pressure to resign, after he drove his family hundreds of kilometres during the coronavirus lockdown. one junior government minister has quit his post in protest and dozens of other conservative mps are calling for dominic cummings to step down. in greece, restrictions on domestic travel have been eased with people allowed to move around the country. president macron has announced a rescue plan worth billions of dollars to help france s car industry, which has been badly hit by the coronavirus crisis. he s offering consumers subsidies to buy electric and hybrid vechicles. and the floor of the new york stock exchange has reopened for business for the first time in two months. it s been closed since the end of march, as new york city became a hotspot in the pandemic. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are daisy mcandrew from talk radio and andy silvester, deputy editor at city am. welcome back to you both. let s look through the sum of the pages we got. ‘tories revolt as voters turn on cummings‘ reads the front of the telegraph, as more than 35 conservative mps call for the uk prime minister s chief adviser to resign. on the front page of the times, a report that the conservative lead over labour has fallen according to a yougov survey for the paper. and the guardian also reports on what it calls ‘rising revolt‘ within the conservative party, over the ‘pm‘s refusal to ditch cummings‘. ‘housing estates will face new local lockdown‘, reads the front page of the daily mail the paper says schools, hospitals, offices and even housing estates will be subject to local lockdowns under plans to contain flare ups of coronavirus. on the front of the financial times, hopes of a speedy economic recovery with a photo of new york governor andrew cuomo ringing the opening bell at the new york stock exchange, which has restarted after two months. ‘hancock‘s half hour‘ reads the front page of the metro, which reports on how the health secretary promised a review of fines for parents breaking lockdown only to be, in the papers words, ‘slapped down by number 10‘. ‘farce and furious‘ is the headline on the daily mirror. and some positivity to finish, as the express front page reports that the drug remdesivir has been approved by the nhs for use treating coronavirus patients. so let‘s begin. welcome back to you both. thievy, let‘s start with the guardian, that paperjust let‘s start with the guardian, that paper just before let‘s start with the guardian, that paperjust before the weekend, and all headlines over the weekend dominated by dominic cummings. rising tory revolt over the pm‘s refusal to ditch him. he is looking under pressure and it is causing the prime minister a lot of problems. does not seem this is going to go away does not seem this is going to go r does not seem this is going to go away very soon? for the prime minister as he said, it is the story that will not go away. the other newspapers, it is the story that just keeps on getting the day after day after day. if anybody is still watching the 5pm press conference as they will know that they are totally dominated by it quite surprising that most people are not sick of this story. i am not belittling the story it is a very big story and significant but i find it amazing and enlightening how many people have been completely caught up in it, just anecdotally, people i have spoken to in the last a0 or 62 hours had mentioned that no matter what their political background. it is something that people are talking about and is dominating politics and dominating the front pages again. some would say that people are talking about it but that is presumably because most broadcasters and newspapers are leading that this story all the way through but the polls are interesting, aren‘t they, 87% in terms of the yougov. he 71%, sorry of responders saying they thought he had broken the rules regardless of their political affiliations. it suggested tory priority has lost significant amount of respect for its competence which is always let the tory party has relied upon, not necessarily liking all of them but you trust them running the country and certainly this is going to take a hit at that. it does not look like the government is about to abandon dominic cummings and it does not look like he is about to resign and allow government to move on so the question is as it is lifted over the coming weeks and months, what will the government be able to say to the british public, you still have to trust x, y and z. and the questions will be about mr cummings. ithink and the questions will be about mr cummings. i think it will probably be wise if you were to take a period of quiet shall we say and a televised press conference might be a good start but this will hold over the government for a long time and breaking into the media and one thing the british public does not forget is hypocrisy or cover up and so forget is hypocrisy or cover up and sol forget is hypocrisy or cover up and so i think the government will have to make a move to demonstrate its competence and moments like they did today, where matt hancock is pretty much sat down by the treasury for about half an hour answering questions in a televised press co nfe re nce questions in a televised press conference does not necessarily screen conference does not necessarily screen that the government is in control. the pm sufferers pull slump, the inevitability about the stories, the longer people hang on but are still on the front pages, we know what the outcome normally is, don‘t we? know what the outcome normally is, don t we? we normally eventually get trotted out, i never wanted to be the story i meant to be shaping policy oriented to be communicating, when you get advisers getting a bad reputation and they normally end up going to take the seat out of the government or take the heat out of the story. as we have just been hearing there is no suggestion in so far at all from the prime minister oi’ far at all from the prime minister orfrom dominic far at all from the prime minister or from dominic cummings that they would do that, the prime minister would do that, the prime minister would urge cummings to fall on his sword. but i think there are big ramifications because he did not play by the rules and why should we. and as we enter as i was saying that is very difficult tenuous and precious time where we put one foot wrong and we really could reap our consequences from that as we try to ease the lock but be sensible with it. so many people will be saying why should i follow what the government said if they break their own rules when it takes their fancy cell it is making theirjob a lot harder and we heard from police today as well, some members of the police force said that it was making theirjob harder at bat when they go to break up parties on the beach or picnics in the park where people are not observing the rules, they are getting a shrug and a select so if cummings can do it so can i. he has another four years, this could all blow over, do you think the damage is really quite toxic and could see through the next four years?” is really quite toxic and could see through the next four years? i think this is four years with and the vast majority of the government stomach cabinet of theirjobs to the prime minister. newman looked at it and thought he is bringing together all of his former enemies, this is a cabinet that is ferociously loyal to borisjohnson. and while there are back benches mouthing off tonight in constituency