john in trafalgar square, thank you. we will _ time. john in trafalgar square, thank you. thank you. we will check in - time. john in trafalgar square, | thank you. we will check in with time. john in trafalgar square, - thank you. we will check in with you again in the next hour here on the bbc news channel. we are just giving you a sense of some of the pictures. you can see police are engaging with different groups of people in the square. i hesitate to say different groups of demonstrators because we don't know if any of them are demonstrators, or if they are just milling around in central london on a dry, relatively mild spring day. i think that will be a difficulty for the police, unless they demand proof of some addresses, but i think they will be anxious to avoid disruption. you can see the line going under admiralty arch, going towards buckingham palace. it is a relatively significant number of people, maybe 100 or so in that group alone. there is a difficulty for the police in handling this since there is no assembly as such, so it clearly is in breach of covid—19

but the police here at trafalgar square are pretty low—key. e just started to start moving people on from the square. some of them anti—lockdown protesters, but some of them just people milling about. in terms of the kind of people we have got here, a bit of a mix. i think you've definitely got some conspiracy theorists, lots of people saying nhs hoax, government lies, that sort of thing. a lot of people very critical of the media, including the bbc. but also i have spoken to people who just think of the lockdown has gone too far, and that it the lockdown has gone too far, and thatitis the lockdown has gone too far, and that it is not a price worth paying, even though we have got this pandemic. in even though we have got this pandemic— even though we have got this andemic. , ., ,., . pandemic. in terms of the police tactics, pandemic. in terms of the police tactics. we _ pandemic. in terms of the police tactics, we have _ pandemic. in terms of the police tactics, we have had _ pandemic. in terms of the police tactics, we have had the - pandemic

in london, trafalgar square and the london eye were among the landmarks illuminated to mark the occasion numbers and some of the challenges ahead. the shadow of covid lingers in every community, the lives lost and livelihoods threatened. and now, a year on, there's increasing understanding of the scale of the impact, compared to what was first predicted, with the virus proving far more deadly. a health think tank has calculated that on average, those who died with covid lost up to ten years of their lives — that's based on life—expectancy estimates, how long they might have lived. in total, one and a half million years of life have been lost in the uk because of covid. by comparison, in a bad winter, 250,000 years are lost because of flu and pneumonia. it is a devastating bombshell that hit britain, as it hit many other countries. 0ur loss has been much greater, and our loss has been compounded by the underlying health of the population and the disparities between different groups, which covid has shown most starkly. but numbers are now falling. this line shows the five—year weekly avera

the crowd then dispersed — with people walking along whitehall to trafalgar square. ome of those demonstrators returned to parliament square to continue their protest. this was the scene around an hour ago. from outside. you can see the house of parliament behind. the met police has tweeted in the last few tweeted in the last few minutes... despite repeated requests by officers, they are still gathering, in breach of the regulations. "we are urging people to go home." rod jarman is the former deputy assistant commissioner for territorial policing. he now leads policing education at the university of west london. i'm sure from your students' point of view, there's going to be a lot to get their teeth into in debating theissues to get their teeth into in debating the issues that arise from what happened last night. what are your impressions initially of what you saw and what you've heard subsequently? i saw and what you've heard subsequently?— saw and what you've heard subsequently? i think the first thin , subsequently? i think the first thing. what — subsequently? i t

in london, the london eye, trafalgar square and wembley stadium were among the landmarks illuminated've been hearing from four staff working at university hospital southampton. they have spent the year very much on the front line — they explain the impact of the last 12 months on their professional and personal lives. there were some days when you had to verify death after death, and it was really hard to detach from it. i have had a lot of mum guilt and a lot of professional guilt. the doctors told my family that i have only 40% - chances of survival. covid has taught me to be more supportive with each other. and kindness, kindness, kindness. did you open those eyes for me? a year of high stress. every patient that comes through the door, you don't know how they're going to be and how quickly they're going to deteriorate. and then, come home at the end of a 14—hour day and... "wait, don't touch me, don't hug me," to the people that you just want to melt into because you've got to go upstairs and scrub your body. are you coming to sit with me? 0k, we'll do it together. come on, then.

there was speculation they would be i there was speculation they would be heading towards trafalgar squareugh this appears to be the largest. because they are organising on encrypted channels, it is difficult to predict their next move, but a number of people are following their movements online, and many groups involved communicate heavily online and organise themselves in spaces that are harderfor organise themselves in spaces that are harder for people to get information, journalists and police, so it is very much playing a game of catch—up for everyone. so it is very much playing a game of catch-up for everyone.— so it is very much playing a game of catch-up for everyone. marianne, we will touch base _ catch-up for everyone. marianne, we will touch base with _ catch-up for everyone. marianne, we will touch base with you _ catch-up for everyone. marianne, we will touch base with you during - catch-up for everyone. marianne, we will touch base with you during the i will touch base with you during the course of the afternoon as we see how this protest develops. thank you for joining how t

ones _ hold a protest, i don't think the ones in — hold a protest, i don't think the ones in trafalgar squareat and then did it without _ because if you did that and then did it without permission you would be liable _ it without permission you would be liable for— it without permission you would be liable for the 10,000 fine which is what _ liable for the 10,000 fine which is what organisers said. and there's stewards— what organisers said. and there's stewards the tabard to seek him if you've _ stewards the tabard to seek him if you've to— stewards the tabard to seek him if you've to protest, and i've been to a few— you've to protest, and i've been to a few marches in my time. i need to have _ a few marches in my time. i need to have them _ a few marches in my time. i need to have them around and shepherding peopie. _ have them around and shepherding people. it — have them around and shepherding people, it got their eyes off her trouble — people, it got their eyes off her trouble and they do their best to dab it— trouble and they do their best to dab it down. in trouble and they do their be