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the device was found on friday morning on a building site near the university of exeter. now, the weather with ben rich. hello. it's turning into a fine and mostly sunny sunday in many places, but there is a bit of mist and fog lingering for a few spots, especially for eastern and southern coasts of england. the odd patch elsewhere. more generally cloudy conditions across parts of western scotland, maybe even with the odd spot of rain. the winds will be light for most, but breezier than it was yesterday for southern counties of england. temperatures doing quite nicely in the sunshine with highs between 10—13. staying a touch cooler than that if it remains cloudy and murky where you are. talking of cloud and murk, as we head through tonight, we will see a big lump of low cloud, mist and fog rolling in across a good part of england and getting into parts of wales as well. the odd fog patch elsewhere. where we have the clearest of the skies — parts northern england and southern scotland, for example — temperatures will get down to freezing or maybe a touch below. plenty of d

and new vaccines will be needed i for more i'm joined tonight by dr david strain from the university of exeter medical school in england dr strange it's good to have you on the program explain for our viewers how infecting people with existing forms of the corona virus young healthy people and how will that help engine ear vaccines against future mutations. yeah good evening so the 1st stage of doing any sorts of vaccine program is to get sick greats understanding of the disease when coby 98 fish presented itself a in the u.k. we also felt least that these were unethical because at that time we didn't know enough about the disease we didn't know how it spread we didn't know the way it was transmitted through the body we don't know the fire a load for example that it takes to go from exposure through to infection we now know a lot about the disease itself so we know what happens if you present with co it that we've got very good at treating that but we still don't know the requirement to go from being exposed to somebody with corona virus 3 to actually getting that disease the 1st stage of this

seems a new vaccines will be needed for more i'm joined tonight by dr david strain from the university of exeter medical school in england dr strange it's good to have you on the program explain for our viewers how infecting people with existing forms of the coronavirus young healthy people and how will that help engine ear vaccines against future mutations. yeah good evening so the 1st stage of doing any sorts of vaccine program is to get a great to understanding of the disease when kobe 98 1st presented itself a in the u.k. we also felt the studies were unethical because at that time we didn't know enough about the disease we didn't know how it spread we didn't know the way it was transmitted through the body we don't know the fire a load for example that makes it go from exposure through to infection and we now know a lot more about the disease itself so we know what happens if you present with co that we've got very good at treating that but we still don't know the requirement to go from being exposed to somebody with corona virus 3 to actually getting that disease that's the 1st stage of th

specialist in emergency preparedness and planning on the scene a clinical lecturer at the university of exeter is medical school and he thinks holding these games in july really is a high risk event. there are witnesses along the and tired chain of setting up the games i know we will hear positive noises from the international olympic committee i know i love the international olympics i really do but having said that i think it is a high risk event because on the one hand we put in the regulations but when you have got hundreds of thousands of people who come into your country from all over the world it is very very difficult to control monitor and do the surveillance and keep everything under control it will be amazing if they can pull it off so i look at it as if it was a conveyor belt of witnesses and at every point public transport that testing the compliance the the crowding the coming into the stadium leaving the stadium except at every critical point there are weaknesses and on a large scale event like this in the middle of a pandemic it's very difficult to control in terms of global ho

we'll be joined by dr bharat pankhania from the university of exeter medical school and lisa meen—o, ith the hashtag #bbcyourquestions—— or email yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. scotland's first minister has set out a "progressive easing" of covid restrictions with a reopening of non essential businesses like shops, restaurants and hairdressers starting in the last week of april. from the 15th of march four people from two households will be allowed to meet outdoors. and all primary and more secondary pupils could return to school — with some outdoor sports for young people allowed. then from april the 5th, it's hoped the stay at home restriction will be lifted — with places of worship beginning to open up and schools ready to accept all children. and from the 26th of april other parts of the economy will start to reopen — and scotland will return to its previous levels system. nicola sturgeon says restrictions could be lifted more quickly if cases remain low and the vaccine roll—out contines to go well. our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie reports. cautiously and gradually is how

vaccines and new vaccines will be needed for more i'm joined tonight by dr david strain from the university of exeter medical school in england dr strange it's good to have you on the program explain for our viewers how infecting people with existing forms of the corona virus young healthy people and how will that help engine ear vaccines against future mutations. yeah good evening so the 1st stage of doing any sorts of vaccine program is to get a great to understanding of the disease when kobe 91st presented itself in the u.k. we also felt the studies were unethical because at that time we didn't know enough about the disease we didn't know how it spread we didn't know the way it was transmitted through the body we don't know the fire a load for example that it takes to go from exposure through to infection we now know a lot about the disease itself so we know what happens if you present with co it that we've got very good at treating that but we still don't know the requirement to go from being exposed to somebody with corona virus 3 to actually getting that disease that's the 1st stage of this thi

