after she faces new allegations of anti—government propaganda in court. authorities in the republic of ireland recommend temporarily suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine, after a report of four new cases of blood clotting incidents in adults who'd had the jab in norway. and it's the music industry's biggest awards night of the year — the grammys. they're being held at a virtual ceremony in los angeles. good afternoon. the home secretary is asking her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary to look into the policing of last night's vigil in clapham common. the vigil was in memory of sarah everard, whose body was found in woodland days after she disappeared. police intervened to break up the vigil and made several arrests. priti patel has seen a report from the met commissioner and is understood to believe some questions still need answered. and the mayor of london, sadiq khan, says he isn't satisfied with the explanation he has received from the commissioner and he is calling for the inspectorate to conduct a "full independent investigation" into the events. the met has defended its approach, saying with so many people crowded together there was a risk of spreading coronavirus. this report from our home editor, mark easton, contains flash photography. within moments of being taken, this picture of police holding down a woman on clapham common last night became a symbol of female defiance against male aggression. as darkness descended on the vigil for sarah everard, what had been a peaceful and respectful demonstration of female solidarity turned ugly. police moved in to disperse the crowd, there was pushing and shoving, with a number of women taken away in handcuffs. four of them were arrested for public order and coronavirus regulation breaches — among them, jada. they put me in handcuffs, the beautiful women standing with me, one of them, as the pictures are circulating, she was thrown to the floor, she had police officers on her back with their knees and feet. the police say they had to act for public safety reasons. i personally didn't see anyone being at risk. as i was sat in the van, as my hands were handcuffed, i was thinking, gosh, all i wanted was to stand with other women, and the fear that has been brewing for years from a very young age, we get harassed and we are aware of the abuse and violence against women. the sight of women who had come together to stand against male violence being manhandled has led to a chorus of criticism from across the political spectrum. the home secretary described the footage as "upsetting" and demanded a full report from scotland yard. the labour mayor of london, sadiq khan, called the scenes "unacceptable". the leader of the liberal democrats was among those demanding the metropolitan police commissioner dame cressida dick resign. the focus of this weekend should be on sarah everard and herfamily, but it is right also that the police explain their actions. the police put their foot down before they put their boot in, and at every stage they made the wrong call. the metropolitan police were already being investigated for their handling of events around the sarah everard murder inquiry. last night after midnight, a senior officer emerged to defend their approach to the vigil, insisting they had to enforce the law. police must act for people's safety. this is the only responsible thing to do. the pandemic is not over. gatherings of hundreds of people from right across london and beyond are still not safe. there is evidence to suggest some of those who attended the vigil had been looking for trouble, and the police have been criticised before for not intervening in protests during the pandemic, notably by the home secretary. but the death of sarah everard sparked an outpouring of anguish that required the most delicate amd sympathetic handling. the met stands accused of getting it badly wrong. mark easton, bbc news. police officers were using the reason of covid restrictions for why they moved in and we have just had they moved in and we have just had the latest figures. the uk are recording 52 new deaths within 28 days of a positive covid test. and thatis days of a positive covid test. and that is 4618 cases, as well. so 52 new deaths within 28 days of a positive covid test, and 4618 cases. let's get into the politics, though, of what has been happening since those clashes in the past 14 hours or so, with our political correspondent, nick eardley. priti patel demanded that report on her desk by the end of the day. she has got that. she is not happy, the mayor of london is not happy either? yes, so the immediate political eggs reaction was to get an explanation from the commissioner, cressida dick. both the mayor and the home secretary have had that and neither are satisfied. sadiq khan in particular doesn't seem happy as a tool, saying the explanation he has been given isn't enough and that he once more to be done on this. so two things happening in the last hour or so, two investigations are going to be launched into the policing last night, won by the inspectorate of constabulary. that has been requested by both e—mail and the home secretary, but the mayor has also asked the independent office for police conduct to look into this. but what is not completely clear is whether this means that cressida dick, the commissioner, is under considerably more pressure now because clearly her political masters are not happy with the way that if this has been dealt with or it actually it might buy a bit time for the simple reason that these reports need to be done before a conclusion can be drawn. we have still not heard from the commissioner. the only thing we have heard from the met so far with that late—night statement at about one in —— on 30 am this morning. i suspect that will change in the next few hours, now that we know that these home secretary anime are not happy. we've been speaking to former police commissioners and they saying that they are in in possible situation. they are having to enforce the unenforceable and they come in to criticism whatever they do. during the black lives matter tests priti patel was, i think it is not too strong to say, furious that the police had stood back from those demonstrations. find police had stood back from those demonstrations.