so could he outdo even the great jack nicklaus and become the oldest masters champion? like jack, he'll have his son on the bag as caddy to his daddy. to have a chance to break one of his records would be very special. it's amazing that, you know, i'm old enough to have my son on the bag and still be competing in these tournaments and having sam here to enjoy the experience with me. i have to close his mouth every now and again when we're going round, you know — he loves it so much. this week will be missing the ultimate master — woods�* car crash means there will be no tiger at augusta. but you can find other big beasts — bryson dechambeau's pursuit of power is changing the sport. where the massive gains will be is in athletes. i think once you get somebody out here that's a seven—foot—tall human being and they're able to swing a golf club at 145 miles an hour effortlessly, that's when things get a little interesting.

so one day there might be giants here — there have always been heroes and demons — and to watch them this year, patrons. unlike last year, the gates will be opened and the masters will seem more familiar, but augusta is a place that should never feel normal. patrick geary, bbc news. time for a look at the weather — here's nick miller. a little less cold out there today, especially where we are seeing sunny spells. especially where we are seeing sunny sells. ~ , , , ., especially where we are seeing sunny sells. ~ , ., spells. multiple seasons in a day in scotland. spells. multiple seasons in a day in scotland- in _ spells. multiple seasons in a day in scotland. in the _ spells. multiple seasons in a day in scotland. in the east, _ spells. multiple seasons in a day in scotland. in the east, 12 _ spells. multiple seasons in a day in scotland. in the east, 12 degrees . spells. multiple seasons in a day in | scotland. in the east, 12 degrees at the moment, in the west, raining, and this weather one takes rain south—west across scotland during today. but it is a cold front, arctic air following on today. but it is a cold front, arctic airfollowing on behind. that is winter coming back, notjust in scotland but that will move south across the uk, just in time for the weekend. a cold weekend to come. here is the rain from that with a front in scotland, moving into northern ireland this evening. for england and wales, some sunny spells, some patches of rain in

north—west england, showers developing wales and southern england. the westerly wind is picking up all the while. particularly so after this whether frank moved through in scotland. just focusing here this evening we could see some potentially disruptive gusts in the northern isles of 60—70 mph, with northerly winds driving in snow showers to northern scotland, with some accumulations even to lower levels by morning, and i see in places too. this evening the renault clio northern ireland, pushes across northern england overnight into wales in the middle is by morning. to the south, temperatures staying above freezing but where are you are in the morning, northern england, ireland and scotland, it will be frosty again. but there will be morning sunshine. the chance of picking up a wintry showers tomorrow of sleet, hail and snow, especially in northern scotland. wales come across the midlands to east anglia and southern england, plenty of clout, some showers gradually working their way southwards, and the arctic are not quite and yet, so some of those reaching in yet, so some of those reaching in yet, so

some of those reaching in yet, so some of those reaching into double figures. that is our friday shapes up. into the weekend, sunny spells and wintry showers for most although this area of low pressure brings the potential for some this area of low pressure brings the potentialfor some rain this area of low pressure brings the potential for some rain on saturday to some areas of southern south—east england. still something to play for an hour north that is going to get to for clearing on sunday. so here's the latest idea of where the rain might be, but keep checking back for updates. there was a hint of some sleet or snow on its back edge before it clears, although not guaranteed. elsewhere, sunshine and a scattering of wintry showers, and cold, although not particularly windy so that is a plus point and on sunday, pretty much all in the same boat. you may catch a passing wintry showers, some pleasant sunshine around, but it is going to be called, and gardeners take note. over the weekend, even enter the start of next week, we are expecting widespread frosts, before temperatures try to return at least closer to average as we go to next week. . ~ closer to average as we go to next week. w' ., ~ closer to average as we go to next week. w ., ~ ,, closer to average as we go to next week. w' . ~' ,, , closer to average as we go to next week. w ., ~ _, , .