e mails, will that actually affect boris johnson s security, not at all but what it will do is forces the tory government for the next four years to talk about either brexit or their response to the covid 19 crisis. it is not obviously clear, when you look through the tory manifesto and the election that we had in december of 2019, remember those days? it does not feel like six months ago. but what this government actually stands for aside from building roads and getting out of breakfast and now it is this extraordinary unprecedented event. getting out of exit. one thing they do need to know and one thing they are aware of, the labour opposition has changed and it is now run by frankly company can claim that competent people and can ask questions and hold the government to account rather than the idiosyncratic approach is from the previous labour administers. it is embarrassing for administers. it is embarrassing for a lot of these cabinet ministers having to defend and hold the line, isn‘t it and it is causing some of them to say some of the most absurd things? michael gove reckons he will test dominic test his eyesight. it wasjohn test dominic test his eyesight. it was john jumping. test dominic test his eyesight. it was john jumping. it was absolutely weird. and also police break up an illegal party at tory mp‘s come. so obviously going on. i was talking to my mother today and she has to drive tomorrow, she is 81 and the first time she got behind a car since lockdown started and i was thinking about it and thinking i would tell her just thinking about it and thinking i would tell herjust to drive to the end of the lane because she will be quite nervous and it is quite a long drive. we came this round already but you never say go an hour‘s round trip to test whether you are feeling nervous or up to it and certainly not do a michael gove or dominic cummings and say let‘s go for a long drive to test her eyesight. there is a width of something less than honest and straightforward coming off the government and obviously papers like the mirror in the guardian are going to keep battering them with it for as long as they can and it is a shame in many ways not from a party political point of view but observer‘s point of view, i enjoyed the unity that came with the crisis of coronavirus and obviously a certain amount of normal relations have now resumed and i am a bit sad for that brief moment of unity. dominic cummingsa for that brief moment of unity. dominic cummings a very divisive figure and you can see that and how he splits not only the cabinet but also tory mps, some of whom really are very unhappy because he led the leave campaign and whatever. what about him actually saying who would have organised this, could he not have organised this, could he not have said yes everett the guidelines, i got it wrong i apologise and we move on but the whole way of presenting this could be done differently and perhaps people would have been more forgiving? throughout the lockdown period people had to make tough calls and we are not in ordinary times andl calls and we are not in ordinary times and i think had he gone to the public in the afternoon or in the morning, he said this happened and i made this decision, it was not quite within the rules but it was the sort of thing and had to do as a family man, then we could move on but it does not seem an this government s dna to accept that there are shades of grey. you have to be very much on the ball with the government and everything it is trying. is that this government‘s dna or all government‘s dna. you never admit you got something wrong?|j government‘s dna. you never admit you got something wrong? i would not say never ever because it does happen occasionally and it is very refreshing. dominic cummings himself knows that and if you listen to that excruciating press conference in full, there were a few moments where he saidi full, there were a few moments where he said i made mistakes every day and did not go so far as to say what those mistakes were and he was not a dream that this whole saga and have said was a mistake so he sort of half got there and he knows we want to hear from most half got there and he knows we want to hearfrom most politicians half got there and he knows we want to hear from most politicians some kind of admission of fallibility or humanity or modesty or whatever but he could not actually go the whole hog. he is not a politician or elected, he is an adviser and paid for. he is the most political person within number ten because we know he is all about winning, how to win and how to bypass the media, that has a lwa ys how to bypass the media, that has always been one of his ambitions, that we in the media screw up everything and steal everything and that the public just want to hear straight from the politicians. there are some people who would take dominic cummings‘s line. we have alluded to matt hancock having to stand up and did the press conference today but looking at that picture, he looks quite content and harassed by this not particularly defying scenes on the doorstep as a collet his family home. do you feel any sympathy at all? i think you would feel sympathy. clearly mind and many other people s minds he was going through and extraordinary family situation. no one wants to be in this position. no one in the 60 million of us wants to be an imposition that are in and that is forcing us to do things that do not feel normal, be that going to see our grandmothers or indeed defying the law because we actually have to go and sort out our childcare. is when he gets into my testing and things that itjust, the country looks at that with a cocked eyebrow. those sorts of headlines, the hancock half hour and farce and the furious, and the metro putting the food in frankly to the tory government which is sight unseen for everyone going to work on the bus or train tomorrow. onto the male, looking ahead because we had the second phase coming through with the shops opening up but the mail pick on that one isolated bubbles of lockdown as well. housing estates could face new local lockdowns and that would be quite extraordinary, if we had one small area and a city or town. this is the other side of the bubble, so a good bubble where you can see orgies to see people which is what we are expecting to hear next week and families could frequently see each other and this is what happens when you see a mini spike in corona cases and a localised area and then it would be and many lockdown and that area. again, i hate to bore on about cummings but when people are told. this will be part of the track and trace policy that will be announced shortly and how it will work. but when someone has tracked and traced in one of these many flare ups might be discovered and your tillage you must then go into a ia day, not a lockdown that we are experiencing that proper isolation in your family cannot leave the house at all even though you have no symptoms, are you going to do that if dominic cummings broke the rules? is that one of the problems, when you are bringing in these big and new policies which com pletely these big and new policies which completely rely on national and population adhering to the rules, respecting the rules and the people who are telling them what to do and believing we are all in this together, particularly if by doing the 1a together, particularly if by doing the ia day isolation they will lose money and possibly lose jobs and everything else that comes