Uk Government Scientists warn that some Social Distancing measures will need to remain in place for much longer, amid warnings there could be a Summer Third Wave of the virus. The president s son speaks out. Hunter biden, targeted by donald trump for his Drug Addiction and financial deals, gives the bbc his version of a troubled past. Police searching for missing student Richard Okorogheye say a body has been found in Epping Forest in england. And coming up this hour, new Research Suggests levels of Light Pollution fell by 10 during the pandemic, and that 5 of the uk enjoyed truly dark skies. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing criticism from some of his own mps over suggestions the government could introduce Covid Passports in england. Backbenchers from his Conservative Party have said the certificates which prove if someone has been vaccinated, tested negative or has immunity risked creating a Two Tier Society. It comes after mrjohnson confirmed that nonessential shops, gyms and hair salons will be among the businesses allowed to reopen in england from monday of next week. Pubs and restaurants can open outdoor areas as well next week. But he urged against complacency and said it was still too early to confirm the date for Restarting Nonessential Travel to destinations outside of the uk. And theres a warning from Government Scientists that some Social Distancing measures will need to remain in place for much longer if a third wave is to be avoided in britain. With more details, heres our uk Political Correspondent iain watson. Lockdown has been a long, hard slog for many of us. But now if you live in england, you may well be working out what to do next week. From april 12th, you can get in shape in the gym, have your lockdown locks snipped off, take a trip to the shops, and maybe relax outdoors with a drink. You might even run into someone you recognise in the beer garden. From monday the 12th, i will be going to the pub myself and cautiously but irreversibly raising a pint of beer to my lips. But, and you know im going to say this, we cant be complacent. We can see the waves of sickness afflicting other countries. And weve seen how this story goes. And the Prime Minister is looking at how other areas of the economy can be reopened safely. At some major Sporting Events this spring, there will be a trial of what the government calls Covid Status Certification, or critics describe as Vaccine Passports. To gain entry to some venues, youd have to prove youve been vaccinated, or that you had a recent negative test. Or had some immunity because youve had the virus in the past six months. The Prime Minister said you wouldnt need the certificate immediately. There is absolutely no question of people being asked to produce certification or covid status on monday. But he didnt rule them out further down the line if and when Social Distancing is relaxed. And where and when you can go on holiday is still up in the air. The government says its still too soon for you to book a foreign break, but when International Travel does resume, the government confirmed there would be a Traffic Light System. You would need to take a test before and after you have travelled from a country in the green zone. As well as those tests, youll need to self isolate at home if youre returning from countries designated as amber. But its ten days of Hotel Quarantine at your own expense if you enter the uk from a country on the red list. In the Prime Ministers words, there will be a Semblance Of Normality next week in england. But a return to pre pandemic life is still some way off. Iain watson, bbc news. Dr Zubaida Haque is a former director of the race and equality think tank the runnymede trust, and shes also a member of independent sage, a group of scientists set up to provide independent scientific advice during the pandemic. Dr haque, good to have you with us on bbc news today. Do you think, listening to the Downing Street News Conference yesterday, and we heard from the uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he said he saw no reason why his road map for reopening england should not go as planned, that the data was there. Do you agree broadly with that position . If only he had followed the data, i think what is really worrying to independent sage and myself is that this really seems to be a road map all about dates rather than date her. I was extremely concerned when her. I was extremely concerned when he said there is absolutely nothing in the data that means we need to deviated i was thinking, what data are you looking at . 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So we also need a viral suppression strategy and i think it was really concerning giving chris whitty said we still have about one in 370 people getting the virus, which is still very high, by the way, given we have an actual increase, a slight surge with School Age Children now having the virus, so School Age Children have the most prevalent of infections right now across all age groups, given we have that really precarious situation and we have been through a brutal third lockdown, you would think this government would be a lot more cautious. I am government would be a lot more cautious. Iam really government would be a lot more cautious. I am really worried. 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Not exactly, ideally ideally we want to avoid covidl ideally we want to avoid Covid Passports which will be highly divisive and create a two tier system between the vaccinated and unvaccinated and be discriminatory. This has been a pandemic of poverty and inequality and we do not want to exacerbate that. The message from the government at the moment is that Vaccine Passports are likely, which is worrying because we are meant to be having a review of it before we had it, and it is worrying because where is the parliamentary scrutiny on something that will really infringe on individual liberty, it will be asking for private medical data to be shared, and thirdly and most worryingly, it seems to suggest that the government has no confidence they will be able to keep Chance Mission rates down, that they are not doing anything and they have literally resigned themselves to living with the virus to keep Transmission Rates down. That should be sending a strong and worrying message to the public. The be sending a strong and worrying message to the public. Be sending a strong and worrying message to the public. The idea of the borders message to the public. The idea of the borders and message to the public. The idea of the borders and international the borders and International Travel, lots of people would naturally like to think they can have a holiday, whether they can, we do not know, but the Prime Minister said yesterday that in his words, hopefully, may the 17th was the point at which that could begin to be looked at again. You describe the uk borders being like a safe, what is that mean for the thoughts of International Travel and did such an area where some sort of Passport System practically will have to be introduced you have described the uk point as being like a sieve. Vaccine passports will not really be able to predict where all the new variants are coming from, so a good example is that right now we have a third wave on our doorstep in europe. The Prime Minister has referred to that but extraordinarily, even though there is a surge weighs in europe and even though in places like france there are about five or 10 of new cases thatis are about five or 10 of new cases that is the South African Variant, which is worrying because the Covid Vaccine from astrazeneca is not very resistant to that, so the South African Variant can circumnavigate the vaccine which cannot protect you from the South African Variant. Germany, france, most European Countries are not on the red list. People are allowed to come in as they please and that is very worrying, the Quarantine System is not strong enough, it has not kicked in for uk and irish citizens yet, so thatis in for uk and irish citizens yet, so that is a really worrying system which is why i and saying it is like a sieve. 0n which is why i and saying it is like a sieve. On top of that, the Vaccine Passports will not prevent people from going to countries deemed safe but mixing with other people at resorts. Will you want to around asking people, iwant resorts. Will you want to around asking people, i want to know which countries you have been in, i want to know whether that is a variant of concern, you will not be doing that, people will be mixing freely under Vaccine Passports cannot prevent that, so it is. Security, in this country, this is really lacking, we need a cyber suppression strategy, we need to test, trace Unsupported Isolation we need a virus suppression strategy. We need to support people to self isolated to keep Transmission Rates low, we need stronger border restrictions, Safer Workplaces and schools and we need to do a lot more to keep the variants out, because that is what will compromise the Vaccination Roll out success. Will compromise the Vaccination Rollout success. Will compromise the Vaccination Rollout success. Sieve, thank you. Some more rollout success. Sieve, thank you. Some more of rollout success. Sieve, thank you. Some more of your rollout success. Sieve, thank you. Some more of your thoughts. I rollout success. Sieve, thank you. Some more of your thoughts. Sage, some more of your thoughts. Sage, thank you. Lisa says my wife and i had our second vaccine. We would have no problem with a Vaccine Passports, the penchee is getting on track. Another dealer says Vaccine Passports are too much government control. Another the un says anyone travelling to the country should require one. Another viewer says. I cant find them now, there were a couple more interesting ones. Someone says people under the age of 21 have to prove that age to purchase alcohol, what is the problem with a Covid Certificate . Keep your thoughts coming in, i would like to read out more of your thoughts and ideas, you can contact me on twitter. Now, you may be able to travel abroad again from 17th may but its not clear yet where you will be able to go without Coronavirus Testing, or without quarantine on return. Travel groups are calling for more detail on the risk based Traffic Light System for foreign travel and theres some concern around the idea that multiple tests would still be required for travel between green countries. 0ur Transport correspondent Caroline Daviesjoins me. Caroline, i believe you have been listening to a briefing involving ba, virgin and others, what was said . ,. , said . They started the Meeting By Sa In that said . They started the meeting by saying that precedented said . They started the meeting by saying that precedented to said . They started the meeting by saying that precedented to have. Said . They started the meeting by i saying that precedented to have the head of virgin airlines, pa and heathrow in the same virtual room to discuss this, which is you how crucial this is ba and heathrow. All of the group said they need more information about the Traffic Light System. At the moment we know anybody travelling from england to designated green countries will need a test before travelling back to the uk and once they arrive back in the uk, although they will not be required to quarantine, which is particularly key for holidays or visiting relatives. People travelling from and the countries will be required to quarantine at home on Arrivalfor Ten will be required to quarantine at home on arrival for ten days travelling from amber countries. They will need to test before they travel and on arrival, and if they test on the fifth day of travelling and it is negative then you can break your quarantine early. And we still have red list countries, only uk residents are able to travel from those countries to england and have to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense for ii to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense for 11 days, so pretty much all of the countries in the world are either on the amber all red list at the moment, but hopefully by may the 17th that will be countries on the green list. We have no idea which countries might be on that list at the moment and we have no detailed criteria about how each of those countries will determine which list they will fall into, the industry is desperate to find out about this. Find out about this. Caroline davies, thank find out about this. Caroline davies, thank you. Following inconclusive elections, the israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu the israeli president has nominated Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government. He is ready president says he thinks it is unlikely anybody can spawn a government at the moment that he is nominated Benjamin Netanyahu to try to form a coalition that will lead to form a coalition that will lead to a government, that is the very latest from israel on the State Of Play with those elections, so the israeli president has nominated Benjamin Netanyahu to try to form a government. The Moderna Vaccine will be in deployment around the third week of april, uk vaccines minister nadhim za hawi has confirmed. It became the third vaccine to be approved for use in the uk injanuary, after the astrazeneca and pfizer jabs. In trials with more than 30,000, the Moderna Vaccine offered nearly 95 protection from severe covid. The uk government says its confident the moderna jab will help them meet their target of offering the vaccine to all over 50s by mid april. New zealand has agreed to open a so called Travel Corridor with australia from the 19th of april. The arrangement will allow quarantine Free Movement between the two countries, which have seen some of the toughest Travel Restrictions in the world. Passengers will not be allowed to travel with any cold or flu symptoms. Speaking this morning, new zealand Prime Ministerjacinda ardern said the conditions for resuming travel between the two countries have been met. This is an important step forward in our Covid Response and represents an arrangement i do not believe we have seen in any other part of the world. It is safely opening up International Travel to another country while continuing to pursue a strategy of elimination and a commitment to keeping the virus out. New zealand Prime Ministerjacinda ardern. And here is the australian Prime Minister scott morrison. It was six months ago, almost, that australia opened up to new zealand, and im very pleased that the new Zealand Government has decided that that two way travel will commence monday fortnight. Prime minister ardern called Me Last Night and we had a very positive discussion about this. It is something weve been talking about for some time. 0ur correspondent in sydney Shaima Khalil explained more about the decision. For the first time in more than a year, people will be able to travel between australia and new zealand quarantine free. Back in october we had new zealanders able to come here to australia but they had to quarantine when they returned back home. This is no longer the case. The Prime Minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, described this as an exciting time that put both countries in a unique position but she was quick to warn people that things are not going to look the same as they were before covid and passengers should expect disruption to travel in the case of an outbreak, which we did see in queensland earlier when brisbane went into a three day lockdown just before easter. The airports as well, when they arrive, people coming from australia will not mix from passengers coming from elsewhere in the world, so the idea really is to keep that bubble as contained and is safe as possible. This is great news, of course, for families that have been wanting to reunite with loved ones in new zealand for more than a year now but, of course, music to the ears of those in the travel and Tourism Industries in both countries that have had a catastrophic year with covid, especially in new zealand. Prior to covid i9, prior to the pandemic, australians presented a huge chunk of new zealands tourism numbers. About 40 of incoming tourists in new zealand were australians. They spent about 2 billion in 2019. Shaimaa khalil reporting. Whenjoe biden was Vice President , under barack 0bama, his son hunter became something of a liability. His drug and alcohol addiciton, and a lucrative appointment to a Ukrainian Energy company were later seized upon by donald trump as he sought to undermine mr biden� s president ial campaign. Well, hunter biden is now telling his side of the story, in an unflinching memoir. And he has given a wide ranging interview to the bbc. Mishal husain takes a closer look at his life so far. Hunter got thrown out of the military. Thrown out, dishonourably discharged. Thats not true. And he didnt have a job until you became Vice President. He made a fortune in ukraine and china and moscow. That is simply not true. 2020, and hunter biden� s name resounded on the campaign trail. As the younger son ofjoe biden, he was part of the Democratic Candidates family man persona, and inner circle. Forthe Trump Campaign, his lobbying work and drug and alcohol addictions were a way to attack the man who is now president. Hunter biden� s early life was marred by tragedy. His father was sworn into the senate at his hospital bedside, following a car accident that killed his mother and baby sister in 1972. Then, the other survivor of that crash, his brother beau, who he described as his soulmate, died of a brain tumour in 2015. Soon after, his life spiralled downwards. His two decade long marriage came to an end, and a crippling addiction to alcohol and Crack Cocaine Saw him buying drugs on the streets of washington, dc, having guns pointed in his face, and at one point, his dealer moved into his apartment. He credits his new wife melissa with making it possible for him to get clean, and his father with never wavering in his support. And he didnt have a job. My son, like a lot of people, like a lot of people you know at home, had a drug problem. He has overtaken it. He has fixed it. He has worked on it. And im proud of him. But it was his role on the board of the Ukrainian Energy Company Burisma which was used repeatedly by the Trump Campaign againstjoe biden. Highlighting what hunter was being paid, and what it was for. And now that his father holds the highest office in the country, what comes next for this man who, by his own admission, is still heavily in debt . And Mishal Husainjoins me now. So why has he decided to speak now . His book is published today, but i did ask myself why he would reopen himself to scrutiny. He was constantly talked about during the election campaign, that is all over and his father is in the white house. But this is his chance to tell it in his own words, frankly he does still have debts to pay and he said himself it is difficult, he does not know what work you can or should do when his father is president so i think it is useful on that front. And a big part of the entity was his own personal struggles, particularly with alcohol and Crack Cocaine, so that which predates the death of his beloveds older brother beau, but it is clear things became a lot worse after his brother died of a brain tumour. My brother became ill and was diagnosed with glioblastoma in august of 2013. And i was with him constantly. I was always with him constantly, but basically, you know, it got much worse towards the end. After that is when. After my brother died, about a year after, is when i descended into a really dark, dark place. Which included in washington, not far from the white house, going out and buying Crack Cocaine on the streets. You knew dealers. Yes. At one point, one of them was living in your apartment. Yeah, yeah. An amazing