk again without crutches. he remains resilient and optimistic. i do believe that one day i will be back completely, 100%. my leg will recover, my feet will recover, my breathing will recover. and i will be old jake, working full time, enjoying life, going out and not be limited by anything. jake vujovich speaking to fergus walsh. earlier this hour, nominations for this year's baftas, have been announced. nomadland and rocks lead the nominations for the 2021 ceremony, with seven nominations apiece — and in a first for bafta, four women have been nominated in the director category. the award ceremony will take place virtually on 11th april. we can get more on this and speak to the bafta chair, krishnendu majumdar. it isa it is a very different list from last year and that is very intentional.— last year and that is very intentional. , , , ., , intentional. yes, every year is different because _ intentional. yes, every year is different because we - intentional. yes, every year is different because we can - intentional. yes, every year is different because we can only| intentional. yes, every year is - different because we can onlyjudge what is hinted, but i think we have got a fantastic range of films. we have 50 films nominated this year, up have 50 films nominated this year, up from 39 films nominated last year and we have a brilliant range of movies and performances as well. i was really getting at, and i know you know this, of course, last year, not one single non—white act was nominated and you have sought to address that clear in balance this year. address that clear in balance this ear. , ., ., ,., ., address that clear in balance this ear. , ., ., , ., ., ., year. yes, what we have sought to do is level the — year. yes, what we have sought to do is level the playing — year. yes, what we have sought to do is level the playing field. _ year. yes, what we have sought to do is level the playing field. we - is level the playing field. we haven't instituted any quotas are anything like that, but what we have tried to do is look at what the barriers were with some of these performances being seen, because they need to be seen to be voted for, so we have instituted over 120 changes to the bafta awards and you have seen those changes. 16 of the performance of nominees after 24 were people from underrepresented groups. obviously, it has been a great year were lots of performances in films have been entered. i think over 250 films were entered this year. only nine down from last year and that talent has shone through. you have described this as a watershed moment.- you have described this as a watershed moment. , ~ ., watershed moment. yes, i think after last ear watershed moment. yes, i think after last year with — watershed moment. yes, i think after last year with the _ watershed moment. yes, i think after last year with the global _ watershed moment. yes, i think after last year with the global pandemic - last year with the global pandemic and all the trauma and strife we have all been through, there was a reckoning about race and people from other underrepresented groups also. not just other underrepresented groups also. notjust bafta, every institution has had to look at itself and look at our processes and how we evaluate and how we judge excellent and i think the key message was, people just want their work to be seen. and thatis just want their work to be seen. and that is what we have done. all the changes have levelled the playing field and more work has been seen and as a consequence, we have had a greater range of nominees this year. the irony of that is that of course this year, it has been harder to be seen than ever given that we are in the middle of the pandemic. have you made that happen?— made that happen? obviously, the bearinnin made that happen? obviously, the beginning of— made that happen? obviously, the beginning of the _ made that happen? obviously, the beginning of the year, _ made that happen? obviously, the beginning of the year, cinemas - made that happen? obviously, the i beginning of the year, cinemas were still open so some of our voters saw the film is on the big screen, but we have a viewing portal which is obviously security protected where our 7000 film members can watch films and five times as more people watched on bafta view this year and obviously the dvd screeners and film distributors but online screaming is —— online screenings so i think it has been more work that has been watch this year. reopening cinemas safely soon so that we can get back to watching things on the screen would be good. we to watching things on the screen would be good.— to watching things on the screen would be aood. ~ ., ., ., , , would be good. we have already seen success for nomadland _ would be good. we have already seen success for nomadland of _ would be good. we have already seen success for nomadland of course, - success for nomadland of course, what has caught your eye? i success for nomadland of course, what has caught your eye?- success for nomadland of course, what has caught your eye? i love the fact that there _ what has caught your eye? i love the fact that there are _ what has caught your eye? i love the fact that there are four _ what has caught your eye? i love the fact that there are four female - fact that there are four female directors in the directing category, but also three films not in the english language in the directing category. as well. i love that we are notjust recognising hollywood and british film, but we are also recognising world cinema also. hagar recognising world cinema also. how im ortant recognising world cinema also. how important is — recognising world cinema also. how important is it _ recognising world cinema also. how important is it to _ recognising world cinema also. how important is it to recognise british achievement specifically? i important is it to recognise british achievement specifically?- important is it to recognise british achievement specifically? i think we are the british _ achievement specifically? i think we are the british academy _ achievement specifically? i think we are the british academy of - achievement specifically? i think we are the british academy of film - achievement specifically? i think we are the british academy of film and| are the british academy of film and television arts. i think it is hugely important and we listen to the industry. this year, british films have been recognised in three and the best film category, so i think that it is hugely important that we support and shine a spotlight on british film and performances and lots of british people have worked on hollywood films and other films as well. and we recognise that time as well. i am particularly proud of that and i hope it is a real shot in the arm for the british film industry and we want to encourage the public to engage with these films and performances. that is what the awards are for, to shine a spotlight on excellence. i awards are for, to shine a spotlight on excellence.— awards are for, to shine a spotlight on excellence. i know that you can't exress on excellence. i know that you can't express favouritism, _ on excellence. i know that you can't express favouritism, i'm _ on excellence. i know that you can't express favouritism, i'm sure, - on excellence. i know that you can't express favouritism, i'm sure, but i express favouritism, i'm sure, but it is probably worth mentioning chloe zhao of course who has already won an award this year and is up again for nomadland. i won an award this year and is up again for nomadland.— won an award this year and is up again for nomadland. i think it is an extraordinary _ again for nomadland. i think it is an extraordinary achievement. i again for nomadland. i think it is l an extraordinary achievement. she has four individual nominations, best film, directing, editing and in one of the screenplay categories as well. she is the most nominated individual this year and i think thatis individual this year and i think that is an extraordinary achievement and a huge congratulations to her. also, we have a very young non—meat, alan kim — he is also... —— nominee. two of the actors from rocks, and the supporting actor bukky bakray up as well. 21 of the 24 performers this year of first—time nominees, which is a great achievement. we are shining a spotlight on new talent and some of these people will be stars for years to come. you won't mind me saying, _ stars for years to come. you won't mind me saying, there _ stars for years to come. you won't mind me saying, there is - stars for years to come. you won't mind me saying, there is some . stars for years to come. you won't i mind me saying, there is some other older talent in there as well. anthony hopkins is a multiple nominee and he is up for the father and frances mcdormand is up for nomadland in the actress, lead actress category. yes, i think it is actress category. yes, i think it is a fantastic list and a real breath of films and is all about the magic and power of cinema to catch our imaginations and this list does that. i am imaginations and this list does that. iam proud imaginations and this list does that. i am proud of it and proud to be involved with the academy and the work we do. ., , ., ., be involved with the academy and the work we do. .,, ., ., ., work we do. there was a lot of criticism after _ work we do. there was a lot of criticism after last _ work we do. there was a lot of criticism after last year. - work we do. there was a lot of criticism after last year. did i work we do. there was a lot of. criticism after last year. did that hurt? oi criticism after last year. did that hurt? . ., , criticism after last year. did that hurt? .., , ., criticism after last year. did that hurt? , ., , hurt? of course, of course. of course it— hurt? of course, of course. of course it hurt. _ hurt? of course, of course. of course it hurt. it _ hurt? of course, of course. of course it hurt. it is _ hurt? of course, of course. of course it hurt. it is difficult - hurt? of course, of course. of| course it hurt. it is difficult not to take things personally. but what we did was a bafta 2020 review where we did was a bafta 2020 review where we spoke to... we spent months listening to the industry, listening to bafta members, listening to people from minority groups and we instituted hundred and 20 changes. it is notjust us, the whole industry is changing and listening to voices from underrepresented groups and we are richer and more cultured society for it. it is groups and we are richer and more cultured society for it.— cultured society for it. it is a virtual ceremony _ cultured society for it. it is a virtual ceremony when - cultured society for it. it is a virtual ceremony when it - cultured society for it. it is a - virtual ceremony when it happens. they must be a huge pressure on bafta to do something different, because let's face it, will all turning into amazon film—makers with access to zoom and things. yes. turning into amazon film-makers with access to zoom and things.— access to zoom and things. yes, the bbc have brilliantly _ access to zoom and things. yes, the bbc have brilliantly supported - access to zoom and things. yes, the bbc have brilliantly supported us - bbc have brilliantly supported us this year and given us an extra programme, so we have a whole weekend of celebrating film on the tenth and 11th of april from the royal albert hall. two programmes, one on bbc two on saturday night and one on bbc two on saturday night and one on bbc one on sunday night. we are very grateful to the bbc for that support and space to celebrate film. ,., . ~ film. god willing, when we get back to some sort _ film. god willing, when we get back to some sort of _ film. god willing, when we get back to some sort of normality _ film. god willing, when we get back to some sort of normality soon, - film. god willing, when we get back. to some sort of normality soon, what does the next year herald? you have always got to be thinking ahead, haven't you?— always got to be thinking ahead, haven't ou? , , haven't you? yes, we will see when this lockdown _ haven't you? yes, we will see when this lockdown eases. _ haven't you? yes, we will see when this lockdown eases. i— haven't you? yes, we will see when this lockdown eases. i long - haven't you? yes, we will see when this lockdown eases. i long to - haven't you? yes, we will see when this lockdown eases. i long to go i this lockdown eases. i long to go back to the cinema. i love sitting in a darkened room and just looking at the screen and there is a real magic in a big screen. when it is safe to do so we are allowed to do so, i would encourage the public to get back and support the cinema and the people work in cinema and as a working producer myself, it has been very difficult to film under covid restrictions, but we are doing that. we have carried on. and i hope that more and more people can go back to work and we can keep making films and programmes and inspiring and connecting our audiences. congratulations and good luck for the ceremony itself. thank you very much for your time.— much for your time. great to talk to ou. much for your time. great to talk to you- thank — much for your time. great to talk to you- thank you- _ now it's time for a look at the weather. the weather is looking quite turbulent over the next few days. they will be an outbreak of cloud and lots of rain which some gales causing some destruction and rough seas across western areas as well. on the satellite picture, you can see all this cloud trailing into the atlantic area. this weather system is already moving its way and bringing outbreaks of rain through the rest day across northern ireland in western scotland. ahead of that, we have had some sunshine and it has felt pretty mild out there with 14 degrees. tonight, we see wet and windy weather across western and particularly north—western areas. in north scotland can gusts of up to 70 mph. through the night, that will move south—eastward and they will there will be clearer skies with some showers scattering and some wintry showers over high ground in scotland. the more complex where the picture then. the outbreaks of rain are trying to clear away, but instead, we see a new front pushing again in the south—west. that is tied up with a pretty deep area of low pressure. as we go through wednesday, we will see cloud outbreaks of rain as we go through the day. the scattering of showers and rain will start to push back in here is the day wears on. top temperatures ranging and it will be quite blustery through the day into the evening and overnight. this is as the eastern pressure pushes on. there is a real is wheeze in the white lines, the isobars and there will be a squeeze on thursday morning. across england and wales, in we will see gusts of up to 50 mph and around the coast, 60 or 70 mph. that could cause some destruction. the winds will slowly ease on thursday, it will stay very blustery and ill be showers that are heavy, thundery and sleet over the hills and west of the uk. the winds ease slowly, but they will still be plenty of heavy downpours. floyd this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines... slow and steady — the government's top scientific advisers say the move out of lockdown will take time — and will depend on the data. all the modelling suggests there is going to be a further surge and that will find the people who either have not been vaccinated or where the vaccine has not worked and some of them might have to go to hospital and unfortunately, some of them might go on to die. a drop in coronavirus cases means more people can meet outdoors from the end of this week in scotland, nicola sturgeon says. we we realise meeting up outdoors, evenin we we realise meeting up outdoors, even in scotland, can be beneficial for our well—being so from friday we intend to relax the law so that up to four adults from two households can meet outdoors. under siege — crisis meetings involving senior royals have taken place following the duke and duchess of sussex's tv interview — and a defence of the royals from meghan's father. i don't think the british royal family are racist. this thing about what colour will the baby be, or how dark will the baby be, i'm guessing and hoping it was just a dumb question. nomadland and rocks lead this year's bafta nominations, with seven each, as part of a highly diverse list of nominees after last year's �*so white' controversy. this year the ceremony will be held virtually. and after a journey through space of 4.6 billion years — the meteorite that fell to earth, near cheltenham. good afternoon — and welcome to bbc news. unlocking too quickly would lead to a substantial surge in infection — that's what england's chief medical officer has told mps. professor chris whitty said it would be dangerous as