about the have enough information about the vaccines. what is happening is a review that will report back sometime before stage four, so around during the 21st, so until we hear otherwise, two metres, social distancing and working from home are staying. distancing and working from home are sta inc. . distancing and working from home are stain. . , distancing and working from home are stainu. . .,, staying. claire says, does the rule of six include _ staying. claire says, does the rule of six include children? _ staying. claire says, does the rule of six include children? i _ staying. claire says, does the rule of six include children? i don't - of six include children? i don't where she has been!— of six include children? i don't where she has been! they are adding some more flexibility. _ where she has been! they are adding some more flexibility. the _ where she has been! they are adding some more flexibility. the rule - where she has been! they are adding some more flexibility. the rule of i some more flexibility. the rule of six is coming back at the end of march but they are adding an alternative option which is two households so if two families have lots of kids they can still meet up. david says, will people who are shielding be able to follow the same lockdown eating plan?— lockdown eating plan? hopefully a es from lockdown eating plan? hopefully a yes from the _ lockdown eating plan? hopefully a yes from the end _ lockdown eating plan? hopefully a yes from the end of _ lockdown eating plan? hopefully a yes from the end of march. - lockdown eating plan? hopefully a yes from the end of march. the i yes from the end of march. the government thinks anyone who is clinically vulnerable will not have to shield up to that point —— after that point. figs to shield up to that point -- after that point-— to shield up to that point -- after that oint. �* , . ., that point. as a grandparent, when can start picking — that point. as a grandparent, when can start picking up _ that point. as a grandparent, when can start picking up my _ that point. as a grandparent, when can start picking up my grandchild l can start picking up my grandchild from school as i before lockdown? if it is just him from school as i before lockdown? if it isjust him meeting and one grandchild in theory he should be able to do that as school —— as soon as schools go back. but he could sit

and have a snack with them as long as they are socially distance. but he can't be inside with them. that's the lot, thank— he can't be inside with them. that's the lot, thank you _ he can't be inside with them. that's the lot, thank you very _ he can't be inside with them. that's the lot, thank you very much. - time for a look at the weather, here's helen willetts. a tale of two halves for the weather, from the sunshine to the wind whipping at the waves in northern ireland. it really depends where you're sat under this weather front. but you can see the cloud stretches right the way back into the atlantic, we have a lot of rain to come, hence the met office having an amberwarning to come, hence the met office having an amber warning particularly for the southern uplands and southern highlands in scotland, where we could have over 100 millimetres of rain in the next 2a hours. but it is not exclusively these we have the rain for much of scotland and at times for northern ireland, for the north and west of england and the north and west of england and the north and west of england and the north and west of wales. it is brighter and relatively warmer in the sunshine in southern and eastern areas but it is windy wherever you

are, gales up through the irish sea, the east of northern ireland, the west of scotland, and at 30 or a0 mph even in the southeast with the sunshine it is still a windy day. the rain will continue this evening and overnight. it will start to pep up and overnight. it will start to pep up again at times with some heavier bursts. with the wind is continuing, temperatures will be more like what they should be doing today, in fact a little above. so very mild and it will stay that way for much of the week. the flood warnings are starting to rise as well. so naturally the met office amber warning and yellow warnings under —— for the rain warning and yellow warnings under —— forthe rain and warning and yellow warnings under —— for the rain and wind, but there are flood warnings because it doesn't end here, the weatherfront flood warnings because it doesn't end here, the weather front is still with us and the area of low pressure tomorrow. the contrast in temperatures, the warmth heading up from the south is just enhancing the rain, but where the sunshine breaks through we could see 16 or 17 tomorrow is a very warm for this