with that level of sacrifice. this follows a massive support for the government in the early stages. absolutely, everyone rallied behind the government but when you look at some of the polling, you have to understand that there are people in government and the state we are moving too quickly with the lockdown and the lockdown remains quite popular. clearly the lockdown remains popular so a government that leads has to be the public and it has to say it. and the messages are a tad inconsistent where you stay on one hand we have to work from home if he can on the second hand if you cannot work from them you are encouraged to go to work and it is a very black and white message from a well that is shades of grey. over the coming weeks the government is going to have to come up with some narrative, for why europe is moving pretty quickly toward something that looks like normality. no sign of a vaccine yet but the express talking about this drug which is being approved by the nhs, remdesivir, approved by the nhs, remdesivir, approved following successful trials so that is looking ahead and something perhaps that is offering more reassurance. let‘s go on to the telegraph though because lovely photographs on the front there of a couple getting married, a doctor and a nurse both on the front line, in sickness and in health. of course a wedding i‘m like so many others in this new era. it looks like a movie, doesn‘t it, they are both so attractive and of course the story is so romantic. it is this rather chilling quote that we wanted to celebrate while we were still able to do before we got else so it is this inevitability of medics on the front line in mind and they would get ill and give special dispensations and have the wedding in the chapel at saint thomas is hospital. and the reverend had a p pa re ntly hospital. and the reverend had apparently helped them arrange it because as we know so many weddings being cancelled but they managed to get their big day and she had to rush out and buy the dress. and just underneath that, and 30 seconds, social bubble meetings likely by latejune. social bubble meetings likely by late june. opening up social bubble meetings likely by latejune. opening up a certain amount of latitude but not very much when you look at the numbers. absolutely not, it does not strike me as radical restructuring of lockdown restrictions that you have ever seen lockdown restrictions that you have ever seen but at the same time frankly the government enact case is following in public places right now and it is abundantly apparent that house child needing one other person. and people in pricing now or may be pushing boundaries of lockdown restrictions.” or may be pushing boundaries of lockdown restrictions. i am afraid we are out of time but really good to speak to you both, thank you very much for going through some of the first additions on a few of the papers. that‘s it for the papers this hour. we will be back with more tomorrow. good evening. you‘re watching bbc news. i‘m katherine downes with the latest from the bbc sport centre. golf to start. and world number one rory mcilroy says he believes this year‘s ryder cup, due to take place in september in wisconsin, will be postponed until next year. competitive golf across the world has been suspended since march because of coronavirus, with the pga tour set to resume next month behind closed doors, but mcilroy doesn‘t think a ryder cup without spectators would be a viable option. the majority of the players would like to see it pushed back to 2021 so that they can play in front of the atmosphere that they want to play. and they want to play in front of crowds. that‘s what makes the ryder cup so special. and if the players aren‘t on board with it, at the end of the day, the players are the ones that make the ryder cup. and if they don‘t want to play, then there isn‘t a ryder cup, so i see it being pushed back to ‘21. and honestly, i think that would be the right call. tennis star petra kvitova is on the same page as mcilroy. she also called for events to be cancelled if fans aren‘t allowed to attend. the two time wimbledon champion says she would prefer this year‘s remaining grand slam events to be called off if they have to take place behind closed doors. wimbledon has already been cancelled, but the us open is still set to start at the end of august and the french open has been rescheduled for september. premier league clubs will vote tomorrow on whether to return to full contact training. squads have been in group training for a week, and coronavirus testing for players and staff continues. bournemouth‘s first choice goalkeeper aaron ramsdale‘s confirmed he‘s the latest player to return a positive test. he says he tested negative in the first round of testing last week, but in the second batch he was shown to have contracted the virus. he says he hadn‘t experienced any symptoms and is now self isolating. two major sporting events held in the uk in march have caused increased suffering and death according to data from the uk‘s largest covid tracking project. less than three months ago, 250,000 people attended cheltenham festival and 3,000 atletico madrid fans travelled to liverpool for their champions league tie. at the time, government advice was for events to go on as planned, but now scientists have found coronavirus hotspots in both cheltenham and liverpool shortly after they took place. obviously, i think everybody would agree in retrospect that was a bad idea because the deaths that we see and the hospitalizations that happened a few weeks later. so we see now daily deaths increasing or decreasing, this is kind of a view of the past, going back three weeks. and, yeah, i think with the outbreaks, what we know and this is what who has been saying the faster you can respond and get a handle on the virus, especially when it is so infectious like coronavirus is and seems to transmit so easily, the easier it is later on to actually develop policies to manage it. the department for digital, culture, media and sport sent us a statement, saying. and we have a special programme here on bbc news, sport and the pandemic, on saturday at 2.30 and 6.30. world rugby are looking at measures to help reduce the risk of coronavirus spread in the sport. research by the sport‘s medical authorities has found the risks might not be as high as expected. limiting face to face contact and reducing time in scrums will be considered, and hygiene procedures will be reviewed. new zealand is set to start a domestic competition injune, but there are no plans yet for rugby to resume in the uk. the uk‘s top swimmers are being told they can prepare for a return to training. it‘ll be a phased return, though, with only 32 athletes invited back at first and only those who train in loughborough or bath at the national centres. divers and para swimmers must continue to train at home. and that is all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. thanks for watching. hello there. there is plenty of dry and very warm weather in the forecast for the next few days. now, during tuesday, the very highest temperatures were found across eastern and southern parts of the uk, 27 degrees west of london. it was a bit cooler further north and west. not an awful lot cooler, but actually as we go through the next few days, we‘re going to see this area of high pressure, which is really dominating the scene, shifting a little further eastwards. now, the winds are out of a high pressure flow in a clockwise