the uk has met the vaccines target set 6 weeks ago, and the prime minister said that if supplies held up, vaccinations would be offered to everyone in the top nine priority groups by the end of april. our health editor hugh pym has more details. thank you very much, good morning. visiting a vaccination centre today, the prime minister was keen to praise all those involved in getting more than 15 million people in the uk inoculated with a first dose. if you look at what s happened in the last few weeks, it s been an unbelievable effort by the nhs and the doctors and nurses, the gp surgeries, the hospitals. of course, the army s been fantastic, the pharmacists have done a greatjob. warehouse workers and logistics experts helped get the vaccines to hospitals, doctors surgeries and other hubs. this company s drivers covered more than 200,000 miles in two months, delivering more than five million vaccines in england. people aged 70 and over, nhs and care staff and residents, and
almost a year after our lives changed dramatically, our business correspondent has been talking to three people about their lockdown experiences and what may lie ahead. for so many in the pandemic, where we live has become where we work. i wish to have more flexibility to work from home, but i didn t wish it initially. she to work from home, but i didn t wish it initially. wish it initially. she is a preject wish it initially. she is a project manager - wish it initially. she is a project manager for - wish it initially. she is a project manager for a l wish it initially. she is a - project manager for a heating business, working until 10:30pm to keep up. business, working until10:30pm to keep unm business, working until10:30pm to keep pp to keep up. i ve been quite emotional to keep up. i ve been quite emotional today, - to keep up. i ve been quite emotional today, i ve - to keep up. i ve been quite emotionaltoday, i ve had i to keep up. i ve been quite| emotionaltoday
boris johnson says he hopes to begin lifting lockdown restrictions in england from next month beginning with schools, then non essential shops, followed by pubs and restaurants. mrjohnson also said that people will have to learn to live with coronavirus, echoing a suggestion by his health secretary matt hancock that it could be managed like flu by the end of the year. some scientists have warned against easing restrictions too quickly even if the vaccination programme remains on target. here s our political correspondent, jonathan blake. day by day, thousands more injections to vaccinate people against coronavirus. by monday, the government is confident it will have met its aim of offering 15 million people their firstjab. on a visit to a vaccine manufacturer in teesside today, the prime minister said he was cautiously optimistic about covid 19 being contained long term. new therapies are being discovered the whole time, which are enabling us to reduce mortality, improve our
contrast that with further east still, fairly chilly, up to about 3 celsius in norwich. windy wherever you are through the day. east anglia and the south east remaining dry for a good part of the day. this evening and tonight, rain sweeping across england and wales, followed by clearer spells and scattered showers in the far north west. overnight lows, 5 to 10 degrees, significantly warmer than we had during the daytime over the past week or so. monday morning, early rain clears from southern and eastern england. still showers for parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england. sunny spells developing and temperatures between about 8 to 14 degrees. goodbye for now. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: british prime minister borisjohnson comes under pressure from some of his own mps to end covid restrictions by the end of april. government ministers however urge caution. we won t be able to give certainty unless it is based on the evidence that we have got that th
it is after for many schools in england and wales next week with most pupils having been homeschooled since christmas. it s been a lonely and isolating time for many children who have been unable to see their friends and hard work for some parents. one school on the wirral has been trying to bring some end of term chair, as elaine dunkley reports. we ve done our maths and our english. for many parents and pupils, it s been a tough term. we did our phonics, didn t we? here in wallasey, joanne has been home schooling faith and blake. some days it s like pulling teeth. it s like being a one on one teacher. you have to sit with him and read through everything. i am well and truly ready for half term. it s notjust lost learning but broken friendships which has made life in lockdown hard. she d created this bond and the fact that that was broken so quickly, she struggled. no, 0k. 0k. this is a really tough job and we re really proud of your efforts with that. forjoanne, a day of on