in the uk now contain only greenery, so why the big change? well, in 2008, paving or concreting over a front garden did become more difficult. since then, you've needed planning permission to do that for an area over five square metres. gardens max your physical, mental, and social well—being. with the covid—19 impact, i think people are recognising the health benefits. the royal horticultural society's garden in wisley. it's notjust home to thousands of beautiful plants — a lot of research goes on here. there's a new science centre being built. we've just recently done a study where we put two tiny planters and a tree in a salford street, and we measured cortisol — which is a stress hormone. we found a 6% decrease in stress, which is equivalent to eight mindfulness sessions.

a new season is approaching, and for many, a new sense of optimism. there's a growing appreciation, it seems, for the power of nature. tim muffett, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. the weather over the next few days is going to be conducive to pottering around in the garden preparing it for deeper into spring. skies are pretty cloudy out there underneath his area of high pressure sitting on top of the uk. a lot of cold air wrapped in the system so it is going to be chilly and today and into the weekend. the winners here and there and the cloud thick enough on one or two places for the odd shower but most places will be dry until they were temperatures ranging

from three to 7 degrees which is below par for the time of year. most places overnight will be dry. where we see clear skies temperatures will dip below freezing so some frost and fog but other areas will see patchy cloud but it is going to be colder than the last few nights and a bit more widespread frost, as you can see the blue colours. high pressure dominating, mainly dry and settled but it is going to say pretty chilly because we have this chilly air wrapped around the high pressure, but mild airwaiting wrapped around the high pressure, but mild air waiting out in the wings and not far away. first that idiot is a cold and frosty start with some sunshine. —— saturday is a cold. the odd shower affecting england and eastern scotland being driven end of the north sea. perhaps turning claggy into the afternoon for many of us and it will be another chilly day. signs of

something a bit milderfor another chilly day. signs of something a bit milder for saturday night. another cold night with frost to greet us on sunday. starting to turn windy out, cloudier and wetter in the north west of scotland and elsewhere in chilly start and some sunshine but some cloud building up into the afternoon, another cool day. signs of something a little less cold pushing into the north—west because we are seeing high pressure ebb away as the patient and next week and the other one back to life with a powerfuljet stream so we could see a spell of wet and windy weather around the middle part of the week and by mid week we will also see the blue colours replaced with yellow and orange as we pick up any west or south westerly wind. all change next week. it will turn wetter and windier by the middle part of the week. rain and gales at times and temperatures creeping up. turning milder or closer to where they should be for the time of year.

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good afternoon, it's 1.30pm, and here's your latest sports news. india have seized control of the fourth test against england in ahmedabad. at the close they were 294—7 in their first innings a lead of 89. it was a great morning forjoe root�*s men, taking three wickets, and they later reduced india to 146—6. after that though rishabh pant took the england attack apart reaching his century off just 115 balls. he went soon after but washington sundar is still there on 60. the guys put a lot of effort into today. maybe a little bit annoyed about how the afternoon went. we were in a good position to really take the game and get ahead of the game but it didn't work out that well. so a really mixed day for england. let's talk now to our cricket reporter henry moeran. henry, it all started so well. it did come out the bowling was as goodin it did come out the bowling was as good in the first two sessions a day as their batting was bad. i think it is why did norwich allege that their selection for this game wasn't quite right. they went for the extra spin option instead of going for the extra spin attack. a large amount of responsibility from james anderson and ben stokes. stokesley was fighting illness worked so hard in the day. he bowled 20 overs and he got the big wickets without scoring. at one stage with india still 59

