Child, prince louis, to celebrate his third birthday today. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. New restrictions for people coming to the uk from india have come into force today, as the country has joined the uks red list, which effectively bans travel. In the past few hours, india has reported the biggest daily rise in infections of any country since the pandemic began nearly a third of a million cases for the second day in a row. The country is seeing a rapidly rising death toll, and a new variant of the virus has been identified. Six hospitals in the indian capital, delhi, have now completely run out of oxygen. Caroline davies reports. The last few arrivals before india is added to the red list. There was joy for those who made it back. Its amazing. I feel like kissing the ground. Yeah. Adita had travelled to india for his grandmothers funeral. It was expensive. I will say that. Expensive . Yeah, yeah. Just triple the price. But, yeah, im finally happy that im home. Yesterday, india saw the highest one tally of new covid i9 cases anywhere in the world. Crowds built outside hospitals in major cities, as they reached capacity. And there were reports that some died while waiting for oxygen. Shankas family spent the day searching for oxygen for him. His niece told the bbc his relatives drove five hours to find a supply yesterday. Theyll have to do the same again today. Its distressing. I cant imagine what his daughter, who is younger to me, my cousin, what they must be going through right outside the hospital. They are stationed outside, running here and there at every lead to get a cylinder, or to get that oxygen. The so called indian variant of the virus is still being investigated. Todays new restrictions in england mean anyone arriving from india from 4am this morning must quarantine in hotel for ten days, at their own expense. Quarantine hotels like the sofitel at heathrow have been running for more than two months. The management told the bbc its sister hotel in gatwick has just opened, employing an extra 100 people, expecting demand to go up. While the industry waits, hoping International Travel will reopen next month, englands red list of countries gets longer, as countries confront new waves of the virus. Caroline davies, bbc news. Our correspondent, tim muffett, has spent the morning at Londons Heathrow airport, from where hes been giving us the latest. At four oclock this morning, the 40th country to be added to the red list, india, that happened. So that means that anyone arriving in the uk from india will either be refused entry or allowed entry, so long as they have a uk or irish passport or residency right. In which case, they then have to go to a hotel, a government approved hotel, and quarantine for ten days. Now, Virgin Atlantic were saying that they had to ensure that everyone on that aircraft had proof that they had a booking in a hotel, otherwise, they would not have been allowed to fly. And we also understand that four separate airlines requested for eight additional flights to be allowed to land here this morning before four oclock, to beat the deadline, but that was refused. The authorities here at heathrow just werent prepared to put that added pressure on to border force the part of the home office that oversees passports and entry into the uk. So, that was not allowed. Clearly many, many very frustrated people who were unable to come back. As we saw in the report a few moments ago, desperate stories people really, really needing to come back for work, to see family, and for those people who are doing so now, they face ten days in a government approved hotel, and they will have to pay the costs themselves. Our correspondent is in the state of maharashtra and tell us what the state is like there. I want to talk about delhi and hospital situation in a moment, but are you seeing a rapid rise in infections we have been hearing about . Been hearing about . Well, the situation across been hearing about . Well, the situation across the been hearing about . Well, the situation across the country. Situation across the country actually is pretty grim and getting grimmer. Yesterday, we reported 315,000 fresh new cases, that was a global record breaker source. And today, we have added to that tally about 330,000 new cases with over 2200 people losing their lives. The pictures and the scenes coming from the hospitals are absolutely devastating as well with a complete shortage of beds, ventilators, Oxygen Supplies, even medicines, people literally scrambling to get their loved ones admission into a hospital. And just as we are speaking, the Prime Minister has also been speaking to the Chief Ministers of several states that have been worst affected by covid on Oxygen Supplies, and the Chief Minister of delhi telling him that if the shortage issues are not sorted out, the tragedy will get even graver. For now, the Indian Air Force has been transporting supplies from various parts of the country to try and fill the gaps that we are seeing on oxygen. But the reports coming out from delhi hospitals particularly are worrying at this point in time. Particularly are worrying at this point in time. Yes, people cant wait, point in time. Yes, people cant wait. Can point in time. Yes, people cant wait. Can they. Point in time. Yes, people cant wait, can they, people point in time. Yes, people cant wait, can they, people are point in time. Yes, people cant. Wait, can they, people are dying, for want of oxygen . Tell us more about what the government are saying, you have mentioned the air force has been brought in to try to ensure supplies reach different parts of the country and reach those parts of the country and reach those parts of the country and reach those parts of the country quickly, obviously. But is thatjust a short term fix, in the longer term, what is going to happen to try to allow the hospitals to cope . Yes. What is going to happen to try to allow the hospitals to cope . Yes, i mean, i allow the hospitals to cope . Yes, i mean. I dont allow the hospitals to cope . Yes, i mean, i dont think allow the hospitals to cope . Yes, i mean, i dont think there allow the hospitals to cope . Yes, i mean, i dont think there is allow the hospitals to cope . Yes, i mean, i dont think there is going l mean, i dont think there is going to be a situation that will be fixed overnight. But the government has been taking some measures for instance, getting the private sector and industry is to now prioritise their Oxygen Supplies for the medical needs of the country. Industries. And there would be potentially more new measures announced now, we still have not heard exactly what transpired in those meetings the Prime Minister has had. But as far as the capital is concerned, we have seen we have seen for instance early in the morning, today, one of the bigger hospitals in delhi saying 25 of their sickest patients are passed because there were some issues with the ventilators, and they also flagged up oxygen issues. And on social media here in india, we see hospitals in delhi literally putting out sos calls, telling people about the fact they have just a few hours of Oxygen Supplies left and some even saying supplies have run out entirely. Even saying supplies have run out entirel. � ,. ~ even saying supplies have run out entirel. � ,. , ~. , entirely. Lets talk about the ublic entirely. Lets talk about the Public Health entirely. Lets talk about the Public Health messaging. Entirely. Lets talk about the Public Health messaging. I. Entirely. Lets talk about the Public Health messaging. I spoke to a student in delhi a few minutes ago and she said she basically doesnt go out apart from walking her dog each day and how nervous and paranoid she is about catching covid. What is the Public Health messaging like, over in the uk and in many countries, the message is to wear a mask and to keep your distance from other people, lots of hand washing, are similar messages being pumped out across india to try to at least begin to get the pandemic under control there . Honestly, i think the crisis has been compounded by mixed messaging and i think you picked up on that point quite accurately. Because on one hand, we have had the Prime Minister saying just a few days ago that a National Lockdown was absolutely a measure of last resort. We have seen State Government for instance here in maharashtra and the capital of delhi and as well as Eastern States reimposing very Strict Lockdown measures in order to try to contain the virus. But at the same time, we have also seen in india quite jarringly political rallies going on at full speed in the eastern state of bengal, it was just yesterday the Electoral Commission stepped in and said these rallies would have to be curtailed and not more than 500 people would be allowed to campaign. The Prime Minister in fact was set later to go to bengal, but he chose to stay back in delhi to review the Covid Situation with the Chief Ministers. So it is a very mixed messaging scenario at this point in time that i think is indeed compounding the situation. ~ i think is indeed compounding the situation. , ~ ,. , i think is indeed compounding the situation. ~ ,. , i think is indeed compounding the situation. ~ ,. I think is indeed compounding the situation. , ~ ,. , situation. Thank you very much for that, from situation. Thank you very much for that, from the situation. Thank you very much for that, from the state situation. Thank you very much for that, from the state of situation. Thank you very much for. That, from the state of maharashtra. Its been called the most widespread Miscarriage Ofjustice in uk history. More than 700 postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly convicted of stealing post office money because of a faulty Computer System. In the next few hours, around a0 of those convictions are expected to be quashed by the Court Of Appeal but, in many cases, the damage has already been done. Our correspondent ben thompson spoke to two women who lost their reputations, their livelihoods and, for one of them, herfreedom. For 16 years, seemas life has been turned upside down. In 2005, she was accused of stealing, and falsifying the accounts at the post office she ran. The trouble began when a Computer System installed by the post office said money was missing from the tills. Every evening, we do balancing, which is nothing new because we do balancing in the shop as well. So every evening, when we ran that report, the computer would tell us how much money we should have, and then we check how much money we have in the till, and that never balanced. Initially, seema reported the issues to her boss, but the shortfalls continued, until a Post Office Audit claimed £74,000 was missing. To make up the gap, seema added money from her own savings and borrowed from family and friends. Only later did it emerge that the Computer System was faulty after seema had been convicted. And of course, when you were sent to prison, you were pregnant. When i went into labour, i was wearing a tag. So i was thinking, oh, my god what could the midwife be thinking, what kind of mother i am . Lucky i was pregnant, or i would have killed myself. Was it that bad . It was, in there, it was most scary. Because i was put in with the people who had been self harming, and anybody can come and stab me. And seema isnt alone. Wendy was accused of stealing £26,000. She says she was told she would go to prison if she didnt admit to False Accounting. She was made to serve a Community Sentence and forced to sell her home. You cant explain the feeling that you get when youve had to plead guilty to something that you know you havent done. The next day, we went shopping in a local supermarket and as we walked through the door, the whole of the Newspaper Racking was the local paper, and it was my face all over it with local Sub Postmistress escapes prison. Butl. I never really got the chance to tell anybody that i hadnt done it. In 2019, a High Courtjudge ruled the Computer System was at fault. The post office settled a claim brought by more than 500 claimants but didnt admit liability. For wendy and seema, and others in a similar position, todays ruling is about clearing their names and rebuilding their lives. Im not dishonest. I havent stolen anything. I havent defrauded anybody. I havent done that. To have that sort of stress on you constantly. Itsjust awful. But im hoping that now weve got to how far we are, that will start to ease and get better. Lets speak to the lawyer who represents several of the south of the post matters wrongly prosecuted. A big day for your clients, how are they feeling . I think it is impossible to know. I have spoken to all of them this morning and it is impossible to put into words how they are feeling, judge tracy fell state has been waiting 20 years for this day and between them, they have been waiting 44 years to have the hearing and judgments, so probably overwhelmed, i suspect. Truth . Judgments, so probably overwhelmed, isusect. ~ , judgments, so probably overwhelmed, isusect. ,. , i suspect. Why has it taken so long . That is a question i suspect. Why has it taken so long . That is a question you i suspect. Why has it taken so long . That is a question you should i suspect. Why has it taken so long . That is a question you should put,. I suspect. Why has it taken so long . That is a question you should put, i | that is a question you should put, i think, to the post office. Your take on it, though . My take on it is that the post office works on a Divide And Rule basis. When these people came out ofjail, i can only speak for my clients, their lives had been destroyed, they went away and they hit, they really were not Strong Enough to carry on the fight and it was only when the cc rc got involved, the criminal review committee, that they finally realised there was a way out. And i think it has just taken, for tracy, it has taken 20 years, two decades. It certainly should not have got this stage and taken so long. It is really an indictment the Justice System that we have had to wait all this time for today. I system that we have had to wait all this time for today. This time for today. I spoke to a former subpostmistress this time for today. I spoke to a | former subpostmistress earlier this time for today. I spoke to a former subpostmistress earlier and former Sub Postmistress earlier and she said she ended up pleading guilty to a lesser charge because she was afraid she would get sent to jailfor a much longer time if she didnt. Even though she had flagged up didnt. Even though she had flagged up to the post office very early on that she thought there were some anomalies and glitches with this new system. Looking at the totality of it, it seems incredible there were more than 700 people who the post office thought were engaging in criminal activity when some of them, quite a few of them, were actually saying, we are flagging up what we think is a problem with the it system to you. 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They looked at the postmasters and post mistresses is already being guilty rather than looking internally at their own systems and thatis internally at their own systems and that is the fundamental question that is the fundamental question that remains postmistresses. Explain for the viewers what exactly the court will be reeling on today and the potential implications of that. , and the potential implications of that. ,. , and the potential implications of that. ,. , that. The court is essentially going to be looking that. The court is essentially going to be looking at, that. The court is essentially going to be looking at, i that. The court is essentially going to be looking at, i believe, that. The court is essentially going to be looking at, i believe, it that. The court is essentially going to be looking at, i believe, it is to be looking at, i believe, it is 41 appellants. There are two grounds of appeal, the second one, it is ground two, which i think for today is very important as far as the lawyers are concerned, which was, where these prosecutions all an affront to the system of justice . And that is what we are waiting to see what the court say about that. On the basis, and who knows what the court will say at all, that the convictions overturned, i think it will be up to each appellant what they want to do in the future and whether they want to pursue claims or go away and live their lives. We have all had to wait so long for this. Have all had to wait so long for this,. ,. , have all had to wait so long for this,. ,. , have all had to wait so long for this. ,. ,. , this. Some are calling for a udge led inquiry this. Some are calling for a udge ied inquiry to i this. Some are calling for a Udge Ieq Inquiry to get i this. Some are calling for a udge led inquiry to get to i this. Some are calling for a udge led inquiry to get to the h this. 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I know this has been going on for 20 years and there is a lot of information to take in, but i dont think my clients certainly would want another ten years Ofjudicial Inquiry is to close this off, they have to be able to get on with their lives and a long term Judicial Inquiry will not work on that so it needs to be a short term Judicial Inquiry, with very, very powerful rights to be able to interview everybody from the post office past, present, their advisers and anyone who has been connected with this. It certainly should not be allowed to rest. ,. , certainly should not be allowed to rest. , i ,. , certainly should not be allowed to rest. ,. , certainly should not be allowed to rest. , i i. ,. Certainly should not be allowed to rest. ,. ,. , rest. Thank you very much for talkini rest. Thank you very much for talking to rest. Thank you very much for talking to us rest. Thank you very much for talking to us on rest. Thank you very much for talking to us on this rest. Thank you very much for talking to us on this very rest. Thank you very much for talking to us on this very big i rest. Thank you very much for. Talking to us on this very big day for your clients, talking to us on this very big day foryour clients, nick talking to us on this very big day for your clients, nick gould. And we expect thatjudgment for your clients, nick gould. And we expect that judgment will be for your clients, nick gould. And we expect thatjudgment will be given very shortly and we will give you any details when we hear them. A couple of comments from our viewers, what a horrible situation for everybody involved, i hopejustice will be done and people compensated, i await the verdict. This is, absolutely scandalous what has happened to these people, their livelihoods, their lives. The post office has said, we sincerely apologise to the postmasters involved in our historical failures. We have supported the crushing of the overwhelming majority of these convictions and the judgment today will be an important milestone in addressing the past. Rescuers in indonesia are in a desperate race against time to find 53 sailors trapped inside a missing submarine. The Navy Submarine went missing on wednesday while taking part in a Torpedo Drill off the island of bali. The bbc s Valdya Baraputri injakarta gave more details on the ongoing rescue efforts. We are seeing a multinational effort to save and evacuate the Submarine Nanggala 402. We are seeing singapore, australia, india and malaysia coming to help the Indonesian Navy, and there are seven other countries standing by. Meanwhile, the Indonesian Navy itself has deployed 21 warships. One of them has the Sonar Technology to locate objects underwater and its usually used in the event of Plane Crashes in indonesia. Indonesia itself has granted entry to those countries i mentioned, singapore, malaysia, australia and india, who are coming to help, and seven other countries are standing by. They have signed a joint agreement to save each other in the event of emergency because they are countries who own submarines. So we are seeing a large rescue team here. The indonesian president has also instructed an all out effort to locate and rescue and bring back the nanggala 402 to safety. It is important to note because nanggala 402 only has 72 hours of oxygen reserve. With 53 people on board, the rescue team here is really racing with time, and the 72 hours of oxygen will last until saturday at least. So its tomorrow, tomorrow local time, counting from when the submarine was missing on wednesday morning in the northern part of bali water, approximately 96 kilometres from the island of bali. Oil spill in the missing area found by the Indonesian Navy now, there are theories surrounding the oil spill. First, it might be intentional by the crew to give sign to where they are. The second one, it might also be intentional by the crew to lose some weight from the submarine. And the third one this, probably the most unfortunate, but we dont know yet what it means the fuel tank of the submarine might have been broken by the water pressure. Now, its important to note that this submarine is more than 40 years old. It was made in 1979, in germany. The report on the race to find the missing submarine. More than 100 people are reported to have been hurt in clashes in eastjerusalem, during Rival Demonstrations by palestinians and a far rightjewish group. There were confrontations between the two sides, and between palestinian protestors and the israeli police, who were trying to keep the groups apart. Tom bateman is injerusalem. These tensions have been bubbling for nights now but, this evening, it feels more angry, it is more organised, and this seems like a culmination. Theyre from lehava, a far right jewish ultranationalist group. Theres been a spate of race hate incidents injerusalem, with palestinians hitting or abusing ultraorthodoxjews and posting it on the social media site tiktok. And groups of far right israeli youths have chased and assaulted some palestinians in the street. Explosion thats the sound of Stun Grenades at the moment, as the Israeli Security forces here have been clashing with palestinians, and