woman, much older than me, that lived on the streets for a very long time, who i developed a friendship with. You know, a friendship based off of our mutual addiction to Crack Cocaine. Of course, we know donald trump went afterjoe biden, hunter biden, by Extension His fatherjoe biden, because of hunter biden� s work full Ukrainian Energy company. It is interesting listening to the entity with hunter biden about how he saw other peoples perceptions of his work and what he was doing there. He admitted that he missed how it would look to other people, the fact that his father was fronting us policy on front line, essentially the point man for the administration on that country and at the same time hunter biden took on a position on the board of the Ukrainian Gas Company the risen which lasted for five years. He is keen to stress that neither he nor his father did anything wrong but he admits he failed to pick up on how it would look to others and he is keen to emphasise that as far as is concerned, he had a long record of work on various boards and feels he was qualified. One of the things that is most frustrating is this idea that ive never had a job in my life, as the former guy says. You know, ive never worked for my dad, and so when someone comes to me with work, it is myjob to do the due diligence, which i did and, you know, what i missed, though, is the perception that i would create. What i missed in the period of time, and i know that it is hard to believe with 2020 hindsight how i could possibly have missed that. We also spoke about his early life, the tragedy of losing his mother and baby sister when he was only two years old, and also about things now. He says he talks to his father everyday, he said his fathers health was good and i asked about the prospect of him running for real action when he will be 82, he said he sees no reason. He worries about his father on various fronts, the pressures of the job etc, but sees no reason why he should not run for re election in 202a. B, no reason why he should not run for reelection in 2024. Reelection in 2024. A really interesting reelection in 2024. A really interesting interview. Reelection in 2024. A really interesting interview. Thank| reelection in 2024. A really interesting interview. Thank you, Mishal Husain. North korea has announced it is pulling out of the tokyo Summer Olympics in order to protect its athletes from the covid 19 pandemic. Itll be the first summer games north korea will miss since 1968. They are also the first country to make such a decision. An Olympic Preparatory event injapan has been cancelled after covid infections broke out at Training Camp for the japanese water polo team. From tokyo, the bbc� s Rupert Wingfield hayes explained that north koreas decision was taken for internal reasons. Its been very apparent for most of the last year that the north korean government is extremely concerned about the threat from covid and it has sealed its borders very, very tightly indeed, no one coming in or out. Some Russian Diplomats who left recently had to walk with all their belongings across the border, pushing a cart ahead of them across the border, thats the only way they could get out. I understand that the north Korean Ambassador to beijing, who has finished his term in china, cant go home because even hes not allowed to go home, so that gives you an idea of how tightly the border is closed. And thats because most experts reckon that north korea simply couldnt deal with a mass outbreak of covid, its Health System is just too weak, and so it is doing it to protect itself. So on that basis, north koreas decision is perhaps understandable but, as you say, the organisers here are obviously very concerned that a country has done this and that other countries may follow. Rupert Wingfield Hayes reporting. The jailed Russian Opposition activist Alexei Navalny has reportedly been moved to a sick ward in a penal colony, with signs of a respiratory illness and a fever. Media reports in russia suggest he has been tested for coronavirus, but no result has been made public. Mr navalny, whos on Hunger Strike while serving a 2. 5 year sentence, said earlier in a social media post that he had a cough and a high temperature. Us and iranian officials will gather in vienna today for indirect talks, aimed at reviving the 2015 iran nuclear deal. European officials are expected to act as intermediaries to try to revive the pact which lifted sanctions on iran in return for limits on its nuclear activities. 0ur correspondent bethany bell sent us this update from austria. People are, i think, pleased that the two delegations are in fact in the same town. That has been seen as a sign of progress, The Americans and iranians are both in vienna. But no one expects this to be an easy process. We have heard from The Americans, saying that this is going to be very long and time consuming and they dont expect a breakthrough in this round here in vienna. We have had the iranians saying that they want to meet The Americans in person and that, for them, it is all crucially about sanctions relief. Donald trump not only reimposed the sanctions under the deal but he also imposed more sanctions. Iran is hurting very badly at the moment but there are also a lot of concerns about the steps iran has taken to ramp up its nuclear work again. The headlines on bbc news. Theres been criticism over suggestions the uk government could introduce Covid Certificates in england. Conservative backbenchers say they risk creating a Two Tier Society but ministers say its an option that needs to be considered. I think it would be remiss and, i think, irresponsible that we dont look at all these things, as other countries are doing the same thing, so that we see whether we can use them to take our lives back and to get our economy working. Uk Government Scientists warn that some Social Distancing measures will need to remain in place for much longer amid warnings there could be a Summer Third Wave of the virus. The president s son speaks out. Hunter biden targeted by donald trump for his Drug Addiction and financial deals gives the bbc his version of a troubled past. Police searching for missing student Richard 0korogheye say a body has been found in Epping Forest in england. And coming up this hour. New Research Suggests levels of Light Pollution fell by 10 during the pandemic, and that 5 of the uk enjoyed truly dark skies. Lets update you now on the coronavirus situation in india where new infections have been running at record rates. Figures released show a slight drop in cases on tuesday but they still stand atjust under 100,000. Roughly half of the positive tests are coming in maharashtra state, which is of course home to the countrys largest city, mumbai. New restrictions have been introduced to try to slow the spread as our correspondent Mayuresh Konnur reports. As the sun sets on the city of mumbai, the police force people in Public Places to go home. Indias Financial Capital and the whole state of maharashtra have now entered a second lockdown. More than 60 of the total active coronavirus cases in india are from maharashtra. 0n the 10th of february, there were 35,000 active cases but by the end of march that figure had increased nearly tenfold. Experts in the Government Task force put to the surge down to people not following Public Health guidance. Lack of adherence to covid appropriate protocols including Public Health protocols and testing. Second thing is complacency. People have a mindset that they thought covid was over. It is this second lockdown that people feared the most. When the National Lockdown was imposed in march last year, millions of indias Migrant Labourers had to travel home from the big cities, often on foot without any money. This man remembers it well. Translation we were out. Of business for over six months during the first wave. We spent everything we had in that time. I went to my home village. I had to take out a loan which i have not paid back. If lockdown is imposed again, we wont be able to survive. This man, who runs a small tea stall, also fears people wont be able to cope this fresh lockdown. Translation we will suffer a fatal economic blow. We wont be able to feed ourselves. We dont know how long this lockdown will go on. The cases are almost doubled today compared to the first wave so this lockdown might even be longer. Having faced wide criticism last year, the government has imposed less strict rules this time around. Markets are to be closed at night and groups of more than five people cannot gather in Public Places. 0n weekends there will be a full lockdown. With cases going up every passing day, the government now thinks more vaccination is the only way forward. Where i am standing right now here in mumbai is one of the biggest Vaccination Centres in the country. Now everyone above age 45 will get vaccinated. The State Government now plans to vaccinate 300,000 individuals every single day and they even plan to start a door to door vaccination drive. Over 7 million have received the vaccine in india so far but there is still a long way before the whole country, over1 billion people, get a shot. Until then, states like maharashtra will try to control the virus with lockdown measures. As englands lockdown eases, the government and experts are continuing to debate how to do it safely. 0ne country that is has been leading the way with the highest Vaccination Rate in the world is israel and yesterday the countrys Health Minister suggested that their green pass system could be used as a potential basis for allowing england to return to some sort of normality. For allowing england to return Natalie Blenford is a uk journalist based in tel aviv. Good to have you with us. What is the green pass exactly . The green ass is the green pass exactly . The green pass is basically the green pass exactly . The green pass is basically a the green pass exactly . The green pass is basically a digital the green pass exactly . The green| pass is basically a Digital Document thatis pass is basically a Digital Document that is included with Digital Signature and later and that data can prove you have received two doses of the Coronavirus Vaccine. So it is something you can download on the Ministry Of Health website, seven days after your second dose. It is saved in your smartphone like a photograph. It is not a big book you have to carry around or anything. When you go somewhere that will be indoors such as a restaurant, theatre, airport, for example, you are asked to show your green pass. The person you are showing it to to scan the bar code and check that it is real, cross referenced with your id card, which we also have here, which has your photo onto make sure that you are who you say you are, and that green passport, that is your passport into a normal life. Do you have to have passport into a normal life. Do you have to have a passport into a normal life. Do you have to have a vaccine passport into a normal life. Do you have to have a vaccine in passport into a normal life. Do you have to have a vaccine in order passport into a normal life. Do you have to have a vaccine in order to l have to have a vaccine in order to qualify for the past, or can you for example take a test on the day if you want to go to an event or to show and prove that you have had covid in the past few months and therefore you have had antibodies . You have to have had a vaccine to get the green pass. I spoke to someone this morning who had recovered from covid and he had been to get his firstjab which kind counts as a second jab because he already has some antibodies so as he has his first grp gets has his first grp gets is green passport within seven days which is when you are thought to have full immunity, as per the second dose. It is a little bit complicated but if you are registered as a covid patient the government are counting that infection as your first dose. I5 government are counting that infection as your first dose. Is It Ossible Infection as your first dose. Is it possible to infection as your first dose. Is it possible to play infection as your first dose. Is it possible to play the infection as your first dose. Is it possible to play the system, to fake this, you mention, everyone is meant to check when you go to a particular venue that you have this pass. Is that being done . I venue that you have this pass. Is that being done . Venue that you have this pass. Is that being done . I cannot say for sure, but that being done . I cannot say for sure. But if that being done . I cannot say for sure, but if youre that being done . I cannot say for sure, but if youre going that being done . I cannot say for. Sure, but if youre going somewhere official like theatre, and the Archer Assuring you to your seat, then yes, they would check, and police are Checking Venues that they are compliant. For individual bars and restaurants, i couldnt say whether they are following it completely. The Health Minister here did say that forgery is a crime and can be punishable by a jail term. So it is quite serious, and if people are faking it, they will be dealt with. But i did meet someone last week who quite happily showed me a fake Vaccination Certificate and seemed quite pleased with themselves for having it, but he is in the process of getting his second dose, hes just not there yet because theres that slight time delay between doses. Theres that slight time delay between doses. ~. , ,. , , between doses. What does it mean for travel . For travel, between doses. What does it mean for travel . For travel, we between doses. What does it mean for travel . For travel, we do between doses. What does it mean for travel . For travel, we do need between doses. What does it mean for travel . For travel, we do need to travel . For travel, we do need to show either travel . For travel, we do need to show either a travel . For travel, we do need to show either a negative travel . For travel, we do need to show either a negative test travel . For travel, we do need to | show either a negative test result or your green pass, before you get put on the plane. The big thing about the green pass is that when you come back to israel, you dont need to quarantine. For the best part of a year, weve had to quarantine for 14 days if we left israel, you would have to go to state run Quarantine Hotels which people had to go to for 14 days. Now, vaccination and a green pass combined means you dont have to do that. You have to prove that youre negative for covid, so you have to test before you take off in the country you are flying from and at bengurion airport, and it is all working quite smoothly academic. You wait 24 rows for the test result and if it is negative you are released from quarantine, which is a huge improvement on the last year. Imilli improvement on the last year. Will be aware of improvement on the last year. Will be aware of the controversy in the uk, with some people saying that the idea of a Covid Passport is unacceptable, that it will create a two tier system. So i am interested to know how popular is the green passing israel . Passing israel . Good question. I think it is popular. Passing israel . Good question. I think it is popular. To passing israel . Good question. I think it is popular. To be passing israel . Good question. I| think it is popular. To be honest, people here, myself included, were so excited about getting the vaccine. There was a trend at the time called vaccine hunting, people queueing outside Vaccination Centres to get what they called any spares at the end of the day. People really wanted to get the vaccine. The pass was a bonus. People didnt want the vaccine to get the past, but it was kind of been talked about, the government were not completely specific about what the pass would get you into, but people knew that it was like the way back into normal life and people are excited. There are some anti vaxxers and some who dont want to have it but i feel like those numbers are waning. People that i saw month ago we were saying i am not getting the vaccine, ive spoken to them recently and they have been through the whole process and had both doses. It is a motivator and is likely because of travel because israel is do love to travel because israel is do love to travel and after a year, the whole world is probably keen to get out there, and this is a way to do that. Natalie blandford, in tel aviv, talking about israels green pass. We have been asking for your comments on the idea of Covid Certification Status in the uk. A Covid Passport if you like. Jack fielding says Covid Passport need to be agreed at International Level with a standard. Im not against passport but my concern is Mission Creep towards id cards. They should be time limited while we are in this pandemic. Quite uneven spread of four and against the idea of Covid Passport so far in your tweets. Dean martin says i think part of the resistance to Covid Passport is the terminology. If they were referred to as certificates which is what they would be, people would be more open to the idea, and steve says the idea of Covid Passport massively triggers my ethics, it is like a weird dystopian future with a free elite and a subclass. I can maybe squeeze in some more comments if you want to tweak me. The hashtag is bbcyourquestions. Here in the uk, Police Officers searching for a missing student say theyve found a body. 19 year old Richard 0korogheye was last seen leaving his home in west london two weeks ago, as tim muffett reports. Last seen on cctv on tuesday, march 23rd. The disappearance of 19 year old student Richard 0korogheye prompted appeals for sightings and led to extensive searches. Text he had been shielding during lockdown because he six suffered from sickle cell disease. Five days ago, police turned their attention to Epping Forest in essex. And last night the metropolitan police said they had been informed by colleagues in essex police that a body had been found in the forest. The statement said that enquiries are under way to identify the body. And that detectives investigating the disappearance of 19 year old Richard 0korogheye are aware. Richards family are being supported by specially trained officers and are being kept updated with developments. Richards mother has previously described the past two weeks as a complete nightmare and she recently said this about her son. Richard is a very, very civilised boy. Hes very focused, intelligent, loved by everyone. Police officers remained at the scene where the body was found overnight. Enquiries continue. Tim muffett, bbc news. 0ur Correspondent Danjohnson sent this from Epping Forest. This is where police found that body yesterday. It hasnt been formally identified yet but Richards Family have been told about this discovery. He has not been seen for two weeks. Since he left home in west london. He took a bus across the city. And he was caught on cctv walking up a residential street towards the forest, not far from here, just after midnight. There has been no sign of him since, no activity on his mobile phone. His mum says she thinks he may have been talking to someone online, and may have come out here in order to meet that person. Thats something the police will be investigating. Their work he was continuing today, as they investigate the circumstances. Theyve got to identify that body, to work out how it ended up in the lake, and how that person lost their life, and they have still to confirm that it is in fact richard. He had left home without money and without his medication, and his family says that he had struggled studying at home during lockdown over the last few months. Danjohnson, bbc news, Epping Forest. Some Breaking News from a top official in the European Medicines Agency who has said in an interview published today that there is a link between the astrazeneca Coronavirus Vaccine and blood clots. The ema is the European Medicines Agency, and its head of vaccines has told a newspaper that in my opinion we can say it now there is a link with the vaccine. He implied in the interview that the link would be confirmed by the agency in the coming hours. However, it has to be said that the European Medicines Agency has not made any such statement. You may well remember a couple weeks ago that the ema, following a pause in the use of the astrazeneca jab in a number of countries, and an investigation by the ema, concluded that the astrazeneca vaccine was indeed safe to use. So there is no suggestion at this stage that there would be any second pause in the use of the vaccine. This is the emas head of vaccines, quoted in a newspaper interview. We will bring you more detail on that if and when it comes. 