runs behind it looked like it could be england's game if not to lose and certainly a position where they could get a result. it certainly a position where they could get a result.— certainly a position where they could get a result. it turns out it is rishabh _ could get a result. it turns out it is rishabh pant _ could get a result. it turns out it is rishabh pant who _ could get a result. it turns out it is rishabh pant who they - could get a result. it turns out it is rishabh pant who they had i could get a result. it turns out it is rishabh pant who they had to | could get a result. it turns out it. is rishabh pant who they had to get out in the end. that incredible innings, that century, has taken the match away from england? id probably has. 89 is match away from england? id probably has- 89 is the — match away from england? id probably has. 89 is the lead _ match away from england? id probably has. 89 is the lead at _ match away from england? id probably has. 89 is the lead at the _ match away from england? id probably has. 89 is the lead at the close - match away from england? id probably has. 89 is the lead at the close of - has. 89 is the lead at the close of play and his partnership with washington sundar 113 runs, in the washington sundar113 runs, in the context of a low scoring game that is absolutely inviolable. —— absolutely inviolable. he plays a game with a smile on his face. what an innings it was. he played a match winnings series... i'm afraid we seem to have lost a line to henry moran there but safe to say that rishabh pant with that

century has made that final force test —— fourth test out of england's control. india very much on top. we will keep you updated here as to how the cricket continues here on bbc news, technology depending, of course! away from the cricket now. newcastle boss steve bruce has confirmed that he did have a training ground row with midfielder matt ritchie, but insists the matter is now resolved. bruce has also denied being the person who leaked the news that goalkeeper karl darlow would be dropped for the recent match against wolves. newcastle are just three points above the relegation zone and play fellow strugglers west brom on sunday. there is no denying that i have had a row with matt ritchie. but let me tell you that happens up and down training grounds every other week, every other day, we are 25 men, emotions run high, fiercely competitive. these things happen. unfortunately. unfortunately for us

with newcastle it gets blown into all sorts of proportions. world champion charlotte bankes�* impressive season continues — she's won gold at the snowboard cross world cup in georgia. she found herself at the back of the field early in the final but came through with a strong finish. bankes used to compete for france but switched to represent britain — the country of her birth — 3 years ago. she won her first world title last month — and is seen as a huge prospect for success at the beijing winter olympics next year. a world cup podium, could it be an olympic podium in 2022. that is all 0lympic podium in 2022. that is all the sport for now, back to you. very good afternoon. you're watching bbc news. the next few hours of our coverage we will be talking about coronavirus, the return to school on

monday for a lot of people, as few smiling faces about that stop right now let's start with the duchess of sussex. she said she had given an in—depth interview to us chat show host oprah winfrey because she was now free speak for herself, now that she and her husband, prince harry had quit royal duties. megan markle said said it is "really liberating" to be "able to make a choice on your own" in the latest teaser clip of her interview with 0prah. lets take a look. ijust want i just want to say that i called you in february or march 2018 before the wedding asking would you please give me an interview? and you said, i'm sorry, it is not the right time. finally we get to sit down and have

this conversation. i finally we get to sit down and have this conversation.— this conversation. i remember that conversation _ this conversation. i remember that conversation very _ this conversation. i remember that conversation very well. _ this conversation. i remember that conversation very well. i _ this conversation. i remember that conversation very well. i wasn't - conversation very well. i wasn't even _ conversation very well. i wasn't even allowed to have that conversation with you personally, they had — conversation with you personally, they had to be people sitting there. there _ they had to be people sitting there. there were — they had to be people sitting there. there were other people in the room when we had that conversation. he turned me down nicely and said, "perhaps i will be another time." what is right about this time? um... well, so what is right about this time? um... well. so many _ what is right about this time? um... well, so many things. _ what is right about this time? um... well, so many things. that - what is right about this time? um... well, so many things. that the - what is right about this time? um... j well, so many things. that the other side of— well, so many things. that the other side of a _ well, so many things. that the other side of a lot— well, so many things. that the other side of a lot of... a lot of life exoerience _ side of a lot of... a lot of life experience that has happened. also we have _ experience that has happened. also we have the ability to make our own choices— we have the ability to make our own choices in_ we have the ability to make our own choices in a — we have the ability to make our own choices in a way that i couldn't have _ choices in a way that i couldn't have said _ choices in a way that i couldn't have said yes to you then. that wasn't — have said yes to you then. that wasn't my— have said yes to you then. that wasn't my choice to make. so as an adult _ wasn't my choice to make. so as an adult who— wasn't my choice to make. so as an adult who lived a really independent life to _ adult who lived a really independent life to then go into this construct

