tonight at ten proceed with caution. the minister say ending all. government plans on track. we hope to be able to protect with two doses all 1—9, all the over—sos, before the 21st ofjune. the government says it's now considering compulsory vaccinations for all nhs and care home staff.

also tonight... "a crime against humanity." the conmen offering fake oxygen and fake drugs to the desperate in india battling covid. borisjohnson ties the knot in a secretly—planned wedding to carrie symonds, at westminster cathedral. and women's world number two tennis player, naomi osaka, is fined and faces expulsion from the french open for refusing to speak to the media. good evening. the government says it will be cautious and look at all the data before deciding in two weeks�* time whether to stick to it's road map to end all covid restrictions in england onjune 21st. the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, insists it's too early to speculate

about whether the final step out of lockdown will go ahead as planned, but an acceleration of the vaccine roll—out programme will be important. the chief executive of nhs providers says "very few" coronavirus patients in hospital in england have received two jabs, suggesting a double dose of vaccine can provide "very high" levels of protection. with more, here's our health correspondent, catherine burns. a critical incident for the south western ambulance service — not because of coronavirus, though. there are just 13 covid patients in hospital there, but the system is dealing with a backlog in cases and a busy bank holiday weekend, so people are being told to only call 999 in an emergency. we're expecting to see around 3000 calls a day across the south—west, and that's a considerable amount for the resources that we have available to us. it's notjust one region, though. health bosses are warning about universal pressure on the nhs across the country.

we've got these big care backlogs that we're kind of trying to get through as quickly as possible, and we're tackling the most complex cases to start with, and that means that those patients need to have overnight stays, because they're difficult cases. hospitals say those complex cases are often simple problems that got worse over lockdown, so patients can need more complicated treatment and longer stays in hospital. wesley vernon was diagnosed with cataracts three years ago and is still on a waiting list. it's steadily getting worse, it is an insidious thing, it has sort of crept on, and i've had the surgery cancelled several times, and ijust don't know what's happening, which is quite frustrating. but at the same time as the backlog, the nhs is still running that race — vaccine versus variant. we're six months in now, and the government has a new, speedier ambition. we hope to be able to protect with two doses all 1—9,

all the over—505, before the 215tjune. we will, you know, make sure we vaccinate at scale. but, and here's the important thing, we will share the evidence with the country on the 14thjune. those dates are key becausejune 14th is when the government will tell us if the next stage of opening up will happen in england onjune 21st. at that point, they'll want to meet four tests before going ahead. the first test — is the vaccine roll—out going well? the second — are vaccines stopping people getting sick or dying with covid 7 the third test is about infection levels. are they getting so high they're putting too much pressure on the nhs? and the final test is about new variants of concern. are they changing the risk level? those first two tests about vaccines are being met so far. some parts of the country like bolton and blackburn had seen the biggest increase in cases linked to the indian variant. even in those areas, though, hospitals aren't seeing a huge spike in covid patients. really, though, we need to wait

a few weeks to see if the next stage of opening up will be affected or not. catherine burns, bbc news. 0ur health editor hugh pym is here. the possibility of compulsory vaccinations for nhs staff and care home workers, how controversial could that be?— could that be? potentially, quite controversial. _ could that be? potentially, quite controversial. you _ could that be? potentially, quite controversial. you look - could that be? potentially, quite controversial. you look at - could that be? potentially, quite controversial. you look at the i controversial. you look at the figures, 90% of nhs staff in england and wales have had a first dose. we don't have figures for scotland and northern ireland but you might say why not 100%, given the extremely sensitive jobs they have come nhs staff dealing with patients? that is why ministers say they need to ask the question, should it be mandatory? it has been put out to consultation and they say there are other examples, for example surgeons who have hepatitis bjabs. but if you look at some who haven't had the jab in the nhs perhaps it reflects questions being asked in their own

