this is bbc news with the latest headlines. a pledge that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly — a month ahead of schedule. it's because of the success of the vaccine rollout that we are able to do that and that will have an impact on how quickly we will all be able to return to normal, which is obviously what everyone wants to see. borisjohnson meets ministers and scientific advisers to put the final touches to plans to bring england out of lockdown. the dj jo whiley says it "couldn't be crueller" that her sister, who has learning difficulties and diabetes, was offered the vaccine after she was already "fighting for her life" with covid. the medical professionals, who are doing an amazing job, just aren't equipped, because it's all so new.

they don't know how people with a learning disability are going to react in this situation, which is why it makes such sense to just get them vaccinated. air emergency above the us state of colorado — but the passenger plane lands safely to the relief of crew and passengers. my daughter was sitting on the window, and i was just like, "don't look! let's close it up and let's just pray." so that is what we did. wejust held hands and said some prayers. and world number one novak djokovic wins a ninth australian open title with a comfortable victory over daniil medvedev. good afternoon. the prime minister has promised that all adults in the uk will be offered their first dose

of a coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly. so far, more than 17 million people have already had a jab — that's around one in three adults. the vaccines offer protection against the two most commonly found variants in the uk — but it's not clear yet how they work against the south african variant. a single case of that strain has been confirmed in brentwood in essex and surge testing is now being expanded there. our health correspondent laura foster reports. more than 17 million people in the uk have been given their first dose of the covid vaccine, offering some form of protection against this deadly virus. but we are only a third of the way there. what is critical, of course, is that as many people as possible are vaccinated because the more who are vaccinated, the more individuals are protected and the more society as a whole is protected. so for all those reasons i encourage everybody to come forward when you get that invite and get yourjab as soon as possible.

the next phase is to protect the over 50s, and anyone with an eligible underlying health condition by the middle of april, that's two weeks earlier than originally planned. and the latest promise is to offer the vaccines to all adults by the end ofjuly. the vaccines offer protection against the two most commonly not everyone is convinced the roll—out is being done correctly. jo wiley says her sister was only offered the vaccine after being hospitalised with covid—19. we hospitalised with (avid-19. we should hospitalised with covid—19. - should have looked after them a long time ago. i am talking to you today because ijust want time ago. i am talking to you today because i just want to give them time ago. i am talking to you today because ijust want to give them a voice. we should have been doing more for these people who have no way of helping themselves. they are reliant on us. the vaccines offer protection against the two most commonly found variants in the uk, but it's not yet clear how

they work with others. everyone in brentwood in essex is now being asked to take a covid test after the south african variant was detected there. we do not yet have the confidence that the vaccine is as effective against the south africa variant and the variant first seen in brazil. but we do think that the measures that we have taken, both the enhanced contact tracing really clamping down when you see one of these, and the measures at the border are reducing those new variants here. scientists say that it's important to keep transmission low to stop new variants from appearing. it is certainly a risk if we allow high rates of infection in certain parts of the communities, younger individuals, then we do run the risk of further mutations occurring, which could reduce the effectiveness of the vaccination programme. but even when you get yourjab, there are key things to remember. vaccines don't work immediately, it takes weeks after your first dose before protection kicks in, and it will take months to vaccinate us all.

laura foster, bbc news. well, the prime minister has said vaccinating more people sooner will help further ease lockdown rules across the country. borisjohnson has been meeting senior government members and advisers to discuss plans to ease restrictions. tomorrow he will reveal what's been decided. he will reveal this at 3pm. and he will outline the road map in a press conference at 7:30pm. as details will be given then. but what could the "road map" out of lockdown involve? our political correspondentjessica parker has been taking a look. change is coming, though the government says it won't spring up all of a sudden. that as the vaccine roll—out is speeding up, but to what effect? there are signs that the numbers in hospital are falling much more sharply than they were in the first wave and there's further analysis to be done on that.

