this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. more than british 70 mps launch a campaign against coronavirus vaccine passports, calling them �*divisive and discriminatory�* more than a0 people have been killed and dozens injured in a train crash in taiwan campaigners have started legal action against the uk government over guidance that bans care home residents in england aged 65 and overfrom taking trips outside the home. pub, cafe and restaurant owners in england criticise new rules which mean all customers have to give their contact details to staff, when premises reopen outdoors in 10 days time wildlife conservationists warn people to keep their distance from seals this easter weekend, over concerns that disturbing and scaring them can lead to harm

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. a cross—party group of more than 70 mps have warned about the introduction of vaccine passports in england. the uk government is reported to be considering a trial of the scheme which means people would have to show proof of having a covid vaccine before being allowed into some venues, including pubs and concerts. in other developments today — campaigners representing care home residents in england have started a legal challenge against the government over guidance which has banned people over 65 leaving their homes for visits outside. care providers have warned these trips may risk the spread of the virus. in scotland, the easing

of lockdown continues. after three months, the �*stay at home�* order has been lifted for millions of people. the scottish government has advised people to stay local and to not travel outside of their area. and, ahead of the next easing of the restrictions in england in ten days�* time, pubs are warning that only two fifths may open when allowed as many don�*t have the outdoor areas suitable to serve customers. more on all that throughout the hour, but first our political correspondent iain watson has more on the campaign opposing vaccine passports. the government wants to reopen the economy fully byjune the 21st in england. it�*s currently discussing whether proof of vaccination — or of a negative test — could enable pubs and entertainment venues to open, possibly without the need for social distancing. when it comes to trying to make sure we give maximum confidence to business and to customers here in the uk, there are three things. there�*s your immunity — whether you have had it before, so whether you�*ve got

natural antibodies anyway. whether you have been vaccinated. and then, of course, whether you�*ve had a test. so those three things working together will, i think, be useful. but the idea of vaccination certificates has united long—standing political opponents — against them. the former labour leader jeremy corbyn and the former conservative leader iain duncan smith are amongst 70 cross—party politicians who�*ll campaign together to oppose them, calling them discriminatory and divisive. downing street says no final decision has been made on their use, and the government described reports that they could be trialled in theatres and sports grounds as speculation. but on easter monday, the prime minister will have some decisions to announce. he�*s likely to confirm that restrictions will be eased further in england on april the 12th, allowing beer gardens to reopen as well as nonessential shops. and he�*ll announce the results of his global travel taskforce. this will set out how foreign travel can resume. countries are likely to be categorised as red, amber and green. returning from a red—list country would require hotel quarantine,

amber, home quarantine, and green, negative covid tests. but exactly when foreign travel will get the green light is still up in the air. iain watson, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent says some are arguing that the introduction of vaccine passports could help as the economy starts to reopen as lockdown restrictions are eased across england. now and again politicians from different parties decide they agree on something and want to do something about it, it doesn't happen often but it certainly has happened here and it's a broad alliance, a kind of libertarian alliance, the former conservative leader iain duncan smith, the leader of the liberal democrats ed davey, the former labour leaderjeremy corbyn. some conservative backbench mps, the ones opposed to the more stringent lockdown measures and restrictions throughout the pandemic but they've all come together, along with the campaign group big brother watch, liberty, the joint council for the welfare of immigrants, and privacy international,

signing to this pledge which reads, we oppose the divisive and discriminatory use of covid certification to deny individuals access to general services, businesses orjobs. the concern i think shared by all these politicians of varying colours is it is too much to restrict people's freedoms and liberties once the vaccination programme has continued and been offered to all adults eligible in england and around the uk as well. after the pandemic, people have put up with too much and this is a step too far. of course, the government argues it is potentially necessary to keep people safe and may allow parts of the economy to open up sooner than it would have otherwise been able to do so. speaking at a theatre in wolverhampton announcing the next round of arts funding, the culture secretary 0liver dowden talked more about what the government might do. michael gove, the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, is conducting a review which i am, of course, participating in as to whether we can make covid

certification work so this is not about a vaccine passport, it�*s about looking at ways of proving that you�*re covid secure, whether you�*ve had a test or had the vaccine. clearly no decisions have been made and we have to weigh up different factors, the ethical considerations and so on, but it may be a way of ensuring you can get more people back doing the things they love and being in fantastic institutions like this. that was the culture secretary 0liver dowden so when and where might we see the so—called passports trial? might we see the so-called passports trial? , , ., , trial? there will be pilots in the next coume _ trial? there will be pilots in the next couple of _ trial? there will be pilots in the next couple of months - trial? there will be pilots in the next couple of months as - trial? there will be pilots in the next couple of months as part l trial? there will be pilots in the | next couple of months as part of trial? there will be pilots in the - next couple of months as part of the government '5 events research programme which it announced a little _ programme which it announced a little while back so sporting events like the _ little while back so sporting events like the fa cup, the world snooker championship, possibly at the brit awards_ championship, possibly at the brit awards as — championship, possibly at the brit awards as well. these will be used as test— awards as well. these will be used as test events, really, to see how people _ as test events, really, to see how pe0ple can — as test events, really, to see how people can get together in large numbers— people can get together in large numbers and attend events like that with minimal social distancing in place _ with minimal social distancing in place as— with minimal social distancing in place. as part of that, we were

expecting — place. as part of that, we were expecting testing to be involved anyway~ — expecting testing to be involved anyway. so people ask for a negative test result _ anyway. so people ask for a negative test result on entry and tested again— test result on entry and tested again when they leave so they can be tracked _ again when they leave so they can be tracked and _ again when they leave so they can be tracked and any contact that they pad carr— tracked and any contact that they pad can be — tracked and any contact that they pad can be traced as well but there are reports— pad can be traced as well but there are reports today that covid certification of some sort may be involved — certification of some sort may be involved in— certification of some sort may be involved in those pilots as we go later— involved in those pilots as we go later into — involved in those pilots as we go later into this summer. but the key dates— later into this summer. but the key dates of— later into this summer. but the key dates of course origin the 215t when all restrictions on england providing things go according to plan are — providing things go according to plan are expected to be lifted. but there _ plan are expected to be lifted. but there is— plan are expected to be lifted. but there is a — plan are expected to be lifted. but there is a bit of a delay until the end of— there is a bit of a delay until the end ofjulv— there is a bit of a delay until the end ofjuly which is when the government hopes everyone will have been offered the vaccine, that is eligible — been offered the vaccine, that is eligible so i think those are the key weeks in between, those two dates. _ key weeks in between, those two dates, where we could see some of the simpler— dates, where we could see some of the simpler method. talk dates, where we could see some of the simpler method.— the simpler method. talk to us of this idea of _ the simpler method. talk to us of this idea of a _ the simpler method. talk to us of this idea of a traffic _ the simpler method. talk to us of this idea of a traffic light - the simpler method. talk to us of this idea of a traffic light system | this idea of a traffic light system when it comes to foreign travel. foreign foreign travel is a little bit different. _ foreign foreign travel is a little bit different.— bit different. there is a broad acceptance — bit different. there is a broad acceptance across _ bit different. there is a broad acceptance across the - bit different. there is a broad acceptance across the partiesi bit different. there is a broad i acceptance across the parties at westminster and internationally, there _ westminster and internationally, there will— westminster and internationally, there will have to be some form of vaccine _ there will have to be some form of vaccine passport involved. because different— vaccine passport involved. because different countries will have different countries will have

different arrangements. and that is one area _ different arrangements. and that is one area where we will see some form of vaccine _ one area where we will see some form of vaccine passport, covid certification implemented and we had some more _ certification implemented and we had some more details reported today about— some more details reported today about the — some more details reported today about the kind of system the government may well bring in when it hopes— government may well bring in when it hopes to _ government may well bring in when it hopes to be _ government may well bring in when it hopes to be able to allow people to travel _ hopes to be able to allow people to travel internationally. not any sooner— travel internationally. not any sooner than the middle of may. we will hear— sooner than the middle of may. we will hear more about this from the prime _ will hear more about this from the prime minister on monday but it looks— prime minister on monday but it looks like — prime minister on monday but it looks like a traffic light system is the way — looks like a traffic light system is the way things are heading. countries labelled red, you can travel— countries labelled red, you can travel there, countries labelled red, you can travelthere, but countries labelled red, you can travel there, but you will have to be in _ travel there, but you will have to be in enforced quarantine on your return _ be in enforced quarantine on your return. amber could mean quarantine at home _ return. amber could mean quarantine at home and — return. amber could mean quarantine at home and green would be free of any quarantine requirements. but i think— any quarantine requirements. but i think it _ any quarantine requirements. but i think it is _ any quarantine requirements. but i think it is likely that international travel may well be allowed — international travel may well be allowed but still heavily restricted from what the government hopes to allow— from what the government hopes to allow at _ from what the government hopes to allow at the earliest in the middle of mav _ allow at the earliest in the middle of ma . ., ., , allow at the earliest in the middle ofma. . ., ., �* one of the mps to sign the letter opposing vaccine passport is the liberal democrats, alistair carmichael.

thank you for being with us today. many of our freedoms have had to be temporarily curtailed over the last 12 months to cope with the pandemic and try to see the back of covid—i9. white then not have some temporary covid vaccine passports to help us through the next phase? i covid vaccine passports to help us through the next phase?— through the next phase? i think there are issues _ through the next phase? i think there are issues both _ through the next phase? i think there are issues both of- through the next phase? i thinkl there are issues both of principal and practicality. as you�*ve heard in your package this is a divisive measure, essentially spreading the population up into those who have had the vaccine and can be allowed access to things and those who cannot. it also risks is becoming and it�*s a fairly significant step down the road, to becoming a different sort of community from the one briton has always been. we�*ve never been a paper, please, sort of community. and once you accept the principle that it�*s ok to demand somebody prove their health status or covid, what if another government comes back in a few years and says

now we want you to prove your health status for something like hiv, for example? i understand that people want to get back into pubs and clubs and cinemas and concerts and the rest of it, i share that. but you know, when you give away your freedoms to government, they very rarely are keen to give them back. and that�*s been the story right down history. you sawjust last week, with the temporary freedoms that we gave up in march last year. most of them have not been needed, the few that have been needed can be done in other ways but the government was still resistant to giving them back to us. �* , ., still resistant to giving them back to us. �* , . to us. but they are giving them back to us. but they are giving them back to us. but they are giving them back to us and surely _ to us. but they are giving them back to us and surely its _ to us. but they are giving them back to us and surely its scaremongering| to us and surely its scaremongering to us and surely its scaremongering to try to compare something like hiv and covid—i9, spread in entirely different ways and affecting many, many more people? this different ways and affecting many, many more people?— different ways and affecting many, many more people? this is where i am talkin: many more people? this is where i am talking about — many more people? this is where i am talking about the _ many more people? this is where i am talking about the principle _ many more people? this is where i am talking about the principle and - many more people? this is where i am talking about the principle and the - talking about the principle and the principal matters on occasions like this because it�*s about the

fundamental relationship between the citizen and the state. and you know, once you start on the principle it�*s ok to demand people prove their 0k to demand people prove their health status in this way, then frankly, the principle can take you almost any for. it�*s not scaremongering, this is a warning of what the future could hold and this is how governments work. if you don�*t want to just look at the recent history, go back to the start of the second world war. again, because it was sensible, we were at war, we agreed to having an identity card system at that point. at the end of the war, the identity card system did not end, it carried on for another seven years until a private individual took the government to court to say this was an unacceptable restriction on our liberties and our freedoms. an unacceptable restriction on our liberties and ourfreedoms. it�*s just how governments work. and you know, you also have to say there are going to be big issues are practicality here as well. you remember the identity card system that the government wanted to

introduce, the labour government, in 2005? people felt initially that was possibly quite attractive but when they understood them that it was going to come with a register of people and a database of its use, they realised actually they were going to be massive downsides for themselves and i think you�*ll find exactly the same thing here. people are keen to get back i get that, but the government should not be taking advantage of their desperation in this way. advantage of their desperation in this wa . ~ , , advantage of their desperation in thiswa .~ , , advantage of their desperation in thiswa. i, . ., this way. why is it so ob'ectionable to have a vaccine h this way. why is it so objectionable to have a vaccine passport - to have a vaccine passport internally in britain and yet we accept it if we want to go somewhere else, and a foreign country says you come here, you show us your paperwork? i come here, you show us your paperwork?— come here, you show us your paperwork? come here, you show us your --aerwork? ,, . �*, ., paperwork? i think that's what the basis on which _ paperwork? i think that's what the basis on which we _ paperwork? i think that's what the basis on which we have _ paperwork? i think that's what the basis on which we have always - basis on which we have always proceeded, if you go to somebody else �*s country you accept the rules and in fact you don�*t need a passport. i went to africa a few years ago, i got a yellow fever vaccinations and others and i went with a certificate from my doctor

saying i had had that. i would hope that something similar would be different for this but it�*s always different. when you go to somebody else �*s country you abide by their rules. but you know, passports are an interesting analogy here. because it shows how mission keep as possible. theoretically, you only need your passport if you are going to travel overseas. in practice, you try and hire a car or open a bank account or instruct a solicitor, you will find it�*s a very different picture that you are presented with. if we want to change the relationship between the government and the citizen in this way, then fine, let�*s have that debate but no government should be allowed to do this by stealth, which is exactly what is happening here. alistair carmichael— what is happening here. alistair carmichael mp, _ what is happening here. alistair carmichael mp, thank - what is happening here. alistair carmichael mp, thank you. - in taiwan — at least 41 people have been killed and dozens have been injured in a train crash.

officials said the train was travelling to taitung, and derailed just north of huaelien. the train derailed in a tunnel in the east of the country after apparently hitting a maintenance vehicle on the track. the accident comes at the start of a holiday weekend in taiwan, the traditional tomb sweeping holiday, which sees extensive travel across the island. 0ur taiwan correspondent cindy sui is in the capital taipei. if the authorities have just said there are no more people trapped in there are no more people trapped in the trains. so the death toll is at 48. another 66 injured and they were taken to hospital but there are no more people trapped in the trains. and that�*s very good news because the authorities initially had been very worried that there would be much more people trapped in the last four cars at the train which were badly damaged and rescuers had difficulty getting into those cars. but it seems like some of the passengers had left on their own. 0thers passengers had left on their own. others were evacuated by the rescue workers. and you know, they have gotten everyone accounted for. tell

us what the — gotten everyone accounted for. tell us what the focus of the investigation is on? well, the olice investigation is on? well, the police are _ investigation is on? well, the police are now _ investigation is on? well, the police are now questioning i investigation is on? well, the | police are now questioning the driver of the maintenance vehicle that was parked on a slope near the tracks. the authorities say this vehicle slipped down the slope into the tracks come onto the tracks, and hit the last car of this eight carriage train as it was passing through the tunnel. now the police say the driver of the vehicle had walked away to a construction site office the tracks. they were subcontracted out by the taiwan railway administration to do some maintenance work on the tracks. he walked away, apparently, according to local media, without setting the handbrake on this maintenance vehicle, causing it to slide down to the tracks. videos obtained by the bbc from northern ethiopia appear to show people in ethiopian army uniforms killing unarmed civilians. in november the government launched a military campaign in the region of tigray.

this was after an attack on an army base there thought to have been carried out by the rebel tigray people�*s liberation front. there have been accusations of serious abuses, by all sides in the conflict. the united nations is investigating allegations of atrocities. the un security council has strongly condemned the use of violence by the military against peaceful protesters in myanmar. the armed forces took over the country in a coup in february. a local monitoring group says more than 500 people have been killed in total. save the children says at least 43 of the victims were children. it�*s been two months since the military takeover in myanmar. in the past 24 hours, the un and the us have evacuated family members of staff because of the worsening security situation. myanmar authorities have ordered an internet shutdown until further notice. the headlines on bbc news... more than 70 mps launch a campaign against coronavirus vaccine passports, calling them �*divisive and discriminatory�*

more than 40 people have been killed and dozens injured in a train crash in taiwan campaigners have started legal action against the government over guidance that bans care home residents in england aged 65 and overfrom taking trips outside the home. more on that story now. campaigners have started legal action over government guidance that bans older care home residents in england from going on visits outside the home, despite lockdown restrictions being eased. visits are allowed in exceptional circumstances, says the government, and that it is looking to open up more safe options. here�*s our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. after the toughest of years, care homes are slowly, cautiously beginning to reopen. nearly all residents have had at least one dose of the vaccine, and they�*re allowed a single named visitor indoors. but government guidance says a trip out is still too risky for older residents. and that�*s what�*s being challenged.

a legal letter�*s been sent to the department of health and social care byjohn�*s campaign — which represents residents, families and friends. it argues that guidance in respect to visits out is unlawful, and that the ban on outings by residents aged 65 or over is in breach of human rights and equality laws. it also challenges the need for residents who have been out to self—isolate for 14 days, saying vaccinations and testing make it unnecessary. people living in care homes — people who are in the last period of their life — were actually deprived of the simple pleasures of going for a walk by the river, going to a park, going out to see perhaps grandchildren playing in a playground. those simple pleasures which mean so much. in its guidance, the government acknowledges that trips out are important for residents,

but says it increases the risk of covid getting back into care homes. alison holt, bbc news. lockdown rules in scotland continue to be relaxed from today. the �*stay at home�* order has been lifted and has now becomes �*stay local�*. further changes to lockdown rules will take place on monday with hairdressers and more shops reopening. scotland�*s national clinical director, professorjason leitch says people should use their own common sense and not travel too far and risk a return to tighter restrictions. stay—at—home which is really the lockdown message, has been lifted as of today and been replaced with stay local, so we still want people to stay within their local authorities, so in some city places that�*s not very big, for me, for example. but if you are in highland, that�*s quite a long way, so local might be different depending on where you live, so it means you can go to a different park, maybe climb a different mountain, you can maybe even see some family

you haven�*t seen for some time because they are a little bit further away. the uk�*s medicines regulator, the mhra, say it has identified 30 cases of rare blood clots in people who�*ve had the astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine. that�*s 25 more than it reported two weeks ago. the agency said there�*d been a total of more than 18 million doses, and the benefits of vaccines continued to outweigh any risks. it said there�*d been no reports of clotting involving the pfizer jab. europe�*s vaccination campaign has been hit by delays and the number of infections is rising in many countries. lockdowns are once again coming into force, as governments take action against a third wave. for three days over easter, italy will enforce a total shutdown across the whole country. in france, new restrictions are being rolled out — with schools closing from next week and non—essential shops across being told to shut, and germany has extended its current restrictions until 18 april.

