Affected his Mental Health. I wouldnt want to go out, people knew who i was. Obviously i played for man united and i was assuming they would be saying horrible things about me, potentially they were all the time. Some of the warmest weather is on its way this week. It doesnt mean its way this week. It doesnt mean it will be sunny and it doesnt mean eve ryo ne it will be sunny and it doesnt mean everyone will remain dry. I will have all the details here on brea kfast. Its monday the 18th of may. Our top story with two weeks to go until some Primary School pupils in england return to the classroom, the government insists plans are in place to ensure the safety of teachers and pupils. Ministers want children in reception, yeari and year 6 to go back to school, as part of the next step to ease the lockdown. But unions and some parents fear the move may cause a second spike in coronavirus cases, as john mcmanus reports. When is the right time to send children back to school . And how will the safety of them and theirfamilies be guaranteed . In england, some younger pupils will be back at their desks onjunei. Ministers say measures including staggered breaks and class sizes of 15 will reduce the chances of pupils transmitting coronavirus. But not everybody is convinced. With my children, my youngest, bronwyn, she has asthma, shes on two inhalers. Charlotte, she has full on learning difficulties and she has had pneumonia when she was five years old. I dont want her getting a second bout of pneumonia. The government has acknowledged it cant eradicate all risk, but the evidence shows children with the virus rarely develop serious symptoms, though their transition rate isnt yet known. We measured the amount of virus in their nasal samples and that looks pretty similar to adults. What we dont know is whether these children then are able to pass on to other adults or to other children. One initially sceptical Teachers Union has now backed the plans to return with some qualifications. Its easy to talk about what opening a school in place a might be compared to place b. So we already know that liverpool, for example, hartlepool are saying theyre not going to open their schools from june i. Theres still a lot more thinking to do as to what do social distancing mechanisms mean in schools, how does that work . Other European Countries are facing the same dilemma. Germany and denmark are slowly reopening classrooms using social distancing, but italian pupils will stay at home until september. Meanwhile, the latest daily death toll was 170, the lowest figure since the day after the lockdown began on march 24. However, numbers are typically lower at weekends. The total number of people who have died in the uk after testing positive for the virus is now 3a,636. The only permanent solution of course is a vaccine. Some scientists believe one may not come for at least a year or perhaps never. But the Pharmaceutical Company astrazeneca has signed an agreement to make 30 million doses available in the uk by september if it can find a vaccine that works. John macmanus, bbc news. Our Political Correspondent chris masonjoins us from westminster. As ever, there is so much to talk about. We know some pupils are due to go back into weeks but there is a lot of discussion about what safety will mean. Is it safe . There are a huge number of ifs. The government has committed themselves to this date for schools in england, within a couple of weeks, but there has been an acknowledgement that that is conditional on the science where the government would be comfortable to press go on schools reopening, in other words, ensuring the virus has dampened down efficiently stop we are still two weeks out and that might not be the case. Then this round has been rumbling all weekend to tween the Teachers Unions and the government. Yes, we saw in the report, there are some sense that unions might be willing to compromise a little bit. There is a desire for mothers to find some sort of compromise, but at the heart, there is still real concern from plenty of teachers and from plenty of pa rents plenty of teachers and from plenty of parents about, monthly, can enough be done to ensure that children are as safe as possible. There was an acknowledgement from michael gove that the risk cant be removed entirely, pointing from the government to statistics that suggest they might be a small level of transmission amongst children. But still a lot of anxiety was about the heart of this, government message that for so many weeks was as blunt as stay at home close quote. And now has had to morph into Something Else and it is for that reason that it is might take people quite some time. To adjust to that message. Thank you. If you have any questions around transport or schools, let us know. Efforts to get commuters safely back to work by train are being brought in this morning. More security guards are now in place at several railway stations, and some seats on board will be blocked off to allow social distancing. Passengers are still being advised to use public transport only if its essential and they have no alternative. Heres our transport correspondent, tom burridge. Social distancing really isnt a problem a lot of the time, but there is concern as more people commute again. Worried, i need the bus to go to work. Busier than i thought it would be. Yemen, there was only about two people in each carriage so it was fine. Good morning, welcome aboard. Yeah. More staff directing you around. Please keep to your left. They will also limit passenger numbers. If theyjudge there is already enough people on board a particular train, they might lock the gates of here and other people will have to wait for the next service. And when numbers rise, you might have to queue to get into a station. We have done the calculations and analysis to ensure that we can have a certain amount of people on the concourse at any one time and yes, there will be closures to entrances as and exit. Time and yes, there will be