but clearly, the level is still far too high. that's why the prime minister will be setting out a road map. we can't lift the measures right now. but we can see that direction of travel. so in parliament tomorrow, england's road map will finally be unveiled. ministers in scotland, wales and northern ireland set their own plans. it's already known that limited indoor care home visits in england can resume in just over two weeks. downing street has also said it will look to prioritise more outdoor social contact. on schools, some teaching unions have called for a phased return. but the labour leader says ideally all students should be back on march the 8th. i've been worried through the pandemic, a number of people have, about the impact of being out of school has on vulnerable children and the attainment gap is getting bigger. so ideally the 8th of march. we'll have to see where the data is,

see where the science is, but that is where we should be working towards. if that means more testing, if that means nightingale classrooms, if it means other measures, let's do that. ministers are emphasising caution. nearly a year on since the first lockdown was announced here, the journey has, so far, already often been unpredictable. i've been speaking to dr zubaida haque, a member of the independent sage group of scientists. she praised the vaccination roll—out but said we must still be cautious. it is fantastic news. it is a fantastic testimony to science and the nhs that we vaccinated 17 million people, it is incredible news, but we mustn't relax. the problem is, vaccination, while absolutely required, is not the whole answer to the problem, and that is because vaccination, whilst preventing severe disease,

we are not entirely sure whether it stops transmission, so we still need a lot of restrictive measures to not only bring down cases but to make sure that they stay down, and that is because unless we keep cases low, circulating virus, high rates of circulating virus means there could be more mutation of the virus and more mutation of the virus might lead to a vaccine—resistant virus. we have still got a long way to go with the vaccination. isn't there some evidence already emerging suggesting the vaccines do prevent transmission? there is some tentative evidence, but it is early days yet, tim. we have still got the rest of the population, some two thirds of the population to vaccinate and we haven't even really talked about children being vaccinated, because that is also quite important. we don't vaccinate children, then we are still going to have high rates of coronavirus circulating

and that still might bring back more mutant cases, more mutant viruses, which means once again that the vaccine might not be as resistant, so we need to make sure that all the cases come down and they stay down. at the moment what independent sage are asking the government to do is notjust rely on the vaccination programme but have suppression virus measures that keep the virus down. so you would support the government in terms of the briefings we have had about these dates for relaxation to be aspirational dates because they are going to have to rely on the data as well, and just on schools, if i may, do you think it was a mistake to get all schools open again on march the 8th or should that be staggered? first of all i want to say it shouldn't be about dates, it should be about data. and how you open up safely so that everyone is safe. we know first of all from sage,

from london school of tropical medicine and imperial college and ons and others that we can't open everything up all at once. we saw what happens when you do that last september. this is our third lockdown. we cannot have another lockdown. so first of all what we need to do is think about how we are going to do it. with schools what we need to think about is at the moment there is only 20% of primary school children in school, and yet they have the highest rates of prevalence with covid cases at the moment. that is just with 20% of schools so imagine what would happen if you introduce, reintroduce approximately 10 million children and school workforce all at once on march the 8th. we have already heard from sage that that is likely to kick r above one. so we need to think about whether it is phased re—entry

of different years for primary or secondary or whether we have a rota class—based system where we have classes coming in one week and then another or half the class coming in another week, some kind of rota system so that all children can come back, but not everybody is in school at the same time. the other thing i want to mention is we need to talk about safer school environments, safer working environments, and at the moment the government have not said very much about how they are going to ensure that schools stay open. one way of doing that is to have safer schools with smaller classes, better ventilation, more mask—wearing among primary and secondary schoolchildren. lorry drivers returning to france from britain will not now need to have a coronavirus test if they have spent less than 48 hours in the country. transport secretary grant shapps tweeted that he'd "agreed more

flexibility in testing for hauliers" — and that the change would come into effect from 11pm tonight. france demanded in december that lorry drivers must carry a negative test result to reduce the spread of a more infectious coronavirus variant detected in kent. debris from a united airlines passengerjet, which suffered an engine failurejust after take—off, has landed on a residential area in the us state of colorado. the boeing 777 was flying from denver to honolulu when the accident happened. it was able to return safely and land, and there have been no reported injuries. mark lobel reports. the chilling view from inside united airlines flight 832 moments after takeoff from denver, when its right engine catches fire. some of the 231 passengers using their phones to film what could be their last flight. others nervously texting loved ones goodbye. you could just feel it, like, boom.

