today at six — prince phillip returns to windsor castle after his longest ever stay in hospital. he went in fighting an infection and leaves after undergoing a heart procedure. reunited with the queen after four weeks in which she's had to deal with a very public rift within the royal family. also tonight — sweden is the latest european country to suspend the roll out of the oxford covid jab. but as vaccination centres lie idle across the eu, its medical regulator says there is no evidence the jab causes blood clots. the benefits of the astrazeneca vaccine in preventing covid—19, with its associated risks of hospitalisation and death, outweigh the risk

of the side effects. hms elizabeth heads east for its first deployment. britain shifts its foreign policy focus after brexit towards countries like india and japan. an autumn trial for the police officer accused of killing sarah everard. from woodwind to woodwork — how thousands of performers have changed roles since theatre curtains came down a year ago today. and coming up on bbc news. history is made at the cheltenham festival, as rachel blackmore becomes the first female jockey to win the champion hurdle. reaction from the opening day coming up. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six.

the duke of edinburgh has left hospital in central london after receiving treatment for an infection and surgery for a pre—existing heart condition. prince philip, who's 99, spent a month in hospital and has now returned to windsor to be reunited with the queen. the prince of wales said he was thrilled with the news. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. shielded by a screen, a patient, evidently in a wheelchair, was brought out from the king edward vii hospital to a waiting vehicle. moments later, the vehicle left with the duke of edinburgh safely aboard. as the car drove away, photographers caught sight of him sitting in the rear of the vehicle. little has been said by the palace about the reasons for his hospital stay other than he had been suffering from an infection and an unspecified pre—existing heart condition. but the treatment, evidently having been successful, he was on his way to be reunited with the queen at windsor. for the royalfamily, it was welcome news. the prince of wales was visiting

a vaccination clinic at finsbury park mosque in north london when the news about his father was confirmed. very good news. i am thrilled. and had he had a chance to speak to his father? yes, i've spoken to him, several times. the queen has continued with her official programme throughout her husband's day in hospital, marking commonwealth day among other things, as well as coping with the fallout from the us television interview given by the sussexes. gayle, you spoke with the couple over the weekend. let's break some news. what did they say? on that, the aftermath of the sussex interview, one of meghan�*s friends, a us breakfast tv presenter has been sharing with her viewers what the couple told her at the weekend. i did actually call them to see how they were feeling, and it is true that harry has talked to his brother and his father too. the word i was given was that those conversations were not productive,

but they are glad that they have at least started the conversation. fanfare. here the family's focus is firmly on the duke of edinburgh. in less than 90 days it will be his 100th birthday, and it will be a matter of reassurance to his family that his four weeks in hospital are now over and that doctors have decided he is well enough to return home. nicholas witchell, bbc news. so the duke of edinburgh is now back at windsor castle in berkshire — where he and the queen have spent the most—recent lockdown. our correspondent helena wilkinson is there. i don't think any of us expected it would be a stay as long as four weeks helena?— would be a stay as long as four weeks helena? no, that is right, georue, weeks helena? no, that is right, george. the _ weeks helena? no, that is right, george, the duke _ weeks helena? no, that is right, george, the duke of _ weeks helena? no, that is right, george, the duke of edinburgh l george, the duke of edinburgh arrived back at round 11.15 this morning he didn't come through the front entrances, he was brought through a rear entrance to the castle, the palace telling us in terms of how he is, using that phrase in good spirits, but as nick

mentioned, when the duke left the hospital he had to be transferred into the car in a wheelchair, and there is no doubt that here, at windsor he will be kept a close eye on by medical staff as he continues his rest, his recovery, from what was a very long stay in hospital, such a long stay, can take its toll on anyone and in particular, somebody of the duke's age, 99 years old, but of course, relief too for the queen, george, they have been separated for 28 nights and the queen, as we heard has been dealing with tricky family matters, matters which she would have sought advice and guidance from, the duke in normal circumstances, so i think comfort for the queen that her husband is back by her side this evening. helena, thank you very much. the european medicines regulator said today it's "firmly convinced" that the benefits