well, we can speak now to professor azeem majeed is head of the department of primary care and public health at imperial college london. thank you very much forjoining us. how much concern does it cause you when you see what�*s happening in parts of mainland europe? goad parts of mainland europe? good morninu. parts of mainland europe? good morning- it _ parts of mainland europe? good morning. it causes _ parts of mainland europe? good morning. it causes me - parts of mainland europe? good morning. it causes me great - parts of mainland europe? (limp. morning. it causes me great concern because the uk we have done very well in the last two months, we�*ve brought the infection and the pandemic under control to a much better degree than it was at the start of the year but across europe we are seeing infection rates and in some countries ten times greater than the uk, further restrictions on people�*s abilities to mix outdoors and indoors so it causes concern because obviously the uk is very linked to europe in terms of business, its economy, travel, education, and so on. so there are risks if rates remain high and the uk remains low, we have risk of infection coming back to the uk from

europe. infection coming back to the uk from euro e. ., , europe. even though the uk is further ahead _ europe. even though the uk is further ahead with _ europe. even though the uk is further ahead with its - europe. even though the uk is further ahead with its vaccine l further ahead with its vaccine programme than parts of the eu, much to the eu �*s annoyance? the programme than parts of the eu, much to the eu 's annoyance?— to the eu 's annoyance? the uk has done very well— to the eu 's annoyance? the uk has done very well with _ to the eu 's annoyance? the uk has done very well with vaccinations - to the eu 's annoyance? the uk has done very well with vaccinations sol done very well with vaccinations so we have vaccines for over 30 million people in the uk, wonders, so we are well ahead but it requires two doses to get full protection from the vaccine and it will take a further few months to achieve that so by july people should have had at least one dose and by september, everyone should have had at least two doses by then so we are not quite there yet, we are doing well but in a few more months we will ensure people are vaccinated fully from the infection. are vaccinated fully from the infection-— are vaccinated fully from the infection. ., . . infection. even with the vaccine roll-out going _ infection. even with the vaccine roll-out going as _ infection. even with the vaccine roll-out going as well - infection. even with the vaccine roll-out going as well as - infection. even with the vaccine roll-out going as well as it - infection. even with the vaccine roll-out going as well as it has | roll—out going as well as it has done so far in the united kingdom, how anxious are you about the lifting of restrictions here? i lifting of restrictions here? i think it's very difficult year for think it�*s very difficult year for people, the last 12 months. very hard with lockdown coming on and

off. i think everyone is right to be cautious in lifting restrictions, we are lifting restrictions and we are allowing some outdoor mixing but maintaining limits on indoor mixing which i think is right. infection risks are much higher indoors than outdoors so i think mixing outdoors in small groups is fine, i don�*t see any great risk from that if it�*s done sensibly and people don�*t break the rules. at the rules on indoor mixing, that�*s quite the risk of infection is much higher than outdoors and so... infection is much higher than outdoors and so. . ._ infection is much higher than outdoors and so... what's your view of foreian outdoors and so... what's your view of foreign travel _ outdoors and so... what's your view of foreign travel to _ outdoors and so... what's your view of foreign travel to and _ outdoors and so... what's your view of foreign travel to and from - outdoors and so... what's your view of foreign travel to and from the - of foreign travel to and from the united kingdom? how should that be controlled? ., , ., ., controlled? clearly foreign travel is very important, _ controlled? clearly foreign travel is very important, last _ controlled? clearly foreign travel is very important, last summer. controlled? clearly foreign travel i is very important, last summer we saw infection come back to the uk from places like spain and greece, people who went overseas on holiday, mixed in bars and clubs and came back with covid—i9 so we need to be careful about travel this year, overseas travel, careful testing, maybe countries with travel

corridors. countries that have lower rates of infection like the uk could have corridors with other countries with low rates, we need vaccine passports to travel as well as proof of a negative covid—i9 test so we are trying to make travel safer through the use of vaccination, vaccination passports and testing and quarantine and isolation with additional barriers. and precautions from high risk countries. we are trying to make travel more sober thanit trying to make travel more sober than it was last year and hopefully reduce the risk of infection to the uk from other countries. lots reduce the risk of infection to the uk from other countries.- uk from other countries. lots to “u: ale for uk from other countries. lots to juggle for certain. _ uk from other countries. lots to juggle for certain. we _ uk from other countries. lots to juggle for certain. we are - uk from other countries. lots to juggle for certain. we are not i uk from other countries. lots to i juggle for certain. we are not quite sure how we�*re to emerge and when from the current restrictions here but we are making some progress. professor, we appreciate you talking to us and thank you for your time. thank you. some breaking news. these are countries added to the so—called red list to protect the uk against the

variance of concern. travel bans implemented for visitors to the uk from the philippines, pakistan, can bangladesh. from 4am the 9th of april. —— kenya. yiddish, irish and third country nationals with residence rights arriving from these countries will be required to isolate in government approved hotel, quarantine for ten days. —— british. it follows new data there is an increased risk of importation of variance of concern from those countries. at a critical time. when many people are waiting for their first vaccines here in the uk. other information as well that we are just getting that those who have identified with the south african and brazil variant will also face

additional restrictions if they want to travel into the united kingdom. 0nce to travel into the united kingdom. once again, that list changing as evidence emerges. ahead of the busiest gardening weekend of the year here in the uk, leading retailers are still failing to stop the sale of peat in compost, despite it being a key carbon sink. a survey by the wildlife trust of the 20 leading sellers including b&q and wickes showed they are either failing to meet previous commitments to stop the sale of peat to gardens or refusing to give targets. the restoration of peatlands is seen as crucial to mitigating the effects of climate change and helping to stop flooding. we can speak now to garden design guru and broadcaster, diarmuid gavin whojoins me now from dublin. do you like to be called a guru? no, i wouldn�*t like that either. but look at your spring flowers, you have done us proud. tell us what a carbon sink is. it�*s have done us proud. tell us what a carbon sink is.—

carbon sink is. it's a storage for carbon sink is. it's a storage for carbon and _ carbon sink is. it's a storage for carbon and dogs _ carbon sink is. it's a storage for carbon and dogs in _ carbon sink is. it's a storage for carbon and dogs in these - carbon sink is. it's a storage for| carbon and dogs in these islands carbon sink is. it's a storage for- carbon and dogs in these islands and around the world are the biggest carbon storage feature that we can have. in all the trees, in britain, germany, france, combined don�*t do thejob that our germany, france, combined don�*t do the job that our bogs do and we are all aware of the importance of, you know, storing carbon so it�*s really important we look after these bogs, it�*s also really important that we garden and we welcome people into gardening this weekend. so many new people have got into it during the last challenging year. we want to make it easier but it would be great if all gardeners just make it easier but it would be great if all gardenersjust ask make it easier but it would be great if all gardeners just ask the question, is this plant, when i go to my garden centre, if i go and buy that plan, has it been grown in peat? is that compost and peat free? if we garden with our environment, we will do wonderful things. it is barm to we will do wonderful things. it is harm to dig _ we will do wonderful things. it is harm to dig op _ we will do wonderful things. it is barmy to dig up something and then stick it in your own garden when it

could be better off in situ? it�*s a really interesting point you make. when i go and buy a bag of compost i make sure it is peat free but i never think to ask about what the pot plants have been grown in? that�*s exactly right. that�*s a lemon scented geranium. fantastic thing. this is a banana plan. i can see from the lemon scented geranium, i left it for a couple of days and did not water it and it�*s light and it�*s dried out, peter does not retain moisture very well. this has been grown in a different mix. and if we educate ourselves just a little bit, that�*s a peat free mix, if we educate ourselves just a little bit, we all bite pete because the horticultural industry has run from pete, it�*s a magnificent growing media, it doesn�*t contain any nutrients but it�*s great for the plans to lock into. but it isn�*t sustainable. there is very easy things you can do, first, asked the

question, were what the plants grow, where a grown in pete, do your bit that way. the other thing you can do is make your own. this is compost that i made. i have may be an average sized garden, slightly bigger than an average sized garden and all my green waste goes into it. and it reduces down to this youthful, crumbly stuff. have a go. it's youthful, crumbly stuff. have a go. it�*s so easy, cooking your own compost is as good as the bake off! how long does it take to make your own compost because it�*s not a quick fix, is it? own compost because it's not a quick fix, is it? �* , own compost because it's not a quick fix, is it? �*, ., ,., , own compost because it's not a quick fix, is it? �*, ., , ., fix, is it? there's all sorts of different _ fix, is it? there's all sorts of different ways _ fix, is it? there's all sorts of different ways you _ fix, is it? there's all sorts of different ways you can - fix, is it? there's all sorts of different ways you can do i fix, is it? there's all sorts of different ways you can do it, j different ways you can do it, sometimes you shove it in a plastic bag and make a, black plastic bag, and the sunlight doesn�*t get into it and the sunlight doesn�*t get into it and it decomposes fast, it�*s messy to use. mine takes about eight months for good, crumbly stuff to emerge. it is easy. i will do something on my instagram later and show people how to make it but as i

say, all the green stuff from my garden, orthe say, all the green stuff from my garden, or the uncooked stuff from the kitchen, vegetables, it�*s been shipped off, going into landfill, it produces methane gas and it does no good for anybody. all the resources that you produce in your garden, we have this thing called the chelsea chop, traditionally, after the chelsea flower show perennials that have lab it would be cut down again, all of that sort of stuff, it produces an enormous amount of green waste. make lovely compost with it. but always ask the question. 0ur bogs are filled with habitats, different animals, flora and fauna. and if we look after them, they contain and will have tens of thousands of years to form. if we look after them, we help stabilise the water, they help prevent flooding, they store the carbon, they are just lovely places to

visit. it�*s nothing new. i remember when i was growing up i hayward about david bellamy having done his thesis on bob lance. he was making us aware of it way back then but now, it really is time for gardeners and people new to gardening to do their bit. find and people new to gardening to do their bit. . . , ., , ., ., their bit. and customers have a huge amount of power, _ their bit. and customers have a huge amount of power, don't _ their bit. and customers have a huge amount of power, don't they - their bit. and customers have a huge amount of power, don't they come . their bit. and customers have a hugej amount of power, don't they come in amount of power, don�*t they come in refusing to buy stuff and then they won�*t stock it but i have to ask you a question that�*s come into my earpiece. what about eric h is compost? that�*s for things like camellias, isn�*t it? lime hating plans. camellias, isn't it? lime hating lans. , . camellias, isn't it? lime hating nlans. , . . camellias, isn't it? lime hating lans. , . . , . camellias, isn't it? lime hating plans. does that contain peat? yes it does. plans. does that contain peat? yes it does- lots _ plans. does that contain peat? yes it does. lots of— plans. does that contain peat? yes it does. lots of down _ plans. does that contain peat? yes it does. lots of down below - plans. does that contain peat? yes it does. lots of down below the i it does. lots of down below the purple one, that is earlier. that is in flower at the moment. we also maybe shouldn�*t think, maybe we should garden with our soil and our environment, and have a neutral to limey environment, maybe that�*s what you are based. maybe you should grow

plants that are suitable for that. maybe pots and containers, there are other acidic soils available out there. and there are preparations you can buy to help keep it acidic. but i would say, garden with your environment, garden with what you have grow plants that really want to grow where you are. and maybe, stop thinking we are allowed to grow everything. thinking we are allowed to grow everything-— everything. good advice. iwas really worried _ everything. good advice. iwas really worried i _ everything. good advice. iwas really worried i was _ everything. good advice. iwas really worried i was going i everything. good advice. iwas really worried i was going to i everything. good advice. i was l really worried i was going to talk to you and you are going to get your hands dirty. but you did. you didn�*t let me down. i hands dirty. but you did. you didn't let me down-— hands dirty. but you did. you didn't let me down. i can't keep away from this. i let me down. i can't keep away from this- l know- — let me down. i can't keep away from this. i know. it's— let me down. i can't keep away from this. i know. it's like _ let me down. i can't keep away from this. i know. it's like orange - let me down. i can't keep away from this. i know. it's like orangejuice i this. i know. it�*s like orangejuice with the little bits in it. it�*s with the little bits in it. it's fantastic. _ with the little bits in it. it's fantastic. i— with the little bits in it. it's fantastic. i wouldn't want to see fantastic. i wouldn�*t want to see you with completely clean hands. it wouldn�*t be right. good to talk to you. thank you so much. the headlines on bbc news... more than british 70 mps launch a campaign against coronavirus vaccine passports, calling them "divisive and discriminatory". more than 40 people have been killed and dozens injured

in a train crash in taiwan. campaigners have started legal action against the uk government over guidance that bans care home residents in england aged 65 and overfrom taking trips outside the home. pub, cafe and restaurant owners in england criticise new rules which mean all customers have to give their contact details to staff, when premises reopen outdoors in 10 days�* time. wildlife conservationists warn people to keep their distance from seals this easter weekend, over concerns that disturbing and scaring them can lead to harm. indian cricket legend sachin tendulkar has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus. the former captain has tweeted that he decided to go to a hospital in mumbai "as a matter of abundant precaution under medical advice". he had been quarantining at home after experiencing mild symptoms. several indian cities, including mumbai, have seen a sharp rise in covid—i9 cases

in the past few weeks. the bbc has been told that drivers who deliverfor amazon in the uk feel under pressure to adopt unsafe and potentially illegal working practices because of their increased workload in the pandemic. the online company�*s sales rose by more than half last year in britain. amazon says it�*s committed to treating its drivers with respect and there is a hotline to raise concerns. newsnight�*s lewis goodall has been investigating. it�*s just so convenient, isn�*t it? you need, you click, you buy. it arrives. i was close to tears at that point. i was cold, i was hungry, i needed the bathroom. and it arrives so quickly. which when so many shops are closed, when you don�*t want, or you can�*t, leave your house, seems a deliverance in every sense of the word. as disgusting as it sounds, ijust had to get a cup, or get my shewee and a bottle, and go in the back of the van. their drivers are telling them. they need to listen to their drivers on this.

they have got to stop ignoring the data. and it is so cheap. you don�*t even feel as if you are paying for it, but someone is. it is the men and women bringing it to your door. why is it that amazon drivers always seem to be in such a rush to deliver what you want your front door? what you want to your front door? the answer is that they are in a race against time. we have spoken to several current and former amazon drivers who have told us that the number of deliveries they are being asked to make on a daily basis over the course of the pandemic has increased significantly, and yet they have not been given the appropriate time to compensate. as a result, they say, they are under considerable mental and physical pressure, and are engaging in practices which are sometimes unsafe and even potentially illegal, putting themselves and the public at risk. for reasons you will understand, some of those who agreed to speak to us on camera did so on condition of anonymity. amazon is a company that is both

ubiquitous and mysterious. in many ways, we know little about it. we don�*t even know how many drivers deliver its parcels, but we suppose it is in the thousands, perhaps tens of thousands. john — we will call him john — is among them. when i first started delivering parcels, it was 120, i30 drops, about 180 parcels a day. when the pandemic started, they started putting on more workload, to the extent now where it is 320 parcels and nearly 200 drops a day that drivers are doing. it is physically impossible sometimes. are you given any extra pay or time to do that? 0nly during the peak periods, which is six weeks prior to christmas, and that�*s it. john has delivered for amazon for nearly two years. as stressful as it is, in the main, he continues to enjoy it. but there are those who deliver for a shorter time, for instance, two people we�*re calling simon and gemma. both lost theirjobs as a result of the pandemic and found work

as amazon delivery drivers. it was a no—brainer for me. i was looking forward to it, really looking forward to driving, delivering, and getting home to be with the family. you have two days' training in a classroom which was about driving safety. they were very big on safe driving. i was totally unexpected... ..to experience what i did, based on what the training told me. i�*m fully aware of road safety. you couldn�*t adhere to those rules, based on what we had to do. you have 15 minutes to load your van, and some guys, a lot of us couldn't even fit what we had to get in the van, so we had to find other drivers to take the rest of the parcels and obviously, that's stressing them. at that point, i texted the ops manager who met me briefly, for about a minute, to run me through the app, provide me with my boxes and told me to go. at that point, i realised my first drop was 38 miles away.

