0h, live tv, here we go. and on the night glenn close tied peter o'toole for having the most acting nominations without ever winning, eight, she showed she wasn't too downhearted by taking part in a film quiz and doing a dance. there were british wins in eight categories. emerald furnell was nurse patsy in calld the midwife emerald furnell was nurse patsy in call the midwife and camilla in the crown. now an oscar winner for best original screenplay for her female revenge film promising young woman. i'm trying very hard not to cry which is very difficult as an english person because we don't cry ever, ever. good night. all in all it was a very strange and rather muted oscars. hollywood will be hoping they can leave the train station when normal service is resumed next year. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell.

good afternoon. so much dry weather so far this april, still a lot of sunshine across the uk at the moment, but we do have some rain in ourforecast for the next moment, but we do have some rain in our forecast for the next few days. not a lot but hopefully at least some for almost or regions of the uk. the trees are blossoming beautifully at the moment. if you suffer from a tree pollen allergy, the levels are high. elsewhere they are a moderate, but lowerfor northern scotland where the rain is washing the pollen out. this afternoon dry and sunny across england and wales. showers in the west. the problem with the showers is you cannot bang on exactly where we will see them, so there will be dry interludes between them and not all areas will pick up on the rain. that chance of rain extends its way further south across the uk as we move overnight into tuesday. more

clout and a stronger breeze to the north and we lose the risk of frost. but gardeners in southern england, particularly the south—east and east anglia, the award again, the temperatures will drop below freezing. this area of low pressure will take a tour around the uk for the next few days and on tuesday it drifts further south, eventually trying to get towards the south—west of england. on tuesday onshore winds for eastern scotland and a lot of cloud and rain and feeling chilly and those conditions extend down the north sea coast into north—eastern england. towards the west it is still showers, so the rain is hit and miss. a chance for northern ireland northern england and wales on tuesday. a lower probability of showers getting into the south—west during daytime. 16 in london and just seven in aberdeen with the cloud. mid week it looks like the greatest chance of seeing some rain

will be for wales, the midlands and the south—east of england and by thursday the locals away towards the continent and it looks like wednesday into thursday it should be the turn of east anglia and the south—east to see a reasonable risk of getting some rainfall. towards the end of the week the showers then at once again. they will be well scattered and with dry weather we will be pulling in some chilly air. it is that the air that we take with us into the start of the bank holiday weekend. a reminder of our top story... pressure mounts on borisjohnson over who funded the refurbishment of his downing street flat, as labour demands an inquiry. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are.

good afternoon, it's 1:30pm and here's your latest sports news. the bbc can confirm reports that thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira are joining spotify co—founder daniel ek�*s bid to buy arsenal. it's after fans called for current owner stan kroenke to leave the club. fans gathered outside the emirates last week to protest at arsenal's involvement in the failed european super league, with many calling for kroenke to sell. lifelong arsenal fan daniel ek, who's the co—founder and chief executive of the music streaming service spotify, is reported to have been in talks with former players thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira to help him purchase the club. well, one of the potential bidders, thierry henry, says social media companies are still doing too little to tackle racism, harrassent, and bullying. henry recently closed all his social media accounts, and this weekend, a coalition of english football's largest governing bodies and organisations will go off—line in a show of solidarity against racism. it follows boycotts by swansea,

birmingham and rangers. we can now all be together and ask those big companies what they are going to do about it, because they are doing so little to tackle racism, harassment, and getting bullied. the issue is not only about racism, but since we're talking about the game and racism, obviously we are going to stay in that topic, in that subject. but i hope that it is going to have an impact on this company, and they're going to come out with some real ideas. several australian cricketers have joined the india all—rounder ravi ashwin in leaving the ipl amid rising coronavirus cases in india. adam zampa, kane richardson and andrew tye have ended their season early to return home. at the moment, the ecb are not aware of any england players planning to leave the ipl. dozens of former elite rugby

players, and a number of former professional footballers, are to participate in a study to investigate if they're more vulnerable to dementia than the rest of the population. they'lljoin an existing scheme which tracks the brain health of a0 to 59—year—olds and looks for early warning signs of the condition. former wales international shane williams is taking part. over the course of my career i certainly took knocks to my head. i played on the majority of the time and, you know, you weren't really educated about it so the test by very difficult and you didn't know what the results were going to be either. i got to mention the family, my grandmother passed away two years ago so, yes, it was quite a scary time but i was determined to get involved in these studies because, like i say, i want to educate people. i didn't want to scaremonger. you know, i love rugby and a love contact sport and my children play contacts built so, you know, ijust wanted to make sure i knew a lot more about it moving and i could educate people about it as well.