of the astra zeneca's vaccine continue to outweigh any risks, that's despite several countries suspending the jabs due to safety concerns over blood clots. there's no evidence of any link between the vaccine and a very small number of blood clotting incidents. today sweden and latvia suspended their use of the vaccine, while investigations continue. here's our medical editor fergus walsh. this vaccine saves lives, of that there is no doubt. and yet in the middle of a pandemic, with thousands dying every day in europe from covid... germany, france, italy, more than a dozen eu countries have temporarily suspended used the astrazeneca jab. why? the concern is blood clots. astrazeneca says there have been 37 incidents of blood clots in the uk and eu, but that is following 17 million jabs. clots in the uk and eu, but that is following 17 millionjabs. in germany, seven rare clots in the brain and three deaths have been

recorded. the european medicines agency is investigating each case, but says the overall rate of clots is no higher than you would expect in the general population. at in the general population. git present, there is no indication that vax has caused these conditions, they have not come up in the clinical trials and they are not listed as known or expected side effects with these vaccine. germany's health minute industry said it it won't be responsible to keep using the astrazeneca vaccine without a revalue lacing but the safety regulator says the suspension is unnecessary. tote safety regulator says the suspension is unnecessary-— is unnecessary. we are still firmly confins vinced _ is unnecessary. we are still firmly confins vinced that _ is unnecessary. we are still firmly confins vinced that the _ is unnecessary. we are still firmly confins vinced that the benefit . is unnecessary. we are still firmly confins vinced that the benefit of| confins vinced that the benefit of the astrazeneca vaccine in preventing covid—19, with its associated risks of hospitalisation and death, outweigh the risk of these side effects.— and death, outweigh the risk of these side effects. take up of covid vaccines here _ these side effects. take up of covid vaccines here is _ these side effects. take up of covid vaccines here is among _ these side effects. take up of covid vaccines here is among the - these side effects. take up of covid vaccines here is among the highest| vaccines here is among the highest in the world. and scientists hope public confidence will not be

undermined. i think it is very important that people don't worry at the moment, i mean this, this is being sorted out, it is being looked into but at the moment, there doesn't appear to be any signal that would make us feel concerned about risk of clotting. i would be much more worried about not being vaccinated than being vaccinated.— being vaccinated than being vaccinated. ., , ., . vaccinated. the european medicine a . en vaccinated. the european medicine agency also — vaccinated. the european medicine agency also publish _ vaccinated. the european medicine agency also publish its _ vaccinated. the european medicine agency also publish its safety - agency also publish its safety review on thursday. if it gives the astrazeneca jab the all clear, france has said it will be start reusing it immediately. but the fear is the pause may increase vaccine hesitancy, and that alone could cost lives. fergus walsh, bbc news. fergus walsh, bbc news. the latest coronavirus figures show there were 5,294 new cases recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means on average the number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 5,689. the number of patients in hospital with covid

continues to fall — now down to 7,281. there were 110 deaths reported, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test, which means on average 128 people died every day in the last week from coronavirus, taking the total to 125,690. 386,685 people have had their first dose of a covid vaccine in the latest 2a hour period, which means a total of more than 24.8 million people have now had their firstjab, meaning just over 47% of the adult population has now received their first vaccination. and more than 1.6 million people have had both doses of the vaccine. the first minister of scotland has laid out her plans to ease the coronavirus lockdown, saying "brighter days are ahead of us". nicola sturgeon said the "stay at home" order, which has been in place