direction. so as the high shift eastwards, that will allow us to waft warm air northwards across just about all parts of the uk. but we start wednesday morning with very mildest conditions across the south, i3, ia degrees in cardiff and in london. not quite as mild further north, but as we go through the day ahead, we‘re expecting lots of fine weather, some spells of sunshine, a bit of patchy cloud towards the south and east of england and certainly more cloud into northern ireland and scotland. and that cloud mayjust start to fringe some patchy rain in across the far west. those temperatures getting up to around 17 degrees there in glasgow. once again, 2a or 25 across parts of south wales, central and southern parts of england. now, as we go through wednesday night into thursday, we will see some outbreaks of rain pushing across the northern half of scotland, a weak frontal system pushing through. further south, it‘s dry with some clear spells on what will be a mild night for most, lows of six to 12 degrees. any early rain across scotland or northeast england will clear very quickly on thursday. and then as you can see, increasing amounts of sunshine. bit of patchy cloud here and there, yes, but largely sunny skies. and at this stage, i think the highest temperatures will be found across western areas, so liverpool, cardiff, 25 degrees, but glasgow up to 22. a bit coolerfor some north sea coasts. now, as we get into friday, remember, when you look at our maps and you don‘t see cloud, that means we‘re expecting sunshine. a lot of blue sky overhead on friday. again, those temperatures, 2a, 25, 26 degrees. parts of southwest scotland getting into the middle 20s. still a bit cooler for some of those north sea coasts with a flow of air off the sea, but as we head into the weekend, high pressure does remain dominant. it should fend off this frontal system. yes, we mightjust see a little bit of rain fringing into the far northwest of scotland at times, but generally speaking, it‘s a dry weekend. and widely, it will be very warm, with those temperatures into the 20s.
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and across the globe. you can contact us about these stories on twitter. cancer care in england has faced major disruption during the pandemic with big drops in numbers being seen following urgent referrals by doctors, figures show. the uk government is coming the number of people being assessed under increasing pressure from former cabinet ministers by a cancer doctor within two weeks to relax the two metre rule on social distancing in order of a referral fell to 79,500 to kick start the economy. politicians including the former conservative party leader a drop of 60% in april. sir iain duncan smith have warned of dire economic consequences if pubs, meanwhile, patients cafes a nd restau ra nts a re u na ble to open fully, and urged starting treatment in april ministers to move in line with the world health organisation s dropped to 10,800 recommendation of one metre. 20% below the numbers seen in april last year. the lockdown is being eased further for millions of people living alone in england who will be the health service said it had tried able to spend the night to protect services. this has included delivering in another person s house. more chemotherapy in the new measure, described the community and people s homes by the prime minister as well as creating as the social bubble, covid free wings in hospital will come into effect from saturday, but does not apply to people to protect patients. shielding or to anyone in wales, the oncologist and chief medical officer northern ireland and scotland. at the rutherford cancer centre, karol sikora, gave his reaction to the latest figures. and in the last half he says the drop in referrals hour new figures from is very significant. the national health service in england have highlighted a sharp the bottleneck is in the diagnostic decline in the number of people phase, and we have known that. receiving urgent referrals we didn t know how big it was going for cancer care during the pandemic. to be when we look back, and 60% is a very significant drop. our assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster. and that is because partly people are too frightened to come forward with symptoms to go to their gps. let s begin with this social and secondly, poor old gp, he is stuck with the patient and distancing, the two metre rule in the diagnostic services collapsed. place, because clearly there is huge economic pressure to reduce that. he can t get an endoscopy or a scan, but does the science really allow it because everything was shut, because the nhs moved into covid and what does prime minister boris and did incredibly well. now we ve got to pick up quickly. johnson want to do? the short answer is he is caught in the middle, cancer doesn t wait, caught between many in his own party it doesn t take easter off, desperate for an easing in the two and a lot of patients have suffered metre rule to try to get the economy because of this and still there s a lot people out there have got going again, particularly the cancer that don t know. hospitality sector. chancellor rishi sunak came under huge pressure at a charities have warned the disruption to services would have a devastating effect. meeting of the 1922 backbench tories last night and they came away from lynda thomas, chief executive it pretty convinced that he of the cancer charity macmillan, supported reducing the two metre says urgent action is needed to help rule. against that you have the people who may have cancer during the coronavirus crisis. science and scientists, which is i think seeing these figures published today, deeply cautious. anyone watching we are still seeing that coronavirus yesterday s downing street news has really wreaked havoc on cancer conference where we had chief patients being referred scientific adviser sir patrick for treatment and starting effective vallance, and chief medical officer treatment during this pandemic. chris whitty, the takeaway is they we are seeing slightly better are very apprehensive about the risk figures this month than last month which is encouraging ofan upsurge but there is still an are very apprehensive about the risk of an upsurge in the virus and awfully long way to go. potentially a second wave if you i think we are probably still seeing start to ease the two metre rule too the effects of people still not being sure whether it is ok to go quickly. in the middle stands boris to the gp, perhaps not johnson, who has to make a call. referring in the way listening to him, though, it seems that they were beforehand, and then some services actually he is leaning towards the scientists still not being able to start in the way we might have wanted at the moment because the prime to have seen them being done, minister said to pretty clearly that so i think our view very much you can t reduce the two metre rule is that we really need to get to see until and unless the level of a plan for the recovery of these infections comes down. we know at services going forwards, the moment the number of people it is absolutely vital that cancer patients get seen. being infected every day is around some people might have now waited three months from not 5000, still far too high. secondly, going to the doctors and they really he said we need to have test and need to get to their gp, so i think both from members trace up and running so that if of the public and from