26 centres to help pregnant women and new mothers with their Mental Health are being set up across england. Nhs england say the centres, which will also support bereaved mothers, are part of the biggest transformation of maternal Mental Health services in the world. Our Health Correspondent laura foster reports. One, two, three, whoa for many people, having a baby is the most wonderful moment of their life. But around a quarter of women have trouble with their mental well being during pregnancy, and in the two years after giving birth. Lizzie suffered from post Traumatic Stress disorder while she was pregnant after she previously had a miscarriage. I panicked about everything. And everything was going to cause a miscarriage, to the point where i couldnt drive. So my husband at that point told me i needed to speak to my midwife and sort of pushed me to be a bit more open about it. And she referred me to the Mental Health team. This chair . Yes. At this hub in plymouth, they offer both Maternity Services and highly specialist psychological treatments as well as bereavement counselling. The idea is that by having everything under one roof, its easier to get help, meaning they will be able to help thousands more people every year. Its very important for them to access Mental Health support quickly. Because baby and children cant wait, so when you have a woman in the perinatal period, she needs to nurse a dependent child. And actually if her Mental Health is not great, then that can impact on her ability to nurse her child. Work on these hubs began before the Coronavirus Pandemic but nhs england says the last year could mean even more demand for their Mental Health services. A lot will depend on how society unlocks, as it were, over the spring and the summer now. What happens in the year ahead. Because women who are struggling dontjust need services or benefit from services, they often benefit from the support of their friends or their mother and toddler groups. Ten sites will be ready in the next few months. The remaining 16 are set to have opened their doors by this time next year. Laura foster, bbc news. Ships have started moving through the suez canal again after the container ship, the ever green, blocked it for more than five days. But one ship and one man are still not moving, in fact theyve been stuck there for the past four years, spending much of that time alone. 0ur Diplomatic Correspondent, paul adams, has been talking to him. Are stranded on the egyptian coast abandoned and alone. There is no power. The ship is abandoned, filthy, rusting. In the distance, a steady stream of vessels passing by. What is life like on your ship . Life is that, if you what is life like on your ship . Life is that, if you are stuck in a solitary person, you can see sometimes that life is quite a drive. You cannot see anything, you cannot hear anything. Drive. You cannot see anything, you cannot hear anything. Mohameds ship was detained cannot hear anything. Mohameds ship was detained in cannot hear anything. Mohameds ship was detained in 2017. Cannot hear anything. Mohameds ship was detained in 2017. There cannot hear anything. Mohameds ship was detained in 2017. There were was detained in 2017. There were issues with Safety Equipment and certificates. With a cap on azure, and Egyptian Court declared mohammed the ships legal guardian and he says he will sign the order not realising what it meant. The authorities are holding his passport. He is trapped. I authorities are holding his passport. He is trapped. I lost my mother two passport. He is trapped. I lost my mother two years passport. He is trapped. I lost my mother two years ago passport. He is trapped. I lost my mother two years ago and passport. He is trapped. I lost my mother two years ago and shes l passport. He is trapped. I lost my mother two years ago and shes never going to see me again because of this damned, this cursed ship. All i want is to go back to my family. Seafarer abandonment is on the rise with more than 250 active cases according to the International Labour 0rganisation. Ship owners and difficulty willing, it seems, to Leave Crew Members to fend for themselves. Leave crew members to fend for themselves themselves. This situation of mohammed themselves. This situation of mohammed is themselves. This situation of mohammed is on themselves. This situation of mohammed is on just. Themselves. This situation of mohammed is on just. No i themselves. This situation of. Mohammed is on just. No one themselves. This situation of mohammed is on just. No one can mohammed is onjust. No one can accept that. Mohammed has been forgotten, is this the case, has been forgotten on board, because the owner, he has abandoned the ship. This is his decision. The court of egypt has appointed muhammad as the legal guard of the ship. But mohammed is alone. The legal guard of the ship. But mohammed is alone. , , mohammed is alone. The Ship Owner Sa The Mohammed is alone. The ship owner say they have mohammed is alone. The ship owner say they have tried mohammed is alone. The ship owner say they have tried our mohammed is alone. The ship owner say they have tried our best mohammed is alone. The ship owner say they have tried our best but say they have tried our best but their hands are tied. We cannot force thejudge to their hands are tied. We cannot force the judge to remove the legal guardianship and i cannot find a Single Person on this planet, and i have tried, to replace him. That could be about to change. The court is considering an offer to relieve him. The ship is up for auction. Mohammed could soon be free. When this is over, what will you do with your life . Will you go back to see . Yes, of course. I am a chief mate. Before i came here to the ship i was one step away from being a captain. Like i said, i love myjob and i am good at it, and my former colleagues will tell you that, but this nightmare, i still dont understand how this happened to me. Paul adams, bbc news. 0ne impact of our reduced activity during lockdown over the past 12 months has been darker night skies. A survey by the Countryside Charity, the cpre, which found there was 10 percent less Light Pollution last year. And more darkness means more chances to look up and really enjoy the night skies as our Chief Environment correspondentJustin Rowlatt has been finding out. This is what a truly dark sky looks like. Billions of stars wheel above the Kielder 0bservatory in northumberland. Set deep in a forest, the observatory enjoys the darkest skies in england. Skies and, throughout lockdown, senior astronomer dan monk has been filming the incredible views. People often do get emotional when they sit underneath this amazing dark sky and they realise how small they are in the universe. It can actually make people cry, at times. Its estimated 85 of us have never seen a truly dark sky. It means we are missing out because it gives us a sense of our place in the universe, the awesome vastness of space. But look at this. Even a tiny light is enough to extinguish the stars and bring us right back down to earth. The reduction in Light Pollution this year is an exception. Satellite images show the night sky has been getting steadily lighter across the world. Changes in light have been linked with obesity, heart disease, depression and even cancer. You see, shes shaking . And some animals suffer even more profoundly. There are such a range of animals which are negatively impacted from this. When you think of our migrating birds, for instance, which are drawn off course by lights. Insects, vast numbers of moths drawn into those lights, where they batter themselves to death or where they are predated by bats that change their behaviour to visit those lights, perhaps to their advantage, but to the deficit of other species of bats. So all of this is happening out there in our night. So what can be done . The good news is we can tackle Light Pollution relatively easily. Its small measures like businesses making sure they are turning their lights off at night time when the buildings arent in use. Also, local government making sure that street lamps are properly shaded and the lights targeted, so it is not spilling out there and creating unnecessary light blight. That will mean more of us can see sights like this. Justin rowlatt, bbc news, northumberland. Just time to squeeze in one more tweet of your response about Covid Passport. Gareth davies says i dont like to two tier world of Covid Certificates but i like the world of more businesses failing even less, so is itjustification for putting more people out of work . And a little and finally for you before we go. As tv journalists, were all aware of the risk of a live report being interrupted by a person but not by a mischievous golden retriever. Thats what happened to this correspondent for a russian broadcaster. She was giving an update on the arrival of spring in moscow when the dog grabbed her microphone and ran off with it. She managed to get the mic back and even managed to persuade the dog to sit nicely for the camera. Youre watching bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. Hello again. This time last week temperatures reached 24. 5 celsius in the afternoon in kew gardens. Today in kew gardens we will be lucky to hit 7 degrees and it will feel colder than that with a cold wind that has come across the whole of the uk, bringing in wintry showers. It is coming from the north or north west. You can see the blues right across the uk indicating that cold air. It has been blowing in a lot of wintry showers. Wherever you see speckled cloud on the satellite picture, that tells you that we are looking at showers, and in this cold wind, they are wintry, and if anything we could see more of those today, even inland, than we saw yesterday. But there will be lots of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine as well. It will still feel cold. Temperatures 1 8 celsius on your thermometer but when you add on the effects of the wind it will feel more like 6 in lerwick, plus two in birmingham. Heading into this evening and overnight, under clear skies, temperatures will fall away further. We will have some wintry showers, but fewer than during the course of the day and there is the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. Also, with temperatures falling away we are likely to have a widespread frost away from the coastline. It means first thing tomorrow there will be a lot of sunshine around. Still a peppering of wintry showers in the north and west. Some coming in on a brisk wind coming down the north sea, but lots of sunshine to start with, but through the day, more cloud will build and through the day, a Weather Front approaching Northern Ireland will bring in some patchy rain by the end of the afternoon. Temperatures, still only one celsius in lerwick, six in belfast, eight in london. By thursday, still some cloud around, some breaks, some weatherfronts introducing rain across the north of the country but a change of Wind Direction with it coming in from the atlantic, the west, so temperatures will be higher. Looking at about 8 11 celsius. That will not necessarily last. It will in the south, on friday, but the cold, Northerly Flow comes back into the north, and as we go through the weekend, that will spread further south. Although it may be milder in the south on friday, for all of us into the weekend, it is going to feel cooler. This is bbc news. The headlines at 11. Criticism over suggestions the government could introduce Covid Certificates in england. Conservative backbenchers say they risk creating a � Two Tier Society� but ministers say its an option that needs to be considered. I think it would be remiss and, i think, irresponsible that we dont look at all these things, as other countries are doing the same thing, so that we see whether we can use them to take our lives back and to get our economy working. The head of vaccines at the European Medicines Agency has said he believes there is a link between the astrazeneca vaccine and blood clots. Government scientists warn that some Social Distancing measures will need to remain in place for much longer, amid warnings there could be a Summer Third Wave of the virus. Police searching for missing student Richard Richard 0korogheye say a body has been found in Epping Forest. The president s son speaks out. Hunter biden targeted by donald trump for his Drug Addiction and financial deals, gives the bbc his version of a troubled past. And coming up this hour. New Research Suggests levels of Light Pollution fell by ten percent during the pandemic, and that 5 percent of the uk enjoyed truly dark skies. Hello and if you have justjoined us, a very warm welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson is facing criticism from some of his own mps, over suggestions the government could introduce Covid Passports in england. Backbenchers from his Conservative Party have said the certificates, which prove if someone has been vaccinated, tested negative or has immunity, risked creating a Two Tier Society. It comes after mrjohnson confirmed that non essential shops, gyms and hair salons will be among the businesses allowed to re open in england from monday of next week pubs and restaurants can open outdoor areas as well next week. But he urged against complacency and said it was still too early to confirm the date for re starting non essential travel to destinations outside of the uk. And theres a warning from Government Scientists that some Social Distancing measures will need to remain in place for much longer if a third wave is to be avoided. With more details, heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. Lockdown has been a long, hard slog for many of us. But now if you live in england, you may well be working out what to do next week. From april 12, you can get in shape in the gym, have your lockdown locks snipped off, take a trip to the shops, and maybe relax outdoors with a drink. You might even run into someone you recognise in the beer garden. From monday the 12th, i will be going to the pub myself and cautiously but irreversibly raising a pint of beer to my lips. But, and you know im going to say this, we cant be complacent. We can see the waves of sickness afflicting other countries. And weve seen how this story goes. And the Prime Minister is looking at how other areas of the economy can be reopened safely. At some major Sporting Events this spring, there will be a trial of what the government calls Covid Status Certification, or critics describe as Vaccine Passports. To gain entry to some venues, youd have to prove youve been vaccinated, or that you had a recent negative test. 0r had some immunity because youve had the virus in the past six months. The Prime Minister said you wouldnt need the certificate immediately. There is absolutely no question of people being asked to produce certification or covid status on monday. But he didnt rule them out further down the line if and when Social Distancing is relaxed. And where and when you can go on holiday is still up in the air. The government says its still too soon for you to book a foreign break, but when International Travel does resume, the government confirmed there would be a Traffic Light System. You would need to take a test before and after you have travelled from a country in the green zone. As well as those tests, youll need to self isolate at home if youre returning from countries designated as amber. But its ten days of Hotel Quarantine at your own expense if you enter the uk from a country on the red list. In the Prime Ministers words, there will be a Semblance Of Normality next week in england. But a return to pre pandemic life is still some way off. Iain watson, bbc news. 0ur chief Political Correspondent adam fleming is at westminster. Adam, remind us of the Vaccine Certificate Plan as layed out by pm yesterday. This has been rumbling from sometime and there have been complaints from conservative mps before and there is a sense of what the Prime Minister suggested i give in and added momentum. Suggested i give in and added momentum suggested i give in and added momentum. ~ , momentum. When the government ublished momentum. When the government published a momentum. When the government published a road momentum. When the government published a road map momentum. When the government published a road map for momentum. When the government published a road map for lifting momentum. When the government published a road map for lifting the lockdown in england a couple of weeks ago, they set out four reviews for looking at longer term issues and one of those was covid certification and that is being looked at by michael gove and yesterday, alongside the Prime Minister and the latest update of the road map we got an update on the review and it says, in black and white, the government is looking at introducing these certificates. Now, critics call them a passport, the government says that they are a way of saying your covid status and not just whether you have had a vaccination, it could be whether you have had a negative test in the past 24 hours or even if you have had covid in the last six months which means you have antibodies and means you could not catch it again or infect anyone. There are also saying there will be exemptions for people who could not prove any of those things and there will also be exemptions to places where they could not be used, for example, public transport, the health service, or essential shops, like supermarkets, which raises the question of what purpose could they be used for . The government suggest they could be used for International Travel, because foreign governments will want to see it from inbound tourists and they talk about using it in risky situations, like mass gatherings, theatres, nightclubs, where there are lots of people packed in closely. Could you make them less risky by making everyone show the certificates . The government is to insist, this is not something that is coming anytime soon, you will not have to, for example, show one of these certificates, which do not exist yet, if you want to go to a Pub Beer Garden next monday. At least that was the message from the vaccines this morning. Domestically this is really important, and the Prime Minister tried to explain this yesterday there are a number of ethical issues that this could raise, so the review that has been undertaken by michael gove is looking at a number of ways of using initially, obviously, testing, and you are going to see that for the fa cup final, semifinal, of how we can reopen large scale Spectator Sport using testing and maybe immunity and vaccination as a format of doing that. But no decisions have yet been made. Why is this so troubling for conservatives in terms of their partys political philosophy . There is a arou partys political philosophy . There is a group of partys political philosophy . There is a group of about partys political philosophy . There is a group of about 40 partys political philosophy . Ii urr is a group of about 40 conservative mps that