the four remaining quarterfinal places will be decided today at the world snooker championships in sheffield. world number onejudd trump is looking good in his match against david gilbert, he started the session in the last hour with an 11—5 lead, needing just two frames for victory. these are live pictures from the crucible. gilbert, the world number 15, won the first frame of the session, so it's now 11—6 in trump's favour. on the other table, stuart bingham leads jamiejones of wales 11—6. there's live coverage on bbc two, and both matches are streamed on the bbc sport website and app. ben ainslie�*s great britain team won the opening event of sailgp season in bermuda after beating australia in the podium race. it was tough for many of the boats, including that of the us team, which had a nerve—wracking collision with the japan team in the first race of the day. in the end, great britain crossed the finishing line in the decider, just four seconds ahead of australia.

the aussies had taken four of the previous five races, before ainslie�*s team were victorious in the winner—ta kes—all final. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the supply of vaccines to the eu. eu commission has confirmed it has begun legal action against astrazeneca over vaccine supply and a spokesman for the commission says it is over alleged breaches of

regulations for supply of the vaccine. the two sides had thorny exchanges over vaccine supply and they have been in dispute over the matter for several months. we they have been in dispute over the matterfor several months. we have also heard a statement on the issue from astrazeneca which says it regrets the decision to take legal action and it goes on to say that following an unprecedented year of scientific discovery very complex negotiations and manufacturing challenges, our company is going to deliver 50 million doses by the end of april and this is in line with our forecast of april and this is in line with ourforecast and of april and this is in line with our forecast and they go on to say, it is a lengthy statement but i will tell you they go on to say astrazeneca has fully complied with the advance purchase agreement and it will strongly defend itself in court. it believes that any litigation is without merit. that news just in.

the uk's forensic sciences system must undergo urgent reform or risk crimes going unsolved, and an increase in miscarriages ofjustice. that was the view of an inquiry led by the house of lords science and technology committee, which will be debated this afternoon almost two years after its report was published. experts fear a lack of funding and oversight is leading to forensic evidence being under—utilised and misinterpreted in court. ruth morgan is the director of university college london's centre for the forensic sciences. she was was also a specialist adviser to the lords committee , and a little earlier she spoke to my colleaguejoanna gosling. i think what we saw, as the committee heard the evidence across that very significant enquiry of over a year, was that the evidence really did paint a very worrying picture and i think that the fact that urgent action was called from the word ad individually is nine times in the report you get a sense of the significant challenges and

concerns that were raised. what concerns that were raised. what im act is concerns that were raised. what impact is having _ concerns that were raised. what impact is having on _ concerns that were raised. what impact is having on justice? - concerns that were raised. what i impact is having on justice? well, i impact is having on 'ustice? well, i think what was — impact is having on justice? well, i think what was interesting - impact is having on justice? well, i think what was interesting about i impact is having on justice? well, i l think what was interesting about the evidence that was heard was that it was looking at the entire forensic science system so it was looking at not only the police but in the courts and the signs that really underpins forensic science and i think the real challenges that we are seeing is that forensic science is suffering from being very fragmented across the police, the courts, the markets, the science that underpins it. very piecemeal approach when it comes to who is accountable and responsible for ensuring forensic science is delivering what it needs to. when talk about forensic _ delivering what it needs to. when talk about forensic science, - talk about forensic science, forensic evidence being underutilised and misinterpreted in court, i mean, obviouslya considerable weight is often given to forensic evidence as incontrovertible evidence. what are the concerns around that? i incontrovertible evidence. what are the concerns around that?- the concerns around that? i think there are a _ the concerns around that? i think there are a number _ the concerns around that? i think

there are a number of _ the concerns around that? i think| there are a number of challenges. certainly we've seen significant cuts across police but also in the legal system so the police are facing very significant challenges when it comes to identifying what materials to sent for analysis and what analysis to do. we are seeing challenges within the legal system, with legal aid cuts and making sure that it with legal aid cuts and making sure thatitis with legal aid cuts and making sure that it is possible for defence to get access to forensic services to get access to forensic services to get access to forensic services to get a second opinion when it comes to a piece of evidence that has been presented by the prosecution and i think this all really resonates with something but the forensic science regulator has been about over a number of years which is it is under resourced and need wholesale changes to ensure that not only is forensic science identified as being useful, and used appropriately, it also gets to court with a science that underpins it so we can taper what it means. one particular issue we have often seen is that it is fantastic