and new vaccines will be needed are for more i'm joined tonight by dr david strain from the university of exeter medical school in england dr strange it's good to have you on the program explain for our viewers how infecting people with existing forms of the coronavirus young healthy people and how will that help engine ear vaccines against future mutations. yeah good evening so the 1st stage of doing any sorts of vaccine program is to get a great understanding of the disease when kobe 91st presented itself a in the u.k. we also felt the studies were unethical because at that time we didn't know enough about the disease we didn't know how it spread we didn't know the way it was transmitted through the body we don't know the fire a load for example that it takes to go from exposure through to infection we now know a lot about the disease itself so we know what happens if you present with co it that we've got very good at treating that but we still don't know the requirement to go from being exposed to somebody with corona virus 3 to actually getting that disease the 1st stage of this exposure pro

who is a specialist in emergency preparedness and planning senior clinical lecture at the university of exeter medical school he actually thinks holding the games in july is really a high risk event. there are witnesses along the and tired chain of setting up the games i know we will hear positive noises from the international olympic committee i know i love the international olympics i really do but having said that i think it is a high risk event because on the one hand we put in the regulations but when you have got hundreds of thousands of people who come into your country from all over the world it is very very difficult to control monitor and do the surveillance and keep everything under control it will be an mazing if they can pull it off so i look at it as if it was a conveyor belt of witnesses and at every point public transport the testing the compliance the crowding the coming into the stadium leaving the stadium except at every critical point there are weaknesses and on a large scale event like this in the middle of a pandemic it's very difficult to control in terms of global how a

extraordinary scenes in exeter yesterday as a controlled detonation of a second world war bomb took place, let's take a look. explosion more than 2,600 households and universitys a little bit unusual but it is an _ device like this? it is a little bit unusual but it is an unusually i unusual but it is an unusually large bomb. i think the last time one of these were found five years ago, the first one in 30 years, they are technically a bit smaller and technically a bit smaller and technically you would remove them and detonate them somewhere safe. we are seeing pictures of the creator that it left. in fact, that is the bomb we're seeing a picture of. what do you know about these particular bombs and why would it have been exactly where it was? this bombs and why would it have been exactly where it was?— bombs and why would it have been exactly where it was? this is due to a set of air — exactly where it was? this is due to a set of air raids _ exactly where it was? this is due to a set of air raids in _ exactly where it was? this is due to a set of air raids in the _ exactly where it was? this is due to a set of air raids in the second - a set of air raids in

a specialist in emergency preparedness and planning also a senior clinical lecturer at the university of exeter medical school dr thank you for your time i think there's a whole question about you know whether it's even worth going ahead with games that will be so compromise that this but from your expert opinion on controlling an event like this what do you actually make of the measures that are being made out. there are weaknesses along the and chain of setting up the games i know we will hear positive noises from the international olympic committee i know i love the international olympics i really do but having said that i think it is a high risk event because on the one hand we put in the regulations but when you have got hundreds of thousands of people who come into your country from all over the world it is very very difficult to control monitor and do the surveillance and keep everything under control it will be amazing if they can pull it off so from a medical perspective do you think. well put it this way that the number one aim is to stop the spread of covert 19 and stop people gettin

a controlled detonation has been carried out in exeter following the discovery of an unexploded second world war bomb nearthe main universitys of residence — were evacuated from the area. a 400 metre cordon was in place while bomb disposal specialists dealt with the bomb, which was found. the golden globes takes place this weekend but it's been a subdued year in hollywood due to the pandemic. the effect on actors and directors is well publicised. but spare a thought for what it's been like for the one set of workers with no way of doing theirjob remotely — make—up artists. let's take a look. make—up artists and hair and wardrobe is so important for hollywood. what you see in the movies and, you know, all the new apps, netflix and amazon and hulu, you know, they need make—up, and without us, it's just not going to be the same. you know, i mean, itry and keep six feet apart as much as i can, but as i'm doing the make—up, you really can't, so, that's why i keep my mask on at all times. i get covid test, you know, pretty regularly. like, maybe once a month, so, you know, i come up negative, and then i feel confident that, you k

a controlled detonation has been carried out in exeter following the discovery of an unexploded second world war bomb nearthe main universitytjobs — grappling to protect and maintain the uk's heritage sites during the pandemic, continues. after a long but successful community campaign for its restoration, a castle hidden in london woodland reopened to the public in 2014. but, nearly a year of lockdowns means the monument is at real risk of falling into disrepair for a second time. nickjohnson reports. looming above the tree tops of 0xleas woods in south—east london, this gothic monument emerges as a striking scene to the unsuspecting woodland walker. there are 86 steps all the way to the top. severndroog castle was built in the 1780s — a local woman's memorial to her late husband, sirwilliamjames, and named after one of the battles he fought off the coast of india, the history of which many visitors are entirely unaware. people either know about, so they stumble upon us, they will walk through the woods and then through the trees, they see this weird quirky romantic building, and they wonder what it is. they are interested,