its only a couple of hundred yards from where the far right Ultranationalistjewish Group has been trying to get to. There are running battles now between the palestinians and the Israeli Security forces. Theyre trying to move them back here. That stun grenade. You ok . Explosion this is damascus gate. Its the holy month of ramadan for muslims. Many gather here in the evenings. Theyve been complaining that the police have been stopping them gathering here. The police say they were simply trying to ease the flow of pedestrians through there, but this has really been at the centre of these tensions over recent days. A new Malaria Vaccine has proved to be 77 effective in early trials. Malaria kills more than 400,000 people a year in sub saharan africa, many of them children. The vaccine has been developed by the team behind the Oxford Astrazeneca jab, and the effectiveness is far higherfigure than for any existing treatment. There will be larger scale testing. Text between borisjohnson and sir james dyson have been exposed. The chairman of the Liaison Committee sir Bernard Jenkin has rejected calls from labour to question the Prime Minister about the exchanges. Iain watson has been giving us the latest from westminster. What is interesting is these Anonymous Sources are now hiding behind that anonymity and going to ground this morning. I guess they might think its job done, but in three newspapers, prominently, the headlines making it very clear that Downing Street insiders, they are being referred to, are suggesting the Prime Ministers very disappointed in the activities of his former senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, and that Dominic Cummings has been blamed for the leaks of these texts the leaks which the bbc revealed, of course, showing the exchanges between the Prime Minister and Sirjames Dyson at the start of the pandemic. But the substance is they were discussing the tax affairs and tax rules, and whether these could be changed. Now, labour wanted to keep the focus very much on the substance of these texts, about as they see it Privileged Access by Business People to the government and to senior ministers. But actually, with the newspapers reading on the blame leading on the blame game and pointing the finger at Dominic Cummings, people are now talking about the process and provenance of the leaks, and how they got out there. And i think there will be an attempt by the opposition later today keir starmer speaking later today to focus on the issue at stake and whether the Prime Minister was, in the words of one senior backbencher, carrying out government by whatsapp. So, i think there will be focus on that. As for Dominic Cummings himself, i have tried to get a response from him. He hasnt answered his phone this morning and, given the nature of the story, ive also texted him. And im very happy to share any Text Exchange that may occur but so far, he hasnt responded. But its also interesting that Downing Street hasnt yet produced any evidence to say that he was behind those leaks, the bbc wont discuss their sources. What is also interesting is that Dominic Cummings will give evidence to two Commons Committees to the health and science and Technology Committees next month, on his handling of the covid crisis. So he may well be deciding to keep his response until then, and as Downing Street are tweaking his tail today, that might be very interesting when those Evidence Sessions come around. At this stage, Downing Street are saying formally and on the record that an inquiry, a whitehall, Cabinet Office inquiry will still go ahead into the source of these leaks, but it does seem rather odd that theyre pursuing this inquiry when it looks as though according to three newspapers this morning that some at least in number ten have reached their own conclusions. The easing of some Lockdown Measures in wales has been brought forward by two weeks after the latest review of restrictions. Indoor activities for children can resume and Group Exercise classes will now be allowed from the 3rd of may, and its hoped pubs and restaurants can reopen on may the 17th. From tomorrow, up to six people from six households can meet outdoors. People in Northern Ireland can this morning go to the hairdressers for the First Time Since the end of december. Its the final part of the uk to allow Close Contact Service to reopen in the latest relaxation of covid restrictions. Outdoor Visitor Attractions are also reopening their doors. Our correspondent chris page is at a barbers in belfast. By by req by my rate can income it is 190 days since hairdressers and barbers were open so the last time skinny isaacs in South Belfast had customers and was 23rd Of December and they are about four months on so lets have a word with somebody who has just taken his lets have a word with somebody who hasjust taken his place in the chair, kieran. When was the last time you had a haircut . I chair, kieran. 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To start, i think the first lockdown was the hardest, getting used to the idea of not seeing the guys and your clients. We had a baby at the start of the first lockdown so i got the full year more or less with her to enjoy at home, but now we are back to work and it is good seeing people and it feels like getting back to normality and hopefully it stays that way. fire getting back to normality and hopefully it stays that way. Are you iioin to hopefully it stays that way. Are you going to be hopefully it stays that way. Are you going to be over hopefully it stays that way. Are you going to be over the hopefully it stays that way. Are you going to be over the next hopefully it stays that way. Are you going to be over the next few hopefully it stays that way. Are you | going to be over the next few weeks cleaning up a few Diy Disasters . Hopefully, most Guys Havejust cleaning up a few Diy Disasters . Hopefully, most guys have just left their hair alone. 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More restrictions being used in this part of the uk today, Driving Lessons and tests are resuming and if you miss your favourite sport, good news, you can get back on the pitch, competitive games are allowed for up to 100 people so it is a big day for lockdown easing here. The headlines on bbc news. Indias over it Covid Situation intensifies. Post Office Workers will find out if their convictions for financial crimes will be quashed because of flaws in a Computer System. Hairdressers are going to be opened again in Northern Ireland today. And its a race against time for rescuers in indonesia hunting for a missing submarine with 53 crew on board. And the duke and Duchess Of Cambridge release a new photograph of their youngest child prince louis to celebrate his birthday today. Lets return now to our main story that india is in the grip of a devastating surge of covid 19. Nearly a third of a million cases in the last 24 hours. Many families across the uk have loved ones in india, and are now watching helplessly as its Healthcare System is pushed to breaking point. Our correspondent sima kotecha has more. Much of britains vast south asian population originates from india. For many there remain Strong Family links, so the seismic explosion of coronavirus cases over there is causing great concern and panic over here. Hi, mum hello. Hi, you all right . Ranjans daughter lives just outside delhi, along with her two children and husband. Im paranoid and keep phoning them and saying, dont leave the house, dont do this, dont do this. But, you know, fair enough, they may not do it but theres other family out there, as well. You know, in gujarat and others. Cousins and things like that in the villages and stuff like that. They are not in the same environment. Every environment in india is different, isnt it . The Covid Backdrop makes her daughter often feel scared and lonely. We are doing everything we can to protect ourselves and build our immunity against it, i suppose. It is very isolated, i do miss my family heaps. And vice versa, theyre missing us. The second wave of the virus is ferocious. A nationwide Oxygen Shortage meant scores of patients dying in the Western State of maharashtra yesterday after their ventilators shut down. Locals are alarmed and bewildered. Its pretty bad, you know . The sad thing is that we are running short of medication. We are running short of hospital beds. We are running short of ventilators. So thats what it is right now. A few Family Members are at a very critical stage right now. In fact one of them is getting admitted in a hospital in delhi. It was not easy getting a bed for one of our relatives and thats what the situation is. We are not safe. Some are blaming the government religious festivals and other large public gatherings have been allowed to continue, attracting millions. We have to be very careful about. We knew that at least for the next two years we have to maintain a little bit of distance, but, yeah, the government could have done a lot better. They could have seen this coming and they could have avoided certain gatherings. India has been manufacturing the astrazeneca vaccine, supplying countries across the world. This week covax, the group assigned with distributing vaccines to poorer nations, said it will reduce the number of doses sent to other places after india stopped exporting them to help at home. Some believe britain needs to step up its international support. The uk government can do a lot more than it currently has. Firstly, it has talked about the surplus vaccines that we will have. What it hasnt done is actually state how many surplus vaccines we are likely to have and what is the timeline of us being able to give those either back to the covax facility or have Bilateral Agreements with places like india, for example. Clearly the government just hasnt given any detail. A number 10 spokesperson said there had been no requests for help from india. But that it would consider any requests very closely, as you would expect. For those here who call it their motherland, indias crisis is theirs, too. What does india mean to you, as someone of indian descent . India means home. My heritage, my culture, everything is from india, you know . My children grew up with that, as well. So i feel deeply about people and the situation out there, but at the same time i feel helpless, you know . What can we do from here . The us senate has passed legislation to tackle the rise in violence and discrimination against Asian Americans. In a rare showing of bipartisanship, 94 senators backed the proposals only one, republicanjosh hawley, voted against. Attacks on Asian Americans increased during the covid 19 pandemic. The measures will now be put before the house of representatives. Heres Senate Majority leader, chuck schumer. Passing this bill will send a message to the country that should be all too obvious by now. Hate crimes will not be tolerated, and federal Law Enforcement will do everything in its power to detect, deter, and if necessary prosecute crimes to the full extent of the law. Our north america correspondent, david willis, gave us some context. A survey conducted in the last few weeks found that about one third of Asian Americans lived in fear of being attacked. And 80 thought that the violence against them as a group was increasing. Indeed, a group that monitors these sorts of things said it had received close to 3800 complaints over the course of the last year, basically over the course of the pandemic. Largely, it is verbal attacks, if you like, but there have been some physical assaults and even some deaths. Some activists blame this in part at least on the rhetoric of the former president , donald trump, who was given to referring to the coronavirus, of course, as the china virus or the kung flu. But there is another problem here, and that is that its quite difficult to bring prosecutions, Hate Crime Prosecutions of this kind, because in order to do so, prosecutors have to prove bias, and that apparently is something that can be quite difficult to prove. So the hope is this legislation will make that easier, it will set up a platform for people to report cases of hate crimes, and it will also designate a single individual at the Us Justice Department whose sole concern will be to look into reports of hate crimes against Asian Americans. Here in the uk, figures from the independent Charity Victim support show that since lockdown restrictions begun easing in england in the week commencing 29th march, all Hate Crime Referrals increased to 67 above average levels. Within this figure, the number of people seeking support for race and nationality hate crime in england and wales increased to a shocking 73 above average. With me now is rachel almeida, Victim Support s assistant director. Thank you forjoining us. Some pretty stark statistics from you in this survey. How are you linking the surge in hate crime to the easing of restrictions . Iqiiuie surge in hate crime to the easing of restrictions . Surge in hate crime to the easing of restrictions . We have seen over the last month A Restrictions . We have seen over the last month a Gradual Restrictions . We have seen over the last month a gradual Increase Restrictions . We have seen over the last month a gradual increase in restrictions . We have seen over the last month a gradual increase in the number of people who have been seeking support from our services. What we saw in the week commencing march 29 is a particular increase in people who were seeking help from our services and we know that while covid restrictions have limited peoples opportunities to seek help, we are concerned the latest Research Links again easing and hate crime. How much of that hate crime is linked with covid . How much of that hate crime is linked with covid . Even before covid ha rened, linked with covid . Even before covid happened, obviously linked with covid . Even before covid happened, obviously there linked with covid . Even before covid happened, obviously there was linked with covid . Even before covid happened, obviously there was hate | happened, obviously there was hate crime, and it has always been underreported, but what we have seen recently is things like stop asian hate movements and black lives matter movements have led to an increase in people seeking support, and there has been a link in easing of restrictions and more people seeking support from our services, which is encouraging to see. Haste which is encouraging to see. Have ou seen which is encouraging to see. Have you seen any which is encouraging to see. Have you seen any link which is encouraging to see. Have you seen any link between which is encouraging to see. Have you seen any link between the screening of the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of george floyd and an increase in hate crime . We have very much so. In one of our services, they saw the highest levels they have ever seen the week after when the trial was reported, particularly in the media. There is a link between increase in coverage and more people seeking help from our services. And more people seeking help from our services our services. What advice do you rive our services. What advice do you give people our services. What advice do you give people who our services. What advice do you give people who are our services. What advice do you give people who are victims our services. What advice do you give people who are victims of. Our services. What advice do you l give people who are victims of this type of crime who are getting in touch with you . Iqiiuie type of crime who are getting in touch with you . Type of crime who are getting in touch with you . We want all victims of hate crime touch with you . We want all victims of hate crime to touch with you . We want all victims of hate crime to know touch with you . We want all victims of hate crime to know that touch with you . We want all victims of hate crime to know that help touch with you . We want all victims of hate crime to know that help and j of hate crime to know that help and support is available whenever they need it and really encourage them to contact our support line and go to our website, where there is information about local Services Available to them. We know hate crime can have a devastating effect on victims because it is a personal attack on their identity and we encourage them to come forward and access our services, that specialise in offering practical and emotional support for them. find in offering practical and emotional support for them. Support for them. And at a policy and justice support for them. And at a policy and justice level, support for them. And at a policy and justice level, is support for them. And at a policy and justice level, is enough support for them. And at a policy| and justice level, is enough going on to prosecute people who are responsible for this kind of crime . We know a lot of people dont feel like they are taken seriously by the police and we know thats a significant issue and has led to huge underreporting in Previous Years. Its really important people feel they will be taken seriously and treated fairly by the police and we believe much more needs to be done to raise awareness of hate crime, its serious and read to improve justice outcomes. Crime, its serious and read to improvejustice outcomes. It crime, its serious and read to improve justice outcomes. It is improve ustice outcomes. It is difficult improve justice outcomes. It is difficult to improve justice outcomes. It is difficult to prosecute if people are nervous and unsure about coming forward, and also if they dont have any other witnesses who are willing to back up what has happened to them. Iqiiuie to back up what has happened to them. ~ ,. ,. ,. ,. , � , them. We know that although theres alwa s them. We know that although theres always challenges them. We know that although theres always challenges with them. We know that although theres always challenges with prosecuting. Always challenges with prosecuting crimes, whats important is people come forward to report them and they are treated fairly and taken seriously by criminaljustice agencies. Seriously by criminal ustice eeneqieefi seriously by criminal ustice arencies. ,. ,. ,. , agencies. Thank you for talking to us toda , agencies. Thank you for talking to us today. From agencies. Thank you for talking to us today, from victim agencies. Thank you for talking to us today, from Victim Support. Agencies. Thank you for talking to | us today, from Victim Support. The headlines. s covid crisis intensifies with the country reporting the highest daily tally anywhere in the world. In the uk, the countryjoins a Travel Red List. Dozens of former postmasters in the uk will learn today if their convictions for financial crimes will be quashed because of flaws in a post office Computer System. Its a post office Computer System. Its a race against time for rescuers in indonesia hunting for the missing submarine with 53 crew on board. Under current rules, people who claim asylum in the uk are not normally allowed to work while their claim is being considered. The home office says it provides those Wind Self Catering Accommodation with 39. 60 per week, around 5. 65 per day. These are the drivers who have taken time out today to distribute ramadan food packs. Lip time out today to distribute ramadan food racks. ,. ,. , time out today to distribute ramadan food racks. ,. ,. , food packs. Up bright and early to hel food packs. Up bright and early to help provide food packs. Up bright and early to help provide more food packs. Up bright and early to help provide more than food packs. Up bright and early to help provide more than a food packs. Up bright and early to| help provide more than a thousand people with a weekly ramadan food parcel. Many of those receiving the packs are Asylum Seekers from muslim countries waiting to hear from the government on whether they will let them remain in the uk. Its government on whether they will let them remain in the uk. Them remain in the uk. Its good to be out of my them remain in the uk. Its good to be out of my dad them remain in the uk. Its good to be out of my dad and them remain in the uk. Its good to be out of my dad and helping them remain in the uk. Its good to l be out of my dad and helping people. Its be out of my dad and helping people. Its also be out of my dad and helping people. Its also quite fun, seeing different people going to different peoples houses. Gn different people going to different peoples houses. Different people going to different peoples houses. On top of the usual hel the peoples houses. On top of the usual help they provide. Peoples houses. On top of the usual help they provide, five peoples houses. On top of the usual help they provide, five charitable help they provide, five Charitable Organisations have come together to give festive food like dates and a meat voucher for when muslims open up meat voucher for when muslims open up theirfasts. Meat voucher for when muslims open up their fasts up their fasts. They only have £5 rer up their fasts. They only have £5 per person up their fasts. They only have £5 per person per up their fasts. They only have £5 per person per day. Up their fasts. They only have £5 per person per day. At up their fasts. They only have £5 per person per day. At least up their fasts. They only have £5| per person per day. At least what up their fasts. They only have £5 per person per day. At least what we will do is provide them with as many items as they need to put on a good meal for their items as they need to put on a good Mealfor Theirfamily in items as they need to put on a good meal for their family in the items as they need to put on a good Mealfor Theirfamily in the month of ramadan. Believe it or not, we are fasting but people actually cook more and provide a bigger Mealfor Theirfamilies because more and provide a bigger mealfor their families because they have been fasting. I their families because they have been fasting been fasting. I have been Given Permission been fasting. I have been Given Permission for been fasting. I have been Given Permission for bbc been fasting. I have been Given Permission for bbc asian been fasting. I have been given i permission for Bbc Asian Network been fasting. I have been Given Permission for Bbc Asian Network to follow one of the car is to drop off one of the food parcels this ramadan, a time when muslims are encouraged to show more kindness and patience. The family we are meeting says they would be unsafe if they had to return to the country where they are from. So we are not showing their faces. They are from. So we are not showing theirfaces. They they are from. So we are not showing their faces. They tell us the food parcels are a big help. Mi their faces. They tell us the food parcels are a big help. Parcels are a big help. All of this stuff, i parcels are a big help. All of this stuff. I can parcels are a big help. All of this stuff, i can spend parcels are a big help. All of this stuff, i can spend my parcels are a big help. All of this stuff, i can spend my Money Parcels are a big help. All of this stuff, i can spend my money on| parcels are a big help. All of this stuff, i can spend my money on other side to buy stuff for my children by not spending money on things like this will stop my sister bought this t shirt and im still wearing it, six years, i am not buying for myself. I want to buy for my children. Myself. I want to buy for my children myself. I want to buy for my children. ,. , children. The home office says they irovide children. The home office says they provide asylum children. The home office says they provide Asylum Seekers children. The home office says they provide Asylum Seekers who children. The home office says they provide Asylum Seekers who would l provide Asylum Seekers who would otherwise be destitute with free accommodation and cover utility costs. They say those in full board accommodation provided with e8 costs. They say those in full board accommodation provided with £8 per week for clothes, Nonprescription Medicines And Travel while those in self catered accommodation receive a weekly allowance of 39. 