time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. good afternoon. this unseasonal warm speu good afternoon. this unseasonal warm spell is continuing. 0thers, good afternoon. this unseasonal warm spell is continuing. others, the average uk temperature in march is around 12 degrees, but this afternoon and into tomorrow we are likely to see values closer to the june average of 23 degrees. this warm spell north—west corner of scotland. the persistent rain continues for the north—west highlands into the western isles, but some good cloud breaks for the rest of scotland and northern ireland, england and wales will see the lion's share of the sunshine and temperatures this afternoon. further north and west it will be cooler, temperatures into the low teens. we could see 23, maybe 2a degrees in the warmest spots across the east and south—east of england. this evening and overnight, a fine and to the day for many, clearskies overnight, a fine and to the day for many, clear skies for most but the rain continues across north—west scotland, pushing southwards into parts of northern ireland. dry, clear, cool but not as chilly as last night for most of us. a bit of a cool starting wednesday, plenty of sunshine across much of the country, day and watch for the north—west of scotland. more cloud for the northern half of scotland and northern ireland. we could see the odds shower across the midlands, but another very warm and sunny day, temperatures reaching the low 20s. cold air digging into the north of scotland, advancing southwards gradually on thursday. it will stay mainly dry, variable cloud, the best of the sunshine across southern and western areas but the north—easterly breeze will be chilly. the dregs of the warm air holding on across wales and the south—west, 18 or 19, lower values for the north and eastern coast of england. by friday we are all in that cooler air, including most of england and wales, but feeling quite pleasant in the sunshine with highs of around 12 or 13. into the easter weekend we open the floodgates to a colder arctic blast of air which will introduce some wintry showers notjust blast of air which will introduce some wintry showers not just to northern areas. a bit of a shock to the system as we reach the end of the system as we reach the end of the week. 20s. for easter sunday and into easter monday. that's all from me. the system as we reach the end of the week. 20s. time for some sport on bbc news. good afternoon. i am sure ferris. —— i am hugh ferris. it's only their second world cup qualifier, but wales�* match against the czech republic tonight has taken on an extra significance. they lost their first match to belgium, who with the czechs have established a four point lead over wales already. caretaker manager robert page changed his entire starting 11 for their friendly win over mexico at the weekend... so has his first choice team fresh for the match in cardiff. but they'll be without three players sent home for breaching protocols we are experienced lads. we understand — we are experienced lads. we understand it _ we are experienced lads. we understand it is _ we are experienced lads. we understand it is not - we are experienced lads. we understand it is not a - we are experienced lads. we understand it is not a sprint, | we are experienced lads. we i understand it is not a sprint, it's a marathon. but we have the mindset to win this game on tuesday, we believe we can win, that is what we were trying —— will be trying to do. the republic of ireland manager stephen kenny says he'll back his players if they want to make a stand against human rights abuses in qatar, as they play the world cup hosts in a friendly in hungary later. denmark, norway, germany and the netherlands have all protested over labour conditions faced by migrant workers in the gulf state, with a recent study claiming 6,500 had died in the 10 years since qatar was named as host of the 2022 tournament. is it the handing out of the world cup initially? is that the problem, to qatar, or should teams refuse to go and players refuse to play? those are different matters. it's a broader picture in sport. what other countries do you pick and say, you can't do that, so it is a very, very complex issue and something that needs a wider debate, maybe. sergio aguero says he'll give his utmost to win more trophies before leaving manchester city at the end of the season as the club's all—time record goalscorer. the striker provided city with their first of what is now four premier league titles with his goal against qpr in 2012, which also ended a run of 44 years without a championship. aguero's been told his contract won't be renewed in the summer hejust has he just has that quick movement, that low centre of gravity. he just has a threat, everything. i think when man city were trying to grow and become the super power they are now, it took something special and i think sergio aguero, the player who stepped up in the big matches, he was the one who sort of took them to that next level. captain steph houghton has been left out of the england squad for their friendly matches against france and canada next month. the defender has missed manchester city's last four matches because of an achilles problem. forward nikita parris will also miss out because of the amount of positive coronavirus cases at her club lyon, which has also led to the postponement of their champions league quarter—final second leg against psg. rebecca welch will become the first female referee appointed to take charge of a football league game on