there are still a lot of vulnerable people who are not yet protected by the vaccine. he also said things could "turn bad" quickly if the process was rushed. our health correspondent jim reed reports. it's the most important, perhaps the most difficult question facing politicians and scientists. how to open up society without causing another major wave of the virus and more pressure on hospitals? speaking in front of mps, england's chief medical officer was cautious, saying even with a successful vaccine programme, another rise in infections is inevitable at some point. what we're going to see is, as things are opening up, all the modelling suggests that at some point we will get a surge in virus, and we hope it doesn't happen soon. another key question is this — if cases rise, can vaccines protect enough people from serious disease? early data shows currentjabs are performing better than expected after one dose, but they cannot offer 100% protection. professor whitty said lifting lockdown restrictions too quickly could still lead to more hospitalisations and deaths. if you take things steadily and then start your proper opening up, the biggest risk, opening up, when lots of people in the lower ages have been vaccinated, then you are in a much better position. but if you start shunting things forward, you will very quickly get to these very high peaks. welcome back, come on in! here's the plan for england at the moment. schools have restarted this week, and two people are now allowed to meet outdoors. the next step comes at the end of the month. six people or two households will be allowed to meet outdoors, and outdoor sports can start again. from mid april, nonessential retail and hairdressers can reopen, along without gyms and outdoor hospitality. from mid—may, most social contact rules will be lifted outdoors. six people or two households can then meet indoors, and indoor hospitality can re—open. and from 21stjune, all remaining restrictions should come to an end. it is important to do things both slowly enough and with enough time between steps to be able to measure. some conservative mps have called for ministers to move faster to relax restrictions. labour has said the government should be thinking more long—term. ministers should prepare themselves and the country for the next pandemic or infectious outbreak. never again should we have ministers ignoring the science and learning on thejob. in wales, scotland and northern ireland, restrictions are being relaxed at a different pace. but all parts of the uk will have to answer the same question — how to return to life as normal while keeping the pandemic under control. jim reed, bbc news. an easing of restrictions on outdoor gatherings and group worship in scotland has been announced by the first minister, nicola sturgeon. bigger groups will also be allowed to meet outside for non—contact sports in groups of up to 15. she explained the new rules in the last hour from rules in the last hour friday we intend to relax the law from friday we intend to relax the law so that up to four adults from “p law so that up to four adults from up to two households will be able to meet outdoors and in addition we will make clear in the guidance that this will allow for social and recreational purposes as well as essential exercise. meeting will be possible in any outdoor space including private gardens but please do stick to the new rules, gatherings must be a maximum of four people from two households and you should only go indoors if that is essential in order to reach a back garden or to use the toilet. but now please stay as close to home as possible, and we hope to be in a position to relax at least to some extent travel restrictions within scotland in the weeks ahead but our advice is that it would not be safe to do so quite yet. for young people aged 12—17 we want to be even more flexible to enable more interaction with friends so or 12—17 outdoor meetings will also be limited to a maximum of four people but the two households limit won't apply which means four friends from different families can get together outdoors and this will hopefully allow young people to see more of their friends thanis people to see more of their friends than is currently the case. we are also proposing some changes to the rules on outdoor exercise and activities, and from friday outdoor noncontact sports an organised group exercise will be permitted for all adults in groups of up to 15 people and we will also make sure there is some flexibility around the travel rules for young people so that children are not prevented from taking part in sport. if for example they belong to a club that is a bit outside their own local authority area. these are minor changes, i know, but they are important changes, and they have also been made possible by the hard sacrifices the majority of people across the country have made. we will seek to build on them as quickly as possible in the weeks ahead. the other careful change we feel able to make at this stage relates to places of worship. i can confirm that assuming no deterioration in the situation with the virus between now and then, we intend to allow communal worship to restart from friday the 26th of march, in time for passover, easter, ramadan. in addition the limit on attendance at communal services will be increased from 20 which was the limit in place before lockdown 250, assuming of course that a place of worship is spacious enough to accommodate that many people with to meet a physical distancing —— before lockdown to 50. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been watching. some small changes now but more details on a much bigger plan next week? . , , details on a much bigger plan next week? ., , , ., ., , ., week? there has been a road map that the scottish government _ week? there has been a road map that the scottish government has _ week? there has been a road map that the scottish government has been - the scottish government has been following and we get the sense from her announcements today that that has accelerated very slightly, so the small tentative but firm changes in four different areas in terms of meeting outdoors and in terms of worship and outdoor contact sports, and more announcements expected next tuesday if this path continues of the numbers of people testing positive declining and it has positivity reducing and the number of admissions and the number of deaths also going down. that continues we are expecting more news next tuesday. nicola sturgeon said she hopes that will focus on a timetable for shops reopening, hospitality, gyms and tourism, and one key area that is important to note is that the restrictions on travel remain in place for now. people should not travel outside their council area and of course while some children are returning to school, some are already back, some are expected back next week, and for secondary school children the return is very limited. the scottish conservatives picked her up on that and gave examples of children who are perhaps getting just three hour sessions ahead of the easter holiday, and the first minister said this wasn't perfect but the room for manoeuvre in terms of wider society was limited, because of the efforts being made to get children back to school and the aim is to get all children back to school fully after the easter holidays.— children back to school fully after the easter holidays. some debate as to how to mark _ the easter holidays. some debate as to how to mark what _ the easter holidays. some debate as to how to mark what will _ the easter holidays. some debate as to how to mark what will be - the easter holidays. some debate as to how to mark what will be a - the easter holidays. some debate as to how to mark what will be a year i to how to mark what will be a year since national lockdown. nicola sturgeon announcing a moment of national silence?— sturgeon announcing a moment of national silence? yes, the national lockdown, probably _ national silence? yes, the national lockdown, probably all _ national silence? yes, the national lockdown, probably all of - national silence? yes, the national lockdown, probably all of us - national silence? yes, the national| lockdown, probably all of us recall, started on the 23rd of march last year, when life in our countries changed for ever. nicola sturgeon said there is talk of a minute's silence to mark the start of lockdown and that discussions are ongoing but that this will be marked nationally. ongoing but that this will be marked nationall . ., ., ., ., nationally. lorna, thanks for “oininr nationally. lorna, thanks for joining us- — nicola sturgeon said rangers "did not do nearly enough" to help avoid fans celebrating after their league victory. fans congregated in george square and outside ibrox stadium after their side took their first top—flight title in 10 years. she added that she shared the "anger" over the fans�* "disgraceful" behaviour and that she would be speaking with police scotland's chief constable later today to avoid a similar situation in future. the behaviour witnessed at the weekend was disgraceful and it was selfish. it's natural that some of the anger people feel is directed towards the government and the police, i understand that, all of us must reflect on what more could have been done and what more we need to do to avoid any repeat in the future. those at fault are those who breached the rules, though, and how the police manage situations like this is of course an operational matter and government cannot and should not direct leasing operations, but i will be speaking to the chief constable later this afternoon —— direct policing operations. we will try to avoid the unacceptable scenes we saw at the weekend. however, no one should doubt the deeply invidious situation at that behaviour like this puts the police in as they discharge their responsibility to protect public order and public safety. we will also be having further discussions this week with the football authorities and certain football clubs who in my view do need to show much more leadership on occasions like this. scotland's deputy first minister john swinney faces a vote of no confidence tomorrow over his handling of legal advice relating to the inquiry into the former first minister, alex salmond. mr swinney has refused the scottish parliament's demands to release the legal advice related to the unlawful investigation into mr salmond for almost four months. the scottish education secretary is likely to survive the no confidence vote after the greens said it would vote with the snp. senior royals have been holding crisis talks after harry and meghan's bombshell television appearance. buckingham palace has yet to comment on the interview, which was broadcast last night on itv and watched by more than 11 million people. meghan said before their son archie was born, an unnamed member of the royal family voiced concerns about how dark his skin colour might be. the labour mp, diane abbott, said the alleged remarks were "stupid" and "racist" — and criticised the british media for systematically attacking harry and meghan. but the society of editors says it's not acceptable for the couple to claim sections of the british press are bigoted — without providing any supporting evidence. and meghan's father has got involved — saying he doesn't believe the royal family are racist. daniela relph has this report. back to the everyday business of royalty. yesterday, his son was telling the world of the rift in their relationship. today, the prince of wales visited a pop—up vaccine centre in london. he said nothing about the interview. sir, can i ask, what did - you think of the interview? and that remains the official position of buckingham palace — for now. more than 11 million people in the uk watched the interview last night. they heard meghan describe feeling suicidal and allegations of racist remarks from within the royal family. in those months when i was pregnant, all around the same time, so we had in tandem the conversation of, "he will not be given security, "he's not going to be given a title." and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born. what? this morning, meghan's father, from whom she remains estranged, gave his perspective on the interview fallout. i don't think the british royal family are racist. the thing about what colour will the baby be or how dark will the baby be, i'm guessing and hoping it isjust a dumb question from somebody. you know, it could just be that simple. it could be somebody asked a stupid question. and the shock waves of harry- and meghan's explosive interview spread after it airs in britain for the first time... - in the united states, there's been a wave of support for meghan and harry, and some critical eyes have been cast over the workings of the royal family. the fact she did not get more support, that the reaction was, let's just paper it over and pretend it did not happen or it will go away, keep your head down. well, you know, this young woman was not about to keep her head down, this is 2021. there has been no shortage of public opinion and analysis of the interview. the headlines are harsh reading. the treatment of meghan by the royal household and the tabloid press have both come in for particularly sharp comments. they even had a story criticising meghan for having hands in her pockets, when there were photographs of the queen with her hands in her pockets and nothing was said about that. you have to draw conclusions from the way meghan was systematically criticised and attacked for things which other, white, members of the royal family could get away with. but from the newspaper industry, there has been a strong defence. it's not as though the royal family have been given an easy ride by the british media. harry and meghan said they left britain in part because of racism towards them, but the accusation that this was caused by sections of the british media who are racist, i'm afraid, isjust not true and it's not borne out by evidence of the coverage. harry and meghan were supposed to be the fairy tale that helped modernise and diversify the royal family. today, that same family is grappling with how to respond to a stream of criticism that has left it shaken to its core. daniella relph, bbc news. earlier i spoke to russell myers, the royal editor at the daily mirror. he says the silence from buckingham palace is deafening. everyone will be wondering what on earth is going on in buckingham palace. millions of people have seen this programme, not only in the uk but around the world, and the palace aides were scrambling to get to grips with it. no doubt the queen will have to sign off on such a statement and whether she wants to do so and take the wind out of its sails, that must be the only motivation we can imagine at the moment. well, her husband is in hospital so she has plenty to think about at the moment. what is your understanding of what has upset those in the palace most, the accusations of racism? where to start? an extraordinary list of allegations from harry and meghan, of racism from a senior member of the royalfamily, who made these unbelievable comments about the colour of their unborn child's skin, the accusations from meghan, her story saying that she was in an impossible position and she was not being helped. she said she had suicidal thoughts and this came in the backdrop of her being five months pregnant. this is an extraordinary problem now, an extraordinary allegation for the royal family to get to grips with. they were very quick last week to put out a statement saying they were going to investigate bullying allegations of meghan to her staff and now we have a deafening silence at the moment and it is very concerning. the fallout from this goes beyond buckingham palace and the uk, because this is global. it is. more than 100 million people will have seen this programme towards the end of the week. you showed the reaction, it is very different on either side of the pond. overwhelming support for harry and meghan in the us, and it is very split in the uk. some support for what they have done but also people are very wary of why they have done it. the duke of edinburgh is in his third week in hospital and the queen is nearly 95 and dealing with this tremendous fallout of her family. this febrile atmosphere and there is a sense of deja vu for some of us who were around in the diana years... the papers relish and love this. it is easy to be highbrow and say this is a disgrace. but this is great for newspapers and their figures. i look at the tv channels, as well, you have been covering this story extensively, global networks are covering it, it's notjust newspapers, it is a talking point for everyone around the world at the moment. harry and meghan have put themselves out there as oprah winfrey said to meghan about her truth, it is one version of events and we haven't heard from the other side. we await a buckingham palace statement to see how they react. the headlines on bbc news... the government's top scientific advisers say the move out of lockdown will take time — and will depend on the data. a drop in coronavirus cases means more people can meet outdoors from the end of this week in scotland. crisis meetings involving senior royals have taken place following the duke and duchess of sussex's tv interview, and meghan's father has come to the defence of the royal family. the american woman accused over the death of harry dunn would be willing to do community service and make a contribution in his memory, according to her lawyer. the 19—year—old died when his motorcycle was involved in a collision with a car near an raf base in northamptonshire. dominic casciani reports. an avoidable death. the memorialfor harry dunn on the spot where he was fatally injured. 