let's speak to dr david strain, from the university of exeter medical school who is a researcher inton time, we still do not know who gets it, what the risk factors are forgetting it and what even the mechanism of this disease is a. clearly until we note those things it becomes very difficult to offer treatment and reassurance and to look for a way out of people living with it. ., ., , ., ., with it. how it does long covid manifest itself? _ with it. how it does long covid manifest itself? presumably i with it. how it does long covid - manifest itself? presumably some people have much worse symptoms than others? .,, . people have much worse symptoms than others? ., ., , , , others? those are two cases we 'ust heard about — others? those are two cases we 'ust heard about are fl others? those are two cases we 'ust heard about are very i others? those are two cases we 'ust heard about are very typical, i others? those are two cases we just heard about are very typical, some i heard about are very typical, some of the patients we would see in a long covid assessment clinic, but the symptom

will take "some time" to deal with a large unexploded second world war bomb close to exeter university. hundreds oflls of residence after the device was found, and officers declared a major incident. a 100 metre cordon is in place and a further 100 nearby properties were also evacuated. three parties in northern ireland's devolved assembly have requested an emergency meeting — after the agriculture minister, gordon lyons, ordered a halt to the construction of brexit inspection posts. his democratic unionist party opposes the northern ireland protocol, which means there are checks on goods arriving from the rest of the uk. in nigeria, hundreds of schoolchildren have been abducted — in the latest incident of its kind. president muhammadu buhari says the government will not be blackmailed by criminals who target innocent children. this time 317 schoolgirls were taken from a boarding school. they were kidnapped in the northwest state of zamfara. the governor has ordered all schools to close in response. mayenijones reports. the lucky few. these students were amongst those that were not kidnapped on fri

we can speak now to dr bharat pankhania, senior clinical lecturer at the university of exeter medical in pakistan? it is very uraent, programme in pakistan? it is very urgent. and _ programme in pakistan? it is very urgent. and to — programme in pakistan? it is very urgent, and to be _ programme in pakistan? it is very urgent, and to be honest - programme in pakistan? it is very urgent, and to be honest it- programme in pakistan? it is very urgent, and to be honest it is- programme in pakistan? it is very| urgent, and to be honest it is very urgent, and to be honest it is very urgent all over the globe, africa, asia as well, and what i would really be pleased to hear is if the un, the who and other nations were setting up manufacturing plants, the licence and royalties in different parts of the world to make extra vaccines. ~ . , ~ ., vaccines. what is the likelihood of that? zero! _ vaccines. what is the likelihood of that? zero! i _ vaccines. what is the likelihood of that? zero! i can _ vaccines. what is the likelihood of that? zero! i can only _ vaccines. what is the likelihood of

it will take some time to deal with a large unexploded second world war bomb close to exeter university. hundreds of 12 halls of residence after the device was found, and officers declared a major incident. a 100—metre cordon is in place and a further 100 nearby properties were also evacuated. three parties in northern ireland's devolved assembly have requested an emergency meeting after the agriculture minister, gordon lyons, ordered a halt to the construction of brexit inspection posts. his democratic unionist party opposes the northern ireland protocol, which means there are checks on goods arriving from the rest of the uk. nigerian officials say a group of children abducted from a boarding school last week have been set free, but hundreds of others remain missing. the governor of niger state said the kidnappers released about a0 captives including 27 schoolboys who were taken from the government science college in kagara ten days ago. their release comes a day after more than 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped in the northern nigerian town of jangebe. residents angry at the abductions there have att

of calling for the first minister's resignation. sturgeon denies the claims made against her. police say it will take "some time" to deal with a large unexploded second world war bomb close to exeter universityd. lady gaga had put out a £350,000 reward for the two dogs, who were handed in to a police station on friday. the dog walker is expected to make a full recovery. after an exhausting week, the racing driver billy monger has triumphantly crossed the finish line of his 1a0—mile triathlon for red nose day. billy, who is a double amputee, tackled a gruelling 50 miles cycling and walking on the final day of his challenge, with support from comedian joel dommett and presenter zoe ball. he said it was one of the toughest things he's ever had to do in his life. but what an achievement. he was dreading that final day, wasn't he? yeah, he was, but then hejust dreading that final day, wasn't he? yeah, he was, but then he just knew what he was doing it for, so he knew that was important and that was driving and forwards. i hope he is enjoying his sleep in. t is driving and forwards. i hope he is enjoying his sleep in.— enjoying his sleep in. it is 7:11 a.m. , enjoying his sleep in. it is 7:11 am.

of exeter. people were forced to leave their homes, including residents at a care home and students at the university'srts are trying to decide whether it can be diffused where it is or whether it has to be taken out and destroyed somewhere else. and if that happens, it could mean the cordon has to be extended, meaning even more disruption for even more people living around here. with a 100 metre cordon around their homes, residents are having to stay somewhere else tonight — many left without any possessions this morning, some, like adam, allowed back in briefly to pick up pets and other essentials. basically, i've obviously had to pack a few good four or five bags for kids to go to their grandparents. i packed a bag for me and the girlfriend. yeah, just going to try and make the best of a bad situation, if you like. the cordon was set up after workmen on a building site found what looks like a world war ii bomb. police officers asking people living in around 100 homes here to leave immediately. we got woken up this morning by the police saying that there is a bomb outside of our house, so we had to e