since december, will be lifted on april 2nd — although people will be encouraged to "stay local" for a further three weeks. 0ur correspondent lorna gordon was watching. what else was announced? it's a different pace to what is going on in england lorna? yes. it's a different pace to what is going on in england lorna? yes, it is george. — going on in england lorna? yes, it is george. it _ going on in england lorna? yes, it is george, it has _ going on in england lorna? yes, it is george, it has always _ going on in england lorna? yes, it is george, it has always been - going on in england lorna? yes, it is george, it has always been a - is george, it has always been a cautious strategy that the scottish government has pursued but today i think that was also a strategy that was mixed with hope as well. some key dates that nicola sturgeon gave was that the on fifth april hair dressers, bar%, garden centres was that the on fifth april hair dressers, bar %, garden centres will be able to re—open, contact sport will be able to resume between children aged between 12 and 17, if it is outdoor, this comes three days of course after that stay at home message changes to stay local. the next key date is 12th april, from that point on wards, all schools will re—open fully. the big one to look for is 26th april. at that

point, travel restrictions within mainland scotland will be lifted entirely. all remaining shops will be able to re—open, gyms will be able to re—open, tourist accommodation will be able to open back up as will hospitality, with some restrictions still imposed on cafes, bars and restaurants. looking further forward from the 17th may, pubs, restaurants and cafes will be able to serve alcohol indoors and four people from two different households will finally be able to meet indoors as well. and nicola sturgeon said she was hopeful that if the virus continues to be suppressed an even greater degree of normality will be possible towards the summer. thank you lorna. and ministers at stormont have agreed a timetable that will eventually end the lockdown in northern ireland. from april 1st, two households can mix in a group of six people outdoors, and golf courses will reopen. from april 12th, group sizes can

increase to ten people and limited outdoor sports training can resume. the aim is to have all school pupils back in the classroom by april 12th, as the "stay at home" rule changes to a "stay local" message. all measures still need to be ratified by the executive. from the likelihood of a so—called dirty bomb attack by terrorists to the threat posed by russia, borisjohnson has outlining britain's foreign and defence policy priorities after brexit. it follows a year long review which sees the uk shifting its focus towards the east, to countries like india, japan and australia. so where does that leave the decades long relationship with the eu. here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this report contains some flash photography. for years britain's place in the world was defined by its relationship with the european union and the united states. but brexit changed that. now the government's promising a new approach to foreign affairs. one the prime minister said

would keep people safe at home. for us there are no far away countries of which we know little. global britain is not a reflection of old obligations, still less a vainglorious gesture but a necessity for the safety and prosperity of the british people in the decades ahead. one new idea is for britain to focus more on the indo pacific, boosting ties with growing economies like india, where borisjohnson will travel next month. new partnerships with regional groups of south—east asian countries and membership of a trans—pacific free trade agreement and the new aircraft carrier hms elizabeth visiting the region later this year. to hold joint operations with allies, and show britain can project force overseas. but will it be enough? there will be some questions, i think, about the details. what will this actually mean for uk presence on the ground, for the resources it is willing to deploy in the region and to some

extent, how much it is willing to listen to demand signals from the region as well? but what will this mean for britain's relationship with china? the report says the uk should pursue a positive relationship with beijing on trade and climate change but still says it presents a systemic challenge to britain. china represents the generational threat and the reason for that is that the idea that china will become more like us as it got richer or as its economy matured is clearly for the birds. the question for any new foreign policy is not what people at the foreign office think, but whether it changes people's lives. will this new focus on asia make people safer and more prosperous or will it neglect britain's interests closer to home? the report insists britain's commitment to euro atlantic security is unequivocal with nato at its heart but there is little about cooperation with europe on regional threats. like russia, which after the salisbury poison attack the report says remains the most

acute threat to britain's security. the review rightly identifies russia as the number one threat that we face, both at home and abroad, but there was no strategy to work with our european partners to try to deal with that challenge, there was no strategy to repair our defences at home. to help tackle new threats there will be a white house—style situation room near downing street, and a new counter—terrorism operation centre and the cap on britain's stockpile of nuclear warheads will be lifted because of what the report says is the evolving security environment. an old school weapon for what is supposed to be a new strategy. james landale, bbc news. the time is 6:15pm. our top story this evening. the duke of edinburgh has left hospital after four weeks and returned to windsor to be reunited with the queen. the prince of wales said he was thrilled with the news. and coming up — rebuilding childhood after the pandemic.

