people in their 40s will be the next in line for covid vaccinations after the committee advising the government rejected the idea of giving priority to certain occupations such as teachers, saying the current programme remains the fastest way of reducing deaths. our health editor hugh pym reports. moving through the population and priority groups, but where next for the vaccination programme once these are complete? there have been calls for key workers, including teachers and police officers, to be top of a new list for jabs. but the expert committee, thejcvi, says age and underlying health conditions are the biggest risk factors, so the next phase should move through younger groups, not occupations. we know the age based programme is simple and works very well, and therefore it seems sensible to continue with that, keeping an eye on speed. couldn t you do both, with age and also some key worker groups? actually subdividing priorities within any age band may only gain one we
budget on wednesday. top of the agenda will be getting the economy back on track after a year of lockdowns, severe disruption and high levels of public spending on support schemes for employees and businesses. our economics editor faisal islam has been looking at what to expect from the chancellor s red box. this week s budget will be historic in terms of the numbers. the chancellor will hope to make it historic in terms of policy, both to support the rescue from crisis, but also to lay the long term foundations of a post pandemic, post brexit, green recovery. support forjobs, wages and the economy will continue, and you can see why. during the extraordinary economic hit from the pandemic, unemployment did go up, but rather modestly. but if you add in the number of people supported by the government s furlough scheme, and the number of people supported by the self employment scheme, you get this picture. and this is why support will be extended also for business cash flow, be
care home residents in england will be allowed to have face to face visits from next week with one regular visitor for the first time in nearly a year. the government has published details of how the visits will work. they can take place indoors, and visitors will need to be tested but not necessarily vaccinated. our social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. this has been the ritual for gillian lay them and jacqueline for months now. masks on, they make their way to visit their father michael in his barnsley care home. he has dementia. on monday, rather than behind a screen, just one of them will be able to sit with him, hold his hand but not hug. she can come in next week. don t bang on the door, don t. it may be a step forward but he s been making his frustration at not being able to see all his family clearfor a long time. this was a visit a few weeks ago. the only touch possible through thick rubber gloves. he gets really frustrated, and he is like walking about
but there are concerns it could lead to some ignoring the rules. leigh milner reports. victoria park, broadway market in hackney and around the corner, london fields. a great day for a bike ride a picnic, not so much. we want to make sure that lockdown is eased at the dates that the government said, and my message is, please, the regulations are still in place. picnics and meet ups are not allowed until the 8th of march, but it didn t stop people here at high beech near loughton. i ve been driving around here for about half an hour, and it is absolutely packed. can everybody remember to keep their distance? for the owner of this cafe, a long line is great for business, but hard to manage. today has been extra special. as you can see, we re really busy. we are asking people to distance themselves. it is not actually working at the moment, but i will go back and spread them out again. throughout the day, many people enjoy the sunshine across london. please keep 2m . distances
forcing several thousand people to spend a second night away from their homes. the device was found on friday morning on a building site near the university of exeter. nice blue sky there in exeter. now, the weather with ben rich. hello. it s turning into a fine and mostly sunny sunday in many places, but there is a bit of mist and fog lingering for a few spots, especially for eastern and southern coasts of england. the odd patch elsewhere. more generally cloudy conditions across parts of western scotland, maybe even with the odd spot of rain. the winds will be light for most, but breezier than it was yesterday for southern counties of england. temperatures doing quite nicely in the sunshine with highs between 10 13. staying a touch cooler than that if it remains cloudy and murky where you are. talking of cloud and murk, as we head through tonight, we will see a big lump of low cloud, mist and fog rolling in across a good part of england and getting into parts of wales as wel