— police had stood back from those demonstrations. �* , ., _ demonstrations. and she went to say the olice demonstrations. and she went to say the police should _ demonstrations. and she went to say the police should have _ demonstrations. and she went to say the police should have taken - demonstrations. and she went to say the police should have taken furtherl the police should have taken further action, so i think there will be some political heat on this as well, this is going to be a big issue this week because mps are looking at a policing bill that will give authorities more power when it comes to shutting down certain types of demonstration. there is clearly a lot of controversy around this, but if you stand back from that i think the immediate question is what does this mean for the future leadership of the metropolitan police? clearly, two of the most senior bosses at the met, the mayor and the home secretary, are unhappy with what they have heard from the leadership of the police so far. just they have heard from the leadership of the police so far.— of the police so far. just stay with us, nick. i _ of the police so far. just stay with us. nick- ijust — of the police so far. just stay with us, nick. ijust want _ of the police so far. just stay with us, nick. i just want to _ of the police so far. just stay with us, nick. i just want to look - of the police so far. just stay with us, nick. i just want to look at. us, nick. i just want to look at some tweets that have come into us here. a tweet from... i think it is from the met. let's just see if we can just... from the met. let's just see if we canjust... actually, no, iwas going to bring you a tweet, but we are not now because we got these pictures live from scotland yard down near victoria. as we know, priti patel has asked for that report from the clashes last night, which she has already received, but is going to pursue other things, but you can see several people gathered here, probably looks like several hundred and actually if you are looking at the letter of the law, that collection of people would be breaking the covid guidelines anyway. let's see if i can bring you their tweet, which is coming up now. let mejust see their tweet, which is coming up now. let me just see what it says. the metropolitan police, we know there are groups seeking to attend further organisations across london today. but we remain in a health crisis. well, it is all very well them saying that, nick. we are urging people not together in numbers, but thatis people not together in numbers, but that is exactly what they are doing right outside new scotland yard. yeah, clearly the new strength of feeling on this is quite considerable and what was pretty striking last night is as soon as the pictures emerged, some of the scenes saw in peace a few minutes ago, there was an instant political backlash. we had the liberal democrats saying pretty quickly that they think the commissioner should resign as all of this. i suspect the political pressure is going to continue over the next few days. i think the labour party in particular has been asking a lot of questions about the way that the political machine, so the home secretary and the home office, has been interacting with the policing machine, where the pressure has been put on the met to increase some of its presence at demonstrations we have seen over the last few months. but ultimately, i think the next thing we are waiting to hear now is an explanation from the commissioner, cressida dick. she has given that to be mayor at the home secretary, but so far we have not heard anything publicly from her about what went wrong last night. 0k. about what went wrong last night. ok. several hundred people, an estimate, there outside new scotland yard. i am told it is sisters uncut. that is the group that has organised this protest outside scotland yard. these pictures come begin life to us now. let's go from new scotland yard just across the river to come and gone because we can speak to a report there, emily unia, whojoins us from there now. we caught up a couple of hours ago and quite a number of people continuing that the jewel where you are, which presumably is breaking the spirit of the law or the letter of the law, as we speak now, as happened yesterday?— happened yesterday? yeah, absolutely. _ happened yesterday? yeah, absolutely. it _ happened yesterday? yeah, absolutely. it has _ happened yesterday? yeah, absolutely. it has remained | happened yesterday? yeah, - absolutely. it has remained peaceful here all day. there has been a steady flow of people, though, arriving to lay flowers, to light candles and to pay their respects. they want to pause, reflect and consider what happened to sarah everard and to think about how they feel more broadly about male violence towards women. these scenes here yesterday afternoon with very similar. it seems that things really turned at around 6pm. that is when large numbers of people began to gather. that is when police became a lot more concerned about social distancing, bearing in mind of course we are still under coronavirus restrictions, that is why they said they started asking people to go home and when they didn't they then intervened to disperse the crowd and we got the scenes that have caused so much condemnation today. what i would say is that what is happening here is that people are turning up, doing what they want to and then they are leaving again. yes, there are definitely