naomi grimley, bbc news. productions after multiple accusations of sexual harassment were made against him. vertigo films have also said they've removed the actor from their productions. noel clarke has been suspended by bafta, just three weeks after he received one of the film academy's top accolades for outstanding british contribution to cinema. bafta says it made the decision after allegations from 20 women were published by the guardian. noel clarke says he vehemently denies any sexual misconduct or wrongdoing. this report from lizo mzimba contains flash photography. applause earlier this month noel clarke received one of bafta's highest honours. ., , , received one of bafta's highest honours. .,, , , .,, , honours. hopefully people will see i have t to honours. hopefully people will see i have try to elicit _ honours. hopefully people will see i have try to elicit change _ honours. hopefully people will see i have try to elicit change in - honours. hopefully people will see i have try to elicit change i

naomi grimley, bbc news. of the oxford vaccine group, which developed the jab — says with countries across europe, south america and south asia still recording a high number of coronavirus cases now was "not the time to waver": we just need to put our confidence in the hands of the system which i think has had a big boost by their ability to pick up an incredibly rare event through the monitoring that is going on. that really gives me confidence that we can continue with the programme, to make sure that as many of us are protected, as soon as possible. i can speak now to alison astles, whose brother neil died on sunday from a blood clot on the brain after taking the astrazeneca vaccine. 0ur huge sympathies and the loss of your brother. this just happened on sunday. you are very brave to talk about this to us. i know there are lots of important messages that you want to get across. talk to us about neil and what sort of person he was. neal was a very much loved brother, husband and son. he was a very kind and

naomi grimley reports.e uk has so far been extremely successful, with 95% of the over 60s except being offered is of a job. 0fficials over 60s except being offered is of a job. officials are determined that this latest change in what they call clinical preferences doesn't see that progress stall. there is still no proven link between the astrazeneca vaccine and very rare blood clots but the government except it should tweak its plans for younger age groups where the risk—benefit calculation might be more finely balanced. yesterday the deputy chief medical officer for england said the decision to offer the under 30s an alternative to the astrazeneca vaccine was a course correction, but not about stopping or delaying jabs. vaccines continue to be the way out for the uk. they continue to be the way in which we can continue to get our lives back to normal and our economy opened up again in the shortest time possible. 50. opened up again in the shortest time possible.— opened up again in the shortest time possib

naomi grimley, bbc news.tdoor hospitality to resume business, as our ireland correspondent chris page reports. it has felt like the longest of winters, but holidays are here again in northern ireland. self—contained tourist accommodation, like this caravan site at cranfield in county down, can welcome back their guests from today and businesses have been working to make the moment count. a lot of those businesses we would work with have taken the opportunity to revamp, adapt, expand, enrich and deepen their tourism offering. it has not been a wasted season for those businesses and they are ready and waiting to get that out there to the general public. people working in parts of the tourism industry are delighted to be back up and running just in time for may bank holiday weekend. a huge number of businesses in northern ireland are reopening after a closure of more than four months. this is probably the biggest day in the journey out of lockdown in this part of the uk. most shops had been closed since christma

naomi grimley has been looking at the numbers.han a quarter of million people, it's not seen a covid death in the last 58 days. oxford has not reported a covid death occurring in the last 60 days. in fact, as this map by the bbc�*s data unit shows, more than four out of ten uk councils have not reported any covid deaths in the past month. it's a large drop compared with january, when the uk was at the peak of its second wave. then only two councils in the uk reported no covid deaths. but experts are still urging caution. it's a really good sign and we are seeing several parts of the country where prevalence is really, really low. so i think it gives us confidence. we do need to of course be a little bit cautious, because with the road map, we have had significant reopening of society on 12th april. there's another one coming up on 17th may. it's great news but of course we do need to monitor those changes. so this is why it's really important that we have these five—week intervals between these relaxations, just so we can monitor