signed a letter last week alongside some labour mps and Liberal Democrats and Caroline Lucas from the green party, opposing faxback passports and that was before we saw the latest updates on the proposals and for that kind of conservative mp, it is an infringement of privacy, an infringement of privacy, an infringement of privacy, an infringement of liberty, and for some of the venues themselves, they are not that keen on becoming basically what they see as an arm of the state, having to implement something that looks a bit like id cards and then you get the point from the labour party were keir starmer The Labour Leader has sort of suggested that these are un british, not the sort of thing thatis un british, not the sort of thing that is done in the uk and the Labour Position and all of this is going to be crucial, because if you take that number of conservative mps, add a couple more, then if the labour party decided to oppose this legislation whenever it reaches the house of commons, then the government is potentially looking at a defeat and so listening to jonathan ashworth, the Shadow Labour Health secretary who does not sound totally convinced by the idea. Im not going to support a policy that, for here in my leicester constituency, if somebody wants to go into next or h m they have to produce a Vaccination Certificate on their phone, on an app. I think that is discriminatory. If you listen carefully there, you can sense a little bit of wriggle room for labour here, because i do not think the government is suggesting that Clothes Shops would be able to use this in a mandatory way, in other words the government would tell them they had to do it. So perhaps once we see some legislation, whenever that is, labour will find that they do not want to oppose it, maybe they will abstain or even supported, in which case it would go through. Seldom case it would go through. Adam flemin case it would go through. Adam fleming at case it would go through. Adam fleming at westminster, case it would go through. Adam fleming at westminster, many| case it would go through. Adam fleming at westminster, many thanks. We can speak now to professor graham medley, professor of Infectious Disease modelling at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine. He chairs the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on modelling and is a member of sage. He is speaking here in a personal capacity. Thank you so much for being with us. It is rather a long introduction, but it is so everyone knows where youre coming from and your professional knowledge. Can i ask you, this question, a lot of people will say that the Vaccine Updike has been good and the programme seems to been good and the programme seems to be progressing on schedule so far as we can tell from outside, why are people so pessimistic in the medical and Scientific Community about the risk of a third wife perhaps in the summer . I dont think it is being pessimistic, it is being realistic, there is a period of genuine uncertainty, yes the vaccine roll out has been fantastic, but we still do not know exactly how good they are at preventing infection. We have hardly seen any real world experience of the astrazeneca vaccine with two doses in people when there is plenty of virus around and we just have not seen that. We and we ust have not seen that. We ust do and we just have not seen that. Just do not know and if the vaccine isnt as good a preventing infection as we hoped, then there is the potential for a significant wave that could occur around august or september. So, that is the situation. Genuinely, generally it is really very good but it is not all over yet. It is really very good but it is not all over yet it is really very good but it is not all over et. , all over yet. Even if the government timetable that all over yet. Even if the government timetable that has all over yet. Even if the government timetable that has been all over yet. Even if the government timetable that has been announced | all over yet. Even if the government i timetable that has been announced so far and this formal and legal restrictions on the 21st ofjune, yoursense restrictions on the 21st ofjune, your sense is that for this to be able to be maintained at a manageable level of infection, people are still going to have to stick with things like Social Distancing, mask wearing and so on . Potentially. Those are key things which will determine the future, one is how well the vaccine works and we will find that out and the other is how much virus is around. Those two things really determine the size of any future wave and the numbers of hospitalisations that occur. So, it is really trying to live with that uncertainty at the moment and hope that things turn out well, but on the other hand preparing for the fact that they might not. The other hand preparing for the fact that they might not. There is also an ongoing fact that they might not. There is also an ongoing concern fact that they might not. There is also an ongoing concern about i fact that they might not. There is | also an ongoing concern about the impact variants of the coronavirus may have in addition to that. What about the debate that is going on about the debate that is going on about some form of Covid Status Certification . Would that serve any useful purpose from a scientific Point Of View . It useful purpose from a scientific Point Of View . Useful purpose from a scientific Point Of View . It is not something we have looked Point Of View . It is not something we have looked at Point Of View . It is not something we have looked at in Point Of View . It is not something we have looked at in great Point Of View . It is not something we have looked at in great detail, into the science of it, it would need to be spelt out very clearly what the purpose of it is and whether or not you know, the way thatis whether or not you know, the way that is being suggested fulfils the purpose. I think it is becoming very political. It is really a question for the policymakers and the politicians to decide, what the policy should be. Just politicians to decide, what the policy should be. Politicians to decide, what the policy should be. Just in terms of the practicalities policy should be. Just in terms of the practicalities of policy should be. Just in terms of the practicalities of it, policy should be. Just in terms of the practicalities of it, what policy should be. Just in terms of the practicalities of it, what you | the practicalities of it, what you would want as a scientist is any system that it had to be as foolproof as possible, because it raises difficult questions like potentially the use of fraud and so on, and we already know about people in some cases where they have been trying to obtain in other countries, certification, so that they could travel, and it has turned out to be fake. , travel, and it has turned out to be fake. , , ,. Fake. 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You said at the start of the interview that thought through. You said at the start of the interview that you i thought through. You said at the | start of the interview that you feel and you are being realistic about the prospect of a summer, is some kind of summer surge or third wife, how worried should we be about that possibility . I how worried should we be about that ossibili . ~ ,. , possibility . I think it would be a concern if it possibility . I think it would be a concern if it happened, possibility . I think it would be a concern if it happened, but possibility . I think it would be a concern if it happened, but it i concern if it happened, but it really is an uncertain phase, we just dont know what is going to happen in terms of Vaccine Efficacy and the amount of virus, the amount of transmission that occurs and those things will have to be watched carefully. 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Earlier, heathrow airport, British Airways, and Virgin Atlantic are hosted a Media Briefing to discuss � next steps� for the aviation and travel industries our transport correspondent, Caroline Davies was there. Essentially, all of those groups are saying they need more information about exactly how this Traffic Light System is going to work. Just to refresh our viewers minds about exactly how, we understand that at the moment it is going to operate and that anyone travelling from england to designated green countries will need to have a test before they travel back to the uk and also once they arrive back in the uk as well, although they will not be required to quarantine, which is particularly key, obviously, for holidays or visiting relatives or family. Those people travelling back from amber countries will be required to quarantine at home on Arrivalfor Ten days and they will also be required to take a test before they travel as well as a test on arrival. They will be able to do a thing called test and release, which means if you take a test on the fifth day of travelling and it is negative, then you will be able to break your quarantine early and of course we still have a red list of countries as well, only uk residents are able to travel from red list countries to england and then they have to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense for 11 days, so at the moment, pretty much all the countries in the world either fall into the amber list or into the red list, but the hope is that by the time we get to the 17th of may there will be some countries on that green list. Right now, we have no idea which countries might be on that list at all and at the moment we don� t have any detailed criteria about how each of those countries will be determined which list they fall into. That is something that the industry are really desperate to find out about. 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I was i Fortunate To Feed Into one of the workshops and i know the government are keen to work with industry on confidence and how we resume International Travel and i think what we heard yesterday was confirmation of the framework that will be established as and when travel can resume and we know the earliest is the 17th of may. There is undoubtedly a lot of questions that we still need to understand, a lot of clarity and in particular what the measures will be that will move countries. How does one state that the screen move to other countries of the Traffic Light System . A lot of title to work through. I system . A lot of title to work throu~h. , system . A lot of title to work throu~h. , , through. I suppose the difficulty is in a sense and through. I suppose the difficulty is in a sense and i through. I suppose the difficulty is in a sense and i am through. I suppose the difficulty is in a sense and i am sure through. I suppose the difficulty is in a sense and i am sure other in a sense and i am sure other people in the industry understand this, it is a moving target and as we have seen, like portugal, a country that has gone from a serious crisis into a situation where it appears to be emerging from that crisis. It status could change relatively quickly in such a system. There is going to be a certain amount of risk involved for Travel Operators because you could suddenly find a country that you have invested a lot in in terms of Travel Opportunities is suddenly a red country in a matter of weeks. I think one thing that we certainly know over the last 12 months now is what is clear is that there is no certainty, however we are in very different place in terms of vaccine roll out and we are able to have a lot more data and i think we are in a very different place and that is why the government are very clear that opening up is the right thing to do. There has been a lot of innovation in the industry and a lot of investment in terms of how and when travel can resume and how we are mitigating risk with increased Hygiene Protocols and a key point for any consumers looking to book, making sure they now have access, you can still book for the summer, and for anyone that wants to do that, they can do that with flexible terms and money back guarantees. That is a really important thing, because i think a lot of people got caught out last year and they may be did not have adequate insurance cover and a lot of the Insurance Policies had not really reflected the possibility of a pandemic and this has presumably change. Absolutely. Last year was unprecedented and i do not think we will be in the same position literally how overnight, travel was a we have learnt a huge amount, there are flexible options, Travel Agents and Tour Operators are working hard to make sure that consumers have access to flexible terms and it is notjust about holidays, we have got customers trying to reunite themselves with families across the world and it is important we give everyone the opportunity and confidence to book and in the event of changes that have to be made on the back of government advice, that they have flexibility and options to make those changes confidently. Horse flexibility and options to make those changes confidently. How much smaller is the those changes confidently. How much smaller is the travel those changes confidently. How much smaller is the Travel Industry those changes confidently. How much smaller is the Travel Industry going i smaller is the Travel Industry going to be that emerges from this pandemic than the one we went into, do you think . Do you think . Certainly for this ear, do you think . Certainly for this year. The do you think . Certainly for this year, the travel do you think . Certainly for this year, the Travel Industry do you think . Certainly for this year, the Travel Industry is do you think . Certainly for this year, the Travel Industry is at l do you think . Certainly for thisj year, the Travel Industry is at a fraction of the size it was in 2019. Our members are quite a few travel agencies, they are trading at 20 of the levels that they were in 2019. It is a difficult time and they are looking forward to opening up on monday, although they will be there to help their consumers, they will navigate through the difficult times, it is still pretty uncertain and a pretty difficult time ahead. Julia, thank you forjoining us this morning. The headlines on bbc news. Criticism over suggestions the government could introduce Covid Certificates in england. Conservative backbenchers say they risk creating a � Two Tier Society� but ministers say it� s an option that needs to be considered. The head of vaccines at the European Medicines Agency has said he believes there is a link between the astrazeneca vaccine and blood clots. Government scientists warn that some Social Distancing measures will need to remain in place for much longer amid warnings there could be a Summer Third Wave of the virus. Let me bring in some sad news, actually, Breaking News, paul ritter has died at the age of 54, he suffered a brain tumour according to his agent, they have issued this statement, with Great Sadness we can confirm that paul ritter passed away monday night, he died peacefully at home with his wife polly and sons frank and noel by his side. He was 54 and had been suffering from a brain tumour. Paul was an exceptionally talented actor playing an enormous variety of roles on stage and screen with extraordinary skill. He was fiercely intelligent, kind and very funny. We will all miss him greatly. That is the actor paul little, sorry paul ritter from Friday Night Dinner who has died at the age of 54. Police officers searching for a missing student say they� ve found a body. 19 year old Richard 0korogheye was last seen leaving his home in west london two weeks ago, as tim muffett reports. Last seen on cctv on tuesday, march 23rd. The disappearance of 19 year old student Richard 0korogheye prompted appeals for sightings and led to extensive searches. He had been shielding during lockdown because he suffered from sickle cell disease. Five days ago, police turned their attention to Epping Forest in essex. And last night the metropolitan police said they had been informed by colleagues in essex police that a body had been found in the forest. The statement said that enquiries are under way to identify the body. And that detectives investigating the disappearance of 19 year old Richard 0korogheye are aware. Richard� s family are being supported by specially trained officers and are being kept updated with developments. Richard� s mother has previously described the past two weeks as a complete nightmare and she recently said this about her son. Richard is a very, very civilised boy. He� s very focused, intelligent, loved by everyone. Police officers remained at the scene where the body was found overnight. Enquiries continue. Tim muffett, bbc news. 0ur Correspondent Danjohnson is in Epping Forest. This is where police found that body yesterday. It hasn� t been formally identified yet but richard� s family have been told about this discovery. He� s not been seen for two weeks since he left home in west london. He took a bus across the city and he was caught on cctv walking up a residential street towards the forest, not too far from here, just after midnight. There has been no sign of him since, no activity on his mobile phone. His mum says she thinks he may have been talking to someone online and may have come out here in order to meet that person. That is something that police will be investigating. Their work here is continuing today as they investigate the circumstances. They have got to identify that body, to work out how it ended up in the lake, and how that person lost their life. And they are still to confirm that it is in fact richard. He had left home without money and without his medication and his family says that he had struggled studying at home during the lockdown over the last few months. Danjohnson, bbc news, in Epping Forest. 0ne positive of the lockdowns over the last twelve months has been darker night skies. A survey by Countryside Charity, the cpre, suggests Light Pollution fell by about 10 per cent last year. Darkness means more opportunities to enjoy the what� s up there rather than just the reflection of what� s down here, as the bbc� s Chief Environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt has been finding out. This is what a truly dark sky looks like. Billions of stars wheel above the Kielder 0bservatory in northumberland. Set deep in a forest, the observatory enjoys the darkest skies in england. And, throughout lockdown, senior astronomer dan monk has been filming the incredible views. People often do get emotional when they sit underneath this amazing dark sky and they realise how small they are in the universe. It can actually make people cry, at times. It� s estimated 85 of us have never seen a truly dark sky. It means we are missing out because it gives us a sense of our place in the universe, the awesome vastness of space. But look at this. Even a tiny light is enough to extinguish the stars and bring us right back down to earth. The reduction in Light Pollution this year is an exception. Satellite images show the night sky has been getting steadily lighter across the world. Changes in light have been linked with obesity, heart disease, depression and even cancer. You see, shes shaking . And some animals suffer even more profoundly. There are such a range of animals which are negatively impacted from this. When you think of our migrating birds, for instance, which are drawn off course by lights. Insects, vast numbers of moths drawn into those lights, where they batter themselves to death or where they are predated by bats that change their behaviour to visit those lights, perhaps to their advantage, but to the deficit of other species of bats. So all of this is happening out there in our night. So what can be done . The good news is we can tackle Light Pollution relatively easily. Its small measures like businesses making sure they are turning their lights off at night time when the buildings arent in use. Also, local government making sure that street lamps are properly shaded and the lights targeted, so it is not spilling out there and creating unnecessary light blight. That will mean more of us can see sights like this. Justin rowlatt, bbc news, northumberland. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. Hello again. It is another cold day in prospect with a keen north or north westerly wind blowing in all these wintry showers. Now, more of us are likely to see the wintry showers today, especially inland, compared to yesterday, but they won� t last terribly long and for many of us we actually will stay dry with a fair bit of sunshine. And i will be sunshine in between the showers. Temperatures ranging between one and 8 degrees, when you add on the strength of the wind it will feel more like 4 in aberdeen, plus four in london. So a cold day ahead. Now, as we head on through the evening and overnight we hang on to those wintry showers. Temperatures fall away under clear skies, we are looking at a widespread frost and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. So a lot of sunshine to start the day tomorrow. There still will be some wintry showers, still breezy down the north east coastline, more Cloud Building as we go through the course of the day and by the end of the afternoon we will have a week Weather Front producing some patchy rain in Northern Ireland. Top temperatures six or seven. Hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines criticism over suggestions the government could introduce Covid Certificates in england. Conservative backbenchers say they risk creating a � Two Tier Society� , but ministers say it� s an option that needs to be considered. I think it would be remiss and, i think, irresponsible that we don� t look at all these things, as other countries are doing the same thing, so that we see whether we can use them to take our lives back and to get our economy working. The head of vaccines at the European Medicines Agency has said he believes there is a link between the astrazeneca vaccine and blood clots. Government scientists warn that some Social Distancing measures will need to remain in place for much longer, amid warnings there could be a Summer Third Wave of the virus. Police searching for missing student Richard 0korogheye say a body has been found in Epping Forest. The president � s son speaks out. Hunter biden, targeted by donald trump for his Drug Addiction and financial deals, gives the bbc his version of a troubled past. The Friday Night Dinner Star Paul Ritter Has died aged 54 from a brain tumour. The actor also starred in chernobyl and harry potter. Coming up this hour new Research Suggests levels of Light Pollution fell by 10 during the pandemic and that 5 of the uk enjoyed truly dark skies. Sport and, for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here� s 0llie foster. Good morning. A huge night in europe coming up. Manchester city are closing in on the Premier League title and are still in both domestic cups, but the Champions League is the one trophy that has eluded them. They will be favourites as they host Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their quarterfinal, but the city boss knows that they have to keep the german side� s star striker, erling braut haaland, quiet. Side� s star striker, the 20 year old norwegian has been prolific this season. Discord this amount of goals is not easy to find in the past, at 20 years old, the numbers speak for itself. That has happened because he can score with his right, left, on the counterattack, in the box, so, yeah, he is a fantastic striker. A real Heavyweight Clash coming up in spain. That� s where liverpool are for the first leg against real madrid. The last time the they played each other was the 2018 final that real won 3 1 to become european champions for the 13th time. We have a chance, absolutely. Everybody says real madrid is favoured, great, no problem with that. They are used to the role and we have no problem with the role of the challenger, but we want to give it a proper drive. We know that we were good that night, the 25 minutes being really good in the final was never enough. Being really good in the final was never enough. Sarah taylor is coming out of retirement to play for welsh fire in the inaugral hundred competition this summer. The 31 year old stepped away from professional cricket two years ago because of anxiety and has recently taken up a Coaching Role with the sussex senior men� s team. Taylor� s wicketkeeping and batting saw her named World Cricketer Of The year four times in the white ball game, and she won two 50 over world cups and one t20 world cup. She will link up with the Australian Star meg lanning at the ca rd iff based team. I got asked by welsh fire ever wanted to play last year and i wasn� t in a place to so i dismissed it quite quickly, but i did say think of me next year. Lucky for me they asked me again as i said, do you know what . It is the first year of the hundred, i get to play in wales which is amazing because i think i have only played there once internationally, and i get to play alongside one of the best players in the world, so a bit of a no brainer for me. So a bit of a no brainer for me. Harriet dart has been knocked out in the opening round of the charleston open in south carolina. The british number three made it into the main draw as a lucky loser from the qualifiers and she fought hard against the 11th seed, yulia putintseva, taking the first set to a tie break before going out in straight sets. It� s masters week, the first men� s golf major starts at augusta on thursday. It� s only five months since dustinjohnson won the greenjacket last year� s tournament delayed because of the pandemic. This time there will be a limited number of fans, or patrons as they� re known, on the course. It� s a wide open field. The former world number one Jordan Spieth won the masters in 2015 but won his first tournament in four years over the weekend. I like the progress that i� m making. I don� t feel that i have the control of all facets of my game that i want to have yet. But i feel like i� m working in the right direction. Will that make a difference this week . Don� t know. But i� m going to work at trying to be a little bit better than i was last week. It� s 125 years ago today that the first modern 0lympics took place in athens. The 10 day event was officially known as the games of the first 0lympiad, with 241 athletes from 14 countries competing, all of them men and most of them were from greece. Here� s how the high jump looked back then interesting technique way before the fosbury flop, of course. That� s all the sport for now. I� ll have more for you in the next hour. Sad news to bring you now. Paul ritter, star of Friday Night Dinner has died aged 54 of a brain tumour. His agent told the Guardian Newspaper that he died at home, surrounded by his wife and two sons. Ritter was arguably best known as the family patriarch, martin goodman, in channel 4� s Friday Night Dinner, opposite co stars tamsin greig, simon bird and tom rosenthal. However, he also appeared in blockbuster films including quantum of solace, and harry potter and the half blood prince, and the critically acclaimed 2019 series chernobyl. He was also booth and 0livier Award Winning actor, and the american tony awards, as well. Whenjoe biden was Vice President under barack 0bama, his son hunter became something of a liability. His drug and alcohol addiciton and a lucrative appointment to a Ukrainian Energy company were later seized upon by donald trump as he sought to undermine mr biden� s president ial campaign. Well, hunter biden is now telling his side of the story in an unflinching memoir. He has given a wide ranging interview to the bbc. Mishal husain takes a closer look at his life so far. Hunter got thrown out of the military. Thrown out, dishonourably discharged. Thats not true. And he didn� t have a job until you became Vice President. He made a fortune in ukraine and china and moscow. That is simply not true. 2020, and hunter biden� s name resounded on the campaign trail. As the younger son ofjoe biden, he was part of the democratic candidate� s family man persona, and inner circle. Forthe Trump Campaign, his lobbying work and drug and alcohol addictions were a way to attack the man who is now president. Hunter biden� s early life was marred by tragedy. His father was sworn into the senate at his hospital bedside, following a car accident that killed his mother and baby sister in 1972. Then, the other survivor of that crash, his brother beau, who he described as his soulmate, died of a brain tumour in 2015. Soon after, his life spiralled downwards. His two decade long marriage came to an end, and a crippling addiction to alcohol and Crack Cocaine Saw him buying drugs on the streets of washington, dc, having guns pointed in his face, and at one point, his dealer moved into his apartment. He credits his new wife, melissa, with making it possible for him to get clean, and his father with never wavering in his support. And he didn� t have a job. My son, like a lot of people, like a lot of people you know at home, had a drug problem. He has overtaken it. He has fixed it. He has worked on it. And im proud of him. But it was his role on the board of the Ukrainian Energy Company Burisma which was used repeatedly by the Trump Campaign againstjoe biden. Highlighting what hunter was being paid, and what it was for. And now that his father holds the highest office in the country, what comes next for this man who, by his own admission, is still heavily in debt . That was Mishal Husain setting out the background and it was mishal who spoke to hunter biden. She started by asking him about those dark days following his brother� s death. My brother became ill and was diagnosed with glioblastoma in august of 2013. And i was with him constantly. I was always with him constantly, but basically, you know, it got much worse towards the end. After that is when. After my brother died, about a year after, is when i descended into a really dark, dark place. Which included in washington, not far from the white house, going out and buying Crack Cocaine on the streets. You knew dealers. Yes. At one point, one of them was living in your apartment. Yeah, yeah. An amazing woman, much older than me, that lived on the streets for a very long time, who i developed a friendship with. You know, a friendship based off of our mutual addiction to Crack Cocaine. But i think the thing that will be really striking to many people hearing you talk or reading your book will be how was all of this happening, this descent, in some ways you� re probably lucky to be alive, in a loving family and in one of the most powerful families in the country at that point . I mean, yourfather is famous for his empathy. What was he doing when you were at the point that you were going through this . Yeah, well, he was there constantly. He literally showed up at my door. He reduced his secret service detail, this is when he was Vice President , he knocked on my door. I was living by myself for the first time in 46 years. My brother had just died, i was separated from my wife, i was in an apartment by myself and i was basically drinking myself to death. It was awful. I mean, grief does funny things and combine that with addiction and it is a really hard thing to overcome. He knocked on the door and he said, hunter, are you 0k . I said, i� m fine, dad. He said, no, you� re not, you need help. He saved me then. He saved me so many times. It is your work and your controversial business dealings that was very much used by the Trump Campaign last year. Can you see why people look at the fact that the ukrainian gas Company Burisma took you onto their board for a reported 50,000 a month and think, well, they were obviously doing that because of your surname . One of the things that is most frustrating is this idea that i� ve never had a job in my life, as the former guy says. You know, i� ve never worked for my dad. I paid for college, i worked my way through both college and law school. I was an executive at one of the largest banks in the country, so when someone comes to me with work, it is myjob to do the due diligence, which i did and, you know, what i missed, though, was the perception that i would create. What i missed in the period of time, and i know that it is hard to believe with 2020 hindsight how i could possibly have missed that. At the point you where working for burisma, it was a lot of money to be paid for relatively few meetings a year and at a point, by your own admission, you were an alcoholic through a lot of that period. How much work were you actually doing for them . Yeah, i did the work that was required of every board member. What i was paid is the equivalent of what people are paid to serve on corporate boards, but i get it, mishal, i really do. I understand the thing. But here is the bottom line, not one investigative body, not one legitimate journalist or group ofjournalists or a newspaper have come to the conclusion other than this my dad did nothing wrong and that i did nothing illegal or wrong in doing so. But, you� re right, i created a perception and a perception that was wielded against us an incredibly wild and conspiratorial way. A senior official at the European Medicines Agency has said he believes there is a link between the astrazeneca Coronavirus Vaccine and blood clots. Marco cavaleri, who� s head of vaccines at the ema, told an italian newspaper he was expressing his personal opinion. Let� s speak to our Global Affairs correspondent Naomi Grimley. It may be his personal opinion, but this will cause quite a lot of ructions and concern, won� t it . Certainly, it is a departure from the official line of the European Medicines Agency which is said so far is that there has been no proven link between the astrazeneca jab and these very rare types of blood clots. They have always said it was possible, so they have left the door open to it. He is going much further. He is saying that it is increasingly difficult to state that there is no cause and effect relationship between the vaccine and these very rare blood clots. 0bviously, these very rare blood clots. Obviously, there will be more stories about whether there is a link and we have had more data here in the uk, remember, at the beginning of the Easter Holidays we heard that out of the total of 18 Million People given the astrazeneca vaccine, 30 have developed serious blood clots. Vaccine, 30 have developed serious blood clots blood clots. Presumably, given the scale of it, blood clots. Presumably, given the scale of it, that blood clots. Presumably, given the scale of it, that will blood clots. Presumably, given the scale of it, that will not blood clots. Presumably, given the scale of it, that will not lead blood clots. Presumably, given the scale of it, that will not lead to scale of it, that will not lead to the immediate suspension of its use are anything like that, but presumably it does raise questions about what medical advice is given to people who might have pre existing conditions and more generally the advice given to practitioners about who they give this vaccine too. Practitioners about who they give this vaccine too. Yes, there are two considerations this vaccine too. Yes, there are two considerations here. This vaccine too. Yes, there are two considerations here. The this vaccine too. Yes, there are two considerations here. The first this vaccine too. Yes, there are two considerations here. The first is considerations here. The first is that statistically it is still a very rare risk, so in the uk figures it is one in 600,000 people developing these rare clots. 0n the other hand, as you mention, you do have to take into consideration that as you go down the age range vaccinating people, their risk of dying of covid 19 is reduced anyway. There may be a point at which regulators decide not to use it in lower age groups. We have already seen that night in germany, in france, in canada and in some scandinavian countries. For the moment, the official line here in the uk is that if people are asked for a vaccine appointment they should go and take up the offer, and also they are stressing that there are no changes at the moment to Regulatory Guidance here. Are no changes at the moment to Regulatory Guidance here. Very much. The headlines on bbc news criticism over suggestions the government could introduce Covid Certificates in england. Conservative backbenchers say they risk creating a � Two Tier Society� but ministers say it� s an option that needs to be considered. The head of vaccines at the European Medicines Agency has said he believes there is a link between the astrazeneca vaccine and blood clots. Government scientists warn that some Social Distancing measures will need to remain in place for much longer, amid warnings there could be a Summer Third Wave of the virus. New zealand has agreed to open what� s known as a Travel Corridor with australia in two weeks� time. The arrangement will allow quarantine Free Movement between the two countries, which have seen some of the toughest Travel Restrictions in the world. Passengers will not be allowed to travel with any cold or flu symptoms. Speaking this morning, new zealand Prime Ministerjacinda ardern said the conditions for resuming travel between the two countries have been met. The scheme takes effect on the 19th of april. This is an important step forward in our Covid Response and represent an arrangement i do not we believe we have seen in any other part of the world, that is safely opening up International Travel to another country while continuing to pursue a strategy of limitation and a commitment to depleting the virus. Here� s her australian counterpart, scott morrison. It is six months ago on was that australia opened up to new zealand and i� m very pleased that the new Zealand Government has decided that thou two way travel will commence on monday fortnight. Prime minister dern called Me Last Night and we had a very positive discussion about this, it is something we have been talking about for some time. 0ur correspondent in sydney Shaima Khalil explains now the background to the agreement. It isa it is a very big moment for people here who have wanted to travel internationally and see family members in new zealand. We have had the opposite side, new zealanders able to come to australia since october on a one way travel bubble, but even then when they went back to new zealand they had to quarantine. That is no longer the case. This is not a free Travel Corridor with no quarantine requirements between the two countries, but there are precautions and measures in place. Jacinda ardern said this is an exciting time but that passengers will have to expect disruptions to travel in the case of outbreaks, so for example she said if Community Clusters m virgin australia, and we have seen that in queensland recently were brisbane had to go into a three day lockdown just before easter, what will happen is that travel will be suspended to and from that state alone, not the whole country. She also said that passengers coming to new zealand will have to wear masks on the plane, they will have to provide comprehensive information about how they could be contacted and also download a Contact Tracing up. She also spoke about the concept of a greenstone, planes and airports, meaning that travellers to new zealand will be on a plane that only has passengers from australia alone and that the crew on that plane will not have travel to any problematic areas or covid 19 hotspots. In the airport, as well, the passengers will not mix with any other travellers coming from elsewhere in the world. The idea is to keep the contained in the safe as possible. 