time of year. and a lot of dry weather but the rain continues again, similarareas weather but the rain continues again, similar areas where the ground is saturated, the river levels are high across wales and the north west of england into southern and central scotland, parts of northern ireland, perhaps drier towards the north and relatively mild here. but it is to the south where we see the sun breaking through. despite the wind being pretty strong. later in the north. we change the wind direction to a westerly with showers in the north on thursday so it is drier. but the rain band is quite stubborn, making things quite grey and drizzly in southern and eastern areas on thursday. but once we get rid of that weather front, high thursday. but once we get rid of that weatherfront, high pressure builds, drierand that weatherfront, high pressure builds, drier and calmer weather. mild by day but chilly nights is still the risk of some fog so that will be a bit of a problem on the roads. thank you very much. a reminder of our top story:

first as it is looking at the possibility of vaccine certificates which people can use to prove they have had a coronavirus jab or tested negative. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. let's start with that pathway out of lockdown for sport. we now know the earliest dates that gyms will open; when fans will be allowed back in to stadiums; and when grassroots sports can get going again too. as sally nugent reports, it's a welcome relief for people who run sports clubs, as well as those who use them. at this community club nearoldham, near oldham, they are repainting the lines to get ready to welcome back players and their families. this sports club boasts football alongside dozens of sports for all

ages, ranging from rounders, netball, even walking. ian has been a coach for over a decade. this netball, even walking. ian has been a coach for over a decade.— a coach for over a decade. this very get-together- _ a coach for over a decade. this very get-together. this _ a coach for over a decade. this very get-together. this is _ a coach for over a decade. this very get-together. this is where - a coach for over a decade. this very get-together. this is where the - get—together. this is where the exercise. this is what gets them talking. it's notjust about children playing football as well, it's about families getting together on the sidelines and having their weekly catch up. in terms of the impact, i think it's weekly catch up. in terms of the impact, i think its huge. grassroots is extremely important from a mental health perspective. from children playing, talking, sharing ideas when they are together. han sharing ideas when they are together-— sharing ideas when they are touether. . , ,, together. ian has been missing the weekend is — together. ian has been missing the weekend is here _ together. ian has been missing the weekend is here so _ together. ian has been missing the weekend is here so he _ together. ian has been missing the weekend is here so he is _ together. ian has been missing the weekend is here so he is catching l together. ian has been missing the. weekend is here so he is catching up with some of his players, 1a—year—old frank, and 15—year—old isabella. they play on the same team and they are looking forward to getting back on the pitch. mat and they are looking forward to getting back on the pitch. not being able to socialise _ getting back on the pitch. not being able to socialise with _ getting back on the pitch. not being able to socialise with our _ getting back on the pitch. not being able to socialise with our friends, i able to socialise with our friends, play football, we is a team together, admitting that is having a bil together, admitting that is having a big impact— together, admitting that is having a

big impact on our development. got back big impact on our development. back you, big impact on our development. (shit back you, frankie? had to make you feel think about getting back together and doing training and stuff? it’s together and doing training and stuff? �* , ., .,, together and doing training and stuff? �*, ., , ., together and doing training and stuff? �*, ., , stuff? it's what most boys and girls look forward _ stuff? it's what most boys and girls look forward to _ stuff? it's what most boys and girls look forward to on _ stuff? it's what most boys and girls look forward to on the _ stuff? it's what most boys and girls look forward to on the weekend. i stuff? it's what most boys and girls i look forward to on the weekend. mum and dad _ look forward to on the weekend. mum and dad love _ look forward to on the weekend. mum and dad love it — look forward to on the weekend. mum and dad love it. they— look forward to on the weekend. mum and dad love it. they are _ look forward to on the weekend. mum and dad love it. they are on— look forward to on the weekend. mum and dad love it. they are on the - and dad love it. they are on the sidelines — and dad love it. they are on the sidelines cheering _ and dad love it. they are on the sidelines cheering me _ and dad love it. they are on the sidelines cheering me on. - and dad love it. they are on the sidelines cheering me on. so i and dad love it. they are on thei sidelines cheering me on. so it's good _ sidelines cheering me on. so it's good for— sidelines cheering me on. so it's good for them _ sidelines cheering me on. so it's good for them and _ sidelines cheering me on. so it's good for them and me. - sidelines cheering me on. so it's good for them and me.— sidelines cheering me on. so it's good for them and me. some have been thinkin: of good for them and me. some have been thinking of other _ good for them and me. some have been thinking of other ways _ good for them and me. some have been thinking of other ways to _ good for them and me. some have been thinking of other ways to keep _ good for them and me. some have been thinking of other ways to keep the i thinking of other ways to keep the games going. this man is a tennis coachin games going. this man is a tennis coach in milton keynes and he has been running online lessons for children. ., ., �* ., ., children. you don't need a quote, ou don't children. you don't need a quote, you don't need — children. you don't need a quote, you don't need a _ children. you don't need a quote, you don't need a racket, - children. you don't need a quote, you don't need a racket, you i children. you don't need a quote, you don't need a racket, you can l children. you don't need a quote, i you don't need a racket, you can use frying pans can even use wooden spoons, socks scrunched up into a ball. there are lots of things you can use around the house. whilst outdoor pools _ can use around the house. whilst outdoor pools and _ can use around the house. whilst outdoor pools and tennis - can use around the house. whilst outdoor pools and tennis courts l can use around the house. whilst i outdoor pools and tennis courts can look forward to opening next months, others like indoor swimming centres and gyms will have to wait a few weeks longer. it has been a long,

