quite a few snow showers and we see quite a few snow showers in scotland, wintry ones moving into the irish sea, north—west and wales. to the end of the week and the start of the weekend, a colder north westerly airflow, with sunshine, wintry showers and the low pressure is out of the way by this stage but more will come in from the atlantic. this is crucial, where will they go? the first looks like it will slide to the south of the uk, not a problem. the second one takes a more northerly track bringing rain, with colder air in place, so there is the threat of snow. this is a continuation of what we have seen over the past week or so. weather systems coming in from the atlantic into colder air, threatening some snow. always more likely across northern parts of the uk where it is colder. furthersouth northern parts of the uk where it is colder. further south temperatures are stuck at 809. —— eight or nine.

the airline industry has called for urgent financial support from the government if it says it is to survive another long period of travel curbs. it comes after tougher restrictions on arrivals were announced which the government said would protect the public from new variants of covid—i9.

also on tonight's programme... india's undertaking — a huge coronavirus vaccination programme begins in the country with a target of 300 million people to be innoculated by august. joe root hits a double century but england don't have it all their own way in sri lanka. hello, your royal highness. good morning, everybody. and the duke of cambridge speaks to nhs staff and volunteers praising all those involved in the uk's covid—i9 vaccine roll out. good evening. the airline industry says it needs urgent financial support from the government if it is to survive another long period of travel curbs. the call comes after

the government announced tougher covid—i9 restrictions. from monday, most people coming into the uk will have to quarantine. tonight, the government said it was committed to getting the industry back to full strength — as soon as it was safe to do so. here's our business correspondent katy austin. we're being told to stay home now, but last summer, travel corridor helped holidays happen. now, the system that removes the requirement to quarantine when arriving from a list of places is about to be suspended. geoff is working in bahrain. hi, geoff. hello, how are you? he's due to fly to britain when his contract ends in a fortnight, but hasn't yet sorted accommodation. the rule change now means he'll have to provide authorities with an address to self—isolate at. it means that we do need to secure a place to stay before we leave here. the main concern is that with the situation,

with the new regulations, if you like, that are in place, is that we will see some flight cancellations. the halt to travel corridors is the latest restriction to be introduced. it means that from monday, people arriving into the uk from anywhere must quarantine for ten days. or they can take a covid test on the fifth day, pay for it, and if it's negative, they can leave quarantine early. the rules do apply to eurostar and sea ports, as well, but not to some jobs, like hauliers, and not to people travelling within the uk and ireland. also from monday, the requirement kicks in to show a negative covid test within 72 hours of departing to come to the uk. there have been fresh calls for urgent, targeted additional support for the aviation and aerospace sectors, which have suffered badly already. the aviation minister accepted it was a difficult time for them but said support had been available. the most important thing for all of the travel industry

is that we're able to get people out and about, travelling again safely as soon as possible, and it's what we're doing with the vaccine, a massive roll—out of over 3.2 million jabs. that's what offers the real prospect of better times for the aviation industry and the whole of the travel industry. labour said the government should have acted earlier. groups representing the travel industry accept the need for rules to tighten, but are asking where things go from here. we're saying to the government that they need to look at all the measures that they've got in place for travel at the moment and all of those restrictions and to actually come up with a plan to move forward so that when restrictions start to lift, that there is a clear plan in place. for many travel and holiday companies, the light at the end of the tunnel is still looking distant. and katy austin is here. so what help is available and to who? the kind of measures already in place that the government has pointed to include extending the furlough scheme until the end of april, business rates relief and tax

deferral, the aviation minister has said on twitter that in recognition of the impact the travel corridors closing will have on the aviation sector a scheme to provide support to airports and ground operations specifically would now open this month. that had previously been announced in november but without a date, now the aim is to provide grants of up to £8 million for each applicant to coverfixed grants of up to £8 million for each applicant to cover fixed costs, things like business rates and grants would hopefully, the government says, reach these applicants by the end of the financial year. the airport operators association which represents airports said yesterday a lot of its members were running on fumes and urgently needed more support, and tonight it has welcomed what the aviation minister has said about the grant scheme, it said it has welcomed the opportunity, and they look forward to seeing more detail, but further support packages will still be needed because this will still be needed because this will only see its members so far. thanks forjoining us. the latest government figures show

