the government's announced there'll be a significant reduction in the availability of coronavirus vaccines from the end of this month, with the shortage expected to last through april. the nhs has written to local health organisations, urging them not to take any new appointments from the 29th of march. those who already have bookings are not expected to lose their slot. the bbc has been told that fewer batches of astrazeneca vaccines are available than expected. here is our political correspondent, laura kuenssberg. i have some fantastic news to be new today... we have now vaccinated over 25 million people stopping the vaccine is on the way. we are on track, so let's stick with that, follow the rules, and when you get the call, get the jab. the rules, and when you get the call, get the jab-— call, get the “ab. perhaps the “ourne call, get the “ab. perhaps the journey is — call, get the jab. perhaps the journey is less _ call, get the jab. perhaps the journey is less smooth - call, get the jab. perhaps the journey is less smooth than l call, get the jab. perhaps the i journey is less smooth than we might have assumed. a letter from the nhs to localjust says volumes of first doses will be significantly constrained because of a construction in national inbound vaccine supply. are visitors should close unfilled bookings from march 29 and not book any further appointments for april. you have just told everybody we are on track with the vaccination, but you haven't mentioned this letter from the nhs which says there is a significant reduction in the available reduction of supplier, and that clinics should stop taking appointments for the whole month of april. what is going on?— what is going on? vaccine su -l what is going on? vaccine suwly is _ what is going on? vaccine supply is always _ what is going on? vaccine supply is always lumpy - what is going on? vaccine| supply is always lumpy and what is going on? vaccine - supply is always lumpy and we regularly send out technical letters to the nhs to explain the ups and downs of the supplier over the future weeks and what you are referring to is a standard one of those letters. i is a standard one of those letters. ., is a standard one of those letters. . ., , , ., letters. i am told this is not 'ust a letters. i am told this is not just a standard _ letters. i am told this is not just a standard glitch. - letters. i am told this is not i just a standard glitch. sources suggest you are astrazeneca vaccines are available than the nhs expected. is the opposition convinced by the government's explanation? convinced by the government's “plantation?— explanation? no, he is putting a positive _ explanation? no, he is putting a positive spin _ explanation? no, he is putting a positive spin on _ explanation? no, he is putting a positive spin on it _ explanation? no, he is putting a positive spin on it there, - a positive spin on it there, this is a month—long of appointments. this is a more significant disruption than we have had in the last few months. and there may be an entirely reasonable explanation, but we just need those details. explanation, but we 'ust need those detailsh those details. and look who .0 . ed those details. and look who pepped up- _ those details. and look who pepped up- are _ those details. and look who popped up. are you - those details. and look who i popped up. are you interested in bein: popped up. are you interested in being part _ popped up. are you interested in being part of _ popped up. are you interested in being part of government, | popped up. are you interested i in being part of government, mr cummings?— cummings? dominic cummings surface, cummings? dominic cummings surface. giving _ cummings? dominic cummings surface, giving evidence - cummings? dominic cummings surface, giving evidence to - surface, giving evidence to mps. he suggested the department of health had stumbled badly at the start of the pandemic and hadn't been capable of running the vaccine programme itself. it is capable of running the vaccine programme itself.— programme itself. it is not coincidental _ coincidental that the vaccine programme went the way it did. it's not coincidental that to do that we had to take it out of... in spring 2020, you had a situation where devolved health was a smoking ruin in terms of procurement and ppe. importantly, no—one with a vaccine book should miss their chance and no—one for a second judge should lose out either. but so much of borisjohnson and the country's hopes are based on the vaccine. any slowdown causes nerves. it's time now for the travel show. this week on the show — the surfers making waves in fukushima, ten years after the nuclear disaster. the hunt for the priceless royal russian room stolen by the nazis. and we get a taste of sustainable sake. cheers to that! kanpai! we start this week in the fukushima region in north—eastern japan. now, as the world learns to cope with one disaster — a global pandemic — here, they're marking another. it's exactly ten years since an earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear catastrophe. the region has sadly become synonymous with those tragic events. a decade on, i'm here to find out how people are still battling to move on from the past. this is kitaizumi beach, some 70km from the centre of fu kushima city. while it's hard to believe now, this beach was once one of the most popular surfing destinations injapan. surfing was popularised injapan in the 1960s, when american gis stationed here headed for the beaches, armed with their boards, and the surf scene has been growing ever since. but at 2:a6pm on march 11, 2011, everything changed when, 100km up the