18 months on, his family still demanding answers from the american woman who was driving on the wrong side of the road when she collided with his motorbike. anne sacoolas claimed diplomatic immunity from prosecution and left the country. she was able to rely on that legal immunity because her husband was a member of staff at this secret us communications base, less than a minute from the crash site. now, today, her us lawyer has spoken for the first time. she says her client doesn't deny causing the collision but insists she shouldn't face a criminal court in the uk. this kind of an accident, had it occurred in the united states, would not be prosecuted criminally. we have actually been making efforts to resolve this case short of her return. we understand that community service is a typical sentence for offences like this, and we have offered, ever since over a year ago now, that she would be willing to serve that kind of a sentence and to try and bring some peace to the family. prosecutors want anne sacoolas extradited back to the uk for causing death by dangerous driving. harry's grieving family and their adviser, radd seiger, say they won't enter a public negotiation. i made a promise to harry the night he died thatjustice would be done. there are no circumstances at all that are going to make me break that promise. she needs to come back. if she wants to resolve this, like she says she does, then it is easy, you know — face the ukjustice system. harry's family lobbied president trump to waive anne sacoolas's immunity. their plea fell on deaf ears. but they're also suing her for damages in a us federal court. that case has been given the go—ahead. one way or another, in our courts or theirs, anne sacoolas will have to account for harry dunn's death. dominic casciani, bbc news. jurors are being selected this afternoon in the trial of the former police officer derek chauvin for the death of george floyd. the process was delayed yesterday, as the judge awaited a ruling on a potential new murder charge. george floyd died when he was arrested outside a convenience store in minneapolis last may — and held face down on the street. chauvin was filmed with his knee on mr floyd's neck for nine minutes, and is now facing charges of second—degree murder and manslaughter. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher joins me now from minneapolis. a rather long process just a rather long processjust to a rather long process just to secure a jury. a rather long process 'ust to secure a 'u . ~ , , , ., a rather long process 'ust to secure a 'u . ~ , , ., a rather long process 'ust to secure a'u .~ i, ., , ajury. well, yes, you are supposed to have a blank— ajury. well, yes, you are supposed to have a blank slate _ ajury. well, yes, you are supposed to have a blank slate with _ ajury. well, yes, you are supposed to have a blank slate with a - ajury. well, yes, you are supposed to have a blank slate with a jury - ajury. well, yes, you are supposed to have a blank slate with a jury as| to have a blank slate with a jury as much as possible but in this case it is not possible because everybody has seen the video of derek chauvin with his knee on george floyd's neck and the judge has allocated three weeks to find a jury for the trial. the jurors were sent questionnaires to try and weed out those who might have biases that are quite obvious to see so they were asked what was their opinions about the police and their opinions about the police and their opinions about protests and have they taken part in any protest and what are their opinions about black lives matter, have they seen the video, and so on. now the videos are going —— now the interviews are going to start and 16 prospective candidates have already gone because of the way they answered the questionnaire and the focus will be on whetherjurors are able to put aside what they have seen and heard and what they know already in order to then render an impartialjudgment but it is quite a unique case in terms ofjury selection. it is but it is quite a unique case in terms ofjury selection. terms of “ury selection. it is not to terms ofjury selection. it is not to overstate _ terms ofjury selection. it is not to overstate things _ terms ofjury selection. it is not to overstate things that - terms ofjury selection. it is not to overstate things that the - terms ofjury selection. it is not i to overstate things that the focus of the world is very much on this trial given what this event sparked in the first place.— in the first place. yes, i think so. you had the _ in the first place. yes, i think so. you had the video _ in the first place. yes, i think so. you had the video which - in the first place. yes, i think so. you had the video which was - in the first place. yes, i think so. | you had the video which was quite unusual, there have been videos of police brutality before but this was a nine minutes and 20 seconds video where you slowly saw a man lose his breath with the policeman's knee on his neck and that really had an impact, here in minneapolis but in the country and around the world and that triggered protest movements again are both nationally and globally which was about getting justice for george floyd but also against the broader issues of police brutality and racism in the criminal justice system in the us. a movement was born and in this case, the case is being seen as a test as to whether it has had any impact, but despite the powerful video, it is not guaranteed that derek chauvin will be convicted. you have a jury trial and you never know what they will do, and it is up to the prosecution to prove that he is guilty, because the defence does not have to prove he is not guilty, only has two punch holes in the prosecution's wrote case. there was a charre prosecution's wrote case. there was a charge of— prosecution's wrote case. there was a charge of third-degree _ prosecution's wrote case. there was a charge of third-degree murder- a charge of third—degree murder which was dropped but now he faces second—degree murder, what does that mean? he second-degree murder, what does that mean? . , second-degree murder, what does that mean? ., , . ., mean? he was charged with third-degree _ mean? he was charged with third-degree murder - mean? he was charged with third-degree murder and i mean? he was charged with l third-degree murder and then mean? he was charged with i third-degree murder and then that third—degree murder and then that was dropped because the judge determined it wasn't relevant to his case. and now the issue is that the prosecution wants to bring it back to give them more options for a conviction. the secondary —— second—degree murder means that he would have been a substantial part of george floyd's death, even if it was not intentional, it was a felony part of the death, and then there is another aspect where he would have been part of his death in terms of recklessness and disregard for human life and that is what the prosecution would like to bring back. he is also charged with manslaughter which is the least of the charges and there he would have been the cause of death due to negligence, taking an unreasonable risk, so there would be three options if the prosecution could bring back this charge but that is being appealed at the moment and it could possibly delay the case because the defence wants to take it to the minneapolis supreme court. what would the implications be of an acquittal? what would the implications be of an ac uittal? , ., ., what would the implications be of an acuuittal? , ., ., , acquittal? first of all, practically s-ueakin acquittal? first of all, practically speaking the _ acquittal? first of all, practically speaking the city _ acquittal? first of all, practically speaking the city is _ acquittal? first of all, practically speaking the city is very - acquittal? first of all, practically l speaking the city is very concerned about the option of an acquittal because remember last year the protests became violent at night with looters and arsonists wreaking terrible damage to the business section of minneapolis and so cities are afraid that if there is an acquittal there will be more violence and for that reason security has been increased with fences around the courthouse and the national guard has been called in. we will see security increased as we get towards the opening day of testimony for the trial and as it continues. more broadly speaking, it would be a setback for this movement thatis would be a setback for this movement that is trying to get police officers held to account, because police trials are very rare in the us, who hold police officers to account for force they use on the job just doesn't happen very often. if derek chauvin is not convicted, that will be seen i think is a setback, when it was hoped that this movement would be making a change, but let me add, this is about the innocence or guilt of one man and so that has to be proved in a court of law. the wider picture beyond it does mean that the result will have a very emotional impact.— a very emotional impact. barbara, thanks forjoining _ a very emotional impact. barbara, thanks forjoining us. _ actor and songwriter trevor peacock — who starred alongside dawn french in the comedy series the vicar of dibley — has died at the age of 89. what about you, jim, got eight stored? — what about you, jim, got eight stored? ., �* ., stored? no, i'm doing the loudspeaker— stored? no, i'm doing the i loudspeaker announcements. -- stored? no, i'm doing the - loudspeaker announcements. -- a loudspeaker announcements. —— a stall? _ he played the loveable but dim—witted jim trott in the comedy series, famed for his repetition of the word no. he was diagnosed with dementia in 2009 and died from a related illness. now it's time for a look at the weather. turbulent weather to come over the next few days, with heavy rain and very strong winds, gales which could because travel disruption and damage possible. as we go through the rest of today and in tonight we see wet and very blustery weather pushing over northern ireland and scotland, down into england and wales through the night. clearer skies following behind and some of the showers will behind and some of the showers will be wintry over the high ground in scotland but as we head through tomorrow it will be a very wet start over england and wales, outbreaks of rain trying to clear away but actually instead we see a new surge of moisture coming in from the south—west and rain spreading to most areas as the day wears on. winds will turn increasingly strong and gusty into the evening and overnight. as we head through wednesday night into thursday we see very strong winds indeed especially over england and wales. lots of showers to thursday. it states very blustery for the end of the week. —— through thursday. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... slow and steady — the government's top scientific advisers say the move out of lockdown will take time — and will depend on the data. all the modelling suggests there is going to be a further surge and that will find the people who either have not been vaccinated or where the vaccine has not worked and some of them might have to go to hospital and unfortunately, some of them might go on to die. nicola sturgeon says a drop in coronavirus cases means more people in scotland can meet outdoors from the end of this week. we realise that meeting up outdoors, even in scotland, can be beneficial for our well—being, and so from friday, we intend to relax the law so that up to four adults from two households can meet outdoors. crisis meetings involving senior royals have taken place following the duke and duchess of sussex's tv interview. and coming up... needing more research — the debilitating effects of long covid, leaving patients suffering for months with no sign of a cure. we speak to a doctor who runs a specialist clinic. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. afternoon. jurgen klopp has ruled himself out of becoming germany's new head coach following joachim loew�*s decision to leave after this summer's european championship. loew who took over from jurgen klinsmann in 2006 has asked for his contract to be ended a year earlier than planned. it means, having guided germany to the world cup in 2014, before being knocked out in the group stage four years later, this summer's championship will be his last. inevitable that klopp, who's liverpool side have would be asked about the vacancy. and despite his difficult run he paid tribute to loew�*s achievments but said he wont be leaving anfield. he was very successful and he did an incrediblejob and i understand that he wants to have this highlight. for him, the european championship and he tries to squeeze everything out that he can with this tournament and with the amount of good german managers about at the moment, i'm sure they will find a solution. if people asked if i was available for the job and i people asked if i was available for thejob and i said no. that people asked if i was available for the job and i said no.— people asked if i was available for the job and i said no. a parliamentary inquiry is being held into the link between sport and long—term brain injuries. mps are considering whether head trauma — including from heading footballs — might lead to dementia. neuroscientist dr michael grey is one of the people providing submissions and told the bbc that it's time for the government to take control. what i am hoping is the government will get a little bit more involved in promoting research, in perhaps funding research, in producing a campaign of awareness, if you will, to take some of the responsibility away from the non—government bodies, the sporting associations, and actually take control and start to lead on this issue. i think they need to start through public health england, through the education ministry, awareness in schools, and i think there is some improvements we can make in the nhs. wales have made two changes from the side that beat england in the six nations ahead of saturday's game against italy in rome. with scrum half kieran hardy ruled out through injury, his scarlets team—mate gareth davies comes in to the starting 15, while lock cory hill starts in place of adam beard. wales have already won the triple crown, and victory over italy would leave them one win away from achieving a second grand slam in three seasons. british number one dan evans has set up a meeting with roger federer at the qatar open, after beating jeremy chardy by two sets to one. the first set took more than an hour, evans saved ten break points but eventually came out on top by six games to four and although chardy forced a deciding set, evans won that 6—2 in doing so, set up a meeting with federer, who's been training with evans to prepare for his first tournament since last year's australian open. there's a new man in the lead after stage 3 of the paris—nice cycle race — young swiss rider stefan bissegger, who won the stage, and took the overall lead in the process. it's the 22—year—old's first race as a professional. today's stage was an 8.6 mile time trial and bissegger posted the fastest time on the course by hundredths of a second. so tomorrow's his fourth day as a pro, and he'll start it wearing the yellow jersey. not bad. organisers of the tokyo olympics say a decision on admitting fans will be made at the end of the month. it follows reports overseas spectators will not be able to attend the games. officials close to the japanese governement have reportedly said welcoming fans from abroad would not be possible given public concern over coronavirus and the detection of more contagious variants in many countries. the torch relay is due to begin in fukushima later this month. an official announcement is expected from the ioc later this month. that's all the sport for now. ten months