the way that we have the technologies available to find material to generate a profile but bills need to know how did the dna get on the weapon, when did you get on the weapon? there is a critical question when it comes to understanding for the daddy and he is pertinent and useful and whether it is going for reconstructing the events of the crime. i5 it is going for reconstructing the events of the crime.— events of the crime. is this damaging _ events of the crime. is this damaging faith _ events of the crime. is this damaging faith in - events of the crime. is this damaging faith in forensicl events of the crime. is this - damaging faith in forensic evidence? there are concerns raised as to what degree we can go forward. they are seeing an incredible challenge when it comes to evidence. it needs to be addressed so we can build the capability of producing 2406 science. —— make digitalforensic

science. —— make digitalforensic science. because of the impact of the cuts that we have seen. so it is a really significant issue and there are lots of cases in which the forensic science evidence is very clear and it is very helpful. it is when things have some uncertainty and ambiguity such as when the dna get there as opposed to whose dna is it that we are challenges and those are the things that we need to be booked at and these are the recommendations that the committee made in terms of having some form of oversight across the whole forensic science ecosystem to have some accountability for ensuring we can have trust in the forensic science system. have trust in the forensic science s stem. ., ., , have trust in the forensic science s stem. . ., a, ., have trust in the forensic science s stem. . ., ., system. that was ruth morgan from university college _ system. that was ruth morgan from university college london. - system. that was ruth morgan from university college london. let's - university college london. let's take a look at the headlines now. the headlines on bbc news. the prime minister is under mounting pressure to explain how he paid for the refurbishment of his downing street flat. the head of the uk civil service will be questioned by mps this afternoon about the allegations of misconduct by the prime minister — made by his former adviser dominic cummings. india's health service struggles

to cope after a fifth consecutive day of record covid infections and deaths — as other countries including uk and the united states send medical aid. music therapy has long been used to help people with down�*s syndrome. and as people find ways to deal with the current pandemic, a congolese fitness coach has been using african beats in his classes for people across the uk who have the condition. nicolas n goce reports. an online fitness class originally from the democratic republic of the congo, today there are special guests. people from across the united kingdom who have down syndrome. they are approximately 30,000 people in the uk with the condition.

through my fitness i am just trying to positivity to everyone. because i believe that everything happens and we need to adapt and to always take everything in a positive way. 0k? yes, i'm good. i am enjoying myself. 0k. i like the whole of the energy and i love the drum kit. - can you show me what was your favourite move? i think possibly the run. i like the music. very interesting. i've never heard before i but now it is really good. did you find it easy? i find it easy, yes. i asked how this could help the members lift their spirits during the pandemic.

people love the music and that is why at the association we have been running live disco is that this latest lockdown for people to come together and enjoy music. it is so important to keep active. the congolese coach wanted to help others during the pandemic as his younger brother also has down syndrome. i have two brothers. one is a football player and my little one who is living in belgium and he has down syndrome. when i work out with people who have down syndrome they remind me of him and then i care a lot. it was a strong night for british talent at the oscars this year — my colleaguejane hill and the film criticjason solomons have been looking at the winners

and losers on the night. the father started life as a play has been staged in many countries including the uk, and has been adapted for the screen by sir christopher hampton, a former oscar winner and now he has got a second one for best adapted screenplay and hejoins us this morning. thank you so much. you probably have not had a lot of sleep, so i am even more grateful that you are joining us and many, many congratulations. yes, ifeel a bit remote, as if i have pulled an all—nighter. it is not your first experience of oscar success so what does it mean to you take this? oh, well, it is absolutely marvellous. i mean, it is a very small, modest film and i think none of us were expecting this, really. although we had hoped,

certainly that it would go to anthony hopkins who i think is really giving one of his very best performances ever. and you've worked with anthony hopkins before, of course, and am i right that saying that the director you've worked so closely with, particularly wanted him for this role? yes, he had an obsession about it. he thought that anthony was the only actor who could do the piece justice and so we even called the character anthony since we were transferring in from paris to london. and then we sent him the script. and the rest is history. did you write with anthony hopkins in your head debate? because we know his cadences so well, he's been on our screens all their lives in a way. did you think, he would love to say this dialogue?