could mental health counsellors be the key to tackling the disruption caused by the pandemic? coming up on sportsday on bbc news. the return of a god — as only he can say! zlatan ibrahomovic returns to international football with sweden at the grand age of 39. a year ago, scientists advising the uk government were weighing up the latest information about the virus and developing their views about what ministers should do. they were dealing with a new viral threat in real time. now with covid—19 deaths passing 125,000, there are questions about whether their advice was right and whether more lives could have been saved. 0ur science editor david shukman has been looking back. in the early days of the outbreak in wuhan, researchers all over the world were scrambling to understand the virus, and the government scientific advisory committee wasn't sure how serious it was.

its first discussion even concluded that "sage is unable to say at this stage with whether it might be required to reconvene." the answer became clear soon after. it's important we all protect older people and those with existing health conditions from coronavirus. the first official message was to stay at home if you have symptoms. even if those symptoms are mild, you should all stay at home. back then, the strategy was to build up some degree of herd immunity to protect the vulnerable, but allow others to get infected. that was the opposite of the aggressive response in countries that had gone through the sars epidemic 17 years before. taiwan, singapore and others clamped down early. while scientists were sharing their research, their advice was often very different. so, in the uk, mass gatherings like the cheltenham races were allowed to continue well into march, and criticism was building.

at the time i said natural herd immunity, without a vaccine, without a therapeutic, without a way from stopping people from dying is darwinian natural selection. it's kind of like who makes it on the other side of this infection and whoever is left has some kind of immunity and whoever didn't died. and then computer models calculated what that policy could mean. "we predict", said imperial college, "in the order of 250,000 deaths." by this time, hospitals in northern italy were overwhelmed, but could the models here be trusted? i think unfortunately, with now having seen over 125,000 deaths in the uk, the very large predictions of the potential numbers of deaths don't look so outlandish as they did then, so i think we did well in that respect. and what about borders? the scientific advice was that "port of entry screening has low efficiency."

the view was it wouldn't pick up most cases. but many countries closed their frontiers entirely. the who says that was counter productive, and sage agreed. the government's advisers were warning it would be very difficult to screen all travellers coming to the uk, and initially, they only suggested that restrictions should apply to people coming from china. what they had not expected was that the vast majority of new infections would come from spain, france and italy, from as early as february. should we have shut our borders, done what taiwan did or new zealand did a little later? that is a more fundamental question. i have to say, i didn't consider it, i don't think anybody on sage considered it, but i think in retrospect we should re—evaluate. so might a different approach right from the start have saved more lives? it's a question that is easy to ask with the benefit of hindsight, but the answer is still relevant now, as the crisis continues. david shukman, bbc news.

the new children's commissioner for england wants a mental health counsellor in every school, to help tackle the disruption caused by the pandemic. dame rachel de souza's comments come as mps have been hearing about the scale of the challenge. but dame de souza has warned against talk of a lost generation, saying she wants to rebuild childhood with children playing a part in shaping theirfuture. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys takes a look at the issues. it says i am thankful for... you need to write down here what you are thankful for. need to write down here what you are thankful for-— thankful for. counting their blessings. _ thankful for. counting their blessings, year _ thankful for. counting their blessings, year three - thankful for. counting their i blessings, year three focusing thankful for. counting their - blessings, year three focusing on the positives, creating space for feelings after a difficult year. when i heard about coming to school so soon. _ when i heard about coming to school so soon. i_ when i heard about coming to school so soon, i was a bit nervous. ifelt so soon, i was a bit nervous. i felt a bit school— so soon, i was a bit nervous. i felt a bit school sick _ so soon, i was a bit nervous. i felt a bit school sick and _ so soon, i was a bit nervous. i felt a bit school sick and i _ so soon, i was a bit nervous. i felt a bit school sick and i wished - so soon, i was a bit nervous. i felt a bit school sick and i wished i - so soon, i was a bit nervous. i felt a bit school sick and i wished i was back— a bit school sick and i wished i was back in_ a bit school sick and i wished i was back in the —

