billion last month it reached the highest level for february since records began almost 30 years ago. a warning that poor oral health is still a significant problem in england despite being largely preventable. and coming up this hour. a big day forjockey rachael blackmore she s leading the way at the cheltenham festival, and could be the first woman to win the gold cup. our top story, this morning. the prime minister is due to receive the oxford astrazeneca vaccine today and has assured the public it is safe. it s after several leading european countries have confirmed they are to resume the rollout of the jab following a pause over safety concerns. borisjohnson s urged people to get vaccinated and says england s roadmap out of lockdown is on track, despite a drop in vaccine supply. the roll out of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine will resume in some eu countries today, after regulators found no evidence it causes blood clots. the european medicines agency reviewed the
Youre watching bbc newsroom live its11am and these are the main stories this morning. A major blow for plans for a third runway at heathrow the court of appeal rules it unlawful as a result of the uks climate commitments. Two more people in the uk test positive for coronavirus bringing the total number of cases here to 15. With more than a0 countries now infected with coronavirus, saudi arabia stops pilgrims from entering the country over fears about the spread of the virus President Trump tries to calm fears in the us, telling his country the risk remains very low. Hes put Vice President mike pence in charge of the american response. Theres a dramatic surge in the number of cases in italy more than 400 people
are now infected. And 1,000 tourists remain quarantined at a hotel in tenerife 160 of them british. The government sets out its demands for the post brexit trade deal with the eu threatening to walk away in months unless it gets what it wants. Warnings of another ten days of floo
Struggling to cope. The court of appeal will decide this morning if work can begin on the controversial third runway at Heathrow Airport. The government is to publish its negotiating mandate for the post brexit trade deal with the eu. And Manchester City enjoy one of their greatest european nights, beating real madrid 2 1 in spain. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The World Health Organisation says its deeply concerned as the coronavirus starts to spread faster outside of china than in the country where the outbreak started. Cases have now been recorded in more than a0 countries. The number of coronavirus cases in italy has risen by a quarter in the last 2a hours, and there are now more than 400 infected people in the north of the country. Saudi arabia is suspending visas for foreign pilgrims wanting to visit mecca and medina, as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus. Another case of coronavirus has been confirmed in the canary islands, where hundreds of tou
Relatively short one in the sense of it isa relatively short one in the sense of it is a number of weeks. So will see this coming from the modelling and what we will try and do is, in a sense, be prepared to slow down or postpone anything that can be postponed and then deal with the peak that we find ourselves with at the point it arrives. And, you know, asa the point it arrives. And, you know, as a doctor myself this is normal medical practice. To actually adjust what you do clinically to the particular group of problems in front of us. That is what the nhs will do as any group of doctors or nurses will do. Thanks very much. The daily mirror. A couple of questions if i may. I was wondering what specific advice she would have people in care homes because busily they will be elderly and vulnerable and whether that will affect visitors or whether individual should stay within the care homes. Could you give us more detail on the local resilience plans that you have in place in the uk and
Campaigners say that the government must bring to justice the leader of dubai after he was fined responsible for the kidnappings on two of his daughters. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with sarah englands women footballers in disappointing form. Yes, Big Questions about englands womens football team, and how the site have gone backwards since they run to the world cup semifinal last year. I will have more on their overnight loss in florida. Thanks, sarah. And chris has all the weather a bit less windy this weekend. A little bit, still unsettled for the week ahead with more rain around. We will also be taking a look at what has been a record breaking winter in europe, so thatis record breaking winter in europe, so that is all coming up a little later on. Also coming up prince harry meat racing royalty for a tour of silverstone. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im martine croxall. The government is promising to spend another 46 Million Pounds in the battle against cor