families and communities in some hospitals feel persuasion is the best way to do it and answering questions. making it compulsory could alienate staff, particularly when they are under such great pressure. in the short term, as we have been hearing, ministers and health officials really want as many people as possible eligible to get their second doses. that offers the best available protection against this indian variant. that is still fairly much confined to the hotspot areas already identified but more data is needed on how sick it makes people, whether it is spreading very rapidly and that seems unlikely to come through for another week or so. many thanks, hugh pym, our health editor. the latest government figures show there were six deaths reported in the last 2a hour period, with infections rising slowly in the past week. on average, there were 3,211 new cases every day. more than 183,000 people received a first vaccine dose, which means that now more than 39 million people

have had a single jab. more than 400,000 people had their second dose, in the latest 2a hours, taking the total to over 25 million people who are now fully vaccinated. india has reported its lowest covid case numbers in more than a0 days, with around 165,000 new infections today. during the country's devastating second wave of the virus, police in delhi have made more than 350 arrests for fraud relating to counterfeit medical supplies. many families have fallen victim to the conmen offering fake oxygen and drugs on social media. a senior police officer has told the bbc that these are crimes against humanity. from delhi, our international correspondent, 0rla guerin, has more details — and her report contains some distressing images. this was delhi in its darkest hour. the peak of the second wave in india's capital.

patients gasping for breath. a time of desperate prayers. 0ften unanswered, among dwindling supplies. enter the profiteers. this was one scam among many, fire extinguishers sold as oxygen cylinders on social media. she was everything to me. she was a friend to me, she was a sister to me. i'm just incomplete without her. this woman is a lawyer by training but she was ensnared by scammers as she tried to save her mother. the 50—year—old businesswoman, seen here in a family video, was fun loving and energetic. when she came down with covid, doctors prescribed injections

of the antiviral drug remdesivir. she searched and chemists and hospitals all over the city. we were helpless, totally helpless. i was the one that was driving all over and my hands and my legs were shivering because there was no hope of finding injections. eventually, she and her father paid five times the normal price for this, bought from a supplier whose number was circulating on social media. the remdesivir was fake. the real drug is on the right. they found out too late. who do you blame for your mother's death? totally, i would say, because of the fake injections, the people who gave us the fake injections. i totally blame them, we totally blame them, so i would say the punishment for murder should be given, the harsh punishment. punishment is coming for some.

this assembly line for fake remdesivir was shut down by delhi police. elsewhere, they have detained one man in the case. they have been parading suspects, after making about 350 arrests in recent weeks. this cybercrime specialist, in the indian police for 30 years, says he's witnessed a new low. it's very painful to see this situation. you can consider this as a crime against humanity also. mankind also. people are suffering. they are asking you to deliver something to save their life and you are cheating them. the picture here is improving but if and when india suffers a third wave, covid fraudsters may not be far behind, waiting to prey on the suffering. 0rla guerin, bbc news, delhi. borisjohnson has returned to work

after his secretly—planned wedding yesterday at westminster cathedral to carrie symonds. the couple had a "small ceremony" before relaxing in the garden at no.10. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, is outside westminster cathedral for us tonight. they kept the lid on this one, no whispers, no leaks. this they kept the lid on this one, no whispers, no leaks.— whispers, no leaks. this was a weddin: whispers, no leaks. this was a wedding tightly _ whispers, no leaks. this was a wedding tightly wrapped - whispers, no leaks. this was a wedding tightly wrapped in - whispers, no leaks. this was a - wedding tightly wrapped in secrecy and it was only this morning that number 10 confirmed the ceremony had happened yesterday. borisjohnson and his wife carrie tide not here at the catholic cathedral in westminster, not far from the catholic cathedral in westminster, not farfrom downing street and nobody seems to have snapped them as they went in and out of the building. although boris johnson has been married twice before, the roman catholic church does allow divorcees to marry if their previous weddings were outside their previous weddings were outside the catholic church. a spokesman said it was a small ceremony and an official photo has been released, showing the couple in the downing