ago, jake vojuvich almost died from coronavirus — and was in hospitalfor more than 100 days. he's now recovering, but suffers from debilitating fatigue and breathlessness. jake is one of a growing number of people with long—covid, struggling to shake off symptoms weeks and months after contracting the virus. fergus walsh reports. my chances were to survive covid were very, very low. i am much stronger now. jake vojuvich feels he has been given a second chance at life. he almost died last year, spending three weeks on a ventilator. covid—19 ravaged his body, damaging his lungs and limbs. ten months on, the 56—year—old has only partially recovered. my feet are still paralysed, and basically i can't go anywhere without crutches. it's quite risky. the other thing which still remains is a fatigue. it's something that... itjust hits you from nowhere. it's all so unpredictable. jake spent 107 days in five different hospitals before being discharged. you were saying that you're returning to work. how has that been for you this week? he's still under the care of the rehab team at london's university college hospital, which has a growing list of long covid patients. patients with covid are suffering with extreme and really debilitating levels of fatigue, breathlessness and cognitive issues. actually seeing them with such long—term disabilities, an effect of that is... yeah, it's awful. it's harrowing. knowing how close they were to losing him, jake's family simply appreciate having him home. just the fact that he's next to me, that you are sitting next together and talking, and emily has a father, and that we are family again, i think that's the best of everything. i think as a family we have actually grown closer due to this. _ in a way, i'm grateful, because, you know, i we are more close than before. it could be 18 months before jake knows if he'll walk again without crutches. he remains resilient and optimistic. i do believe that one day i will be back completely, 100%. my leg will recover, my feet will recover, my breathing will recover. and i will be old jake, working full time, enjoying life, going out and not be limited by anything. jake vujovic speaking to fergus walsh. dr melissa heightman is a consultant respiratory physician at university college london hospitals and has been running a long covid clinic since last year — shejoins me now. good afternoon tea. good afternoon. jake obviously _ good afternoon tea. good afternoon. jake obviously had _ good afternoon tea. good afternoon. jake obviously had severe _ good afternoon tea. good afternoon. jake obviously had severe illness i jake obviously had severe illness already, but long covid—19 seems to strike by those who weren't so initially hit by covid—19. tithe strike by those who weren't so initially hit by covid-19. one of the things _ initially hit by covid-19. one of the things we _ initially hit by covid-19. one of the things we have _ initially hit by covid-19. one of the things we have learnt i initially hit by covid-19. one of the things we have learnt over| initially hit by covid-19. one of. the things we have learnt over the last year from looking at over 1000 patients is that long covid—19 can take many different patterns and as you say, in patients that were not admitted to hospital with severe illness, the viral infection has still been able to trigger effects or other forms of damage which contributes to being unwell for many weeks or months. yes, absently, i would agree with that. tithe weeks or months. yes, absently, i would agree with that.— would agree with that. one of the s mtoms would agree with that. one of the symptoms most _ would agree with that. one of the symptoms most people _ would agree with that. one of the symptoms most people with i would agree with that. one of the symptoms most people with long | would agree with that. one of the i symptoms most people with long covid seem to report is breathlessness and fatigue, yet often cat scan an x—ray showed nothing. do we know what is going on? you showed nothing. do we know what is auoin on? ., ., .,, showed nothing. do we know what is auoin on? ., ., , going on? you are right. it has been ruite going on? you are right. it has been quite difficult _ going on? you are right. it has been quite difficult to _ going on? you are right. it has been quite difficult to try _ going on? you are right. it has been quite difficult to try and _ going on? you are right. it has been quite difficult to try and get - going on? you are right. it has been quite difficult to try and get to i quite difficult to try and get to grips with the mechanisms of the symptoms. we are able to identify some abnormalities in these patients that are not admitted to hospital, particularly relating to, for example, the way that they can stabilise their blood pressure and heart rate when they are active. if that doesn't work, that can contribute to breathlessness. i think there are some varying hypotheses about what could be contributing to the fatigue, ranging from ideas that perhaps there has been an immune activation that is causing the symptoms, or perhaps a change in the way that the body is able to generate energy via mitochondria, which their units in our cells that generate energy, but these are just theories at the moment and we desperately need research into these hypotheses and more funding for patients facing research in this field.— more funding for patients facing research in this field. because one ofthe research in this field. because one of the four— research in this field. because one of the four stations _ research in this field. because one of the four stations for _ research in this field. because one of the four stations for patients i of the four stations for patients and my partner has had this, in the early days, certainly, doctors didn't know and the initial advice varied from go and get some exercise, which was the worst thing, frankly, for lung covid patients at that stage. —— frustrations. medicine itself is catching up with what sort of advice to give on this. absolutely. i think this has pushed the medical profession quite hard. the nhs has now rolled out lung covid clinics in every region and i think we are growing our understanding and expertise in trying to share our learning as widely as possible and i think we are now having more success with our rehabilitation approaches and using certain therapies, medications in small groups of patients with some success. i think there is a real need for us to evaluate what we have been doing over the last year and what we are doing now to understand what we are doing now to understand what are the right tests, what are the right treatment and recovery plans to help patients get better as quickly as possible. aha, plans to help patients get better as quickly as possible. b. lat plans to help patients get better as quickly as possible.— quickly as possible. a lot of people very frustrated _ quickly as possible. a lot of people very frustrated by _ quickly as possible. a lot of people very frustrated by this. _ quickly as possible. a lot of people very frustrated by this. what i quickly as possible. a lot of people | very frustrated by this. what advice would you get someone who is watching you know who at the moment doesn't have treatment and doesn't feel there is any sign of recovery? i think your feel there is any sign of recovery? ithink your gp feel there is any sign of recovery? i think your gp should be your first port of call to go and describe your symptoms. it is really important that we exclude other potential causes those symptoms as well. i think that the way the nhs is evolving to meet the needs of patients, you may need some tests to be arranged and then to be put in touch with the right services to support a recovery plan for you so that you are not trying to make it up that you are not trying to make it up as you go along yourself. it is ublic up as you go along yourself. it is public too _ up as you go along yourself. it is public too early _ up as you go along yourself. it is public too early to _ up as you go along yourself. it is public too early to be able to say this, but will any patients with long covid recover? absolutely, they will. long covid recover? absolutely, they will- certainly— long covid recover? absolutely, they will. certainly patients _ long covid recover? absolutely, they will. certainly patients after - long covid recover? absolutely, they will. certainly patients after a - will. certainly patients after a hospital discharge, we see really good rates of recovery as time goes on. in the non—hospitalised patients, we also see improvements every month that passes, but it is absolutely the case that we have a proportion of patients that are still struggling with symptoms now nearly a year after their infection. that is why it is important that as a health system, we coordinate ourselves to meet their needs as best as possible. the ourselves to meet their needs as best as possible.— best as possible. the name long covid only _ best as possible. the name long covid only recently _ best as possible. the name long covid only recently seems i best as possible. the name long covid only recently seems to i best as possible. the name long| covid only recently seems to have gained traction. for a while, it was post viral illness. it is not, it is with them. i post viral illness. it is not, it is with them-— post viral illness. it is not, it is with them. ~ ., with them. i think that term post viral isiust _ with them. i think that term post viral is just to _ with them. i think that term post viral is just to reflect _ with them. i think that term post viral is just to reflect the - with them. i think that term post viral is just to reflect the fact - viral is just to reflect the fact that it was after the initial infectious period. it makes more sense to doctors and patients. i think doctors are increasingly adopted long covid term because that is how patients are describing it. and lots of people reflect that there is a similarity, certainly in medical treatment with n e that it seems to show similar signs and effects as an e.— effects as an e. yes, that also causes fatigue _ effects as an e. yes, that also causes fatigue and _ effects as an e. yes, that also - causes fatigue and breathlessness and brain fog, causes fatigue and breathlessness and brainfog, but causes fatigue and breathlessness and brain fog, but from what we have observed, i think there are a lot of differences between covid—i9 and me. that's something we need to do more research on. that's something we need to do more research on-— that's something we need to do more research on. how much more research is needed? — research on. how much more research is needed? not _ research on. how much more research is needed? not that _ research on. how much more research is needed? not that much _ research on. how much more research is needed? not that much has - is needed? not that much has happened _ is needed? not that much has happened already. _ is needed? not that much has happened already. i— is needed? not that much has happened already. i think - is needed? not that much has happened already. i think we | is needed? not that much has - happened already. i think we have been finding our feet with this new condition and there's been funding announced recently on those projects are getting started now that i think it will get better from this time point in terms of our understanding of what is going on with this condition. thank you for your work and your time this afternoon. as we've been hearing, mps have been questioning the government's scientific advisers about the lockdown measures in england. some conservative backbenchers are urging borisjohnson to lift restrictions more quickly in england because of the progress in cutting infection levels. greg clark, who is the chair of the science and technology committee, asked if the relaxation could be sped up. if we are to be driven by data, does it follow that if the data is better than anticipated, then we can bring forward some of those real openings? i think what sir patrick laid out at the beginning was the fundamental reason for having the particular five—week gaps between each of the stages. it takes at least three weeks, possibly, to get the data and analyse it properly. there is at least a ten—day lag before you can start to see cases coming through. the prime ministerand ministers have said they want to give people a week's notice before major changes are taken so people can make proper preparations either way and don't have to do handbrake turns or sudden starts from nowhere. if you do that, then you are not going to want to reduce the time between the various steps. if you look at the steps, each one is quite a big step, so this first step — opening all of schools, and that is a lot of things, plus some other areas that will be opened up, that includes the decision for people to meet outdoors, much more lower risk, but not zero risk. step one is already quite a big step. step two, if you look at the list of things in that, is a very long list of things. all the high—contact things indoors, gyms, retail, a very long list of things. a very significant step. you would want to see what the combination of schools and all the other things being open is, that takes another five weeks. then you get another very significant step. the last step is probably the smallest in one sense, which is taking all restrictions away, you would want to be absolutely confident that we were safe to do this. i think a lot of people may think that this is all over. i would encourage them to look at what is happening in continental europe at the moment, where a lot of countries are going back into rates going up and having to close things down again, having not been in that situation before. it is very easy to forget quite how quickly things can turn had if you don't keep a very close eye on it _ if i could just give one historical point, i think this illustrates the point, if you look back, looking at the data from yesterday, 65 deaths, a low rate because it was from sunday, but excellent that things are going down, we are very pleased it is going the right way. looking at the same date a year ago, so the 8th of march, there had been a total of two deaths in the uk, and by the 23rd of march we were on lockdown in a very difficult situation. the headlines on bbc news... the government's top scientific advisers say the move out of lockdown will take time — and will depend on the data. a drop in coronavirus cases means more people can meet outdoors from the end of this week in scotland, nicola sturgeon says. crisis meetings involving senior royals have taken place following the duke and duchess of sussex's tv interview and meghan's father has come to the defence of the royal family. nominations for this year's baftas, have been announced. nomadland and rocks lead the nominations for the 2021 ceremony, with seven nominations apiece — and in a first for bafta, four women have been nominated in the director category. this follows criticism last year at the lack of diversity, and the lack of female directors, in the nominations. earlier i spoke to krishnendu majumdar, chair of bafta, and asked him what changes had been made for this year's nominations. what we have sought to do is level the playing field. we haven't instituted any quotas or anything like that, but what we have tried to do is look at what the barriers were with some of these performances being seen, because you need to be seen to be voted for, so we have instituted over 120 changes to the bafta awards and you have seen those changes. 