there were 41,316 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means that on average the number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 48,565 — a sign that those cases are beginning to fall. across the uk an average of 35,882 people were in hospital with coronavirus over the seven days to thursday. 1,295 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. on average in the past week, 1,103 deaths were announced every day. the total number of deaths so far across the uk is 88,590. the uk has now started a programme of mass vaccinations. 32a,233 people have had their first dose of one of the three approved

covid—19 vaccines in the latest 2a hour period, taking the overall number of people who've had their firstjab to just over 3.5 million. a huge coronavirus vaccination programme has begun in india. with a population of almost 1.4 billion, india has reported over 10.5 million coronavirus cases — that's more than any any nation except the united states. the government hopes to inoculate 300 million people by august. from delhi, our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidya nathan reports. in a nation of well over a billion people, 34—year—old hospital cleaner manish kumar became the first to receive a coronavirus vaccine. translation: the fear in my mind has gone. i everyone should get the vaccine, as this is how we save our country. the country's prime minister, narendra modi, used a virtual address to kick off what he described as the world's largest

immunisation programme. front line and health care workers take priority in the initial roll—out. at this hospital in delhi, they were given the red carpet, and red roses. this doctor, who has treated countless covid patients, also got the vaccine today. how are you feeling now you've had the vaccine? i'm feeling absolutely safe, absolutely fit and absolutely fine. verijyous, very ecstatic. this is one of around 3,000 vaccination centres which have been set up across india. here and elsewhere, they're hoping to vaccinate around 100 people a day, so if you do the maths, that means that india's aiming to vaccinate more than 300,000 people every day. but as the day drew to a close, the government said it had only reached two thirds of that target. known as the pharmacy of the world, india's the global leader in vaccine manufacturing. the oxford astrazeneca jab,

produced in the city of pune, is one of two being rolled out. the second co—vaccine, developed by an indian company, bharat biotech, is yet to pass its phase three trials, which means even though officials say it's safe, we still don't know how effective it is. there's been widespread concern its approval was rushed. junior doctors at a delhi hospital told me they won't be taking it yet. the phase three efficacy data is not out yet for this vaccine, which is being administered here. as doctors, we believe in science, so at this moment, we will not be going for this vaccine. we don't want to be the guinea pigs. persuading people to take the vaccine is just one challenge in a nation hit hard by covid—19. here, they're burning a coronavirus effigy to celebrate the start of the vaccine drive. it's been a dark year for this vibrant nation.

today, indians are hoping they've turned a corner. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. ugandan�*s president has been re—elected by a large majority. president museveni, who's been in powerfor 35 years, secured nearly 59% of the vote in thursday's poll, according to electoral officials. the main opposition candidate bobi wine had alleged fraud but the president insisted the result was fair. in front of the thumbprint identification machines, this may turn out to be the most cheating free election in the 58 years of uganda's independence. the uk, france and germany are warning iran against carrying out work on uranium metal—based fuel if it wants to preserve the 2015 iran nuclear deal. it comes as the us, which pulled out

of the deal in 2018, imposed new sanctions on companies dealing with iran — in the final few days of donald trump's presidency. a volcano in indonesia has erupted, spewing smoke and ash some three miles up into the atmosphere. the semeru mountain in eastjava in one of nearly 130 active volcanos in indonesia. it's not yet known whether anyone has been injured or evacuated from the area. with all the sport now, here's karthi gnanasegaram at the bbc sport centre. good evening. after an excellent double century from england's test cricket captain, joe root, there was quite the comeback today from sri lanka. the hosts finished day three on 156—2 in their second innings. england, though, still lead in galle by 130 runs. joe wilson watched the action. the match is not yet england's but saturday morning wasjoe root�*s. a wide grin from one

of the greats of english cricket. by the time he finally made a mistake... straight to deep mid—wicket. well, he'd made 228. a monumental innings. it felt like a match—winning performance. but not yet. up the stairs, lunch, prepare to bowl. the home side batting again, 286 behind with plenty to prove. well, there is more to sri lanka than ducks. four noughts on the scorecard in the first innings, a strong start this time. and england suddenly had a problem. how to dismiss those who stubbornly remain? well, kusal perera could have hit this anywhere. he found a fielder. sometimes the luck�*s with you. sometimes. one caught, now one dropped. thirimanne to sibley and down. and that's a dropped catch. and the captain? well, it's still a lovely view... ..from up there. sri lanka's fightback continued as the skies darkened. england needed something before the close. here it comes.