that is— life to then go into this construct that is different to i think what people — that is different to i think what people imagine it to be, it is really— people imagine it to be, it is really liberating to be able to have the right _ really liberating to be able to have the right and the privilege in someways to be able to say yes, i'm ready— someways to be able to say yes, i'm ready to _ someways to be able to say yes, i'm ready to talk. to someways to be able to say yes, i'm ready to talk-— ready to talk. to save it for yourself — ready to talk. to save it for yourself and _ ready to talk. to save it for yourself and not _ ready to talk. to save it for yourself and not have - ready to talk. to save it for yourself and not have to i ready to talk. to save it for - yourself and not have to consult with anybody as blue yeah, to be able to make a choice on your own and speakfor able to make a choice on your own and speak for yourself. irate able to make a choice on your own and speak for yourself.— able to make a choice on your own and speak for yourself. we will talk more about — and speak for yourself. we will talk more about that _ and speak for yourself. we will talk more about that story _ and speak for yourself. we will talk more about that story after- and speak for yourself. we will talk more about that story after tpm. . and speak for yourself. we will talk i more about that story after tpm. now we will talk about coronavirus. bbc news has found that people with asthma who are eligible for a coronavirus vaccine are being refused it by some gps who are not following government guidance. an nhs england letter sent to gps in mid—february says people who have "ever had an emergency asthma admission" to hospital fall into priority group six, which is currently being vaccinated. but some patients are being told a hospital admission within the past 12 months is required. sarah woolnough, chief executive of asthma uk and the british lung foundation explained to me what the current guidance is.

if you have ever had a hospital admission for your asthma or if you have had three courses of oral steroids in a three—month period, you should be considered in group six. the short answer is we do not understand why there are problems and we have a bit of an idea, we think some gp systems make it difficult to search that far back, they find it hard to look for hospital admissions several years ago. we also know that sometimes patients will have been admitted to hospital with their asthma and it has not been coded correctly on the systems but we really don't quite understand why the guidance is being misinterpreted by some gps. i think there are ratio different things going on. some gps are struggling with the criteria to find the right publishing of patients but some appear to be just misinterpreting it was not we have been contacted by thousands of people who are worried and frustrated,

many of whom think they should be... ..should have been called for a vaccination but have not been yet. lots of people with asthma being told they will be vaccinated, based on their age, nothing to do with the condition. yes, that is right. for those with asthma, they are either considered in group four, group six, but the majority are being told they will be called based on age. and we are unhappy about that. we appreciate the guidance around the first priority groups, they have been very clear all along, it is about mortality reduction. there is evidence of increased risk for those with asthma ending up in hospital or ending up with severe complications and our call to government has been firstly, clear up this issue, it is causing huge frustration and delays. but also please consider vaccinating all those with asthma once you have done the initial one to nine priority groups because there is good clinical evidence including

a new paper in the lancet today showing that those with asthma are at increased risk of hospitalisation and having to receive critical care if they develop covid. the latest our number has come through for us, the estimate for england only, is between 0.7 and 0.9. so the estimate of the r number is below that crucial number of one in all nhs regions of england but the estimate for the north—east of england and yorkshire does have an upper bound of one. so possibly some

geographical variations there. our health correspondence are looking at the data now. we will talk to them later in the afternoon and we will talk more about the significance of that. the time right now is a quarter to two. the headlines on bbc news... plans to give nhs staff in england a 1% pay rise are dismissed by unions as a �*kick in the teeth'. new figures show the number of people with coronavirus fell by about a third last week across the uk. the duke of edinburgh is transferred back to king edward vii hospital in central london following a successful procedure for a pre—existing heart condition. quarantine—free holidays in cyprus from may for british holiday—makers — if they've been vaccinated.

