good morning from north yorkshire. millions of us go on coach trips every year but they are under really big financial pressure and hoping for a big summer to their losses. it s a huge day forjockey rachael blackmore. she s leading the way at the cheltenham festival and today aims to become the first woman to win the gold cup. raising a laugh, but at a safe distance. red nose day goes ahead in the face of covid restrictions. a spring equinox this weekend but the weather stays fairly cloudy for most of you, but most should stay dry. the full forecast coming up. it s friday the 19th of march. our top story. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine will be rolled out in some european countries today after regulators found no evidence it causes blood clots. the prime minister borisjohnson will receive the vaccine today and has assured the public it is safe after more than a dozen countries paused their delivery of the jab. here s our health correspondent katherine da costa. the oxford astr
they re still sought after by celebrities and royalty alike. it s hard to put a price on this one. it was the first one ever sold. only a few people can afford them any more. sadly, i m not one. phil mackie, bbc news, shropshire. time for a look at the weather. this time yesterday we were saying there was not much to report apart from some cloud here and there across the uk, and that s certainly the case of the weekend, variable cloud. but it varies a lot because this high pressure, while it s keeping things very calm across the uk, some parts of the country are stuck underneath grey skies when it s pretty chilly. 0ther stuck underneath grey skies when it s pretty chilly. other areas are gloriously sunny. sunny at the moment in the south east and east anglia because the jet stream has pushed drier colder air in from the continent. it is mostly cloudless, so some glorious sunshine for norwich and london. 0ne so some glorious sunshine for norwich and london. one area which has
joining me now, assistant majority leader, senator dick durbin of illinois. thank you very much for joining me tonight, senator. good to be with you. senator, you were in the meeting this afternoon, i know you were sworn to secrecy, but come on, it s just us talking here. i ll be free to spill my guts. you always do come out of it with a feeling of how close are we. how close are we to a finish line, how does it feel, does it feel deadlocked. what was your feeling walking out of the room today? well, at least we understand one another better, but we re not close to an agreement. the president made it clear, though, this is his second night in the row that we ve met or second day in a row. he said we re going so meet every single day until we get it done. he s determined, personally invested in it, and really putting us all in the task we cannot let the economy slip even further by failing to extend the debt limit.
side while john boehnor spoke only once to agree with cantor. my guest was at the white house talks today. joining me now, assistant majority leader, senator dick durbin of illinois. thank you very much for joining me tonight, senator. good to be with you. senator, you were in the meeting this afternoon, i know you were sworn to secrecy, but come on, it s just us talking here. . i ll be free to spill my guts. you always do come out of it with a feeling of how close are we. how close are we to a finish line, how does it feel, does it feel deadlocked. what was your feeling walking out of the room today? well, at least we understand one another better, but we re not close to an agreement. the president made it clear, though, this is his second night in the row that we ve met or second day in a row. he said we re going so meet every single day until we get it done. he s determined, personally invested in it, and really