street garden afterwards. another picture has been posted by a tory minister which showed some hay bales and bunting in the background but beyond that, i'm afraid i cannot tell you much more about what happened on the day. i can tell you that boris johnson happened on the day. i can tell you that borisjohnson is the first sitting prime minister to get married in office since 1822. he and carrie symonds got engaged in february last year, and had their son wilfred two months after that. carriejohnson used to work in the tory party press office that there has been hardly any publicity around this. we are told there will be a party for friends and honeymoon next summer. . ~' party for friends and honeymoon next summer. ., ~ , ., the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party, has accused the eu of using northern ireland as a "plaything" in negotiations over post—brexit border arrangements. edwin poots says brussels is damaging the peace process by implementing the northern ireland protocol, which ensures no border checks on the island of ireland but forces inspections on goods entering northern ireland

from the rest of britain. mr poots says the protocol was having a "devastating impact" and leading to violence on the streets. the european commission says it rejects any suggestion it no longer cares about the peace process. the uk's biggest seller of building supplies, travis perkins, is warning of "considerable" cost increases to raw materials due to shortages. the company says surging demand as lockdown eases, as well as problems with the supply chain, mean bagged cement will rise by 15%, chipboard by 10% and paint by 5%. a key israeli opposition party has backed the formation of a unity government to oust benjamin netanyahu, the country's longest serving prime minister. the ultra—nationalist leader, naftali bennett, says he'd be willing to join a coalition with the main centrist party. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is in jerusalem for us tonight. can mr netanyahu survived this?

well, after an evening of high political drama, much closer to ousting its long—time leader but we shouldn't write off benjamin netanyahu just yet. after his former ally naftali bennett announced that he was going to join this unity government, a decision which could see him become the prime minister for the next two years, mr netanyahu quickly followed up with his own tv statement, in which he made a direct appeal to right—wing politicians asking them with this new government be able to make the difficult decisions that need to be made in security terms, on gaza, on iran? if he can win overjust a couple of members of parliament, that could bring about the fall of this new coalition government. if it does get sworn in, he knows that it will be very fragile because it brings together politicians from across the political spectrum. they will be looking to kick sensitive issues into the long grass. if mr netanyahu

finds himself as opposition leader, that would be something he could exploit. that would be something he could exloit. . ~ that would be something he could exloit. ., ~ i. the government will miss its deadline for completing applications for £5 billion worth of funding, to remove flammable cladding from tower blocks in the wake of the grenfell tower tragedy. the bbc understands that managing agents who administer most of the properties with dangerous cladding have yet to sign any contracts with the government which would release funding. hundreds of thousands of people remain concerned they won't be able to clean up their homes. here's our business correspondent, sarah corker. i couldn't sleep, i couldn't eat, i couldn't concentrate. unless that agreement is signed, we're stuck and we're trapped. making a very difficult situation for leaseholders far, far worse. a chorus of concern about the government's building safety fund — £5 billion has been set aside to remove flammable cladding from buildings like this one in st albans. alison hills moved here in 2018. the fire—safety issues were discovered months later.

now she's moved out. you're sat here in a flammable flat 2a hours a day, particularly during lockdown, knowing that your building could go up in flames any minute. i couldn't sleep, i couldn't eat, i couldn't concentrate. my mental health was in absolute bits. but alison's building, like hundreds of others, isn't being made safe. managing agents who act for the building's freeholders are refusing to sign contracts with the government to release the funding. nigel glen represents the agents. he says the contract, while paying for cladding problems, makes them liable for all other fire—safety defects. we represent 325 managing agents — none of them have signed. we've talked to freeholders, we've talked to cladding action groups, and as far as i know, none of them have signed. it's a really difficult situation. we're talking here of hundreds of blocks, potentially hundreds of thousands of people, and we just can't sign it, because by doing so, you take on the liability which would render you technically insolvent. the ministry of housing says the managing agents�* interpretation

of the contract is fundamentally flawed and allows cladding removal without leaving them or leaseholders liable for other fire—safety costs. it insists despite the disagreement, the building safety fund is working. so far, of the 786 privately owned tower blocks deemed eligible for the fund, just under half, 366, have been approved for either financial help with their tender orfull funding, with £160 million committed. but with contracts not getting signed, how much of that money is actually being spent? leaseholders like stephen in manchester say they've been waiting long enough. you think you might be able to see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, and then now, unfortunately, they won't sign the agreement, so it's like it doesn't matter how much money the government make available for us, unless that agreement is signed, we're stuck and we're trapped. the longer this dispute between the managing agents