26 centres to help pregnant women and new mothers with their Mental Health are being set up across england. Nhs england say the centres, which will also support bereaved mothers, are part of the biggest transformation of maternal Mental Health services in the world. 0ur Health Correspondent laura foster reports. One, two, three, whoa for many people, having a baby is the most wonderful moment of their life. But around a quarter of women have trouble with their mental well being during pregnancy, and in the two years after giving birth. Lizzie suffered from post Traumatic Stress disorder while she was pregnant after she previously had a miscarriage. I panicked about everything, and everything was going to cause a miscarriage, to the point where i couldn� t drive. So my husband at that point told me i needed to speak to my midwife and sort of pushed me to be a bit more open about it. And she referred me to the Mental Health team. This chair . Yes. At this hub in plymouth, they offer both Maternity Services and highly specialist psychological treatments as well as bereavement counselling. The idea is by having everything under one roof, it� s easier to get help, meaning they will be able to help thousands more people every year. Its very important for them to access Mental Health support quickly. Because baby and children cant wait, so when you have a woman in the perinatal period, she needs to nurse a dependent child. And actually if her Mental Health is not great, then that can impact on her ability to nurse her child. Work on these hubs began before the Coronavirus Pandemic but nhs england says the last year could mean even more demand for their Mental Health services. A lot will depend on how society unlocks, as it were, over the spring and the summer now. What happens in the year ahead. Because women who are struggling don� tjust need services or benefit from services, they often benefit from the support of their friends or their mother and toddler groups. Ten sites will be ready in the next few months. The remaining 16 are set to have opened their doors by this time next year. Laura foster, bbc news. Ships have started moving through the suez canal again after the container ship, the ever given, blocked it for more than five days. But one ship and one man are still not moving, in fact they� ve been stuck there for the past four years, spending much of that time alone. 0ur Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams has been talking to him. I am the chief officer of mv aman, mohammad aisha. I have been on board the ship since may 2017. I have to swim to shore every two or three days to charge my phone and get food or water. Please help. Four years stranded on the egyptian coast, abandoned and alone. There is no power, the ship is aground, it is filthy, rusting. In the distance, a steady stream of vessels passing by. What is life like on your ship . Life is like if you� re stuck in solitary prison. You can see some rodents sometimes, flies and mosquitoes, and it is like a grave. You can� t see anything, hear anything. Mohammad� s ship, the mv aman, was detained in 2017. There were issues with Safety Equipment and certificates. With the captain ashore, an Egyptian Court declared mohammad the ship� s legal guardian. He says he signed the order not realising what it meant. The authorities are holding his passport. He is trapped. I lost my mother two years ago and she is never going to see me again because of this cursed ship. All i want is to go back home to my family. Seafarer abandonment is on the rise. More than 250 active cases according to the International Labour 0rganisation. Ship owners in difficulty willing, it seems, to leave crews to fend for themselves. This situation with mohammad is unjust. No one can accept that mohammad has been forgotten, in this case has been forgotten, on board. Because the owner has abandoned the ship, this is his decision. The court of egypt has appointed mohammad as the legal guardian of the ship but mohammad is alone. The ship owners say they have tried their best but their hands are tied. I can� t force a judge to remove the legal guardianship, we were told, and i can� t find a Single Person on this planet, and i tried, to replace him. That could be about to change. The court is considering an offer to relieve him. The ship is up for auction. Mohammad could soon be free. When this is over, what will you do with your life . Will you go back to sea . Yes, of course. I am a chief mate. Before i came here to the ship, i was one step away from being a captain. Like i said, i love myjob, and i am good at it, and my former colleagues will tell you that. But this nightmare, i still don� t understand how this happened to me. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with carol. Hello, again. This time last week the temperature reached 24. 5 celsius in the afternoon in kew gardens. Today, we will be lucky to hit 7 degrees in kew gardens, and it will feel colder than that with the cold wind that is blowing in wintry showers. It is coming from the north or north west. You can see the blues right across the uk, indicating that cold air. It has been glowing in a lot of wintry showers. Every juicy speckle cloud on the satellite picture, that tells you that we are looking at showers and into schools when they are wintry. If anything, we could see more of those today, even inland, doubly so yesterday. The irish but they are showers, so we won� t all see them. To be full, it will still feel cold. These temperatures may be what it says on the thermometer, but when you add on the thermometer, but when you add on the effects of the wind it will feel more like 6 in lerwick, plus two in birmingham. Heading into this evening and overnight come under the clear skies and temperatures will follow a further. We will still have wintry showers but fewer than during the course of the day. There is the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. Also, temperatures falling away, we are likely to have a widespread frost away from the coastline. It does mean first thing tomorrow there will be a lot of sunshine, still wintry showers in the north and west, some coming down the north sea on a brisk wind. Through the day, more cloud will build and the weather pattern Weather Front approaching Northern Ireland will bring in patchy rain by the end of the afternoon. Temperatures, still only one in lerwick, six in belfast, 8 degrees in london. At the time we get a thursday there will be more cloud around, still some breaks, some Weather Fronts introducing some rain in the north, but the Wind Direction will change, coming in from the west, so temperatures will be higher, we are looking at between 811. That be higher, we are looking at between 8 11. That will not necessarily last. It will in the sights for friday, but the cold northerly wind comes back into the north and through the weekend that will spread further south. Although it may be melt in the south on friday, for all of us into the weekend it is going to feel cooler. This is bbc news, the headlines. Criticism over suggestions the government could introduce Covid Certificates in england. Conservative backbenchers say they risk creating a � Two Tier Society� but ministers say it� s an option that needs to be considered. I think it would be remiss or irresponsible if we do not look at all of these things as other countries are doing the same thing, so that we can use these to take our lives back and get our economy working. The head of vaccines at the European Medicines Agency has said he believes there is a link between the astrazeneca vaccine and blood clots. Government scientists warn that some Social Distancing measures will need to remain in place for much longer, amid warnings there could be a Summer Third Wave of the virus. Police searching for missing student Richard 0korogheye say a body has been found in Epping Forest. The president � s son speaks out. Hunter biden targeted by donald trump for his Drug Addiction and financial deals, gives the bbc his version of a troubled past. The Friday Night Dinner Star Paul Ritter Has died aged 54, from a brain tumour. The actor also starred in chernobyl and harry potter and the half blood prince. And coming up this hour. New Research Suggests levels of Light Pollution fell by ten percent during the pandemic, and that 5 percent of the uk enjoyed truly dark skies. Hello and a very good afternoon to you, welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson is facing criticism from some of his own mps, over suggestions the government could introduce Covid Passports in england. Backbenchers from his Conservative Party have said the certificates, which prove if someone has been vaccinated, tested negative or has immunity, risked creating a Two Tier Society. It comes after mrjohnson confirmed that non essential shops, gyms and hair salons will be among the businesses allowed to re open in england from monday of next week pubs and restaurants can open outdoor areas as well next week. But he urged against complacency and said it was still too early to confirm the date for re starting non essential travel to destinations outside of the uk. And there� s a warning from Government Scientists that some Social Distancing measures will need to remain in place for much longer if a third wave is to be avoided. With more details, here� s our Political Correspondent iain watson. Lockdown has been a long, hard slog for many of us. But now if you live in england, you may well be working out what to do next week. From april 12, you can get in shape in the gym, have your lockdown locks snipped off, take a trip to the shops, and maybe relax outdoors with a drink. You might even run into someone you recognise in the beer garden. From monday the 12th, i will be going to the pub myself and cautiously but irreversibly raising a pint of beer to my lips. But, and you know i� m going to say this, we can� t be complacent. We can see the waves of sickness afflicting other countries. And we� ve seen how this story goes. And the Prime Minister is looking at how other areas of the economy can be reopened safely. At some major Sporting Events this spring, there will be a trial of what the government calls Covid Status Certification, or critics describe as Vaccine Passports. To gain entry to some venues, you� d have to prove you� ve been vaccinated, or that you had a recent negative test. 0r had some immunity because you� ve had the virus in the past six months. The Prime Minister said you wouldn� t need the certificate immediately. There is absolutely no question of people being asked to produce certification or covid status on monday. But he didn� t rule them out further down the line if and when Social Distancing is relaxed. And where and when you can go on holiday is still up in the air. The government says it� s still too soon for you to book a foreign break, but when International Travel does resume, the government confirmed there would be a Traffic Light System. You would need to take a test before and after you have travelled from a country in the green zone. As well as those tests, you� ll need to self isolate at home if you� re returning from countries designated as amber. But it� s ten days of Hotel Quarantine at your own expense if you enter the uk from a country on the red list. In the Prime Minister� s words, there will be a Semblance Of Normality next week in england. But a return to pre pandemic life is still some way off. Iain watson, bbc news. Let� s get more on Covid Certificates. Earlier i spoke to our chief Political Correspondent, adam fleming, who gave us this update. When the government published the road map for lifting the lockdown in england, a couple of weeks ago, they set up four reviews to look at kind of longer term, thorny issues, and one of the issues was covid certification as they call it. That is being looked at by michael gove, the Cabinet Office minister, and yesterday, alongside the Prime Minister� s latest update about the road map, we got an update on that review and it says, in black and white, the government is looking at introducing these certificates. We are going to leave that, this is a bit sooner than we expected, Nicola Sturgeon has her latest update on coronavirus. Let us join the briefing at edinburgh. The ositive the briefing at edinburgh. The positive cases the briefing at edinburgh. Iie positive cases yesterday the briefing at edinburgh. Tie positive cases yesterday were 259, 2 of the total number of tests carried out and means of the overall number of confirmed cases is now 220,423. Of the number of confirmed cases is now 220,423. Of the new cases reported yesterday, 93 were in Greater Glasgow and clyde, 44 in lothian and 32 in lanarkshire and the remaining cases were spread across six other health board areas. 196 people are currently in hospital, that is 19 fewer than before the easter weekend, which is when we last reported the figure and 21 people are currently receiving intensive care and that is the same number as before the easter weekend. I am also pleased and relieved to report that no deaths were reported yesterday, but i should point out that as you know yesterday being Easter Monday was a Public Holiday and many registration offices were therefore closed, so it may be that no deaths being reported today is an which we will see reflected in statistics later in the week. But the total number of deaths registered under the daily definition that we use is now 7614 and that number of course reminds us of the impact that the virus has had on many many families across the country and the grief that it across the country and the grief thatitis across the country and the grief that it is continuing to cause. Again, my thoughts and condolences are with everyone. Let me provide an update on the latest vaccination figures, as of 730 this morning, 2,577,000 816 people had received the first dose of the vaccine. That is an increase of 12,536 cents yesterday. In addition to that, 7700 in force six people received seven but the second of vaccine strain that the total number of second doses that have been a minister now to 463,780. So virtually all over 60 year olds have now received at least the first dose of the vaccine and so have 92 of 50 79 euros and 72 of 50 54 and so have 92 of 50 79 euros and 72 of 50 54 euros. So far, as you are aware, we have been using the Pfizer Vaccine and the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine. I can confirm that the first batch of the Moderna Vaccine arrived in scotland safely yesterday and a total of 17 million doses of this vaccine have been ordered for the uk and of that total, scotland will receive well over a million doses. It is important to stress, though, that Moderna Vaccines will arrive over a period of months, not all at once and the doses we expect to receive our already factored into our forward productions, so the arrival of this first batch does not mean that we are able to accelerate the Vaccination Programme, the speed of Vaccination Programme, the speed of vaccination is already taking account of the expected moderna supplies. Nevertheless, the fact that we now have three vaccines in use is clearly very welcome and it does give us additional security of supply which is important. The figures i havejust reported demonstrate again the progress that we are making in terms of vaccination, i want to stress that we are still on course to have offered a first dose of vaccine by the middle of this month to everybody in the population who is over 50 years old. Everybody who is an unpaid carer and to all adults who have particular Underlying Health conditions and that is an important milestone, because these groups taken together, these are additionaljcvi priority groups and taken together, they account for well over half of the Adult Population in scotland, but also 99 of covid related deaths and you can see that reaching that milestone is very significant and is one of the things that will give us confidence, we hope, to further ease restrictions later on this month. We are also seeing encouraging news in relation to case numbers and after a period recently where the decline in cases had levelled off and plateaued, we had a couple of weeks were we even thought we were seeing a slight increase in cases again over the past seven days it is much easier to see the continued decline in new cases, which is good news. In total, cases have now fallen by more than 80 since early january, when of course they were at a particularly high level and the number of deaths has fallen even more sharply than that and as you can see from the numbers quoted earlier, the number of people in hospital and in intensive care has reduced and all of this is a really positive picture and it gives us a lot of optimism for the period that lies ahead. That said, and as you would expect, i need to stress this point, covid is down in scotland and you can see that from the figures, but as we can still see here, and see even more starkly and other parts of the world, covid is not out, it is a virus that is very much still with us and here in scotland we are still seeing hundreds of people everyday testing positive for it and almost all the new cases that we are seen reported now in scotland are of the new variant that emerged just before christmas and as we know, that variant is more infectious than the variance we were dealing with earlier last year. That is one reason why so many countries in europe are currently having to tackle big increases in new cases and we are seeing some countries, for example, france, applying new lockdowns and that is what could still happen here if we let down our guard too far or too quickly and it is that that we have got to get together collectively be determined that we are not going to allow to happen here. And, to sustain our progress, it is really important that we ease restrictions cautiously and carefully. That is why the changes that come into force over the weekend, although significant and will make a difference to many people, were nevertheless cautious changes. 