the system there is an upsurge we can clatter we are still really needing it down again. we will find how to see urgent action. close we are getting to that today when we get the test and trace specifically what would you like to figures. but as a result i don t know see from government?” think there will be any early or specifically what would you like to know see from government? i think we imminent easing in the two metre have been waiting for and going for rule and that seems to be the since april has been a plan to see message from simon clarke, the local how services will recover in totality, so it is great to see some government minister, this morning. new initiatives being unveiled around chemotherapy and the we recognise fully the challenge it poses both to human cost, community, but really it is the but also the economy. totality of that plan. there is so we ll always keep going to be a massive backlog of this under review. clearly there is important work patients who haven t been seen to be done looking at this during the pandemic and that is on and what sort of progress top of the people who will also may be possible. at this point i want to reaffirm continue to come to the system, so i to viewers that our guidance remains think from government we need an two metres at this point, and that should be reflected urgent think from government we need an urge nt recovery think from government we need an urgent recovery plan and cancer. in the way we go about our lives until such time as the scientific advice allows us to say otherwise. on cancer. in the united states there are increasing calls to remove pro slavery confederacy names and symbols in response to the anti racism movement triggered by the police killing of george floyd. despite the protests, president trump insists army bases named after officers who fought two other thoughts as to why boris for the confederacy during the civil war won t change because they re johnson is not likely to scrap a two part of america s heritage. david willis reports. metre rule imminently, is because he won t want to override his scientists. they have been a shield they are potent symbols of a racist throughout this crisis, whenever there is a decision to take that past, erected in honour of those who sought to keep might be tricky, we hear, we are african america ns enslaved. following the science. he has some now the statues of confederate generals are being cut down and carried away as a nation room as well because labour are not paying for the rule to be eased incensed by the death because they are also saying they of george floyd seeks have to follow the science. this was to turn its back on the past. shadow health secretary jon have to follow the science. this was shadow health secretaryjon ashworth this morning. the monument to the former president of the confederacy, jefferson davis, the decision on the two metre rule was taken away by police after being toppled is a judgment that has to be based in richmond, virginia. on whatever scientific advice the government receives and obviously we don t have access but the memory of slavery to that advice on a day and segregation lives by day basis. but if the scientific advice on through army bases which bear to ministers is that it can be relaxed then obviously the name of confederate officers we would accept that, but i want to underline the point, such as braxton bragg. it has to be based on scientific there are ten of them in total advice, not because backbench and calls are now growing for those conservative mps are pressurising the government. bases to be renamed. retired us army general david petraeus, who served at fort bragg, so where are we? despite the is among those in favour pressure from tory mps and despite of renaming the bases. the pressure from some sections of in an essay published in the pressure from some sections of the media and despite pressure from the media and despite pressure from the hospitality industry, there is the atlantic magazine, he wrote. really no sign that borisjohnson is going to reduce the two metre rule in the very near future. the overarching concern still in number ten is to avoid a resurgence in the virus, a second wave, which folk authorisation for a name believe would be truly catastrophic for the economy. norman smith, thank change would have to come from the military, and senior officials have indicated you. they might favour such a move, precisely how much but all ten bases are in southern distance you should leave and former confederate states, between you and other people varies many of which supported donald trump from country to country. in 2016 and the president the uk has the same 2 metre rule is radically opposed to the idea. as spain and canada. that the united states of america trained and deployed our heroes on these drops to one and a half metres hallowed grounds and won two world wars, he tweeted. if you are in australia, italy and germany. therefore my administration and then will not even consider the renaming further reduces to a metre of these magnificent and fabled if you are in china, military installations. france or singapore. the white house press secretary said that s changing the names would amount actually the same as the official guidance from the world health to a demonstration of disrespect organisation which also says leave at least a metre between yourself for the soldiers who had served at those bases. and others to prevent the spread of coronavirus. one of the former cabinet ministers fort bragg is known for the heroes to call on the government to drop the two metre social within it that trained there, that deployed from there, distancing rule is the former party leader, sir iain duncan smith. and it s an insult to say to the men hejoins us from north london. and women who left there, thank you for taking the time to the last thing they saw on american talk to us today. why do think it is soil before going overseas and in safe to reduce the two metre rule? because scientists think it is safe some cases losing their lives, to reduce the two metre rule. i to tell them that what they left listened to norman carefully, but i read a piece today on the telegraph was inherently a racist institution. and all the scientific studies that because of a name. that s unacceptable the increase in risk is minuscule, to the president. but symbols of the confederacy and even that is now questioned by are under growing threat. the confederate battle flag, scientists in oxford, who say when otherwise known as the stars and bars, has now been banned you are outside for example, there by nascar, the organisation is literally no risk, and even inside they say some of the tests that runs stock car that have been done have been done racing in this country. the leader of the house under laboratory conditions, which of representatives, nancy pelosi, does not give you an indication of is calling for statues representing how normal people work. the general confederate leaders to be removed from the capitol view now is that it increases from building in washington, dc. 1.3% chance of infection to 2.6% chance of infection. if you wear a the landscape is changing mask, that reduces it to about 0.5% here in the wake of george floyd in all manner of ways, as america grapples with a grim legacy of its past. chance of infection. you can see straightaway. the scientists are not david willis, bbc news. saying it would be dangerous, even the science advisers to the well, here