as soon as the driver is in the van, it is the beginning of what can be a gruelling experience. if you think amazon knows a lot about you, it is nothing to what it knows about its drivers. every moment, every second, tracked, monitored, assessed, by its in—vehicle app. they monitor you through the app, so they can see how fast you�*re going, how many parcels you�*ve delivered. theyjust work everything out. you have a time in the morning when you are at the depot and how quickly you�*ve got to load your van, they monitor you on that. they monitor you on the times you scan on and offjobs. everything is being monitored and the workload is getting higher, and getting harder and harder and harder to fulfil those routes in nine hours. you become anxious immediately. you get a list of all the drivers and whether they are behind, or whether they are ahead, so you know if it's you behind, you will see straight away. you will get a visual explanation that you are behind and that puts you at an anxious situation quite badly. so if you are not meeting your target, you get a message i off your manager or whatever saying, "oh, you are seven parcels _ behind, what's going on?" 0n those messages, it

tells you how manyjobs you've got to do, so, you know, there was ones with 185, 225 drops. not packages, drops. so i think mine was 125 on my first day. going down country lanes to deliver parcels when amazon don�*t even know how bad these lanes are, it might take you 15 minutes to deliver one parcel just because of how bad a country lane is. and the app doesn�*t take account for that? not a chance, no. sometimes it's like, "oh, i speed up please, speed up, try your best to get as many- as you can done", and, obviously, you are trying to speed up. you are driving dangerously. you can't deliver how amazon want you to deliver. - so every time you hear a ting, you are anxious, you become more worried that you are not going to be able to reach your target. the law says that the maximum a van driver can drive for is ten hours. amazon shifts are nine hours. that�*s why it�*s a race against the clock. within that, amazon says there is supposed to be a 30—minute lunch break, but the drivers we�*ve spoken to say that that is a remote prospect, as are even more basic requirements.

toilet breaks weren't a thing. because the van was so packed, i would have to wait until i had i emptied three totes so i had a bit of room and, as disgusting as it l sounds, ijust had to get a cup - or get my shewee and a bottle and go in the back of the van. we have all been addicted to amazon during this entire pandemic. in america, just this week, this issue has hit the headlines, again with drivers alleging so little time to make their deliveries that they had to urinate into bottles. amazon have denied that this happens. amazon responded and said you don�*t believe that thing about peeing in bottles is true. but there are even more serious concerns about safety. every amazon driver i've known, they all speed. i we all park in places _ where you are not supposed to, double yellows, on busy roads. i if you've got a house on a country| lane and there is no parking there, you have to set up on the side of the road, run _ across and do your drop. yeah, it's not safe.

you've just got to put your hazards on and hope for the best. - amazon told us they have a 24—hour hotline drivers can phone if they have problems. but here�*s the rub — they�*re not even technically employed by amazon. they are self—employed, contracted through a panoply of logistics companies and, yet... everything is controlled by amazon, the route is set by amazon, the workload is set by amazon, the mileage is set by amazon. so, basically, the logistics firm is basicallyjust a middleman, really. say you don�*t get it done, i mean, does amazon re—employ you? what happens with the logistics firm? your ratings get reduced, your ratings go down if you don�*t fulfil some parcels because of time constraints or the customer is not in, then i think they base your ratings on eight or nine different ratings, because if you don�*t deliver parcels, your ratings come down, so you are monitored all the time on every aspect of what you do. and what happens if your ratings continue to fall? the logistics firm will just get rid of you. lay you off? yep.

and that�*s quite easy to do? oh, it happens all the time. the turnover of staff is phenomenal. drivers attend an amazon training day. they usually exclusively deliver for amazon and it is an amazon app that tracks and monitors them in their vehicles. and yet, remember, because they are self—employed, they don�*t have company benefits, they don�*t get sick pay, they don�*t get holiday pay and there is little recourse, should the company decide that their services are no longer required. the supreme court unanimously dismisses the appeal from uber. this isn�*t an issue about amazon alone. all manner of gig economy companies are grappling with an evolving legal situation governing those they employ in one way or another. but amazon is by far the biggest concerned and a change petition demanding the number of deliveries is reduced has attracted nearly 80,000 signatures, at least some of whom are verified amazon drivers. its organisers say that reform is long overdue and the company doesn�*t want to know what is really going on. i think genuinely, they�*re currently not gathering.

they don�*t want to know the answer. they know how dangerous this is, their drivers are telling them, they need to listen to their drivers and stop ignoring the data. it is a really simple change for them to make to take the targets back to a safe level. as you see, we put lots of energy into logistics. remember, amazon�*s uk sales increased by 51% in 2020, a revenue of £20 billion. it has been the beneficiary of a pandemic which has accelerated our move to the online economy, and yet at once, it feels as if we have also gone backwards to a time when the rules about what can legitimately be expected by a company of its workers were much less rigid. oh, my gosh, amazon. i have tried a position at the warehouse. politicians and perhaps the rest of us might need to ask ourselves if that is the future we want, if that convenience is worth the price. it�*s just ten days now until the pubs in england reopen and you can sit outside and have a pint.

so how have breweries been getting ready, and how are they working out what the demand will be, with plenty of restrictions still in place? phil mackie has been finding out. if you�*re already savouring your first pint of draught beer on april the 12th, there is a good chance it will be from one of these casks. they are ramping up production at the marston�*s brewery. they have been making it in the same place and in the same way since the 19th century. during the three lockdowns, hundreds of gallons of beer have been wasted. it�*s been almost impossible to gauge demand. it was extremely difficult to figure out what to brew and when to brew it. but having some knowledge of previous sales and trying to come to some kind of assumption, and gut feel, was really used in all of this and just monitoring things very closely. if it�*s been tough for the big brewers, it�*s been even worse for the small independents. last week, dozens staged a protest by pouring beer down the drain

which was about to go off. out of date. going down the drain. a tragedy. the lincoln green brewery, in hucknall, has survived where others haven�*t. this has been the most challenging period of our entire existence and certainly my career to date. it has been mentally challenging and financially challenging for us. will you survive? yeah, definitely. we will come out of the other side with a lot of battle scars. we came into the pandemic completely debt—free and we have essentially had to self—finance our way through all of this. 60% of pubs in england won�*t reopen on april the 12th. most that do will be taking a risk. on days like this, the station hotel would normally be rammed with drinkers, but nobody can come until april the 12th. and, by then, the weather might be awful, which means it�*s impossible for the brewing industry and the pubs to plan for what�*s to come next.

in well over a century, brewers like marston�*s have never faced a challenge like the pandemic, and they are desperate for things to get back to normal quickly. it�*s important that the industry recovers, because, 0k, the pub isn�*tjust a place for serving beer, it is the central hub of the community. it creates thousands ofjobs, not only in hospitality, but also within the brewing industry and all the allied suppliers and traders. so the economic recovery of the pub is really, really important. the industry has taken a beating and is urging the government to stick to its road map and lift all restrictions byjune the 21st. our business presenter ben thompson has spent the morning at a brewery in north london. welcome to one of the 3000 or so breweries that are preparing for cafes, bars and restaurants to reopen which means that these things

will be filling up as they prepare to serve those companies once again. but here, like everywhere, they have had to adapt their business to cope with the restrictions of the last year. they invested in a canning machine early on in lockdown so they could sell beer to people at home rather than direct to pubs to sell on tap, just one of the changes they have had to make but they�*re a relatively new company so did not qualify for things like government support or grants, which meant the last year has been pretty tough. let me introduce you tojoe and zach, two of the co—founders at the goodness brewing company. hello to you both. good morning. joe, talk me through this last year. what a year it has been, but you are still here? life has been tough for everybody, especially the hospitality industry. we thought we were going to go under over christmas time and we just scraped here. the bank balance is almost at zero. we are running on fumes. we can�*t wait until april the 12th until we can open up in some sort of sense and just get cash

into the business, cash is king. and that cash has been such a problem because as a new company, you have not qualified for government support. we are just under two years old, so our two year birthday is coming up in may. and we are not able to access some of the grants because we are so new. but haringey council have been very good to us. and zach, you have also relied on the local community, haven�*t you? a lot of people locally that live or work around here have supported the business to get you through. we have indeed, yeah, yeah. so in the first lockdown, they came out and really supported us which was great and then in the second lockdown, we did the crowdfunding to get the canning machine which has been so important to us. so without their help, we wouldn't have got it and now we are able to pivot our business, put our beer into cans and drive sales through our web shop instead of relying on pubs and bars. and with those sort of opening and closing restrictions all year, there�*s been a lot of wasted. there�*s been a lot of wastage. a lot of beer has been poured down the drain. that must be heartbreaking because you know, you for your life

and soul into this, and you having to throw it away. it is very hard, yeah, i mean, you spoke about how much beer has been wasted and you know, when you make it, like you say, you put your life into it, and then it goes down the drain. it is really disheartening. joe, look, april the 12th, that important date, you can get some people back but it is going to be may before you can get back to something more normal. absolutely. let�*s face it, life is better together and we are all craving that. luckily, here, we have quite a large outside space so we have about 20 tables for six people so about 120 people and we can�*t wait to get the doors back open and get people through. yes, a lot of big dates that we are trying to keep an eye on, particularly in may. zach, you were telling me a bit earlier, whilst there has been a lot of wastage, it has been a very tough year, there are still things that are better if they are kept in the tanks for a bit longer? absolutely, yeah, so most of our beers, we have to turn around pretty quickly and we have to sell them fresh otherwise they spoil, but lagers like a bit of time.

we usually get, like, five or six weeks to turn one around but this one has been in there since before christmas, so it is tasting amazing. we are really happy with it. it�*s going to be a vintage yearfor lager, 2021. absolutely, yes. good luck, really nice to see you both, joe and zach, two of the co—founders here at the goodness brewing company. i just want to show you this over here because it sort of really illustrates pretty clearly quite how difficult a year it has been. the last time they were able to have people in here in any sort of meaningful fashion, the christmas tree was still up. i�*m not going to touch it too much because it is probably a bit delicate given we are now in april but nonetheless, they are keeping their eyes very firmly on the 12th of april, to get those people outside and then mid—may, when they can open properly and get people back at the bar. the headlines on bbc news... more than 70 mps launch a campaign against coronavirus vaccine passports, calling them "divisive and discriminatory". more than 40 people have been killed and dozens injured in a train crash in taiwan. campaigners have started legal

action against the government over guidance that bans care home residents in england aged 65 and overfrom taking trips outside the home. families bereaved by covid—19 have been painting a vast memorial wall in an "outpouring of love" opposite the houses of parliament in london. the moving tribute features a heart for every single loved one lost to coronavirus — and they�*re aiming to hand—draw 150,000 of them. tim muffett reports. you�*d neverfind another woman like her. she had a heart of gold, she would help anyone if she needed to. she was my best friend. i�*m very lost without her. violet died from covid last april. her granddaughter, courtney, still finds it hard to believe she�*s gone.

like, i�*m still convinced i�*m going to run down the stairs and she�*ll be at the street door. i�*m still convinced i�*ll hearfrom her. but this is... it�*s therapeutic. each heart is individually drawn for each person that has obviously lost their life. the first hearts were drawn on monday. the aim is for 150,000 to be added to represent the total number who�*ve died so far in the uk with covid registered on their death certificate. when you drew that heart for violet, for your nan, what was going through your mind? everything — all the memories we had together, all the times we shared. my nan was a proper london girl, she loved her city. so keeping my nan here, she�*d love it. not only is this mural opposite parliament, where it will be visible to mps — it�*s also outside st thomas�* hospital, where borisjohnson was treated for a severe bout of covid last year. but organisers insist it�*s not a political statement, but a memorial — a striking representation

of lives lost. i lost my mother — my dear, sweet mother — just before new year's eve. very sweet, sweet woman. had a lot of life in her yet. she was an nhs nurse most of her life, and then moved to marie curie and worked there. she was also a samaritan. just the sweetest woman, always gave more than she took. it's a memorial, it's full of love, it's full of the people that are going to be forgotten. so, neil, you�*ve already done a personalised heart, but you�*re doing others, as well. yeah. why is that? um, well, i think not everybody can make it here, can they? people have died all over the uk and not everybody can get down. i'm lucky i only live, you know, about an hour away so i come down and do as many as i can. and just doing it's been wonderful. just — it's been horrible, painful. had a few tears.

but, um... it helps. hand—drawn with love — for every heart, there�*s a family mourning a life lost. lost, but not forgotten. tim muffett, bbc news. wildlife conservationists are warning people visiting the coast over easter weekend to keep clear of any seals they may come across and not disturb them. it�*s all part of a government—backed campaign by the seal alliance, which says getting too close can lead to seals being injured and even dying. john maguire reports. clearly fearful and distressed, a herd of seals is fleeing the land, heading for the safety of the sea. it�*s not always an easyjourney, but seals can be spooked easily by people or their dogs getting too close.

it�*s the youngest seals that are the most vulnerable, with only around a quarter of them surviving to adulthood. and as the latest lockdown restrictions ease, conservationists are asking people out walking on the coastline to give the animals adequate space. people can disturb them if they are awake and alert or they�*re moving, then they�*ve been disturbed. and obviously the worst situations are when they crash off the beaches and rocks into the sea and they can damage themselves, cause themselves injury. and all the while that�*s happening, they�*re not getting the rest they should be getting. last year�*s first full lockdown has been credited as one reason why some colonies around our coasts have thrived — having been left alone for weeks on end. but the case of freddie the seal, who died after being attacked by a dog off the lead on the banks of the river thames last month, has highlighted the potential risks to the wild animals of trying to live too close to people. john maguire, bbc news, tynemouth.

you�*re watching bbc news. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. first things first. it will be pleasant through the first part of the easter weekend, lots of dry weather to come and when the sun is out, it will feel quite mild at times but then there is monday. arctic air comes in, it gets much colder and there will be some snow flurries around. what is happening with the temperature? colder air with us, the blue colours, this slice of yellow, something milder in scotland and northern ireland for saturday and england and wales on sunday, and then we have on the floodgates and then we open the floodgates to the arctic air that i mentioned, and as i will show you, the snow will come with it. 0ut there today, no snow around of course, plenty of cloud across parts of eastern england and one or two isolated showers, but dry for the vast majority. best of the sunshine in the west

and the lightest of the wind. after a chilly and frosty start places this morning, with sunshine on your back and light wind, 13 or 14 degrees is the high in the west, and it will feel reasonably pleasant for the time of year, but still feeling chilly down the north sea coasts, seven or eight degrees for some. it will stay breezy here as well as we go into tonight, after brief clear spells, more cloud rolling in, more cloud in northern scotland tonight but with clear skies across the rest of scotland, northern ireland and western fringes of england and wales, a frosty start to the weekend but sunny. the cloud across the bulk of england will thin and break at times during the day to allow more sunshine to develop. staying cloudy on the east coast. a bit more cloud across the far north of scotland but with sunshine out, temperatures set to rise, eastern parts of northern ireland and eastern parts of scotland, 15 or 16. 8—12 across england and wales. but we switch things around on sunday. more sunshine developing for england and wales, a bit more cloud in the channel islands, turning cloudy and windy for scotland and northern ireland through the day and we will

eventually see some rain which will turn to sleet and snow late in the day. temperatures at their height before dropping later, 8 degrees in the north but we could hit 15 or 16 across parts of east wales and eastern england. and here comes the arctic air, after a night of rain turning to sleet and snow, pushing southwards, we open the door to snow showers and some pretty icy wind all the way from the arctic. best chance of a covering of snow in northern scotland, down to eastern parts of england, particularly in the likes of the north york moors and on the hills of northern ireland and maybe snowdonia. but for most, sunny spells and the odd passing snow shower and temperatures, 5—9, but with wind touching gale force in places, it will feel sub zero.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: more than 70 british mps launch a campaign against coronavirus vaccine passports, calling them "divisive and discriminatory". philippines, pakistan, kenya and bangladesh have been added to england�*s red list to protect the country against new variants of coronavirus. campaigners have started legal action against the uk government over guidance that bans care home residents in england aged 65 and overfrom taking trips outside the home. pub, cafe and restaurant owners in england criticise new rules which mean all customers have to give their contact details to staff when premises reopen outdoors in 10 days�* time. more than 40 people have been killed and dozens injured in a train crash in taiwan. 0xfam suspends two members of its

staff in the democratic republic of congo following allegations of sexual misconduct and bullying. wildlife conservationists warn people to keep their distance from seals this easter weekend, over concerns that disturbing and scaring them can lead to harm. good morning and welcome to bbc news. a cross—party group of more than 70 mps have warned about the introduction of vaccine passports in england. the uk government is reported to be considering a trial of the scheme which means people would have to show proof of having a covid vaccine before being allowed into some venues, including pubs and concerts. in other developments today,

campaigners representing care home residents in england have started a legal challenge against the government over guidance which has banned people over 65 leaving their homes for visits outside. care providers have warned these trips may risk the spread of the virus. in scotland, the easing of lockdown continues. after three months, the "stay at home" order has been lifted for millions of people. the scottish government has advised people to stay local and to not travel outside of their area. and, ahead of the next easing of the restrictions in england in ten days�* time, pubs are warning that only two fifths may open when allowed as many don�*t have the outdoor areas suitable to serve customers. more on all that throughout the hour, but first our political correspondent iain watson has more on the campaign opposing vaccine passports. the government wants to reopen the economy fully byjune the 21st in england. it�*s currently discussing whether proof of vaccination — or of a negative test — could enable pubs and entertainment venues to open, possibly without the need for social distancing. when it comes to trying to make sure

we give maximum confidence to business and to customers here in the uk, there are three things. there�*s your immunity — whether you have had it before, so you have natural antibodies anyway. whether you have been vaccinated. and then, of course, whether you�*ve had a test. so those three things working together will, i think, be useful. but the idea of vaccination certificates has united long—standing political opponents — against them. the former labour leader jeremy corbyn and the former conservative leader iain duncan smith are amongst 70 cross—party politicians who�*ll campaign together to oppose them, calling them discriminatory and divisive. downing street says no final decision has been made on their use, and the government described reports that they could be trialled in theatres and sports grounds as speculation. but on easter monday, the prime minister will have some decisions to announce. he�*s likely to confirm that restrictions will be eased further in england on april the 12th, allowing beer gardens to reopen as well as nonessential shops.

and he�*ll announce the results of his global travel taskforce. this will set out how foreign travel can resume. countries are likely to be categorised as red, amber and green. returning from a red—list country would require hotel quarantine, amber home quarantine, and green negative covid tests. but exactly when foreign travel will get the green light is still up in the air. iain watson, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake says ministers are arguing that the introduction of vaccine passports could help as the economy starts to reopen as lockdown restrictions are eased across england. now and again politicians from different parties decide they agree on something and want to do something about it, it doesn�*t happen often but it certainly has happened here and it�*s a broad alliance, a kind of libertarian alliance, the former conservative leader iain duncan smith, the leader of the liberal democrats ed davey, the former labour leaderjeremy corbyn.

