if suv drivers were a country, they be seventh in the world for carbon emissions. people choose different cars for different reasons. it might be style. it might be safety, it might be seating position. indeed it might be size. if people have got a big family they want a bigger car. if they want to tow things, they might need a bigger car. but not all suv cars are bigger and dirty. some of the cleanest cars are now coming in the style of suvs. that means electric suvs. but they are only part of the solution. they waste energy dragging tonnes of steel with heavy batteries through city streets. like this electric hummer, based on an american army truck. it is a beast. banning advertising for suvs would help, campaigners say, just as adverts for smoking are banned. it won't work motoring groups warn.

they say people are buying suvs for all the space inside and because they are good to drive. roger harrabin, bbc news. time for a look at the weather...here�*s nick miller. the spring warmth of last week now a distant memory. frosted this morning especially in england. —7.5 degrees at this weather station in oxfordshire. you would have to go back 25 years to find a colder eight might add that weather station but spare a thought for the people of slovenia at —21 this morning, a new national record in that country. things about briefly a little less cold. temperatures below for the time of year but that becomes less blue for the next couple of days and then blue again into the weekend. we

are losing at briefly because low pressure is turning the wind to a less cold direction for the next couple of days but connected to the low pressure of this cold front moving south at the end of the week without a gap following behind and further wintry showers in northern scotland. the moment still some showers but these are fading and we had some sunshine to start the day. plenty of cloud around this afternoon so feel even colder today if anything with temperatures struggling to meet single figures. for northern ireland we have some rain moving in this evening. that moves into scotland preceded by some snow. and not as cold but still parts of england, wales and eastern scotland still cold enough for some frost going into the morning. tomorrow a lot of cloud around again with some sunny spells. some patchy rain as you can see but wettest in

the north—west of scotland and strengthening when he was well. it is that less cold air coming in from the west along with these brisk and strengthening westerly winds but temperatures because of that a little bit higher. just getting back into double figures for some. that is going to change and this cold front continues to push further south overnight into friday. struggling through england and wales with some rain but by then northern england, northern ireland and scotland brighter but back into that artic area with some snow showers. so sunny spells and acute wintry showers at the weekend. and the return of widespread overnight frosts. gardeners beware. a reminder of our top story... a third coronavirus vaccine — by the american firm, moderna , is being rolled out in the uk. that's all from the bbc news at one —

so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. manchester city midfielder kevin de bruyne has signed a two—year contract extension with the club, keeping him at the etihad until the summer of 2025. hejoined in 2015, and he's made over 250 apperances, winning seven major trophies — and they're in with a chance of taking four more this season. de bruyne is 30 now, and he said he couldn't be happier. ifeel proud because i have been here now for six years and, obviously, this feels like home.

it has been the longest time that i have been at the club. to get the extension now, at my age, feels also like a very proud moments because, obviously, it means that they trust me until i get really old in football terms. there's one more english side still to play in the champions league — he scored in the champions league last night. there's one more english side still to play in the champions league — chelsea take on porto tonight, having lost for the first time under manager thomas tuchel at the weekend. they were thrashed 5—2 by west brom but their champions league form has been exceptional, topping their group without losing a game and knocking out spanish league leaders atletico madrid in the last 16. the challenge is to be totally focused on our strengths and to play an intensive game and to narrow the focus down into 45 minutes and then another 45 minutes. then, we will see what results we get and how we will deal with it in the second leg. england manager gareth southgate will return to his old home ground for their two warm—up matches ahead of the european championship. middlesbrough's riverside stadium

has been selected as a covid—secure venue to stage the games against austria and romania in the first week ofjune — and there could be fans there, if the easing of lockdown goes to plan. the riverside last staged a senior england men's international in 2003, when southgate was playing for middlesbrough — and he started a centre—back in a 2—1 win over slovakia. the final of the world snooker championship is set to be played in front of a capacity crowd on the 3rd of may. it's one of the pilot events designed to find ways to get fans back safely, without social distancing. the crucible can hold 980 spectators, and the plan is for it to be a third full for the opening round, increasing as the tournament progresses. face coverings will be required in the venue and fans will have to take a covid—i9 test before arriving, and another five days afterwards. there'll be a major name missing when the masters

gets underway tomorrow, and that's tiger woods, who's still recovering after his car crash. he's been an inspiration to many players — none more so than his friend rory mcilroy, who recently learned a big lesson about how woods managed to win as much as he has. i went over to tiger's house a few weeks ago to see him. and in his family room he's got his trophy cabinet. and it is his 15 major trophies. and i said, "that's really cool, where are all the others?" he was like, "i don't know." "what?" he goes, "yeah, my mum has some, there's a few in the office, and a few wherever." so then i went, i was driving home and i was thinking, i mean, he thought that, right, that's all he cared about. so how easy must that have felt for him to win all the others? if all he cared about was four weeks of the year, the other stuff must have just been practice. australia's women have extended their one—day international winning streak to 23 matches, after beating new zealand in tauranga to clinch their series with a game to spare. they posted 271—7 from their 50