in the uk, government have said it is up to the the statue of the slave trader edward colston has been recovered government. their concern is it from bristol harbour. might create some confusion. they the statue, which had stood are not saying it would pose an in the city centre since 1895, was pulled down and thrown increased level of risk that would into the water by demonstrators be intolerable and they are not at a black lives matter saying that. they are saying to protest on sunday. proceed with extreme caution. of bristol council says it has been course they are. we had from the retrieved from the water and taken to a secure location, before forming part chief scientific adviser and chief of its museums collection. medical officer yesterday that there a statue of robert baden powell are an estimated 39,000 new on poole quay is set be removed and placed in safe storage but some residents have vowed infections per week in the community to protect it and stop it from being taken down. in england. they say that yes, the statue of the founder numbers are coming down but very of the scout movement in poole quay, slowly. so why is now the time to dorset, has been targeted by campaigners due to his change that, when i presume you associations with the nazis and the hitler youth programme, would accept there is the potential as well as his actions for the risk of a second wave? the in the military. bournemouth, christchurch risk of a second wave will continue and poole council said it recognised as long as there is coronavirus. some of his actions were less this idea that somehow we will be worthy of commemoration and said the statue would be removed able to eradicate coronavirus is for now to create time for views simply not the case. like all other to be aired . flu viruses and other viruses, they the uk government is coming under linger around. the key issue is, increasing pressure from former cabinet ministers to relax what helps to take control of it. the two metre rule on social distancing in order but it is much more dangerous.” to kick start the economy. politicians including the former conservative leader sir iain duncan smith have warned understand the point you re making, of dire economic consequences if pubs, cafes and restaurants but the scientists say that the key are unable to open fully, and urged ministers to move in line to keeping this under control is hygiene, not distancing in that with the world health organisation s regard. and hygiene is washing recommendation of one metre. hands, cleaning shared services, not but with around 5000 touching or shaking hands with new infections daily in the uk, people. that is exactly how we have the government and its medical advisors are urging caution. brought it under control. the point our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. about social distancing is that the who does not see any need, and these is it too simplistic to say this is are all scientists, to go to two broadly a row between those backing metres because they don t believe a treasury line worried about the airto air economic hit and so still really metres because they don t believe air to air transmission is a significant risk and some people worried about the immediate health seem to believe it is not the same risks? now, i think as hygiene, which is the key to worried about the immediate health risks? now, ithink that s worried about the immediate health risks? now, i think that s what it does come down to. in the middle is doing this. that has to be kept clear and has to be imposed. you one borisjohnson, does come down to. in the middle is one boris johnson, at does come down to. in the middle is one borisjohnson, at the moment he seems to be leaning much more asked me what was the reason why heavily towards the scientists. when 110w. asked me what was the reason why now. now because oui’ you listen to them day at the moment asked me what was the reason why now. now because our economy is facing a complete crash. the debts are deeply apprehensive and cautious about the risk of another upsurge we are racking up on how we are supporting people, the fact no work any virus, because we haven t got the infection level down or very little work is taking place. if we don t get the economy moving sufficiently, the r level under control sufficiently, so they are we will not be able to afford any of very cautious and borisjohnson the things we need to support public appears to be going along with them services so getting balance right is stop said, there is no doubt the important. and on schooling, if we disquiet of the hospitality sector had a one metre or 1.5 metre rule in in particular, and that mood is echoed across the tory backbenches, place then opening schools will be with increasingly prominent tories now coming out and saying unless we much easier. so everything hinges on this to me to rule with regard lockdown easing. everybody gets the reduced two metres may be to one metre, 1.5 metres, there is no way arguments about the economy and the that pubs, restaurants and cafe is concern of the debt growing day by will be able to open and they think they have got the support of day. everybody absolutely gets that, but isn t it the case that the uk is chancellor rishi sunak. have a listen to the former tory leader not currently in the position that iain duncan smith on the subject. other countries are in? it didn t our economy is facing get into the test and trace as a complete crash. quickly as some other countries who the debts we re racking up on how we re supporting people, have dealt incredibly successfully the fact that no work, with the pandemic in terms of a much or very little work, is taking place. if we don t get the economy moving, lower death rate and spread of the we will be unable to afford any infection. and right now the test of the things we need to do to support the public services so getting the balance and trace system is not fully up and right is important. and also, schooling, by the way, running in order to give people that if we d had a one or one and a half metre rule for schools, confidence. i think people should it would have been much easier have confidence. why? to give you for them to have open. so it is the critical opponent around which everything coming some figures that are really out of lockdown hinges, important and they go missing. everybody is scared that everybody is at the same level of risk because is this two metre rule. they are not. between five and not borisjohnson will be very wary quite 10% of those who have caught against that, of ignoring his coronavirus and died, our people scientists who have been like his without comorbidities, in other field throughout this whole saga. words, a very small number of people how many times when we have got to really different difficult who are healthy, fit and younger decision for susan has been able to than 75 have a very low chance of say, iam catching this, and particularly if decision for susan has been able to say, i am following the science. also the opposition labour party you follow the hygiene rules. the seem to be saying they think we key point is, this is about managing should stick with the sciences. this risk. we will not be able to get rid was the shadow health secretaryjon ashworth. of all risk. what we have to the decision on the two metre rule is a judgment that has to be based understand, even in flu pandemics on whatever scientific advice the government is receiving. like 1968, where 