many parents have been counting down the final days of home—schooling, as the long awaited return to the classroom for pupils in england begins on monday. students and everyone in their household will be offered regular lateral flow testing kits, to make face—to—face teaching as covid safe as possible. john maguire has been speaking to families about the return to school life. it is back to school again...again. paminda and raj have six children between them, so very busy lives. it's measuring today, adding lengths. how are they feeling about the children all returning to school next week? excited! i can't contain my excitement! really excited for them to go back. it has been tough. very, very tough.

why has it been tough? just trying tojuggle work and home—schooling. for me, it is not possible to be a parent, a teacher, and run your own business at the same time. it is very difficult. which words have you found already? the younger children aren't the only ones who have been doing their homework. nadine prepared for our visit by playing both interviewee and interviewer with an interesting style. what will you miss - about home—schooling? you get to wear your own clothes land it isjust more comfortable. i i don't want to go! why not? because you have i to wake up so early. i already have to do that! why do you have to wake up early? because i actually go to school now.

here at the city academy in bristol the process of teaching children to carry out their own lateral flow tests is well under way. school sports halls are designed forfive aside, netball, basketball, they will host the odd school disco and every summer the exams but now right across the country theatres, halls and gyms are being turned into covid testing centres. rub it at the back, where your tonsils are. they will take three under supervision at school and then do it at home. by the time we get back to school we know who is positive and negative so we can keep track of how many covid cases we have had. we can be a bit more safer. along with wearing masks in class, these measures will increase confidence for pupils, parents and staff. one of my members of staff said, "i'm really excited,

"bringing the books back, very pleased to be "coming back into school." we are in school to work with children face—to—face in classes, not on a screen online. also, for everyone it is that first step to hopefully going back to normal. it is quite tricky sometimes learning online because there are lots of distractions. it will be good to get back to normal school so we get to go the classrooms and interact the teachers. swapping home screens for classrooms for thomas and beth comes with mixed emotions. it is good for the education side of it but i don't feel there will be a drastic improvement in covid numbers so it is a bit 50—50. i am excited to see my friends but at the same time it will be hard because we can't bubble with granddad because we will be in circulation. i am not leaping forjoy at them going back to school—

but we are trying to balance additional risk of them - going back to school. that is how we view it and how - we have been speaking as a family. |we are nervous but it is the rightj thing for them to do for both kids to get back to school. so new shoes, new uniforms and new measures in place to ensure this time school stays in till summer. john maguire, bbc news. three powerful earthquakes have struck off the coast of new zealand, triggering tsunami warnings. evacuation orders were issued for people living in coastal areas. paul hawkins reports. alarm blares. tsunami warning sirens on new zealand's east coast. the reason, 1200 kilometres north shallow 8.1 magnitude earthquake near the kermadec islands in the south pacific. the third in a matter of hours, all of them over 7 in magnitude. the first earthquake struck

before dawn on friday. before any warnings were issued, people were already heading to higher ground such was its strength. it was strong but not too strong but we did still evacuate just in case. ijumped out of bed and stood in the doorway and most of the house was up as well. it was quite strong and took forever to stop. i this is the first time i have ever. seen all boats leave the inner bay. when the next earthquake stuck, authorities were taking no chances. alarm blares. on average a magnitude 8 or larger earthquake occurs only once a year anywhere in the world so this was a significant one with the ability to generate a tsunami. in the end, this was as bad as it got. last week, new zealand marked the tenth anniversary of the 6.3

magnitude christchurch earthquake which killed 185 people. it is a country that takes earthquake seriously and its consequences. paul hawkins, bbc news. brazil's supreme federal court has ordered an inquiry into the sale of protected areas of the amazon rainforest on facebook. it follows a bbc investigation, which revealed plots as large as 1,000 football pitches listed in the platform's marketplace classified ads. bbc brasil�*sjoao fellet, sent this report from sao paulo. the uru eu wau wau indigenous community says invasions here are getting worse and worse. with little help from the government, they are forced to patrol the territory themselves, trying to catch land grabbers looking to clear their rainforest for use as cattle pasture. translation: deforestation in brazil is at a ten—year high,