60. Ramadan is a time of fasting but also charity. fist is a time of fasting but also chari. �. ,. ,. , charity. At the end of the day, you are helping charity. At the end of the day, you are helping people charity. At the end of the day, you are helping people with charity. At the end of the day, you are helping people with deliveries| are helping people with deliveries of food packages. But also its the fact that you will get food at the end of the day, thankfully. Not everyone is in that position. So thinking in that manner, the time flies, the month flies and you miss it when its gone for stop delivering these packages is just one of many examples. Elon musk has launched a 100 million prize to coincide with earth day to find new ways to remove carbon and put the brakes on Global Warming. It comes as many countries mark this annual environmental day in their own way, as mark lobel reports. A dazzling display for earth day. Buddhist monks on zoom congregate virtually around 300,000 candles. Translation we came up with the Theme Cleanse the mind, cleanse the world, which is to remind people to cleanse their minds before they start cleaning the world. But time is of the essence as the world gets hotter. If we are to live up to our promises and commitments in the paris agreement, we have to end fossil fuel subsidies, stop new exploration and extraction, completely divest from fossil fuels and keep the carbon in the ground. Now. Theres also another way to fight Global Warming by removing Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere or ocean, but with technology to do so not yet commercially viable, theres now a big incentive to discover a way that is. Youre going to talk about the launch of the largest prize ever . 100 million xprize for carbon capture. Itll be good to frame the debate and understand, ok, what things are really going to move the needle, how much are they really going to move the needle . If were talking getting tens or hundreds of billions of tonnes of carbon, in what form will that carbon be . Will it be stable over time . And like, what is it going to cost humanity to do . Its all part of a mindset to protect what we have like this River Running through sao paulo. Once strewn with trash, now welcoming back some familiar faces after a big clean up. Welcomed by the wider community, too. From Cleaning Up Beaches in israel, and australia, to appealing to political and industrial leaders to clean up their act in tokyo and jakarta. Its a call for action from all corners of the earth. Mark lobel, bbc news. Some Breaking News coming from the courts, we are hearing from the Court Of Appeal that 39 former Sub Postmaster and mistresses who were convicted of theft, fraud and False Accounting have had their names cleared by the Court Of Appeal. This happened because of the post offices defective horizon Accounting System, but the individuals who worked for the post office, some of them for decades prior to that, were blamed rather than the Accounting System, even though some of them had raised with the post office their concerns from very early on that there was a problem with the new computing system. So today, 20 years on in the case of song, 39 former Sub Postmasters convicted of theft, fraud and False Accounting because of that horizon Computer System, have had their names cleared by the Court Of Appeal. We will get more detail on the news coming through as soon as we get it, and lots of reaction to that. It has been called, the case, one of the worst miscarriages ofjustice in uk history. More than 33 Million People in the uk have now received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. And a new Study Suggests thatjust one shot of the astrazeneca or pfizerjab reduces infections by nearly two thirds and protects both vulnerable and healthy people. Experts say the findings show that vaccines should be able to control the pandemic. Our science correspondent pallab ghosh has more, and a warning there are some Flashing Images in his report. When Margaret Keenan became the first person to be immunized in a mass Vaccination Programme, doctors were confident from the Clinical Trials that herjab and millions of others would be effective. Since then, Infection Rates have plummeted. But its been hard to tell how much of this has been due to Lockdown Measures, and how much has been down to the jabs. The new study indicates that the vaccines are likely to have had a big impact. It also confirms that the decision to give as many people as possible a first dose by delaying the second, was the right one. Among the findings are that two doses of the Pfizer Biontech jab reduced infection by 90 . Not enough people have had two doses of the Oxford Astrazeneca jab to assess its impact. But comparison of the first doses show that its just as good as pfizer. And both jabs are just as effective in people aged over 75, or with Underlying Health conditions, as they are in younger, healthier people. What weve found is that vaccination works equally well across all ages, and also that people with Long Term Health conditions were equally well protected by vaccinations. Weve seen good protection from one dose of vaccine, but weve seen that you get the best protection, having had a second dose of vaccine. So wed really like to encourage people to take up the opportunity to have a second dose of their vaccine once this is available. The next stage of the research is to find out how long the jabs continue to protect people, in order to decide when to begin the next round of vaccinations. Pallab ghosh, bbc news. We can return to the Breaking News from the Royal Courts Ofjustice, the Court Of Appeal, over whats been known as the post office scandal. Corresponded Frankie Mccamley is there for us. Whats happened in the last few minutes . Iqiiuie happened in the last few minutes . We are happened in the last few minutes . Are being told that 39 of the 40 convictions, thats criminal convictions, thats criminal convictions, where people went home with criminal records and even spent time injail, 39 of those criminal convictions have been overturned. Three had been contested by the post office, but 39 of the 40 have been overturned. This is the biggest Miscarriage Ofjustice the uk has ever seen. When we got that news, just outside the court, where we had former members of the post office, former members of the post office, former postal workers and their families, we heard a big cheer. This has been 20 years in the making for many of these people, as they have had these convictions looming over their heads like a dark cloud. It is going to be an extremely emotional day for many of these people and their families. Day for many of these people and theirfamilies. I have been talking to one woman who said she was walking in a criminal. I really hope im walking out as a free woman. As these convictions have been overturned, there is going to be a lot of reflection here today. Some people have told me that there might be some champagne, there will be a celebration, but others have said they will just relax. Celebration, but others have said they willjust relax. This has been an extremely emotional day and they just want to take in whats happened and walk out as free people, go home and walk out as free people, go home and spend time with their families. Many of them will be enjoying the moment, but there certainly has been talk of possible civil action and many of these individuals are calling for a Judge Led Enquiry into how this has happened and why it happened. How this has happened and why it ha rened. , how this has happened and why it harrened. ,. , how this has happened and why it ha rened. ,. ,. , how this has happened and why it harrened. ,. ,. , happened. Yes, there is going to be a number of happened. Yes, there is going to be a number of different happened. Yes, there is going to be a number of Different Things happened. Yes, there is going to be a number of Different Things that. A number of Different Things that will happen following this. As you mentioned, there are calls for an enquiry, but also people will seek compensation now. This is nearly two decades of their lives that have been destroyed, they say. There are some former Office Workers who cant be here today because they have passed away many years ago. Their families came here represent them. I spoke to one woman who said that she had promised herfather she would come here to clear his name. Another woman has brought her late husbands ashes with her today because she wanted so desperately for his name to be cleared. You can see how much this has really affected peoples lives and how much clearing their names today really means to so many of these people. {line names today really means to so many of these people of these people. One of the things the rost of these people. One of the things the post office of these people. One of the things the post office continued of these people. One of the things the post office continued to of these people. One of the things | the post office continued to oppose today was the thought that they knew could not, the Sub Postmasters, could not, the Sub Postmasters, could not, the Sub Postmasters, could not have a fair trial but went ahead with the action anyway. The post office was continuing to contest that particular point. Do we know what the court has said on that specifically . Regs know what the court has said on that secificall . � , know what the court has said on that specifically . Specifically . As it stands, we are only getting specifically . As it stands, we are only getting a specifically . As it stands, we are only getting a few specifically . As it stands, we are only getting a few details only getting a few details throughout the moment. We know each lawyer, each family, they have all been given a big pack of details, of legal notes, to sift through and they are now doing that. They have been given half an hour to read through the details and find out exactly what this means and whose name has been cleared. 39 of the 40 have been cleared, and exactly what they can do in the next few hours, days and months. The details are still coming through and we are still coming through and we are still sifting through some of those details and we will find out in the next half an hour or so. Details and we will find out in the next half an hour or so. Thank you, Frankie Mccamley, next half an hour or so. Thank you, Frankie Mccamley, outside next half an hour or so. Thank you, Frankie Mccamley, outside the next half an hour or so. Thank you, i Frankie Mccamley, outside the Court Of Appeal. Much more on that story coming up. You are watching bbc news. Martine croxall is here next. She will have much more reaction to the news from the Court Of Appeal in the news from the Court Of Appeal in the post office scandal. Before that, a look at the weather with louise lear. Good morning. Once again, the weather story is all about the Temperature Swing from cold nights to warm afternoons. First thing this morning we saw an overnight low of 4 in Santon Downham in suffolk, but by the middle of the afternoon, some of us will see temperatures into the high teens, possibly even 20 celsius, and ill come on to where thats likely in just a moment. Thats because weve still got High Pressure influencing the story at the moment. The wind is turning in a clockwise direction around that high so always a chance of a bit more of a breeze, particularly down towards the south west. Weve also got some thick cloud into the Northern Isles which could produce an isolated shower, and generally a bit more high cloud may well develop Into The West by the middle of the afternoon. The winds gusting just like yesterday, in excess of 40 mph across the southwest. Thatll take the edge off the feel of things and might make for some choppy seas as well at times. But sheltered Western Areas are likely to see the best of the warmth 19 degrees, possibly 20, is not out of the question. A little bit cooler on the east coast. If you are a hay fever sufferer, the tree pollen is still high, and that means itll remain high for the majority of the country, only lower where weve got that cloud and the odd shower. Through this evening and overnight, we could see a little bit of patchy mist and fog forming and some low clouds drifting in off the north sea, so temperatures perhaps not falling as low as previous nights, maybe staying just above freezing in many rural places. But that High Pressure is still with us, still a little bit more of a breeze to start the weekend, down to the southwest, but again the emphasis is with that dry, settled, quiet story. Any Early Morning low cloud, patchy mist and fog, will melt away. Once again well see some decent sunshine coming through and temperatures again in sheltered Western Areas could reach the high teens. Butjust that little bit cooler as the breeze starts to pick up again and we could see a little more low cloud coming in off the north sea. Thats going to become more of an issue on sunday. Sunday will be a cloudier story with that Cloud Rolling in from the east. The further west you are, the best of the sunshine, but temperatures are certainly likely to be down a notch or two on recent days. Thats going to be the theme as we go through the week ahead. It will be cooler, cloudier, dont get your hopes up too much if youre desperate for rain, but there could be a few hit and miss showers. This is bbc news, im martine croxall. The headlines at 11. 00 39 former postmasters will learn this morning if their convictions for financial crimes are to be quashed because of flaws in a post office Computer System. They have had their names cleared. India joins the uks Travel Red List� with permitted travellers forced to stay in hotels on arrival as the country reports a daily rise of nearly a third of a million cases. A number of newspapers are quoting Downing Street sources reportedly blaming the Prime Ministers former adviser, Dominic Cummings, for leaking Text Messages between borisjohnson and Sirjames Dyson. Hairdressers reopen in Northern Ireland the last part of the uk where theyre being allowed to welcome back customers. The risk of infection with coronavirus falls sharply after the first dose of a vaccine, a study finds, as the number of people in the uk whove received a jab reaches 33 million. And the duke and Duchess Of Cambridge release a new photograph of their youngest child, prince louis, to celebrate his third birthday today. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. In the past few minutes, 39 former Sub Postmasters who were convicted of forward in accounting because of the post offices system that was faulty, they have had their day in the Court Of Appeal. We can talk to a reporter now. Tell us a bit more about the background of this. Yes. About the background of this. Yes, iood about the background of this. Yes, good morning. About the background of this. Yes, good morning, what about the background of this. Re good morning, what were hearing right now is 39 of the 40 convictions for those former post Office Workers have just been overturned. Just outside the court a few moments ago, we heard a huge cheer. This has been a very long wait for many of these former post Office Workers. As this has been overturned. This was expected, but this is the biggest, most widespread Miscarriage Ofjustice the uk has ever seen. These former post Office Workers were convicted of fraud, they were convicted of False Accounting and theft, their lives were turned upside down, they were shunned by the local community and it turns out these convictions were based on a flawed Accounting System that you mentioned, horizon, that the post office had used, that was showing up shortfalls in cash that were not actually there. Now, this case today follows on from civil action brought by more than 500 post Office Workers, where the post Office Workers, where the post office in that case admitted that it was wrong and it has paid out £58 million in damages. Now, todays case focused on those people who faced criminal convictions, those who had actually been sent to prison or had criminal records against their name. Today was about clearing their name. Today was about clearing their names and that is what we have just found out, 39 of the 40 people with criminal convictions have now had their names cleared. Had their names cleared. Frankie, for the moment had their names cleared. Frankie, for the moment to had their names cleared. Frankie, for the moment to thank had their names cleared. Frankie, for the moment to thank you had their names cleared. Frankie, for the moment to thank you very j for the moment to thank you very much, thank you bearfrom the Royal Courts Ofjustice. Lets speak to alan bates, founder, justice for Sub Postmasters Alliance. What is your reaction to the news today . It what is your reaction to the news toda . , , what is your reaction to the news toda . ,. ,. , today . It has been great news, far too loni today . It has been great news, far too long in today . It has been great news, far too long in coming, today . It has been great news, far too long in coming, but today . It has been great news, far too long in coming, but we today . It has been great news, far too long in coming, but we fully i too long in coming, but we fully expected it, especially after the outcome of the civil action in 2019 how has this case it affected your life and those of your colleagues . Well, we are part of the 40 that have been called today, they are part of the bigger 550 Sub Postmasters who brought a civil action, but does lou ruin lives up and down the country year after year at the post office have been in utter denial about the problems have existed with their system. The utter denial about the problems have existed with their system. Existed with their system. The post office has issued existed with their system. The post office has issued a existed with their system. The post office has issued a Statement Office has issued a statement saying, we sincerely apologise to the postmasters affected by our historical failures. The postmasters affected by our historicalfailures. Throughout the postmasters affected by our historical failures. Throughout this appeals process, we have supported the quashing of the overwhelming majority of these convictions and the judgment today will be an important milestone in addressing the past. How adequate is that . Oh. The past. How adequate is that . Oh, it is not in the the past. How adequate is that . Oi, it is not in the slightest, the past. How adequate is that . i, it is not in the slightest, the post office are trying to close the door on the past and say they are moving on the past and say they are moving on and all the rest of it, but they have still got to put right all the injustices they have done, all the financial damage they have done to hundreds and hundreds of people over the years. And they are still refusing to do it. I know you previously mentioned that we have been awarded £58 million after the civil action. Well, £46 million of that went straightaway on the cost of bringing the case. And the post office itself spent over £120 million trying to shut us up. They eventually ran out of money at that point, but there are still so many questions to be answered, notjust from the post office, but also from the sole shareholder, government, who are complicit in this major cover up that has been going on for years. It coverup that has been going on for ears. ,. , coverup that has been going on for ears. ,. ,. ,. ,. , years. It is a very strong word to use, years. It is a very strong word to use. Cover years. It is a very strong word to use. Cover up years. It is a very strong word to use, cover up. Why years. It is a very strong word to use, cover up. Why do years. It is a very strong word to use, cover up. Why do you years. It is a very strong word to i use, cover up. Why do you describe it in that way . filth. Use, cover up. Why do you describe it in that way . It in that way . Oh, it