80,000 people died, obviously we don t have access to that advice we did not shut down the economy. on a day by day basis. but if the scientific advice sweden is another good example, they to ministers is that it can be relaxed then obviously have not shut down the economy and we would accept that, their figures have not shut down the economy and theirfigures track have not shut down the economy and their figures track better than the but i want to underline this point, uk. it is possible to control this it has to be based on scientific advice, not because backbench without shutting down the economy. conservative mps are pressurising the government. isn t there a fundamental problem when you have a number of eminent scientists, and we have heard from many of them saying that if the uk the one other key element in the mix had gone into lockdown a couple of here is that test and trace scheme weeks or even a week sooner, we which could be crucial in getting could have perhaps currently half the government to ease off on two the death total we have, more than metres because of that is up and 41,000 souls. there is a problem running and the successful and reliable and means we can put in place local lockdowns if there is an with confidence there in the upsurge in the virus, that could messaging and of the information give mrjohnson the flexibility to thatis messaging and of the information that is being given by the government. lets get this into ease off on the two metre rule. this perspective. the truth is that we afternoon we will get the first had peaked in infection rates before indications of whether or not but is we went into lockdown. and that was actually working when the health secretary matt hancock publishes for therefore already coming down. i the first time the figures on how many people are actually being think this piece of information comes from the man who ran the contact traced and told to self isolate as a result of the imperial college model which has now scheme. thank you very much. more of been roundly trashed by almost every course on that in the coming hours. single scientist, particularly in oxford and edinburgh. my point is to the outgoing chair of the cbi has warned british businesses don t be very careful. you get scientists have the resilience to cope with the combination of coronavirus and they do disagree with each and the threat of a no deal brexit. dame carolyn fairburn said the uk other. the government acted on the leaving the european union advice of the science at the time. without a trade deal would be like setting the shed on fire that is clear from the side records. while the house was in flames. our business correspondent, borisjohnson doesn t have to simon gompertz is in west london. disagree with his scientific advisors because they are not telling him not to do it. they are this row over brexit, people have saying him to be careful and not thought it might have gone away but it very much has an. it hasn t gone sowing confusion. that s about away. it has come right in the midst messaging and clarity. so the government can do this and should do this because otherwise we are not going to get the economy moving. we of this discussion over whether to bring the two metre rule down to one will not get children back to school properly, even in september if we metre. just to give you the business haven t lifted this, and it makes side of that particular argument, life impossible on transport. and bearin life impossible on transport. and bear in mind that in london for pubs, restaurants, cafe is, hotels, example, my constituents rely massively on public transport, more through their representative than anywhere else in britain, and organisations, have been tearing the the tubes are running with hardly government that whereas under the anyone in there because of the two two metre rule they are really metre rule. we need to be very looking at 30% occupancy, customers careful. hygiene is the key. the distancing model, with all the coming into their premises, if you health advice, can be brought down, andi health advice, can be brought down, bring it down to one metre, it is and i believe it should be. iain more like 70% or more, and only if duncan smith, thank you. you get up to that level they can hope to make money. this is the in the united states there are increasing calls to remove pro slavery confederate names force behind that particular lobby and symbols in response and one which i think they will to the anti racism movement triggered by the police killing probably be encouraged to hear that of george floyd. the chancellor rishi sunak is despite the protests, president trump insists army bases named after officers who fought for the confederacy during the civil supposedly being sympathetic to war won t change because they re part of america s heritage. backbenchers requests for some kind david willis reports. of reduction. amidst all this we have also heard news from centrica today. yes, we have. centrica, which they are potent symbols of a racist past, erected in honour of those who sought to keep african america ns enslaved. is the big gas and our trusty now the statues of confederate generals are being cut down supplier, says it is cutting 5000 and carried away as a nation jobs by the end of the year incensed by the death of george floyd seeks electricity supplier. most of those to turn its back on the past. outcome in what they can management the monument to the former president of the confederacy, jefferson davis, was taken away by police after being toppled layers, 2500, amongst their 40 most in richmond, virginia. senior managers half of those will but the memory of slavery be out by the end of august. it is and segregation lives on through army bases which bear pretty dramatic reduction of almost the name of confederate officers one in fivejobs such as braxton bragg. pretty dramatic reduction of almost one in five jobs at the company which has already cut thousands of there are ten of them in total jobs in recent years. the reasons and calls are now growing for those behind it are not solely to do with bases to be renamed. the virus. they have had to contend retired us army general david petraeus, who served at fort bragg, with a cap on their prices the is among those in favour government has imposed and also more of renaming the bases. in an essay published in competition from smaller suppliers. we have seen advertisers have lost the atlantic magazine, he wrote. hundreds of thousands of customers but the virus has accelerated the response to that and what is probably going to be worrying for people who normally work in offices around the country is centrica is saying that during these difficult times as they described them, they authorisation for a name have become more agile and see what they can do so they have obviously change would have to come seen there is room to cutjobs from the military, and senior officials have indicated within their big officers and that they might favour such a move, isa sign within their big officers and that is a sign of what might come to pass but all ten bases are in southern across the uk. thank you. and former confederate states, many of which supported donald trump yesterday the prime minister in 2016 and the president announced a further easing of the lockdown rules for england. from saturday, anyone in england is radically opposed to the idea. living alone will be able to form what borisjohnson called a support bubble with one other