closures to entrances as and exit. It is reserved seats only to control numbers. That is intercity numbers. They are worried about how theyll manage if more people travel. The main message is dont use public transport if you can. Tom joins us now from euston station. Whats it like this morning, tom . The good news is it is really, really quiet, as you can see here at euston station. That is what we want, that is what rail bosses need. They are genuinely worried about how things will pan out. More people on the board, more trains on the board, heading up to glasgow, et cetera. We will show you into the concourse. Half of the people you can see down there are staff. Security guards trained in crowd control if necessary because some trains which came into this station from birmingham last monday were overcrowded at times, certain times. It isa overcrowded at times, certain times. It is a really collocated matrix. It is hard to predict exactly how many people will arrive at a particular station at a particular time to get ona station at a particular time to get on a particular service will stop thatis on a particular service will stop that is what they are dealing with and that is what they are planning for and that is why they are looking ata for and that is why they are looking at a slightly more extreme measures in the future. One option on the table, iam in the future. One option on the table, i am told, is possibly you will have to book and arrival slot time for your station, the time you will be able to turn up to get your train. But it is relatively quiet, the other important voice is of course only use public transport if you have no other option. Use your car instead, it is rare that we say that, and also of course have something to cover your face if you are going to get on a train or above. If it is really quite, you dont have to wear it but you should haveit dont have to wear it but you should have it on hand just in case. We will be back with tom throughout the morning. We have a number of experts coming up later on if you are commuting by train today, please let us commuting by train today, please let us know how you are going. This if youre commuting by train this morning, please do let us know how its going. You can email or get in touch on social media. The republic of ireland is today beginning the first stage of its plan to ease the countrys lockdown and some restrictions are slowly being lifted in Northern Ireland. Our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. Chris, what will change today . On both sides of the irish border, some normality being taken today. The first fears of that accident plan. There are five stages of that strategy. The last one to begin with according to plan in the middle of august. In the republic, tennis is returning and groups of four people can meet up outdoors. Here in Northern Ireland, Garden Centres will be opening up as well household recycling facilities angling will be polec permitted in public fishing areas and the Stormont Executive will be meeting here in belfast to decide what restrictions to lift next. One of the things they could decided to open up churches for private prayer, to allow drive in cinemas to open and also most significantly, allow up to six people you dont live together to meet up again. What ministers on both sides of the border, north and south, are saying, is although these moves south, are saying, is although these m oves a re south, are saying, is although these moves are welcome to some people, they will be giving some people hope, people should be really cautious was not the viruses are still very much there, it is still dangerous and above all else, people must adhere to social distancing at all times. Testing for coronavirus is to be offered to all care home residents and staff in Northern Ireland. The announcement follows criticism of a mounting number of deaths in the sector. Its hoped the rollout of testing will be completed next month. Software to help trace those who may have been in contact with someone who has coronavirus, will be rolled out in three areas of scotland from today. Its the First Step Towards an extended test, trace and isolate system, which the Scottish Government hopes to have in place by the end of the month. The tracing software is different to the mobile phone app which is being tested on the isle of wight. The uk will move closer to a points based immigration system today when a flagship bill is debated by mps but labour says the home secretary priti patel should think again. The immigration bill would make it harder for workers described by ms patel as low skilled to live in britain. But labour says its lower paid workers like carers and retail staff who have been keeping the country running during the current crisis. A Canadian Military displayjet has crashed into a house in British Columbia killing one person and severely injuring another. The jet was part of the snowbirds display team and was on a Cross Country tour to salute canadians working to fight coronavirus. A video posted on twitter shows two planes taking off before one circles back and bursts into flames. One of the pilots managed to eject and parachute to safety. Detectives have launched a Murder Investigation after a woman died following a suspected shooting in blackburn. The 19 year old victim was injured in the town centre at around 3 00 yesterday afternoon. Lancashire police say the area was busy at the time, and appealed for witnesses to what officers called a senseless crime. A man has been interviewed by detectives for allegedly spitting at a Railway Worker who later died of coronavirus. Belly mujinga fell ill shortly after the alleged incident at londons Victoria Station in march. British transport police say a 57 year old man was interviewed under caution and the investigation is ongoing. The us air force has successfully launched its atlas 5 rocket, carrying a space plane for a secretive mission. A satellite is being sent into orbit as part of a classified