0n people, were nevertheless cautious changes. On friday, the previous stay at home rule was replaced with guidance to stay local, except for certain purposes and, as you will know, a number of other changes came into force yesterday and Contact Sports are now allowed for those aged between 12 and 17 and all shops can operate click and collect services, car showrooms and forecourts can reopen as well as homeware stores, garden centres, hairdressers and barbers. I hope people will enjoy making the most of these additional services, but i would ask everybody to please continue to use your common sense, to protect ourselves and others. For retail services, that means if you need an appointment for a service, make sure that you do book in advance, do not go to places that are busy like garden centres, come away and go back at it it might be quieter. Please follow any advice or instructions given by staff, because they are working under pressure, but they are working under pressure, but they are working under pressure, but they are doing their very best to try and keep everybody safe. More generally, as the weather improves, i say that with a bit of a rice mile, given the weather we are experiencing right now, but as hopefully the weather will improve in the weeks come, many of us will be able to beat up more with friends out of doors and it is really important that we do get the ability to take advantage of that, but again it is really important that we take sensible precautions. Do not for now meet in groups of more than four people, that is for adults, those people, that is for adults, those people should not have any more than 20 households within it. Most people i know are following these rules rigidly and i am hugely grateful for that but i am stressing this point particularly about outdoor gatherings because we did see some scenes at the weekend, particularly at the meadows here in edinburgh, that were of considerable concern. Police officers should not have to get involved in dispersing large groups of people. I know the restrictions remain really tough and i know why people want to meet up in larger groups and i think we all have a desperate desire to see more of our friends have a desperate desire to see more of ourfriends and have a desperate desire to see more of our friends and family, but the fact remains, the best way for all of us to be able to do that, in the hopefully near future is to keep these case numbers as low as possible as the Vaccination Programme continues to gather pace, and the best way to do that and for all of us is to try and take the sensible precautions and abide by all of the advice that is in place. Now, if we do continue to keep the virus under control, as i hope we will, we expect to be able to make further, more significant changes, on the 26th Of April. I hope to confirm these changes, which will include a full reopening of retail and the first phase, quite significant first phase of the reopening of hospitality and i hope to be able to confirm that on the 20th Of April. I can also confirm, today, but to support the further easing of restrictions, we intend to further expand the availability of routing testing. We do intend to move to a situation where lateral flow test, the tests that give quicker results, will be available twice a week on a universally accessible basis. We will set out more detail hopefully later this week about how tests can be access and from what date. This testing will be in addition to and it will supplement the existing testing routes that are in place in Priority Areas we set those out in our updated testing strategy last month and this more universal approach to and this more universal approach to a symptomatic testing will allow us to assess the impact that that might have on further suppressing transmission. All of these things are positive and it is certainly the case right now that we are on the right track and a good track in scotland but if we are going to stay on it we need everyone to continue to play their part. Especially since we are still determined to prioritise getting young people back to school and let me turn now to that. I can confirm that having assessed the data with the input of our clinical advisers, that when the Easter Holidays and virtually all pupils will return to school full time, so secondary schools after easter will go back to in person, learning. The one exception to this is children who are on the shielding list. We are continuing to recommend that they stay at home until the 26th Of April and that is in line with advice already received from the chief medical officer. All other pupils, though, will return to school once the new term starts and this i know will be a huge relief to many children and young people and of course too many parents and carers and as i said a moment ago, by the end of april we want to see children on the shielding list also get back to school in person as well. I know that the return to school, particularly for older pupils, will cause concern and anxiety, to pupils, parents and teachers and others who work in schools, so let me give an assurance that we will continue to give paramount consideration to safety. The return to school will involve, as it did last august, the removal were necessary of strict two metre physical distancing between pupils in secondary school, but we are asking schools to consider how they strengthen other mitigations, for example, we have committed almost £400 million of funding to help with education recovery and i know that Many Councils have been using some of this funding to monitor and improve ventilation in schools and in addition, twice weekly lateral flow testing is already available for all school staff in primary, secondary and special schools and also for all secondary School Pupils and i would encourage as many staff and i would encourage as many staff and pupils as possible to make use of that testing. Through these measures and others the government schools and local authorities will do Everything Possible to ensure that the return to school is as safe as possible and of course every day that passes now, more and more adults, and that will include more and more teachers, and more and more people who work in schools, will be receiving the vaccine as well. We will of course continue to study and assess the data and order to quickly identify and limit any outbreaks that do arise and make sure that we are also learning from them. Detailed guidance for schools was published a fortnight ago and staff have been working hard since then to prepare for this return. For now, let me thank everyone who is working to make this return to school possible. For many teachers and school staff, i know this has been the hardest year of your professional lives and i am very grateful for the way in which you have adapted to such difficult circumstances and i am also grateful to parents, carers and young people themselves, the way that everyone has responded to the challenges of home schooling and Remote Learning has been exceptional and i want to see say a heartfelt thank you to everyone. Let me draw my marks to a conclusion before we take questions from journalists. Conclusion before we take questions fromjournalists. I conclusion before we take questions from journalists. I mentioned earlier, that the next scheduled briefing that i will give here, given that we are in a pre election period, will be tuesday the 20th Of April and if there are any unforeseen developments, there may be a briefing before that, but the next scheduled one will be the 20th Of April. At that point, i hope that if the virus is still under control, but i will confirm the further reopening that is due to take place on the 26th Of April and at that point i hope also to give more detail of what will be possible in the middle of may and afterwards to try to continue and where we can accelerate that journey try to continue and where we can accelerate thatjourney back to much greater normality. The point i want to conclude on is, as always, the point of how important it is if we are to achieve all of this is for all of us to continue to act in a way that keeps the virus under control. Please continue to stay local, except for certain purposes that are set out, continue to work from home or you can, do not meet other households are going into other households are going into other peoples homes for now and when you� re outside remember that the maximum size, group size for adults is four people from two households and always remember face coverings, avoid busy places, clean your hands, use two metres distancing, self isolate and test if you have symptoms. If we continue to do all of these things, i am optimistic that we will continue to see progress and that that will then enable us to get more and more aspects of our life back to something that feels much more normal, which i know is what everyone, including me, is very desperate to say. Thank you for being with me as i have gone through that update and i am now going to move straight to questions and i am joined by amanda and jason and i will start today with Glen Campbell from the bbc. Before i do take questions, can i remind everyone again, because of the pre election period, i will only answer covid related questions and any other questions will be dealt with outside of this briefing. Glenn. Hello. I was hoping jason could help with these points, does there need to be any change to the approach for the use of the astrazeneca vaccine for the under 30s. Also, can he explain why clients in beauty salons are not able to take off their masks. Mr; able to take off their masks. My main question is to you, first minister. Main question is to you, first minister, and that is, is it possible minister, and that is, is it possible to have a system of Vaccine Passports possible to have a system of Vaccine Passports that is fair and if they are judged suitable for International Travel, could they also be International Travel, could they also be suitable for mass gatherings, for care home visits, four trips gatherings, for care home visits, four trips to gatherings, for care home visits, four trips to the pub . In gatherings, for care home visits, four trips to the pub . Gatherings, for care home visits, four trips to the pub . In terms of the questions four trips to the pub . In terms of the questions on four trips to the pub . In terms of the questions on beauty four trips to the pub . In terms of the questions on beauty salons i four trips to the pub . In terms of. The questions on beauty salons and the questions on beauty salons and the astrazeneca vaccine, on Vaccine Passports, i have been giving the answer i am about to give for the last few days and what i think we need to do with the concept of Vaccine Passports or certification is not close our minds to it. We all want to get back to normal so anything that can play a part in getting us back to normal is something we should think about very carefully. Norshould something we should think about very carefully. Nor should we just gloss over the practical and ethical issues that we have to think through properly and i think if we are going to have a system of vaccine certification then it is really important that if the public are to have confidence in that and if there is to be buy in and acceptance to that, that we have taken the time openly, not behind closed doors in government buildings, but openly with the public, aired all the issues and aired some of the challenges in that. In summary, the two subsets of issues that we have to think through our firstly issues relating to the efficacy of the vaccine and all of the data we have had about the impact of vaccine so far has been really positive, perhaps more positive than we have dared to hope for, at the turn of the year, and that includes the data on the impact the vaccine has on the transmission of the virus. We realise very quickly, and this was anticipated, but it began to be seen very quickly in our data for deaths that the vaccine was reducing the number of deaths in care homes and in the older population. What has been less certain is whether the vaccine stops people getting and passing on the virus and therefore would it still be a risk, for somebody who has been vaccinated, who would otherwise get the vaccine, who would otherwise get the vaccine, who could pass on to someone who has not been vaccinated. The data on thatis not been vaccinated. The data on that is positive but there are still Unanswered Questions and that is quite significant in terms of bennett being able to judge just how safe relying on vaccine certification will be. The second basket of issues are the ethical and equity issues. Right now the vaccine is not approved for younger people, people under 16, so if we have a system where having a Vaccine Passports gets you into certain places, but if you do not have a Vaccine Passports, you cannot get into certain places, that reissues raises issues of fairness for people who cannot get vaccinated, younger people and some people who for Health Reasons are not able to get the vaccine. We need to think through all of these things safely and jason might� ve told me this recently, forgive me if i am wrong about that, but i think in israel where they are making use of some vaccine certification, children cannot get into a restaurant, parents can get inside, but children have to sit outdoors. We can possibly work your way through these things but we have to think about them and we make that people are comfortable, otherwise we can see something being counter productive and we want to have an open discussion and we are very hooked into work that is being done on a format nice and spacious and International Work being done on this and my last point before handing over to jason is the question is directed to him is that there may be a distinction between using Vaccine Passports for International Travel, versus using them for access to things domestically, because some of the issues we have to consider might differ depending on what we are talking about. It is a fairly long winded way of saying we don� t know for sure yet what exactly the role is they will play and i am not sure and i� m not one of these people it says never, ever, we need to be open minded to things that help us get back to normal, but i am not one of those people who says just forget the really complex issues we have got to think through, let us have a grown up debate about this and try where it is appropriate, learn lessons as we go, but get in the right position through mature grown up debate. That is Nicola Sturgeon giving her News Conference in edinburgh this lunchtime. The big news out of that announcement that schools will reopen, accept pupils who are continuing to shield and all other people should be back at school immediately after the Easter Holiday break, which of his ongoing at the moment. It was the 22nd Of February that the younger Children First returned, but this is when the secondary schools will be back in full. The Prime Minister has been visiting an astrazeneca plant in cheshire this morning and speaking to reporters. He� s been asked about concerns over the safety of the astrazeneca vaccine. Let� s hear what he� s been saying. Well, it is absolutely right that i� m here at astrazeneca in macclesfield where they are making cancer drugs at the site and about 1 of uk exports may go from this site alone and it is a massive investment that they are now making investment that they are now making in the uk, a big new reduction facility that i� vejust in the uk, a big new reduction facility that i� ve just been looking at it, it is a very exciting thing happening here. On the astrazeneca vaccine, i think that the best thing people should do is look at what the mhra say, the independent regulator, thatis mhra say, the independent regulator, that is why we have them and that is why they are independent, their advice to people is to keep getting out there and keep getting yourjab and get your second jab and it is very important, we have done 31 and a half Million People i think in the uk with theirfirst a half Million People i think in the uk with their firstjog macro in the uk, well over 5 million for the second jab when we need to keep that going, 60 of adults have now been done and clearly that is starting to have a beneficial effect on the trajectory of the disease and as i was saying last night, we have still got to be careful and we cannot be complacent. The got to be careful and we cannot be complacent got to be careful and we cannot be comlacent. ~ ,. , , complacent. The Prime Minister also confirmed that complacent. 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Very important to stress that the best thing of all is to the best thing of all is to vaccinate our population, get everyone out, getting the jab, that is the key thing and that is what i would advocate as number one. The second point, obviously, is on monday, on the 12, shops to be open, outdoor Pub Beer Gardens, restaurants and so on, you do not need anything, any kind of certificate to go then, you will not need anything on my the 17th when we open up indoor hospitality, restaurant, indoor pubs, no question of that then. What we are looking at is what several other countries are looking at, and that is the role of vaccination passports for overseas travel. I think that is going to be a factor of life, probably, a lot of other countries are looking at that. I think they are also going to look at the role of a number of signals that you can give, that you are not contagious. First of all, your immunity, if you have had it, that is going to be important and vaccination will be useful, but do not forget also the importance of testing. From the ninth, friday, everyone can get free lateral flow tests also on the nhs and on the internet and i think that will also be very valuable in giving people confidence to open up. The headlines criticism over suggestions the government could introduce Covid Certificates in england. Conservative backbenchers say they risk creating a � Two Tier Society� , but ministers say it� s an option that needs to be considered. I think it would be remiss and, i think, irresponsible that we don� t look at all these things, as other countries are doing the same thing, so that we see whether we can use them to take our lives back and to get our economy working. The head of vaccines at the European Medicines Agency has said he believes there is a link between the astrazeneca vaccine and blood clots. Government scientists warn that some Social Distancing measures will need to remain in place for much longer, amid warnings there could be a Summer Third Wave of the virus. Police searching for missing student Richard Okorogheye say a body has been found in Epping Forest. The us president � s son speaks out hunter biden, targeted by donald trump for his Drug Addiction and financial deals, gives the bbc his version of a troubled past. The Friday Night Dinner Star Paul Ritter Has died aged 54 from a brain tumour. The actor also starred in chernobyl and harry potter and the half blood prince. A senior official at the European Medicines Agency has said he believes there is a link between the astrazeneca Coronavirus Vaccine and blood clots. Marco cavaleri, who� s head of vaccines at the ema, told an italian newspaper he was expressing his personal opinion. Our Global Affairs correspondent Naomi Grimley explained the background. Well, certainly, it is a departure from the official line of the European Medicines Agency, which has said so far that there has been no proven link between the astrazeneca jab and these very rare types of blood clots. They have always said it was possible, though, so they have left the door open to it. He is going much further. Mr cavilari is saying that it is increasingly difficult to state that there is no cause and effect relationship between the vaccine and these very rare blood clots. Obviously, there will be more stories about whether there is a link and we have had more data here in the uk, remember. At the beginning of the Easter Holidays, we heard that out of the total of 18 Million People who have been given the astrazeneca vaccine, 30 have developed serious blood clots. Presumably, given the scale of it, that will not lead to the immediate suspension of its use or anything like that, but presumably it does raise questions about what medical advice is given to people who might have pre existing conditions, and more generally the advice given to medical practitioners about who they give this vaccine to. Yes, there are two considerations here. The first is that, statistically, it is still a very rare risk, so in the uk figures it is one in 600,000 people developing these rare clots. On the other hand, shaun, as you mention, you do have to take into consideration that as you go down the age range vaccinating people, their risk of dying of covid 19 is reduced anyway. So there may be a point at which regulators decide not to use it in lower age groups. We have already seen that now in germany, in france, in canada and in some scandinavian countries. For the moment, the official line here in the uk is that if people are asked for a vaccine appointment they should go and take up the offer, and also they are stressing that there are no changes at the moment to Regulatory Guidance here. Naomi grimley, thank you very much. Now, you may be able to travel abroad again from 17th may, but it� s still not clear where you will be able to go without Coronavirus Testing or without quarantine on return. This morning, heathrow airport, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic hosted