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. the early starters are out augusta national for the masters, golf�*s first major of the year. it's back in its original april slot — and the course is looking spectacular. there'll be around 12,000 fans there every day to enjoy it. it was far more forgiving for the players when it was played in november last year, but the fairways and greens will be firm and fast again. former world number one greg norman told us why augusta is so special. when you play a round you've got to be precise. the flight of the golf ball has got to be perfect, the spin has to be perfect. you don't know

exactly the green complexes. you've got to landed in a three by 3�* square, every shot you hit. that doesn't mean you are aiming at the flag every time. it is unique in that regard. the french open will start a week later than scheduled, it will run from the 30th may to the 13th ofjune. tournament organisers at roland garros say they want the largest number of fans to be able to attend, and with france in a third national lockdown, moving the championships will give them the best possible chance. this will impact on the grass court season in the build up to wimbledon. the lta say they are looking at the implications for their events and if they need to make changes to the calendar. swansea city say they won't post anything on social media for the next seven days, to take a stand against continuing online racist abuse. three of their players have been targeted recently, and swansea say the entire first team squad, academy professionals, their women's team and club staff will not post content on any channels for the next week.

the captain matt grimes said has called on social media platforms to do more and says, "as a close and diverse group of players, this is something we all feel extremely passionate about." there's more european football this evening, the quarterfinals of the europa league get underway. arsenal are at home in the first leg against slavia prague, a team who have knocked out both leicester city and rangers in this season competition. mikel arteta's side were heavily criticised after their 3—0 defeat to liverpool on saturday. we have to respect every opinion. and when there is criticism coming after the web we played against liverpool, we have to take it on the chin because it is fully deserved, any criticism we get. it is now time to respond, it is time to talk on the pitch and show what we can do,

which when we are at full gas, is a lot. manchester united travel to southern spain to face granada, who have been impressive in their first season of european football. ole gunnar solskajer is still looking for his first trophy as united manager, and the europa league looks like the last chance to win one this season. if you get the chance to play in a quarterfinal in europe for a man united, every player knows this is a massive game and it's an important game for you. and for me as well. i'm the manager and i know that of course it is just of the first half two leg affair, but it is a big for us. sarah hunter will play her first england game for 13 months, when they face italy on saturday in the women's six nations. she comes straight back into the side and will reclaim the captaincy after recovering from a hamstring strain and also nerve damage in her hand. she's one of ten changes to the side that beat scotland last weekend. in a revamped format for the six nations, the red roses will reach the final

of the tournament if they beat the italians in parma hunter is really excited to be back. our england medical team have been absolutely brilliant. they have got me to the best people, they have given me the best programmes and i have been supported so well, that actually we did get to the bottom of it eventually added took five months to do so, but it has now allowed me to do so, but it has now allowed me to be back where i am. and yeah, backin to be back where i am. and yeah, back in a white shirt, which is everything. back in a white shirt, which is everything-— back in a white shirt, which is eve hina. , ., ., ., everything. there is a lot of live sort everything. there is a lot of live sport going _ everything. there is a lot of live snort going on- _ everything. there is a lot of live sport going on. the _ everything. there is a lot of live sport going on. the aintree - everything. there is a lot of live . sport going on. the aintree festival building up to the grand national on saturday, is under way. the field has just been confirmed. those early starters at augusta in the first round of the masters. ian woosnam

and sandy lyle getting going. an update in the next hour. thank you. olly foster with all the latest sport. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. i amjane hill. we will start with a major story this afternoon in northern ireland. politicians from all sides have condemned the latest rioting in belfast, during an emergency meeting of the northern ireland assembly. eight police officers were injured and a bus was set on fire when violence broke out in the west of the city, on both sides of a wall between loyalist and nationalist communities. the northern ireland secretary, brandon lewis, is flying to belfast for talks with political leaders. speaking at a news conference this afternoon, assistant chief constablejonathan roberts from northern ireland police service said the scenes last night were absolutely disgraceful. he has appealed to anyone

who was on a bus which was later set alight to make contact with police if they haven't already done so. last night, from 5pm onwards, we observed there was large crowds of several hundred people gathering on both sides of the gates in west belfast. over the course of the hours after that, the crowds grew in number. and attacked each other with multiple petrol bombs, multiple missiles, including masonry and fireworks. and also attacked to police, who were endeavouring to restore order to the area. these scenes that we saw were absolutely disgraceful in terms of the serious criminal acts that were being carried out and the violent disorder that was taking place. and it needs to be condemned in the strongest