some conservative backbench mps, the ones opposed to the more stringent lockdown measures and restrictions throughout the pandemic but they�*ve all come together, along with the campaign group big brother watch, liberty, thejoint council for the welfare of immigrants, and privacy international, signing to this pledge which reads, we oppose the divisive and discriminatory use of covid certification to deny individuals they say access to general services, businesses orjobs. the concern i think shared by all these politicians of varying colours is it is too much to restrict people�*s freedoms and liberties once the vaccination programme has continued and been offered to all adults eligible in england and around the uk as well. after the pandemic, people have put up with too much and this is a step too far. of course, the government argues it is potentially necessary to keep people safe and may allow parts of the economy to open up sooner than it would have

otherwise been able to do so. speaking at a theatre in wolverhampton announcing the next round of arts funding, the culture secretary 0liver dowden talked more about what the government might do. michael gove, the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, is conducting a review which i am, of course, participating in as to whether we can make covid status certification work so this is not about a vaccine passport, it's about looking at ways of proving that you're covid secure, whether you've had a test or had the vaccine. clearly no decisions have been made and we have to weigh up different factors, the ethical considerations and so on, but it may be a way of ensuring you can get more people back doing the things they love and being in fantastic institutions like this. that was the culture secretary 0liver dowden so when and where might we see the so—called passports trial? there will be pilots in the next couple of months as part of the government�*s events research programme which it announced a little while back so sporting events like the fa cup, the world snooker championship,

possibly the brit awards as well. these will be used as test events, really, to see how people can get together in large numbers and attend events like that with minimal social distancing in place. as part of that, we were expecting testing to be involved anyway. so people ask for a negative test result on entry and tested again when they leave so they can be tracked and any contact that they have had can be traced as well but there are reports today that covid certification of some sort may be involved in those pilots as we go later into this summer. but the key dates of course arejune the 21st when all restrictions in england providing things go according to plan are expected to be lifted. but there is a bit of a delay until the end ofjuly which is when the government hopes everyone will have been offered the vaccine, that is eligible so i think those are the key weeks in between, those two dates, where we could see some of the simpler method.

talk to us of this idea of a traffic light system when it comes to foreign travel. foreign travel is a little bit different. there is a broad acceptance across the parties at westminster and internationally, that there will have to be some form of vaccine passport involved. because different countries will have different arrangements. and that is one area where we will see some form of vaccine passport, covid certification implemented and we had some more details reported today about the kind of system the government may well bring in when it hopes to be able to allow people to travel internationally. not any sooner than the middle of may. we will hear more about this from the prime minister on monday but it looks like a traffic light system is the way things are heading. countries labelled red, you can travel there, but you will have to be in enforced quarantine on your return. amber could mean quarantine at home

and green would be free of any quarantine requirements. but i think it is likely that international travel may well be allowed but still heavily restricted from what the government hopes to allow at the earliest in the middle of may. that was jonathan blake. philippines, pakistan, kenya and bangladesh have been added to england�*s red list to protect the country against new variants of coronavirus. from 4am next friday, international visitors who have departed from or transited through any of those countries in the previous 10 days will be refused entry into england. 0nly british and irish citizens, or those with residence rights in the uk, will be allowed to enter and they must stay in a government—approved quarantine hotel for 10 days. let�*s get reaction to the idea of the vaccine passports ahead of pubs, cafe is an restaurants reopening on april the 12th. kate nicholls is the chair of uk hospitality, the trade body which represents the interests of the hospitality sector. thank you very much forjoining us. allotted to get ready for. what are the practical it is involved for

many of your members ahead of april the 12th? abs, many of your members ahead of april the 12th? �* ., ., , , ., the 12th? a lot of members are lookin: the 12th? a lot of members are looking forward _ the 12th? a lot of members are looking forward to _ the 12th? a lot of members are looking forward to reopening. i the 12th? a lot of members are i looking forward to reopening. only 40% of the industry has an outdoor space, so it will be a limited and marginal slight reopening of the sector as a whole. full reopening it comes in at seven weeks, the 17th of may, but what we are doing to try and get ready now is grapple with the new requirements, the additional administrative burdens that the government announced earlier this week, which our staff and teams are having to work through, checking in every person who visits their establishment, checking their phones to make sure they have complied with test entries and refusing entry. without substantive additional controls which will cause an administrative burden. cut complied with test and trace. we could do without them at this crucial time. and there is a potential for friction, i�*m guessing, if people do not feel they are being treated in the way they would want, if they do

not have the freedoms back they were expecting to get? not have the freedoms back they were expecting to get?— expecting to get? absolutely. i think this is — expecting to get? absolutely. i think this is a _ expecting to get? absolutely. i think this is a very _ expecting to get? absolutely. i think this is a very big - expecting to get? absolutely. i i think this is a very big difference from how we reopened in the summer when customers trusted us with their data. we could seamlessly check people in. we now are potentially having unforeseen consequences of causing cues, a bottleneck as people try to enter premises and putting in place a system which requires very young members of staff, they are going to be on the front of having to enforce something that customers are really not expecting and i do not think the government has educated customers enough for what they will be required to do. the owners of complying falls on those junior front line staff and it is a task, it is notjust asking people to check in and give contact details, the guidance says there is a member of staff must check the person�*s phone it to make sure they have done it and refuse them entry or face £1000 fine and we feel it is a little disproportionate. we would urge the government to work with us, we are keen to play our part in

driving an infection, but we can make these restrictions more workable and pragmatic and avoid the abuse. we do know over the course of the summer, when our teams were asked to get people to comply with a facemask wearing, abuse of staff on the front line, both in hospitality and retail, escalated dramatically. you are creating potential friction points here and singling out hospitality as the only sector to do this mandatory checking, so i think customers will be confused and we are relying on customers to cooperate on something that is the government�*s decision rather than the individual premise or staff and to treat staff kindly and fairly. how well can we vaccine passport be to show that you have had the vaccine, you are less likely... we do not know, you could still be asymptomatic, but you have had the vaccine, part of a protective measure to gain entry into a pub or restaurant? i measure to gain entry into a pub or

restaurant?— restaurant? i think we can see the value of vaccine _ restaurant? i think we can see the value of vaccine passports - restaurant? i think we can see the value of vaccine passports for i value of vaccine passports for reopening international travel and tourism and obviously our hotel sector and many of our town and city centre hotels in particular that depend on international arrivals would welcome anything that helps to unlock that. similarly, major mass events, sporting events, concert venues, there is a huge mass events, we can see that as being an enabler to allow them to open, but in terms of going in a pub, bar, restaurant, cafe, we do not see it as practical and operationally, it would be incredibly challenging in the same way that test and trace everything all customer would be, checking covid status certification will be a big challenge for businesses. we estimate that our members would have to employ two members of staffjust to employ two members of staffjust to have compliance with that, so we do not think it is appropriate on a walk in high street situation where you are popping in to meet a friend for a coffee, popping to the park for a coffee, popping to the park for a coffee, popping to the park for a drink, for a coffee, popping to the park fora drink, in for a coffee, popping to the park for a drink, in those situations, the vaccine alert and lower incidence of the disease in the uk

should be sufficient to allow us to open and open without those restrictions on the 21st ofjune. kate nicholls from uk hospitality, thank you very much for talking to us. in taiwan, at least 48 people have been killed and dozens have been injured in a train crash. officials said the train was travelling to taitung, and derailed just north of hualien. the train derailed in a tunnel in the east of the country after apparently hitting a maintenance vehicle on the track. the accident comes at the start of a holiday weekend in taiwan, the traditional tomb sweeping holiday, which sees extensive travel across the island. let�*s get more from our taiwan correspondent, cindy sui, whojoins me now from taipei. what is the latest you are hearing? the latest we are hearing is that so far 49 people have been confirmed dead, another 159 people were injured and have been taken to hospitals. and also, around 249 people managed somehow to get out on

their own with minimal injuries. the footage we see on tv showed these people were using mobile phone flashlights to find their way out of these dark train carriages in the tunnel. so the authorities are now still trying to make sure that there are no more people trapped inside these eight carriages of the train. we are getting conflicting information, we are hearing that there are no more people inside but also ijust call the local fire department and they said there still might be some people inside but they might be some people inside but they might not be survivors. for might be some people inside but they might not be survivors.— might not be survivors. for the moment. _ might not be survivors. for the moment, thank— might not be survivors. for the moment, thank you _ might not be survivors. for the moment, thank you very i might not be survivors. for the | moment, thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: more than 70 mps launch a campaign against coronavirus vaccine passports, calling them "divisive and discriminatory". philippines, pakistan, kenya and bangladesh have been added to england�*s travel red list to protect the country against new variants of coronavirus. campaigners have started legal action against the government over guidance that bans care home

residents in england aged 65 and overfrom taking trips outside the home. more of that story now. campaigners have started legal action over government guidance that bans older care home residents in england from going on visits outside the home, despite lockdown restrictions being eased. visits are allowed in exceptional circumstances, says the government, and that it is looking to open up more safe options. here�*s our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. after the toughest of years, care homes are slowly, cautiously beginning to reopen. nearly all residents have had at least one dose of the vaccine, and they�*re allowed a single named visitor indoors. but government guidance says a trip out is still too risky for older residents. and that�*s what�*s being challenged. a legal letter�*s been sent to the department of health and social care byjohn�*s campaign — which represents residents,

families and friends. it argues that guidance in respect to visits out is unlawful, and that the ban on outings by residents aged 65 or over is in breach of human rights and equality laws. it also challenges the need for residents who have been out to self—isolate for 14 days, saying vaccinations and testing make it unnecessary. people living in care homes — people who are in the last period of their life — were actually deprived of the simple pleasures of going for a walk by the river, going to a park, going out to see perhaps grandchildren playing in a playground. those simple pleasures which mean so much. in its guidance the government acknowledges that trips out are important for residents, but says it increases the risk of covid getting back into care homes. alison holt, bbc news.

mike padgham is a care home manager and chair of the independent care group. thank you very much forjoining us. how much of a bind our care providers in with this guidance? well, we feel we are caught in the middle. we are trying to do our best for the people in care homes and we agree withjohns campaign, that they deserve the freedom of the rest of the country locks, but we still had to be cautious but we would want to see more guidance from government to allow visits outside. —— as the rest of the country unlocks. in north yorkshire, outdoor exercise is encouraged, and we want to make sure that by the 12th of april we can do more. ~ ., , that by the 12th of april we can do more, ~ ., , . ., ,, that by the 12th of april we can do more. . more. what is classified as an exceptional — more. what is classified as an exceptional circumstance i more. what is classified as an i exceptional circumstance where a visit somewhere is permitted? unfortunately, it can be a sad

thing, if perhaps a partner is very unwell and towards the end of their life that could be an exceptional visit, but i would like to see each resident treated individually, risk assessment, and it may be people�*s well—being that a trip out is necessary and that is exceptional as well and we would like to look at treating everyone as individuals and i think the risk of not going out is greater than the risk of covid. with testing we should reduce the risk, so i hope the government will think again when we come out with the road map on the 12th of april. haifa map on the 12th of april. how realistic is _ map on the 12th of april. how realistic is it _ map on the 12th of april. how realistic is it for _ map on the 12th of april. how realistic is it for care - map on the 12th of april. how realistic is it for care providers to do an individual assessment when we are talking about hundreds of thousands of people? it is we are talking about hundreds of thousands of people?— thousands of people? it is very difficult, because _ thousands of people? it is very difficult, because it _ thousands of people? it is very difficult, because it is - thousands of people? it is very difficult, because it is an i thousands of people? it is very difficult, because it is an extra | difficult, because it is an extra amount of paperwork for every resident. we are only a small provider, but that is 110 assessments put up we have done it, we will do it, and we want to do it for the residents�* benefit. it is an extra task we have to do, but the residents are very important. we are determined to make sure people�*s mental health is looked after, so we

will do it, but it is an extra task and we want to see people have their freedom as much as possible. most of the --eole freedom as much as possible. most of the people we — freedom as much as possible. most of the people we are _ freedom as much as possible. most of the people we are talking _ freedom as much as possible. most of the people we are talking about i freedom as much as possible. most of the people we are talking about will i the people we are talking about will have had theirjabs, certainly the first one and probably a lot of them will have had two jabs, so why are they under these restrictions when others are not? i they under these restrictions when others are not?— they under these restrictions when others are not? i think we have seen a disproportionate _ others are not? i think we have seen a disproportionate amount _ others are not? i think we have seen a disproportionate amount of - others are not? i think we have seen a disproportionate amount of peoplej a disproportionate amount of people unfortunately passed away in care homes, but one of the school of thought with johns campaign homes, but one of the school of thought withjohns campaign is our residents have had the second jab, they should have the freedom, i think the risk is much more reduced and i do thinkjust because you are over 65 you are entitled to as much freedom as younger people and it should be looked on. i know the government is looked to the about the risk, but i think a calculated risk we can manage and i would like to see them open up and do visits outside safely so people can see loved ones but obviously we have to be cautious, but it is a balancing and we are determined to make sure we can give people hope in the future. ., ., we can give people hope in the future. . ~' , ., , we can give people hope in the future. ., ,, i. , .

we can give people hope in the future. . ., ,, , . ., future. thank you very much for talkin: future. thank you very much for talking to _ future. thank you very much for talking to us. _ lockdown rules in scotland continue to be relaxed from today. the "stay at home" order has been lifted and now becomes "stay local". further changes to lockdown rules will take place on monday with hairdressers and more shops reopening. scotland�*s national clinical director, professorjason leitch says people should use their own common sense and not travel too far and risk a return to tighter restrictions. stay at home, which is really the lockdown message, has been lifted as of today and been replaced with stay local. so we still want people to stay within their local authorities, so in some city places that is not very big, for me, for example. but if you are in highland, that is quite a long way, so local might be different depending on where you live, so it means you can go to a different park, you can maybe climb a different mountain, you can maybe even see some family who you have not seen for some time because they are a little further away. the uk�*s medicines regulator, the mhra, say it has identified 30 cases of rare blood clots in people

who�*ve had the astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine. that�*s 25 more than it reported two weeks ago. the agency said there�*d been a total of more than 18 million doses, and the benefits of vaccines continued to outweigh any risks. it said there�*d been no reports of clotting involving the pfizer jab. europe�*s vaccination campaign has been hit by delays and the number of infections is rising in many countries. lockdowns are once again coming into force, as governments take action against a third wave. for three days over easter, italy will enforce a total shutdown across the whole country. in france, new restrictions are being rolled out, with schools closing from next week and non—essential shops across the country being told to shut, and germany has extended its current restrictions until 18th april. earlier i spoke to hans kluge — the world health organisation�*s regional director for europe — who said they are seeing increasing cases for a fifth

consectuive week. the simple message is be in lockdown with covid—19 and we have to be very careful that we do not undo the 120 days that many of us have been spending in confinement by too quickly reopening. so definitely, one way, and the main way to go, is to accelerate drastically the roll—out of the vaccines while still for the people to be cautious, particularly over the holidays. hagar particularly over the holidays. how concerned are _ particularly over the holidays. how concerned are you _ particularly over the holidays. how concerned are you then that not all the countries are imposing these lockdowns? because it is not a blanket thing across all parts of the eu? , , ., the eu? right, it is definitely a need to be _ the eu? right, it is definitely a need to be more _ the eu? right, it is definitely a need to be more coherent. it i the eu? right, it is definitely a - need to be more coherent. it depends on a national risk assessment, but definitely a better coherence between the countries to gradually

reopen is recommended. because once governments are going to lift restrictions, it will be very difficult to go back and i do understand that people are tired of restrictions, because it is a very long marathon, so it we used to sate vaccination is one of the tools, now we say vaccination is almost the tool to come out of the pandemic. the eu says that the uk has had an unfair advantage in a contracts to do with the production and distribution of vaccines. how much of an excuse is that by the eu that it did not get its own act together? i would contest that the eu did not get its act together. i think the european commission was a silver lining. what needs to be done, speed

is the best friend here. it is not race against each other, it is a race against each other, it is a race against each other, it is a race against the virus. we need to see politics better side, speed up vaccination process, reselling and donating instead of hoarding, and the countries themselves be better at vaccinating, including creating vaccine demands, because vaccines do save lives. the uk charity 0xfam says it has suspended two members of staff in the democratic republic of congo over allegations of sexual exploitation and bullying. the charity said the suspensions were part of an "external investigation" set up last november into the allegations. the charity was cleared only last month to resume applying for funding from the british aid budget, after claims of serious sexual misconduct in haiti. sarah champion, the chair

of the house of commons international development committee, is with us now. thank you very much forjoining us. what do you think of 0xfam�*s response? they say they have been investigating externally since november. investigating externally since november-— investigating externally since november. ~ ., ., ., november. when i found out about the alle . ations, november. when i found out about the allegations. l— november. when i found out about the allegations, i felt _ november. when i found out about the allegations, i felt a _ november. when i found out about the allegations, i felt a deep _ november. when i found out about the allegations, i felt a deep sense - november. when i found out about the allegations, i felt a deep sense of- allegations, i felt a deep sense of disappointment. i know that 0xfam, particularly in the last 18 months, has really been working hard to try and change the culture of its organisation to root out sexual exploitation, any form of intimidation and bullying, but then a report like this comes up and the allegations go back six years. the whistle—blowers kept on trying to come forward and report what they were seeing and what they were enduring and if whatever reason, it just did not happen and it is just symptomatic of what we are seeing across the aid sector and until there is this change in the aid

sector when it comes to protecting some of the most vulnerable people on the planet from any form of exploitation, ijust think on the planet from any form of exploitation, i just think these stories will keep on coming and it isjust so stories will keep on coming and it is just so frustrating.— isjust so frustrating. 0xfam have said that the _ isjust so frustrating. 0xfam have said that the charity _ isjust so frustrating. 0xfam have said that the charity commission | isjust so frustrating. 0xfam have i said that the charity commission is been notified of the progress of this external investigation and goes on to say we are a quickly aware of our duties of survivors and we are working hard to conclude the investigation fairly, safely and successfully. how damaging is it for the aid sector in the year when many charities have seen a donation stop because of the pandemic? unfortunately it will not people�*s confidence and that is a great shame because the aid sector does the most amazing work. —— knock people�*s confidence was up it gives people around the world is parity and the future, but we have to accept these are incredibly vulnerable people and

there is a massive power imbalance between the donors, aid workers and people in receipt of their support. so rightfully very beginning of every project, safeguarding needs to be embedded and until we see that happening is an absolute automatic, until we see the very people that are there to receive the aid being viewed as partners, as people that know best how to both invest the money but also building the safeguarding, these scandals will just keep on coming up and i do not understand why the aid sector as a whole does not address this once and for all. that is why it pains me that this has happened to 0xfam, because i know they been trying to really uncover all examples of where there are weaknesses in their system and change them and that is part of the problem. you have to accept that because you are dealing with vulnerable people, there is a with the potential and it worries me more the potential and it worries me more the organisations that are not looking for abuse. i think every

organisation needs to assume there is that potential and do something about it. , ., , ., is that potential and do something about it. , . , ., ., about it. there is a statement from the government — about it. there is a statement from the government via _ about it. there is a statement from the government via the _ about it. there is a statement from the government via the foreign i about it. there is a statement from the government via the foreign andj the government via the foreign and commonwealth and of element office saying all organisations are bidding for uk aid must meet high standards of safeguarding we require and do everything in a parrot to keep the people they work with safe. we regularly assess how it sector partners and expect the rate investigations whenever allegations are made. —— thorough investigations. what more we drive a safeguarding stand is up and make sure these abuses did not occur? fiur sure these abuses did not occur? our search sure these abuses did not occur? oi" search committee sure these abuses did not occur? oi" search committee has now done sure these abuses did not occur?