oh, beauty! just a faint touch, jack leach's delivery found the batsman�*s glove. kusal mendis out. sri lanka will resume still 130 behind. it's a contest. well, it's a test match. joe wilson, bbc news. it's time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know today's football results as match of the day and sportscene in scotland follow soon on bbc one. leicester have moved up to second place in the premier league after goals from james madison and harvey barnes gave them a 2—0 win over southampton. chelsea beat fulham to move up to seventh place. brighton and west ham also had 1—0 wins today, while sam allardyce had his first win with west brom beating wolves 3—2. in the scottish premiership, second placed celtic drew 0—0 with livingstone. it was the same score for hamilton and dundee united. while there were wins for hibernian, ross county and stjohnstone. to rugby union and with all european

pool matches postponed, the only game to be played in the uk today was, thankfully, a pro 1a thriller with glasgow warriors beating edinburgh 23—22, as adam wild reports. they called this the oldest intercity rugby match in the world. since 1872, glasgow have been taking on edinburgh, but whilst age and tradition still count for plenty, youth also has its place, this was a young ross thompson putting glasgow in front, the penalties were all either side had to show until shortly before the break, jamie farndale giving edinburgh the lead. it took until the second half for glasgow to wrestle back control, george turner powering over. even without the fans it is clear this is a match that matters and back came edinburgh, storming through for christine to reduce the gap with a stunning try. —— chris dean. there won't be many finishes as dramatic

as what followed, as eroni sau brought edinburgh to within a single point, so a kick, then, to win it... but a miss, point, so a kick, then, to win it... buta miss, and it is point, so a kick, then, to win it... but a miss, and it is glasgow's night in this oldest of royal rulers. —— oldest of rivalries. adam wild, bbc news. there's more on the bbc sport website including the latest on heather watson and almost 50 other tennis players being confined to their hotel rooms ahead of the australian open after a positive coronavirus case on their flights. thank you very much indeed. the duke of cambridge has praised those involved in the coronavirus vaccine rollout in a video call with nhs staff and volunteers — describing the effort as a monumental moment. he also said he was proud of the queen and duke of edinburgh for having their covid—19 vaccinations. here's andy moore. hello, your royal highness. good morning, everybody. prince william spoke to a number

of medics from different parts of what he called the world leading nhs, all involved in the roll out of the vaccine. i want to say huge congratulations to everyone involved in the vaccination programme because it looks tremendous, it really does, and i know what a massive difference it's going to make to everyone. and the vaccine was making a massive difference to around a thousand over 80s who were treated to organ music as they got theirjabs at salisbury cathedral. these pensioners were keen to come forward but the prince was told that wasn't the same for everyone. we do have vaccine hesitancy in some groups, your royal highness. it's really important to really get into communities. the prince said that he was very glad that the queen and duke of edinburgh had been inoculated at windsor castle earlier this month. my grandparents have had the vaccine and i'm very proud of them for doing that so it's really important that everyone gets the vaccine when they're told to. that message seems to be getting through, with confirmation today that more than 3.5 million people in the uk have now been vaccinated. andy moore, bbc news.

you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight.

this is bbc news, i'm martin crux all. an extra £120 million of funding will be available to local councils to boast social care staffing levels. the department of health and social care said the new funds would help increase workforce capacity for care homes and domiciliary care providers hit by staff absences during the coronavirus pandemic. the president of the association of directors of adult social services, james bullion, has been giving