was shown even in these it in that way . Oh, it was shown even in these court it in that way . Oh, it was shown even in these court of it in that way . Oh, it was shown even in these Court Of Appeal i even in these Court Of Appeal hearings that the post office were shredding documents, where there was anything involved that mentioned there were problems with horizon. I mean, they have put up a blustering defence about how robust the system is, but they have been getting reports for year after year about how bad the system was and they have just refused to act on them the whole time. They havent even gone back to the court to say that they were aware that the prosecutions were aware that the prosecutions were being. Fouryears were aware that the prosecutions were being. Four years ago. Were aware that the prosecutions were being. Fouryears ago. It wasnt until we brought the civil action and the stunning judgment that came out, thousands of pages and judgments in there, that truly highlighted just how bad all of this was. Iqiiufe highlighted ust how bad all of this was. ~. ,. , highlighted ust how bad all of this was. ,. ,. ,. , was. We have had another statement from nick reed, was. We have had another statement from nick reed, the was. We have had another statement from nick reed, the post was. We have had another statement from nick reed, the post office from nick reed, the post office chief executive, since the decision came down from the appeal court. It is quite a long statement but the last but he says, since he arrived at the post office 18 months ago his focus has been on resetting the culture at the post office, re forging a Good Relationship with our supposed postmasters because without them there is no post office. How does he do that, then . What sort of remedy is required . Well, it is the same approach that they have been taking, lets move forward, yes, we got it wrong in the past and all the rest of it, lets start Everything Fresh again, but they still have to sort out the wrong is that they did in the past. They are totally and utterly failing to do that. They are ignoring what they have done and they have brought in this little enquiry, but baze, who we have put in a complaint to the ombudsman about for maladministration in office, they have set the terms for the reference of this enquiry and they are not allowed to look at what went on in the past. We need a full statutory enquiry, where people can be cross examined, we can actually look at who was involved, who made the decisions over the years, but governments seem totally and utterly reluctant to do it. I think there are too many, if you like, so humphreys that might have their names on the charge sheet when we get to the end of this. Im names on the charge sheet when we get to the end of this. Get to the end of this. Im glad that ou get to the end of this. Im glad that you still get to the end of this. Im glad that you still get get to the end of this. Im glad that you still get a get to the end of this. Im glad that you still get a sense get to the end of this. Im glad that you still get a sense of. That you still get a sense of humour, alan. Thank you very much for talking to us. Alan bates, vander of the justice for Sub Postmasters Alliance. Lets speak to ian henderson, a fraud investigator and director at the forensic Accountancy Firm second sight. Back in 2019 his company was called in by the post office to investigate and was initially viewed with some mistrust by the Sub Postmasters involved, but ended up giving evidence in court and to parliament on their behalf. Thank you very much forjoining us. When did you get a sense of the scale of this problem . When did you get a sense of the scale of this problem . Quite early on. As scale of this problem . Quite early on as you scale of this problem . Quite early on. As you know, scale of this problem . Quite early on. As you know, we scale of this problem . Quite early on. As you know, we were scale of this problem . Quite early i on. As you know, we were appointed in 200012. 2012. We on. As you know, we were appointed in 200012. 2012. We were working closely with your previous speaker, alan bates, and the Alliance Scottish Home Rule the answer to scotlands constitutional question billiejustice for scotlands constitutional question billie justice for Sub Postmasters Alliance. Initially we will only looking at 30 cases because that was the number of cases that had been identified. They had similar features, but bearing in mind at the time the post offices estate consist of Something Like 11,000 branches. Initially it was not looking as if it was going to be a major problem, but it was only when we started investigating individual cases that we started realising it was much larger than the 20 or 30. You were promised unfettered access to the information that you need it. Was that the case . Was that the case . Initially, yes. What i was that the case . Initially, yes. What i will was that the case . Initially, yes. What i will say. Was that the case . Initially, yes. What i will say, and was that the case . Initially, yes. What i will say, and this was that the case . Initially, yes. What i will say, and this may what i will say, and this may surprise some viewers. Post office initially appeared to be totally committed to seeking the truth. Second sight insisted on that being a key issue within our terms of engagement. We didnt want to do a whitewash. We wouldnt be allowed to get away with a Whitewash Byjustice for Sub Postmasters Alliance and Sub Postmasters. We were committed to doing an independent, Fullscope Investigation and finding the truth. Part of the agreement between post office, pi and justice for Sub Postmasters Alliance was to allow us access to anything that second sight considered relevant to its terms of office. Bear in mind, initially we were setting the terms of reference, we could look at anything we wanted to add for the First Six Months or so, the post office stuck to that and give us unfettered access and that is when we realised that there was a much larger problem than we had previously realised. The larger problem than we had ireviousl realised. ,. , previously realised. The government has said that previously realised. The government has said that the previously realised. The government has said that the app previously realised. The government has said that the app is previously realised. The government has said that the app is horizon has said that the app is Horizon Dispute has had a hugely damaging effect on affected postmasters and their families. Effect on affected postmasters and theirfamilies. It still effect on affected postmasters and their families. It still being felt today and the covenant has launched an independent enquiry to make sure an independent enquiry to make sure a similar situation cannot happen again. Why do you think, then, that there is some considerable claim that the government needs to shoulderwell, the terms of reference of the sir Wyn Williams Enquiry are wholly inadequate. It is forwardlooking, wholly inadequate. It 3 forward looking, primarily, it does not have the power to compel witnesses, it is not a statutory enquiry, it doesnt require witnesses to give evidence on oath. The terms of reference are so limited that it is almost worthless. For example, they are not allowed to look at the conduct of the litigation. They are not allowed to look at the historical conduct of post office, the decisions made by post office, the decisions made by post office, the decisions made by post office that resulted in expenditure of over £100 million defending the claims that were brought in the Group Litigation by justice for Sub Postmasters Alliance. 555 Sub Postmasters, all former Sub Postmasters, suing the post office. The post office fought back tooth and nail. That falls outside the scope of the sir Wyn Williams Enquiry and therefore in my view and in the view of second sight, it is wholly inadequate. It is allowing post office off the hook, it is a failure of accountability. The Prime Minister has committed to getting to the bottom of this. It was challenged parliamentjust a bottom of this. It was challenged Parliament Just a few days bottom of this. It was challenged parliamentjust a few days ago by lucy allen, the mp for telford, where she said, heads must roll. At the moment, there is no official enquiry looking at the conduct of directors and senior staff at post office. , directors and senior staff at post office. ,. ,. , office. Finally, then, how much of this is down office. Finally, then, how much of this is down to office. Finally, then, how much of this is down to the office. Finally, then, how much of this is down to the cost office. Finally, then, how much of this is down to the cost of office. Finally, then, how much of this is down to the cost of putting | this is down to the cost of putting it right . Where should that cost fall . The problems in providing the adequate remedy . I fall . The problems in providing the adequate remedy . Fall . The problems in providing the adequate remedy . I think again that is the key question. Adequate remedy . I think again that is the key question. I adequate remedy . I think again that is the key question. I am adequate remedy . I think again that is the key question. I am quite is the key question. I am quite encouraged by some of the comments we are now hearing from post office and nick reed in particular, the relatively new ceo. He has identified that in the light of the judgment that hasjust identified that in the light of the judgment that has just been handed down in the Court Of Appeal this morning we should fully exonerate 39 which has fully exonerate a 39 of the 40 appellants to the Court Of Appeal, both in terms of limb one and lean to abuse, that is going to get rise to some very substantial compensation claims, which the post office cannot afford. Also, bear in mind that we know already that under the historic shortfall scheme, they are already 2400 claims in the pipeline and thats without considering the 700 plus other prosecutions that have not been considered by the courts or the Court Of Appeal. Considered by the courts or the Court Of Appeal. Very briefly, if ou can, Court Of Appeal. Very briefly, if you can. Just Court Of Appeal. Very briefly, if you can, just some Court Of Appeal. Very briefly, if you can, just some up Court Of Appeal. Very briefly, if you can, just some up for Court Of Appeal. Very briefly, if you can, just some up for us i Court Of Appeal. Very briefly, if. You can, just some up for us what the costs financially would be to the costs financially would be to the post office and who should shoulder that cost, if not them . Five years ago, we did a back of the Cigarette Packet Calculation and told the post office we estimated the cost ultimately would be in the order of £300 billion. I think the light of what we now know, and the new claims that are in the pipeline, we are probably talking at £500 million. Ultimately we thought the cost would be £300 million. Idit cost would be £300 million. Ian henderson cost would be £300 million. Ian henderson from second sight, thank you very much forjoining us. New restrictions for people coming to the uk from india have come into force this morning, as the country has joined the uks red list, which effectively bans travel. In the past couple of hours, india has reported the biggest daily rise in infections of any country since the pandemic began nearly a third of a million cases for the second day in a row. The country is experiencing a rapidly rising death toll and a new variant of the virus has been identified. Six hospitals in the Indian Capital Delhi have now completely run out of oxygen. Caroline davies reports. The last few arrivals before india is added to the red list. There was joy for those who made it back. Its amazing. I feel like kissing the ground. Adita had travelled to india for his grandmothers funeral. It was expensive. Expensive . Yeah, yeah. Just triple the price. And the time. But yeah, im finally happy that im home. Yesterday, india saw the highest one tally of new covid 19 cases day tally of new covid 19 cases anywhere in the world. Crowds built outside hospitals in major cities, as they reached capacity. And there were reports that some died while waiting for oxygen. Shankas family spent the day searching for oxygen for him. His niece told the bbc his relatives drove five hours to find a supply yesterday. They will have to do the same again today. Its distressing. I cant imagine what the daughter, who is younger than me, my cousin, and what they must be going through right outside the hospital. They are stationed outside, running here and there at every lead to fill a cylinder or to get that oxygen. The so called indian variant of the virus is still being investigated. Todays new restrictions in england mean anyone arriving from india from 4am this morning must quarantine in hotel for ten days at their own expense. Quarantine hotels like the sofitel at heathrow have been running for more than two months. The management told the bbc its sister hotel in gatwick has just opened, employing an extra 100 people, expecting demand to go up. While the industry waits, hoping International Travel will reopen next month, englands red list of countries gets longer, as countries confront new waves of the virus. Caroline davies, bbc news. More than 33 Million People in the uk have now received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. And a new Study Suggests thatjust one shot of the astrazeneca or pfizerjab reduces infections by nearly two thirds and protects both vulnerable and healthy people. Experts say the findings show that vaccines should be able to control the pandemic. David eyre is Associate Professor at the Big Data Institute at the university of oxford. He is one of the researchers who worked on the study. Thank you very much forjoining us. Tell us a bit more about what you found. ,. , tell us a bit more about what you found. ,. ,. , found. Yes, so we know both of these vaccines work found. Yes, so we know both of these vaccines work really found. Yes, so we know both of these vaccines work really well found. Yes, so we know both of these vaccines work really well in vaccines work really well in Clinical Trials, vaccines work really well in clinicaltrials, but vaccines work really well in Clinical Trials, but what we have been doing is looking at how well they have worked in the real world, and so, we have used data from the office for National Statistics Covid Infection survey and this study is 370,000 people from across the uk, some of whom have been vaccinated and some of whom havent. What we have been then able to do is look and see after people have had the first dose of either the fires or the astrazeneca vaccine, how that change the number of infections we saw. As you said, this reduced the number of infections by 65 . It had an even greater effect on infections that were associate with symptoms that were associate with symptoms that make people unwell and these fell by 72 . For the pfizer vaccine, we had enough information to look at what happened after people had two doses and in that case we saw a 90 fall in infections that made people unwell. And this protection was similar across all ages and also people with Long Term Health conditions were similarly protected. There was a second study as well that found levels of antibodies to the virus increased significantly in 95 of people after a first dose of ivor vaccine. 95 of people after a first dose of ivorvaccine. How 95 of people after a first dose of ivor vaccine. How important, then, if that is the improvement after one dose,is if that is the improvement after one dose, is it to have the second jab . So we saw that levels of antibodies rose really quite quickly after an initial vaccination. Within a couple of weeks. But there were differences between the two vaccines, between the astrazeneca and the pfizer vaccines. And also differences between people of different ages. With younger individuals initially having higher antibody responses. But when people had a second dose of the vaccine, actually these differences went away and we saw a high response across all ages, and so, this really reinforces the need for people once they get the opportunity to have a second dose, to have it, and that also gave the better protection against becoming unwell as well. The better protection against becoming unwell as well. Unwell as well. The other issue is even if you unwell as well. The other issue is even if you do unwell as well. The other issue is even if you do get unwell as well. The other issue is even if you do get it, unwell as well. The other issue is even if you do get it, how unwell as well. The other issue is even if you do get it, how likely, | even if you do get it, how likely, if you do get covid 19, how likely are you to need Hospital Treatment . How do these studies help us understand that . So how do these studies help us understand that . So although we studied quite understand that . So although we studied quite a understand that . So although we studied quite a lot understand that . So although we studied quite a lot of understand that . So although we studied quite a lot of people, studied quite a lot of people, actually becoming sufficiently unwell to become admitted to hospital is actually still quite a rare event and so, that is not something that within this study we have been able to look at, but they have been able to look at, but they have been able to look at, but they have been other studies which have shown that vaccination has been very effective at reducing the number of people coming into hospital as well. Final question to you, then. We have all got used to washing hands, wearing masks. How likely is it that these vaccines will mean we can dispense with all of those social Distancing Measures . Dispense with all of those social Distancing Measures . Yes, so there is evidence Distancing Measures . Yes, so there is evidence from Distancing Measures . Yes, so there is evidence from the Distancing Measures . Yes, so there is evidence from the study Distancing Measures . Yes, so there is evidence from the study that Distancing Measures . Yes, so there is evidence from the study that the | is evidence from the study that the vaccines are reducing transmission, so we are seeing fewer cases. We are also seeing that the vaccine is best at preventing cases where people have symptoms and also it is best at preventing cases where people have a lot of virus present, and so by reducing those cases most it is likely we are going to see the transmission of the virus go down. How and when we can reduce restrictions is then going to be dependent on what we see happening over the next few weeks and months, and we hopeful, though, that vaccination is going to be an important part of allowing those restrictions to be in time. Restrictions to be in time. David e re, restrictions to be in time. David eyre, associate restrictions to be in time. David eyre, Associate Professor restrictions to be in time. David eyre, Associate Professor from | restrictions to be in time. David i eyre, Associate Professor from big eyre, Associate Professorfrom Big Data Institute at oxford university, thank you. People in Northern Ireland can this morning go to the hairdressers for the First Time Since the end of december. People in Northern Ireland can this morning go to the hairdressers its the final part of the uk to allow Close Contact Service to reopen in the latest relaxation of covid restrictions. Outdoor Visitor Attractions are also reopening their doors. Our correspondent, chris page, is at a barbers in belfast. Short, back and sides for you, chris . I short, back and sides for you, chfis . � short, back and sides for you, chris . , �. ,. , chris . I wouldnt want to ump the queue for being i chris . I wouldnt want to ump the queue for being the chris . I wouldnt want to jump the queue for being the smart chris . I wouldnt want to jump the queue for being the smart team, i chris . I wouldnt want to jump the i queue for being the smart team, but business here at this hairdressers in belfast has been brisk since they opened at 7am this morning. It has been 119 days we have gone here without a professional haircut, so more than anywhere else in the uk, but hopefully now the days of diy sniffing are consigned to history. I am just going to wander across the shop here and have a quick word with wannabe barbers. It is the 23rd Of December, the last time this place was open, so for months exactly. What is it like to be back in business . It what is it like to be back in business . What is it like to be back in business . ,. , , business . It feels good, it has been awhile since business . It feels good, it has been awhile since we business . It feels good, it has been awhile since we have business . It feels good, it has been awhile since we have been business . It feels good, it has been awhile since we have been back, i business . It feels good, it has been| awhile since we have been back, you knowr awhile since we have been back, you know. And awhile since we have been back, you know. And it awhile since we have been back, you know, and it feels good to be back in the know, and it feels good to be back in the team, seeing everybody again, getting in the team, seeing everybody again, getting back to cutting, doing things getting back to cutting, doing things i getting back to cutting, doing things i like. It getting back to cutting, doing things i like. Getting back to cutting, doing thinisllike. , � things i like. It looks like youve really been things i like. It looks like youve really been enjoying things i like. It looks like youve really been enjoying yourself i things i like. It looks like youvel really been enjoying yourself this morning, having an opportunity to chat to your clients once again. What has lockdown been like for you . Yeah, it was boring, there was not much yeah, it was boring, there was not much to yeah, it was boring, there was not much to do. Yeah, it was boring, there was not much