and the government goes on, the longer people living in these buildings are having to pay out thousands of pounds a month on interim fire—safety measures. the ministry of housing has now said it will allow applications to be processed beyond the end ofjune deadline on a case—by—case basis. that is some comfort for stephen and alison and hundreds of thousands of others still caught up in this cladding crisis. but their wait to live in a safe home continues. sarah corker, bbc news. now with all the sport, here's sarah mulkerrins, at the bbc sport centre. hello, sarah. thank you very much, clive. world number two naomi 0saka could be expelled from the french open and banned from future grand slams if she continues to refuse to speak to the media. 0saka said last week that she would not talk to the press during roland garros because she wants to protect her mental health, and today organisers fined her $15,000. adam wild reports.

arriving at the french open, all the talk of who talk. behind the mask here, naomi 0saka, not yet on court but already courting controversy. her refusal to speak to the press is to protect her mental health, she says, a stance which has divided opinion. her extraordinary talent, though, quite beyond debate. already a global sporting icon but yet to prove herself on clay. against romania's patricia maria tig, she was forced to fight but ultimately found her feet. through to the second round without serious concern, at least, not on court. good to her word, not a word to the press afterwards, prompting tournament organisers to find her $15,000. they said...

i totally respect her decision. everyone has had different experiences with the press and everyone has had press conferences where they have not felt the best coming out of it but i've always taken the opinion it is part of the job. taken the opinion it is part of the 'ob. ., , ., ., job. tonight she had tweeted anger is a lack of understanding, - job. tonight she had tweeted anger is a lack of understanding, change | is a lack of understanding, change makes people uncomfortable. she may not be speaking to the media but naomi 0saka isn't going away quietly either. adam wild, bbc news. meanwhile, british number one dan evans has been knocked out in the first round. after breezing to the opening set, he was eventually beaten by serbia's miomir ketmanovic. 19—year—old rubin colwill is the surprise inclusion in wales' squad for the european championship, having only made his debut for cardiff city in february. caretaker manager robert page has also named gareth bale as captain, and they'll be hoping to improve on their semi final appearance five years ago.

their first game will be against switzerland onjune 12th. blackpool are back in the championship after a six—year break. they came from a goal down to beat lincoln city 2—1 in the league one play—off final at wembley. nesta mcgregor reports. most of us have a re—occurring dream about work, and, chances are, footballers are no different. so, picture this, blackpool versus lincoln, the league one play—off final at wembley in glorious sunshine. perfect. the thing about dreams, some turn into nightmares. just 47 seconds in and ollie turton turning the ball into his own net. despite conceding so early, the seasiders never looked in a panic on their big day out. commentator: dougall! it's crept in! kenny dougall with a rare goal. just minutes into the second half, the australian defensive midfielder may have been pinching himself... commentator: he's done it again!

..to check this really wasn't a dream. and when reality did hit, the realisation was blackpool and its fans are on cloud nine. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. in rugby union, harlequins have won the premier 15s title for the first time in their history. having lost the last two finals to saracens, quins started strong and held off a late fight—back to overcome their great rivals. 25—17 the final score at kingsholm. and that's the sport for now, clive. sarah, thank you. that's it. restrictions next month.

you're watching the bbc news. the government has confirmed that it's considering making it mandatory for all nhs staff in england to have coronavirus jabs. but the suggestion by the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi has been criticised both by labour and by groups representing health workers, who said it would be better to engage with the concerns

some staff had. earlier we spoke to dr jenny vaughan, chair of the doctors association, about the significance of this issue. it is an important issue and the government is right to think about it. and it seems that he is right to talk about surgeries because there are precedents where there is necessarily level of vaccination, particularly hepatitis b. we have to remember here, the nhs workforce is just recovering or trying to recoverfrom a pandemic which clearly isn't over yet. it is battered, it is bruised. we have lost nearly 1000 nhs and social care workers. it is far better for the government at this stage to talk about working with staff, finding out why certain staff don't want to be vaccinated or have concerns about it. it's not necessarily they don't want to be they may have absolute legitimate concerns.