make a difference, make the change to protect people, so why do not people embrace that and celebrated rather than trying to kick them into the long grass or get rid of them? that would be the first thing. the would be i think we have to have an independent to look into these, because it does suspect either a survivor or whistle—blower to go to their own organisation to make these allegations and have the confidence that they are going to be dealt with in a fair manner, i think that is asking a lot, particularly when there has been historic abuse in that organisation. whereas if there was an independent organisation that could come in and look into this, and 0xfam did bring in external investigators in november for and 0xfam did bring in external investigators in novemberfor this investigators in november for this case, investigators in novemberfor this case, then you get that impartiality. the survivors are more likely to speak to you, the recommendations are more likely to be seen as a true and just representation of what is going on and i think it is something that the government could then have a much more faith in, rather thanjust expecting the organisations to

basically mark their own homework. sarah champion, thank you very much for talking to us. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. quite a bit of dry and sunny weather through the weekend but what will get you talking is the second half of the weekend. arctic winds come on monday and some of us will see snow as well. note know today, plenty of cloud eastern parts of england. isolated showers. vast majority stay dry. sunshine in the west and north and later went, feels pleasant this afternoon. temperatures 13 or 14. that cold wind and cloudy conditions, seven or eight at best through parts of the north sea coast. this evening and overnight, cloud clears for a time, returns across parts of england. cloudier for parts of scotland. much of

scotland, northern ireland susceptible to a frost. here we see the best of the sunshine. highest temperatures in scotland and northern ireland. colder monday. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... more than british 70 mps launch a campaign against coronavirus vaccine passports, calling them "divisive and discriminatory." philippines, pakistan, kenya and bangladesh have been added to england�*s travel red list. international visitors will be refused entry, and british and irish citizens and residents will have to enter hotel quarantine. campaigners have started legal action against the uk government over guidance that bans care home residents in england aged 65 and overfrom taking trips outside the home. more than 40 people have been killed and dozens injured in a train crash in taiwan.

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s katherine downes. good morning. india, cricket legend sachin tendulkar is in hospital, as his covid—19 symptoms have got worse. he tested positive six days ago after developing mild symptoms but after qaurantining himself at home he has been advised to admit himself to hospital. he�*s now 47 and is test cricket�*s all—time leading run scorer, in a record 200 matches. his social media tweet, thanked people for their wishes and prayers and says the decsion to go to hospital, is out a of an "abundance of precaution" and that he hopes to be home in a few days. it�*s notjust a busy easter weekend of fixtures in rugby league, but all the superleague matches, are being dedicated to former player mose masoe, whose career was ended by a life changing, spinal injury last january. in the first 2 matches last night, players wore his name on their shirts, and clubs sold

virtual tickets for the matches to raise money for his foundation. he and his wife carissa say the help makes a huge difference to them. it was just so overwhelming. we have had such great support and we are so thankful to everyone for showing their love. this has never happened before in the game so i am very fortunate and lucky as a player that the whole rugby league community is there to support myself and my family. we have been so emotional, not only these last 14 months but especially this last week as well. it means the world to us. we just can't believe how many people are going out of their way to support us. it really means a lot. they gave me a chance doing the surgery, and said, you might not ever walk again, but in the back of my head, i was stubborn, and i said

to myself, i�*m going to do this, i�*m going to prove you wrong. i�*m glad that i am where i am today. the diving world cup in tokyo has been cancelled by the sport�*s international governing body because the organiser�*s planned covid—19 precautions "will not properly ensure" athletes�* safety. it was due to take place at the tokyo aquatics centre in just over two weeks�* time as the final 0lympic qualifier and an official test event for the delayed games. in a letter seen by the bbc, fina also criticise the japanese government who, in their opinion, "did not take all the necessary measures to ensure successful and fair" competition. now, after the world cup qualifiers, it�*s straight back into club matches today, and the football league takes centre stage, with the easter weekend, often a defining time, in promotion and relagtion battles. championship leaders norwich city, know that two wins, today and on monday, would put them within touching distance, of an immediate return to the premier league. they take on preston this afternoon, but having had, eight players on international duty in the week,

the game has come too early for their manager. this decision is not in the sense of fair play, not in the sense of the integrity of the competition, not in the sense of... yeah, also the quality of the competition, not even to speak about the safety and the health and also the mental health of the players. but i spoke about this topic also quite intense and quite detailed a few weeks ago, when there was the possibility to change. right now it�*s a fact and it�*s not my topic any more so it�*s more like we have to deal with it. golf�*s first major of the year is under way, the women�*s ana inspiration in california. charley hull is in contention after the first round at mission hills. this chip in at the eleventh hole for an eagle helped her to a round of 69. she is three under par alongside fellow english players bronte law and georgia hall. they are tied for eighth, three off the leader thailand�*s patty tavata nakit. that�*s all the sport for now. i�*ll have more for

you in the next hour. 0nline retailer boohoo is investigating why the same items of clothing were sold for higher prices across a number of its fashion labels. bbc jounalistjennifer meierhans discovered the problem when she bought the same coat as herfriend, but from different stores. the coat sold by coast was £34 more than than exactly the same coat sold by dorothy perkins. let�*s speak to jennifer meierhans now. tell jennifer meierhans now. us what happened. like tell jennifer meierhans now. us what ha ened. ., , said, tell us what happened. like you said, i tell us what happened. like you said. ijust _ tell us what happened. like you said, i just ordered _ tell us what happened. like you said, ijust ordered a _ tell us what happened. like you said, ijust ordered a coat i tell us what happened. like you said, ijust ordered a coat from | said, ijust ordered a coat from post and i spotted my friend was wearing what appeared to be the exact same one but she said hers was from dorothy perkins. at full price, my coat had been sold at £89 and dorothy perkins had been selling 55. we started comparing them looking at zips, buttons, the pattern of the padding and when it came to the care

labels they have the exact same product code. but part of the label that said dorothy perkins on hers was missing from mind. it looked like it had been cut—off. i went away and did more investigating and found that the whole range of coats in lengths and colours were being sold for different prices across a number of the brands that are owned by boohoo. including ones like oasis and warehouse. i�*m by boohoo. including ones like oasis and warehouse.— and warehouse. i'm sure you felt like ou and warehouse. i'm sure you felt like you had _ and warehouse. i'm sure you felt like you had been _ and warehouse. i'm sure you felt like you had been cheated, i and warehouse. i'm sure you felt like you had been cheated, what| and warehouse. i'm sure you felt i like you had been cheated, what did boohoo say?— like you had been cheated, what did boohoo sa ? ~ , , ., boohoo say? when i put this to them, the said boohoo say? when i put this to them, they said there _ boohoo say? when i put this to them, they said there had _ boohoo say? when i put this to them, they said there had been _ boohoo say? when i put this to them, they said there had been a _ they said there had been a miscommunication and this wasn�*t intentional. they told me that all boohoo�*s group brands were independent and teams are not privy to what is being bought and sold across other great bands. they said they have launched an internal investigation and they would be

replacing the stock at the same price. replacing the stock at the same rice. ~ ., �* , replacing the stock at the same rice. . , replacing the stock at the same rice. , , replacing the stock at the same ricer , , ., price. what's the response been to ou price. what's the response been to you writing — price. what's the response been to you writing op _ price. what's the response been to you writing up the _ price. what's the response been to you writing up the story? _ price. what's the response been to you writing up the story? i've i price. what's the response been to you writing up the story? i've had i you writing up the story? i've had uuite a you writing up the story? i've had quite a few _ you writing up the story? i've had quite a few messages _ you writing up the story? i've had quite a few messages on - you writing up the story? i've had quite a few messages on this i you writing up the story? i've had l quite a few messages on this story on twitter and instagram this morning. the founder of a retail consultant got in touch because she was a former senior merchandiser at coast. she told me that if boohoo are going to buy the same stuff at different prices then it is destroying coast�*s brand identity. she said they used higher end quality materials and different construction techniques. so some of these coats have been reduced to £17 when you think they were originally retailed at 89. she is saying that coast could not have sold them for this price, if it was a jake genuine coast item because it costs more than that to make. others have got

in touch to say that when they are buying a higher end product they felt they are getting something that has been more ethically produced and they are concerned if it is being sold at £17 then it�*s not the case. they have also questioned whether they are paying for the brand name when you can get the exact same item much cheaper elsewhere. it is when you can get the exact same item much cheaper elsewhere.— much cheaper elsewhere. it is so hard to know _ much cheaper elsewhere. it is so hard to know whether _ much cheaper elsewhere. it is so hard to know whether you - much cheaper elsewhere. it is so hard to know whether you are i much cheaper elsewhere. it is so i hard to know whether you are buying something that is ethically sourced. we will follow your story and the boohoo investigation but for now, thank you very much.— ahead of the busiest gardening weekend of the year here in the uk, leading retailers are still failing to stop the sale of peat in compost, despite it being a key carbon sink. a survey by the wildlife trust of the 20 leading sellers including em.) and wickes showed they are either failing to meet previous commitments to stop the sale of peat to gardens or refusing to give targets. the restoration of peatlands is seen as crucial to mitigating the effects of climate change and helping to stop flooding. we can speak now to paul de zyla,

a campaigner at friends of the earth who were one of the charities who have been calling for a ban on peat in garden compost. thank you very much forjoining us. as a gardener, how easy or difficult is it to know what you are buying? good morning. it's not easy at all, because the information is not there. the stores don't really provide very good information to their customers. i think they are letting customers down. theyjust want to sell peat and growing materials cheaply as possible and as often as possible. the public information, i think the public are being conned they have to try a bag of peat every time they go to a garden centre but they don't. most

plants survive in ordinary soil. home—grown compost. if plants survive in ordinary soil. home-grown compost.- plants survive in ordinary soil. home-grown compost. if you don't make your — home-grown compost. if you don't make your own compost _ home-grown compost. if you don't make your own compost and - home-grown compost. if you don't make your own compost and don't| home-grown compost. if you don't - make your own compost and don't know how or don't have the time, how confident can you be that you can buy an alternative that is as good without peat in it?— buy an alternative that is as good without peat in it? there are really fantastic peat _ without peat in it? there are really fantastic peat alternatives. - without peat in it? there are really fantastic peat alternatives. more i fantastic peat alternatives. more people are buying peat free composts online, you don't even need to go to a garden centre. the surveys we have done have shown that retailers are simply letting the public down by not offering them a proper choice and at a proper competitive price to buy peat free. there are lots of really good quality products out there that are just waiting to be used and they think the public have heard that peat is supposed to be banned but when they go to garden

centres, the arles old into thinking they have to buy a bag of growing materials and if peat is all it's on offer they are going to buy it. the quality is good, i hear lots of nonsense about professional growers not being able to grow seedlings. i have been growing seeds and just plain ordinary soil and they have come up, i have got to many. what plain ordinary soil and they have come up, i have got to many. what a lovely problem _ come up, i have got to many. what a lovely problem to _ come up, i have got to many. what a lovely problem to have. _ come up, i have got to many. what a lovely problem to have. how- come up, i have got to many. what a lovely problem to have. how easy . come up, i have got to many. what a lovely problem to have. how easy or| lovely problem to have. how easy or difficult is it to re—establish peatland? difficult is it to re-establish peatland?— difficult is it to re-establish eatland? �*, ., . , difficult is it to re-establish eatland? �*, ., t peatland? it's not easy. why are we destro inc peatland? it's not easy. why are we destroying one _ peatland? it's not easy. why are we destroying one of— peatland? it's not easy. why are we destroying one of our _ peatland? it's not easy. why are we destroying one of our greatest - destroying one of our greatest natural assets which is potentially our ally in storing carbon, you mentioned that people in their uk store huge amounts of carbon, yet damaged peatlands because we have dug them up for we have trained them

are releasing vast amounts of carbon every year. just as we're trying reduce emissions from transport, thatis reduce emissions from transport, that is great, but when used to do more of that, but letting huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere because we have degraded people and is. —— peatlands. it is madness. it people and is. -- peatlands. it is madnes— madness. it is barmy to dig something _ madness. it is barmy to dig something no _ madness. it is barmy to dig something up and - madness. it is barmy to dig something up and bury - madness. it is barmy to dig something up and bury it i madness. it is barmy to dig - something up and bury it somewhere else. it something up and bury it somewhere else. , �* , something up and bury it somewhere else. , �*, ., . something up and bury it somewhere else. ,�*, ., else. it is, it's ironic because we are pretty _ else. it is, it's ironic because we are pretty flying _ else. it is, it's ironic because we are pretty flying our— else. it is, it's ironic because we are pretty flying our gardens - else. it is, it's ironic because we| are pretty flying our gardens and else. it is, it's ironic because we i are pretty flying our gardens and at the same time destroying the natural environment and that's part of the corn and it is also a massive failure of business and government. to phase out retail peat sales in garden centres by last year, still

waiting. at the current pace peat is being reduced because it is coming down, but it is so slow it's almost ugly seal, it will take another 20 years for their to be no peat being sold to people in store is. so... years for their to be no peat being sold to people in store is. 50... we sold to people in store is. so... we need to sold to people in store is. 50... we need to finish sold to people in store is. so... we need to finish there. i have to stop talking about peat apparently. the headlines on bbc news... more than 70 mp5 launch a campaign against coronavirus vaccine passports, calling them "divisive and discriminatory." philippines, pakistan, kenya and bangladesh have been added to england's travel red list. international visitors will be refused entry, and british and irish citizens and residents will have to enter hotel quarantine. campaigners have started legal action against the government over guidance that bans care home residents in england aged 65 and overfrom taking trips outside the home.