bleak winter, when for most of us sport has become a solitary experience. it seems a return to how things used to be is still a long way off. but at least now we can see the path. england women are in action right now, they're leading 3—0 at half time against northern ireland in their first match for almost a year. it'sjill scott's 150th cap for her country and she was given the ca ptain's armband. after a few shots on target from england, a dreadful mistake in norther ireland's defence put the ball straight into the path of england's ellen white, who was clinical in her execution of their first goal on 18 minutes. she got her second not long after, lucy bronze sending a cross in for her to make it 2—0. and bronze got one of her own after another mistake from northern ireland gave the ball to lauren hemp who sent it across the face of goal and bronze was there to get the third. these are live pictures

from st george's park. the 11 girl for england on her 150th cap forjill scott. it's quite a shame for the keeper, she made a couple of good saves in the first half, but she is not really that mark it was almost a very good chance there, if ellen white had kept it on target. she was a hat—trick, almost got it there, but she just went wide of the post to the right. it is 3—0 to england against northern ireland. coverage on bbc iplayer and the app. captain charles ollivon is one, taking the total number of cases amongst the players to ten. scotland's six nations game against with france on sunday is in doubt afterfive more french players tested positive for covid 19. captain charles ollivon is one, taking the total number of cases amongst the players to ten.

there's been no more positives in the latest round of testing, and a decision on whether the game can go ahead will be made tomorrow. scottish rugby say they want the game on as long as it's medically safe. and in the last hour, everton's new stadium at bramley—moore dock has been unanimously approved by city councillors in liverpool. the plans for a £500million, 52,000 seater stadium will now go to the government forfinal sign off. all the details on the bbc sport website and app. let's get more now on the prime minister's comments this morning about the road map out of lockdown. borisjohnson says he's �*very optimistic�* but that there are �*no guarantees' that england will fully re—open out of coronavirus restrictions on 21st june. on a visit to a school in south london, he defended the government�*s plans, describing them as a �*cautious but balanced approach.�* and the prime minister was asked about the possibility of covid status certificates, or so—called �*vaccine passports�*. this is an area where we are looking at a novelty for our country.

we haven�*t had stuff like this before. we never thought in terms of having something that you have to show to go to a pub or a theatre. so there are deep and complex issues that we need to explore, ethical issues about what the role is for government in mandating people to have such a thing, or, indeed, banning people from doing such a thing. there are complex issues we need to work out. we can�*t be discriminatory against people who, for whatever reason, can�*t have the vaccine. there might be medical reasons why people can�*t have the vaccine. difficulties... some people may genuinely refuse to have one. now, i think that�*s a mistake. i think everybody should have a vaccine, but we need to thrash all this out. we�*ve got time. because what we�*re doing is rolling out the vaccination programme and that will