to do, not much places to go. All you much to do, not much places to go. All you can much to do, not much places to go. All you can really do is david eyre you know. All you can really do is david eyre you know, go outside, walks in the park with you know, go outside, walks in the park with with your friends, but there park with with your friends, but there are park with with your friends, but there are no activities you can do. Being there are no activities you can do. Being back there are no activities you can do. Being back at work feels good. It is good being back at work feels good. It is good for being back at work feels good. It is good for the body and the mind, speaking good for the body and the mind, speaking to people and stuff. Definitely, and im told youre booked up now for a few weeks, a busy time ahead . Booked up now for a few weeks, a busy time ahead . Yeah, yeah, it is iioin to busy time ahead . Yeah, yeah, it is going to be busy time ahead . Yeah, yeah, it is going to be mayhem busy time ahead . Yeah, yeah, it is going to be mayhem this busy time ahead . Yeah, yeah, it is going to be mayhem this month, i busy time ahead . Yeah, yeah, it is going to be mayhem this month, yeah, it is going going to be mayhem this month, yeah, it is going to going to be mayhem this month, yeah, it is going to be crazy. All going to be mayhem this month, yeah, it is going to be crazy. It is going to be crazy. All the very best. It is going to be crazy. All the very best, thanks it is going to be crazy. All the very best, thanks very it is going to be crazy. All the very best, thanks very much i it is going to be crazy. All the i very best, thanks very much for taking the time to talk to us life here on bbc news. So a few other restrictions being used here today, outdoor Visitor Attractions, the likes of susan farms, they are welcoming back, and the people who have missed their favourite sports, good news this weekend, they can take to the pitches again, training is being allowed, and matches open for up to 100 people. Another big day this time next week, friday the 30th of april, at date people will have on their calendar is marked, shops will be reopening and also pubs and restaurants will be able to serve food and drink to people outside again, so plenty to come over the coming weeks in Northern Ireland, but today certainly the focus is going to be lodged during those long locks, i think. I{ignite those long locks, i think. Quite riiht. I those long locks, i think. Quite right i did those long locks, i think. Quite right. I did mine those long locks, i think. Quite right. I did mine the those long locks, think. Quite right. I did mine the other those long locks, i think. Quite right. I did mine the other day| those long locks, i think. Quite right. I did mine the other day and it feels good. Chris page in belfast, thank you very much. The easing of some Lockdown Measures in wales has been brought forward by two weeks after the latest review of restrictions. Indoor activities for children can resume and Group Exercise classes will now be allowed from may 3rd, and its hoped pubs and restaurants can reopen on may 17th. From tomorrow, up to six people from six households can meet outdoors. Figures published this morning show that government borrowing rose to £303 billion in the year to the end of march the largest in peacetime. The ons estimates Public Sector net borrowing was £303. 1 billion, thats £246. 1 billion more than the Previous Year and the highest nominal Public Sector borrowing since records began in 1947. A new Malaria Vaccine has proved to be 77 effective in early trials. Malaria kills more than 400,000 people a year in sub saharan africa, many of them children. The vaccine has been developed by the team behind the Oxford Astrazeneca jab, and the effectiveness is far higherfigure than for any existing treatment. There will be larger scale testing. There will of course have to be large scale testing. The lead researcher is professor adrian hill who is director of thejenner institute, where the where the Oxford Astrazeneca Covid Vaccine was developed. This is a remarkable result. Why do you think it has been so successful . 77 effective. Yes, this is very exciting. It is a very difficult disease to vaccinate against. It is caused by a parasite. We have no vaccines at all against any parasitic disease, so technically this has been a Long Time Coming. People have been trained to make Malaria Vaccines for many decades, so this one really is part of a major collaboration between ourselves at the university in oxford, a fantastic manufacturer, the Serum Institute of india, the Worlds Largest supplier of vaccine to the world, and a Larger Company in america making a key ingredient in america making a key ingredient in the vaccine, so what we have been able to do is test this in west africa, in Young Children, the key population that will need a Malaria Vaccine. Hundreds of thousands of children die every year there of this disease. This was a phase two trial and phase three is coming soon, so we are still a couple of years away from being able to deploy this, but at the moment everything is looking pretty good. Oi this, but at the moment everything is looking pretty good. Is looking pretty good. Of course, we have seen is looking pretty good. Of course, we have seen covid19 is looking pretty good. Of course, we have seen covid19 vaccines i we have seen covid 19 vaccines coming on stream much faster than often is the case. How likely is it you can argue the same for Malaria Vaccine . Irate you can argue the same for Malaria Vaccine . ,. ,. , vaccine . We would very much like to do that because vaccine . We would very much like to do that because in vaccine . We would very much like to do that because in africa, vaccine . We would very much like to do that because in africa, where do that because in africa, where about a quarter of the number of people died last year from covid compared to the number that died of malaria, there have been emergency use approvals in many african countries for Covid Vaccines, so we will be making the case that malaria is at least as important in the african context and of course we dont want children dying any more. The numbers at the moment are just horrendous, so many things are being done, insecticide spraying, even preventative drug treatment, but still the countries have struggled to get this number below about 400,000 deaths a year and a new, effective vaccine could really be the tool that will make a difference. And a difference hopefully soon. Difference. And a difference hopefully soon. Difference. And a difference hoefull soon. , hopefully soon. How affordable can ou make hopefully soon. How affordable can you make it . Hopefully soon. How affordable can you make it . These hopefully soon. How affordable can you make it . These countries hopefully soon. How affordable can you make it . These countries dont have a lot of money, in many cases. Yeah, well, the Covid Vaccine we have developed is available for about 3 a dose to government suppliers. We be targeting Something Like that large scale and large scale is providing hundreds of millions of doses a year, that is the target with our manufacturing partners. The target with our manufacturing nartners. ,. , the target with our manufacturing nartners. ,. ,. , partners. Professor adrian hill from the jenner institute. Partners. Professor adrian hill from the jenner institute. Good partners. Professor adrian hill from the jenner institute. Good to partners. Professor adrian hill from the jenner institute. Good to have i thejenner institute. Good to have more positive news, thank you very much forjoining us. The lobbying row surrounding Downing Street is continuing this morning. Several newspapers are reporting that the Prime Ministers former adviser, Dominic Cummings, is being singled out as the source of lea ks exposing texts between Boris Johnson and Sirjames Dyson. Meanwhile the chairman of the laison committee, sir Bernard Jenkin, has rejected calls from labour to question the Prime Minister about the exchanges. For the latest from westminster, lets speak to our Political Correspondent iain watson. Dominic cummings seeing his name in headlines again . Yes, his name is in the headlines as a result of briefings by anonymous Downing Street sources. Street sources. They are hiding behind anonymity street sources. They are hiding behind anonymity today, street sources. They are hiding behind anonymity today, they i street sources. They are hiding i behind anonymity today, they are street sources. They are hiding behind anonymity today, they are not repeating behind anonymity today, they are not repeating their claims, but are suggesting that the story which the bbc broke, that there has been direct bbc broke, that there has been direct contact between the Prime Minister direct contact between the Prime Minister and direct contact between the Prime Ministerand sirjames direct contact between the Prime Minister and Sirjames Dyson at the height minister and Sirjames Dyson at the height of minister and Sirjames Dyson at the height of the pandemic and they were discussing height of the pandemic and they were discussing proposed changes to tax rules. Discussing proposed changes to tax rules, Dominic Cummings, the then top adviser rules, Dominic Cummings, the then top adviser at Downing Street, was responsible for that. The bbc doesnt responsible for that. The bbc doesnt comment on their sources and dominant. Doesnt comment on their sources and dominant, cummings himself hasnt responded dominant, cummings himself hasnt responded to requests to say whether or not responded to requests to say whether or not he responded to requests to say whether or not he was involved, but it is interesting or not he was involved, but it is interesting Downing Street hasnt yet produced any evidence that he was involved in those leagues. Additionally, of course, they are saying additionally, of course, they are saying that this is going to be a cabinet saying that this is going to be a Cabinet Office, whitehall enquiry into the Cabinet Office, whitehall enquiry into the leaking of the exchanges, the text into the leaking of the exchanges, the Text Exchanges between the Prime Minister the Text Exchanges between the Prime Minister and james dyson, and yet, it would minister and james dyson, and yet, it would appear, given that three national it would appear, given that three National Newspapers are carrying those National Newspapers are carrying those Downing Street quotes, that someone those Downing Street quotes, that someone in numberten, at those Downing Street quotes, that someone in number ten, at least, have someone in number ten, at least, have reached their own conclusions. But what have reached their own conclusions. But what labour wants to do is very much but what labour wants to do is very much keep but what labour wants to do is very much keep the focus on the substance of those much keep the focus on the substance of those texts, rather than the means of those texts, rather than the means by of those texts, rather than the means by which they have got into the public means by which they have got into the public domain. They say that what the public domain. They say that what he the public domain. They say that what he texts really show is that there what he texts really show is that there is what he texts really show is that there is Privileged Access going on. Privileged there is Privileged Access going on. Privileged access for the governments mates, something which other people during the course of the pandemic simply could not get for themselves. And today, on a campaign for themselves. And today, on a campaign visit, sir keir starmer, as we can campaign visit, sir keir starmer, as we can hear. Campaign visit, sir keir starmer, as we can hear, was very keen to try to keep we can hear, was very keen to try to keep the we can hear, was very keen to try to keep the focus on that issue, rather than on Dominic Cummings. Boris rather than on Dominic Cummings. Borisjohnson is rather than on Dominic Cummings. Boris johnson is desperate rather than on Dominic Cummings. Borisjohnson is desperate to rather than on Dominic Cummings. Boris johnson is desperate to try to borisjohnson is desperate to try to put this at arms length, but it is obvious that he cant. You know, this is government by whatsapp. They are all at it, whether it is access to the Prime Minister, whether it is the former Prime Minister accessing ministers and officials, whether it is the Health Secretary with shares in companies with contracts with the nhs stop the listjust grows and grows and grows, and i am afraid this sleaze is back and it is bigger than it was before. Going down the target labour voters, perhaps those who abandon the party in the perhaps those who abandon the party in the 2019 perhaps those who abandon the party in the 2019 general election who they display need to win back so time they display need to win back so time and they display need to win back so time and again we hear keir starmer talking time and again we hear keir starmer talking about one rule for the government and their mates, another for everyone government and their mates, another for everyone else. That attempts that they for everyone else. That attempts that they will try to suggest that there that they will try to suggest that there is that they will try to suggest that there is widespread sleaze at the heart there is widespread sleaze at the heart of there is widespread sleaze at the heart of government. Some say that there heart of government. Some say that there is heart of government. Some say that there is nothing wrong and that the prime there is nothing wrong and that the Prime Minister was trying to do the best he Prime Minister was trying to do the best he could to get the increased provision best he could to get the increased provision of ventilators at the time. Provision of ventilators at the time. And provision of ventilators at the time, and the contacts from james dyson time, and the contacts from james dyson and time, and the contacts from james dyson and more widely, the government rules on procurement have been followed, and where they were not, been followed, and where they were not. That been followed, and where they were not, that was simply as a result of the crisis not, that was simply as a result of the crisis. So, there is going to be some the crisis. So, there is going to be some toing the crisis. So, there is going to be some toing and froing. The question is whether some toing and froing. The question is whether labour can actually make this stick is whether labour can actually make this stick permanently, and beyond the set this stick permanently, and beyond the set of this stick permanently, and beyond the set of local elections coming up. The set of local elections coming up that the set of local elections coming up that is the set of local elections coming up. That is by no means clear. Interesting up. That is by no means clear. Interesting today that lord mandelson, the former Campaign Adviser mandelson, the former Campaign Adviser to mandelson, the former Campaign Adviser to government, former cabinet adviser to government, former cabinet minister, informally advising cabinet minister, informally advising keir starmer, was suggesting it might not be enough to id suggesting it might not be enough to. O so suggesting it might not be enough to go so on suggesting it might not be enough to go so on so called tory sleaze, but labour go so on so called tory sleaze, but labour has go so on so called tory sleaze, but labour has to do more work to show that they labour has to do more work to show that they are labour has to do more work to show that they are a credible alternative to government and the only way to do that would to government and the only way to do that would be for people to perhaps defect that would be for people to perhaps defect back to the labour fold. Thank defect back to the labour fold. Thank you defect back to the labour fold. Thank you very much, iain watson in westminster. Now its time for a look at the weather with louise. Hello there. Its been a dry and settled april so far, and today is no exception. A lot of sunshine out there. Maybe one or two isolated showers cropping up into the Northern Isles and potentially a little bit of high cloud moving in from the north west, but generally, it is a dry, settled story with light winds, away from the far south west, where here, once again, we will see a bit more of a breeze along those exposed coasts. Generally speaking temperatures will start to climb and into the afternoon, we could see the high teens not out of the question, maybe one or two places seeing a top temperature of 20 celsius. This evening and overnight, we will keep that quiet story. Maybe a little bit of cloud just filtering in off the north sea at times and a little bit of patchy mist, and perhaps temperatures not falling quite as low. In one or two rural parts, we could see temperatures down to freezing. But, generally, we keep that dry, settled story for the start of the weekend. A little more cloud as the breeze increases from the east on sunday. Hello, this is bbc news with me, martine croxall. The headlines 39 former postmasters convicted of financial crimes in the post Office Accounting scandal have had their names cleared. India joins the uks Travel Red List with permitted travellers forced to stay in hotels on arrival as the country reports a daily rise of nearly a third of a million cases. A number of newspapers are quoting Downing Street sources reportedly blaming the Prime Ministers former adviser, Dominic Cummings, for leaking Text Messages between borisjohnson and Sirjames Dyson. Hairdressers reopen in Northern Ireland the last part of the uk where theyre being allowed to welcome back customers. The risk of infection with coronavirus falls sharply after the first dose of a vaccine, a study finds, as the number of people in the uk whove received a jab reaches 33 million. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres sarah. The countdown is on to the euros, which arejust seven weeks away and were expecting confirmation at lunchtime from uefa about the host venues, as well as details of the number of fans who will be allowed into each stadium. Wembley looks likely to host an extra game in the round of 16, which could involve england, as dublin and bilbao are set to lose their hosting rights. Uefa have stipulated that only grounds able to hold at least a quarter of their usual capacity will keep their allocated ties. The government will be starting their review into the way english football is run straight away, in light of the protests at plans for a new european super league. Former sports minister tracy crouch will chair the review, with heavy input from fans. Some of the key elements being looked at are giving supporters a greater say in the structure of their clubs, examining ownership and finance, and the possibility of creating a new independent regulator. The financial backer of the breakaway league, jp morgan, said it had misjudged how fans would react a good learn from it. The American Investment bank had committed just over £2. 8 billion to the venture. Manchester united were one of the clubs involved and one of their former players, phil neville, now head coach at inter miami in the us, gave his reaction to it all. The overriding gave his reaction to it all. The overriding feeling gave his reaction to it all. Iis overriding feeling is that a group of people probably totally miss read, or had a lack of knowledge, about what football means the people in england and in europe. When you look back at the history of the six clubs in england that obviously try to break away, they based on the working class people, based on supporters, building theirfan base, and a group of people deciding, probably, to make totally the wrong decision. Tennis british number two Cameron Norrie has a huge match to look forward to today hes up against rafa nadal, in the quarter finals of the barcelona open. Norrie made it through when the eighth seed, david goffin, retired injured he had treatment for a leg problem in the second set, but he couldnt continue. Norries progress could take him back into the worlds top 50. Benoit paire is paying the price for his inappropriate behaviour hes been barred from representing france at the Olympic Games in tokyo. He would have been well placed to make the team, as the french numberfour and world number 35, but hes repeatedly made the headlines for his conduct on court and comments off it. Hes made no secret of his dislike of life on tour during the coronavirus pandemic and after defeat at last weeks monte carlo masters, he said, i just dont care. The French Tennis Federation said his attitude was totally incompatible with the olympic spirit. We have a 50 crowd at the World Snooker championship in sheffield, after culture secretary Oliver Dowden confirmed the pilot was going to plan, so were on course for an increase to 75 for the quarter finals and semi finals, and a full house for the final. Theres a way to go before we get there, though. Lets see how defending champion Ronnie Osullivan is getting on. He is looking a bit shaky in their second round match, against anthony mcgill. The scot has taken the first four frames of the session remember osullivan had a 4 1 lead yesterday, before mcgill levelled. First to 13 wins. 8 4 at the moment. You can watch this match on bbc two. Also on the bbc sport website. Kyren wilson is up against barry hawkins, with Barrett Barry hawkins leading 2 1 in that second round match. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. Lets return now to one of main stories, that india is in the grip of a devastating second surge of covid 19. In the past few hours, india has reported the biggest daily rise in infections of any country since the pandemic began nearly a third of a million cases for the second day in a row. Many families across the uk have loved ones in india, and are now watching helplessly as its Healthcare System is pushed to breaking point. Our correspondent sima kotecha has more. Much of britains vast south asian population originates from india. For many there remain Strong Family links, so the seismic explosion of coronavirus cases over there is causing great concern and panic over here. Hi, mum hello. Hi, you all right . Ranjans daughter lives just outside delhi, along with her two children and husband. Im like paranoid and keep phoning them and saying, dont leave the house, dont do this, dont do this. But, you know, fair enough, they may not do it but theres other family out there, as well. You know, in gujarat and others. Cousins and things like that in the villages and stuff like that. They are not in the same environment. Every environment in india is different, isnt it . The Covid Backdrop makes her daughter often feel scared and lonely. We are doing everything we can to protect ourselves and build our immunity against it, i suppose. It is very isolated. I do miss my family, heaps. And vice versa, theyre missing us. The second wave of the virus is ferocious. A nationwide Oxygen Shortage meant scores of patients dying in the Western State of maharashtra yesterday after their ventilators shut down. Locals are alarmed and bewildered. Its pretty bad, you know . The sad thing is that we are running short of medication. We are running short of hospital beds. We are running short of ventilators. So thats what it is right now. A few Family Members are at a very critical stage right now. In fact one of them is getting admitted in a hospital in delhi. It was not easy getting a bed for one of our relatives and thats what the situation is. We are not safe. Some are blaming the government religious festivals and other large public gatherings have been allowed to continue, attracting millions. We have to be very careful about. We knew that at least for the next two years we have to maintain a little bit of distance, but, yeah, the government could have done a lot better. They could have seen this coming and they could have avoided certain gatherings. India has been manufacturing the astrazeneca vaccine, supplying countries across the world. This week covax, the group assigned with distributing vaccines to poorer nations, said it will reduce the number of doses sent to other places after india stopped exporting them to help at home. Some believe britain needs to step up its international support. The uk government can do a lot more than it currently has. Firstly, it has talked about the surplus vaccines that we will have. What it hasnt done is actually state how many surplus vaccines we are likely to have and what is the timeline of us being able to give those either back to the covax facility or have Bilateral Agreements with places like india, for example. Clearly the government just hasnt given any detail. A number 10 spokesperson said there had been no requests for help from india. But that it would consider any requests very closely, as you would expect. For those here who call it their motherland, indias crisis is theirs, too. What does india mean to you, as someone of indian descent . India means home. My heritage, my culture, everything is from india, you know . My children grew up with that, as well. So i feel deeply about people and the situation out there, but at the same time i feel helpless, you know . What can we do from here . Well, we can speak now to Mukti Mulligan who is from london, but is now stuck in goa after contracting covid. Thank you very much forjoining us. First of all, how are you . Thank you very much for oining us. First of all, how are you . First of all, how are you . Thank ou. At first of all, how are you . Thank you at the first of all, how are you . Thank you. At the moment first of all, how are you . Thank you. At the moment i first of all, how are you . Thank you. At the moment i am first of all, how are you . Thank you. At the moment i am ok. I | first of all, how are you . Thank. You. At the moment i am ok. I can chat a bit. About three weeks ago, about ten days, i got it and have since recovered a bit, i was testing positive, and the, ifeel fine. You positive, and the, ifeelfine. You have been positive, and the, ifeelfine. You have been there positive, and the, ifeel fine. You have been there since february. What concerns did you have about visiting india at that point . Obviously it has got much worse since then. Iii has got much worse since then. If i am has got much worse since then. Iii am honest, the situation seemed, that was reflected in the way politicians were talking about it, there was a sense that it was rather calm, like it had gone back to a sort of normal sort of place i was actually quite nice. I came overfor an emergency and decided to stay on to do some projects here. The situation that has developed in the last two and a bit weeks has been so sudden, and it doesnt seem to be linked to any sort of particular change in lifestyle, any particular kind of events that have exacerbated it. It seems as though the bearing hitting right now is different, affecting people who have certainly had it before, he would have been immune to the previous one, but are falling ill with this one stop we have heard that some hospitals in delhi have run out of oxygen. What is the situation in goa . How are they coping . Iii is the situation in goa . How are they coping . Is the situation in goa . How are the coiin . ,. ,. , they coping . Ifi am honest, at the moment, they coping . Ifi am honest, at the moment. I they coping . Ifi am honest, at the moment, i dont they coping . Ifi am honest, at the moment, i dont know they coping . Ifi am honest, at the moment, i dont know beyond they coping . Ifi am honest, at the| moment, i dont know beyond what they coping . If i am honest, at the i moment, i dont know beyond what it was last week when i spoke to two friends who ended up in hospital. They had good treatment. These were private hospitals, but in those hospitals where. Private hospitals, but in those hospitals where. Private hospitals, but in those hospitals where. Private hospitals, but in those hositals where. ,. ,. , hospitals where. Loss of sound. I think the picture hospitals where. Loss of sound. I think the picture might hospitals where. Loss of sound. I think the picture might have hospitals where. Loss of sound. I think the picture might have risen. I think the picture might have risen. Im very sorry. We got the gist of what Mukti Mulligan was saying in goa. The headlines on bbc news. 39 former postmasters convicted of financial crimes in the post Office Accounting scandal have had their names cleared. India joins the uks Travel Red List� a third of a million cases. A number of newspapers are quoting Downing Street sources reportedly blaming the Prime Ministers former adviser, Dominic Cummings, for leaking Text Messages between borisjohnson and Sirjames Dyson. A childrens hospice in the Black Country has been saved from closure thanks to the bereaved parents of a little girl who was looked after there. £2 million were raised after a groundswell of support from local people for the Acorns Hospice in walsall, which provides vital care for hundreds of poorly children and theirfamilies. Phil mackie has the story. From now on i say dont give up today. This is isabella lyttle. The campaign to save acorns childrens hospice in walsall wouldnt have succeeded without her familys support. During her eight year battle with cancer it became her second home. But two years ago, just after she died, the trust said it couldnt afford to keep it open, which is when her family helped kickstart the fundraising needed to save it. Less than two years later, its future is secure. It is a bit of a rare occurrence, often times at the moment for a lasting and a genuine smile. But, yeah, this news, you know, its been worth all the time and effort and outpouring of love from our local community. Its, er. Job done this arts and crafts room will always be isabellas place. Isabellas favourite place was the arts and crafts room, and now its been named in her honour. Its a real honour and a privilege that you thought about isabella like that, so just thank you for everything that youve done for us for so long. Amad is one of the many Young Children for whom acorns is a lifeline and it provides critical support for theirfamilies, too. Every room today is occupied by a child who has complex care needs, and families here in the Black Country use the walsall acorns for respite care and, of course, as in isabellas case, for palliative care, too, which is why the Community Came together to raise the money to save it. A lot of charities have had a really tough time during the pandemic, as have we. But thanks to peoples generosity, this hospice has stayed open every day of the pandemic every single day weve had children and families staying in this hospice, all thanks to how people rallied round and supported the charity. I this place, it just always brings i back the most amazing memories. And when i walk in, ijust feel. I feel calm, i feel peaceful. I feel that shes here. And just to see all the staff and to know how much they loved isabella and how much she loved them. And shesjust. Shes just part of the walls of this place she really is. Ijust know how happy shed be now, to. I to see this, to see that its saved. She would love this. The craft room has a new name, and the hospice is safe for the next generations of families like isabellas. I hope it brings a lot ofjoy to a lot of other children, just like isabella and. That smile. Phil mackie, bbc news, walsall. Most of us are in for some glorious spring weather this weekend so you may be thinking of venturing into the Great Outdoors fora hike ora ramble. If so, youre being asked to stick to proper footpaths. Adam mcclean sent this report from scafell pike in the Lake District. This path is one of hundreds across the Lake Districts fells routes that help hikers reach the top of englands highest peaks. Were always repairing the paths in the Lake District and were repairing them for the benefit of the environment, so were stopping the damage to the vegetation and the wildlife here. And thats our main reason for the work that were doing to protect this wonderful scenery and this precious environment. This routes one of the most popular in the Lake District from those completing the three Peaks Challenge to others ticking off the highest point in england. I think the pandemic has made people realise how important the countryside is for their physical and mental well being and health. And so theyre getting out into the countryside more and thats absolutely great to see. But, of course, it has an impact. And whats happening is this mountain is literally being worn away. Repairing the paths needs heavy machinery a challenge for the team fixing the fells. We realised that access for the machine to do the machine restoration was particularly tricky well, impossible, to be honest and that the only way to get the machine up would be to take it apart, bring it here, fly it up to the summit and then rebuild it the work will repair five damaged sections of the path, with equipment flown up by helicopter. Ok, terry, ready to lift. And lifting, terry. After a short four minute flight, the equipment arrives here on the path to the top of scafell pike. Piece by piece therell soon be a digger near the top of englands highest mountain. Certainly around these hills, wind can play a big part of the aviation turbulence wind shear, down drafts weve always got to be aware of that. This helicopter is capable of lifting 1. 2 tonnes, and thats right at its maximum weight. So if we have any outside influences which may affect our performance, weve got to be extremely careful and certainly when were working around people on the ground, as well. And for those enjoying a walk, the hard work didnt go unnoticed. I think the work to maintain and restore the paths is fantastic because it makes it much more accessible for people to get up the mountain. And its a beautiful view. You can see the isle of man, you can see all around ive made good use of the panoramic feature on my phones camera. Itjust makes you feel so much safer going up this sort of path, especially compared to, like, the other other mountain paths ive been on you feel looked after. High visitor numbers and extreme weather are eroding englands highest mountains. Its hoped this work will help preserve them for the future. Our apologies to cumbrians believe that scalp light is produced scofell pike, as dave, producer in gallery says it is. The duke and Duchess Of Cambridge have released a new photograph of their youngest child, prince louis, to celebrate his third birthday today. The picture shows the young royal, who is fifth in line to the throne, on his first day at Nursery School earlier this week. The image was taken by his mother, the Duchess Of Cambridge who is a keen photographer. Now its time for a look at the weather with louise. Good morning. Once again, the weather story is all about the Temperature Swing from cold nights to warm afternoons. First thing this morning we saw an overnight low of 4 in Santon Downham in suffolk, but by the middle of the afternoon, some of us will see temperatures into the high teens, possibly even 20 celsius, and ill come on to where thats likely in just a moment. Thats because weve still got High Pressure influencing the story at the moment. The wind is turning in a clockwise direction around that high so always a chance of a bit more of a breeze, particularly down towards the south west. Weve also got some thicker cloud into the Northern Isles which could produce an isolated shower, and generally a bit more high cloud may well develop Into The West by the middle of the afternoon. The winds gusting just like yesterday, in excess of 40 mph across the southwest. Thatll take the edge off the feel of things and might make for some choppy seas as well at times. But sheltered Western Areas are likely to see the best of the warmth 19 degrees, possibly 20, is not out of the question. A little bit cooler on the east coast. If you are a hay fever sufferer, the tree pollen is still high, and that means itll remain high for the majority of the country, only lower where weve got that cloud and the odd shower. Through this evening and overnight, we could see a little bit of patchy mist and fog forming and some low clouds drifting in off the north sea, so temperatures perhaps not falling as low as previous nights, maybe staying just above freezing in many rural places. But that High Pressure is still with us, still a little bit more of a breeze to start the weekend, down to the southwest, but again the emphasis is with that dry, settled, quiet story. Any Early Morning low cloud, patchy mist and fog, will melt away. Once again well see some decent sunshine coming through and temperatures again in sheltered Western Areas could reach the high teens. Butjust that little bit cooler as the breeze starts to pick up again and we could see a little more low cloud coming in off the north sea. Thats going to become more of an issue on sunday. Sunday will be a cloudier story with that Cloud Rolling in from the east. The further west you are, the best of the sunshine, but temperatures are certainly likely to be down a notch or two on recent days. Thats going to be the theme as we go through the week ahead. It will be cooler, cloudier, dont get your hopes up too much if youre desperate for rain, but there could be a few hit and miss showers. This is bbc news. Iam martine i am martine croxall. The headlines 39 former postmasters convicted of financial crimes in the post Office Accounting scandal have had their names cleared. The post office are trying to close the door on the past and say they are moving on and all the rest of it, but they have still got to put right all the injustices they have done, or the financial damage they have done to hundreds and hundreds of people over the years. India joins the uks Travel Red List, with permitted travellers forced to stay in hotels on arrival, as the country reports the highest daily tally of covid cases anywhere in the world. A number of newspapers are quoting Downing Street sources reportedly blaming the Prime Ministers former adviser, Dominic Cummings, for leaking Text Messages between borisjohnson and sir james dyson. Hairdressers reopen in Northern Ireland the last part of the uk where theyre being allowed to welcome back customers. The risk of infection with coronavirus falls sharply after the first dose of a vaccine, a study finds, as the number of people in the uk whove received a jab reaches 33 million. And the duke and Duchess Of Cambridge release a new photograph of their youngest child, prince louis, to celebrate his third birthday today. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 39 former Sub Postmasters who were convicted of theft, fraud and False Accounting have had their names cleared by the Court Of Appeal. The group were convicted based on evidence from a faulty it System Installed by the post office more than 20 years ago. Lawyers have described the case as one of the most widespread miscarriages ofjustice in uk history. Well, outside the Royal Courts Ofjustice is our correspondent, Frankie Mccamley. It has been a Long Time Coming today for many of them. For many of them. Yes, absolutely, martin. I think for many of them. Yes, absolutely, martin. I think every for many of them. Yes, absolutely, martin. I think every single for many of them. Yes, absolutely, martin. I think every single workerl martin. I think every single worker here came in today with this huge sense of anxiety. This has been nearly two decades in the waiting for many of these people, but as we know now, 39 out of the 40 criminal convictions here this morning have now been overturned. This is officially the biggest miscarriage officially the biggest Miscarriage Ofjustice in the uk history. Extremely significant for those people, those former post Office Workers, but also extremely significant day for the post office and for the legal system. Ijust want to give you a few more details on thejudgment handed want to give you a few more details on the judgment handed down want to give you a few more details on thejudgment handed down by want to give you a few more details on the judgment handed down by the judge today, to say that there were significant problems with horizon. That is the Accounting System that the post office used, which made it look like there were shortfalls in the accounts, but it didnt reflect missing cash or stock. It was caused by big errors and defects in the system. He went on to say, the post office knew the problems and had a clear duty to investigate them. However, the post office insisted it was reliable and it effectively steam rolled over any Sub Postmaster is who sought to challenge that. 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And for many people like yourself, yourjob, you were a i like yourself, yourjob, you were a pillar of the community, at the hub of the community. How did people react when they thought you had carried out criminal actions . Same carried out criminal actions . Some reole carried out criminal actions . Some people were carried out criminal actions . Some people were very carried out criminal actions . Some people were very supportive, carried out criminal actions . Some people were very supportive, but some people were very supportive, but some people, the way it was presented in the media at that time by the presented in the media at that time by the local paper, i was treated as a criminal. 