people gathering in numbers above what is legally permitted. but i think considering what occurred last night, there does seem to be a much more 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them. you know, people have been kneeling down to light candles, i have seen tears. people are visibly upset here and i think a lot of the people on clapham common here today are genuinely local. this is their home. sarah everard disappeared from the streets around here and i think there is anxiety, there is concern and people are genuinely frustrated about what has been happening to women for decades, for centuries. they wanted to come here last night to express their feelings of disappointment and anger and fear well, and i think that that lingering sadness has carried on through today, but i would say on the whole people wanted to stay quite quietly. they have not been any chances, people had not been giving speeches, it is very much not that kind of atmosphere. {leia giving speeches, it is very much not that kind of atmosphere.— that kind of atmosphere. 0k, emily unia, thank — that kind of atmosphere. 0k, emily unia, thank you _ that kind of atmosphere. 0k, emily unia, thank you very _ that kind of atmosphere. 0k, emily unia, thank you very much - that kind of atmosphere. 0k, emily unia, thank you very much indeed. | unia, thank you very much indeed. i'm just been told actually we have had a tweet from martin hewitt from the mpc c. i think the chair of the police chiefs as well. so it certainly seems that the metropolitan police are somewhat on the back foot, criticism from the home secretary and indeed the mayor of london, but as police chiefs has been pointing out to us over the past few hours, they feel that the legislation is confusing and they are being asked in many cases to enforce the unenforceable, especially as the number of covid cases shrinks stop we have just given you the latest uk records for covid, 52 new deaths within 28 days. the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who has just completed a five—year prison sentence in tehran, has again appeared in court to face new charges. she's accused of propaganda against iran, including taking part in a demonstration in london 12 years ago. earlier i spoke to nazanin�*s husband, richard ratcliffe, who told me about his conversation with his wife earlier. i have spoken to her this afternoon, yes. and yes, she probably was relieved that the court was over. as you say, she was in court on a charge of spreading propaganda against the regime. that has been hanging over her now for, well, four years almost. that court case kept coming back and forwards. so it happened, the final part of it, this morning. she met thejudge, it was all quite calm. thejudge said to her that he would be giving a verdict within a week or so, so at least the court process is over and seeing the judge, seeing her interrogated again, hopefully that is no more, at least. so we will await to see what comes next, but at least she hasn't got to go and face those guys. so where is she now? back at her mum's and dads. so as you said in your intro, she finished a five year sentence last weekend and had an ankle tag that was taken off and as it was taken off she was given this new case. the past week she has been quite tense and stressed and we weren't sure it was going to be just one court hearing or a long, drawn—out game. and the relief of it coming off — she actually went out for lunch with her mum and sister, so back at home and, you know, probablyjust trying to make sense and draw breath as to where we really are. so after the traumatic, what, three orfour years, including being kept in solitary confinement and almost amounting to torture, really, is she beginning to get better? no, she is definitely still in the middle things. i think it is fair to say that the worst of her experience was the beginning and that is when she was in solitary, that's when all the most military abuses were happening. but she is not safe, she is still in harm's way and she is still sitting facing an unknown sentence for an unknown length of time where she's going to be held for, so it is not a place where she can even where she can relax, even if she can breathe that at least nothing more bad was going to happen today. dominic raab has criticised the fact she has had to go back to court. did the british embassy in tehran accompany her and help? certainly, i thought dominic raab's comments as foreign secretary was strong and i am glad he did them. we've certainly been asking him to do it and i think the government's tone has hardened over the last weeks. yes, we requested the british embassy to accompany her to court. they need permission to go into court, but they don't need permission to accompany her, and they declined to, so suddenly and they declined to, so certainly i felt that was something they could have done and would have sent an important message of protection. so many years, of course, that you have been apart from her. but lunch today with her parents... missing your daughter, but perhaps thinking that the end of this nightmare potentially is coming closer? yeah, i think in the past few weeks, we have had some steps forward. it remains very uncertain and there is certainly the threat of bad stuff happening and that is what this new court case is all about, but you are right, i think in all honesty i am slightly more hopeful now than i was three or four weeks back that these things are moving. and maybe, maybe not, but maybe this will be over in weeks to months, rather than months to years. richard ratcliffe, who was speaking to earlier. it is 18 minutes past four, your headlines... the home secretary and mayor of london are calling for an independent investigation, after last night's clashes between police and crowds during a south london vigil in memory of sarah everard. labour says it will vote against a bill in parliament this week that would give the police more powers to impose restrictions on non—violent protests. it wants the proposed legislation to be widened to address violence against women. to be widened to address as to be widened to address we have just heard... the foreign secretary has made another call for the immediate release of british—iranian nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, after reports suggest she has zaghari—ratcliffe, after she has appeared in court again to face a new allegation of anti—government propaganda. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's our reporter. the last six nations match of the weekend is taking place. scotland against ireland at murrayfield. the form book very much with ireland in this fixture — early points from jonny sexton followed by a tryjust seven minutes into the game from robbie henshaw. scotland had to wait until almost half an hour gone to answer back, stuart hogg's persistance paving the way for a try from finn russell. but the irish refreshed their lead by way of a pair ofjonny sexton penalties. scotland still have a chance of winning the competition, and there has been another try for ireland. it is currently scotland ten, ireland 24, with less than 30 minutes left on the clock. you can catch all the action on bbc one. scotland have a game in hand in the tournament, after their last match v france was postponed due to a covid outbreak in the french camp. india are chasing 165 to try to level their 20 20 series with england. jason roy was four short of a half century as he top scored for england. they made 164—6. england are one up in the five match series but india are going well, 94—2 in the tenth over. sheffield united sacked manager chris wilder yesterday, but it's not changed their fortunes. they were thrashed 5—0 at leicester city. their heaviest defeat in more than 20 years. kelechi iheanacho was leicester's star man. it took them a while to get going, he opened the scoring in the 39th minute. but there was no stopping the foxes after that and the nigerian went on to claim his first premier league hat—trick. ayoze perez scored the other with ethan ampadu's own goal completing the rout, which moves leicester up to second in the table. brighton beat southampton. lewis dunk put them ahead at st mary's, with just quarter of an hour gone. it didn't take long for the home side to pull level, their in form striker che adams scoring his third goal in three games. but ten minutes after the break, leandro trossard made it 2—1. brighton move up to 16th in the table, three points clear of the relegation zone. it was a deserved victory. full credit to the players, we had to adapt, we lost dan at half—time to a tight hamstring and still we had to adapt and i thought we did really well. the second half was a really good goal and when we had to defend, of course, you have to defend against a team that plays with a huge personality and intensity, but overall i am so proud of the players. two other games to mention — the big one being the north london derby, at the emirates. not long to kick off there now. pierre emerick aubameyang on the bench for arsenal. son, kane and bale start for spurs. soa so a strong line—up for the tottenham team at the emirates there. later — manchester united host west ham in the late game. chelsea are hammering bristol city in the women's league cup final. it's 6—0 at the moment — into the closing stages. sam kerr scored a hat—trick — with fran kirby also running the show for emma hayes's side. it's set to be the biggest win in a women's league cup final. lee westwood will go head—to—head with american bryson dechambeau once again this evening — this time at the players championship in florida. westwood will take a two shot lead into the final day, after a bogey—free round yesterday, getting four birdies, including this one at the 17th. dechambeau just edged out westwood at the arnold palmer invitational last week. meanwhile at the qatar masters, how about this for a way to win a tournament? antoine rozner of france was tied for the lead going into the last hole — and holed a 60ft putt to take the title. absolutely incredible! still 24—10 to ireland in the six nations match against cotton, so ireland is looking good for the win with around 20 minutes to go. a lot can happen, though, but keep us posted. give very much. let's return to our main story this error. that is the demand from the home secretary for a report about the police's handling of the clashes last night over the video for sarah everard. they have had that report, mayor's london, siddique khan, has said he is not satisfied. home office sources have said in the last couple of minutes that they home secretary priti patel still has confidence in dame cressida dick, the commissioner, which is interesting, because it was only last month that she was asked repeatedly whether she had confidence in them cressida dick over her handling of the operation, midland enquiry. that was the vip sex ring enquiry, which obviously came to nothing. and she woke the back refused repeatedly to say she had confidence in that an letter to the prime minister borissov is on to give that assurance. but despite that a month ago, now the home office says the home secretary does have confidence in the commissioner, dame cressida dick stop even though the liberal democrats have called her to assess her position, following what many say is her heavy—handed handling of the situation last night. around 2 million vulnerable people are being sent texts from nhs england this weekend, urging them to book their coronavirus vaccination. those with pre—existing medical conditions such as diabetes and certain types of cancer who have not yet received a letter from their gp will be able to make an appointment via a link. here's our health correspondent, anna collinson. ciara lawrence has