16 of the performance nominees out of 2a were people from underrepresented groups. obviously, it has been a great year where lots of performances and films have been entered. i think over 250 films were entered this year — only nine down from last year and that talent has shone through. you have described this as a watershed moment. yes, i think after last year with the global pandemic and all the trauma and strife we've all been through — also, there was a reckoning about race and people from other underrepresented groups. notjust at bafta, but every institution has had to look at itself and look at our processes and how we evaluate and how we judge excellence. i think the key message was, people just want their work to be seen, and that's what we have done. all the changes have levelled the playing field and more work has been seen and as a consequence, we've had a greater range of nominees this year. the irony of that is that, of course, this year it's been harder to be seen than ever given that we are in the middle of the pandemic. how have you made that happen? obviously, at the beginning of the year, cinemas were still open so some of our voters saw the films on the big screen, but we have a viewing portal which is obviously security protected where our 7,000 film members can watch films. five times more people watched on bafta view this year and obviously dvd screeners and film distributors put on online screenings so i think more work has actually been watched this year. but we hope cinemas reopen safely soon so that we can get back to watching movies on the big screen. nomadland and rocks leading the way with nominations. we have already seen success for nomadland, of course. what's caught your eye? for nomadland, of course. i love the fact that there are four female directors in the directing category, but also three films not in the english language in the directing category, as well. i love that we're notjust recognising hollywood and british film, but we're also recognising world cinema as well. how important is it to recognise british achievement specifically? i think we are the british academy of film and television arts. i think it's hugely important, and we listen to the industry. this year, 16 british films have been recognised and three in the best film category. i think that it's hugely important that we support and shine a spotlight on british film and performances. lots of british people have worked on hollywood films and other films as well, and we recognise that talent, as well. this was the remarkable view that many people saw in the skies over southern england last week. a fireball meteor hurtling through the night sky. it came down, eventually, near cheltenham, and scientists were amazed by what they found — carbonaceous chondrite — a stony material that hasn't changed since the formation of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago. there it goes again. victoria gill reports. from nuneaton, to sowerby bridge, to somerset, the night sky was set alight by a fireball that streaked across the darkness just over a week ago. and while that light show was accidentally captured on security footage, an array of special cameras from the uk fireball alliance managed to pinpoint exactly where in the country the debris was likely to have landed. this charred patch of tarmac on a gloucestershire driveway was the final clue, and the winchcombe meteorite has now been found. nothing like this rock has ever been found in the uk before. after travelling for millions of years through space, it is now in the expert care of the natural history museum in london. ashley, why is this space rock in particular so special? so this is 4.6 billion years old, so it's older than any rock we have on the earth, so it's like a time capsule, it takes us all the way back to the birth of our solar system. this is a carbonaceous chondrite type meteorite, so it contains all the building blocks for our solar system. so potentially this meteorite contains things like simple organics and amino acids that could tell us about how life got started on our earth. it also probably contains water—bearing minerals, so we could learn about why we have the oceans on the earth and why we may have had oceans on other planets in our solar system. and liftoff of osiris—rex! while this discovery weighs in at almost probes to half a kilo, nasa and the japanese space agency both previously sent probes to asteroids, at huge cost, to return just a few grams of pristine space rock. some 65,000 meteorites have fallen to earth and been collected the world, but only 1,200 had eyewitnesses to their fall. and, of these, only 51 are rare carbonaceous chondrites like this one. researchers say there may yet be more fragments of the meteorite in the winchcombe area, so they're asking residents to keep an eye out for unusualjet black rocks, in case any more space debris ended a journey across the solar system in their driveway. victoria gill, bbc news. politicians aren't always keen to answer questions from journalists — as the thai prime minister proved today. take a look at this. the pm — prayuth chan—ocha — sprayed journalists with hand sanitiser to avoid answering questions about the latest cabinet reshuffle. the incident happened at a news conference following a weekly cabinet meeting at the government house. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. the weather is looking quite turbulent over the next few days. let's go —— there is going to be a lot of cloud, outbreaks of heavy rain and gales that cause caused disruption bringing rough seas across the area. you can see all this cloud trailing back out into the atlantic, an area of low pressure here. this weather system already moving its way in bringing outbreaks of rain through the rest of the day in northern ireland in western scotland. ahead of that, where we had some sunshine, feeling quite mild out there with highs of 14 quite mild out there with highs of ia degrees. we see wet and windy iii degrees. we see wet and windy weather tonight and spots in north—west scotland could see gusts up north—west scotland could see gusts up to 70 mph. through the night, the wet and blustery weather will sink its way south eastwards and will leave showers scattered behind. as we head into tomorrow, quite a complex weather picture. this first one bringing outbreaks of rain trying to clear away, but instead, we see a new surge and weather front pushing in from the south—west, that one tied up with a pretty deep area of low pressure. as we go through the day, we will see outbreaks of rain in england, wales and northern ireland and scotland will start off with a scattering of wintry showers. the rain will push back here is that they goes on. temperatures ranging from 9 degrees to 12. it will be particularly blustery into the evening and overnight. the area of low pressure pushes in and notice on the southern flow, there is a squeeze of the white lines, the isobars, there is going to be a lot of strong winds going into thursday morning. inland spots will see gusts of 50 mph and in some of the exposed coast, 60 or 70 mph winds. that could cause damage or destruction. the winds will slowly ease to the day on thursday, and it will stay blustery. they will be showers and it will be heavy, thundery and hail and sleet with potential snowy showers on the north—west of the uk. still plenty of heavy downpours for the weekend. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines... the government's top scientific advisers say the move out of lockdown will take time — warning that easing restrictions too quickly would lead to a surge in infections. in scotland, nicola sturgeon says a fall in coronavirus cases means more people can meet outdoors from the end of this week we realise meeting up outdoors, even in scotland, can be beneficial for our well—being so from friday we intend to relax the law so that up to four adults from two households can meet outdoors. crisis meetings at buckingham palace after harry and meghan's explosive tv interview — meghan's father defends the royal family. i don't think the british royal family are racist. this thing about what colour will the baby be, or how dark will the baby be, i'm guessing and hoping it was just a dumb question. nomadland and rocks lead this year's bafta nominations — with much more diversity in the shortlist for awards than last year. and after a journey through space of 4.6 billion years — the meteorite that fell to earth, near cheltenham good afternoon. england's chief medical officer has told mps that coming out of lockdown too quickly would lead to a substantial surge in infection. professor chris whitty said an accelerated easing of restrictions would be dangerous as there are still a lot of vulnerable people who are not yet protected by the vaccine. he also said things could "turn had" quickly if the process is rushed. our health correspondent jim reed reports. it's the most important, perhaps the most difficult question facing politicians and scientists. how to open up society without causing another major wave of the virus and more pressure on hospitals? speaking in front of mps, england's chief medical officer was cautious, saying even with a successful vaccine programme, another rise in infections is inevitable at some point. what we're going to see is, as things are opening up, all the modelling suggests that at some point we will get a surge in virus, and we hope it doesn't happen soon. another key question is this — if cases rise, can vaccines protect enough people from serious disease? early data shows currentjabs are performing better than expected after one dose, but they cannot offer 100% protection. professor whitty said lifting lockdown restrictions too quickly could still lead to more hospitalisations and deaths. if you take things steadily and then start your proper opening up, the biggest risk, opening up, when lots of people in the lower ages have been vaccinated, then you are in a much better position. but if you start shunting things forward, you will very quickly get to these very high peaks. welcome back, come on in! here's the plan for england at the moment. schools have restarted this week, and two people are now allowed to meet outdoors. the next step comes at the end of the month. six people or two households will be allowed to meet outdoors, and outdoor sports can start again. from mid april, nonessential retail and hairdressers can reopen, along with gyms and outdoor hospitality. from mid—may, most social contact rules will be lifted outdoors. six people or two households can then meet indoors, and indoor hospitality can re—open. and from 21stjune, all remaining restrictions should come to an end. it is important to do things both slowly enough and with enough time between steps to be able to measure. some conservative mps have called for ministers to move faster to relax restrictions. labour has said the government should be thinking more long—term. ministers should prepare themselves and the country for the next pandemic or infectious outbreak. never again should we have ministers ignoring the science and learning on thejob. in wales, scotland and northern ireland, restrictions are being relaxed at a different pace. but all parts of the uk will have to answer the same question — how to return to life as normal while keeping the pandemic under control. jim reed, bbc news. there's going to be an easing of restrictions on outdoor gatherings and group worship in scotland. in an announcement to the scottish parliament, first minister nicola sturgeon said the �*steady steps' out of lockdown would remain �*cautious'. from friday, four adults from up to two households will be able to meet outdoors, including in private gardens. for those aged between 12 and 17, the group of four can be from four different households. outdoor non—contact sport for groups of up to 15 can also resume from friday. ttravel restrictions will be eased slightly for young people taking part in organised sport. and from the 26th of march, communal worship will be allowed to resume, with a maximum capacity of 50. the first minister explained more about the new rules earlier. from friday we intend to relax the law so that up to four adults from up to two households will be able to meet outdoors. in addition, we will make clear in the guidance that this will allow for social and recreational purposes as well as essential exercise. meeting will be possible in any outdoor space including private gardens but please do stick to the new rules, gatherings must be a maximum of four people from two households and you should only go indoors if that is essential in order to reach a back garden or to use the toilet. but for now please stay as close to home as possible. we hope to be in a position to relax at least to some extent travel restrictions within scotland in the weeks ahead but our advice is that it would not be safe to do so quite yet. for young people aged 12—17 we want to be even more flexible to enable more interaction with friends so for 12—17 year olds outdoor meetings will also be limited to a maximum of four people but the two households limit won't apply which means four friends from different families can get together outdoors. this will hopefully allow young people to see more of their friends than is currently the case. we are also proposing some changes to the rules on outdoor exercise and activities, and from friday outdoor noncontact sports and organised group exercise will be permitted for all adults in groups of up to 15 people. we will also make sure there is some flexibility around the travel rules for young people so that children are not prevented from taking part in sport. if, for example, they belong to a club that is a bit outside their own local authority area. these are minor changes, i know, but they are important changes, and they have also been made possible by the hard sacrifices the majority of people across the country have made. we will seek to build on them as quickly as possible in the weeks ahead. the other careful change we feel able to make at this stage relates to places of worship. i can confirm that assuming no deterioration in the situation with the virus between now and then, we intend to allow communal worship to restart from friday 26th of march, in time for passover, easter, ramadan. in addition, the limit on attendance at communal services will be increased from 20 which was the limit in place before lockdown to 50, assuming of course that a place of worship is spacious enough to accommodate that many people with two metres physical distancing. we will be getting analysis on that in just we will be getting analysis on that injust a we will be getting analysis on that in just a few seconds but now we have the latest coronavirus figures in the uk. that is the government dashboard showing those figures. in terms of daily cases, 5766 new cases. the number of deaths is 231. that is within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. the vaccination figures, now 22,000,500 so almost 22.6 million. not a huge rise, not as big as we have seen on some days. our health correspondent yesterday said some minor problems with suppliers but they are expecting that those supply issues will be ironed out in the next few days and that they will be able to get the vaccination daily rate boosted right up vaccination daily rate boosted right up again. those are the latest coronavirus figures. 5766 new cases. 231 deaths reported in the last 24—hour period. 22.6 million have been given a first dose of the vaccination. we can now go back to lorna gordon, welcome news in scotland with the easing of restrictions announced today by nicola sturgeon. aha, restrictions announced today by nicola sturgeon.— restrictions announced today by nicola sturgeon. a relatively minor easin: of nicola sturgeon. a relatively minor easing of restrictions _ nicola sturgeon. a relatively minor easing of restrictions is _ nicola sturgeon. a relatively minor easing of restrictions is how- nicola sturgeon. a relatively minor easing of restrictions is how she i easing of restrictions is how she described it but she said things are getting better. she was referring to the figures you have just been talking about, the same kind of figures, saying the number of people testing positive, the test positivity and the number of deaths in scotland and the number of people being admitted to hospital, all of these are dropping. she said this is a moment of hope which must be balanced by caution because at the moment, of course, it is the more transmissible form of the virus which is circulating and what they don't know is as they open up whether the numbers will start to creep up again but they are easing restrictions in three areas from friday, mainly to do with outdoor contact and then an easing of restrictions in terms of communal worship from the 26th of march, ahead of easter. nicola sturgeon described it as tentative but firm steps back to life as we know it. also more criticism from nicola sturgeon of rangers football club after thousands of their fans came out onto the streets to celebrate their team's title victory and a criticism notjust of the supporters but also of the club, saying the club did not do nearly enough to stop supporters celebrating. there were a lot of _ stop supporters celebrating. there were a lot of people _ stop supporters celebrating. there were a lot of people in _ stop supporters celebrating. there were a lot of people in scotland i stop supporters celebrating. 