coast, disaster struck. a nine magnitude earthquake triggered the most devastating tsunami injapanese history. person wails deadly 14—metre waves engulfed entire communities, breaking down the walls of the daiichi nuclear power station, triggering four days of catastrophic failures to the reactor�*s cooling systems, releasing radioactivity and leading to an evacuation order covering a 12—mile radius. this man's home was washed away. in total, the disaster claimed over 18,000 lives. sadly, events organised to commemorate the 10th anniversary of this horrific moment have been cancelled or scaled back, due to the pandemic. today, a decade on, after a $20 billion clean—up operation, the government says as much as 97% of the prefecture is safe to visit. locals are returning to live and domestic tourism is on the up, partly thanks to these surfers. suzuki—san was one of the first people back in the water. and they did return. kitaizumi officially opened in 2019 after the community pulled together by cleaning up the beach and hiring lifeguards. and today, despite the water being about six degrees, there are plenty of surfers out. so, how long have you been surfing? it's about five years. five years? i'm just a beginner. yeah. so, why did you start surfing? you started after the earthquake — were you not worried about radiation in the water? i'm not so much scared to go because many, many people surfing out there, so... is it safe? yes, i think so, yeah. i'll test the wet sand. and it's 0.4, 0.5... still safe ? yes. levels have returned to where they were before the disaster, and despite a recent earthquake nearby, authorities say the water is completely safe. now, there are positive signs with the vaccine starting to be rolled out in many countries, but travel is still some way off for most of us. so, here's what is happening online around the world this coming month — something to keep us going until we can hit the road again. windmills overlooking endless fields of colourful tulips have been the traditional postcard of the netherlands for centuries. every year at the end of march, millions of tourists usually flock to this flat country to admire the flowers blooming. but in 2020, the pandemic hit and the festival of colour transferred online. this year again, you can catch keukenhof, and the largest speaks dutch from march 20, head to their website to watch two videos posted each week, with some of their 7 million flower bulbs putting on a show of colour. and although the wild parties usually held to celebrate the king's birthday on april 27 are on hold this year, you can still tour amsterdam's most famous museums online. they have joined forces with google to offer virtual tours of their collection. you can wander through the exhibition rooms of the van gogh museum and look at the painter�*s self—portraits on your own, without the crowds. if you miss nature, there are plenty of options to explore the wildlife from your couch. for example, twice a day on wildearth.tv, you can take part in a live safari in africa and interact with a guide while being filmed on the lookout for the big five. hey, girl! wow! what a stunner! you see that? scent marking as she goes. now, if anybody wonders what a fresh track looks like, that is it. grunts webcams are everywhere, too. explore.org features hundreds of livestreams from all around the world. just choose the animal you're interested in. for those who'd like to celebrate world penguin day on april 25, you've got four live webcams to choose from, including one located underwater at the aquarium of the pacific in california. and finally, if you want to regain your fitness after lockdown, virtual marathons are now all the rage. you sign up to complete a full marathon wherever you live and register your timings using a running app. you can find a full range of virtual marathons on different websites. and if you need an extra incentive to take part, some of the proceeds for the next virtual marathon in mexico will go towards supporting local indigenous communities. well, still to come on the travel show — it's not as easy as it looks. i learn the craft and graft of creating prizeworthy sake. it's like sweeping treacle! so don't go away. next up, a tale of missing royal treasures. the opulent amber room was a stunningly intricate and ornate chamber built inside a russian palace near saint petersburg in the 18th century. but during the turmoil of world war ii, it was dismantled and shipped to germany, where it simply disappeared. elgar: salut d'amour, op 12 plays. an extraordinary tale of stolen gems there. and to end this week's show from fukushima, i am visiting one of the oldest sake breweries injapan. some say it's the fresh water that runs down from the surrounding mountains that makes fukushima sake so good. others say it's the extreme weather in the region. either way, the brewers are doing something right, as the region's world—famous sake has won a record—breaking amount of awards. sake is rice liquor that's over 2000 years old. it used to be made by chewing grains of rice and splitting it into a vat, so that the saliva enzymes would ferment with the yeast to produce alcohol. needless to say, methods have moved on since then! there are over 60 breweries in fukushima, but this is one of the oldest. yauemon sato is the seventh generation owner. evolving technology means the quality of sake is higher than it's ever been. but the industry is at a crossroads and domestic sales here injapan are falling because younger people have developed a taste for beer and imported wines instead. so breweries like this one are turning to tourism and the international market, and