bridge collapsed onto a busy road. and a night of history for manchester city as they reach their first champions league final. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. 15 days after leaving tottenham jose mourinho is back in football, where he lljoin roma for the start of next season. good evening. one of the leading government advisors behind the first lockdown last year says it s unlikely that there will be any more lockdowns in the uk. professor neil ferguson says life should start getting back to normal this summer thanks to the vaccination programme. the government s green list of countries to which people can travel without having to self isolate on their return is expected to be released within the next week. professor ferguson warned that questions do remain over summer holidays particularly travelling abroard this year but he was optimisitc about normal life soon returning here with far fewer restrictions. here s our health editor hugh pym. masks an
campaigns. lots of results to come. here at holyrood, it is the most important election since devolution in 1997. the very future of the union could be at stake, with nicola sturgeon s scottish national party seeking a second referendum on independence. we ve had our first few results. it s still too early to draw any firm conclusions, and the snp has so far held all its seats, but there does seem to be some evidence of tactical voting amongst anti independence supporters. we are still waiting for most of our results in wales. labour s hold on power has been under pressure from the conservatives and plaid cymru. i the conservatives and plaid cymru. i already am getting signals that may not play out as some people thought. that is quite an exciting thing to be looking at in terms of the politics and dynamics of it. there are dozens of contest to become mayor of english cities and regions, including london, manchester and liverpool. vicki young is with me once again to react to
the long and eventful life of prince philip, the duke of edinburgh, has drawn to a close at the age of 99. he was by some distance the longest serving royal consort in british history, a role that he d made very much his own. no precedent. if i asked somebody, what do you expect me to do, they all looked blank, no idea. nobody had much idea. from the day of his marriage to the future queen and throughout her long reign, he was at her side, in good times and bad. he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and i and his whole family, and this and many other countries, owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim or we shall ever know. we ll take a look at the duke s influence as a father, grandfather and great grandfather over several decades. if you were having problems you could always go to him and know that he would listen and try to help. we ll mark the success of the duke of edinburgh s award scheme for young people, just one of the achievements be