monday. she'll officiate the league 2 fixture between harrogate and port vale on easter monday. welch has overseen eight national league games this season, as well as the women's fa cup final at wembley in 2017. she said it was an important step in inspiring young girls who were wondering whether they should take up a career in refereeing. naomi 0saka has extended her winning run to 23 matches after reaching the quarter—finals of the miami 0pen, beating elise mertens in straight sets. the world number two hasn't lost a match for over a year. she's taken the us open and australian open titles in that time. maria sakkari is next in florida. that's all your sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thanks, hugh. you are watching bbc news. more now on the police appeal for help in tracing a teenager who has been missing for a week. richard 0korogheye, who is 19, was last seen leaving his home in west london last monday. he'd told his parents he was going to see a friend. richard's mother, evidencejoel, and his dad, christian 0korogheye, shared their concerns when they spoke to victoria derbyshire earlier. we saw on the camera richard leaving home and heading to ladbroke grove, sainsbury�*s area. and when was the last time you had seen him? it was on the 22nd of march, at 8.34, on the camera leaving home. but i left him here at home at 7:30pm, going to work. because you're a nurse and you were on a night shift. i was, yeah. and when you came back, the next time, i think you'd left food outside his room, because it would be normal for him to be in his room? exactly. when the food was eaten, that's when you realised something was wrong, i assume? precisely. what did you do then, evidence? then i called his phone. no answer. it wasn't going through at all. then i knocked on his door. no response. i knocked again — no response. so, because he usually locks his door, so i had no access to his door. what i did, i got the locksmith to open it. when they did open it, the room was empty, so i immediately went downstairs to see his friends, his bubble, that he normally is supposed to be with, and i was told that he didn't come. he didn't turn up to their house last night. and would that be unusual, christian, would that be unusual for richard to just go off and not meet his friends? never. never done anything like that before? never. what is he like, christian? tell us about your son. he's one of those gentle giants, very quiet, and sometimes he goes around with his friends around the area here. and, somehow, something happened... and that's where we are. what do you think has happened? we... we don't know. i mean, richard is a very, very civilised boy. he's very focused, intelligent, and loved by everyone. i feel, and we feel, that richard has been taken away. he went to a friend and something happened there. i know that he's been studying at home for most of the last year. is that right, evidence? because he has sickle cell, and he wasn't able to go to oxford brookes, where he is doing business and it? exactly. he was told to shield, since we had covid, so most of his studying and, in fact, all of his studying, he was doing it online, because they had no class. how hard was it for him to shield for all that time? it was difficult, because although he could bike ride a lot, it was difficult because he is used to going out to the park — he is a very tall boy — to go to the park with his friend playing basketball, you know, with friends, then come back home. so definitely it was hard. he couldn't do anything any more. he had to shield in his room, for all that time. since covid started. that's a long time, really. could that have affected his mental health in any way, you think? it could have. imagine staying at home for that long, that length of time, without seeing friends, just indoors. the only time he had the opportunity to go out is when he is going to his appointments, really. and, really, that's it. nothing else other than that. and, christian, is he due to have another medical appointment soon, as far as you know? absolutely. soon, yeah. and that would be for a blood transfusion? it is, yeah, crossmatch and then a blood transfusion, yes. so, as far as you know, evidence, did he leave without any medication, or did he leave without any money? yeah. all his medication are still here. he didn't take any medication with him. no money, no jacket. at all. which obviously suggests he was coming back, does it?— coming back, does it? precisely. richard would _ coming back, does it? precisely. richard would not _ coming back, does it? precisely. richard would not go _ coming back, does it? precisely. richard would not go out - coming back, does it? precisely. j richard would not go out without coming back, does it? precisely. - richard would not go out without his jacket. you know, he knows himself, he knows to wear a jacket if he is going anywhere far, so definitely he was coming back. how going anywhere far, so definitely he was coming back.— was coming back. how long... sorry to interrupt- — was coming back. how long... sorry to interrupt. how— was coming back. how long... sorry to interrupt. how long _ was coming back. how long... sorry to interrupt. how long after - was coming back. how long... sorry to interrupt. how long after he - was coming back. how long... sorryj to interrupt. how long after he went missing did you contact the police? after i discovered... i think i spoke to them around... around five. 0n the tuesday or the wednesday? it was on tuesday, the same day. i called them the same day, yeah. how did ou called them the same day, yeah. how did you feel? — called them the same day, yeah. how did you feel? how— called them the same day, yeah. how did you feel? how do you feel you have been treated by the net? 