overs, built on rachael haynes�* 87 before bowling out their hosts for 200, spinnerjessjonassen taking three wickets as the white ferns lost seven for just 80 runs. australia haven't lost a one—day series since they were beaten by engand in 2013. there's more on the bbc sport website, including a statement from liverpool on the racist abuse some of their players received in the run up to last night's champions league defeat to real madrid — they describe it as "abhorrent" and say they're working with the relevant authorities to identify and if possible prosecute those responsible. that's all the sport from me. i'll see you again in the next hour. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. it's fair to say we will be

talking quite a lot about the coronavirus vaccine, all the vaccines, over the next few hours. we have seen them a donorjab, made by an american company, used in the uk for the first time today, rolled out in west wales and eventually going to other areas. that began the roll—out today. what we have learnt in the last hour as there is going to be a briefing this afternoon. the uk's medicines regulator, the mhra, is to hold a news conference at 3pm, giving an update on their investigations into the 0xford—astrazeneca vaccine. we think we will hear more on that. so it's the mhra i along with the joint committee on vaccination and immunisation. it's after concerns about potential links to rare blood clots.

so that is all happening here at three. we also know that in continental europe, the european medicines agency is going to be outlining its recommendations at some point this afternoon as well because it has more to say about the distribution of that jab. because it has more to say about the distribution of thatjab. so all of that coming up. we will bring you that coming up. we will bring you that use briefing as soon as it gets under way. that use briefing as soon as it gets underway. it that use briefing as soon as it gets under way. it is due at three o'clock. in light of all of that, worth hearing more from... my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to sir kent woods, who's a former chief executive of the mhra. he said trust in regulators was vital for public confidence in vaccines. it's very clear from everything i've seen and read that the risk of this thrombotic complication, blood clotting, if it is in fact cause and effect linked to the vaccine, is very, very much lower than the risks associated with coronavirus infection itself. and we must bear in mind, too, that covid—19 infection does carry with it a very considerable

increased risk of clotting events. yes, let's talk about cause and effect, because for example, as you say, covid itself can cause blood clots, so if someone gets a particularjab and then goes on to develop a blood clot it could be because of the covid not because of the jab if, for example, the jab hasn't had time to build up to give that person any immunity yet. that's right. the problem with assessing these reports is that they are so very rare that they are almost at the limits of what is detectable as a potential adverse drug reaction. and the difficulty is that the scientists face on this include, firstly, as we've said, that coronavirus itself commonly causes thrombotic problems. and, secondly, we don't actually have very good data on what the occurrence, what the natural occurrence is of these rare thrombotic events in the unvaccinated population. now, what we've heard, and we don't have a great deal of detail about the cases

where people have developed these blood clots after the vaccination, is the profile of these individuals, we are looking at probably younger people and more probably women, aren't we? yes. the initial report that came out of germany was striking in two respects. as you say, this appeared to be confined almost entirely to women. i think, of the 30 or so cases only two were men. and the age distribution was also strikingly young, that is to say 60 i think was the oldest patient. so these are two characteristics which are not easy to explain. one wonders about the possibility of an interaction with something else like, for instance, the oral contraceptive pill, because that also has a low risk of blood clotting complications. there's something odd about the distribution of these events in relation to age and sex,

and there is a lot about this we don't understand, but none of the national data has shown anything other than an extremely rare event. and, obviously, as you say, there is something odd about the distribution of age and gender, so that is something regulators will be looking at exceptionally closely. do you think in the meantime that it is the right move to have suspended — or paused, i should say — the trials on children of the astrazeneca jab? well, clearly it's important to have consistency in the scientific assessment. i think the mhra has got access to very good expert advice. it's important to emphasise, as your previous report did, that there were no events arising in this trial to cause the trial to be paused. but since we are expecting the mhra, and i think also the ema, to come up with another review of the data, it is extremely

cautious and prudent to pause trial recruitment until we have that opinion. it is important to note that the ema and the mhra and the world health organization have been consistently of the view up until now that the benefits of this vaccine far outweigh the risks. bearing that in mind, thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation have said that it might be better to halt the roll—out for younger people until the safety of the oxford astrazeneca jab is certain and she talks about public confidence. is there a case for doing that to ensure that the public�*s faith and the public�*s confidence in this vaccine keeps pace with what the science is telling them. public confidence is critical in this, so i am very pleased and the data that i have seen that the public confidence in the vaccine in general seems

to be holding up very well in this country, in contrast to what has been happening in mainland europe. i think it's important to have a consistent scientifically informed opinion on this and the processes which are carried out by the mhra are continuous. this isn't a one—off. this is a continuous monitoring of all reported events and establishing their significance. i think we should, as the prime minister was suggesting, we should go by the regulators on this because it's the best informed that we are going to get and i think that in itself is the best thing we can do for public confidence. and do you believe that the roll—out of the vaccine programme and both pfizer and astrazeneca is so advanced in the uk already that there is a body of evidence therefore the public to keep that confidence going? absolutely. the success of the vaccination programme speaks for itself.