go on for the next couple of months. in the interval, what i want to see is a proper review into the issue. that is going to be led by michael gove, the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, who will be getting the best scientific, moral, philosophical viewpoints on it. and we will work out a way forward. fervent libertarians, i will object, but other people will think there is a case for it. when you look at the international side of things, international travel, there is no question that�*s where a lot of people, a lot of countries will be going. they will be insisting on vaccine passports in a way that people used to insist on evidence that you had been inoculated against yellow fever or whatever. it is going to come on the international stage whatever. unemployment figures out today. should people have lost theirjobs

expect to go back into completely different industries? is the workplace just going to be changing irrevocably because of coronavirus? what can you do to help the path back? there will be changes, obviously, as a result of the way the economy has been changing naturally. some sectors have been changing in the last few years and will continue to change. maybe that has been accelerated by the pandemic. what we will do is continue to put our arms around everybody in the country to look after them throughout the pandemic, as we have. you know about the kick—start funds that are available to help people from job to job. getting young people into newjobs. you will be hearing a lot more about that and the chancellor�*s plan for jobs next week. well, airlines and holiday companies say they�*ve seen a surge in bookings in the past 2a hours. the government says a ban on foreign travel will remain in place until at least mid may.

self catering breaks in england will resume on the 12th of april at the earliest. the chief of easyjet said he would not be expecting people to have a negative test of vaccine passports. we want to wait and see what the travel task force comes up with in terms of recommendation. clearly we would adhere to those policies. we would like to work with the government to ensure that travel can restart in a safe way. i think the most important thing now is to recognise that there is a number of methods in here that the government can use. not only in the uk, but elsewhere in europe, when it comes to the possibility of testing and quarantine. but the key thing is the successful roll—out of the vaccination programme. i think that with the date that is now available, where countries and jurisdictions have clear evidence about the spread of the infections, and the different mutations and variants. there is a whole set of tools that can be used to make sure that we avoid a general lockdown and more targeted measures are put in place.

we will wait and see what the recommended nations will be from the 12th of april. so you would expect, would you, to ask your passengers for proof of either a vaccine or a negative test? not necessarily. i think the most important thing is that now there is a recognition about what the infection rate now is in the differentjurisdictions. if that is seen to be manageable, and it is under control, and the health care system is not overloaded but there is a basic capacity in there. we would like to see that there are those little restrictions as possible. the key thing is that it is safe to travel. we have also introduced a number of measures on the aircraft in terms of cleaning procedures and wearing masks and so on. i think that first and foremost, the most important thing is that we can restart in a safe way. that is what i am expecting to happen. the response from the customers on the announcement yesterday

was quite fantastic to see. we have been up 630% of bookings on easyjet holidays. this continues now throughout the morning. it just shows what we have said all along. there is an enormous increase of pent up demand for people to make travel arrangements for the summer. i�*m very pleased about that. so you expect we will be able to start flying from may the 17th? yes. the government stated that that is the intention. we have to wait and see what the global travel taskforce comes up with these recommendations to the prime minister on the 12th of april, but what we want is what we actually did get, that was a road map with dates on how we could plan in relation to the safe restart of international travel. the headlines on bbc news... borisjohnson insists

he is �*optimistic�* but there are �*no guarantees�* on his four—step plan to ease england�*s lockdown — amid criticism from some businesses and politicians about the pace of the roadmap. airlines and holiday companies say they�*ve seen a surge in bookings in the past 2a hours, following the prime minister�*s lockdown announcement. the number of deaths involving covid—19 registered each week in england and wales has dropped by nearly a quarter, according to new figures. the united nations say 16 million people in yemen will go hungry this year and the country is at risk of the worst famine in decades. it�*s projecting that a00,000 children will suffer from severe acute malnutrition, and could die without urgent treatment. our international correspondent orla guerin, producer claire read and cameraman goktay koraltan sent this report from southern yemen. you may find some of the scenes distressing. every breath is a struggle, and he is dangerously thin. mohammed is 12 months old,