it's just ten days now until the pubs in england reopen and you can sit outside and have a pint. so how have breweries been getting ready, and how are they working out what the demand will be, with plenty of restrictions still in place? our business presenter ben thompson has spent the morning at a brewery in north london. welcome to one of the 3,000 or so breweries that are preparing for cafes, bars and restaurants to reopen which means that these things will be filling up as they prepare to serve those companies once again. but here, like everywhere, they have had to adapt their business to cope with the restrictions of the last year. they invested in a canning machine early on in lockdown so they could sell beer to people at home rather than direct to pubs to sell on tap, just one of the changes they have had to make but they're a relatively new company so did not qualify for things like government support or grants, which meant the last year has been pretty tough. let me introduce you tojoe and zach, two of the co—founders

at the goodness brewing company. hello to you both. good morning. joe, talk me through this last year. what a year it has been, but you are still here? life has been tough for everybody, especially the hospitality industry. we thought we were going to go under over christmas time and we just scraped here. the bank balance is almost at zero. we are running on fumes. we can't wait until april the 12th until we can open up in some sort of sense and just get cash into the business, cash is king. and that cash has been such a problem because as a new company, you have not qualified for government support. we are just under two years old, so our two year birthday is coming up in may. and we are not able to access some of the grants because we are so new. but haringey council have been very good to us. and zach, you have also relied on the local community, haven't you? a lot of people locally that live or work around here have supported the business to get you through. we have indeed, yeah, yeah. so in the first lockdown, they came out and really supported us which was great and then

in the second lockdown, we did the crowdfunding to get the canning machine which has been so important to us. so without their help, we wouldn't have got it and now we are able to pivot our business, put our beer into cans and drive sales through our web shop instead of relying on pubs and bars. and with those sort of opening and closing restrictions all year, there's been a lot of wasted. there's been a lot of wastage. a lot of beer has been poured down the drain. that must be heartbreaking because you know, you for your life and soul into this, and you having to throw it away. it is very hard, yeah, i mean, you spoke about how much beer has been wasted and you know, when you make it, like you say, you put your life into it, and then it goes down the drain. it is really disheartening. joe, look, april the 12th, that important date, you can get some people back but it is going to be may before you can get back to something more normal. absolutely. let's face it, life is better together and we are all craving that. luckily, here, we have quite a large outside space so we have about 20 tables for six people so about 120

people and we can't wait to get the doors back open and get people through. yes, a lot of big dates that we are trying to keep an eye on, particularly in may. zach, you were telling me a bit earlier, whilst there has been a lot of wastage, it has been a very tough year, there are still things that are better if they are kept in the tanks for a bit longer? absolutely, yeah, so most of our beers, we have to turn around pretty quickly and we have to sell them fresh otherwise they spoil, but lagers like a bit of time. we usually get, like, five or six weeks to turn one around but this one has been in there since before christmas, so it is tasting amazing. we are really happy with it. it's going to be a vintage yearfor lager, 202i. absolutely, yes. good luck, really nice to see you both, joe and zach, two of the co—founders here at the goodness brewing company. i just want to show you this over here because it sort of really illustrates pretty clearly quite how difficult a year it has been. the last time they were able to have people in here in any sort of meaningful fashion, the christmas tree was still up. i'm not going to touch it too much

because it is probably a bit delicate given we are now in april but nonetheless, they are keeping their eyes very firmly on the 12th of april, to get those people outside and then mid—may, when they can open properly and get people back at the bar. wildlife conservationists are warning people visiting the coast over easter weekend to keep clear of any seals they may come across and not disturb them. it's all part of a government—backed campaign by the seal alliance, which says getting too close can lead to seals being injured and even dying. john maguire is on teignmouth beach. where there are large established seal colonies, local people have a goodidea seal colonies, local people have a good idea of the seals are there and will no how to behave around them, how much distance to give them but occasionally a seal will pop around the coastline and isolated one and people become fascinated, that's when some of the real problems occur. here you can see the usual saying that once people about the dangers and hazards of going to

close to the water, but also these seal signs are in placejust reminding people to give the wildlife proper distance. clearly fearful and distressed, a herd of seals is fleeing the land, heading for the safety of the sea. it's not always an easyjourney, but seals can be spooked easily by people or their dogs getting too close. it's the youngest seals that are the most vulnerable, with only around a quarter of them surviving to adulthood. and as the latest lockdown restrictions ease, conservationists are asking people out walking on the coastline to give the animals adequate space. people can disturb them if they are awake and alert or they're moving, then they've been disturbed. and obviously the worst situations are when they crash off the beaches and rocks into the sea and they can damage themselves, cause themselves injury. and all the while that's happening, they're not getting the rest

they should be getting. last year's first full lockdown has been credited as one reason why some colonies around our coasts have thrived — having been left alone for weeks on end. but the case of freddie the seal, who died after being attacked by a dog off the lead on the banks of the river thames last month, has highlighted the potential risks to the wild animals of trying to live too close to people. the story ellis traits that seals sometimes pop up where you least exit expected. it gives you an idea we can't always choose separation between people and wildlife. give us some tips and advice on if people still want to see these wonderful creatures how to do so safely. the best thing to _ creatures how to do so safely. the best thing to do is if you come across— best thing to do is if you come across a — best thing to do is if you come across a seal is stepped back, keep

across a seal is stepped back, keep a good _ across a seal is stepped back, keep a good distance, observe as far away as you _ a good distance, observe as far away as you can, _ a good distance, observe as far away as you can, make sure the seal cannot— as you can, make sure the seal cannot see _ as you can, make sure the seal cannot see you or cannot smell you, because _ cannot see you or cannot smell you, because obviously this will disturb it. because obviously this will disturb il~ any— because obviously this will disturb it. any disturbance wastes energy for the _ it. any disturbance wastes energy for the seal. if it flees that's not good _ for the seal. if it flees that's not good for— for the seal. if it flees that's not good for it _ for the seal. if it flees that's not good for it. keep yourself distant, use binoculars or long lens cameras and enjoy— use binoculars or long lens cameras and enjoy the moment butjust stay away and _ and enjoy the moment butjust stay away and give the seal space. what if --eole away and give the seal space. what if people come _ away and give the seal space. what if people come across _ away and give the seal space. what if people come across a _ away and give the seal space. transit if people come across a pup away and give the seal space. liarusgt if people come across a pup that seems to be separated from its mother, something like that. should they intervene? thea;r mother, something like that. should they intervene?— mother, something like that. should they intervene? they should observe from a distance, _ they intervene? they should observe from a distance, keep _ they intervene? they should observe from a distance, keep watch - they intervene? they should observe from a distance, keep watch and - they intervene? they should observe from a distance, keep watch and if i from a distance, keep watch and if they are concerned, leave it a while but call the marine life rescue and they will send a volunteer medic to check on the seal and it might be a case of the mother out feeding and she might be out for some time but if she comes back and the seal has been touched by a human or dog, she will abandon it at that point and

that's when we end up having to intervene. that's when we end up having to intervene-— that's when we end up having to intervene. ., , .., intervene. people getting called, that would be _ intervene. people getting called, that would be people _ intervene. people getting called, that would be people like - intervene. people getting called, that would be people like chris. | that would be people like chris. good morning.— that would be people like chris. good morninu. ~ ., ., , , good morning. what are the typical in'uries good morning. what are the typical iniuries you — good morning. what are the typical iniuries you see _ good morning. what are the typical injuries you see most _ good morning. what are the typical injuries you see most often - good morning. what are the typical injuries you see most often or - good morning. what are the typical injuries you see most often or the l injuries you see most often or the problems— injuries you see most often or the problems you experience? for those young _ problems you experience? for those young seals, quite often if there is a disturbance on the beaches because they have _ a disturbance on the beaches because they have been separated in the storms— they have been separated in the storms which we believe increasing due to _ storms which we believe increasing due to climate change. as you can see from — due to climate change. as you can see from the waves today, they get bashed _ see from the waves today, they get bashed against the sides of the rocks _ bashed against the sides of the rocks on — bashed against the sides of the rocks on things and they get injured flippers, _ rocks on things and they get injured flippers, bruising. they are tough but obviously when they are that young, _ but obviously when they are that young, those injuries can lead us to have _ young, those injuries can lead us to have to _ young, those injuries can lead us to have to pick— young, those injuries can lead us to have to pick them up and help them in rehah _ have to pick them up and help them in rehab. beyond that, it is the entanglement issues. it is next, fishing _ entanglement issues. it is next, fishing lines things like that. dog frisbees — fishing lines things like that. dog frisbees are still one of our worst injuries — frisbees are still one of our worst injuries the _ frisbees are still one of our worst injuries. the plastic hopes people throw, _ injuries. the plastic hopes people throw, they put their heads in and

unfortunately the pup are growing to them if— unfortunately the pup are growing to them if they get stuck on the man slowly— them if they get stuck on the man slowly cut— them if they get stuck on the man slowly cut into the animal which is quite _ slowly cut into the animal which is quite horrific. the slowly cut into the animal which is quite horrific.— slowly cut into the animal which is quite horrific. the mothers let them no at onl quite horrific. the mothers let them go at only three _ quite horrific. the mothers let them go at only three or— quite horrific. the mothers let them go at only three or four _ quite horrific. the mothers let them go at only three or four weeks - quite horrific. the mothers let them go at only three or four weeks so i go at only three or four weeks so it's not a great deal of time the mother will be with them. now, they have to learn — mother will be with them. now, they have to learn everything _ mother will be with them. now, they have to learn everything from - have to learn everything from themselves. it�*s have to learn everything from themselves.— have to learn everything from themselves. �* , ., ., , ., themselves. it's a tough young life. it is a very — themselves. it's a tough young life. it is a very hard _ themselves. it's a tough young life. it is a very hard life. _ themselves. it's a tough young life. it is a very hard life. they _ themselves. it's a tough young life. it is a very hard life. they are - themselves. it's a tough young life. it is a very hard life. they are a - it is a very hard life. they are a very— it is a very hard life. they are a very tough— it is a very hard life. they are a very tough creature but theyjust need _ very tough creature but theyjust need to — very tough creature but theyjust need to be left alone to get on with it and _ need to be left alone to get on with it and if— need to be left alone to get on with it and if you — need to be left alone to get on with it and if you are concerned, just call british _ it and if you are concerned, just call british divers marine life rescue, _ call british divers marine life rescue, we are 24 7,365 and we will organise _ rescue, we are 24 7,365 and we will organise that for anyone.— rescue, we are 24 7,365 and we will organise that for anyone. thank you very much- — organise that for anyone. thank you very much- keep — organise that for anyone. thank you very much- keep up _ organise that for anyone. thank you very much. keep up the _ organise that for anyone. thank you very much. keep up the good - organise that for anyone. thank you very much. keep up the good work. | organise that for anyone. thank you . very much. keep up the good work. we talk about it being a tough life, only about a quarter of them make it to two years old. despite the fact the numbers of seals, grey seals in particular, have recovered over the last hundred years since they have been a protected species, it really

is hard life for a young seal in these waters. john maguire. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor hello. first things first. it will be pleasant through the first part of the easter weekend, lots of dry weather to come and when the sun is out, it will feel quite mild at times but then there is monday. arctic air comes in, it gets much colder and there will be some snow flurries around. what is happening with the temperature? colder air with us, the blue colours, this slice of yellow, something milder in scotland and northern ireland for saturday and england and wales on sunday, and then we have on the floodgates and then we open the floodgates to the arctic air that i mentioned, and as i will show you, the snow will come with it. 0ut there today, no snow around of course, plenty of cloud across parts of eastern england and one or two isolated showers, but dry for the vast majority. best of the sunshine in the west and the lightest of the wind. after a chilly and frosty start places this morning, with sunshine on your back and light wind, 13 or 14 degrees is the high in the west,

and it will feel reasonably pleasant for the time of year, but still feeling chilly down the north sea coasts, seven or eight degrees for some. it will stay breezy here as well as we go into tonight, after brief clear spells, more cloud rolling in, more cloud in northern scotland tonight but with clear skies across the rest of scotland, northern ireland and western fringes of england and wales, a frosty start to the weekend but sunny. the cloud across the bulk of england will thin and break at times during the day to allow more sunshine to develop. staying cloudy on the east coast. a bit more cloud across the far north of scotland but with sunshine out, temperatures set to rise, eastern parts of northern ireland and eastern parts of scotland, 15 or 16. 8—12 across england and wales. but we switch things around on sunday. more sunshine developing for england and wales, a bit more cloud in the channel islands, turning cloudy and windy for scotland and northern ireland through the day and we will eventually see some rain which will turn to sleet and snow late in the day. temperatures at their height before dropping later, 8 degrees in the north but we could hit 15 or 16 across parts of east wales and eastern england. and here comes the arctic air,

after a night of rain turning to sleet and snow, pushing southwards, we open the door to snow showers and some pretty icy wind all the way from the arctic. best chance of a covering of snow in northern scotland, down to eastern parts of england, particularly in the likes of the north york moors and on the hills of northern ireland and maybe snowdonia. but for most, sunny spells and the odd passing snow shower and temperatures, 5—9, but with wind touching gale force in places, it will feel sub zero. take care.

sarah champion, thank you very much for talking to us.

this is bbc news. the headlines: more than 70 british mps launch a campaign against coronavirus vaccine passports, calling them "divisive and discriminatory". philippines, pakistan, kenya and bangladesh have been added to england's travel red list — international visitors will be refused entry, and british and irish citizens and residents will have to enter hotel quarantine. more than 40 people have been killed and dozens injured in a train crash in taiwan. 0xfam suspends two members of its staff in the democratic republic of congo following allegations of sexual misconduct and bullying. wildlife conservationists warn people to keep their distance from seals this easter weekend, over concerns that disturbing and scaring them can lead to harm.

good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. a cross—party group of more than 70 mp5 have warned about the introduction of vaccine passports in england. the uk government is reported to be considering a trial of the scheme which means people would have to show proof of having a covid vaccine before being allowed into some venues, including pubs and concerts. in other developments today, campaigners representing care home residents in england have started a legal challenge against the government over guidance which has banned people over 65 leaving their homes for visits outside. care providers have warned these trips may risk the spread of the virus. in scotland, the easing of lockdown continues. after three months, the "stay at home" order has been lifted for millions of people. the scottish government has advised people to stay local and to not

travel outside of their area. and, ahead of the next easing of the restrictions in england in ten days' time, pubs are warning that only two fifths may open when allowed as many don't have the outdoor areas suitable to serve customers. more on all that throughout the hour, but first our political correspondent iain watson has more on the campaign opposing vaccine passports. the government wants to reopen the economy fully byjune the 21st in england. it's currently discussing whether proof of vaccination — or of a negative test — could enable pubs and entertainment venues to open, possibly without the need for social distancing. when it comes to trying to make sure we give maximum confidence to business and to customers here in the uk, there are three things. there's your immunity — whether you have had it before, so you have natural antibodies anyway. whether you have been vaccinated. and then, of course, whether you've had a test. so those three things working together will, i think, be useful.

but the idea of vaccination certificates has united long—standing political opponents — against them. the former labour leader jeremy corbyn and the former conservative leader iain duncan smith are amongst 70 cross—party politicians who'll campaign together to oppose them, calling them discriminatory and divisive. downing street says no final decision has been made on their use, and the government described reports that they could be trialled in theatres and sports grounds as speculation. but on easter monday, the prime minister will have some decisions to announce. he's likely to confirm that restrictions will be eased further in england on april the 12th, allowing beer gardens to reopen as well as nonessential shops. and he'll announce the results of his global travel task force. this will set out how foreign travel can resume. countries are likely to be categorised as red, amber and green. returning from a red—list country would require hotel quarantine, amber home quarantine, and green negative covid tests. but exactly when foreign travel will get the green light

is still up in the air. iain watson, bbc news. 41 conservative mps have warned against the introduction of vaccine passports. one of them is andrew bridgen. welcome. it is not often that you find yourself sharing the same view of something as jeremy find yourself sharing the same view of something asjeremy corbyn, because this is a cross—party alliance, isn't it? it is notjust conservatives who are concerned. i think anyone would be supportive of these measures, anyone who is concerned about the major extension powers and controls over people's lives. i'm not convinced vaccine passports for use within the uk is proportionate to the risk. it would be divisive. effectively creating an underclass of people who were not vaccinated. many of whom will not be

vaccinated. many of whom will not be vaccinated for medical reasons and i'm not convinced it will work. i understand israel are trying to bring in similar measures and it has failed. it also puts huge responsibility on the hospitality industry which is trying to get back on its feet, and measures such as these can be brought in very quickly, but how quickly will they be removed? it is a major infringement of civil liberties. but we have had to live with all sorts of restrictions which will be temporary, or have been temporary, we have seen them come in and out as needed. why not with passports if it allows certain venues to open more safely? allows certain venues to open more safel ? �* , allows certain venues to open more safel? , ., _ ., ., safely? because i honestly do not think it will _ safely? because i honestly do not think it will work. _ safely? because i honestly do not think it will work. i— safely? because i honestly do not think it will work. i think - safely? because i honestly do not think it will work. i think the - safely? because i honestly do not think it will work. i think the own | think it will work. i think the own race regulation it will place on the hospitality industry which is struggling to get back on its feet anyway will be far too much and it hasn't worked in israel when they tried to bring it in.— tried to bring it in. there are countries — tried to bring it in. there are countries in _ tried to bring it in. there are countries in the _ tried to bring it in. there are countries in the world - tried to bring it in. there are countries in the world where | tried to bring it in. there are - countries in the world where you have to have vaccine documents for,

yellow fever is an obvious one of the parts of the world, you're not a allowed to travel without evidence you have had those inoculations, so why is this any different? i you have had those inoculations, so why is this any different?— why is this any different? i fully understand _ why is this any different? i fully understand that _ why is this any different? i fully understand that if _ why is this any different? i fully understand that if countries - why is this any different? i fully l understand that if countries wish why is this any different? i fully - understand that if countries wish to place those restrictions for you to travel to them, that is reasonable and that is up to those countries. i have travelled to africa myself and had to have proof of yellow swamp fever vaccination. that is that rules. we are talking about having to show paperwork within the uk to go to the pub, a restaurant or a hospitality venue. that is a draconian measure, we have never seen that in this country and they should not be introduced lightly without debate. personally i think it is disproportionate to the risk and would be extremely divisive. what are government ministers are saying to you, given that there has been thus push back from cross—party mps and peers? i been thus push back from cross-party mps and peers?— mps and peers? i hope that the government _ mps and peers? i hope that the government will _ mps and peers? i hope that the government will take _ mps and peers? i hope that the government will take on -

mps and peers? i hope that the government will take on all - mps and peers? i hope that the government will take on all of l mps and peers? i hope that the i government will take on all of the level of concern about this across parliament and it will avoid what would be a huge infringement of our civil liberties and unnecessary. hagar civil liberties and unnecessary. how would ou civil liberties and unnecessary. how would you go _ civil liberties and unnecessary. how would you go about stopping it? i i would you go about stopping it? i will explain it to my whip my concerns. i'm quite happy to have a debate about it, but i cannot see any change in my mind. i think it is disproportionate and as we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, i think it would be a very retrograde step.- i think it would be a very retrograde step. i think it would be a very retrourade ste. . ~ , ., , retrograde step. thank you very much. retrograde step. thank you very much- thank — retrograde step. thank you very much. thank you. _ philippines, pakistan, kenya and bangladesh have been added to england's red list to protect the country against new variants of coronavirus. philippines, pakistan, kenya and bangladesh have been added from 4am on next friday, international visitors who have departed from or transited through any of those countries in the previous 10 days will be refused entry into england. 0nly british and irish citizens, or those with residence rights in the uk, will be allowed to enter and they must stay in a government—approved quarantine hotel for 10 days. let's get more on this