programme. And very little is known about it. Tim allman has more. Mission control seven, six, five, four. This is no ordinary rocket launch. It is something just a little bit historic. And lift off. Taking off from cape canaveral, in florida, this is a mission for space force. A mission dedicated to america strong. There was plenty of symbolism about this launch, one of the first to take place since the new agency was established by president trump, and it is happening in the middle of a global pandemic. With challenging times, it has never been more clear the importance of First Responders in our whole society, and i would also like to add a thanks to the women and men in uniform, because our us defence posture has not changed and they have not backed off of it either. Not changed and they have not backed off a bit it either. On board the rocket is the x 37b, a top secret space plane that, up till now, the pentagon has kept mostly under wraps. We have been told this much it will carry out a number of experiments, including a test on the impact of radiation on seeds. Mysterious yet versatile. X 37b is a really interesting machine. It is a reusable spacecraft. It is autonomous, it flies without crew. It can be rapidly reconfigured to coast a wide variety of experiments. Previous missions have lasted up to two years, and Officials Say more experiments will take place this time than ever before. The Ongoing Mission of space force has well and truly begun. Tim allman, bbc news. Lets take a look at todays papers the times says its unlikely that well be able to enjoy foreign holidays this summer, without having to enter a 14 day quarantine on our return. According to the article, lorry drivers will make up the majority of those exempted from the new measure, which is due to begin next month. The telegraph leads on a study which claims coronavirus does not spread widely in schools. It found 18 infected students and teachers across 15 schools only passed the virus on to two others. The daily mail says half of all people in the uk could be vaccinated against the coronavirus, if an Oxford University trial succeeds. It reports business secretary alok sharmas comments that 30 million doses could be made by september, if the vaccine is shown to work. And online, one of the most read stories on the bbc news website says that the Health System in brazils largest city, sao paulo, could collapse under the pressure of the coronavirus. The citys mayor has said Public Hospitals are 90 full, and could run out of space in two weeks. Saw an article over the weekei saying i saw an article over the weekend saying that could be one of the coronavirus hotspots. We have been talking about so many Different Things people have been doing since lockdown. Do you need a new hobby . Climbing the bowls. Setting up diy courses as part of a new home faltering trade. I would like to say, do not try this at home but they are obviously trying it at home. This proper one has crash mats as well. Amateur climbers can be seen climbing walls, moving from room to room and even upstairs without touching the ground. Room to room and even upstairs without touching the groundlj room to room and even upstairs without touching the ground. I am not built for i dont think. Without touching the ground. I am not built for i dont thinklj without touching the ground. I am not built for i dont think. I have not built for i dont think. I have not lied so i cannot do it, luckily. Tried it. Great great grandmother raising money for the nhs and she is knitting a hospital. Margaret seaman, who lives in north fork, known as north forks knitting queen, i believe she did the seafront, at one point, and shes hoping to raise £5,000 by doing this great knitting project. She has four sections and she has been working until midnight. Marking 30 year career by walking with her daughter. They made a laughed shift special by going out on the beat together. They made a laughed shift special by going out on the beat togetherlj going out on the beat together. watched some live golf last night, a Charity Event with rory mcilroy, nikki fowler, carrying their bags, no crowd, and raising money. It was a very strange. It is quiet anyway, golf. We will be talking german football is well. It is just. The crowd. It brings something to the game. This dog ta kes a something to the game. This dog takes a backseat while the cyclist does all the work. I have seen this picture. Wait for it. I just cannot believe it is real. It does put a smile on your face on a monday morning. Its the start of a new week of home schooling for millions of children and parents across the uk today. How is it going . But, for some families in england, the end is in sight. The government wants certain Primary School pupils back in the classroom in a fortnight, despite concerns over safety and social distancing. Breakfasts Graham Satchell has been speaking to two families with very different views on whether theyll be packing the kids off to school from june the first. Two families in england both facing an agonising choice. Do they send their children back to school . We wa nt their children back to school . We want the absolute best for them but we have to weigh up the risks and what is happening with their education. Joe is 11, energy six, the last year of Primary School. Most of the information we get is that covid 19 is not as severe a friend to children as it is to adults but at the same time i am diabetic and there is an added risk ifjoe goes back to school but having said that, i do not think this situation is healthy for children in general. Joe is a strong, beyond belief. At times he is isolated and i think it is quite lonely. Emma has done her best to homeschool her son. She was a teacherfor homeschool her son. She was a teacher for 12 years and understands the safety concerns of teaching units but she says for her son it is the right time to return. If they leave it until september, it is a completely new school and we have had no tr