it is still relatively early days but there is pretty good evidence that the roll—out of the vaccine has made a serious impact on mortality from coronavirus. it has been a great success and we mustn'tjeopardise that by overreacting to these rather rare events. the main public health problem is to get this virus down as quickly as possible and to prevent, for instance, the emergence of further variants. it is a critical public health issue that the vaccination programme rolls through to its completion. that is the overriding safety concern. we are waiting to hear, of course, from the uk regulator. we are waiting to hear a 3pm and for pm in local time from the european medicines agency on their latest examination of the oxford astrazeneca jab but why do you think there is a difference of opinion

at the moment between the uk regulator and individual governments in a number of eu countries, who have decided to either pause the use of this vaccine or say it shouldn't be used for people of a certain age group? well, the striking thing there is not the discordance between the mhra's position and the position, for instance, in france and germany, it's the lack of liaison between the european medicines agency, which is supposed to be the coordinating voice for european drug safety, and the member states. we have seen a number of member states, almost all member states going their own way in the face of clear ema guidance, and this has done nothing at all for public confidence in europe. we know that from the outset, there has been high levels of vaccine scepticism in france and to some levels in germany and that has been exacerbated by the contradictory and sometimes conflicting statements coming out

of these countries that may or may not be based on best science, but certainly are not following the line agreed by all member states when they sit round the table at the european medicines agency. so, if anybody is waiting to get their first vaccination, which may be the oxford astrazeneca or indeed their second vaccination and they are thinking, there are other vaccines coming on stream all of the time, should i hold out for one of those? these are the questions that people will be asking. what is your advice to those people today, sir kent? well, i can only say that the relations of mine have been going to get their vaccinations and i have no concerns about them getting the astrazeneca vaccine. i'm far more concerned about them not getting a vaccine and catching the infection itself, which is a totally different risk profile to anything that might emerge from the latest analysis of the astrazeneca vaccine.

he is the former chief executive of the mhra, and the briefing involving the mhra, and the briefing involving the mhra, and the briefing involving the mhra is due here at three o'clock this afternoon. that will be taking place at the same time as a briefing from the ema. it is going to give its assessment later on this afternoon of the astrazeneca vaccine. anna holligan has more from the ema's headquarters in amsterdam. so we are expecting updates from the ema's team that specialises in adverse reactions. these vaccines are seen as the way out of the pandemic, but only if people have enough confidence and faith to actually take them. so, you will remember last month the ema issued guidance which said the benefits of taking the oxford astrazeneca jab outweighed the potential risk of side—effects. they also said any causal link between these extremely rare blood

clots and the vaccine were possible but not proven, and the evidence suggested that people should continue to take it. we've seen governments across the eu adopting different approaches though — some, including here in the netherlands and across the border in germany, have paused the use of the astrazeneca jab among the under—60s. in france, it's the under—55s. so what we are expecting from the ema today, they have continued to investigate the data as it emerges from around the world, and we are expecting an update on whether there is a possible link and whether they may update their guidance to list blood clots as among the side—effects, and then it will be up to the eu governments to decide what to do with that information. but it hasn't helped with the public confidence issue — that is one of the main obstacles here on the continent, along with the supply of these vaccines. so the ema guidance is expected this afternoon, eagerly anticipated

by governments and people who are looking for reassurance and clarity too. at the moment, the advice from the european medicines agency remains, if you are heading into the surgery today and you are offered the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine, then take it. just a reminder, we are waiting for a briefing at three o'clock this afternoon. we will be hearing from the deputy chief medical officer for england, jonathan van tam among others. they will be full coverage here on bbc news. now let's talk about something entirely different. what you know about this? what do a peaky blinders themed bar

and a custom—built yoga studio have in common? they're both contenders to be named "shed of the year". graham satchell has been to meet the people whose humble shed is their pride and joy. we don't like to call it a shed. it's wooden—built, but it is a yoga and pilates studio, which is where i teach and work. i'd have said probably for 15 years, over and over, "i would love to have my own studio, i would love to have my own studio," and, ta—da! my husband goes, "hmm, ok." so began a mammoth lockdown project. geraint has spent most of the last year building a yoga studio for his wife, mel, in the back garden. it's been incredibly enjoyable, hugely satisfying to be able to stand in the kitchen window and look down and see

something that i've created myself is just fantastic. the finished studio has underfloor heating, wi—fi, sound and vision. it's allowed mel to do her classes online. mel started doing yoga to help her cope with postnatal depression. it's been a huge saviour for me. and if i can help transfer that to others, then fantastic. what would it mean to you if you were to win shed of the year? it would be crazy. to have created this and thenjoin the shed pantheon would be fantastic. it really would. to see it on a computer and develop it into 3d and show me what could be... amazing. it's absolutely incredible. i couldn't be more proud. and eternally grateful. it's really quite tremendous, yeah.