i did write with him in mind. i think it is something dramatic writers often do. they often do have an actor in mind. it does not mean you are going to get the actor that you have in mind but it is very helpful to have somebody�*s voice in your head. the process, i'm interested in turning it from a very successful play into a film. it is striking that this year we have had quite a lot of stage plays end up as screenplays now as well, particularly one night in miami. how do you avoid that criticism that can be levelled of that film was a bit stagey. how do get around that? it was difficult with this one and normally you are told, the wisdom, received wisdom is that when you adapt for cinema you have to open it out but in this case we, you know, when we were talking about it before we started writing we decided to,

you know, open it in you might say. we decided to keep it very much inside the character's head. and make it as claustrophobic as we possibly could which is kind of not what you would, what your first instinct might be but i think it did turn out to be a good choice. what was it like down at the bfi southbank last night? i saw you on your red chair sitting there. it looked strictly distance. it was strictly distanced, yes. no alcohol. you have had no champagne? i am afraid to say i took a hip flask with me. good for you. not for nothing did he write a atonement. he is already atoning. distanced, i have to say it was extremely ardent nonetheless, you know, exciting. you said right at the beginning that you are sort of delighted at what you have called a smaller

film, perhaps, is done so well. is this a year for smaller, not smaller but more or more contemplative films to really shine through, because we are watching films in a very different way for obvious reasons. yes, i think you're right, it does seem to have changed the landscape in many ways. of course, also and very positively it is a much more diverse array of choices this year and i think that is the result of some real rethinking and serious reconsideration by the various authorities, by the academy and by bafta. have you got the oscar yet? i believe it arrives

in 7—10 working days. don't let them leave it beside the bids. many congratulations again. thank you for speaking to us after only a few hours sleep. that is so good anthony hopkins's performances because most people would have loved to have voted for chadwick boseman but when you see his performance, forget all the politics of our diversity and whatever, that is a great actor at the top of his game playing a magnificent performance, very important performance which will open up most peoples understanding of dementia and what it means to family and the themselves. it's the closest i've ever seen to explaining what is going on when it is happening. it is why they have talked about the difficulty of getting finance for ability but thought it was a difficult topic for people. it is so much about love

and patience and kindness that that is what comes over the screen rather than oh, dementia is horrible. it is brilliantly done. i think it is the best film of the year to be honest. hard for viewers to judge because lots of people have not seen it. go to the cinema to watch this because we need to get people back in. as you can see last night lacked a certain something because there is no buzz this year. very different, isn't it? let's see a little of sir anthony hopkins speaking from his homeland in wales. good morning. here i am in my homeland in wales and at 83 years of age i did not expect to get this award. i really didn't. and i am very grateful to the academy and thank you and i want to pay tribute to chadwick boseman who was taken from us far too early,

and again thank you all very much. i really did not expect this. so i feel very privileged and honoured. thank you. really lovely. and mentioning chadwick boseman. his performance, his father was welsh and this is about his father as much as he says he is embodying his dad. wales really informs this and the weather in wales, talks about the rain coming in and it is one of the most personal performances of his life because he is talking through his own father so very apt that he is in the bucolic hills of wales there. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello again. after all of the dry weather so far this april finally things are changing for the week ahead. we have some rain in ourforecast.

i think almost all areas should see some. perhaps not much for the southernmost counties and through the remainder of monday, we are going to see some very wet weather across eastern and more showery. this weather front pushes its way down through england and into wales and produces a few showers as well. with the breeze we will get our highest rainfall totals but across the northern half of the uk with the will of the cloud will be a milder start to tuesday. the south, though, we're still looking at frost across southern england and particularly for the south—east. here, though, through tuesday, the best of the sunny weather and it looks as though it will remain dry as well. elsewhere, much more in the way of cloud around and showers from many areas. perhaps just a view for the far south—west of rain along the north sea coast and eastern scotland, actually here 7

degrees in aberdeen. our area of low pressure since its way southwards for wednesday. things clear up somewhat across scotland and the brighter chance of seeing some showers across wales and south—west england and into the midlands for wednesday. still pretty elusive across the south—east, just the odd shower breaking out here. much drierfor scotland but we will see some showers coming in across the tops of the mountains the air is cold enough that we could still see some snow, and chilly down the north sea coast and as the slow eventually pulled into the continent wednesday into thursday looks like cement of england and the ruler with a true north—easterly wind coming in off the north sea and it drags us into arctic air. isobars open up. we could see showers developing by day. they could be slow—moving. the other theme that will be a talking point with light winds and clear skies by night is the risk

of fairly widespread frost. certainly something for gardeners to keep in mind.

this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie. the headlines: pressure mounts on borisjohnson as his top civil servants face mps over who funded the refurbishment of the downing street flat and other matters. the prime minister responds to criticism of his integrity. if there's anything to be said about that, any declaration to be made, that will of course be made in due course. if there is a straightforward answer, well, give it. and if there isn't, then, there are very serious questions to be asked. as india records a grim world high of daily covid—19 cases for five straight days, doctors say people are dying on the streets outside hospitals. the european commission begins legal action against astrazeneca, over alleged breaches of its contract to supply