we have heard of side effects of vaccinations, we heard about deaths with clotting disorders. what is far better for the government to actually treat nhs workforce with a degree of respect and work with them. many trusts have gotten the 85% of their workers vaccinated already. and they are approaching this on a local level and talking. that is far better than just trying to take top—down, heavy decisions. i supposed to point come out of that, the government might say that we have waited, we have and imposes and we are still talking about this. you said it's perfectly reasonable for them to want to. there are those that say that some of the points you raised about clotting, for example and all the rest of it are exactly the things that doctors had said to us as members of the public yes, these things happen but they're so disproportionate you shouldn't let that stop you have in the vaccine.

so that sounds a bit like you are saying well, it's right for us to be worried about this. when you told us from the public you should be worried about this you should go ahead... no, what i'm saying is i absolutely believe that people should have their vaccinations, i absolutely encourage that. but you have to remember that the way we, the governments approached it with the general public and it's absolutely right that it's a voluntary thing, but we encourage people. 0ur hospital's different environments precisely because the people you're dealing with are vulnerable because they are in hospital? yes, you're right. 0k, nobody is arguing with this. but you also want goodwill here. all right? and you, the hospitals themselves you've got to how staffs are feeling. you have to listen to them, you have to say you know, we are listening to you, talk to us about why you feel that actually you can't have the vaccine at this moment. if you've got stuff on the front line, i think there is a clear

argument to really encourage vaccine that for so far this is been a voluntary vaccination program. and you've got examples of trust doing really well and getting exceptionally high levels of their soft vaccinated. you have to say to yourself, why are they managing to do that, what can you learn from this? you just go all in heavy handy and say you're doing it you're doing it now and there's no choice you will lose their goodwill. much of the nhs is, it relies on goodwill. i am absolutely in favour of vaccination but what i'm not in favour of is threatening an already overburdened nhs worker. and we ll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers time for a look at the weather with tomasz. beautiful evening out there after a beautiful day. warmest day of the year for scotland, northern ireland and wales, and monday is going to be every bit as warm and sunny. here's a recent picture from devon, from one of our weather watchers, but not all coastal areas were quite as sunny. in fact, this is the scottish coast, on the north sea,

we had haar and sea frets. this is low, grey cloud, sometimes mist and fog, stuck in an area of high pressure. you can see it affected the coast of aberdeenshire there. and earlier on, actually, it was quite cloudy in many eastern areas of the uk. through the course of the night, it's a case of clear skies across most of the uk, but notice that this sea cloud and murk is going to drift inland again. temperatures overnight, double figures in bigger towns and cities. in rural spots, it could dip down to around five degrees. so tomorrow morning starts off pretty cloudy again in the east, but soon the cloud burns back to the coast and we're left with a stunning sunny day. temperatures will rise to around 2a or 25 further south, into the low 20s in the lowlands of scotland, as well, so a beautiful bank holiday monday on the way. here is tuesday's weather forecast. a weather front is approaching, but i think it will stayjust across western parts of ireland. the possibility of a shower in the west of northern ireland,

but for the rest of us, it's a warm day, in fact, quite a hot day. temperatures up to 25 or even 26 celsius, it will be the warmest day of the week. then the dreaded word, it goes downhill from around mid week onwards. this is wednesday's weather map. you can see low pressure is approaching from the south, but this low pressure isn't going to bring cold air. it will bring unsettled weather conditions in the form of thunderstorms, showers and thunderstorms, which we think will affect south—western areas of the uk. so that does mean many eastern and northern areas will hang on to the sunshine, warm sunshine, on wednesday. in fact, in liverpool, around 25 degrees. 22 for glasgow, but in the south—west, where we might have the storms, it will cool off to around 16 degrees in plymouth. so the outlook, then, from monday onwards, it's never going to turn cool, in fact, it stays into the 20s across some southern areas, but remember that risk of storms around mid week. but for now, enjoy the fine

weather if you can.