you escape what has become at home a delightful little prison. _ it is with a very heavy heart i tell you we cannot continue with christmas as planned. i know how unfair it isi but this virus is unfair. there are hundreds of people in wales who are suffering from this new variation. i feel like it's the light— at the end of the tunnel and in that vial is just a little bit of sunshine. i we have no choice but to return to a national lockdown. the number of deaths recorded in the uk from covid has surpassed 100,000. bell tolls.

time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. this time yesterday i was telling you about how much sunshine we were having across the country and how glorious it was and we saw highs of 16 degrees. today it has been a slightly disappointing start with quite a lot of cloud. but in the last hour or so across lincolnshire, down towards the east midlands and cambridgeshire, we've got some breaks in the cloud and some sunshine. but i suspect most of us further west will continue to see that pretty thick cloud. and there is some rain on the way for the lake district. forthe is some rain on the way for the lake district. for the rest of the afternoon we are going to be chasing cloud around. there will be some brief breaks perhaps in the south—east but it will be a rather overcast afternoon. and there will be some heavy rain moving into the north—west. 9—12 will be the overall high the country. the rain will be heavy for a time and it will be

driven through pretty quickly by gusts of wind in excess of 50mph in many places across the far north of scotland. early on wednesday morning, it will weaken, it will be producing some rain during the night time as it moves down towards the south—east. behind it, quite a clearance with some sunny spells and scattered showers, and that will be the story for wednesday. 8—13 c will be the high. perhaps staying loudly in the south—east, with that front easing away. thursday should start off dry with the chance of some early morning sunshine, before the cloud develops. the showers will be more frequent and widespread the further north and west you are during the day on thursday. eastern areas may well see some sunshine continuing. all change again on friday. this weather front continues to push steadily south and east,

introducing the risk of some cooler air generally. so, friday is the day you are going to notice the difference, a blustery, cooler day with some showers. the showers will be turning increasingly wintry above 200 metres. the snowman well settled. you will need an extra layer, particularly when you factor in the strength of the wind. it will not last, because another area of high pressure looks likely to build in to the weekend. across southern areas in particular it will be dry and sunny and a bit warmer. some wet weather in the far north—west on sunday. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s hello, i'mjane dougall with your latest sports news. england need 318 runs to win

the opening one—day match of their latest series with india. they have made a flying start to that chase in the last hour, but they had a frustrating morning against the home side's batsmen. shikhar dhawan steered india through a what looked a promising session. the opener reached 98 as england struggled to make a breakthrough. dhawan did eventually get out cheaply here to ben stokes, who finished with three wickets in his first 0di match since the 2019 world cup final. a late flurry of runs saw india pass 300 to set england a daunting target, but they've started their innings really well. jonny bairstow has hit two sixes in three balls and, alongsidejason roy, england are ahead of the run rate on 94 without loss after 11 overs. the former huddersfield, leicester and bolton striker frank worthington has died at the age of 72. he'd been unwell for several years. he will be best remembered

for scoring one of the greatest goals ever seen whilst playing for bolton in 1979. even the referee applauded. worthington won the golden boot that season, beating kenny dalglish to the leading scorer�*s award. after starting his career at huddersfield in the �*60s, he played for more than 20 clubs and was capped eight times for england. once described by former huddersfield and bolton manager ian greaves as "the working man's george best", worthington was known as much for his flamboyant antics off the pitch as he was for his talents on it. he made more than 200 appearances for leicester, and another former striker gary linkeker tweeted "profoundly saddened to hear that frank worthington has died. he was my boyhood hero when he was at leicester city. a beautiful footballer, a maverick and a wonderful character who was so kind to this young apprentice when he joined the club. rip frank (elvis)". worthington was a huge elvis presley

fan and grew his famous sideburns in his honour. frank worthington, who has died at the age of 72. a 17—year—old has been charged with allegedly postsing racist abuse on social media directed at rangers striker alfredo morelos. police scotland began an investigation after several complaints about an offensive video which appeared during sunday's match at celtic park. morelos scored his first old firm goal in the 1—1 draw. the teenager is due to appear in court on 22nd april. the rfu are conducting their usual post—six nations review and the future of head coach eddiejones will doubtless be on the agenda. after finishing fifth in the table, there have been suggestions that a break clause in his contract may be activated. jones says he is rebuilding the side, as he did before the 2019 world cup, where they reached the final. former england captain chris robshaw thinks the rfu would be foolish to let him go.