but too weak to hold his head up. he�*s in the grip severe acute malnutrition. mohammed needs to go to hospital, urgently. his mother knows, but can do nothing. this rural clinic can�*t provide transport either. we were able to give mother and baby a lift to the hospital. this was a chance encounter in taiz province, an area ravaged by hunger in one of the world�*s poorest countries. malnutrition was entrenched in yemen before the war, but has increased every year since. at khalifa hospital, doctors do what they can,

but they say mohammed�*s weight is about half what it should be, and he has a chest infection. he�*s put on oxygen — a lifeline, for now. we can help the cases which reach hospital, but there are a lot of babies cannot reach our hospital. so this is the problem. are you afraid that there are children dying at home? yes, there are a lot of cases die at home, from a lot of factors, a lot of causes. those causes are complex, but don�*t include a lack of food in the markets. there is plenty to buy, but many can�*t afford it. years of conflict and a saudi blockade have taken their toll. food prices have risen, about 1a0%, and the yemeni currency has collapsed, along with the economy. the youngest here are heartbreakingly vulnerable. her name is gada.

she came because of acute gastroenteritis. she is four months old. tiny gada is deteriorating rapidly in the southern city of aden. for her mother, ibtida, displaced by the war, seeing her like this, rigid with pain, is another trauma. she has severe acute malnutrition and is running a high fever. dr maha suleiman tries to cool down her tiny body with a cool cloth. some of gada�*s test results come back. it�*s not good news. when i find the really sick children, and they come in and deteriorate, or not responding to treatment, it�*s very hard.

we even have some sleep disturbance forming. i have sleep disturbance some nights. it�*s very hard. and we have even no time to change the sheet of the bed. just you change the sheets, another patient is just coming. well, doctors are now extremely concerned about gada. they say her case is critical. she needs an x—ray but it�*s too far away across the hospital and they can�*t take the chance of moving her now. she�*s on oxygen at the moment and they are just trying to stabilise her. as the young waste away here, cuts in international donations mean less food aid. the un says yemenis are not starving — they are being starved. since we filmed these pictures, gada has died. orla guerin, bbc news, southern yemen. fifteen pilot whales have died,

and many more are stranded after becoming beached on new zealand�*s south island. volunteers have been trying to help the whales back to sea, after more than a0 became stranded at farewell spit on monday. some were floated out on the high tide, but conservationists say they are worried that they have remained in the area, and could become beached again. you may remember a few days ago we showed you pictures of turtles that had been frozen due to the severe winter storm that swept across parts of the southern united states. now, us coast guard officers and volunteers near corpus christi in texas have been able to release more than 100 of the turtles back into the sea on monday. around a00 of the creatures were saved from the freezing cold waters and taken to rehabilitation centres to get well. let�*s get more now on the facebook row in australia. it seems the disagreement between the social media giant the government there may have come to an end. facebook says it will restore news feeds to its site in the country — but it seems it may have got something in return. facebook brought its block

in last thursday — in response to australian government plans to make tech companies pay news publishers for content posted or shared on their platforms. it seems there was a bit of give and take on both sides — with some amendments being made to the news laws. here�*s the australian government treasurerjosh frydenberg. facebook has re—friended australia. and australian news will be restored to the facebook platform. and facebook has committed to entering into good—faith negotiations with australian news media businesses in seeking to reach agreements to pay for content. this follows a series of intensive negotiations with facebook since their actions last thursday, it involved the minister, the prime minister, the head of the accc treasury and myself. we have agreed to make some clarifications to the code.