and communities like these say president bolsonaro's government has emboldened land grabbers and weakened environmentalist protections. last week, our investigation revealed just how bad the situation in brazil has become, with land grabbers now using facebook to illegally sell the protected rainforest they've invaded, without fear of reprisals. ivaneide bandeira has been working with the uru eu wau wau indigenous community to fight deforestation for more than 30 years. she says the supreme federal court's decision, which forces the government to look into the findings of our investigation, gives the uru eu wau wau people help. the uru eu wau wau people hope. translation: they are very hopeful, and so are we. - not only the uru eu wau wau, but that many other indigenous communities i've talked to, and other organisations. everyone is celebrating and saying, finally someone has come and exposed what is going on.

land grabbing is the main driver of deforestation in the amazon, and campaigners have long said the government isn't doing enough to stop the growing number of invasions into protected areas like indigenous reserves. this decision by the supreme court puts pressure on mr bolsonaro's administration to do something about land invaders, many of whom see mr bolsonaro himself as an ally. but it's notjust president bolsonaro's administration which has come under pressure. there have been widespread calls here for facebook itself to do more. translation: if a drug dealer posted | an ad on facebook to sell narcotics, l would facebook accept that? the revelations he has made clearly shows that facebook accepts it is advertising, publicising a criminal activity. facebook said it was willing to work with local authorities but would not take any independent action

of its own, and the social media giant has been true to its word. when we checked online today, facebook still hadn't taken down the illegal advert we reported to then, which is selling land inside the uru eu wau wau reserve. protected areas of the amazon rainforest remain available to buyers around the world at the click of a button. joao fellet, bbc news, sao paolo. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. we end the week on a quiet note because we have high pressure sitting on top of the uk. i have the air mass on there to show it is quite a cold high and not a particularly sunny one either. quite a bit of cloud trapped under there.

england, glimmers of sun, but otherwise quite a lot of cloud and the odd shower in southern scotland and north—eastern england. chilly day where ever you are with highs of four to seven celsius. as we head onto this evening and overnight most places stay largely dry with some clear spells. we are likely to see frost developing and there will be the odd shower continuing across northern east of england. these sorts of temperatures will see a wintry temperature certainly over higher grounds, a widespread frost with mist and fog. into the weekend, mainly dry and settled but it will remain quite chilly with this cold air mass still locked in place. so we start saturday morning off cold with frost around and mist and fog. sunshine, a bit more than what we have had over the last couple of days but again through the afternoon the cloud may build at times and there could be the yard shower affecting eastern the odd shower affecting eastern

parts of some thicker cloud and showers affecting the north—west of scotland. most places dry with another chilly day, highs of five to seven. saturday night will be another cold one with some frost around, a bit milder in the far north—west of scotland. and into the second half of the weekend, it turns wet and windy in north—west scotland, elsewhere a chilly start with some sunshine and cloud in the afternoon. for most it will be a pretty chilly day for the time of year with temperatures just creeping up a little bit in the north and west. the pressure sequence shows you next week we see big changes, fronts coming in from the atlantic and deep areas of pressure coming in. oranges and yellows also coming in as our wind direction changes to the west and south—west. more unsettled through next week with a spell of wet and windy weather and temperatures also

recovering as well.

this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines. angerfrom nhs workers in england, after they're told of a proposed pay rise this year of 1%. staff urge the government to think again. ijust implore boris to just take himself back to this time last year, i believe, when he was taken care of in a fantastic nhs hospital and was given excellent care, and that's what we give. no other public sector employee is receiving a pay rise, and so it's against that backdrop that the government has decided that, and all we can afford, is the 1%. new figures show the number of people with coronavirus fell by about a third last week across the uk.

the duke of edinburgh has been moved back to a private hospital