the authorities have set up a hiking trail and are patrolling the area to prevent people from straying too close to dangerous volcanic gases. all this, quite the diversion after a year of viruses and lockdowns. i think for myself and for so many other people, it'sjust like a really nice experience to get to have this kind of social vibe, really, and just kind of get out. it really makes you forget about the whole pandemic and everything that has been going on. volcanologists say they have no idea how long this eruption will last. it could be over in days or it may go on for decades. only mother nature knows. tim allman, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. it may have been a thoroughly wet

day for some northern and western areas, but with that wet weather has come a of milder air. a pretty mild and muggy night tonight even with some rain at times, still in england and north wales, not much, though. the most persistent rain will be to the north and north—west of northern ireland and more especially across the highlands of scotland. could see over a month's worth of rain here in the coming days and that could give some minorflooding. well but look at the temperatures. well above where we should be by day, never mind by night. so it will be a mild start to monday morning. still the rain there in the highlands of scotland pushing its way northwards, turning a bit dry in northern ireland through the day, and brightening up to southern scotland, northern ireland, northern ireland and north wales. but with winds going into a more southerly direction across the southern half of wales, midlands, southern england, it is going to be increasingly sunny. and note the temperatures — on the up. above 20 degrees for one or two during the afternoon. even in eastern scotland, 17 or 18 degrees. and it gets warmer still through tuesday and wednesday towards the south. still through tuesday but the cold air is back across the north midweek onwards.

hello, this is bbc news with tim wilcox. the headlines. more than 30 million people in the uk have now received their first covid vaccine dose, according to the latest government figures. ahead of restrictions easing in england, the nhs warns not

to "squander" the progress made against covid — as the culture secretary says plans to lift lockdown are on target. at the moment, we are on track so thanks to the work of the british people and the vaccine roll—out we are confident so we will be going ahead with the easing from tomorrow and the next stage. police are to investigate allegations of sexual harassment, abuse and rape in schools and universities — setting up a dedicated helpline. the latest attempts to dislodge the ship that's stuck in the suez canal have failed — officials say efforts will continue around the clock. they look forward to the next high tides. they look forward to the next high tides. in ten minutes, the film review but now time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday.

lewis hamilton starts as a means to go on, the world champion wins a dramatic season opener in bahrain. a thrilling end to the one—day series see england falljust short of india in town mac. england take control of their world cup qualifier against albania. hello and welcome to sportsday. we have seen some dramatic endings to the sporting events of the day. the formula one season returned with a bang in bahrain

and it was lewis hamilton in his mercedes who emerged vicotorious. red bull's max verstappen had taken the lead from hamilton with four laps to go, but was ordered to hand the position back, because he had overtaken by running off the track. with all the details, here's nick parrott. the new formula i season could herald a new eire, for the first time in eight years lewis hamilton does not have the fastest car, that belongs to max verstappen, red bull on pole in bahrain. it was a comfortable getaway but a harsh introduction followed for new boy nikita mazza and his team maker —— team—mate. mercedes stopped hamilton early for new tyres. red bull waited too long to respond and as verstappen emerged from his first stop, the world champion got ahead. it set the stage for a thrilling finale and with four mac laps to go, the red bull romped past but ran out

of road. to avoid a time penalty, verstappen had to hand back the lead which hamilton desperately hung onto until the finish. so disappointment for verstappen, until the finish. so disappointment forverstappen, relief until the finish. so disappointment for verstappen, relief for hamilton. this could be the beginning of a fierce rivalry, the kind formula i used to thrive on. there was as much drama in the cricket with the odi decider between england and india going down to the wire in pune. set a target of 330 to win — there was a tense ending where despite heroics from sam curran england fell just short. india had already won the test and t20 series. drew savage reports. england backed themselves to match whatever india's batsmen could throw at them, but to begin with the home side dominated, reaching 100 easily. so england turned to spin. commentator: what a beauty. adil rashid made the breakthrough, and then moeen ali. got him. india's captain kohli gone for seven.

but a partnership between hardik pandya and rishabh pant swung the match back towards the hosts. he's belted it as well. pant had 78 and was looking set for more whenjos buttler took a captain's catch. india eventually bowled out for 329. but england's hopes of repeating friday's run chase faded quickly. bowled him! roy and bairstow both out cheaply. and when ben stokes holed out for 35, that victory target looked a long way off. the man in form, ben stokes, goes. england's middle order provided some resistance. a first one day 50 for dawid malan, but he was out soon after and england more or less on the plane home. an entertaining tour but ultimately an unsuccessful one. drew savage, bbc news. england are into the second half of their world cup it's currently 2—0 to gareth southgate�*s side — harry kane with a diving header

for their opener towards the end of the first half. mason mount has grabbed the second. 82 minutes gone, 2—0 england lead. well at 7.45 scotland face familiar opponents israel in tel aviv later, after their opening draw with austria. they played israel three times last year — twice in the nations league and again in their euro 2020 play—off semifinal which they won on penalties. we've not qualified, so obviously that's hard. when you're winning games of football, it's easier to be confident. we've had, as i say, relative success recently. so we should be confident. i think we did get to grips with the game after the first 20 minutes the other night and played well at times. no, we will be confident against israel. as i say, it's a game we are looking to win. northern ireland taking on usa in a friendly... the usa took the lead with their first shot on target. borussia dortmund teenager gio reyna has them one nil up. they have just doubled that