us his reaction to the news. we have not seen the complete detail of this_ we have not seen the complete detail of this but_ we have not seen the complete detail of this but as you say, we have been calling _ of this but as you say, we have been calling for— of this but as you say, we have been calling for this for a while. outbreaks are growing fast and staff sickness, _ outbreaks are growing fast and staff sickness, as a result of both covid and people — sickness, as a result of both covid and people isolating, and people screening, has reached a critical point, _ screening, has reached a critical point, really. something like 25% on average _ point, really. something like 25% on average staff sickness, and in some care institutions we have seen examples _ care institutions we have seen examples of up to 80% of staff not available _ examples of up to 80% of staff not available to do the work, so inevitably 120 million spread across 152 councils won't go as far as we need _ 152 councils won't go as far as we need it— 152 councils won't go as far as we need it to — 152 councils won't go as far as we need it to go. there is a short—term problem. _ need it to go. there is a short—term problem. but— need it to go. there is a short—term problem, but underlying this pandemic we have got 100,000 vacancies— pandemic we have got 100,000 vacancies short in social care is an ongoing _ vacancies short in social care is an ongoing feature of our workforce. so ongoing feature of our workforce. sc what ongoing feature of our workforce. what extent ongoing feature of our workforce. sr what extent then ongoing feature of our workforce. 5;r what extent then has the ongoing feature of our workforce. 55 what extent then has the pandemic really expose the fractures and social care that we have been

talking about for years? there are many aspects _ talking about for years? there are many aspects of _ talking about for years? there are many aspects of this _ talking about for years? there are many aspects of this pandemic . talking about for years? there arej many aspects of this pandemic we could not have known about so asymptomatic staff transmission, we didn't know about that until the pandemic came along, but we went into it as a stressed sector and we had on average 40% turnover of staff and the pay pegged at minimum wage rather than £11 an hour which is what an equivalent nurse assistant might get, and we have this permanent vacancy level of about 10% which means we have shortages before you even start, and before things like sickness as a result of covid hit as. the money is welcome, no doubt about that, but we have a medium and long—term issue to address. we need to fix the situation. address. we need to fix the situation-— address. we need to fix the situation. , ., .., ., .,. situation. even if you can attract --eole, situation. even if you can attract peeple. how _ situation. even if you can attract peeple. how long _ situation. even if you can attract people, how long does - situation. even if you can attract people, how long does it - situation. even if you can attract people, how long does it take i situation. even if you can attract| people, how long does it take to train somebody before they are able to work independently without supervision? it to work independently without sopervision?— to work independently without suervision? w , ., , supervision? it takes time to bring eo - le in

supervision? it takes time to bring peeple in the _ supervision? it takes time to bring people in the criminal _ supervision? it takes time to bring people in the criminal check - supervision? it takes time to bring people in the criminal check them | people in the criminal check them and train them, to get them up to speed, but you have to start somewhere. we have those vacancies already so nobody coming into social care now will go to waste, and i would say it is a bit of a call to arms. comejoin us. from monday we will be vaccinating social care staff within the next four weeks of everybody will get vaccination. come join social care, there is a great career here and many parts of our economy are shedding jobs. it is a good time tojoin economy are shedding jobs. it is a good time to join social care, but we need to make sure that we get the right people with the right values. these are people who work and are paid to do this. what about family carers? those who are at home caring for their own relatives?— for their own relatives? absolutely and in a national _ for their own relatives? absolutely and in a national conference - for their own relatives? absolutely and in a national conference last . and in a national conference last november we called for two things. we said we need an injection of money to pay social care staff and protect them, but we also need to protect them, but we also need to protect family carers. we are asking

them to do more and more. we are asking them to take people discharge from hospital and to step up and care, and we are asking them now for nearly a year to protect their families, so we call forfamily carers to get paid an extra 50 quid a week for the 50 weeks of winter and that will help them sustain their position and we are really worried about the stress and strains that family carers are under. many are older people and many are caring for 50 or 60 hours a week. uk police chiefs say their investigations have been compromised after thousands of fingerprint, dna and arrest records were accidentally deleted from the national computer. a letter sent by the national police chiefs council — and seen by bbc news — says the mistake might prevent officers from linking offenders to crime scenes. policing minister kit malthouse said officers are trying to recover the data. labour says the home secretary, priti patel will be responsible for criminals walking free. ms patel says home office engineers are working to restore the data.