1177 were a lot of people in scotland who were a lot of people in scotland who were quite shocked by the scenes they saw over the weekend. people had made a lot of sacrifices over the last few months, to keep the virus under control, and their contact with other people outside of their household has been severely restricted and yet they saw thousands of supporters gathering to celebrate rangers winning the scottish premiership title. nicola sturgeon said she shared the anger and despair of the vast majority of people including the majority of football fans and she called the behaviour disgraceful and selfish. the behaviour witnessed at the weekend was disgraceful and it was selfish. it's natural that some of the anger people feel is directed towards the government and the police, i understand that, all of us must reflect on what more could have been done and what more we need to do to avoid any repeat in the future. those at fault are those who breached the rules, though. how the police manage situations like this is, of course, an operational matter and government cannot and should not direct policing operations, but i will be speaking to the chief constable later this afternoon. we will be considering what measures we carr— we will be considering what measures we can take _ we will be considering what measures we can take to avoid a repeat of the unavoidable scenes we saw at the weekend~ — however, no one should doubt the deeply invidious situation that behaviour like this puts the police in as they discharge their responsibility to protect public order and public safety. we will also be having further discussions this week with the football authorities and certain football clubs who in my view do need to show much more leadership on occasions like this. very strong words from the first minister on the actions of the fans andindeed minister on the actions of the fans and indeed the football club rangers at the weekend. she said the government simply can't turn a blind eye to what happened at the weekend and she said they will report back in due course and ahead of the old firm match which is scheduled for the 21st of march, on the various discussions taking place around the issue this week, and the chief constable of police scotland has also asked for an independent review of the way the force dealt with the illegal gatherings of rangers fans in glasgow at the weekend. a lot of criticism of the rangers fans who gathered in their thousands at the weekend to celebrate their club's winning the title and also criticism of the club itself who nicola sturgeon said did not do nearly enough to help avoid the situation arising. enough to help avoid the situation arisina. ., ., ., enough to help avoid the situation arisin.. ., ., ., ., ., arising. lorna gordon, thanks for 'oinin: arising. lorna gordon, thanks for joining us- _ there've been crisis talks among members of the royal family and their aides after harry and meghan's explosive tv interview, aired in the uk last night and watched by more than 11 million people. buckingham palace has yet to comment on the broadcast. in it, meghan said that before their son archie was born, an unnamed member of the royal family voiced concerns about how dark his skin colour might be. the labour mp, diane abbott, has today called the alleged remarks "stupid" and "racist" — and criticised the british media for systematically attacking harry and meghan. but the society of editors says it's not acceptable for the couple to claim sections of the british press are bigoted — without supporting evidence. and meghan's father has got involved — saying he doesn't believe the royal family are racist. daniela relph has this report. back to the everyday business of royalty. yesterday, his son was telling the world of the rift in their relationship. today, the prince of wales visited a pop—up vaccine centre in london. he said nothing about the interview. sir, can i ask, what did - you think of the interview? and that remains the official position of buckingham palace — for now. more than 11 million people in the uk watched the interview last night. they heard meghan describe feeling suicidal and allegations of racist remarks from within the royal family. in those months when i was pregnant, all around the same time, so we had in tandem the conversation of, "he will not be given security, he's not going to be given a title." and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born. what? this morning, meghan's father, from whom she remains estranged, gave his perspective on the interview fallout. i don't think the british royal family are racist. the thing about what colour will the baby be or how dark will the baby be, i'm guessing and hoping it isjust a dumb question from somebody. you know, it could just be that simple. it could be somebody asked a stupid question. and the shock waves of harry- and meghan's explosive interview spread after it airs in britain for the first time... - in the united states, there's been a wave of support for meghan and harry, and some critical eyes have been cast over the workings of the royal family. the fact she did not get more support, that the reaction was, let's just paper it over and pretend it did not happen or it will go away, keep your head down. well, you know, this young woman was not about to keep her head down, this is 2021. there has been no shortage of public opinion and analysis of the interview. the headlines are harsh reading. the treatment of meghan by the royal household and the tabloid press have both come in for particularly sharp comments. they even had a story criticising meghan for having hands in her pockets, when there were photographs of the queen with her hands in her pockets and nothing was said about that. you have to draw conclusions from the way meghan was systematically criticised and attacked for things which other, white, members of the royal family could get away with. but from the newspaper industry, there has been a strong defence. it's not as though the royal family have been given an easy ride by the british media. harry and meghan said they left britain in part because of racism towards them, but the accusation that this was caused by sections of the british media who are racist, i'm afraid, isjust not true and it's not borne out by evidence of the coverage. harry and meghan were supposed to be the fairy tale that helped modernise and diversify the royal family. today, that same family is grappling with how to respond to a stream of criticism that has left it shaken to its core. daniella relph, bbc news. let's speak to our royal correspondent, daniela relph. they are grappling with how to respond and the question is, do they respond and the question is, do they respond at all and if they do, do they go through all these various claims and allegations one by one and try to rebut them? that claims and allegations one by one and try to rebut them?— claims and allegations one by one and try to rebut them? that is the roblem and try to rebut them? that is the problem and _ and try to rebut them? that is the problem and that _ and try to rebut them? that is the problem and that is _ and try to rebut them? that is the problem and that is perhaps - and try to rebut them? that is the problem and that is perhaps why l and try to rebut them? that is the | problem and that is perhaps why it is taking a long time to get any formal response from buckingham palace. it is really hard to see how they can possibly not say anything at all. yes, that is often a position for a spokesperson for the royalfamily, they don't position for a spokesperson for the royal family, they don't complain, don't explain, something they have done a lot in the past, but on this occasion it seems so difficult to see how they can possibly take that position and say nothing at all and just leave it at a no comment, because there has been such a furore over the interview, it is very difficult to see how they can just say nothing, but as you say, then it becomes what kind of statement do they come up with? something that is very conciliatory and personal, which says they regret the way things have played out and show compassion and understanding for meghan and harry and is it rather general? or do they go for something specific and address some of the difficult allegations especially around racism and mental health? do they look at those individually and talk about those specifically? that seems really difficult for them to do but again it is a possibility. we have been waiting almost two days what response from buckingham palace and still don't have it but my hunch is we will get something but we are not sure when. aha, is we will get something but we are not sure when.— not sure when. a lot of headlines about monarchy _ not sure when. a lot of headlines about monarchy in _ not sure when. a lot of headlines about monarchy in crisis, - not sure when. a lot of headlines about monarchy in crisis, how - not sure when. a lot of headlines l about monarchy in crisis, how deep is the crisis do you think? we have been here before with big bombshell interviews like princess diana and prince andrew, of course, where does this rank? it prince andrew, of course, where does this rank? ., , , this rank? it ranks highly, right up there with the _ this rank? it ranks highly, right up there with the most _ this rank? it ranks highly, right up there with the most contentious . this rank? it ranks highly, right up l there with the most contentious and controversial moments in the history of the royal family. controversial moments in the history of the royalfamily. especially controversial moments in the history of the royal family. especially the modern history. because of what was said on a very personal level by meghan and harry in the interview in terms of how they were treated and how they were supported by the royal family. it was very direct and critical and it leaves questions to be answered around the support that harry and meghan were getting. they did have a team that worked alongside them, a team of many people who were hand—picked by harry and meghan, so there were people there who had the job of helping and supporting them, but something has clearly gone wrong in terms of the communication between the couple and the staff that were working within the staff that were working within the royal household and with their to help them. there has been a total breakdown in that relationship and thatis breakdown in that relationship and that is the kind of issue that buckingham palace will have to address. ., ., ., , we can speak to the author, playwright, broadcaster and columnist for the new european newspaper — bonnie greer. good to have you with us once again. we spoke to before the interview and now again after it, what your reaction? were there more allegations and claims and more revelations than you were expecting? no, well, i did not know exactly what was going on, but the picture that it paints is what i expected it to paint which was basically a picture of not only a family that is not quite in the 21st century but a country that isn't either. that is what a lot of people are talking about, at least in the us, even more than they are talking about the royal family. than they are talking about the royalfamily. people are than they are talking about the royal family. people are asking questions about the country. spell that out in more _ questions about the country. spell that out in more detail, _ questions about the country. spell that out in more detail, in what way? in terms of how the us sees the royal family and britain as a result. ~ ., ~ ., . ., ,, result. we all know the craziness has been going — result. we all know the craziness has been going on _ result. we all know the craziness has been going on for— result. we all know the craziness has been going on for at - result. we all know the craziness has been going on for at least. result. we all know the craziness| has been going on for at least the last four years, so this country looked for people like a real beacon, of the 21st century, and i covered their wedding for an american station and i was in windsor with an american crew and they were all just so excited windsor with an american crew and they were alljust so excited about they were alljust so excited about the possibility of this marriage and the possibility of this marriage and the fact that the british royal family was the one that was doing this, this engine family was able to embrace the 21st—century, so the assumption was that the country was doing it —— this ancient family. and therefore it caused a lot of people in america to look to this country as a way, well, look what they are doing over there, she's in the royal family, so this is quite a jarring thing. family, so this is quite a 'arring thin. ,, ., , family, so this is quite a 'arring thin. ,, .,, _, ., m thing. she was welcomed, though. she was, that is thing. she was welcomed, though. she was. that is the — thing. she was welcomed, though. she was, that is the point _ thing. she was welcomed, though. she was, that is the point i'm _ thing. she was welcomed, though. she was, that is the point i'm talking - was, that is the point i'm talking about. that is exactly what happened. and then her revelations of the way it was is the shocker. you can look and you can know about this by looking at, i say, look at oprah winfrey, don't look at harry and meghan. oprah winfrey was the united states and her mouth was open the whole time that is what are doing. the whole time that is what are doinu. ~ , ., the whole time that is what are doinu. ~ ., ~ the whole time that is what are doina.~ ., ~',, doing. when you talk about the revelations. — doing. when you talk about the revelations, specifically - doing. when you talk about the revelations, specifically the - revelations, specifically the question about what colour archie's skin colour would be? that question about what colour archie's skin colour would be?— skin colour would be? that was a shock and _ skin colour would be? that was a shock and also _ skin colour would be? that was a shock and also the _ skin colour would be? that was a shock and also the tabloid - skin colour would be? that was a shock and also the tabloid press| skin colour would be? that was a i shock and also the tabloid press and basically harry had said that the royal family felt like they were in a protection racket. when an american his something like that, thatis american his something like that, that is the mafia in their minds, so people think and what is going on here? i don't think a lot of commentators in britain are completely aware that this thing called the united kingdom image has been changed. as a result of this interview. this was major stuff. you interview. this was ma'or stuff. you said the royal h interview. this was major stuff. you said the royal family welcomed meghan initially and that britain welcomed her, so what went wrong, do you think? are you saying that the british family —— the royal family is racist? british family -- the royal family is racist? ., ., �* ~' british family -- the royal family is racist? ., ., �* ~ ., , is racist? no, i don't think that is true, is racist? no, i don't think that is true. this — is racist? no, i don't think that is true, this country _ is racist? no, i don't think that is true, this country isn't _ is racist? no, i don't think that is true, this country isn't racist, i is racist? no, i don't think that is true, this country isn't racist, but what happened and what looked like it happened, we need to find out exactly what happened. when meghan sat there and talk about how she felt, the way it was read in the us was that she wasn't welcomed, and that it really wasn't true, that she was kind of here and then suddenly everything turned on her. not only the royal family but the nation. people are sitting there thinking, what happened? that is what the uk, what happened? that is what the uk, what we all hit have to face, is that this was a huge moment for people around the world, this wedding, this whole entry into this great and ancient family and into this great and ancient land, suddenly looked like the 21st—century, and now it doesn't. meghan has a lot of fans and a lot of supporters but she also has critics and some of those critics say, she must have known what she was doing when she came into the royalfamily, she had been a celebrity in america, she was a woman in her 30s, she knew what she was getting into, and maybe, just maybe, some of what went wrong was down to her rather than the royal family, what do you say to that? i’m family, what do you say to that? i'm auoin to family, what do you say to that? u“n going to separate, i'm going to say the royalfamily is going to separate, i'm going to say the royal family is the going to separate, i'm going to say the royalfamily is the uk, and we have to think of... of diana and the fact that dianette was born into a family of courtiers who had served the royal family for hundreds of years —— diana. if she couldn't figure out how —— figure it out, how was someone from another country going to figure it out?