and you could hear it. and we just started shaking. we were right on the wing, so i looked out and i could see some smoke coming and ijust knew, you know? my daughter was sitting on the window and i was like, don't look! let's close it up and let's just pray. so that's what we did, we kind ofjust held hands and said some prayers. as the boeing 777 destined for hawaii suddenly circles back for an emergency landing... why don't we get going, because these things are just falling? ..parts of the plane were raining down on the city of broomfield. landing in the parks, streets and on people's front lawns. this casing was meant to be keeping the plane's engine free from ice, and literally weighs a tonne. it initially struck this pickup truck with its ownerjust metres away. a lot of people said they heard that really loud explosion, which scared a lot of people, then they started seeing basically what they thought was a plane falling from the sky.

what it was, was debris. it's hard to determine exactly what it is. i did comb through, i was taking a look at some of the debris, it looks like possibly some exterior pieces of the plane. this whole town is now effectively behind police lines. only residents are permitted to enter. investigators are requesting that debris is left alone. america's national transportation safety board has opened an investigation into what they are calling an "engine event." for all those who were onboard and on the ground below, it's certainly an event none of them will ever be likely to forget. mark lobel, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... there's a new promise that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly — a month ahead of schedule. borisjohnson is due to hold a final meeting with senior ministers and scientific advisers about how

to ease england's lockdown — ahead of tomorrow's announcement of a road map out of restrictions. a passengerjet has scattered debris over a residential area near denver after one of its engines failed on take—off. sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins. good afternoon. west ham's push for a champions league qualification spot is gathering momentum. they have now won seven out of their last nine league matches after beating tottenham 2—1 at the london stadium. spurs are ninth — nine points behind the hammers. patrick gearey reports. if saw west ham coming. the

assumption was the pressure would tell, the bubble would burst and yet they keep rising. surprising. �*s defence are easily shocked. not five minutes in, they couldn't keep out michail antonio. west ham are stop closer to the top four place spurs cried. at half timejose mourinho sent gareth bale on for a bailout. the problem they haven't fixed late. in board to see lingard to score. as he celebrated the video official is deliberated, was a top side? pablo for now is not interfering they said. go given. spurs needed something fast. over to gareth bale and lucas moura. tu— one. earlier this season west ham scrabbled a point against spurs with three late goals. tottenham only needed one. they had harry kane and gareth bale. they had harry kane and gareth bale. they didn't have a look. it never returned. the hammers held on, through a scrubbing stoppage time, sometimes only by a matter of inches. the table now the gap is clearer. west ham go fourth, tottenham continue to go south.

three more games today with the top three sides all involved. leicester could go second with a win at aston villa. they currently lead 2—1. james maddison and harvey barnes with the goals. for the visitors — bertrand traore has pulled one back for villa in the second half. leaders manchester city host arsenal at 4.30 before manchester united take on newcastle united at 7. the top two sides are in action in the scottish premiership. leaders rangers started the day with a 15 point lead over rivals celtic. rangers are about 15 minutes into their match at home to dundee united that's still goalless. celtic are away at bottom side ross county at 7.30. now six nations news, and five of the french side who started the match against ireland last weekend will miss the game with scotland next sunday after testing positive for covid—i9. centre arthur vincent and hooker julien marchand are the latest to return positive test results.

gabin villiere, mohamed haouas and star scrum—half antoine dupont are also in isolation after catching the virus. france insist they will fulfil the fixture. there's one match in the premiership this afternoon — leaders bristol are at london irish. a few moments ago bristol with a big lead already, 17 points to three. novak djokovic is the australian open champion once again. he beat daniil medvedev in straight—sets to win his ninth title in melbourne and his 18th grand slam overall — it takes him ever closer to roger federer and rafa nadal�*s totals of 20, as adam wild reports. there are few players in the history of tennis that have dominated one tournament quite like novak djokovic in melbourne. eight times a winner before today.

