salmond. the continuing cost of the pandemic government borrowing hit more than £19 billion pounds last month the highest february figure since records began. and could rachael blackmore become the first female jockey to win the cheltenham gold cup? and coming up on bbc news. uefa are investigating after rangers claim their player was racially abused by a slavia prague player during their europa league defeat. they deny the allegation. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a number of eu countries have started using the oxford astrazeneca covid vaccine again, after the european medicines agency confirmed it is safe and effective. germany, france, italy and spain are among the countries that halted its use earlier this month, after concerns about blood clots. but with cases and deaths rising now across europe and millions of people in france being placed under lockdown at midnight tonight there s been a stark warning from germany s health minister, who s
they re still sought after by celebrities and royalty alike. it s hard to put a price on this one. it was the first one ever sold. only a few people can afford them any more. sadly, i m not one. phil mackie, bbc news, shropshire. time for a look at the weather. this time yesterday we were saying there was not much to report apart from some cloud here and there across the uk, and that s certainly the case of the weekend, variable cloud. but it varies a lot because this high pressure, while it s keeping things very calm across the uk, some parts of the country are stuck underneath grey skies when it s pretty chilly. 0ther stuck underneath grey skies when it s pretty chilly. other areas are gloriously sunny. sunny at the moment in the south east and east anglia because the jet stream has pushed drier colder air in from the continent. it is mostly cloudless, so some glorious sunshine for norwich and london. 0ne so some glorious sunshine for norwich and london. one area which has
welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs and around the globe. a third wave of coronavirus infections is sweeping across europe. large parts of france and poland are about to lockdown and confidence in the astra zeneca vaccine has been fluctuating in the eu, after some nations stopped using it, fearing it caused blood clots. now regulators say the jab is safe, and it s being used again, as our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. after weeks of shifting time frames the message was meant to be clear, it s safe and it works. but only an hour before he received it, the health authorities say a possible link to blood clots in younger patients that they had a vaccine should only be used for those over 55. last month it s said only those under 65 should take it. lucky that he turned 55 last year. after weeks of existing lockdown, the government is bringing in new restrictions for the worst affected areas like paris. from a bank to make them a new left on the lights
and coming up a british classic 60 years since the iconic e type jaguar was unveiled, we get behind the wheel of the first one ever sold. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world i m kasia madera. a third wave of coronavirus is starting to sweep across the european union much of it driven by the uk variant of the virus. within the past few moments, a new lockdown has begun across large parts of france. switzerland is extending its restrictions and poland is closing most public venues from saturday. infections have surged, as europe s vaccine roll out has continued to lag behind the pace ofjabs in the us and the uk. but it may begin to pick up again, as several political leaders have gone out of their way to demonstrate their support for the astrazenica vaccine, after fears that it might cause blood clots. our correspondent lucy williamson hs more from paris. never mind the prime minister. in france, it was the astrazeneca jab that needed a sh