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i said, fine, _ like. and how did you... how did you react to that? i said, fine, but - like. and how did you... how did you react to that? i said, fine, but he - react to that? i said, fine, but he is a young _ react to that? i said, fine, but he is a young adult _ react to that? i said, fine, but he is a young adult with _ react to that? i said, fine, but he is a young adult with a _ react to that? i said, fine, but he is a young adult with a medical. is a young adult with a medical condition, and he has left home without his medication, no jacket, no money. so i am worried, i'm concerned about his well—being. i need help, i need them to look for him for me. they are responsible... sorry. him for me. the are resonsible... sor . , they are responsible... sorry. they have told us. _ they are responsible... sorry. they have told us, "our— they are responsible... sorry. they have told us, "our offices - they are responsible... sorry. they have told us, "our offices have been working tirelessly to locate richard using all investigative opportunities and data inquiries, speaking to witnesses, trawling cctv. " they say they are following every lead and appealing for the public to help in their work. well, at the beginning they did nothing. that only took place sunday and yesterday, actually. they said they where working, but anytime i called them they said was no update. i assume if there is doing something they should be a result, you know? they kept telling me there was no update. that was not very encouraging. it was only sunday and yesterday they actually... that i felt that they started doing something. felt that they started doing something-— felt that they started doing somethina. ~ , ., ,, ~' felt that they started doing somethina. ~ , ., ~ something. why do you think it took them so long? _ something. why do you think it took them so long? because _ something. why do you think it took them so long? because they - something. why do you think it took them so long? because they believe that richard — them so long? because they believe that richard is _ them so long? because they believe that richard is an _ them so long? because they believe that richard is an adult, _ them so long? because they believe that richard is an adult, he - them so long? because they believe that richard is an adult, he can - that richard is an adult, he can make his decisions, despite the fact that he has a health condition. and, you know, that he is an adult, he can do whatever he wants to do. he has his right for his privacy. what has his right for his privacy. what would ou has his right for his privacy. what would you say — has his right for his privacy. what would you say to _ has his right for his privacy. what would you say to anyone - has his right for his privacy. what would you say to anyone watching now who may know where richard is or may be with richard, or if richard himself is able to see this now? i would tell richard personally, come home, we love you. we miss you terribly. we are not angry. wejust want to know you are ok. we love you. the whole family love you. the community love you. and if anybody has seen richard, please tell richard to come home. please, tell him to come home. we need him at home. we also need to know if he is ok. evenif we also need to know if he is ok. even if he decides not to come home, we want to know he is fine, wherever he is. he should tell the police he is fine. they should let us know he is fine. they should let us know he is ok, and where about he is. find is ok, and where about he is. and that is the — is ok, and where about he is. and that is the parents _ is ok, and where about he is. and that is the parents of richard 0korogheye speaking a little bit earlier to victoria. ok, let's take a look at the headlines on bbc news... 0fficers policing the london vigil earlier this month in memory of sarah everard acted appropriately, says the police watchdog. black britons who are less likely to take up the covid vaccine are urged to get theirjab by celebrities and religious leaders. roughly half of the uk population now has antibodies against covid, either through vaccination or being infected. let's return to the story that sir lenny henry has written an open letter urging black british people to get the covid—19 vaccine. the latest figures suggest people from black and mixed—race backgrounds in england are being vaccinated at much lower rates than white people. in a video campaign and letter co—signed by figures such as the actress thandie newton and the olympic athlete denise lewis, sir lenny urges black people to make informed decisions about the vaccine to protect themselves and the people they care for. when it comes to the over 70s, the latest figures from the uk's statistics body the 0ns show take—up amongst white britons was the highest at 90%, but dropping significantly for those who identify as black caribbean and black african to 68% and 58% respectively. sir lenny explained why he decided to make this film. i was talking to some friends and colleagues of mine and just going, "why aren't we taking the vaccine? it's the key to our way out of the pandemic." and it seemed to me that the way to do it was the way we approached the diversity issue, which was to write an open letter. so my colleagues and