— going to figure it out? diana was a ounu going to figure it out? diana was a young girl. — going to figure it out? diana was a young girl. though- _ going to figure it out? diana was a young girl, though. meghan i going to figure it out? diana was a young girl, though. meghan was l going to figure it out? diana was a i young girl, though. meghan was much older. but young girl, though. meghan was much older. �* , ., young girl, though. meghan was much older. �* ,, young girl, though. meghan was much older. �* , young girl, though. meghan was much older. ,., young girl, though. meghan was much older. , ., ., older. but you say she should have known what _ older. but you say she should have known what she _ older. but you say she should have known what she was _ older. but you say she should have known what she was getting i older. but you say she should have known what she was getting into, i older. but you say she should have i known what she was getting into, but none of us know what it's like, so the country and the family should have been able to take that income and i'm not saying they didn't, i'm not saying they didn't —— to take that in, and i'm not saying they didn't, but i'm talking about the way people are perceiving things on the outside and if there is such a thing as a brand, in relation to a country, this country wants brand has been tarnished and we have two really i think all of us who love this country, we have to take this quite seriously, and really look at what is going down, because it reverberates back, not only with this woman who is a celebrity, she is wealthy and gone, but it really shines a light on black people and people of colour and how they are faring here for real, and that is what is a shocker for americans in particular. what is a shocker for americans in articular. ., ., , ., particular. you raise the parallel with diana _ particular. you raise the parallel with diana which _ particular. you raise the parallel with diana which is _ particular. you raise the parallel with diana which is an _ particular. you raise the parallel| with diana which is an interesting one, and some people say the palace did not really learn the lessons from what went wrong with diana because there was a young princess who felt that she was frozen out and ended up with suicidal feelings and self—harm and so on, and did an explosive interview and here we are again with meghan doing the same, so some people might say, it is not just about racism because in diana's case it wasn'tjust just about racism because in diana's case it wasn't just about that, it was about the fact that the royal family failed to assimilate her, assimilate an outsider. did family failed to assimilate her, assimilate an outsider.- assimilate an outsider. did the country assimilate _ assimilate an outsider. did the country assimilate her? - assimilate an outsider. did the country assimilate her? this i assimilate an outsider. did the country assimilate her? this isj assimilate an outsider. did the i country assimilate her? this is what i'm trying to say and this is what people are asking overseas, yes, she was in the family, she married into it, but what about the country? the tabloid press here is atrocious and no one is prepared for that here. let alone someone from the outside. americans don't read newspapers. if someone said to me, did you not read the new york post? only a new yorker reads it. you don't have any sense of the power of the newspapers in this country. americans are not prepared for it. it is a shocker, so thatis prepared for it. it is a shocker, so that is one level, and then the family that has its own customs and practices and so forth, so it all gets swallowed up into this toxic brew that people outside the country say, oh, that's the uk. nobody is separating out the royalfamily say, oh, that's the uk. nobody is separating out the royal family from the uk, and we all now have to understand the way that the country, the country looks is not... it is notjustice family, but the country looks is not... it is not justice family, but the country. thanks forjoining us. the lawyer for the american woman accused over the death of harry dunn says she would be willing to do community service and make a contribution in his memory. 19—year—old harry died when his motorcycle was involved in a collision with a car near an raf base in northamptonshire. dominic casciani reports. an avoidable death. the memorialfor harry dunn on the spot where he was fatally injured. 18 months on, his family still demanding answers from the american woman who was driving on the wrong side of the road when she collided with his motorbike. anne sacoolas claimed diplomatic immunity from prosecution and left the country. she was able to rely on that legal immunity because her husband was a member of staff at this secret us communications base, less than a minute from the crash site. now, today, her us lawyer has spoken for the first time. she says her client doesn't deny causing the collision but insists she shouldn't face a criminal court in the uk. this kind of an accident, had it occurred in the united states, would not be prosecuted criminally. we have actually been making efforts to resolve this case short of her return. we understand that community service is a typical sentence for offences like this, and we have offered, ever since over a year ago now, that she would be willing to serve that kind of a sentence and to try and bring some peace to the family. prosecutors want anne sacoolas extradited back to the uk for causing death by dangerous driving. harry's grieving family and their adviser, radd seiger, say they won't enter a public negotiation. i made a promise to harry the night he died thatjustice would be done. there are no circumstances at all that are going to make me break that promise. she needs to come back. if she wants to resolve this, like she says she does, then it is easy, you know — face the ukjustice system. harry's family lobbied president trump to waive anne sacoolas�*s immunity. their plea fell on deaf ears. but they're also suing her for damages in a us federal court. that case has been given the go—ahead. one way or another, in our courts or theirs, anne sacoolas will have to account for harry dunn's death. dominic casciani, bbc news. now, ben rich has the weather. turbulent weather to come over the next few days, with heavy rain and very strong winds, gales which could because travel disruption and damage possible. rough seas across western areas as well. as we go through the rest of today and in tonight we see wet and very blustery weather pushing over northern ireland and scotland, sinking down into england and wales through the night. clearer skies following behind and some of the showers will be wintry over the high ground in scotland but as we head through tomorrow, it will be a very wet start over england and wales, outbreaks of rain trying to clear away but actually instead we see a new surge of moisture coming in from the south—west and rain spreading to most areas as the day wears on. winds will turn increasingly strong and gusty into the evening and overnight. as we head through wednesday night into thursday we see very strong winds indeed especially over england and wales. lots of showers through thursday. it stays very blustery for the end of the week. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the government's top scientific advisers say the move out of lockdown will take time — warning that easing restrictions too quickly would lead to a surge in infections. nicola sturgeon says a drop in coronavirus cases means more people can meet outdoors from the end of this week in scotland. we realise that meeting up outdoors, even in scotland, can be beneficial for our well—being, and so from friday, we intend to relax the law so that up to four adults from two households can meet outdoors. crisis meetings at buckingham palace after harry and meghan's explosive tv interview. meghan's father defends the royal family. i don't think the british royal family are racist. this thing about what colour will the baby be, or how dark will the baby be, i'm guessing and hoping it was just a dumb question. nomadland and rocks lead this year's bafta nominations — with much more diversity in the shortlist for awards than last year. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. there is a managerial vacancy in the german team. jurgen klopp has ruled himself out of becoming germany's new head coach following joachim loew�*s decision to leave after this summer's european championship. loew, who took over from jurgen klinsmann in 2006, has asked for his contract to be ended a year earlier than planned. it means, having guided germany to the world cup in 2014, this summer's championship will be his last. klopp, who's liverpool side have lost their last six matches at home would be asked about the vacancy. and despite his difficult run he paid tribute to loew�*s achievments but said he wont be leaving anfield. he was very successful and he did an incrediblejob and i understand that he wants to have this highlight. for him, the european championship. he tries to squeeze everything out that he can with this tournament and with the amount of good german managers about at the moment, i'm sure they will find a solution. if people asked if i was available for thejob — no. that is a no. the leading neuropathologist who's work helped identify the link between football and dementia has called the implementation of concussion substitutes a shambles. speaking in front of a parliamentary inquiry dr willie stewart, who's research found former players are three and half times more likely to die from neurodegenerative disease, said the new rules are not helping the health of the players. football has a habit of the habit of developing and going out on their own and — developing and going out on their own and blaming the problem on everybody else is if it hadn't occurred _ everybody else is if it hadn't occurred before. that is a shambles in 2021 _ wales have made two changes from the side that beat england in the six nations ahead of saturday's game against italy in rome. with scrum half kieran hardy ruled out through injury, his scarlets team—mate gareth davies comes in to the starting 15, while lock cory hill starts in place of adam beard. wales have already won the triple crown, and victory over italy would leave them one win away from achieving a second grand slam in three seasons. british number one dan evans has set up a meeting with roger federer at the qatar open, after beating jeremy chardy by two sets to one. the first set took more than an hour, evans saved ten break points but eventually came out on top by six games to four and although chardy forced a deciding set, evans won that 6—2 to set up a meeting with federer, who's been training with evans to prepare for his first tournament since last year's australian open. england'sjos buttler says the policy of resting and rotating players is the right thing to do, despite the team's recent heavy test series defeat in india. buttler was one of the players who returned home early from that series, having played in england's win in the first test, in order to spend time at home ahead of the t20 series against the same opponents which starts on friday. england were criticised by some for not playing their strongest side throughout, but buttler says with a packed calendar this year, it's the right call to manage workloads. i think we need to get away from the idea that you just go until you break and then leave players behind. there is so much cricket coming up and it is obviously huge with the ashes at the end of the year, you need to be getting to that point with players and the best shape to be able to perform in that series as opposed to being burnt out and no longer wanting to be in that environment. there's a new man in the lead after stage three of the paris—nice cycle race — young swiss rider stefan bissigger who won the stage, and took the overall lead in the process. it's the 22—year—old's first race as a professional. today's stage was an 8.6 mile time trial and bissigger posted the fastest time on the course by hundredths of a second. so tomorrow's his fourth day as a pro, and he'll start it wearing the yellow jersey. not bad. that's all the sport for now. ten months ago, jake vujovic from london almost died from coronavirus, and was in hospitalfor107 days. he's now recovering, but suffers from debilitating fatigue. jake is one of a growing number of people who struggle to shake off symptoms weeks and months after contracting the virus. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. my chances to survive covid were very, very low. i am much stronger now. jake vujovic feels he has been given a second chance at life. he almost died last year, spending three weeks on a ventilator. covid—19 ravaged his body, damaging his lungs and limbs. ten months on, the 56—year—old has only partially recovered. my feet are still paralysed, and basically i can't go anywhere without crutches. it's quite risky. the other thing which still remains is a fatigue. it's something that... itjust hits you from nowhere. it's all so unpredictable. jake spent 107 days in five different hospitals before being discharged. you were saying that you're returning to work. how has that been for you this week? he's still under the care of the rehab team at london's university college hospital, which has a growing list of long covid patients. patients with covid are suffering with extreme and really debilitating levels of fatigue, breathlessness and cognitive issues. actually seeing them with such long—term disabilities, an effect of that is... yeah, it's awful. it's harrowing. knowing how close they were to losing him, jake's family simply appreciate having him home. just the fact that he's next to me, that you are sitting next together and talking, and emily has a father, and that we are family again, i think that's the best of everything. i think as a family we have actually grown closer due to this. _ in a way, i'm grateful, because, you know, i we are more close than before. it could be 18 months before jake knows if he'll walk again without crutches. he remains resilient and optimistic. i do believe that one day i will be back completely, 100%. my legs will recover, my feet will recover, my breathing will recover. and i will be old jake, working full time, enjoying life, going out and not be limited by anything. jake vujovic speaking to fergus walsh. this was the remarkable view that many people saw in the skies over southern england last week. a fireball meteor hurtling through the night sky. it came down eventually near cheltenham — and scientists were amazed by what they found — carbonaceous chondrite — a stony material that hasn't changed since the formation of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago. victoria gill reports. from nuneaton, to sowerby bridge, to somerset, the night sky was set alight by a fireball that streaked across the darkness just over a week ago. and while that light show was accidentally captured on security footage, an array of special cameras from the uk fireball alliance managed to pinpoint exactly where in the country the debris was likely to have landed. this charred patch of tarmac on a gloucestershire driveway was the final clue, and the winchcombe meteorite has now been found. nothing like this rock has ever been found in the uk before. after travelling for millions of years through space, it is now in the expert care of the natural history museum in london. ashley, why is this space rock in particular so special? so this is 4.6 billion years old, so it's older than any rock we have on the earth, so it's like a time capsule, it takes us all the way back to the birth of our solar system. this is a carbonaceous chondrite—type meteorite, so it contains all the building blocks for our solar system. so potentially this meteorite contains things like simple organics and amino acids that could tell us about how life got started on our earth. it also probably contains water—bearing minerals, so we could learn about why we have the oceans on the earth and why we may have had oceans on other planets in our solar system. and liftoff of osiris—rex! while this discovery weighs in at almost probes to half a kilo, nasa and the japanese space agency both previously sent probes to asteroids, at huge cost, to return just a few grams of pristine space rock. some 65,000 meteorites have fallen to earth and been collected around the world, but only 1,200 had eyewitnesses to their fall. and, of these, only 51 are rare carbonaceous chondrites like this one. researchers say there may yet be more fragments of the meteorite in the winchcombe area, so they're asking residents to keep an eye out for unusualjet black rocks, in case any more space debris ended a journey across the solar system in their driveway. victoria gill, bbc news. what a story. dr richard greenwood, a research fellow in planetary sciences, was despatched to see the resident who found a pile of charred stone on his driveway. thank you so much for being with us. tell us what your reaction was when you got there. i tell us what your reaction was when you got there-— you got there. i was in a bit of state, actually. _ you got there. i was in a bit of state, actually. i— you got there. i was in a bit of state, actually. iwas- you got there. i was in a bit of. state, actually. i was dispatched you got there. i was in a bit of- state, actually. i was dispatched to see this rock. from the image i was presented, i was quite certain. i parked my car and walked up the drive and saw the patch that you talked about and the owner brought out a bag of rocks. that was how it all started because he opened a bag and i looked in and i knew straightaway it was a meteorite, but i hadn't countered that it was a super wear remap —— super rare type. i worked on the natural history museum on an equivalently rare meteorite. they are very rare and to be the first person to identify and realise almost instantly that it was this rare type, it was almost a dream come true. i thought we would never see one like in the uk and to realise that it was such a rare type, was such a rare moment. it was a one—off, basically. bhd type, was such a rare moment. it was a one-off, basically.