a Media Briefing to discuss next steps for the aviation and travel industries our transport correspondent, Caroline Davies was there. Essentially, all of those groups are saying they need more information about exactly how this Traffic Light System is going to work. Just to refresh our viewers� minds about exactly how, we understand that at the moment it is going to operate and that anyone travelling from england to designated green countries will need to have a test before they travel back to the uk and also once they arrive back in the uk as well, although they will not be required to quarantine, which is particularly key, obviously, for holidays or visiting relatives or family. Those people travelling back from amber countries will be required to quarantine at home on Arrivalfor Ten days and they will also be required to take a test before they travel as well as a test on arrival. They will be able to do a thing called � test to release� , which means if you take a test on the fifth day of travelling and it is negative, then you will be able to break your quarantine early and of course we still have a red list of countries as well, only uk residents are able to travel from red list countries to england and then they have to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense for 11 days, so at the moment, pretty much all the countries in the world either fall into the amber list or into the red list, but the hope is that by the time we get to the 17th of may there will be some countries on that green list. Right now, we have no idea which countries might be on that list at all and at the moment we don� t have any detailed criteria about how each of those countries will be determined which list they fall into. That is something that the industry are really desperate to find out about. The Moderna Vaccine will be in deployment around the third week of april, vaccines minister nadhim za hawi has confirmed. It became the third vaccine to be approved for use in the uk in january, after the astrazeneca and pfizerjabs. In trials with more than 30,000, the Moderna Vaccine offered nearly 95 protection from severe covid. The uk government says it� s confident the moderna jab will help them meet their target of offering the vaccine to all over 50s by mid april. Police officers searching for a missing student say they� ve found a body. 19 year old Richard Okorogheye was last seen leaving his home in west london two weeks ago, as tim muffett reports. Last seen on cctv on tuesday, march 23rd. The disappearance of 19 year old student Richard Okorogheye prompted appeals for sightings and led to extensive searches. He had been shielding during lockdown because he suffered from sickle cell disease. Five days ago, police turned their attention to Epping Forest in essex. And last night the metropolitan police said they had been informed by colleagues in essex police that a body had been found in the forest. The statement said that enquiries are under way to identify the body. And that detectives investigating the disappearance of 19 year old Richard Okorogheye are aware. Richard� s family are being supported by specially trained officers and are being kept updated with developments. Richard� s mother has previously described the past two weeks as a complete nightmare and she recently said this about her son. Richard is a very, very civilised boy. He� s very focused, intelligent, loved by everyone. Police officers remained at the scene where the body was found overnight. Enquiries continue. Tim muffett, bbc news. Whenjoe biden was Vice President , under barack obama, his son hunter became something of a liability. His drug and alcohol addiciton, and a lucrative appointment to a Ukrainian Energy company, were later seized upon by donald trump as he sought to undermine mr biden� s president ial campaign. Well, hunter biden is now telling his side of the story, in an unflinching memoir. He has given a wide ranging interview to the bbc. Mishal husain takes a closer look at his life so far. Hunter got thrown out of the military. Thrown out, dishonourably discharged. Thats not true. And he didn� t have a job until you became Vice President. He made a fortune in ukraine and china and moscow. That is simply not true. 2020, and hunter biden� s name resounded on the campaign trail. As the younger son ofjoe biden, he was part of the democratic candidate� s family man persona, and inner circle. Forthe Trump Campaign, his lobbying work and drug and alcohol addictions were a way to attack the man who is now president. Hunter biden� s early life was marred by tragedy. His father was sworn into the senate at his hospital bedside, following a car accident that killed his mother and baby sister in 1972. Then, the other survivor of that crash, his brother beau, who he described as his soulmate, died of a brain tumour in 2015. Soon after, his life spiralled downwards. His two decades long marriage came to an end, and a crippling addiction to alcohol and Crack Cocaine Saw him buying drugs on the streets of washington, dc, having guns pointed in his face, and at one point, his dealer moved into his apartment. He credits his new wife, melissa, with making it possible for him to get clean, and his father with never wavering in his support. And he didn� t have a job. My son, like a lot of people, like a lot of people you know at home, had a drug problem. He has overtaken it. He has fixed it. He has worked on it. And im proud of him. But it was his role on the board of the Ukrainian Energy Company Burisma which was used repeatedly by the Trump Campaign againstjoe biden. Highlighting what hunter was being paid, and what it was for. And now that his father holds the highest office in the country, what comes next for this man who, by his own admission, is still heavily in debt . That was Mishal Husain setting out the background and it was mishal who spoke to hunter biden. She started by asking him about those dark days following his brother� s death. My brother became ill and was diagnosed with glioblastoma in august of 2013. And i was with him constantly. I was always with him constantly, but basically, you know, it got much worse towards the end. After that is when. After my brother died, about a year after, is when i descended into a really dark, dark place. Which included in washington, not far from the white house, going out and buying Crack Cocaine on the streets. You knew dealers. Yes. At one point, one of them was living in your apartment. Yeah, yeah. An amazing woman, much older than me, that lived on the streets for a very long time, who i developed a friendship with. You know, a friendship based off of our mutual addiction to Crack Cocaine. But i think the thing that will be really striking to many people hearing you talk or reading your book will be how was all of this happening, this descent, in some ways you� re probably lucky to be alive, in a loving family and in one of the most powerful families in the country at that point . I mean, yourfather is famous for his empathy. What was he doing when you were at the point that you were going through this . Yeah, well, he was there constantly. He literally showed up at my door. He reduced his secret service detail, this is when he was Vice President , he knocked on my door. I was living by myself for the first time in 46 years. My brother had just died, i was separated from my wife, i was in an apartment by myself and i was basically drinking myself to death. It was awful. I mean, grief does funny things and combine that with addiction and it is a really hard thing to overcome. He knocked on the door and he said, hunter, are you ok . I said, i� m fine, dad. He said, no, you� re not, you need help. He saved me then. He saved me so many times. It is your work and your controversial business dealings that was very much used by the Trump Campaign last year. Can you see why people look at the fact that the ukrainian gas Company Burisma took you onto their board for a reported 50,000 a month and think, well, they were obviously doing that because of your surname . One of the things that is most frustrating is this idea that i� ve never had a job in my life, as the former guy says. You know, i� ve never worked for my dad. I paid for college, i worked my way through both college and law school. I was an executive at one of the largest banks in the country, so when someone comes to me with work, it is myjob to do the due diligence, which i did and, you know, what i missed, though, was the perception that i would create. What i missed in the period of time, and i know that it is hard to believe with 20 20 hindsight how i could possibly have missed that. At the point you where working for burisma, it was a lot of money to be paid for relatively few meetings a year and at a point, by your own admission, you were an alcoholic through a lot of that period. How much work were you actually doing for them . Yeah, i did the work that was required of every board member. What i was paid is the equivalent of what people are paid to serve on corporate boards, but i get it, mishal, i really do. I understand the thing. But here is the bottom line, not one investigative body, not one legitimate journalist or group ofjournalists or a newspaper have come to the conclusion other than this my dad did nothing wrong and that i did nothing illegal or wrong in doing so. But, you� re right, i created a perception and a perception that was wielded against us an incredibly wild and conspiratorial way. Sad news to bring you now. Paul ritter, star of Friday Night Dinner has died aged 54 of a brain tumour. His agent told the Guardian Newspaper that he died at home surrounded by his wife and two sons. Ritter was arguably best known as the family patriarch, martin goodman, in channel 4� s Friday Night Dinner, opposite co stars tamsin greig, simon bird and tom rosenthal. However, he also appeared in blockbuster films including quantum of solace, and harry potter and the half blood prince, and the critically acclaimed tv series chernobyl. The headlines on bbc news criticism over suggestions the government could introduce Covid Certificates in england. Conservative backbenchers say they risk creating a � Two Tier Society� but ministers say it� s an option that needs to be considered. The head of vaccines at the European Medicines Agency has said he believes there is a link between the astrazeneca vaccine and blood clots. Government scientists warn that some Social Distancing measures will need to remain in place for much longer, amid warnings there could be a Summer Third Wave of the virus. The liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, has launched his party� s local Elections Campaign with a call to borisjohnson to cut taxes for small firms. In a speech in watford, sir ed also pledged more investment to create greener neighbourhoods. This last year has taught us what community really means. The question facing every voter in the local elections in every Community Across our country is this, do you want to keep hold of this precious rediscovery of community . Liberal democrats do. Because Liberal Democrats have always been about community. We have always tried hard to listen to the communities we work in. Community politics is what Liberal Democrats are known for. And Liberal Democrats remain strong in so many communities. There are over 2,500 Liberal Democrats councils already, serving their communities. Wonderful people. They go the extra mile for their communities, to get things done for their communities. Bringing prescriptions to people self isolating, distributing smart phones to care home residents, so that they can stay in touch with loved ones, when in person visits are possible. Getting laptops to disadvantaged children, so that they can continue to learn when they were not at school. Volunteering at covid Vaccination Centres. So, this liberal Democrat Election Campaign is all about your community, how we can help your Community Build back. How we can help local businesses on your high street, closed for months, to reopen, survive and thrive. How together we can make your community fairer, greenerand more caring. If the conservatives were really committed to rebuilding local communities, they should be giving Small Businesses a tax cut, take on more staff and radically reforming business rates. Only the Liberal Democrats have clear plans to do that. If the conservatives were really committed to cleaner, greener communities for children, they will have launched a bold new investment and Partnership Plan for recovery with every local community. But only the Liberal Democrats have set up plans for locally led, green transition, backed by £48 billion of investment. So, on sixth may, people have a fantastic opportunity to back their community, by backing people who believe in their community, people who will act for and with their community. The liberal democrat candidate. Liberal democrats are all about giving power back to communities and power back to individuals within their communities. That is what strong local democracy does. We have been hearing from all the main Party Leaders as they launch their local election campaigns. Ships have started moving through the suez canal again after the container ship, the ever given, blocked it for more than five days. But one ship, and one man, are still not moving, in fact they� ve been stuck there for the past four years, spending much of that time alone. Our Diplomatic Correspondent, paul adams, has been talking to him. I am the chief officer of mv aman, mohammad aisha. I have been on board the ship since may 2017. I have to swim to shore every two or three days to charge my phone and get food or water. Please help. Four years stranded on the egyptian coast, abandoned and alone. There is no power, the ship is aground, it is filthy, rusting. In the distance, a steady stream of vessels passing by. What is life like on your ship . Life is like if you� re stuck in solitary prison. You can see some rodents sometimes, flies and mosquitoes, and at night it is like a grave. You can� t see anything, hear anything. Mohammad� s ship, the mv aman, was detained in 2017. There were issues with Safety Equipment and certificates. With the captain ashore, an Egyptian Court declared mohammad the ship� s legal guardian. He says he signed the order not realising what it meant. The authorities are holding his passport. He is trapped. I lost my mother two years ago and she is never going to see me again because of this cursed ship. All i want is to go back home to my family. Seafarer abandonment is on the rise. More than 250 active cases according to the International Labour organisation. Ship owners in difficulty willing, it seems, to leave crews to fend for themselves. This situation with mohammad is unjust. No one can accept that mohammad has been forgotten, in this case has been forgotten, on board. Because the owner has abandoned the ship, this is his decision. The court of egypt has appointed mohammad as the legal guardian of the ship but mohammad is alone. The ship owners say they have tried their best but their hands are tied. I can� t force a judge to remove the legal guardianship, we were told, and i can� t find a Single Person on this planet, and i tried, to replace him. That could be about to change. The court is considering an offer to relieve him. The ship is up for auction. Mohammad could soon be free. When this is over, what will you do with your life . Will you go back to sea . Yes, of course. I am a chief mate. Before i came here to the ship, i was one step away from being a captain. Like i said, i love myjob, and i am good at it, and my former colleagues will tell you that. But this nightmare, i still don� t understand how this happened to me. One positive of the lockdowns over the last 12 months has been darker night skies. A survey by Countryside Charity the cpre suggests Light Pollution fell by about 10 last year. Darkness means more opportunities to enjoy what� s up there rather than just the reflection of what� s down here, as the bbc� s Chief Environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt has been finding out. This is what a truly dark sky looks like. Billions of stars wheel above the kielder observatory in northumberland. Set deep in a forest, the observatory enjoys the darkest skies in england. And, throughout lockdown, senior astronomer dan monk has been filming the incredible views. People often do get emotional when they sit underneath this amazing dark sky and they realise how small they are in the universe. It can actually make people cry, at times. It� s estimated 85 of us have never seen a truly dark sky. It means we are missing out because it gives us a sense of our place in the universe, the awesome vastness of space. But look at this. Even a tiny light is enough to extinguish the stars and bring us right back down to earth. The reduction in Light Pollution this year is an exception. Satellite images show the night sky has been getting steadily lighter across the world. Changes in light have been linked with obesity, heart disease, depression and even cancer. You see, shes shaking . And some animals suffer even more profoundly. There are such a range of animals which are negatively impacted from this. When you think of our migrating birds, for instance, which are drawn off course by lights. Insects, vast numbers of moths drawn into those lights, where they batter themselves to death or where they are predated by bats that change their behaviour to visit those lights, perhaps to their advantage, but to the deficit of other species of bats. So all of this is happening out there in our night. So what can be done . The good news is we can tackle Light Pollution relatively easily. Its small measures like businesses making sure they are turning their lights off at night time when the buildings arent in use. Also, local government making sure that street lamps are properly shaded and the lights targeted, so it is not spilling out there and creating unnecessary light blight. That will mean more of us can see sights like this. Justin rowlatt, bbc news, northumberland. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. Good afternoon. It will stay cold for the remainder of daylight. The wind is still a keen feature, particularly in the north, and it is the direction that is tracking to showers prototype words and in line for the rest of the day. These are the temperatures on the thermometers, but it feels much colder in that went. Through the night, the wind will continue to ease back a little. There is the risk of some showers in the east and west, but under starry skies elsewhere another cold night with a hard frost in northern areas. Moving into wednesday, the chance of wintry showers diminishes, the wind slowly start to ease back. We have more cloud coming and going and the approach of a Weather Front from the west, as well. The risk of wintry showers in the north and east of scotland. Temperatures on the thermometer at the same as today for most, but it will build a school because we don� t have the wind. Temperatures will elevate a little later the week. The Prime Minister confirms he� s looking at the idea of Covid Certificates for foreign travel and access to some events and venues in england. It comes as some conservative mps warn that so called Covid Passports could could create a Two Tier Society. What, of course, we are looking at is what several other countries are looking at, and that� s the role of vaccination passports for overseas travel. I think that is going to be a fact of life. I think we are also going to look at the role of a number of signals that you can give that you are not contagious. We� ll have the latest from westminster. Also this lunchtime. The low cost Airline Easyjet criticises government plans on foreign travel, saying testing should not be needed for flights