naomi grimley, bbc news.oxford vaccine group, which developed the jab — says with countries across europe, south america and south asia still recording a high number of coronavirus cases now was "not the time to waver". we just need to put our confidence in the hands of the system which i think has had a big boost by their ability to pick up an incredibly rare event through the monitoring thatis rare event through the monitoring that is going on. that really gives me confidence that we can continue with the programme, to make sure that as many of us are protectors, as soon as possible. —— are protected. scientists tracking coronavirus in england say the vaccination programme is beginning to break the link between covid—i9 cases and deaths. the latest react study by imperial college london, which involved analysing more than 140,000 people's swab tests between the 11th and 30th of march, found infections had fallen by roughly two—thirds since february. let's talk now to professor adam finn. he sits on thejcvi

naomi grimley, bbc news. he said the fall of this number of debt since the start of the year is actually astonishing. i debt since the start of the year is actually astonishing.— actually astonishing. i think we have seen _ actually astonishing. i think we have seen about _ actually astonishing. i think we have seen about 600 - actually astonishing. i think we have seen about 600 deaths . actually astonishing. i think we i have seen about 600 deaths that actually astonishing. i think we - have seen about 600 deaths that have happened in april. that might go up a little bit as deaths come in. but backin a little bit as deaths come in. but back injanuary in the first four weeks, it was 30,000! so it is a huge fall, almost inconceivable since the start of the year. and as naomi was just reporting a third of councils have not seen any deaths in a month. and two thirds who have seen none or one. so combine that with a story from the times it's showing that a lot of people aren't having a lot of cases. the immediat

our health correspondent naomi grimley reports. in a moment, i'll be talking to a professor.the country already seen in a good place. take plymouth, for example. home to more than a quarter of million people, it is not seen a curvy death in the last 28 days. oxford has not reported a covid death occurring the last 60 days. in fact, as this map by the bbc�*s data unit shows, more than four out of ten uk councils have not reported any covid deaths in the past month. it's a large drop compared with january, when the uk was at the peak of its second wave. then, only to councils in the uk reported no covid deaths. but experts are still a corson. it deaths. but experts are still a corson. , . . , deaths. but experts are still a corson. , . ., , , deaths. but experts are still a corson. , ., corson. it is a really good sign and we are seeing _ corson. it is a really good sign and we are seeing parts _ corson. it is a really good sign and we are seeing parts of— corson. it is a really good sign and we are seeing parts of the - corson. it is a really good sign and we are seeing parts

naomi grimley, thank you very much.uk and also once they arrive back in the uk as well, although they will not be required to quarantine, which is particularly key, obviously, for holidays or visiting relatives or family. those people travelling back from amber countries will be required to quarantine at home on arrivalfor ten days and they will also be required to take a test before they travel as well as a test on arrival. they will be able to do a thing called �*test to release�*, which means if you take a test on the fifth day of travelling and it is negative, then you will be able to break your quarantine early and of course we still have a red list of countries as well, only uk residents are able to travel from red list countries to england and then they have to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense for 11 days, so at the moment, pretty much all the countries in the world either fall into the amber list or into the red list, but the hope is that by the time we get to the 17th of may there will be some countri

naomi grimley, bbc news.ned by the health secretary matt hancock at 7:30am. scientists tracking coronavirus in england say the vaccination programme is beginning to break the link between covid—i9 cases and deaths. the latest react study by imperial college london, which involved analysing more than 140,000 people's swab tests between the 11th and 30th of march, found infections had fallen by roughly two thirds since february. borisjohnson has said he's "deeply concerned" by scenes of violence in northern ireland — after another night of unrest in parts of belfast. police came under attack, petrol bombs and rocks were thrown, and a bus was hijacked and set on fire. 41 officers have been injured as a result of violence over the last few days, as james reynolds reports. at night in belfast, petrol bombs were thrown back and forth over this peace wall. the peace line divides the loyalist shankill road from the republican springfield road area. confrontations continued for more than an hour. those making the most