so, an agreement of sorts. the bbc�*s shaima khalil is in sydney. facebook has ultimately agreed to restore its news feed on its platform here in australia in the next few days. we don�*t know exactly when. essentially, what they have agreed on, i think, are two main things. one, it�*s something that has been bothering facebook specifically in that news—media bargaining, called the law that is in front of the senate as we speak, which will potentially force tech giants like facebook and google to pay for news content, which is the final offer of arbitration. essentially, this is when the government gets involved between the news outlets and facebook to set a price. they didn�*t like that at all when it was proposed and now it has been agreed that that is going to be a very last resort. it�*s there, but it�*s going to be a last resort. so essentially, any digital platform will be given one month�*s notice to say that they

have to enter into negotiation. there will be three months negotiation and two additional months of mediation before the government steps in. i think that was key to facebook, that they wanted to do this on their own terms with the news outlets, not the government. the second thing that the treasury did not mention is part of a statement by facebook. they say, going forward the government has clarified that we will retain the ability to decide if news appears on facebook so we won�*t automatically be forced into negotiation, which means that they have the choice to support news outlets which they choose. it is unclear how that is going to work. it is unclear whether, for example, facebook will say, we are going to support abc melbourne and not abc sydney, for example, the national broadcaster. all of this is still really unclear but i think all of that is part of the teething problems, if you will, that will come in practice, once this is actually put in practice.

we�*ve seen a lot of pictures of freezing scenes across the united states, but take a look at this: this is what weeks of freezing temperatures has done to niagara falls. mounds of snow and ice have formed all along the banks and people visiting the new york side also caught a glimpse of this rainbow while snapping photos. and though looks like parts of the waterfall have frozen completely, the water actually never stops running beneath the surface. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with helen. good afternoon. it is a tale of two halves, our weather. we have got areas to the south of our weather front enjoying some warmth, some sunshine, but actually for many we are enveloped in cloud and this cloud is producing a lot of heavy rain and concerns are that rain will top up to around about 100, 120 millimetres in some parts of scotland, southern highlands, southern uplands in the next 2a hours. but it is notjust these areas where it is raining.

many parts are seeing some heavy rain, the ground is saturated, the flood warnings are starting to rise. so further rain to come for northern ireland, parts of scotland, across northern england, the north and west of wales and it is windy, gales up through the irish sea so very blustery for the east of northern ireland, western scotland, western fringes of england and wales, but wherever you are it is a windier day, even in the sunshine where it is relatively mild at 1a, possibly 15 degrees. and it is mild across the board, because yes, we do have all that warmth being pushed northwards on those southerly winds. but the rain does not really move much, as you can see, through this evening and overnight to get further pulses of quite heavy rain, particularly for parts of northern england, southern scotland, the north and west of wales. with the wind, the cloud, the rain combined, even in the drier weather to the north, it remains mild through the night. but clearly, with that amount of rain onto saturated ground, already high river levels, we are concerned about flood warnings. all warnings, flood warnings and weather warnings, including the amber weather warning, are on our website. so you can see tomorrow that

weather front still with us across central parts of the uk. to the south of that we have all this warm air which is actually providing the energy for that moisture, but again, like today, southern and eastern areas, and in fact to the north of that weatherfront, will enjoy some sunshine. it could be that the north—east of scotland does not see that much rain during the course of tomorrow, it gets quite warm, but for parts of wales, northern england, southern scotland, yes, the rain starts to ease a little bit here, but it still continues to rain onto saturated ground. and again it is mild where the sun comes out, because there might be more high cloud in the south tomorrow, we could see 16 or 17 degrees. by thursday, that weather front becomes slow—moving across southern and eastern areas, not that much rain left on it but cloudier skies. a little bit fresher elsewhere, one or two showers with the westerly wind replacing the south—westerly that we are seeing at the moment. and it does look as if we will see some drier, calmer weather towards the weekend. the website has the warning.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the prime minister is pushed for more detail on the route out of lockdown and says he�*s confident the country will be able to fully reopen byjune 21st the pm says people who haven�*t had a covid jab mustn�*t face discrimination, as the government considers vaccine passports. there are deep and complex issues that we need to explore, ethical issues about what the roll is for government in mandating all people to have such a thing, or indeed banning people from doing such a thing. scotland�*s first minister is about to announce her plans for easing lockdown. travel firms say there has been a surge in people booking overseas holidays since the road map was published. unemployment hits its highest

figure for 5 years, with people under the age of 25 worst affected.