possible terms. in the wider area we also saw a bus being hijacked on the shankill road, which was an extremely distressing incident for the bus driver and the people on the bus at the time. and i would appeal to anyone who was on the bus, who has not yet spoken to police, to make contact with police in order that the incident can be thoroughly investigated. we also had two other vehicles that were set on fire and pushed against the gates at a time where they were also forced open. crowds from both sides incurred through the gates and attacked each other. inaudible. what we saw was a mixture of young people and adults, but there were certainly some children present who we would assess as being as young as

13 or 111, who were encouraged and supported by adults who stood by and clapped and cheered. there were certainly people involved in those who were not part of paramilitary groups. there were children, as i said, who took part, and there were other adults. and i know that what took place does not represent the wider community. either on springfield road or on the shankill road. and whether or not paramilitary groups were involved, there will be a full and thorough investigation into the circumstances of what happened last night. and of the previous five nights. we now have a total of 55 police officers injured and it's very, very lucky that nobody was seriously injured and killed last night, given the large volume of, in particular, petrol bombs that were thrown during the disorder. and all of the circumstances will be the subject of a full investigation. and anybody

who engages in such behaviour can expect to be arrested and remanded into custody, and they can expect to be placed in front of the courts due process. you can't confirm there were paramilitaries involved? i can't confirm the — paramilitaries involved? i can't confirm the involvement - paramilitaries involved? i can't confirm the involvement of - confirm the involvement of paramilitaries, but the orchestration of last night's disorder and in previous nights, remains the subject of investigation. remains the sub'ect of investigation.h remains the sub'ect of investigation. remains the sub'ect of investiuation. ~ ., , ., ., i, , investigation. what is your analysis ofthe investigation. what is your analysis of the fact that _ investigation. what is your analysis of the fact that the _ investigation. what is your analysis of the fact that the violence - investigation. what is your analysis of the fact that the violence took i of the fact that the violence took place at an interface? who was responsible? and was this an attempt to create a sectarian dimension to what is happening? 50. to create a sectarian dimension to what is happening?— to create a sectarian dimension to what is happening? so, last night of the disorder — what is happening? so, last night of the disorder was _ what is happening? so, last night of the disorder was at _ what is happening? so, last night of the disorder was at a _ what is happening? so, last night of the disorder was at a scale - what is happening? so, last night of the disorder was at a scale we - what is happening? so, last night of the disorder was at a scale we have | the disorder was at a scale we have not seen in recent years in belfast or further afield. not seen in recent years in belfast orfurther afield. the not seen in recent years in belfast or further afield. the fact it was sectarian violence, there was large groups on both sides of the gates.

again, that is something we have not seen for a number of years. we do believe that there was a level of preplanning. we don't, by such volumes of petrol bombs and fireworks without preplanning. so there was a scale of planning and orchestration. that was jonathan roberts, orchestration. that wasjonathan roberts, the assistant chief constable of the police service of northern ireland. the northern ireland secretary is en route to belfast and he will be holding talks later this afternoon. doubtless much more to come from their later in the afternoon. let's hear more now about the welsh labour party's launch of its election manifesto. first minister and leader of welsh labour mark drakeford focused on the party's efforts against coronavirus, and he began with a warning. coronavirus is not over. the sober warning from the experts is that unless we continue to act carefully, there is a very real risk that we will see a further wave of infection.

the welsh labour government will go on using every ounce of experience, understanding and commitment to keep you and your families safe in the weeks and months that lie ahead, and we will go on doing that until this pandemic is firmly behind us. but that can only happen with a vote for labour in every part of wales on the 6th of may. a vote for welsh labour is a vote for ambition too — am uchelgais hefyd — ambition to move wales forward and to put us firmly on the road to recovery, a future that is fairer, stronger and greener — dyfodol swy�*n techach, gryfach, a wyrddach. a wales grounded in our values of cooperation not competition, taking care of one another, not divided against each other. a wales in which no one is left behind and no one is held back.