there is a slight sense that times in tennis may be changing. daniil medvedev at the forefront of the sport's next generation but novak djokovic is not the type to let up or let go. the mark of a great champion, always the hunger for more. said one hard—fought but for djokovic hard—won. daniil medvedev giving everything, getting nothing, the feeling of so many players before him. things now beginning to fall apart for daniil medvedev, whose racket... novak djokovic is the complete player, yet another title, winning in emphatic style. the greatest the australian open has ever known. the next generation willjust have to wait. that's all the sport for now. there's much more on the website including live covergae of snooker�*s welsh open where ronnie o'sullivan is struggling against northern ireland'sjordan brown — 4 frames to i he leads.

it is the first to nine that were win that title. that's bbc.co.uk/sport a nigerian air force plane has crashed while approaching the runway at abuja airport. there are reports of seven fatalities. this eyewitness described what she saw. for us it is very painful. because when the plane just landed, wham, once i heard wham, when i heard wham, ijust see it explode with fire and smoke together. when i get here, i saw the dead body on the ground. our correspondent ishaq khalid gave me the latest from abuja. so far we have gathered seven people were on board the military aircraft and all of them have died as a result of the crash.

the aircraft was actually going to the north—central city and then there was an engine problem, they returned to the nigerian capital airport. it hit the runway and then crashed and went into flames. all the people on board have died. the authorities are saying that investigation is taking place. where i am now is just a few hundred kilometres from the crash site and the military have already cordoned off the area. they are searching and conducting investigation. do we know who the people were on board? all the people on board were military personnel. they were going to niger state. we don't know their mission there. there was a lot of insecurity, a lot of criminal gangs carrying out attacks, kidnapping for ransom. on wednesday dozens of students were abducted in that state including their staff.

we don't know whether this mission was there to boost the ongoing rescue operation for those abducted victims, but that is where it was going. the authorities are saying they are going to give details about the plane and course of the crash, but this is not the first time the nigerian air force aircraft has crashed. a few years ago, there were two crashes in the north—eastern part of the country, where they were fighting boko haram. many civilians were killed at that point. many people are now asking questions about the condition of nigerian search aircraft and the authorities are saying they're going to carry out investigations and will come up with their own findings. israel is easing many of its covid lockdown restrictions from today. nearly half of the country's population has received at least one dose of the vaccine. gyms, hotels and tourist

attractions are re—opening, but entry will only be allowed to those with a green pass, which shows they've either had the jab or the virus. nickjohnson reports. beer to persuade some. pizza to persuade others. israel's programme to get covid jabs in arms continues at pace. the country has the highest vaccination rate in the world, more than 49% of people have had at least one dose. it is all part of the national effort to break free from this new normal. shops and restaurants closed, an economy at risk, people's lives on hold. after a steep resurgence in covid infections, the country entered its third lockdown just after christmas. but health officials say progress in their vaccination programme is now starting to make a difference in the number of infections, allowing the country to begin reopening its economy. studies in israel showed

that the pfizer vaccine is 95.8% effective in preventing hospitalisations and deaths. from today, shops, libraries and tourist attractions are able to reopen, but social distancing and masks will still be required. we do need to hurry up and get everyone on board the vaccination programme because with all of those variants rising their heads, we could be facing other setbacks in the future and we need to hurry up with community immunity. but in order to be allowed into shops, museums and libraries, israelis will have to download a so—called green badge to carry around as proof of inoculation. announcing the scheme last night, prime minister benjamin netanyahu urged israelis to use it.