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whole approach.— down to the councillors, it's the whole a- roach. ~ ., , ., whole approach. while doctors warned of a mental health _ whole approach. while doctors warned of a mental health crisis. _ whole approach. while doctors warned of a mental health crisis. in _ whole approach. while doctors warned of a mental health crisis. in terms - of a mental health crisis. in terms of a mental health crisis. in terms of what we _ of a mental health crisis. in terms of what we are — of a mental health crisis. in terms of what we are seeing on - of a mental health crisis. in terms of what we are seeing on the - of a mental health crisis. in terms . of what we are seeing on the ground, in november— of what we are seeing on the ground, in novemberthe nhs of what we are seeing on the ground, in november the nhs benchmark report reported _ in november the nhs benchmark report reported the greatest ever demand for child _ reported the greatest ever demand for child and astle entered mental health_ for child and astle entered mental health services, up 20% on the year before _ health services, up 20% on the year before -- _ health services, up 20% on the year before —— adolescent mental health services _ before —— adolescent mental health services so— before —— adolescent mental health services. so there is a huge demand. it's services. so there is a huge demand. it's too _ services. so there is a huge demand. it's too early — services. so there is a huge demand. it's too early to fully engage the emotional impact of this pandemic on children. many arejust emotional impact of this pandemic on children. many are just so happy to be back to their normal routine. but it could take them awhile to find the to fully express what they have been through. carefree in their play, but around them for a year has been talk of illness and death. children react in different ways to different things, whether it is them wanting to have a hug or wanting someone to talk to. so the trauma they have gone through or potentially heard or seen on the news, we need to be the support for children in any way we can. itrefoil.

news, we need to be the support for children in any way we can.— children in any way we can. well, i would say — children in any way we can. well, i would say we _ children in any way we can. well, i would say we have _ children in any way we can. well, i would say we have got _ children in any way we can. well, i would say we have got people - children in any way we can. well, i would say we have got people who children in any way we can. well, i - would say we have got people who are protecting _ would say we have got people who are protecting us and we are soon going to he _ protecting us and we are soon going to be back— protecting us and we are soon going to be back to normal, so i'm going to be back to normal, so i'm going to tell_ to be back to normal, so i'm going to tell everyone that it's ok and everything is going to be all right. branwen jeffrys, bbc news. the police officer accused of the kidnap and murder of sarah everard has appeared at the old bailey via video link. wayne couzens, who is a8, was remanded in custody. sarah everard disappeared when walking home from a friend's flat in south london on the evening of march the 3rd. our special correspondent lucy manning is at the old bailey. lucy, bring us up to date with this. well, wayne couzens appeared at the hearing via video link from belmarsh, where he is being held and he was wearing a tracksuit, and he had two cuts on his head. he's been in hospital twice while in police custody and he spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth. he sat

through most of it with his head bowed. he was rocking backwards and forwards some time as well and the court heard that there had been a wide and extensive police investigation since sarah went missing. her body was found last week in woodland in kent and it was found in a builder's bag and she had to be identified through dental records. wayne couzens was on duty in the morning when she went missing at 9pm in the evening walking home from clapham, and the court was told by thejudge from clapham, and the court was told by the judge that he was setting a trial date of the 25th of october. the trial is due to last around four weeks and there will be a plea hearing on the 9th ofjuly. the search still continues for items connected to sarah everard. they were searching the delve stream in kent today. although there has been a national conversation about violence against women, her family still want to know exactly what

happened to her.— still want to know exactly what happened to her. lucy, thank you very much- _ let's take a look at some of today's other news. hartlepool labour mp mike hill has resigned "with immediate effect". mr hill was due to face an employment tribunal later this year into claims of "sexual harassment and victimisation". he has denied the allegations. his resignation will prompt a by—election in a seat that labour held at the 2019 general election by fewer than 4,000 votes. the financial conduct authority has started criminal proceedings against natwest — over allegedly failing to comply with money laundering rules. the city watchdog claims "increasingly large cash deposits" were made into a uk account, alleging around a total of £365 million was paid in, the majority of which was cash. natwest said it had been co—operating with the fca. the bakery chain greggs has suffered its first loss in 36 years as a result of the pandemic. the company announced pre—tax losses of more than £13 million.