questions will be asked and they will have to be answered. could we have done things better? potentially. i think also you have to, and i know other teams may have dealt with it, but the mental side of this tournament. this would have been massive challenging for all those guys and i know it happens in a lot of sports, in a lot of environments. i think they could only have gone home twice throughout the whole two—month campaign. they won't be pleased with how it's gone, but look, i very much believe that eddie is still the right man for this england team. he's one of the best coaches i've worked with, he's the best man manager i've ever worked with and i would give him my full backing. that's all the sport for now but there's more on the bbc sport website, including gareth bale�*s news conference ahead of wales' match against belgium, i'll be back with more later. "the way ahead is hard". that was the warning from borisjohnson when the uk went into its first lockdown exactly a year ago. for some families, that hardship meant the raw grief of losing a loved one. for other victims of covid, it was the long road to recovery,

or the hunt for a newjob. there are so many stories from the last 12 months. graham satchell has been hearing some of them. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home. the first feeling i had was fear. the first thing you think as a single, self—employed parent is, "0h...no." they've all got all the masks on and all the ppe. - it's scary. it's very, very scary. the way ahead is hard, and it is still true that many lives will sadly be lost.

0ur life will never be the same again. it will never be the same. not without kimberly. 0k, boys and girls, now your right leg. | so one week, i might be a dinosaur. anotherweek, it might be 0riental garden. - so basically ijust used to get paid to play and be quite childlike - and...lots and lots of fun. bye—bye, boys and girls — bye—bye! a year ago, as lockdown started, nadine tudor made a decision that changed her life. she swapped herjob as a child entertainer to volunteer for stjohn�*s ambulance. half of you was obviously concerned and scared cos i had two— young children at home, - and then the other half was this overwhelming sort of feeling that i you wanted to help and do your part

and make a difference. nadine was deployed to tameside hospital in manchester to help doctors and nurses on the front line. and i always came home at the end of a shift and thought if, _ god forbid, if my parents - were in hospital, it'd be so nice to have somebody like stjohn or somebody like me, - you know, to sit and just chat and take time out for them. i it's a nice picture of her. one of the happy days. she's amazing. sweet little thing. she was a mummy's girl. i used to phone her every morning, you know, text her before she went to bed. and even mother's day was terrible.

dave and sharon's daughter became ill in november. kim wasjust 29. popular and friendly, she was studying for a master's degree in criminology. she had everything going for her, you know, everything was going good for her, and... itjust goes to show, you know, how fickle life is, really. kim and her partner had planned to get married next year. as her condition worsened, hospital staff organised a wedding ceremony. we're all dressed up in protective gear, the extreme stuff with the rubber fittings and everything. it was like we wasn't there. yeah, it was... it wasn't happening. it's... yeah. and it's not something you can

explain, really, you know? it's the worst nightmare of anyone, really. this was the last time dave and sharon saw their daughter alive. kim died the next day. i got you, i got you! i just felt really tired. sore throat, bad cough. i was dead nervous and anxious because i didn't know what was happening. i didn't know what was wrong. injanuary, carrie—anne was rushed to hospital, struggling to breathe. she was heavily pregnant. i can't really remember nothing. i was drifting in and out of consciousness because i wasn't getting enough oxygen. ijust know they were taking me down to deliver my baby.

carrie—anne was taken to intensive care and put in an induced coma. herfamily didn't know if she would make it. applause. carrie—anne spent 41 days in icu — this the moment she finally left. her baby daughter storm was already at home. the first time carrie—anne saw her was on a group video call. the baby was at home. and i had seen her, like, overthe camera. it was like... it was surreal. it was... i was so happy but i wanted her with me, sort of, like, i wanted her in the hospital with me. carrie—anne finally met her daughter just a few weeks ago, the family now reunited. it'sjust been... it's been a terrible year all around. but i've got baby storm. that's brightened the year up.

rubbish start and then the ending was lovely. being home with me kids... and you're here. ..and i'm still here. bye, boys! bye! back in warrington, nadine is heading out for her latest volunteering role — she's part of the vaccination team at the etihad stadium in manchester. my life has completely changed, completely changed now. and i'm going to bejoining the nhs in accident and emergency. i've got a job out of it. so i reckon i'm coming out a better person at the end of the year because of it. definitely. one year on from the start of lockdown, this pandemic has changed lives forever.

the headlines on bbc news: a minute's silence is observed across the nation to remember the lives lost during the covid pandemic. a £5,000 fine for anyone trying to travel abroad without good reason will come into force next week. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has been accused of misleading a scottish parliament committee which was looking at how harassment allegations against alex salmond were investigated. let's return to the first anniversary of lockdown being declared — this morning the health secretary, matt hancock, reflected on the past year. the last year has probably been the hardest year in a generation and this crisis has touched everybody and my first thoughts go to those who have lost loved ones.