— a one-off, basically. and then there was a search — a one-off, basically. and then there was a search to _ a one-off, basically. and then there was a search to see _ a one-off, basically. and then there was a search to see if— a one-off, basically. and then there was a search to see if there - a one-off, basically. and then there was a search to see if there was i a one-off, basically. and then there was a search to see if there was any more in the surrounding area. it was a search to see if there was any more in the surrounding area. it was interestin: more in the surrounding area. it was interesting because _ more in the surrounding area. it was interesting because i _ more in the surrounding area. it was interesting because i had _ more in the surrounding area. it was interesting because i had about i more in the surrounding area. ht “ff—s interesting because i had about 16 suspects and i went to number two and you know you don't have two things coming along twice like that and the second one was also an extraordinary fragment and sol and the second one was also an extraordinary fragment and so i was doubly lucky. colleagues at the university of glasgow and all over the country have been looking out for them and we actually located a lot of these in an open field and the residents of the villages around there have been super and also found other bets. we think there's probably more out there and we are absolutely extraordinarily happy with what we have so far, but if there is more found, we would be very happy to identify and curator at the natural history museum. there ou are, if at the natural history museum. there you are. if you've _ at the natural history museum. there you are, if you've got _ at the natural history museum. there you are, if you've got any _ at the natural history museum. there you are, if you've got any space rock in your garden, you know who to call. as we heard in that report, we have sent lots of expensive space probes into space to try and find space rock like this, turns out we can just wait for it to land in southern england.— can just wait for it to land in southern england. can just wait for it to land in southern encland. , , , ., southern england. sorry, i miss that questionnaire. _ southern england. sorry, i miss that questionnaire. can _ southern england. sorry, i miss that questionnaire. can you _ southern england. sorry, i miss that questionnaire. can you repeat i southern england. sorry, i miss that questionnaire. can you repeat it? i. questionnaire. can you repeat it? i wasjust being questionnaire. can you repeat it? i was just being facetious, questionnaire. can you repeat it? i wasjust being facetious, really. i wasjust being facetious, really. i was saying that we send expensive space probes to look for this rock, and then it has just landed space probes to look for this rock, and then it hasjust landed in england. tell us why it is so important. it england. tell us why it is so important-— england. tell us why it is so important. england. tell us why it is so imortant. i, ., ., important. it is a type of rock that is 4.6 billion — important. it is a type of rock that is 4.6 billion years _ important. it is a type of rock that is 4.6 billion years old _ important. it is a type of rock that is 4.6 billion years old and - important. it is a type of rock that is 4.6 billion years old and it i is 4.6 billion years old and it contains in it the ingredients to use to make the universe itself. even more incredibly, within that meteorite are very tiny grains of stars that lived and died before the solar system even formed and they would have been the stars that contributed the material to us solar system forming. we would find out what was there before our solar system. it is a win, win situation actually. it system. it is a win, win situation actuall . , ., , , actually. it is absolutely mind boi ailin , actually. it is absolutely mind boggling. isn't _ actually. it is absolutely mind boggling, isn't it? _ actually. it is absolutely mind boggling, isn't it? to - actually. it is absolutely mind boggling, isn't it? to think i actually. it is absolutely mind i boggling, isn't it? to think how old that is. thank you for being with us and congratulations on that fantastic discovery. thank you. the head of nhs england has said that staff were expecting a bigger pay rise than the 1% suggested by the government. sir simon stevens told mps on the health and social care committee that previous plans budgeted for a 2.1% increase. ministers insist that 1% is all the treasury can afford. sir simon said the pay offer should be a proper reward for staff who worked through the covid crisis. this needs to be seen in the context of the overalljudgments that the government will make on nhs pay in the round, and i agree with you that coming out of the past year and everything that nhs staff have been through, proper recognition for that is entirely right and i think goes with the grain of what the public would want to see. none of which is to, of course, ignore the broader economic context facing the country, those ultimately are judgments that the government has to make, but as the head of the nhs, obviously, i am wanting to make sure our staff get a proper rewards and not only support through that mechanism, but also fundamentally what staff want to see are a broader range of measures, including further increases in the workforce to deal with some of the intense workforce pressures that have been experienced across the health service. nominations for this year's baftas, have been announced. and in a first for bafta, four women have been nominated in the director category. the award ceremony will take place virtually on 11th april. two films lead the field with seven nominations each. nomadland stars frances mcdormand and is directed by chloe zhao, who is also nominated for best director. also nominated for seven awards is rocks, directed by sarah gavron. she too has been nominated for the best director award. this year's list follows criticism last year of the lack of diversity in last year's nominations. the chair of bafta told us more about the changes. what we have sought to do is level the playing field. we haven't instituted any quotas or anything like that, but what we have tried to do is look at what the barriers were with some of these performances being seen, because you need to be seen to be voted for, so we have instituted over 120 changes to the bafta awards and you have seen those changes. 16 of the performance nominees out of 2a were people from underrepresented groups. obviously, it has been a great year where lots of performances and films have been entered. i think over 250 films were entered this year — only nine down from last year and that talent has shone through. you have described this as a watershed moment. and we're joined now by niamh algar, nominated for a best supporting actress nomination for the film, calm with horses. congratulations to you, you must be thrilled. tell us a bit about the film. , thrilled. tell us a bit about the film, , , thrilled. tell us a bit about the film. , , ., ., film. so it is set in rural ireland and it is a _ film. so it is set in rural ireland and it is a story _ film. so it is set in rural ireland and it is a story of _ film. so it is set in rural ireland and it is a story of a _ film. so it is set in rural ireland and it is a story of a character l film. so it is set in rural ireland i and it is a story of a character who is basically being confronted by his family and has to decide between his family and has to decide between his family and has to decide between his family and there is a conflict between the two.— family and there is a conflict between the two. ~ . , ., , ., between the two. was it made before the covid crisis _ between the two. was it made before the covid crisis or— between the two. was it made before the covid crisis or during _ between the two. was it made before the covid crisis or during it? - between the two. was it made before the covid crisis or during it? we i the covid crisis or during it? we found that _ the covid crisis or during it? , found thatjust before covid, a year beforehand, but we released it a day beforehand, but we released it a day before national lockdown, so it is incredible that the film has managed to go from strength to strength despite, you know, being released just before lockdown.— just before lockdown. fantastic. what's it mean _ just before lockdown. fantastic. what's it mean to _ just before lockdown. fantastic. what's it mean to you _ just before lockdown. fantastic. what's it mean to you to - just before lockdown. fantastic. what's it mean to you to be i what's it mean to you to be nominated to become a bafta nominee? it is incredibly overwhelming. the last two hours just after friday night, it was very emotional and i wish i was with my family right now so i could give them all a big hug. yes, a bath there is something that i have looked up to since i was a small kid and it is something amazing and with so many amazing women, i am so on it. unfortunately, it will be a — women, i am so on it. unfortunately, it will be a virtual _ women, i am so on it. unfortunately, it will be a virtual ceremony - women, i am so on it. unfortunately, it will be a virtual ceremony and i it will be a virtual ceremony and you won't be able to be in a packed hall with lots of other actors and directors and so on, but even so, it is obviously going to be a huge occasion for you. to is obviously going to be a huge occasion for you.— is obviously going to be a huge occasion for you. is obviously going to be a huge occasion for ou. ., , ., ., , occasion for you. to be nominated is an award in — occasion for you. to be nominated is an award in itself. _ occasion for you. to be nominated is an award in itself. i _ occasion for you. to be nominated is an award in itself. i think— occasion for you. to be nominated is an award in itself. i think that - occasion for you. to be nominated is an award in itself. i think that the i an award in itself. i think that the world has gone through such an insane year that not being able to be in a room together, that is the least of our problems. ihihd be in a room together, that is the least of our problems.— be in a room together, that is the least of our problems. | be in a room together, that is the least of our problems. and so you mentioned — least of our problems. and so you mentioned in _ least of our problems. and so you mentioned in the _ least of our problems. and so you mentioned in the introduction, i least of our problems. and so you i mentioned in the introduction, quite a lot of criticism of the bafta last year with a lack of diversity, but much more diversity this year in terms of the nominations. and a lot of women nominated, as you have been saying. of women nominated, as you have been sa ini. , , ., ., of women nominated, as you have been sa ini. , ,., ., ., ., saying. yes, there is a lot of women nominated — saying. yes, there is a lot of women nominated and _ saying. yes, there is a lot of women nominated and it _ saying. yes, there is a lot of women nominated and it is _ saying. yes, there is a lot of women nominated and it is amazing. - saying. yes, there is a lot of women nominated and it is amazing. it i saying. yes, there is a lot of women nominated and it is amazing. it is i nominated and it is amazing. it is deserved. d0 nominated and it is amazing. it is deserved. ~ , deserved. do you think there is ro . ress deserved. do you think there is progress being _ deserved. do you think there is progress being made _ deserved. do you think there is progress being made there, i deserved. do you think there is| progress being made there, not deserved. do you think there is i progress being made there, notjust by bafta but other various awards in the film and tv industry? yes. by bafta but other various awards in the film and tv industry?— the film and tv industry? yes, i think this _ the film and tv industry? yes, i think this is — the film and tv industry? yes, i think this is the _ the film and tv industry? yes, i think this is the start _ the film and tv industry? yes, i think this is the start of - the film and tv industry? yes, i think this is the start of it i the film and tv industry? yes, i think this is the start of it and i the film and tv industry? yes, i think this is the start of it and itj think this is the start of it and it will continue. i am emotional to see the women who are finally being heard and their work is being recognised because it is always there and i am just glad that is, that we are finally getting to the point where everything is balancing out. good to talk to you and good luck. i hope you win. come back and talk to us if you do win. now, ben rich has the weather. hello. the weather is looking quite turbulent over the next few days. there is going to be a lot of cloud, outbreaks of heavy rain and gales that cause disruption bringing rough seas across the area. you can see all this cloud trailing back out into the atlantic, an area of low pressure here. this weather system already moving its way in bringing outbreaks of rain through the rest of the day in northern ireland and western scotland. ahead of that, where we had some sunshine, feeling quite mild out there with highs of 1a degrees. tonight, we see wet and windy weather tonight and spots in north—west scotland could see gusts up to 70 mph. through the night, the wet and blustery weather will sink its way south eastwards and will leave showers scattered behind. some of those showers will be wintry over high ground in scotland. as we head into tomorrow, quite a complex weather picture. this first one bringing outbreaks of rain trying to clear away, but instead, we see a new surge and weather front pushing in from the south—west, that one tied up with a pretty deep area of low pressure. as we go through the day, we will see outbreaks of rain in england, wales and northern ireland and scotland will start off with a sunshine and scattering of wintry showers. the rain will push back here is that they goes on. temperatures ranging from 9 degrees to 12. it will be particularly blustery into the evening and overnight. the area of low pressure pushes in and notice on the southern flow, there is a squeeze of the white lines, the isobars, there is going to be a lot of strong winds going into thursday morning. inland spots will see gusts of 50 mph and in some of the exposed coast, 60 or 70 mph winds. that could cause damage or destruction. the winds will slowly ease to the day on thursday, and it will stay blustery. they will be spells of sunshine, showers and it will be heavy, thundery and hail and sleet with potential snowy showers on the north—west of the uk. winds ease slowly. still plenty of heavy downpours for the weekend. this is bbc news. the headlines. easing covid restrictions too quickly will lead to a surge in infections — the warning from england's chief medical officer who says the move out of lockdown will take time. but in scotland, nicola sturgeon speeds up the lifting of lockdown measures as covid cases continue to fall. we realise meeting up outdoors, even in scotland, can be beneficial for our well—being so from friday we intend to relax the law so that up to four adults from two households can meet outdoors. crisis meetings at buckingham palace after harry and meghan's explosive tv interview — meghan's father defends the royal family. i don't think the british 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