although greggs shops have remained open for takeaways, the number of customers in towns and city centres has dropped significantly. it has also committed to opening 100 new stores this year. investigations of harassment complaints against former ministers should be independent of the scottish government, a leading lawyer has said. laura dunlop said there was a risk that investigations run by civil servants — who are accountable to government — could be perceived as biased. the report was ordered after the botched handling of complaints against alex salmond which the scottish government later admitted was unlawful. rachael blackmore has made racing history this afternoon after she became the first female jockey to win the champion hurdle at cheltenham with victory on honeysuckle. it was the horse's11th successive victory, and a landmark win for her 31—year—old irish jockey. to young people out there, male, female, whatever, if you want to do something, you know, go and do it, because, you know, like, to me standing here right now, literally, anything can happen.

a year ago today the curtain came down on theatres across the country as coronavirus restrictions started to come into force. in that time they have collectively lost nearly £200 million — that's according to the industry. many theatre workers are freelancers and a quarter of them have gone out of business or ceased trading. 0ur arts editor will gompertz spoke to four performers who've had to switch jobs to make ends meet. music: there's no business like showbusiness theatre, one of the great success stories of britain's creative industries but this time last year the bright lights of the west end went dark. theatreland's professionals suddenly found themselves unemployed and needing a plan b. i am a freelance and

as well as the show, i also do a range of other kinds of playing such as concerts and recording sessions and tourism things like that. as well as the show closing, all of that went up in smoke. so all of your income has disappeared? yes, exactly. these guys here were looking for an extra pair of hands and they kindly agreed to take me on. in fact it's actually something i find really satisfactory. i'm enjoying the work. i like working with my hands. and even learning skills i would like to develop in my own time perhaps alongside music. # i'm patiently waiting, passionately smashing. every expectation... my mum actually originally she bought me a canvasjust before the lockdown because she knew i would be by myself for some time. i started doing mandalas. i had a lot of support from friends and people saying i should sell this artwork. are you making an equivalent amount of money?

no, nowhere near an equivalent amount to what i would. it's a small business, so supporting small businesses is important for so many people in our industry. immediately, i needed a job so i started looking and i started looking at supermarkets and i couldn't even get past the online interview, so i've been selling flowers. and i love flowers. so you have got my fair lady, eliza doolittle so i have turned into eliza doolittle. i get very tempted to say, "go on, buy a flower from a poor girl." # one more day before the storm myself and my fiance actually applied for 26jobs. i reached out to my best friend and he said look, i can help you out and get you working. so i have been qualified as a sparky's mate and we're building commercial and domestic work up and down from sussex up to london. the government's current road map

out of lockdown anticipates allowing theatres to fully reopen again injune, which if it happens, is likely to put a smile on a lot of people's faces. will gompertz, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. hi, george. today, it was very sunny through much of the northern half of the uk and we had high temperatures as well. in scotland, 15.6 degrees recorded in edinburgh, the warmest day of the year here and the warmest day of the year here and the warmest day of the year here and the warmest day of the year for wales with 17.4 recorded in cardiff. after the sunny day, for some of us, the skies will continue to stay clear overnight and although there could be the odd mist orfog patch although there could be the odd mist or fog patch developing, although there could be the odd mist orfog patch developing, beneath although there could be the odd mist or fog patch developing, beneath the skies, cold and night than last night the temperature is between three and six, but cold enough for a nip of frost in the coldest areas in the countryside. tomorrow there will be more cloud heading into north—west scotland, eventually bringing a spot of