the impact of that is permanent, i know that from my family. obviously, it's vital that we are constantly learning and constantly looking at the evidence, listen to scientific advisers, listen to all of the advice and look at what has happened and how we can improve the response throughout that. thankfully, at this point there is now hope. we have seen just this morning information published saying that dexamethasone has saved 22,000 lives, that is the treatment that was discovered in the nhs, and of course we have the vaccine programme. because of the success of the vaccine programme, we have our route out of this. well, the labour leader sir keir starmer visited chelsea and westminster hospital this morning, he had this to say to reporters outside. well, at chelsea and westminster hospital this mnorning, i've had the opportunity on a very

important day to come and say thank you to them and to nhs staff on the front line, and to all staff on the front line. they've described to me what the last year has been like. they've been working pretty well flat out, working in their spare time, coming in and bonding as a team. they've been through a huge amount and we all owe them a big, big thanks. obvioulsy, today is also about remembering every single person who has died in this pandemic and the families that lie behind them. we owe both the nhs staff on the front line and those who have died to learn the lessons of the last 12 months, to have an enquiry and to learn what went wrong to make sure that we never repeat that. japan has emerged from 10 weeks of coronavirus restrictions just in time for the peak of the annual cherry blossom viewing season. normally, crowds would flock to parks to enjoy the splendour, however, this year, officials are asking people to refrain from organising cherry blossom parties due to the pandemic.

rupert wingfield hayes has more from tokyo. it's hard to overstate just how much japanese people really love cherry blossom season. it is called sakura here. it is a symbol ofjapan and is also a symbol forjapanese people that it is the end of winter and it is time to go out and enjoy yourself in the spring sunshine. you can see all the people behind me here taking photographs, enjoying themselves. it is also this year particularly poignant because we're coming to the end of a third wave covid, we are just coming out of ten weeks of a state of emergency where people haven't really been able to go out and enjoy themselves. but you can see from these orange fences here that people have been told there must not be any cherry blossom parties. and normally on a day like this, beautiful, sunny afternoon, with the cherry blossom in full bloom, there will be thousands and thousands of people out under these trees with their friends enjoying themselves,

and getting very, very drunk. the japanese government have said that must not happen. the second year in a row, sakura parties, as they are called here, have been banned. the reason is, although the covid rate has come down and has come down dramatically in the last few weeks, it is not low enough and the government is still very worried that if people come out here and get drunk, there could be a fourth wave. voting is underway in israel's fourth election in the space of two years. three previous votes ended inconclusively and today's parliamentary election is being seen as a referendum on whether the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, should remain in power. here's our middle east correspondent yolande knell. this election is being widely seen as a referendum on the leadership of the country's veteran prime minister benjamin netanyahu. israel has had the fastest covid vaccine roll—out in the world, and his campaign has been stressing his role in securing

the vaccines and bringing in the green pass scheme, which is for people who have been vaccinated or have immunity and is helping to reopen the economy, but from the political left and right, mr netanyahu is facing opponents who argue that he should not remain in office while he is on trialfor corruption. the evidence stage of that trial begins next month. the prime minister has pleaded innocent. in the previous three elections, neither mr netanyahu and his right—wing likud party and its partners nor his political opponents managed to win a parliamentary majority, but there was an emergency unity government set up to deal with the covid crisis after the last round. ultimately that didn't last. with the country so deeply split, israelis are expecting lots of wrangling after these election results. that's to try to set up a new governing coalition, but still, there is a possibility that the country could yet go to a fifth election.

our middle east correspondent yolande knell reporting. waitrose has said it will no longer sell children's magazines with plastic disposable toys in a move designed to help tackle pollution. over the next eight weeks, it will be removing magazines containing the free toys from its shelves. it said the move was inspired by skye, a ten—year—old campaignerfrom gwynedd, who launched a bid to persuade publishers to stop giving away the toys. she explained what's next for her campaign. this campaign isn't finished yet so we still need more signatures and we still need to get the publishers to stop doing this. we still need to write to every school in wales and few days ago i had a video call with eluned morgan and sophie howe, the world's only future generations commissioner, and she is going to let me run her social media feeds

for a few days so i can promote my climate issues. the hedgehog population in the uk is dwindling but we can all help. tim muffett has this. gordon's alive, thanks to some expert help. this is gordon, and gordon was brought to us a few days ago. sadly, he had some plastic stuff around his neck. tiggywinkle�*s animal hospital in buckinghamshire treats more than 2,000 sick and injured hedgehogs each year. he had some wounds under his armpits. we often see infection and nasty wounds, but we'll also see them with leg injuries. they may have got hit by cars and have broken limbs. and we'll fix those fractures if possible. and as the weather improves and we start gardening again, there's a plea to think about hedgehogs. numbers have been declining for years. the ones here are named after those who rescued them.