the manifesto we launched today is ambitious, radical and credible. credible because of our record in government. every promise we make in this election has been tested and costed. if we say we will do something, we know that we have the powers to make it happen. if we say we will invest more funding, we have identified a credible way of doing it. our pledges for 2021 focus on the key challenges which face us here in wales. support for our nhs and our schools to recover from coronavirus with a budget to catch up on things that have been lost, paying the real living wage to our amazing social care staff, guaranteeing the pandemic will not create a lost generation of young people here in wales, and playing our full part in that

other great crisis of our time, the climate emergency, by preventing more plastic pollution and creating a new national forest for wales. and we will do so much more — this manifesto sets out how. as we rebuild our health service, we will do so from the values which are so important to us here in wales. no tax on illness in wales, no extortionate car parking charges every time you need to see someone in hospital. in welsh labour, we will make sure the nhs gets the investment it needs in the new buildings, in the new treatments and the new workforce we need today and for the future. mark drakeford mark dra keford launching mark drakeford launching labour's manifesto for the elections on may the 6th. before we heard from mark

drakeford, we were talking about the continuing violence in northern ireland and the emergency session at stormont that we saw this morning. just a couple of comments coming through from secretary of state brandon lewis. we have been telling you that he is on his way to belfast. i am assuming from what i am reading that he has landed. in fact, just the first comments coming through say he will do all he can to continue to facilitate constructive discussions in northern ireland and confirming, as we know, confirming he will be meeting community, faith and political leaders over the course of this afternoon. he says he joins with the northern ireland executive in calling for calm. that is after many nights of violence. we would be talking much more about that after two o'clock. those initial comments from a brandon lewis and doubtless more from him later in the day. now, back to coronavirus.

ministers are continuing to reassure the public about the safety of the astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine, after the official advice changed to say that adults under 30 should be offered an alternative jab. the medicines regulator, the mhra, said the evidence had been "firming up" that a link exists between rare blood clots and the vaccine. astrazeneca says it is working with officials to try to understand what is causing these "extremely rare events". alison astles' brother neil died on sunday from a blood clot on the brain. he had been given the astrazeneca vaccine. he was 59. she urged other people to continue to have the jab and said her brother had been "extraordinarily unlucky". she's been speaking to my colleague annita mcveigh. he had a vaccine on the 17th and probably about a week or so later, he started getting

headaches which didn't go away and he started feeling sick as well, which again didn't go away. after about eight days of this, he got to the stage where he was starting to lose his vision and my other brother took him to a&e on friday night, and a scan there revealed a huge blood clot and bleed in his brain, so he was transferred over to icu where, unfortunately, he died on sunday evening. i am so, so sorry. what have you been told about any possible link between the vaccination and his death? the coroner is still preparing the report on this, so we are awaiting that, but we were told by the clinicians at the time, who were superb with us, i have to say, that they were 99.9% sure this was due to the covid vaccine and my brother's patterns of blood

results mirrored the cases of the previous cases that we have had in the uk as well, so it is very strongly suggestive that this was due to the covid vaccine. what is your reaction to that? do you think that neil would have... ..if he thought there was the slightest possibility of him becoming ill, let alone anything worse, that he would have thought twice about having the vaccine? i think the picture is very complicated because, as a pharmacist myself, i understand about vigilance processes and i understand about the work of the mhra but the human being, the sister in me, still feels absolutely furious and very angry that this has happened to my brother. i sat yesterday and watched professor van tam on the news at three o'clock giving the information about the vaccine and the risk of clots versus the risk of suffering from covid and it

occurred to me that i was very much in the place where i should speak out about this because that is not statistics and theory for me, that is actually what has happened to our family. but despite what has happened to neil and the impact on ourfamily, i still strongly believe that people should go ahead and have the vaccine. if you have had one dose, go ahead and have your second. if you haven't had your dose yet, make sure that you do because overall we will save more lives by people having the vaccine than not. the risk of a clot is very, very small and my brother was extraordinarily unlucky, but even given the situation our family is in, i would strongly encourage everybody to go ahead and have the vaccine. the other point i would just like to raise too is that people should be aware of symptoms. so if you do have a headache that lasts for longer than three or four