i put this letter together and we got some of the most high—profile names to sign, extraordinary names, chiwetel ejiofor, thandie newton, baroness doreen lawrence, people like that. they all signed the letter. and then i suggested that amma asante, the brilliant director of belle and united kingdom, make a little film with people talking directly to our loved ones and friends and families saying, "please, take the jab. " it's our way of protecting our community. and it came together really quickly. we wrote the letter, we asked amma, she agreed, and in a couple of weeks we were making the film. people are all over the place. amma is in scandinavia, david harewood is in canada, adrian lester is south of the river so he's impossible to get hold of, but we all managed to make this little film with amma directing us remotely. and it was really moving — it was so moving to make this film. we don't want anybody else to die, and there is a disproportionate amount of black people are dying of coronavirus. and if there is a way out and the vaccine is our way out, we want our loved ones, friends and families to take it up and do what everyone else is doing. what we say in the video and what i say in the letter is, "please, talk to a medical professional. do not get your information from dave down the pub or uncle charlie on the zoom call. go to your gp or to nhs.com and get the proper information and take the jab," because we don't want anybody else to die. and sir lenny also talked about having his own second covid vaccine. what was amazing was it was like the ride it's a small, small world at disneyland. you go around those... you're going round that really long line of people, because everybody was there. black, brown, white, whatever, we were all there. and we went round the circle. you didn't get to ride on the teacups at the end. then they send you in, then they give you a little card, and a thing with all the information on it. then you go in, and i did find it emotional, because when the doctor was cleaning my arm and everything like that, ijust gushed about what's been going on, how long it's been, lockdown, coronavirus, misinformation, conspiracy theories. it was like, because of lockdown, and i've not been out very often, ijust had to talk to somebody. so it was like that. i was just talking to this poor doctor who was saying, "the jab happened ten minutes ago, mr henry. you can leave now. and, by the way, there's no digestive biscuits, sojust get out!" so lenny henry there. —— sir lenny henry there. the former chairman of the equality and human rights commission, trevor phillips, explained why he signed the letter and gave his message to black britons hesistant about getting the jab. they've got to protect themselves, and they've got to protect the community as a whole, and in a way what we are asking them to do is to display the courage of the windrush voyageurs who took frankly a leap in the dark when they got on that boat and came here. we are asking them to say, you guys have displayed courage before, you've taken risks, and we understand you think this is a risk — we don't, but we understand you do, but we are asking you, begging you, to take this risk for the whole of our community and indeed the whole of the country. that was trevor phillips. dr margaret casely—hayford is chair of shakespeare's globe and one of the signatories to sir lenny�*s letter. she understands why some people in her community might be avoiding having the vaccine. if you're in a minority you can actually feel quite outside of society, and have a degree of reticence to get behind what the establishment is promulgating, because you sometimes think, "you know what? i wonder why they're doing that. is there something in the messaging that's directed around me, to get me to comply with something else that's a hidden message?" drjoseph 0mofuma is gp in rochdale, and a clinical lead for greater manchester's carribean and african health network, drjoseph 0mofuma is gp in rochdale, and a clinical lead for greater manchester's carribean and african health network, which has been running regular health awareness sessions on covid vaccination, and he gave his reaction to the campaign. he explained why he thinks some black people haven't had the vaccine yet. there is a genuine concern — if you listen to what sir lenny was saying there — about having issues with authority. black people generally have concerns about the motive of the authorities and they are generally concerned that what has happened is the covid—19 pandemic has simply made that more prominent and opened it up more. and it doesn't really matter what the authority was because it is not about labour or a conservative government, there is a general lack of trust in the government and their intention, so that has been one of the biggest factors that we have found that people have been talking to us about, in terms of why they didn't want the vaccine. that was the gp speaking, joseph 0mofuma. with borders still largely closed and flights limited, how do we get international business moving again? singapore thinks it may have the answer in the form of a new facility tailored to business travellers who will not need to quarantine. suranjana tewari has been finding out how it works. for more than a year now, josh kennedy—white has swapped business hotels for comforts closer to home. he travelled to 114 countries in 2019 for his work as a management consultant. now he's sharing the home office with his wife, kathryn. his client meetings are all virtual. the deals are getting