here we have dave. and dave came to us a couple of weeks ago, with a really large wound from a strimmer injury, we think. so with the strimmers, lawnmowers, just be really careful before you tackle your overgrown garden, and just make sure you haven't got a hedgehog that's still hibernating or a hedgehog that's just sleeping there. hedgehogs face challenges on many fronts. some are difficult for individuals to influence, such as changes to the way agricultural land is farmed. but if you have a garden, there are things you can do to help. this garden in surrey is very hedgehog friendly. its owner is one of the uk's 70,000 hedgehog champions. we've included hedgehog highways. we've got one into next door that way, one through to that way. and they're just holes in the fences, because they do travel a lot at night. we've got hedgehog houses. we leave out meaty cat and puppy food.

definitely not milk or bread — they're lactose intolerant. thanks to some remote cameras, samantha's able to watch the hedgehogs each night. we tend to watch a lot more video footage during the evening live, rather than the tv. being able to interact with hedgehogs in nature in this way, what impact does that have on you? i think it's given me a purpose. i'm housebound. i've got me. it enables me to really relax. it's just really fun to watch and see what goes on. they do swim and they do seem to quite like water! but it must make it safe so that they can get out. we put in a slab of wood, which we covered with chicken wire, so that gave grip so that they could climb out easily. hedgehog street is a campaign that was launched ten years ago to try and boost numbers. so we know that hedgehogs have declined by 50% in rural areas and 30% in urban areas since the millennium. so in rural areas, it's things

like intensive agriculture, the use of pesticides. it's limiting the amount of shelter and food for them. in urban areas, there's more and more buildings, walls, barriers, roads, things like that. simple changes, though, seem to be working. there's a glimmer of hope in urban and suburban areas. we know that the decline in these areas is actually starting to slow down a little bit. you know, that's thanks to people making all these changes in their gardens — you know, all these small, simple changes that are going to make a really big difference for hedgehogs. prickly and shy, but much loved and much missed. hedgehogs, it seems, need gardeners' help. tim muffett, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good afternoon. if we have light winds or plenty of sunshine at this time of year, it starts to feel pleasant out there. that was the story yesterday. lots of sunshine to be found as well across a good portion of the country with highs of 16

degrees in aberdeenshire. unfortunately, what a difference a day makes. quite a bit of cloud generally across the country today. there are some breaks and some brief glimpses of sunshine, but the emphasis as we go through this afternoon is pretty dull. the winds will start to pick up from the west, with some rain arriving into western scotland, that will reach northern ireland by the end of the afternoon. temperatures not so high this afternoon. the rain will turn quite heavy, but it is going to be pushed through quite swiftly by some strong gusty winds, gusts in excess of a0 miles an hour, maybe as strong as perhaps 60 miles an hour as that rain moves into scotland. so that weather front will continue to push its way steadily south and east through the early hours. still pretty windy behind it, still a cluster of showers following in as well. the front will be sitting across northern england, wales and the midland during the early hours of wednesday. underneath the cloud and rain the temperatures will hold up at about five up to eight degrees. but clearer skies in the north means a chilly start

in the far north of scotland. we still continue with the risk of a blustery day with showers developing here into longer spells of rain by the afternoon. the weather front moves its way south and east and a band of light patchy rain. sandwiched in between the two it will be a bit more clear. thursday will be more straightforward with sunny spells and scattered showers. the showers most frequently towards the west and once again the real change arrives as you go through thursday into friday. a cold front pushing in from the north—west will drag in colder air behind. noticeably colder for all of us on friday. it won't last long, but it is worth bearing in mind. i think you will notice the difference with the feel of the weather from the word go. it will be windier, with sunny spells and scattered showers, and some of the showers above 200 metres could be wintry with hail and snow. factor in the strength of the wind, you might need an extra layer on friday. a top temperatures between

seven and nine degrees.

this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines... on the anniversary of the first lockdown, a minute's silence is observed across the nation to remember those who have died during the covid pandemic let us take a moment together to remember those who have been lost, to give thanks for their lives. a £5,000 fine for anyone trying to travel abroad without good reason to come into force next week. msps say nicola sturgeon "misled" the inquiry into the handling of harassment allegations against her predecessor alex salmond. and the discovery by scientists in switzerland which could change how we view the universe and everything in it.