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I going to be looking for some kind of compensation . Going to be looking for some kind of compensation . I need to speak to my solicitors about compensation . I need to speak to my solicitors about it. Compensation . I need to speak to my solicitors about it. Yeah, compensation . I need to speak to my solicitors about it. Yeah, thank compensation . I need to speak to my solicitors about it. Yeah, thank you i solicitors about it. Yeah, thank you for oinini solicitors about it. Yeah, thank you forjoining us solicitors about it. Yeah, thank you forjoining us in solicitors about it. Yeah, thank you forjoining us in bbc solicitors about it. Yeah, thank you forjoining us in bbc news. Solicitors about it. Yeah, thank you forjoining us in bbc news. Seema| forjoining us in bbc news. Seema there, one of the former post Office Workers who faced a criminal conviction and went into prison just eight weeks pregnant because of a faulty Accounting System that the post office was using. The government has lodged a formal enquiry and that is due to be starting later this month, but that has already faced criticism by some former post Office Workers, who say that has no teeth because the judge doesnt have the ability to call people to give evidence, theyjust have to rely on those who are willing to give evidence as and when they please. Like i say, an extremely positive day for many of these former post Office Workers. Many will be celebrating now, but many will be reflecting because we cant forget that there are some people here today that cant be here. Many lost their lives and their family here. Many lost their lives and theirfamily are here representing them, as their names, have finally been cleared. Them, as their names, have finally been cleared. Thank you very much, Frankie Mccamley been cleared. Thank you very much, Frankie Mccamley at been cleared. Thank you very much, Frankie Mccamley at the been cleared. Thank you very much, Frankie Mccamley at the royal been cleared. Thank you very much, i Frankie Mccamley at the Royal Courts Ofjustice. The panellist has just been tweeting about this in the last minute or so. He says, i welcome the Court Of Appeal� s decision to overturn the convictions of 39 former Sub Postmaster is in the Horizon Dispute. An appalling justice, he says, which has had a devastating impact on these families for years. Lesson should and will be lent to ensure this never happens again. But as we heard there, some of those appellants are saying they will be seeking financial remedy. New restrictions for people coming to the uk from india have come into force today, as the country has joined the uks red list, which effectively bans travel. In the past few hours, india has reported the biggest daily rise in infections of any country since the pandemic began nearly a third of a million cases for the second day in a row. The country is experiencing a rapidly rising death toll and a new variant of the virus has been identified. Six hospitals in the indian capital, delhi, have now completely run out of oxygen. Caroline davies reports. The last few arrivals before india is added to the red list. There was joy for those who made it back. Its amazing. I feel like kissing the ground. Adita had travelled to india for his grandmothers funeral. It was expensive. Expensive . Yeah, yeah. Just triple the time and price. But yeah, im finally happy that im home. Yesterday, india saw the highest one tally of new covid 19 cases day tally of new covid 19 cases anywhere in the world. Crowds built outside hospitals in major cities, as they reached capacity. And there were reports that some died while waiting for oxygen. Shankas family spent the day searching for oxygen for him. His niece told the bbc his relatives drove five hours to find a supply yesterday. They will have to do the same again today. Its distressing. I cant imagine what his daughter, who is younger than me, my cousin, and son, they must be going through right outside the hospital. They are stationed outside, running here and there at every lead to fill a cylinder or to get that oxygen. The so called indian variant of the virus is still being investigated. Todays new restrictions in england mean anyone arriving from india from 4am this morning, must quarantine in hotel for ten days at their own expense. Quarantine hotels like the sofitel at heathrow have been running for more than two months. The management told the bbc its sister hotel in gatwick has just opened, employing an extra 100 people, expecting demand to go up. While the industry waits, hoping International Travel will reopen next month, englands red list of countries gets longer, as countries confront new waves of the virus. Caroline davies, bbc news. More than 33 Million People in the uk have now received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. And a new Study Suggests thatjust one shot of the astrazeneca or pfizerjab reduces infections by nearly two thirds and protects both vulnerable and healthy people. Experts say the findings show that vaccines should be able to control the pandemic. Our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has more, and a warning there are some Flashing Images in his report. When Margaret Keenan became the first person to be immunized in a mass Vaccination Programme, doctors were confident from the Clinical Trials that herjab and millions of others would be effective. Since then, Infection Rates have plummeted. But its been hard to tell how much of this has been due to Lockdown Measures, and how much has been down to the jabs. The new study indicates that the vaccines are likely to have had a big impact. It also confirms that the decision to give as many people as possible a first dose by delaying the second, was the right one. Among the findings are that two doses of the Pfizer Biontech jab reduced infection by 90 . Not enough people have had two doses of the Oxford Astrazeneca jab to assess its impact. But comparison of the first doses show that its just as good as pfizer. And both jabs are just as effective in people aged over 75, or with Underlying Health conditions, as they are in younger, healthier people. What weve found is that vaccination works equally well across all ages, and also that people with Long Term Health conditions were equally well protected by vaccinations. Weve seen good protection from one dose of vaccine, but weve seen that you get the best protection, having had a second dose of vaccine. So wed really like to encourage people to take up the opportunity to have a second dose of their vaccine once this is available. The next stage of the research is to find out how long the jabs continue to protect people, in order to decide when to begin the next round of vaccinations. Pallab ghosh, bbc news. Figures published this morning show that government borrowing rose to £303 billion in the year to the end of march the largest in peacetime. The ons estimates Public Sector net borrowing was £303. 1 billion, thats £246. 1 billion more than the Previous Year and the highest nominal Public Sector borrowing since records began in 1947. People in Northern Ireland are back the hairdressers today for the First Time Since the end of december. Its the final part of the uk to allow Close Contact Service to reopen in the latest relaxation of covid restrictions. Outdoor Visitor Attractions are also reopening their doors. Our correspondent, chris page, has been to a barbers in belfast. It is by my reckoning 119 days since hairdressers and barbers were open, so the last time this place, skinny isaacs, in South Belfast, had customers in it was the 23rd Of December. Four months on they are back, so lets have a quick word with somebody who has just taken his place in the chair, ciaran. Ciaran, when was the last time you had a haircut . I think it was just before christmas. So whats it like to have the scissors on your head again . A real haircut, it is great. After a few home haircuts, there were a few disasters, it is good to be back. A few disasters, now that there is a amateur haircut, shall we say, design hopefully. Hopefully it suits me. Well, you are one of the first back to get professional haircut again, so lets just take a quick walk across the barber shop here to talk to elliott, who once again has scissors and his comb in his hand. Elliott, you have been off work now for four months, what is it like for you today . No, its good to be back. It really isjust good to be back, so im just enjoying it. Getting back to enjoying being off work now. You must have missed work a lot over the last. Idid. Idid indeed. I enjoyed the time off, but now i am happy to get back and make some money, so. Yeah. Yeah, all the very best. Youre certainly going to have a very busy few days. Yeah. Now, boss here is neil. Already hard at work, you have been hard at work for a couple of hours already. Yep. Neil, what has the Lockdown Experience been like for you . To start off, i think the first lockdown was the hardest, you know, getting used to the idea of not being in work, not seeing the guys, not saying your clients. My wife. We had a baby at the start of the first lockdown, so that was more or less a full year with her to enjoy at home, but now im back at work it is seeing people, it feels like were getting back to normality again. I hope it stays that way. Yeah, and are you going to be, i think, over the next few weeks, maybe cleaning up a few Diy Disasters . Yeah, hopefully most guys have just left their hair alone. If they leave it alone, it makes it easiest for us to fix. The fix jobs are the ones that they end up maybe having to leave with something they never wanted to start off with, but it is their own fault. Yeah. So the more hair, basically, the more youve got to work with . Yeah, thats it. Well, neil, thank you very much indeed. It is certainly going to be an extremely busy day today and over the next few weeks. You are completely booked up, so thanks for making time to talk to us today on bbc breakfast. A few other restrictions being eased today in this part of the uk. Driving lessons, driving tests are resuming, and if you miss your favourite sport there is good news. You can get back on the pitches. Competitive games are allowed for up to 100 people, so it is a big day for lockdown easing here. Chris page in belfast. The headlines on bbc news. 39 former postmasters convicted of financial crimes in the post Office Accounting scandal have had their names cleared. India joins the uks Travel Red List, with permitted travellers forced to stay in hotels on arrival, as the country reports the highest daily tally of covid cases anywhere in the world. A number of newspapers are quoting Downing Street sources reportedly blaming the Prime Ministers former adviser, Dominic Cummings, for leaking Text Messages between Boris Johnson and Sirjames Dyson. We are expecting to hear from the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, in a moment to hear about the easing of restrictions there, but first lets that in as much sport news is we can with sarah. Hello, i can tell you that some Breaking News in the last couple of minutes because it has been confirmed that wembley will take on dublins euro 2020 last 16 match. That will be on june 29. Uefa hasjust 2020 last 16 match. That will be on june 29. Uefa has Just Announced that, so that means england could play their first four matches of those finals at wembley. So wembley will now host an extra game at this summers european championship, and this comes because of the fact that dublin and also another city, bill bal, are losing their hosting rights because we know that uefa have stipulated that only grants are able to these are the only grants that are able to hold at least a quarter of their usual capacity would keep their ties, so that is the story on their. Website, so confirmation that wembley is now taking on one of the extra for games that were due to be taking place in dublin. The government will be starting a review into the way english football is run straightaway, in light of protests over plans for the new european super league. Former sports minister, tracey crouch, will share the review, with heavy input from fans, but for the moment we will just break away and head back to the new centre. Sarah, thank you very much. Straight to mark drakeford, lets listen. Regs much. Straight to mark drakeford, lets listen lets listen. As you will see from the slide. Lets listen. As you will see from the slide, rates lets listen. As you will see from the slide, rates of lets listen. As you will see from the slide, rates of coronavirus i lets listen. As you will see from the slide, rates of coronavirus in wales have continued to fall since i last spoke to three weeks ago. He all wales figure is now 14. 7 cases per 100,000 of the population. When i was last here three weeks ago, that figure was 35. There are 14 local authorities with rates below 15 per 100,000 people. And the Positivity Rate is down to 1. 7 . Wales has the lowest rates of coronavirus in the whole of the United Kingdom. Now, this continuing decline in coronavirus is the result of all the hard work which people across wales have done. It is you who are keeping wales safe. As restrictions have been relaxed, as children have gone back to school, and as shops and businesses have begun to trade once again. The pressure on our nhs is also continuing to ease, as the number of people needing Hospital Treatment for the virus has fallen to the lowest levels since mid september. Indeed, the number of people in hospitalfor indeed, the number of people in hospital for coronavirus related reasons has more than halved injust the last three weeks. And this is partly because wales also has the most Successful Vaccination Programme in the whole of the uk. The very latest figures, which have just been published, show that more than 1. 7 million adults aged 18 and over have had their first dose of the vaccine and that is more than two thirds of the adult population. And more than 650,000 adults have completed the true dose course, and that, one in four adults in wales. And you can see that on the slide demonstrating that consistent upward movement in vaccination numbers in wales. This means that we are making really Good Progress in vaccinating younger adults. Around two thirds of people in their 40s and more than 30 of people in their 30s have now had a first dose of vaccine in wales. I want to say thank you and congratulations to all our fantastic vaccination staff and volunteers. Your work has been incredible and it is that work that is making a real difference to the course of this awful virus. Difference to the course of this awfulvirus. Now, because the difference to the course of this awful virus. Now, because the Public Health situation remains positive, we have more headroom to make further changes to the current restrictions. Earlier this week, further changes to the current restrictions. Earlierthis week, i confirmed that from tomorrow, six people from up to six different households will be able to meet outdoors. That rule of six will apply in private gardens and an outdoor hospitality settings, helping that sector to get back to business. Many cafe is, restaurants, pubs and bars with outdoor areas are taking bookings ahead of a planned reopening for monday. And it has been important that they have as much notice as possible about that rule of six, so that they can take bookings from those larger groups. Today, i can also confirm that on monday next, the 26th of april, wedding receptions and funeral weeks can be held outdoors at regulated premises, for up to 30 people. Outdoor attractions, including funfairs, theme parks and outdoor swimming pools, can reopen. Outdoor organised activities for up to 30 people will resume from monday. And we have also updated our guidance and care home visits to allow for a second designated visitor to be able to see people, friends, relatives and so on, living in care homes. There will be more flexibility around visits from younger children as well, and this updated guidance will come into effect from monday of next week. Turning now to monday the 3rd of may. From that date, gyms, leisure and Fitness Centres will be able to reopen for one to one training, personaltraining able to reopen for one to one training, personal training sessions and now also for exercise classes for up to 15 people. From the 3rd of may, people will once again be able to form an extended household with one other household. Indoor supervised activities for children and indoor organised activities for p and indoor organised activities for up to 15 adults will be able to restart and in order to allow that to happen, Community Centres will also be able to reopen. All of this means that by the 3rd of may wales will have completed our move to alert level three. The fact that we have been able to do this more quickly than had originally been expected reflects the progress we have made in controlling the virus and rolling out vaccination across wales. Now, at the last three week review, as i do each time, i also set out a forward look of how the restrictions could continue to be lifted in the weeks beyond the current three week review. As ever, subject to the Public Health circumstances at the time. And it will be for an incoming Welsh Government to confirm these arrangements at the next three week review. That wont be held the 13th of may, and that is one week after the election. It is my assessment, however, that the hospitality sector, bars, pubs, restaurants, and cathy, should be able to open indoors from the 17th of may. Cafes. And all other tourist institutions,. Cafes. And all other tourist institutions,. The same time, i anticipate will also be up to increase the number of people who can attend organised events, including wedding receptions moving to 30 people being able to take part indoors and 50 at Outdoor Events from the same date. But to be clear, these are choices and decisions for these are choices and decisions for the next lower case government to make. But in the usual way, i want the many thousands of princesses in these sectors to have these dates today, so that they have as much notice as possible to plan ahead and to prepare. And as i previously indicated, a further £200 million will be immediately available to that next government to support businesses who will be continued to be affected by the pandemic and the restrictions. The changes we have introduced so far and the proposals i have laid out today bring us another big step closer to the lives we lived before this pandemic. Everyone wants the pandemic to be over, so that we can all get on with our lives and work for a better future. But i have to say again today that the virus has not gone away. The signs in wales are very encouraging, but elsewhere, in europe and further afield, there are worrying signs that remind us just how quickly this awful virus can alter course and spread again. And here in wales we are not immune to those continuing dangers, the dangers posed by the emergence of new variants of covid 19 elsewhere in the world. So once again today, i ask for your help. To help keep rates in wales under control and as low as possible because that gives us all the best possible chance of preventing new variants from emerging and managing any new outbreaks. If we continue to Work Together and follow the rules, we will keep wales safe. Diolch back i will keep wales safe. Diolch back i will now take questions from journalists. 50 will now take questions from journalists. Will now take questions from ournalists. , ~ , journalists. So the first minister of wales, mark journalists. So the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, journalists. So the first ministerj of wales, mark drakeford, setting out why they will are able to look more restrictions ahead of time, saying that the Vaccination Programme is going well, reaching even the 30s and 40s, saying that wales has the lowest covid rate in the uk, but it warning that the virus hasnt gone away, so we still need to take care. You can listen to those questions on bbc one wales if you would like to carry on watching. Time for a look at the Weather Forecast with louise. Hello there. Its been a dry and settled april so far, and today is no exception. A lot of sunshine out there. Maybe one or two isolated showers cropping up into the Northern Isles and potentially a little bit of high cloud moving in from the north west, but generally, it is a dry, settled story with light winds, away from the far south west, where here, once again, we will see a bit more of a breeze along those exposed coasts. Generally speaking temperatures will start to climb and into the afternoon, we could see the high teens not out of the question in the west, maybe one or two places seeing a top temperature of 20 celsius. This evening and overnight, we will keep that quiet story. Maybe a little bit of cloud just filtering in off the north sea at times and a little bit of patchy mist, and perhaps temperatures not falling quite as low. In one or two rural parts, we could see temperatures down to freezing. But generally, we keep that dry, settled story for the start of the weekend. A little more cloud as the breeze increases from the east on sunday. Hello this is bbc news with martine croxall. The headlines. Celebrations outside the Court Of Appeal as 39 postmasters convicted of financial crimes in the post Office Accounting scandal have had their names cleared. The victims have expressed how traumatic it had been. Ifi if i hadnt been pregnant i would have if i hadnt been pregnant i would have killed myself. Made me like a bad name have killed myself. Made me like a bad name to the family, going to prison india joins the uks Travel Red List, with permitted travellers forced to stay in hotels on arrival as the country reports the highest daily tally of covid cases anywhere in the world. A number of newspapers are quoting Downing Street sources reportedly blaming the Prime Ministers former adviser, Dominic Cummings, for leaking Text Messages between borisjohnson and Sirjames Dyson. Hairdressers reopen in Northern Ireland the last part of the uk where theyre being allowed to welcome back customers. The risk of infection with coronavirus falls sharply after the first dose of a vaccine, a study finds, as the number of people in the uk who have received a jab reaches 33 million. A new Malaria Vaccine has proved to be 77 per cent effective in early trials. Malaria kills more than 400,000 people a year in sub saharan africa, many of them children. The vaccine has been developed by the team behind the Oxford Astrazeneca jab and the effectiveness is far higherfigure than for any existing treatment. There will be larger scale testing. James whiting is from the charity malaria no more uk. You must be delighted given the massive toll it takes on other parts of the world. Irate massive toll it takes on other parts of the world of the world. We think this is a disease that of the world. We think this is a disease that has of the world. We think this is a disease that has killed of the world. We think this is a disease that has killed more i of the world. We think this is a disease that has killed more people than anything else in human history. It has been with us since the dinosaurs. 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One of them, im afraid, is that covid obviously afraid, is that covid obviously affects richer countries and so there is a greater impetus to deal with it, but the second is also very important and that is that malaria is a much, much more complex beast to deal with, which is why it has been with us since the dinosaurs, and so it has taken a lot longer, 30 odd years to develop a Malaria Vaccine. ,. Odd years to develop a Malaria Vaccine. ,. , ,. ,. ,. , vaccine. Covid has shown what we are ca able vaccine. Covid has shown what we are capable of vaccine. Covid has shown what we are capable of how vaccine. Covid has shown what we are capable of. How important vaccine. Covid has shown what we are capable of. How important is vaccine. Covid has shown what we are capable of. How important is it vaccine. Covid has shown what we are capable of. How important is it now, | capable of. 