batter the east coast, thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. more than a thousand people are allowed to ignore lockdown and social distancing restrictions at a music festival in the netherlands, despite the rest of the country being under lockdown. and at half three the media show takes look at a revolution in media, with amol rajan, the bbc s media editor. good afternoon. the government has warned the european union that any attempt to block the export of doses of coronavirus vaccine to the uk would be counterproductive . defence secretary ben wallace told the bbc there s a risk of reputational damage to the eu if it stops vaccine manufactured there from leaving. frustration is widespread in continental countries that they re not receiving the doses they need. here s our political correspondent, jonathan blake. jab afterjab, the uk s population is getting vaccinated against coronavirus. despite some delays, more than half of adults have had their first dose, and co
serves but i know many people will have been very disappointed. but as i say, i think it is very premature. the government has set up a task force to look at these issues and we are contributing that and putting our ideas in about how we can stage a restart of international travel over the summer months and i think that really needs to be the focus rather than talking in the press about the prospects of travel over the summer. you say premature but perhaps realistic, you know, bearing in mind that we have got new variants and we ve got many countries in europe going back into lockdown. the government has been very clear and we support the view that it is going to take a cautious approach into reopening international travel. it has already demonstrated that cautious approach as aviation was the only sector not to have its own road map just over a month ago. we are waiting for a report of the global travel taskforce on the 12th of april and the government has already been clear
in a once in a decade census. homes washed away in australia, as heavy rain and flash floods batter the east coast thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. forecasters have warned more rain is expected to fall in the coming days. my my colleague will be here at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday. iam sarah. i am sarah. coming up programme. 15th time lucky for alfredo morelos, as he secures a share of the points for rangers in the old firm derby. a hard fought fa cup win for chelsea, as thomas tuchel says they were lucky to reach the semifinals. there was late drama in bristol bears premiership battle against northampton saints. and jofra archer is returning home, as an injury rules him out of england s 0di series against india. lovely to have you with us here on sportsday this sunday evening. so much football to bring you, including use of the london derby between west ham and arsenal, but we are going to star
gasp strike from hakim ziyech kept them in the competition. natalie pirks was watching. hammered last weekend in the league, sheffield united had looked like a team shorn of confidence since the departure of their manager, but the cup was a chance for a fresh start. unfortunately it was away at chelsea, the blues unbeaten in 13 matches under thomas tuchel. the blades held their own for 20 minutes. own for 23 minutes. and deflected into his own net for an own goal! an unfortunate norwood flick broke the deadlock. ollie norwood s second mistake was almost as costly, but this tumble was enough for aaron ramsdale. but something had switched for blades in the second half, and when a cross found this player all alone, an equaliser was surely on the cards? the fighting spirit almost came good in injury time through rhian brewster, but in the end it was chelsea who showed their quality in the dying seconds, hakim ziyech with an emphatic finish. and chelsea are into the fa cup semifin