with the independent�*s travel editor simon calder. these countries, is it no surprise to you they have been added to this list? ~ ., ., ., , list? well, what the government has said in the past _ list? well, what the government has said in the past hour _ list? well, what the government has said in the past hour or— list? well, what the government has said in the past hour or so _ list? well, what the government has said in the past hour or so is - list? well, what the government has said in the past hour or so is that - said in the past hour or so is that they have got plenty of evidence that there is a risk from new variants of concern are coming in from these countries, already of course the red list, which has had 35 countries on it, that is mostly southern and eastern africa, the whole of south america and of course in the gulf, the uae and qatar, the government says it is very alarmed about numbers in kenya, philippines, bangladesh and pakistan, but they do make the point of saying that actually there are very few variants coming in from europe which helps explain why a country such as poland, czech republic and indeed france are not on the red list. in a

sense, this change is significant what it leaves out for what it actually includes. although it has to be said, it affects people living in countries with a total of more than half a billion people. haifa than half a billion people. how unsurprising — than half a billion people. how unsurprising is _ than half a billion people. how unsurprising is it _ than half a billion people. how unsurprising is it that - than half a billion people. how unsurprising is it that there are not more countries say within the eu on this list? because we are seeing over easter quite a few countries imposing new locks ands.- over easter quite a few countries imposing new locks ands. sure, yes. -- new lockdowns. _ imposing new locks ands. sure, yes. -- new lockdowns. this _ imposing new locks ands. sure, yes. -- new lockdowns. this red - imposing new locks ands. sure, yes. -- new lockdowns. this red list - imposing new locks ands. sure, yes. | -- new lockdowns. this red list came —— new lockdowns. this red list came into effect in february, so pretty much six weeks ago, and we have only seen portugal as being on that list and that was actually removed a couple of weeks ago and is now actually in terms of infection is doing very well in deed. the government has not been tempted, well maybe have been tempted, but has not added any countries to the red list from europe. a lot of political and diplomatic sensitivity tied in with that, but i should

stress the common—sense from what we can see, the variance of concern, which is what red list is mainly about, they are simply not coming in from europe. it is more the rest of the wealth. worth saying though that this may cause a great deal of problems for the many people in the uk who have family in pakistan, bangladesh and in the philippines and they will now be working out what they do in terms of trying to get back in those particular countries have been given a week to get home. bookings are soaring on departures before then. they are clearly going to have to sort out those problems, because when you get into hotel quarantine, you're took about £1750 for the privilege of sitting in a hotel on so—called isolation row, just north of heathrow, for 11 nights. i isolation row, just north of heathrow, for11 nights. i cannot think of better _ heathrow, for11 nights. i cannot think of better views. _ heathrow, for11 nights. i cannot think of better views. how - heathrow, for11 nights. i cannot. think of better views. how feasible do you think it is we will have a

traffic light system of different countries from green to red? —— i can think of better views. we countries from green to red? -- i can think of better views. we have already got — can think of better views. we have already got one. _ can think of better views. we have already got one. the _ can think of better views. we have already got one. the government | already got one. the government might not call it that, but that is exactly what we have. from next week you have 39 countries on the red list. whatever, and we were hearing from the reportjust now, the prime minister is expected to set out the framework for restarting international travel this summer, the red list in the penalty for being on it will probably remain pretty much exactly the same. we have the amber list which is about 150, 160 countries and we have exactly one country on the green list which appropriately enough perhaps is ireland. what the travel industryjust barely perhaps is ireland. what the travel industry just barely want to see perhaps is ireland. what the travel industryjust barely want to see is a significant number of countries that we want to go on holiday to move from amber to green. —— what the travel industry desperately wants to see. the inbound travel industry will also be interested in restarting because of so manyjobs

in this country depend on tourists coming in from abroad. so in this country depend on tourists coming in from abroad. 50 it in this country depend on tourists coming in from abroad. so it does it ours, coming in from abroad. so it does it yours. simon! _ coming in from abroad. so it does it yours, simon! which _ coming in from abroad. so it does it yours, simon! which relies- coming in from abroad. so it does it yours, simon! which relies on - yours, simon! which relies on restriction free travel. thank you very much. in taiwan, 49 people have been killed and dozens have been injured in a train crash. officials said the train was travelling to taitung and derailed just north of hualien. the train derailed in a tunnel in the east of the country after apparently hitting a maintenance vehicle on the track. the accident comes at the start of a holiday weekend in taiwan, the traditional tomb sweeping holiday, which sees extensive travel across the island. 0ur taiwan correspondent cindy sui is in the capital taipei and she gave us this update. the latest we are hearing is that so far 49 people have been confirmed dead, another 159 people were injured and have been taken to hospitals. and also, around 249 people managed somehow to get out on their own with minimal injuries. the footages we see on tv showed

that these people were using mobile phone flashlights to find their way out of these dark train carriages in the tunnel. so the authorities are now still trying to make sure that there are no more people trapped inside these eight carriages of the train. we are getting some conflicting information — we are hearing that there are no more people inside but also ijust called the local fire department and they said there still might be some people inside but they might not be survivors. 0ur corresponded in taiwan. the headlines on bbc news: more than 70 mp5 launch a campaign against coronavirus vaccine passports, calling them "divisive and discriminatory". philippines, pakistan, kenya and bangladesh have been added to england's travel red list — international visitors will be refused entry, and british and irish citizens and residents will have to enter hotel quarantine. campaigners have started legal action against the government over guidance that bans care home residents in england aged 65

and overfrom taking trips outside the home. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's katherine downes. good afternoon. india cricket legend sachin tendulkar is in hospital, as his coronavirus symptoms have got worse. he tested positive six days ago after developing mild symptoms but after quarantining at home he has been advised to admit himself to hospital. he's now 47 and is test cricket's all—time leading run scorer, in a record 200 matches. his social media tweet thanked people for their wishes and prayers and says the decsion to go to hospital is out of an "abundance of precaution" and that he hopes to be home in a few days. rushing him our very best. ——

wishing him. the diving world cup in tokyo has been cancelled by the sport's international governing body because the organiser�*s planned covid precautions "will not properly ensure" athletes' safety. it was due to take place at the tokyo aquatics centre in just over two weeks' time as the final olympic qualifier and an official test event for the delayed games. in a letter seen by the bbc, fina also criticise the japanese government who, in their opinion, "did not take all the necessary measures to ensure successful and fair" competition. motor sport's new event extreme e gets underway this weekend, with desert x prix in saudi arabia. the series is all off—road and uses electric vehicles in order to raise awareness of climate change. and there's some big names involved, with fomula one world champions lewis hamilton and nico rosberg having teams and another former championjenson button getting behind the wheel again. there are some fantastic teams involved and obviously with nico and lewis running teams, it brings a lot of eyes to the category and what we are trying to achieve, which is fantastic. in terms of drivers, i have never seen so many all been

racing against so many world champions and most can race whether it is raleigh, dakar, or racing in the states, there are fantastic drivers and it will be a real challenge for all of us going up against each other. golf's first major of the year is underway — the women's ana inspiration in california. charley hull is in contention after the first round at mission hills. this chip in at the eleventh hole for an eagle helped her to a round of 69. she is three under par alongside fellow english players bronte law and georgia hall. they are tied for eighth, three off the leader thailand's patty tavat—anakit. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. see you then. campaigners have started legal action over government guidance that bans older care home residents in england from going on visits outside the home, despite lockdown restrictions being eased. visits are allowed in exceptional circumstances, says the government,

and that it is looking to open up more safe options. here's our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. after the toughest of years, care homes are slowly, cautiously beginning to reopen. nearly all residents have had at least one dose of the vaccine, and they're allowed a single named visitor indoors. but government guidance says a trip out is still too risky for older residents. and that's what's being challenged. a legal letter�*s been sent to the department of health and social care byjohn's campaign — which represents residents, families and friends. it argues that guidance in respect to visits out is unlawful, and that the ban on outings by residents aged 65 or over is in breach of human rights and equality laws. it also challenges the need for residents who have been out to self—isolate for 14 days, saying vaccinations and testing make it unnecessary. people living in care homes — people who are in the last period of their life — were actually deprived

of the simple pleasures of going for a walk by the river, going to a park, going out to see perhaps grandchildren playing in a playground. those simple pleasures which mean so much. in its guidance the government acknowledges that trips out are important for residents, but says it increases the risk of covid getting back into care homes. alison holt, bbc news. julia jones is the co—founder ofjohn's campaign, which is leading the legal challenge, and when i spoke to her earlier, she explained what the consequences might be for igorning the guidance. i think that would be perfectly ok. but i think care homes are in a very difficult position, because they are often caught up with problems with their local infection control officers and with their insurance companies. that's why although people say,

"well it's just guidance, it's not law," and i would agree with that in a positive way, it's very difficult for them to go against statements such as if somebody goes out they've got to self—isolate for 14 days, which is an absolutely ridiculous and punitive ask. it's hard for care homes to go against guidance. but care homes do need to be aware that there is a legal context and that is the equality legislation which does say you must look at people as individuals. and i'm simply amazed that in the 21st century, a civil servant could have sat down and written a bit of guidance that simply excludes everybody over 65, no matter what their state of health or mental capacity.

that's simply amazing. the word that's used is unprecedented. civil servants and politicians are trying to grapple with something that's so enormous and has killed so many people. surely it's better to err on the side of caution as we lift the restrictions? well, do we perhaps think everybody should carry on staying at home then? why should someone who lives in a care home be different? because we are talking about people, we are talking about something like 400,000 people who range from people who have simply gone in to live there because perhaps they have some illness like multiple sclerosis which means it's difficult for them to live at home but they've got full mental capacity. what are we doing to their human rights when we say, "actually, and you are living in a care home"? they went in there to live in a home with care. not to be imprisoned.

how necessary though is a legal challenge, given that the restrictions are going to be lifted? by the time you actually get to fight this in court, you will probably be at the other side, won't you? yes, i absolutely love the fact you said that. this guidance came out on march the 8th and it was very hasty. they didn't consult with anybody. i think they suddenly remembered, "oh, whoops, there's those people in care homes, we have forgotten them again," and so they brought this out on march the 8th without talking to anybody and people did make representations to the department of health and so we waited, hoping that they would just see sense and realise this is completely... it's objectionable, it's discriminatory, it's also unworkable. you can't keep putting people in the cooler for 14 days. so we hoped that they would get over it. but when i've heard the distress from residents, families, last weekend, when everyone else

was about to go out and jump in swimming pools and go and play golf and they said, "once again, our relatives have been forgotten." we thought, ok, we'd got this ready, we started the challenge actually before christmas. but then of course, things were different. so we thought, actually, someone has got to stand up and air this issue because it is a deprivation of liberty. the charity 0xfam says it has suspended two members of staff in the democratic republic of congo over allegations of sexual exploitation and bullying. the charity said the suspensions were part of an "external investigation" set up last november into the allegations. the charity was cleared only last month to resume applying for funding from the british aid budget, after claims of serious sexual misconduct in haiti. a little earlier i spoke to sarah champion, who chairs the house of commons international development committee. i asked what she thought

about the suspensions. when i found out about the allegations, i felt a deep sense of disappointment. i know that 0xfam, particularly in the last 18 months, has really been working hard to try and change the culture of its organisation to root out sexual exploitation, any form of intimidation and bullying, but then a report like this comes up and the allegations go back six years. the whistle—blowers kept on trying to come forward and report what they were seeing and what they were enduring and for whatever reason, itjust did not happen and it is just symptomatic of what we are seeing across the aid sector and until there is this change in the aid sector when it comes to protecting some of the most vulnerable people on the planet from any form of exploitation, i just think these stories will keep on coming and it is just so frustrating. 0xfam have said that the charity commission has been notified of the progress of this external

investigation and goes on to say we are acutely aware of our duties for survivors and supporting them to speak out safely. we are working hard to conclude the investigation fairly, safely. how damaging is it for the aid sector in the year when many charities have seen donations drop because of the pandemic? unfortunately, it will knock people's confidence and that is a great shame because the aid sector does the most amazing work. it gives people around the world prosperity and the future, but we have to accept these are incredibly vulnerable people and there is a massive power imbalance between the donors, aid workers and people in receipt of their support. so right from the very beginning of every project, safeguarding needs to be embedded and until we see that happening as an absolute automatic, until we see the very people that

are there to receive the aid being viewed as partners, as people that know best how to both invest the money but also build in the safeguarding, these scandals willjust keep on coming up and i do not understand why the aid sector as a whole does not address this once and for all. that is why it pains me that this has happened to oxfam, because i know they have been trying to really uncover all examples of where there are weaknesses in their system and change them and that is part of the problem. you have to accept that because you are dealing with vulnerable people, there is always the potential and it worries me more the organisations that are not looking for abuse. i think every organisation needs to assume there is that potential and do something about it. there is a statement from the government via the foreign and commonwealth and development office saying all organisations all organisations bidding for uk aid must meet high standards of safeguarding we require and do everything to keep the people

they work with safe. we regularly assess aid sector partners and expect thorough investigations whenever allegations are made. what more could be done to make sure these abuses do not occur? our search committee has now done two enquiries into safeguarding in the aid sector and the two things we keep on recommending that the government keeps on batting back are whistle—blower protections, so that there must be mandatory protections on all the whistle—blowers, and i do not understand the reluctance on this, because i have always been told that whistle—blowers are your canaries, they are coming to you because they care and they want to make

a difference, make the change to protect people, so why do not people embrace that and celebrate rather than trying to kick them into the long grass or get rid of them? that would be the first thing. the would be i think we have to have an independent to look into these, because it does expect either a survivor or whistle—blower to go to their own organisation to make these allegations and have the confidence that they are going to be dealt with in a fair manner, i think that is asking a lot, particularly when there has been historic abuse in that organisation. whereas if there was an independent organisation that could come in and look into this, and 0xfam did bring in external investigators in november for this case, then you get that impartiality. the survivors are more likely to speak to you, the recommendations are more likely to be seen as a true and just representation of what is going on and i think it is something that the government could then have much more faith in, rather than just expecting the organisations to basically mark their own homework. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello, quite a bit of dry and sunny weather to come through this weekend, but what will get you talking will be the second half of the weekend, when i see arctic winds

coming on monday and some of us will see a a few flakes of snow as well. no snow today, it is a case of plenty of eastern parts of england, one or two isolated showers and the vast majority staying dry, lots of sunshine in the west and west and north and with winds like to hear, with the sun on your back it will be quite pleasant, even after a chilly start, temperatures of 13 or 14 degrees, very nice for this stage in april. but cold wind, cloudy conditions, seven or 8 degrees at best three parts of the north sea coast. into this evening and overnight, cloud clears up for a time, returns cross good parts of england, cardiff and other scotland but clear skies elsewhere. much of scotland, northern ireland and western england and wales are susceptible to frost as we start saturday morning, but here we see the best of the sociable stop highs on saturday, but then cold again on monday. —— best of the sunshine.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... more than british 70 mp5 launch a campaign against coronavirus vaccine passports, calling them "divisive and discriminatory." philippines, pakistan,

kenya and bangladesh have been added to england's travel red list. international visitors will be refused entry, and british and irish citizens and residents will have to enter hotel quarantine. more than 40 people have been killed and dozens injured in a train crash in taiwan. 0xfam suspends two members of its staff in the democratic republic of congo following allegations of sexual misconduct and bullying. wildlife conservationists are warning people visiting the coast over easter weekend to keep clear of any seals they may come across and not disturb them. it's all part of a government—backed campaign by the seal alliance, which says getting too close can lead to seals being injured and even dying. john maguire reports. clearly fearful and distressed, a herd of seals is fleeing the land, heading for the safety of the sea.

it's not always an easyjourney, but seals can be spooked easily by people or their dogs getting too close. it's the youngest seals that are the most vulnerable, with only around a quarter of them surviving to adulthood. and as the latest lockdown restrictions ease, conservationists are asking people out walking on the coastline to give the animals adequate space. people can disturb them if they are awake and alert or they're moving, then they've been disturbed. and obviously the worst situations are when they crash off the beaches and rocks into the sea and they can damage themselves, cause themselves injury. and all the while that's happening, they're not getting the rest they should be getting. last year's first full lockdown has been credited as one reason why some colonies around our coasts have thrived — having been left alone for weeks on end. but the case of freddie the seal, who died after being attacked by a dog off the lead on the banks

of the river thames last month, has highlighted the potential risks to the wild animals of trying to live too close to people. john maguire, bbc news, tynemouth. sue sayer is founder and director of the seal research trust. thank you very much forjoining us. they are immensely attractive creatures. i imagine you can understand why people want to get up close, but what are the risks? the risks are close, but what are the risks? iia: risks are particularly close, but what are the risks? tia: risks are particularly for close, but what are the risks? ti2 risks are particularly for adult females in the summer, they will either be popping or be fattening up ready to have pups in the autumn. assad fact is that disturbed pregnancies —— ace weight and pups will die before feeding themselves in the winter.