this is extraordinarily serious. priti patel will be responsible for criminals walking free because we aren't going to be able to link suspects to crime scenes without the dna and the fingerprint evidence. yesterday the home secretary was hiding, not even giving information. she still hasn't done that. salisbury cathedral has been turned into a temporary vaccination centre today, in the fight against covid 19. around a thousand people over 80 are getting theirjabs beneath the historic spire. martinjones reports. ancient and modern, one of england's most beautiful buildings on the front line against an invisible enemy. we have been on this site for 800 years. and for 800 years, we have been about two things — giving glory to god and serving people of this city and region. and today, we are doing both

of those things wonderfully, i hope. the system works like clockwork. after a short wait in the cloister, it's time for a jab in the south transept, and then wait to make sure there are no ill effects. they estimate 1000 people will be vaccinated here today by over 60 staff, including volunteers from local schools. it's quite an iconic location to do it in. the size of it, the ability to have a decent flow—through of patients, and properly social distance was the key, as well as having a city centre location. this must be one of the only vaccination centres return soundtrack, and it sounds a note of relief. i feel a bit safer. i do feel a bit safer. i live in my own, so, you know, it's important. luckily, i have daughter—in—laws that are wonderful to me. relief, i think. yeah, really. yes.

i was waiting to see my children. and my grandchildren. two great grandchildren were born when we had the first lockdown. it does take a big weight— off my mind, but i know now that up to three weeks i think, i they say, i have still got to be really careful. which i will be. some are old enough to remember last great national crisis. louis godwin, who is 95, was a gunner on lancaster bombers flying over nazi germany. he says, in some ways, this is tougher. during the war, everybody could meet everybody, you could hug everybody, you could kiss everybody, and you could have romances. life went on although it was dangerous. in this epidemic, we have to keep apart, i can't see my family. there are further sessions for priority groups on wednesday and saturday. it's hard to believe you could be vaccinated in a more beautiful place. martin jones, bbc news. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers 10:30pm

and 11:30pm — that's coming up after the headlines. time for a look at the weather. hello there. the start of the weekend brought snow for some others but much of that turn to rain. you snow for some others but much of that turn to rain.— that turn to rain. you can see only satellite picture _ that turn to rain. you can see only satellite picture some _ that turn to rain. you can see only satellite picture some milder - that turn to rain. you can see only satellite picture some milder air. satellite picture some milder air following on behind and clearer skies. sunny spells through today and speckled shower clouds drifting towards the north—west. through this evening and overnight some showers across northern ireland and scotland will work fine across england and wales, mostly rain showers at this stage, some snow across the highest ground but not a desperately cold night. some easter squats down to freezing or a touch below so there could be one or two icy stretches but not a particularly cold start compared with some seen recently,

and it will be a dry day for many with spells of sunshine. showers around as well with one or two through north—west england and parts of north—west wales. if you more for northern ireland and scotland and some will be wintry over the highest ground, above 500 metres, and into the afternoon some more persistent rain and mounted snow will push on across parts of scotland. the temperature pretty much exactly where we would expect them to be at this time of year, 6—9 are not feeling too badly sunshine although it will be quite when they especial across northern areas, and through sunday night you see the line of wet weather with mountain snow, which just continues to wobble around across some parts of southern and central scotland as we get into monday. elsewhere a lot of dry weather to start the day but cloud increasing from the west and to south—west england and wales by the end of the afternoon. the afternoon. the temperature 5—9, maybe ten across the far south—west of england. deeper into the coming

week, low pressure will take charge of our weather. various frontal systems spiralling around these areas of low pressure and that means for some there will be quite a lot of rain. this is the amount of rainfall we are expecting to accumulate over the next five days and where you see the green and even white colours across western areas thatis white colours across western areas that is where we have high rainfall accumulations may be in excess of 100 millimetres of rain for some, so with the ground already very wet it could bring the risk of flooding. turning mild towards the south for a time and signs it could kill off a little by the end of the week. —— cool off.

hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment withjo phillips and nigel nelson. first the headlines... a further 1,295 people have died in the uk — according to the latest covid figures. but the number of new infections has dropped to its lowest level so far this year. stricter covid restrictions come into force in scotland — with changes to takeaway and click—and—collect services. india launches one of the world's biggest covid vaccination programmes — the government hopes to inoculate 300 million people in the coming months. president—electjoe biden sets out plans to speed up immunisations in the united states —

promising to vaccinate 100 million people within his first 100 days in office.