done. i would say that if you already knew the person you're dealing with, it's a lot easier to get a deal done. to create a deal with someone you've never met before in person, i think is going to be more challenging. singapore says it's come up with a solution for the work that needs to be done face—to—face and without the need for quarantine — a business travel bubble, where people can fly in, conduct meetings and network all within one location. after being tested for covid—19 at the airport, they're taken straight to their rooms at the facility. once they get a negative result, they can move around the site without leaving. now, business travellers can conduct meetings in rooms like this one. as you can see, there's a glass partition, there are separate ventilation systems, and when they need to communicate with each other, they use these speakers, so there's absolutely no contact at all. and when the deals are done, they can exchange documents through this. so will the concept take off with people who used to spend most of their time travelling for work? i just don't feel like a glass panel between us is really going to do that trick when it comes to that rich experience. i will see a hybrid environment moving forward where i will still be spending quite a bit of time meeting my clients or my colleagues over the video conference to talk and connect prior to the big face—to—face. aviation�*s international group, iata, is launching an app for test results and vaccine certificates that it hopes will speed up the recovery in travel. but experts anticipate that between 20% to 50% of business flights may never come back. that will ripple through the travel ecosystem, hurting a major source of income for large airlines and business hotels. forjosh and his wife, working permanently from home has brought with it pleasant surprises. forjosh, i think it's been the biggest adjustment because he had to come home, reacquaint himself with the kitchen, the children. me! that's the room at the back? the new normal as families adjust to business travellers staying home. suranjana tewari, bbc news, singapore. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello. yesterday we saw a top temperature of 20 celsius across the south—east of england. that makes it the warmest day of the year so far. temperatures indeed today and into wednesday will be even higher, perhaps around the 23 celsius mark. but it's not going to be warm and sunny everywhere. we continue with this rain across the north—west corner of scotland. higher pressure further south brings that sunny weather with the light winds. a bit more of a breeze for scotland and northern ireland. variable amounts of cloud here, but it stays very wet for the north—west highlands and into the inner and outer hebrides and the northern isles. further south, plenty of sunshine after that chilly start. we could see temperatures reaching 22 or 23 degrees. a bit of brightness for the east of scotland and here we could get into the high teens celsius through the afternoon. through tuesday night it stays wet across the north—west of scotland. some of that rain pushes southwards into northern ireland by the end of the night. further south again it is a dry one, largely clear, a little bit of mist around, not quite as chilly tonight as what we had the previous night, with lows down to around 4 or 5 degrees. into wednesday morning and it's a similar start. it is going to be dry, but on the cool side across england and wales, plenty of sunshine with temperatures soaring. it stays wet for scotland and northern ireland, some of that rain changing increasingly to snow over the higher ground because of a cold northerly wind. there is an outside chance of a shower across the midlands, otherwise another very warm day with highs around 20 to 22 degrees. 0nto thursday, that colder air in the north pushes its way southwards. it will be affecting much of the north and the east of the country with the dregs of the warmth across the southwest. for most places it is going to be dry with a good deal of sunshine around, temperatures reaching 18 or 19 degrees, but chillier further north and east, particularly down the east coast with that onshore breeze. as we end the week high pressure topples in from the north—west. that brings a lot of fine and settled weather but with it that colder air will envelop the whole of the uk, so it will turn chillier with a return to overnight frosts as well. friday is looking cooler even across the south, a chilly start with a bit of frost around, but dry with plenty of sunshine. as we head on into the easter weekend it looks like things could turn even colder. with an increasing chance of wintry showers for easter sunday and into easter monday. that's all from me. this is bbc news, i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 2pm: 0fficers policing the london vigil earlier this month in memory of sarah everard acted "appropriately" says the police watchdog. we criticise the police a lot, it's part of ourjob. 0n we criticise the police a lot, it's part of ourjob. on this occasion, however, i don't think there's anything... there's no doubt that the tatties they used, as we said, where appropriate —— the tactics they used. roughly half of the uk population now has antibodies against covid, either through vaccination or being infected. black britons — who are less likely to take up the covid vaccine — are urged to get theirjab by celebrities and religious leaders. it was good, it didn't hurt. it was fine, there were no after effects. we sat afterwards in