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So, we are appealing for the British Government and for International Governments to rally round and make sure that the Malaria Campaign vaccines, treatments and bed nets continue to be rolled out, so that we can see the end of this dreadful disease. ,. ,. , disease. The covid pandemic has of course been disease. The covid pandemic has of course been devastating disease. The covid pandemic has of course been devastating with course been devastating with enormous loss of life around the world. But in terms of fighting there diseases which take so many lives, there are positives which seem to be coming out of it in terms of scientific and pharmaceutical advances, would you say . Definitely. It has rut advances, would you say . Definitely. It has put such advances, would you say . Definitely. It has put such a advances, would you say . Definitely. It has put such a focus advances, would you say . Definitely. It has put such a focus on advances, would you say . Definitely. It has put such a focus on what advances, would you say . Definitely. It has put such a focus on what can i it has put such a focus on what can be achieved. And when you look at, in the uk, we have Companies Like gsk, also rolling out a vaccine in ghana, malawi and kenya, we have institutes around the uk that are developing new insecticides for bed nets, developing new treatments for malaria, and itjust shows, this has given an immense impetus and, with the uk posting hosting the g7 in cornwall this summer, it is a real opportunity for the uk to bring governments together and, not only protect us from future pandemics, but use the same systems, the same innovation, to actually drive down diseases like malaria that have been around for decades. Around for decades. James whiting, from the charity around for decades. James whiting, from the charity malaria around for decades. James whiting, from the charity malaria no around for decades. James whiting, from the charity malaria no more i around for decades. James whiting, i from the charity malaria no more uk, thank you very much. A childrens hospice in the Black Country has been saved from closure thanks to the bereaved parents of a little girl who was looked after there. £2 million were raised after a groundswell of support from local people for the Acorns Hospice in walsall, which provides vital care for hundreds of poorly children and their families. Phil mackie has the story. From now on i say dont give up today. This is isabella lyttle. The campaign to save acorns childrens hospice in walsall wouldnt have succeeded without her familys support. During her eight year battle with cancer it became her second home. But two years ago, just after she died, the trust said it couldnt afford to keep it open, which is when her family helped kickstart the fundraising needed to save it. Less than two years later, its future is secure. It is a bit of a rare occurrence, often times at the moment for a lasting and a genuine smile. But, yeah, this news, you know, its been worth all the time and effort and outpouring of love from our local community. Its, er. Job done this arts and crafts room will always be isabellas place. Isabellas favourite place was the arts and crafts room, and now its been named in her honour. Its a real honour and a privilege that you thought about isabella like that, so just thank you for everything that youve done for us for so long. Amad is one of the many Young Children for whom acorns is a lifeline and it provides critical support for theirfamilies, too. Every room today is occupied by a child who has complex care needs, and families here in the Black Country use the walsall acorns for respite care and, of course, as in isabellas case, for palliative care, too, which is why the Community Came together to raise the money to save it. A lot of charities have had a really tough time during the pandemic, as have we. But thanks to peoples generosity, this hospice has stayed open every day of the pandemic every single day weve had children and families staying in this hospice, all thanks to how people rallied round and supported the charity. I this place, it just always brings i back the most amazing memories. And when i walk in, ijust feel. I feel calm, i feel peaceful. I feel that shes here. And just to see all the staff and to know how much they loved isabella and how much she loved them. And shesjust. Shes just part of the walls of this place she really is. Ijust know how happy shed be now, to. I to see this, to see that its saved. She would love this. The craft room has a new name, and the hospice is safe for the next generations of families like isabellas. I hope it brings a lot ofjoy to a lot of other children, just like isabella and. That smile. Phil mackie, bbc news, walsall. A charity in leeds is helping to provide hundreds new families across the uk have loved ones in india and they are watching helplessly as its Health Care System is pushed to breaking point. Our correspondence sima kotecha reports. Much of britains vast south asian population originates from india. For many there remain Strong Family links, so the seismic explosion of coronavirus cases over there is causing great concern and panic over here. Hi, mum hello. Hi, you all right . Ranjans daughter lives just outside delhi, along with her two children and husband. Im like paranoid and keep phoning them and saying, dont leave the house, dont do this, dont do this. But, you know, fair enough, they may not do it but theres other family out there, as well. You know, in gujarat and others. Cousins and things like that in the villages and stuff like that. They are not in the same environment. Every environment in india is different, isnt it . The Covid Backdrop makes her daughter often feel scared and lonely. We are doing everything we can to protect ourselves and build our immunity against it, i suppose. It is very isolated. I do miss my family, heaps. And vice versa, theyre missing us. The second wave of the virus is ferocious. A nationwide Oxygen Shortage meant scores of patients dying in the Western State of maharashtra yesterday after their ventilators shut down. Locals are alarmed and bewildered. Its pretty bad, you know . The sad thing is that we are running short of medication. We are running short of hospital beds. We are running short of ventilators. So thats what it is right now. A few Family Members are at a very critical stage right now. In fact one of them is getting admitted in a hospital in delhi. It was not easy getting a bed for one of our relatives and thats what the situation is. We are not safe. Some are blaming the government religious festivals and other large public gatherings have been allowed to continue, attracting millions. We have to be very careful about. We knew that at least for the next two years we have to maintain a little bit of distance, but, yeah, the government could have done a lot better. They could have seen this coming and they could have avoided certain gatherings. India has been manufacturing the astrazeneca vaccine, supplying countries across the world. This week covax, the group assigned with distributing vaccines to poorer nations, said it will reduce the number of doses sent to other places after india stopped exporting them to help at home. Some believe britain needs to step up its international support. The uk government can do a lot more than it currently has. Firstly, it has talked about the surplus vaccines that we will have. What it hasnt done is actually state how many surplus vaccines we are likely to have and what is the timeline of us being able to give those either back to the covax facility or have Bilateral Agreements with places like india, for example. Clearly the government just hasnt given any detail. A number 10 spokesperson said there had been no requests for help from india. But that it would consider any requests very closely, as you would expect. For those here who call it their motherland, indias crisis is theirs, too. What does india mean to you, as someone of indian descent . India means home. My heritage, my culture, everything is from india, you know . My children grew up with that, as well. So i feel deeply about people and the situation out there, but at the same time i feel helpless, you know . What can we do from here . A charity in leeds is helping to provide hundreds of Asylum Seekers with special food parcels for ramadan. Give a gift says many of those it supports are from muslim countries. Under current rules, people . Who claim asylum in the uk are not normally allowed to work whilst their claim is being considered. The home office says it provides those in self catered accommodation with £39. 60 a week, that s around £5. 65 . A day. Anisa kadri has more. These are the drivers that have all taken time out today to distribute the ramadan food packs. Up bright and early to help provide more than 1,000 people with a weekly ramadan food parcel. Many of those receiving the packs are Asylum Seekers from muslim countries waiting to hear from the government whether they will let them remain in the uk. It is good to be out with my dad and helping people. It is also quite fun, seeing different people, going to different peoples houses as well. On top of the usual help they provide, five Charitable Organisations have come together to give Festive Foods like dates and a meat voucher for iftar, when muslims open their fasts. They have only got £5 per person per day, so at least what we will do is we will provide them with as many items as they need to put on a good meal for theirfamily for the month of ramadan. Believe it or not, we are fasting, but people actually cook more and, you know, provide a bigger Mealfor Theirfamilies because they have been fasting. So i have been Given Permission from Bbc Asian Network to follow one of the cars now to drop off one of the food parcels this ramadan, at a time when muslims are encouraged to show more kindness and patience. The family we are meeting says they would be unsafe if they had to return to the country they are from, so we are not showing their faces. They tell us these food parcels are a big help. All these stuffs, let me. Ok, i dont buy to these. I can spend my money on other side, to buy stuff for my children. My sister, she bought this t shirt. I am still wearing this since six years. I am not buying for myself, i want to buy for my children. The home office says they provide Asylum Seekers who would otherwise be destitute with free accommodation and cover their utility costs. They say those in full board accommodation are provided with £8 a week for clothes, Nonprescription Medicines And Travel, while those in self catered accommodation receive a weekly allowance of £39. 60. Ramadan is a time of fasting, but also of charity. At the end of the day you are helping people with the deliveries of these food packages, but also it is the fact that, you know, you will get. Thankfully, you will get food at the end of the day. Not everyone is in that position, so you just think in that manner and the time flies by, the month flies by and you miss it when it is gone. Delivering these packages is just one of the many examples of the charity work carried out by muslims as they mark ramadan. Anisa kadri, bbc news, in leeds. And the duke and Duchess Of Cambridge release a new photograph of their youngest child, prince louis, to celebrate his third birthday today. Most of us are in for some glorious spring weather this weekend so you may be thinking of venturing into the Great Outdoors fora hike ora ramble. If so, youre being asked to stick to proper footpaths. Adam mcclean reports from scafell pike. This path is one of hundreds across the Lake Districts fells routes that help hikers reach the top of englands highest peaks. Were always repairing the paths in the Lake District and were repairing them for the benefit of the environment, so were stopping the damage to the vegetation and the wildlife here. And thats our main reason for the work that were doing to protect this wonderful scenery and this precious environment. This routes one of the most popular in the Lake District from those completing the three Peaks Challenge to others ticking off the highest point in england. I think the pandemic has made people realise how important the countryside is for their physical and mental well being and health. And so theyre getting out into the countryside more and thats absolutely great to see. But, of course, it has an impact. And whats happening is this mountain is literally being worn away. Repairing the paths needs heavy machinery a challenge for the team fixing the fells. We realised that access for the machine to do the machine restoration was particularly tricky well, impossible, to be honest and that the only way to get the machine up would be to take it apart, bring it here, fly it up to the summit and then rebuild it the work will repair five damaged sections of the path, with equipment flown up by helicopter. Ok, terry, ready to lift. And lifting, terry. After a short four minute flight, the equipment arrives here on the path to the top of scafell pike. Piece by piece therell soon be a digger near the top of englands highest mountain. Certainly around these hills, wind can play a big part of the aviation turbulence, wind shear, down drafts weve always got to be aware of that. This helicopter is capable of lifting 1. 2 tonnes, and thats right at its maximum weight. So if we have any outside influences which may affect our performance, weve got to be extremely careful and certainly when were working around people on the ground, as well. And for those enjoying a walk, the hard work didnt go unnoticed. I think the work to maintain and restore the paths is fantastic because it makes it much more accessible for people to get up the mountain. And its a beautiful view. You can see the isle of man, you can see all around ive made good use of the panoramic feature on my phones camera. Itjust makes you feel so much safer going up this sort of path, especially compared to, like, the other other mountain paths ive been on you feel looked after. High visitor numbers and extreme weather are eroding englands highest mountains. Its hoped this work will help preserve them for the future. I feel better just i feel betterjust watching that elon musk has launched a 100 million prize to coincide with earth day to find new ways to remove carbon and put the brakes on Global Warming. It comes as many countries mark this annual environmental day in their own way, as mark lobel reports. A dazzling display for earth day. Buddhist monks on zoom congregate virtually around 300,000 candles. Translation we came up with the Theme Cleanse the mind, cleanse the world, which is to remind people to cleanse their minds before they start cleaning the world. But time is of the essence as the world gets hotter. If we are to live up to our promises and commitments in the paris agreement, we have to end fossil fuel subsidies, stop new exploration and extraction, completely divest from fossil fuels and keep the carbon in the ground. Now. Theres also another way to fight Global Warming by removing Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere or ocean, but with technology to do so not yet commercially viable, theres now a big incentive to discover a way that is. Youre going to talk about the launch of the biggest prize ever . 100 million xprize for carbon capture. Itll be good to frame the debate and understand, ok, what things are really going to move the needle, how much are they really going to move the needle . If were talking getting tens or hundreds of billions of tonnes of carbon, in what form will that carbon be . Will it be stable over time . And like, what is it going to cost humanity to do . Its all part of a mindset to protect what we have like this River Running through sao paulo. Once strewn with trash, now welcoming back some familiarfaces after a big clean up. Welcomed by the wider community, too. From Cleaning Up Beaches in israel, and australia, to appealing to political and industrial leaders to clean up their act in tokyo and jakarta. Its a call for action from all corners of the earth. Mark lobel, bbc news. The delayed Academy Awards will be rolling out the red carpet once more this weekend in los angeles. And one of the frontrunners for best picture is nomadland, in which Frances Mcdormand plays a woman who s forced into a nomadic life after losing her husband and herjob. But the film also features real nomads. Sophie long has been to the nevada desert to meet them. Nomadland is the story of one widows journey through grief and the american west. But its a story that resonates with many who dwell in the vans that dot the desert landscape here. Its kind of simpatico with ferns story. My husband died and we dont have kids. So ijust sold everything and just thought i would travel for a little bit and fell in love with it. And i cant see me living a different way now. Grief is not uncommon amongst the nomad community. My daughter had passed away from brain cancer. And somehow ijust intuitively knew that i needed to hit the road, even though thats something i had never done in my entire life. Some are here through choice, others through necessity. Together they form a community of freedom lovers who want to camp alone, alongside others. We not only accept the tyranny of the dollar. Bob wells was forced into it after divorce devastated him economically. But he fell in love with it and now teaches others to do the same, as well as playing himself in a film with six oscar nominations. It was amazing. The things that really stands out to me is how well they captured the nomadic life. Every detail of it is spot on. None of it is fake or hollywood ised in any way, shape or form. Its really, really accurate. Acutely accurate and emotional for those who have travelled the same path through pain to healing. Was it difficult for you to watch . Mm hm. Yeah. But in a good way. We both started our journeys similarly. And shes so happy. And im so happy. Why does that make me cry . I dont know but like, i think thats the best part of it, it just shows joy through it. Most of us in this lifestyle use a five gallon bucket. It also made stars of nomads, who helped a female director make history. It didnt feel like we were subjects to be filmed. We were people who had a story to tell. Im so happy for the film makers. And im happy for us. I mean, like i said, i think itjust shows our heart and the reality of this lifestyle. Sarah meg has a condition which presents extra challenges when living in a car in a desert that isnt paved. Ifinally saw my life on a regular movie. And i wasjust like, oh, my gosh, thats so weird and so neat, because people dont normally see the beauty of this life. They dont see the landscapes and the animals and the beautiful places that we get to camp. And i love that the movie nomadland showed all of that beauty, because thats why we do this. Thats why i do it. Nomadland is dedicated to those finding joy in a journey, the ones that had to depart. Dont ever say a final goodbye. Lets just say, ill see you down the road. Sophie long, bbc news, the nevada desert. Now its time for a look at the weather with helen. The settle spell of weather will continue through today and into the weekend but we will still have some chilly mornings as you saw in northamptonshire, followed by a leap in temperatures as we get into the afternoon and remaining dry, because the High Pressure is with us. Centred, as you can see to the east and a little further north, allowing more isobars into the southern half of the uk meaning a bit more of a breeze, and we will notice the effect of that breeze, as we are doing today across the Channel Islands and the south west. It is quite strong. That is tempering the fuel here, temperatures not quite as high as yesterday. This is the satellite picture from earlier. There will be very little change throughout the rest of daylight. Some cloud and perhaps the odd showerfor some cloud and perhaps the odd shower for the northern some cloud and perhaps the odd showerfor the Northern Isles, a little bit lower in the south west, but for many areas, perhaps the highest they have been this week, 18, 19, possibly 20 highest they have been this week, 18,19, possibly 20 in highest they have been this week, 18, 19, possibly 20 in North Eastern wales. It will drop away under starry skies quite quickly but because we retain higher temperatures by day they will not be as low by a degree or two tonight, but still cold for most of us with a touch of frost in some localities, and that will continue to be a risk as we go through the weekend, but otherwise, it will stay fine and feel warm for most of us by day with a few subtle changes. Some cloud clearing, morning fog as well, that should melt away. Some are high cloud around, with the breeze picking up a little bit more and eastern areas as well. Still relatively high pollen levels for many coming down a bit in the north east, starting to pick up a breeze off the north sea, which will also take temperatures down a little, between 11 13, not as high as today, and in southern areas we have that brisk breeze. Temperatures not as high tomorrow is today. Going through saturday night into sunday, again, starry skies, with more cloud coming in, sojust patchy again, starry skies, with more cloud coming in, so just patchy frost, really. But still, it is a risk and a concern for farmers and growers. And that cloud may hang around more across parts of scotland and central and Eastern England on sunday, not spoiling the day but bringing down temperatures and feeling a little cooler, but some sunshine to enjoy, as well. The Court Of Appeal clears 39 former subpostmasters of fraud and False Accounting after one of the uks most widespread miscarriages ofjustice. Many have fought for years to clear their names and some went to prison, because of a faulty post Office Computer Accounting System. Because of a faulty post office it because of a faulty post office was all about clearii im it was all about clearing my name. Im not a thief. Im not a fraudster. Im an honest person. And thats it. That is single. Well have the latest live from the high court. Also this lunchtime india joins the Travel Red List the last few people arrived in the uk, just hours before 10 days of quarantine became compulsory. India has reported its highest figure for new daily infections