a learning disability. she was nervous about getting vaccinated so on the day, told the nurse. i told her i did not like needles and sheep prepared it i told her i did not like needles and she prepared it away from me and she came from behind me and as she was doing it, my husband was there to talk to me and distract me. my message for those people who are afraid of having the jab is don't be worried, don't be scared. there are calls for millions more vulnerable people with underlying health conditions to follow her lead. more than 7 million people are in group six and have been prioritised because they are more likely to become seriously unwell from coronavirus. the group includes those with underlying health conditions like cancer and heart disease, their carers and people with learning disabilities. as part of a renewed call to help some of the most vulnerable, leading charities including mencap have published an open letter urging them to consider booking their coronavirus jab. overall more than 23 million people have now been vaccinated, but there still a long way to go.'s this morning, the republic of ireland announced it was suspending using the oxford astrazeneca jab after four people in norway developed blood clots. the uk regulator insists available evidence did not suggest the vaccine was the cause. the vaccine roll—out has been a success, but that doesn't mean covid—i9 will not continue to pose a threat. we need to recognise this is a virus that is not going to go away and i have no doubt that in the autumn, there will be a further wave of infections. so as restrictions continue to be lifted, like the reopening of schools in england this week, the scientific community will be watching the data closely for any causes for concern. anna collinson, bbc news. it is for 20 6pm. music's biggest night of the year — the grammy awards — take place in los angeles tonight. but, because of the pandemic, it won't be the same star studded red carpet event we're used to. our west coast correspondent sophie long has been speaking to some first time british nominees who will be watching from afar. # shining through the city with a little funk and soul # so imma light it up like dynamite, whoa—oh—oh... # dynamite immediately became a record—breaking song on multiple platforms for k—pop band bts. it's earned a grammy nomination for them and for the london duo who wrote it. wow, we've got a grammy nomination. so, getting a grammy nom on a song that we wrote over zoom in lockdown and in the midst of a pandemic has just got to be a silver lining to any dark cloud and any terrible year, so, yeah, we're just so, so happy. it wasjust, like, a mad like... surreal, yeah. ..surreal 20 minutes of watching it and a buzz, and then suddenly it was just like — back to real life! back to work, yeah. keep it moving. david and jessica have written hundreds of songs together. they kind of knew this was a little different. we understood how huge bts were. we knew that it was their first ever english—speaking song, which was a major thing that we were like, "i think this is it." and then it only got more and more exciting when we see the visual, we see the video, and we was like, "this is like nothing we could ever imagine." it's just the levels of this is like nothing that we've ever worked on before. in los angeles, the stage is being set for bts to perform on sunday night, but due to the pandemic, jessica and david will be watching thousands of miles away in london. sophie long reporting there. plenty of coverage here on bbc news. now, the weather with nick miller. hello. with the exception of north—east scotland staying mostly dry today, elsewhere, we are seeing some rain for a time. that will eventually reach those parts of eastern england. it will stay dry for much of the day. this evening, clearing away and a few showers in the south—west. this evening, clearing away and a few showers in the south and west. largely clear overnight for eastern scotland and north—east england, that is where we will have the lowest temperatures. this is where there is a greater chance of seeing a touch of frost going into the morning, whereas elsewhere, temperatures staying well above freezing. it's in the west tomorrow that we will see most of the cloud for northern ireland, wales, western parts of england into western scotland. that cloud increases. chances of seeing patches of rain, whereas for eastern scotland and down the eastern side of england, it will stay dry with plenty of sunny spells around. the winds tomorrow are lighter and in fact continue to ease as we go through the day and the temperatures are a bit higher, so if you do get to see some sunshine, it is going to feel a little bit warmer. high pressure building in, not completely dry in the week ahead, certainly drier. calmer for a time than last week. hello, this is bbc news with tim willcox. the headlines. shame on you! the home secretary and mayor of london are calling for an independent investigation — after last night's clashes between police and crowds during a south london vigil in memory of sarah everard. labour says it will vote against a bill in parliament this week that would give the police more powers to impose restrictions on non—violent protests. it wants the proposed legislation to be widened to address violence against women. the foreign secretary makes another call for the immediate release of british—iranian nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — after she faced new allegations of anti—government propaganda in court. authorities in the republic of ireland recommend temporarily suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine, after a report of four new cases of blood clotting incidents in adults who'd had the jab in norway. and it's the music industry's biggest awards night of the year — the grammys — they're being held at a virtual ceremony in los angeles.