as israel begins to ease restrictions, it is hoped the country's so—far successful vaccination programme of work as a blueprint for other countries hoping to begin their own journeys out of lockdown. police in birmingham are continuing to question two 15—year—old boys on suspicion of kidnap and theft. the boys were arrested after a car with two young children inside was taken from a driveway in the city. a police helicopter was involved in the search before the car was stopped on a road in the city centre. the boys — aged two and four — were unharmed and reunited with their parents at the roadside. the uk has introduced a new heart transplant technique for children that reanimates a donor heart outside the body and can even repair any damage sustained by the organ during death. this programme, a collaboration between the royal papworth and great ormond street hospitals, significantly increased the number

of such life—saving operations carried out in the uk last year. our health correspondent anna collinson has this report. just a year ago, one of these sisters had a failing heart and was put on an urgent transplant list. nice wave! freya heddington was warned she may have to wait up to two years. but thanks to a new programme it was just eight weeks. and within months she could start doing the things she loved most. i'm ecstatic that i got such an amazing gift of a heart. but it's also upsetting to know that someone also died. a donor's family must be consented before surgery, as this training simulation shows. until a year ago, almost all paediatric heart transplants came from patients who had suffered brain death. their heart may beat but they will never wake up. life support is withdrawn and the heart is stopped and retrieved. but this new programme uses hearts which have been allowed to cease beating on their own after life support is withdrawn.

as soon as this happens, the heart begins to deteriorate. by using this machine demonstrated here using red dye at the royal papworth hospital, doctors can effectively restart it and repair the damage. you would have the heart sitting with the connector at the top, the aorta. these tubes move blood through the heart which keeps it healthy for up to 12 hours, giving surgeons much more time to carry out checks, and even transport it to other locations. this organ care system is now used by adult cardiac transplant centres across the uk. but 12 months ago, the team here in cambridge joined forces with great ormond street hospital to extend their world—leading service to children, and despite the pressures of the pandemic, treated six patients in 2020. in the adult world we doubled the amount of heart transplantation and we reduced the waiting time period. we had to do exactly the same thing

for the paediatric recipients at the same time for both populations to reduce the mortality in the waiting list. and this is what we achieved. once retrieved, the hearts are delivered to great ormond street hospital for transplantation. children normally have to wait around two and a half times longer than adults for a new heart. for many of our transplant patients now, they are so sick that they have to wait in the hospital for their transplants, sometimes for six months, perhaps even over a year. so not only is it reducing wait times but it is transplanting patients that otherwise would not get an organ. freya's family will never forget what they've been through, or the people and the machine that saved her life. it will always be there i in the back of our minds. but, you know, we know now she's got a lovely healthy heart _ and her future's bright. now, the weather with nick miller.

hello. it's been a fine day today in scotland and northern ireland. it will be again tomorrow. whereas there is a weather front in parts of england and wales, which will continue to bring some rain, as it will through the evening and overnight. northern england, wales, the west midlands and the south—west in particular. eastern parts of england staying dry. a mild night across england and wales, but temperatures close to freezing in the coldest parts of scotland and northern ireland under largely clear skies. and bar the odd shower approaching north—west scotland tomorrow, most here will again have a fine day. the weather system in england and wales nudges a bit further east away from wales, northern and western parts of england as it brightens up a bit, but increasingly light and patchy rain edging back towards east anglia and the south—east of england on another mild day. some very wet weather, though, to come in as we go into tuesday. this is the weather system approaching from the west, especially to northern ireland, into scotland, where there is a risk of flooding too, affecting wales and western parts of england, whereas the eastern side of england stays dry and becomes very mild.

hello, this is bbc news with tim willcox. the headlines... there's a new promise that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly — a month ahead of schedule. borisjohnson is due to hold a final meeting with senior ministers and scientific advisers about how to ease england's lockdown — ahead of tomorrow's announcement of a road map out of restrictions. the dj jo whiley has said "it couldn't be crueller" that her sister, who has learning difficulties and diabetes, was offered the vaccine after she was already fighting for her life with covid. a passengerjet has scattered debris over a residential area near denver after one of its engines failed on take—off. israel eases its lockdown after almost half the population is vaccinated — but you'll need a special pass to take advantage

of all the new freedoms.