advantage, thanks to a penalty. you can follow it all on the bbc sport website. police are investigating after wales players ben cabango and rabbi matondo were racially abused on social media. the football association of wales says it is "disgusted by the abuse" that followed their 1—0 win over mexico last night. facebook, which owns instagram where the messages were posted, says it has removed the accounts involved. chelsea have gone back top of the womens super league. they were 2—0 winners at home to aston villa. sam kerr has scored both of chelsea's goals — she now has 14 goals this season. villa remain a point above bottom—side west ham it's been a day to remember for hayley raso who has scored her first senior hat—trick in everton�*s 5—0 thrashing of brighton. the australia international�*s first goal of the day the pick of the bunch. the defeat ends brighton's run of four straight wins.

in rugby union's premiership, leicester have secured a fourth successive home win. they beat newcastle 26—12 at welford road — hanro liebenberg with leicester's opening try as the home side led 16—0 at half time. newcastle improved after the break — but not enough to affect the result — charlie clare going over for leicester late on to seal the win. and dragons failed in their bid for a possible champions cup place despite beating edinburgh 24—17 in their final proili game. they needed a 45—point winning margin in order to qualify. hull fc and their new boss brett hodgson got off to a winning start, with a 22—3 victory over huddersfield in super leaguetries from jake connor and josh griffen put hull in charge before a debut day try from josh reynolds sealed the win. castleford closed the opening weekend of fixtures with a 21—12 win over warrington.

three debutants on the scoresheet for castleford, including two tries forjordan turner. it's looking like it's going to be an all—american final in golf�*s wgc matchplay event in texas. billy horschel is 2—up against the final european golfer in the championship, victor perez, after 15 holes. the match between scottie scheffler and matt kuchar is all square after 14 holes. and on the lpga event in california — england's mel reid heads into the final round of the kia classic in a tie for second. she'll start her final round in a couple of hours on seven under par — five off the lead of south korea's inbee park. a quick round—up of some of today's other sporting action. britain's adam yates has won the tour of catalunya. belgium's thomas de gent won the final stage in barcelona. but yates finished in the main group to take the overall victory ahead

of his ineos grenadier team mates richie porte and geraint thomas. there was disappointment for british number onejohanna konta at the miami open she was beaten by the two time wimbledon champion petra kvitova in the third round. konta was on court forjust around an hour, and lost 6—1 6—2. ronnie o'sullivan and neil robertson are tied at four farmes all after the first session of the tour championship final at celtic manor. they'll resume tonight with 10 the target for victory. boxer dillian whyte kept alive his hopes of a heavyweight world title shot after gaining revenge over alexander povetkin last night. he lost when they met back in august, but whyte knocked povetkin out this time in the fourth round. only anthonyjoshua and wladimir klitschko had previously beaten the russian in 39 fights.. i'm a good boxer. i can box. but some times... i was boxing good last year, last year there was nothing wrong

with the performance last year. there was a mistake, you know what i mean? heavyweight boxing, we have milliseconds to make five or six different decisions. sometimes you make the wrong one, and that's it. i went for the hook, and he come up the middle. at this time i didn't sit on the front foot. i stayed centre, and i was back and forth, with a bit of balance. so, yeah, easy adjustment. that's all from sportsday. england still leading against albania in their world cup qualifier, you can follow it all on the bbc sport website. that's it for the bbc sport website. that's it for the moment, up next, the film review. hello and welcome to the film review, with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new movies available for viewing in the home while we look forward to cinemas reopening in may.

one of the most high—profile releases of the week is ammonite, the second feature from writer—director francis lee. like his brilliant debut god's own country, this is another love story set against the backdrop of a bracing british locale — in this case, the sea—battered coast of lyme regis. waves crashing. mary? look what's fallen down. the rock thing. it's too big. impossible to move. kate winslet plays the 19th century palaeontologist mary anning, whose class and gender have kept her outside of the snobby geological establishment. saoirse ronan is charlotte murchison, a young woman plagued

with melancholia, whose husband persuades mary to take her in and help her to recuperate. my husband... your husband left you. but first, charlotte seems too fragile for the hard knock�*s lifestyle of searching for hidden treasures on the beach, but she's made of sturdier stuff, and soon, her and mary become friends and then lovers. lee's decision to imagine an intimacy between two real—life characters has ruffled some feathers, to which the film—maker responded by stating: . it's a forceful point perfectly made, but in fact, it's issues of class and gender, rather than sexual orientation, that seem to lie at the heart of lee's film. it's in the british museum, with its fancy, made—up name, 'ichthyosaurus'. while ralph fiennes' autodidactic

archaeologist basil brown was snubbed by the snobbiest establishment in the dig,