we always knew that the first name for the bar had to be something to do with peaky blinders, and that's why we called it mick and sue's peaky blinders. the fact that sue is actually in love with cillian murphy. he's a good—looking lad, isn't he? got to say that. cheers! mick and sue's peaky blinders shed pub has been a lockdown labour of love. it helped the whole family get through the last year. having the kids here with us all through the lockdown meant that we could all support each other and we could all love each other. and we knew we were all safe. and we knew, you know, most of all that we were playing by the rules, which was very, very important to us. it's been an escape away from the house, to come into here just to chill and relax

and feel as though you're in a different world, basically. and when the bars do open up again, we don't want to go out. we're happy here. we're happy staying in our own bubble here and socialising this way. seeing patients go through covid has been very challenging. it affects you every day you come home from work. and you absorb that. so it's about how do i manage myself, and prepare to go in the next day and do it all again? so, hence, the shed. diane's shed has become a haven from the outside world. she is a frailty nurse caring for patients in care homes. it sort of puts things in place, and you canjust sigh a relief and say, right, i can do this again tomorrow,

i can go back into work with that smile on my face and nurse my patients. it's a bit of a joke with my son, my teenage son, who says, "where's mum?" to dad, and dad says, "oh, she's away with the fairies." it'sjust, yeah, it's a comfy, cosy place to be. i call it scribbles, i do scribbles in my shed. i'm not an artist, you know, i'm nowhere near, but it's just that mindfulness, if you like, ofjust doing something that i enjoy that i can just distract from everyday, what's going on in the world. how do you feel about being on the shortlist for shed of the year? it's a bit mad! i'm quite honoured, actually, because it'sjust a humble ten by eight shed. yeah, it's a really weird feeling, actually, shed of the year. but it's just my cosy space.

that is the story we are all talking about here today! now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. last night was another very cold and frosty night for the time of year, particularly so in england where the temperature fell to —7.5 degrees celsius in oxfordshire. and that's at benson in oxfordshire, and for this particular weather station it represents the second coldest april night on record. you have to go back a quarter of a century here to find a colder april night. but of course we are all very much in that chilly air with the wind is coming down from the north. look out in the next couple of days, something less cold coming on less cold westerly winds. it does mean though, a bit of rain and more cloud around. in fact, for many of us today it is cloudy compared with the last few, and even where you start with some sunshine the satellite picture is showing cloud increasing. most places though with a dry

afternoon, still a few snow showers brushing the far north and north—east of scotland. we'll see some rain washing in towards northern ireland as we go into the evening. temperatures though still very much rooted in single figures. after that chilly start, just a few sunny spells still around going into the evening. but we will see that rain into northern ireland pushing into scotland overnight, parts of wales and the western side of england. towards the far south and east of the uk, this is where you will still have some clear spells and temperatures will still get low enough for a touch of frost, though not as cold as recent nights. and where you've got the cloud and the rain to the west, this is where temperatures will be a good few degrees above freezing to start the day. now, tomorrow will be a wet day in north—west scotland, some patchy rain for northern ireland. for england and wales though, east anglia and south—east england will stay mainly dry, still with a few sunny spells here. these are your westerly winds tomorrow, so again that less cold direction allowing temperatures just to creep back into double figures for many of us. now, as we go on into thursday night

and friday, here's another change. here's this area of rain moving southwards, this is a cold front. behind it, then, the return of colder air. that area of cloud and rain making slow progress southwards through england and wales on friday. northern england, northern ireland and scotland with the brighter skies, yes, the chance of a few wintry showers in the return of that colder air, and snow showers peppering northern scotland once again. into the weekend, many of us with some sunshine, a few wintry showers, but a complication coming with an area of low pressure bringing the potentialfor some rain towards the south and east of england on saturday.

each i'm jane hill. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines. in an hour, the deputy chief medical officerjonathan van tam will hold a briefing on possible links between the astrazeneca vaccine and blood clots. you can watch it here live at 3pm. it comes as the uk now has its third coronravirus vaccine. the first doses of the moderna vaccine have been given in wales — with a 24—year—old carer the first to receive it. brazil records more than 4,000 covid deaths in 24 hours, its worst day since the start of the pandemic. its health system is overwhelmed. a study of us patients suggests people diagnosed with covid—19 appear to be at greater risk of developing conditions including depression and psychosis.