or five days or sickness, then please do seek medical advice if you have had a covid vaccine within the last month. particularly, i'm a pharmacist, community pharmacists i think should be asking the question if people go to pharmacies, "have you had the covid vaccine in the last month?" that is the important messages that i would like to get across really. make sure you do have the vaccine. and i know that you strongly believe that what has happened to neil, for you to talk about his death and get this message across to other people means that what has happened to him, that he hasn't died in vain. if we could save one life, one otherfamily, as a result of this, then that would be worthwhile. that is really why i am here today talking to everybody. and as a pharmacist, you will have had the vaccinations yourself already, both of them, i presume. i've had one. i will definitely have my other.

0k. ijust wonder, as you say, the sister in you is incredibly sad, incredibly angry, a lot of people will look at you now and wonder how you can find it within yourself to say to others go ahead and have the vaccine. i think it's because i'm a strong believer in evidence—based medicine, in terms of following the evidence that we have around the vaccine and the evidence that we have is that we will save more lives if people do take up the vaccine than if they don't, so that really is the message that i would like to put forward. you are very clear that these clots are incredibly rare and you are very clear that the benefits outweigh the risks, aren't you? absolutely, absolutely. we all saw what professor van—tam described on the news yesterday at three o'clock and i fully support his messages in that, even in the depths of our shock and grief about the loss

of our brother. more lives will be saved by people having the vaccine than not. that was alison astles whose brother neil died of a blood clot after having the astra zeneca vaccine. much more coming up from two o'clock. we will have more from northern ireland and talk more about vaccines generally across europe. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. it is feeling a little less cold out there today, especially where you have been seeing some sunshine. multiple seasons in a day, though, in scotland. a hint of spring after the past few cold days across eastern areas with some sunny spells. rain, though, in north—west scotland from this weather front which is moving southwards across scotland today with the rain. and the much colder air following on behind, the wind picking up as well,

back to winter with arctic air and snow showers in northern scotland tonight. the front with the arctic air following spreading south across the uk just in time for the weekend. here is the rain from that weather front moving further south across scotland and into northern ireland by this evening. ahead of that, some patches of rain, more especially towards north—west england, the chance of a few heavy showers running out of south wales and into south—west england. you can see these temperatures into double figures but also the colder air moving in across scotland behind the rain with the showers turning increasingly to snow across northern scotland into tonight, turning icy in places too, and very windy — in fact, for the northern isles, some potentially disruptive wind gusts of 60 to 70mph before they slowly ease tomorrow. for the rest of the night the cold front will move out of northern ireland, northern england and across parts of the midlands, wales and into east anglia. temperatures holding up with the cloud across much of england and wales but frosty again where it is clear in northern england, northern ireland and scotland

to start the day tomorrow. again, icy patches with the snow showers in northern scotland, there could be the odd wintry shower elsewhere in northern ireland and northern england. from the wales, midlands and east anglia, southwards the cloud some patches showery rain spreading a little bit further south and temperatures for some, the further south you are, still into double figures. we are into the arctic air over the weekend but into thatjust this weather system across southernmost parts on saturday and clearing on sunday, delivering some outbreaks of rain, still a lot of uncertainty about how far north across southern england and into east anglia that is going to get, there may be the potentialfor a bit of sleet and snow on the back edge before it clears away going into sunday. but for much of the uk on saturday and indeed and sunday too, it will be sunny spells, there will be a scattering of wintry showers around — what does that mean? it could be some sleet, hail, perhaps some snow out of the showers at times but with those sunny spells in between. what is for sure, though, it is going to be a cold weekend to come with widespread frosty nights.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the health secretary insists the astrazeneca vaccine remains safe, after experts found a potential link to extremely rare blood clots. we know the roll—out�*s working, we know the safety system is working and we are on track to meet the goal of offering to all adult by the end ofjuly and the speed of the roll—out will not be affected by these decisions, so, you know, when you get the call, get the jab. the sister of a man who died from a blood clot after taking the astrazeneca vaccine urges people to continue having the jab. we will save more lives by people having the vaccine than not. so the risk of clot is very, very small and my brother

was extraordinarily unlucky.