the impact can be invisible and delayed. the impact can be invisible and dela ed. ~ ., ., the impact can be invisible and dela ed. ., ., , ., ., delayed. what sort of behaviour should we look _ delayed. what sort of behaviour should we look out _ delayed. what sort of behaviour should we look out for - delayed. what sort of behaviour should we look out for to - delayed. what sort of behaviour should we look out for to be - delayed. what sort of behaviourl should we look out for to be able delayed. what sort of behaviour- should we look out for to be able to tell whether a seal is distressed by the presence of humans? it’s a the presence of humans? it's a really good _ the presence of humans? it's a really good question _ the presence of humans? it's a really good question and - the presence of humans? it's a really good question and a - the presence of humans? it's a really good question and a key| the presence of humans? it�*s 2 really good question and a key thing is if the seal is looking at ua to whereof you and its next step will be to move towards the sea and go in the sea and what we want to do is really enjoy some magical, unforgettable moments with seals by staying back, watching from a distance outside, downwind, so they cannot see a saw smell us or hear us and we get to watch fantastic behaviour. we want people out and about, with a drone, doing sea activities, but keep a distance. if they look at you you have probably disturbed them. is they look at you you have probably disturbed them.— they look at you you have probably

disturbed them. is there a maximum distance we — disturbed them. is there a maximum distance we should _ disturbed them. is there a maximum distance we should keep _ disturbed them. is there a maximum distance we should keep away, - disturbed them. is there a maximum distance we should keep away, or . disturbed them. is there a maximum distance we should keep away, or a i distance we should keep away, or a minimum? the distance we should keep away, or a minimum? the wildlife safer accreditation _ minimum? the wildlife safer accreditation scheme - minimum? the wildlife safer accreditation scheme which l minimum? the wildlife safer| accreditation scheme which is nationally recognised advises 100 metres but that's not necessarily always practical. we have always said that the best thing to do is watch the seal�*s reactions. if it is looking at you, you are too close. it's a long way, 100 metres, you are not likely to see them unless you are equipped with powerful binoculars. there have been some terrible tragedies where seals have died. is thisjust terrible tragedies where seals have died. is this just a sign of increasing human pressure on the coastlines? i increasing human pressure on the coastlines?— coastlines? i think there are undoubtedly _ coastlines? i think there are undoubtedly increasing - coastlines? i think there are i undoubtedly increasing human pressure but most of that is unintentional. we are just getting out and about enjoying the beautiful coastline, and let's face it, at times like this we desperately needed to keep morale up. it's fantastic for us. all we're asking for people to do, if you care about

seals, you can start acting and doing something about it today by keeping your distance, staying well away and making sure that you are watching them and enjoying them without impact. then of course, you have referred to freddie, who very sadly had to be put down after he was attacked by a dog. dog owners understand how their dogs are going to react. however, that might be the very first seal they have ever seen in the naturally might react defensively. the best thing you can do as a dog owner is put your dog on a lead. other places people come into contact with seals are harbours which are very dangerous places for seals. so we asked people to practice tough love and never feed a wild seal and finally, good generic advice, leave only footprints. take everything home with you. so that we have no impact. basically, i think

any item on a beach is a threat to any item on a beach is a threat to any kind of wildlife, so please take everything home with you.- any kind of wildlife, so please take everything home with you. thank you very much- — online retailer boohoo is investigating why the same items of clothing were sold for higher prices across a number of its fashion labels. bbc jounalistjennifer meierhans discovered the problem when she bought the same coat as herfriend, but from different stores. the coat sold by coast was £34 more than than exactly the same coat sold by dorothy perkins. when i spoke tojennifer meierhans earlier, she explained what happened. ijust ordered a coat from coast and i spotted my friend was wearing what appeared to be the exact same one, but she said hers was from dorothy perkins. at full price, my coat had been sold at £89 and dorothy perkins had been selling this one at 55.

we started comparing them, looking at zips, buttons, the patterns of the padding, and when it came to the care labels, we found that they have the exact same product code. but part of the label that said dorothy perkins on hers was missing from mine. it looked like it had been cut—off. i went away and did more investigating and found that the whole range of coats in two lengths and different colours were being sold for different prices across a number of the brands that are owned by boohoo. including ones like oasis and warehouse. i'm sure you felt like you had been swizzed, what did boohoo say? when i put this to them, they said there had been a miscommunication and this wasn't intentional.

they told me that all boohoo's group brands work independently and teams are not privy to what is being bought and sold across other great bands. they said they have launched an internal investigation and they would be replacing the stock at the same price. what's the response been to you writing up the story? i've had quite a few messages on this story on twitter and instagram this morning. the founder of the resilience retail club consultancy got in touch because she was a former senior merchandiser at coast. she told me that if boohoo are going to buy the same stuff and slap different prices, then it is destroying coast's brand identity. she told me that coast used higher end quality materials and different construction techniques. so some of these coats have been reduced to £17, when you think they were originally retailed at 89. she is saying that coast could not have sold them for this price,

if it was a genuine coast item, because it costs more than that to make. others have got in touch to say that when they are buying a higher end product or paying more, they felt they are getting something that has been more ethically produced and they are concerned if it is being sold at £17 this is not the case. they have also questioned whether they are paying for the brand name when you can get the exact same item much cheaper elsewhere. it's just ten days now until the pubs in england reopen and you can sit outside and have a pint. so how have breweries been getting ready, and how are they working out what the demand will be, with plenty of restrictions still in place? phil mackie has been finding out. if you are saving your first point on april 12, it's a good chance it

will be from one of these casks. they have in making it the same way since the 19th century. hundreds of gallons of peer have been wasted. it has been almost impossible to gauge demand. it has been almost impossible to gauge demand. . , , has been almost impossible to gauge demand. ., , , , . demand. it was extremely difficult to fi . ure demand. it was extremely difficult to figure out _ demand. it was extremely difficult to figure out what _ demand. it was extremely difficult to figure out what and _ demand. it was extremely difficult to figure out what and when - demand. it was extremely difficult to figure out what and when to - demand. it was extremely difficult i to figure out what and when to brew. but having some knowledge of previous sales and trying to come to some kind of assumption on it was really using all of this to monitor things very closely. if it's been tough for the big brewers, it's been even worse for the small independents. last week, dozens staged a protest by pouring beer down the drain which was about to go off. out of date. going down the drain. a tragedy. the lincoln green brewery in hucknall has survived where others haven't. this has been the most challenging period of our entire existence and certainly my career to date. it has been mentally challenging and financially challenging for us.

will you survive? yeah, definitely. we will come out of the other side with a lot of battle scars. we came into the pandemic completely debt—free and we have essentially had to self—finance our way through all of this. 60% of pubs in england won't reopen on april the 12th, and most that do will be taking a risk. on days like this, the station hotel would normally be rammed with drinkers, but nobody can come until april the 12th. and, by then, the weather might be awful, which means it's impossible for the brewing industry and the pubs to plan for what's to come next. in well over a century, brewers like marston's have never faced a challenge like the pandemic, and they are desperate for things to get back to normal quickly. it's important that the industry recovers, because, ok, the pub isn'tjust a place for serving beer, it is the central hub of the community.

it creates thousands ofjobs, not only in hospitality, but also within the brewing industry and all the allied suppliers and traders. so the economic recovery of the pub is really, really important. the industry has taken a beating and is urging the government to stick to its road map and lift all restrictions byjune 21st. europe's vaccination campaign has been hit by delays and the number of infections is rising in many countries. lockdowns are once again coming into force, as governments take action against a third wave. for three days over easter, italy will enforce a total shutdown across the whole country. in france, new restrictions are being rolled out — with schools closing from next week and non—essential shops across being told to shut, and germany has extended its current restrictions until 18 april. professor azeem majeed is head of the department of primary care and public health at imperial college london and he gave me his thoughts on the number of cases on the continent.

it causes me great concern because the uk we have done very well in the last two months, we've brought the infection and the pandemic under control to a much better extent than it was at the start of the year but across europe we are seeing infection rates and in some countries ten times greater than the uk, further restrictions on people's abilities to mix outdoors and indoors so it causes concern because obviously the uk is very linked to europe in terms of business, its economy, travel, education, and so on. so there are risks if rates remain high and the uk remains low, we have risk of infection coming back to the uk from europe. even though the uk is further ahead with its vaccine programme than parts of the eu, much to the eu's annoyance? the uk has done very well with vaccinations so we have vaccines for over 30 million people

in the uk, at least one dose, so we are well ahead but it requires two doses to get full protection from the vaccine and it will take a further few months to achieve that so byjuly people should have had at least one dose and by september, everyone should have had at least two doses by then so we are not quite there yet, we are doing well but in a few more months we will ensure people are vaccinated fully from the infection. even with the vaccine roll—out going as well as it has done so far in the united kingdom, how anxious are you about the lifting of restrictions here? i think it's been a difficult year for people, the last 12 months. very hard with lockdown coming on and off. i think everyone is right to be cautious in lifting restrictions, we are lifting restrictions and we are allowing some outdoor mixing but maintaining limits on indoor mixing which i think is right to do. infection risks are much higher indoors than outdoors so i think mixing outdoors in small groups

is fine, i don't see any great risk from that if it's done sensibly and people don't break the rules. people must follow the rules on indoor mixing, that's quite the risk of infection is much higher than outdoors and so that's where the risk lies to the population going forward. what's your view of foreign travel to and from the united kingdom? how should that be controlled? clearly foreign travel is very important, last summer we saw a lot infection come back to the uk from places like spain and greece, people who went overseas on holiday, mixed in bars and clubs and came back with covid—19 so we need to be careful about travel this year, overseas travel, careful testing, maybe countries with travel corridors. countries that have lower rates of infection like the uk could have corridors with other countries with low rates, we may need vaccine passports to travel as well as proof of a negative covid—19 test so there are steps to make travel safer through the use of vaccination, vaccination passports and testing and quarantine and isolation

with additional barriers. and precautions from high risk countries. we can make travel more safe than it was last year and hopefully reduce the risk of infection to the uk from other countries. the headlines on bbc news... more than 70 mp5 launch a campaign against coronavirus vaccine passports, calling them "divisive and discriminatory." philippines, pakistan, kenya and bangladesh have been added to england's travel red list. international visitors will be refused entry, and british and irish citizens and residents will have to enter hotel quarantine. campaigners have started legal action against the government over guidance that bans care home residents in england aged 65 and overfrom taking trips outside the home. families bereaved by covid—19 have been painting a vast memorial wall in an "outpouring of love" opposite the houses of parliament in london. the moving tribute features a heart for every single loved one lost to coronavirus, and they're aiming to hand—draw150,000 of them. tim muffet reports.

you'd neverfind another woman like her. she had a heart of gold, she would help anyone if she needed to. she was my best friend. i'm very lost without her. violet died from covid last april. her granddaughter, courtney, still finds it hard to believe she's gone. like, i'm still convinced i'm going to run down the stairs and she'll be at the street door. i'm still convinced i'll hearfrom her. but this is... it's therapeutic. each heart is individually drawn for each person that has obviously lost their life. the first hearts were drawn on monday. the aim is for 150,000 to be added to represent the total number who've died so far in the uk with covid registered on their death certificate.

when you drew that heart for violet, for your nan, what was going through your mind? everything — all the memories we had together, all the times we shared. my nan was a proper london girl, she loved her city. so keeping my nan here, she'd love it. not only is this mural opposite parliament, where it will be visible to mp5 — it's also outside st thomas' hospital, where borisjohnson was treated for a severe bout of covid last year. but organisers insist it's not a political statement, but a memorial — a striking representation of lives lost. i lost my mother — my dear, sweet mother — just before new year's eve. very sweet, sweet woman. had a lot of life in her yet. she was an nhs nurse most of her life, and then moved to marie curie and worked there. she was also a samaritan. just the sweetest woman, always gave more than she took.

it's a memorial, it's full of love, it's full of the people that are going to be forgotten. 50, neil, you've already done a personalised heart, but you're doing others, as well. yeah. why is that? um, well, i think not everybody can make it here, can they? people have died all over the uk and not everybody can get down. i'm lucky i only live, you know, about an hour away so i come down and do as many as i can. and just doing it's been wonderful. just — it's been horrible, painful. had a few tears. but, um... it helps. hand—drawn with love — for every heart, there's a family mourning a life lost. lost, but not forgotten. tim muffett, bbc news.

ahead of the busiest gardening weekend of the year, leading retailers are still failing to stop the sale of peat in compost, despite it being a key carbon sink. a survey by the wildlife trust of the 20 leading sellers including b&q and wickes showed they are either failing to meet previous commitments to stop the sale of peat to gardens or refusing to give targets. the restoration of peatlands is seen as crucial to mitigating the effects of climate change and helping to stop flooding. i spoke to the garden designer diarmuid gavin, and he started by explaining what exactly a carbon sink is. it's a storage for carbon and bogs in these islands and around the world are the biggest carbon storage features that we can have. in all the trees, in britain, germany, france, combined don't do the job that our bogs do

and we are all aware of the importance of, you know, storing carbon so it's really important we look after these bogs, it's also really important that we garden and we welcome people into gardening this weekend. so many new people have got into it during the last challenging year. we want to make it easier but it would be great if all gardeners just ask the question, is this plant, when i go to my garden centre, if i go and buy that plant, has it been grown in peat? is that compost peat—free? if we garden with our environment, we will do wonderful things. it is barmy to dig up something and then stick it in your own garden when it could be better off in situ? it's a really interesting point you make. when i go and buy a bag of compost, i make sure it is peat—free, but i never think to ask about what the pot plants have been grown in. that's exactly right. that's a lemon scented geranium.

fantastic thing. this is a banana plant. i could see from the lemon scented geranium, i left it for a couple of days and did not water it and it's light and it's dried out, peter does not retain moisture very well. this has been grown in a different mix. and if we educate ourselves just a little bit, that's a peat—free mix, if we educate ourselves just a little bit, we all bit, we all buy peat because the horticultural industry has run from peat, it's a magnificent growing media, it doesn't contain any nutrients but it's great for the plants to lock into. however, it isn't sustainable. there is very easy things you can do, first, ask the question, were the plants grown in peat, do your bit that way. the other thing you can do is make your own. this is compost that i made.

i have may be an average sized garden, maybe slightly bigger than an average sized garden and all my green waste goes into it a heap. and it reduces down to this beautiful, crumbly stuff. have a go. it's so easy, cooking your own compost is as good as the bake off! how long does it take to make your own compost, because it's not a quick fix, is it? there's all sorts of different ways you can do it, sometimes you shove it in a plastic bag and make a, black plastic bag, and the sunlight doesn't get into it and it decomposes fast, it's a bit messy to use. mine takes about eight months for good, crumbly stuff to emerge. it is easy. i will do something on my instagram later and show people how to make it but it saves all the green stuff from my garden, or the uncooked stuff from the kitchen, vegetables, it's been shipped off, going into landfill, where itjust produces methane gas and it does no good for anybody. all the resources that

you produce in your garden, we have this thing called the chelsea chop, traditionally, after the chelsea flower show perennials that have flowered would be cut down again, all of that sort of stuff, it produces an enormous amount of green waste. make lovely compost with it. but always ask the question. our bogs are mystical things, filled with habitats, different animals, flora and fauna. and if we look after them, they can take tens of thousands of years to form. if we look after them, they help stabilise the water, they help prevent flooding, they store the carbon, they are just lovely places to visit. it's nothing new. i remember when i was growing up i heard about david bellamy having done his thesis on boglands. he was making us aware of it way back then but now, it really is time for gardeners and people new to gardening

to do their bit. and customers have a huge amount of power, don't they, in refusing to buy stuff and then they won't stock it but i have to ask you a question that's come into my earpiece. what about ericaceous compost? that's for things like camellias, isn't it? lime hating plans. does that contain peat? yes it does. lots of down below the purple one, that is earlier. that is in flower at the moment. we also maybe shouldn't think, maybe we should garden with our soil and our environment, and have a neutral to limey environment, maybe that's what you are based. maybe you should grow plants that are suitable for that. maybe pots and containers, there are other acidic soils available out there. and there are preparations you can buy to help keep it acidic. but i would say, garden with your environment, garden with what you have grow plants that really want

to grow where you are. and maybe, stop thinking we are allowed to grow everything. good advice. i was really worried i was going to talk to you and you weren't going to get your hands dirty. but you did. you didn't let me down. i can't keep away from this. i know. it's like orange juice with the little bits in it. it's fantastic. it's like bake off. ijust had a quick look. bbc gardeners world website also has some advice. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. if we had not had the early warm speu if we had not had the early warm spelljust if we had not had the early warm spell just a few days if we had not had the early warm spelljust a few days ago, i think most of us would be pleased with the weather story across the easter weekend. lots of sunshine at the moment as you can see from cumbria just a few hours ago. west is best in terms of sunshine, you can see

stubborn cloud across the far north and east of scotland and eastern england. more of a breeze here dragging more ice moisture from the north sea. keep that sunshine and temperatures 13 or 14 will feel pleasant enough. more cool when you factor in the wind. the wind will drive in more cloud overnight, where we keep clearer skies particularly northern ireland and scotland temperatures likely to fall awake close to freezing. it will be charlie start a saturday morning but that's where we are likely to see the best of the sunshine. hopefully some of the cloud will fend or break across england through the day. largely dry across the country temperatures peaking at 16 for scotland. cooler along the exposed east coast. the tables turn into

sunday. the start of the cold air arrives to scotland with the weather front pushing from the north. that means england and wales will see the best of the century medway we have had cloud across eastern england we could see temperatures peaking at 16. all change sunday night with those weather fronts pushing steadily south. introducing the cold arctic air. that will sweep right across the country and that means easter monday will be noticeably different to the feel of the weather. sunny spells and scattered showers but they will be wintry almost anywhere could see fleeting glimpse of snow. not too much to settle. top temperatures struggling, particularly with the wind at will feel very cold for this time of year. just to summarise, for this easter weekend, dry start and not going to be too bad for a few days

but easter monday will be much colder with some snow.

a group of more than 70 cross—party mps launch a campaign warning against coronavirus vaccine passports in england. they say any demand to prove vaccination status to access jobs, businesses or hospitality services like pubs would be "divisive and discriminatory". we're talking about having to show paperwork within the uk to go to the pub, restaurant or a hospitality venue. that is a draconian measure we've never seen in this country. the government says no final decision had been made on covid certificates. also in the programme: more than 40 people have been killed after a packed train with hundreds on board crashed in a tunnel in taiwan. the challenge for breweries amid a warning that only 40% of pubs

in england are likely to reopen on 12th april.