it's paying off. exports are at a record high and innovation and sustainability are helping to fuel this growing craft sake movement. winter is the busiest time of year for sake breweries. colder winter temperatures make for a higher quality sake. the head brewer, or koji, still completes much of the project by hand. so this smells just like rice. so it's been washed, then it's been dried, and now it's in here? i'm assuming there's yeast inside here to ferment? yes. the rice mash stays in the vat for a week. 0h! 0k. it's not as easy as it looks, actually. it's quite heavy. groans. it's like sweeping treacle. the whole process is incredibly labour—intensive. ten years ago, the brewery was left fighting for its survival. contamination from the nearby nuclear disaster meant all food and drink exports from fukushima had to be tested. after seeing the damage nuclear power can cause, sato—san founded a renewable energy company and now, much of the nearby land that was devastated by the nuclear fallout is home to long rows of solar panels. the local government says that by 20110, the entire region will be powered 100% by renewable energy. 100 kilometres away on the coast, another local is rebuilding her town's image with the help of sake. until a year ago, this area was a no—go zone. makiko—san returned home as soon as the evacuation orders were lifted. she was only 13 when the disaster struck. to break the stigma attached to her home town and to mark ten years since the disaster, she crowdfunded to launch the 0kuma sake project. cheers to that. kanpai! well, it was great to get a little taste of some fukushima sake. that's all we've got time for this week. coming up next time — while we all wait to start travelling again, we've got some more inspiration for you — this time from thailand, as we look back at some of our favourite adventures there. i'm about to step in the ring with momo. he looks really mean! in the meantime, you can catch up with more of our trips on social media — we're in all the usual places — and you can see more of oui’ recent programmes on the bbc iplayer. but until next time, from all of us here in fukushima, injapan, keep planning your next adventure and we'll see you very soon. hello there. there's going to be very little change with the weather for the end of the week and into the weekend and indeed into next week. high pressure will hold on to bring pretty benign weather. thursday looks generally cloudy, i think, for much of the country, and we'll have some patchy rain across more eastern parts of england. high—pressure sits to the west of the uk bringing northerly winds to most areas, north or north—easterly winds, that is. a lot of cloud around generally, limited spells of brightness, early showers will clear from the south—east, but more rain will arrive across eastern england, east anglia on the south—east through the afternoon. probably the best of the sunshine will be through the central belt of scotland where we could see 15 celsius. some sunshine for south wales, south—west england, highs of 1a celsius. but elsewhere, 10—11 celsius and cooler along north sea coast of england where we have that area of rain it will stay damp through thursday night. elsewhere, generally dry, a few spots of drizzle here and there, but because of the cloud cover, it won't to be so into friday, similar story, high pressure dominating the scene. but we will start to tap into some colder air across the near continent in the south—east, so here, with that cooler air, it will actually be drier air, so we should see the clouds breaking up to allow some sunshine here. but elsewhere, another rather cloudy day, some spots of light rain or drizzle, particularly into northern england through the midlands, up towards the south—west. and it will feel cooler as well across the south—east, despite the sunshine, that onshore north—easterly breeze will bring temperatures back to around 7—8 celsius. you will have to head further west to see slightly higher values. again, bit of brightness through the central belt, 13 degrees, i think 10—11 will be the high for most areas, which is around the seasonal average. as we move out of friday into the weekend, we still have high pressure with us, but we will see this weather front move into the north of the uk. that could bring some stronger winds across shetland later on on saturday, and outbreaks of rain. we could see some rain pushing to the north and west of scotland later on, but elsewhere, it's generally, again, a dry day with some spots of drizzle, quite a bit of cloud around, limited sunshine, and those temperatures around the seasonal average, 11—12 celsius will be the high. a similar story on sunday, and in fact, as we head on into next week, we dominate the weather scene with high pressure, generally light winds, quite a lot of cloud around, temperatures around the seasonal average. a very warm welcome to bbc news. my name is mike embley. our top stories: a leading charity warns that cutting british aid to syria could mean that hundreds of thousands of children will not be able to go to school. it will mean fewer kids in school, it will mean less medical services, and it is the wrong thing to do. tanzania's president, john magufuli, dies at the age of 61. the vice president said he'd succumbed to complications related to a heart condition. the suspect in the atlanta spa shootings is charged with eight counts of murder. investigators are trying to determine if race was a factor. russia is withdrawing its ambassador to washington because the us has accused it of trying to influence last year's us election.

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