household. he said the measure was aimed at those who have been particularly lonely during the lockdown. chris beck lives in worthing in west sussex and his son barnaby who has down s syndrome lives nearby in hove. hejoins us now. the white house press secretary said changing the names would amount to a demonstration of disrespect for the soldiers who had chris is with us. tell me what it served at those bases. has been like for you all, for both fort bragg is known for the heroes you and your son. it has been within it that trained there, that deployed from there, and it s an insult to say to the men difficult. first, my son lives in and women who left there, the last thing they saw on american residential care. he has down soil before going overseas and in syndrome. it has actually been some cases losing their lives, incredibly positive for us, and that to tell them that what they left was inherently a racist institution. he has had such great support. this because of a name, that s is one thing i don t think we have unacceptable to the president. heard much about in the news, about but symbols of the confederacy are under growing threat. the confederate battle flag, otherwise known as the stars people who have additional needs living in care or supported living. and bars, has now been banned by nascar, the organisation for us it has actually been really that runs stock car racing in this country. positive. i can only talk about our the leader of the house experience, but my son is a drummer. of representatives, nancy pelosi, he is 24 years old. his home is is calling for statues representing confederate leaders to be removed from the capitol building in washington, dc. excellent. the support he gets there the landscape is changing is excellent. they have made sure they stick to all the guidelines and here in the wake of george floyd that there are activities to keep in all manner of ways, as america grapples with a grim him and his fellow residents active. legacy of its past. david willis, bbc news. but then the other thing is, i am a musician and he is surrounded by musicians and creatives. my wife is an artist. so we have been doing a here in the uk, the monument lot online and he has really taken for the slave trader, edward colston, has been recovered from bristol harbour. to it. he had a little bubble early the statue, which had stood in the city centre since 1895, on because he couldn t quite come to was pulled down and thrown terms with the situation, wobble. into the water by demonstrators at a black lives matter protest on sunday. bristol council says it has been he is surrounded by support. people retrieved from the water and taken to a secure location, before forming part of its museums collection. have kept in touch through face time a council in southern england has temporarily taken down a statue to robert baden powell etc. we wrote a song and it was, i after protesters questioned the founder of the scouts links to the nazis. ama etc. we wrote a song and it was, i am a songwriter, but he suggested we baden powell founded write a song about the positive the scout movement in 1907. things and we have written a song bournemouth, christchurch and poole council said it recognised some of his actions were less called keep smiling which will be worthy of commemoration and said out there soon. we have kept him the statue would be removed for now to create time for views to be aired . focused but he has been incredible. it isa focused but he has been incredible. it is a very positive story. we were the number of confirmed surprised. but this is because of coronavirus infections the support he has had. that is in the united states has surpassed two million, two weeks after the world health organization wonderful to know and hopefully we declared the american continent will be able to hear the song soon. to be the new epicentre i know we havejust of the coronavirus pandemic. will be able to hear the song soon. i know we have just seen will be able to hear the song soon. i know we havejust seen him his wealth for the first time in quite the figure comes some time. yes, yesterday. getting from thejohns hopkins institute emotional thinking about it. 12 which also indicated weeks without seeing him. and we that more than 112,000 people had died there went for a walk in the park the highest death toll in the world. yesterday at distance. he has done new york city remains the worst affected over 200,000 his bit and i cry out to all those cases of the virus have been confirmed there since the pandemic began. people who have sort of forgotten although the daily number about this distancing and we met of new cases has declined sharply in some parts of the us, the figure is increasing in 20 us yesterday, please do it, because there are vulnerable people out states as you can see from this breakdown by the centers there. we had our work and we had a for disease control and prevention. they include california, laugh and he was talking about we which has one of the highest number of recorded are going to meet for father s day, cases as well as texas, nevada and new mexico. we will have a distant picnic, it s also estimated somewhere, between here and that 70,000 people have brighton. it was fantastic. i was been killed by covid 19 in latin america two thirds worried about that. i thought it of them in brazil and mexico. might ship things and it might upset him, but on the contrary. it really pushed him forward and he is looking now to the future and it is good. major cities in brazil are starting to ease lockdown but is wonderful. best of luck to measures despite coronavirus deaths you and barnaby and i hope you can in the country nearing 40,000. earlier this week, a judge ordered the brazilian government to resume meet again soon and we look forward publishing key data on covid 19. to hearing this musical track, i m president bolsonaro has blamed the media for over hyping the outbreak and has previously sure it s going to be marvellous. described the virus as a a bit of a cold . let s cross to rio now and speak to the journalist sonia bridi. bye bye. thank you very much forjoining us. the number of confirmed coronavirus can you assess for us the impact of infections in the united states has the virus so far in brazil and how surpassed two million, two weeks after the world health has it got to the stage where it is organisation declared the american continent to be the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. right up there in the league and the figure comes from nobody wants to be on in terms of the john hopkins institute, which also indicated that more the number of dead? since the than 112,000 people had died there, the highest death toll in the world. beginning of the pandemic we had new york city remains the worst affected, over 200,000 cases very mixed messages from the federal of the virus have been confirmed government to say the least. the there since the pandemic began. president classified the pandemic is a little flue. as other leaders in although the daily number of new cases has declined sharply in some parts of the us, the world did in the beginning. a the figure is increasing in 20 us states, as you can see from this breakdown by the centers for disease control and prevention. they include california, little flu. but different to which has one of the highest number of recorded cases, president trump and borisjohnson, as well as texas, nevada and new mexico. it s also estimated that 70,000 who reassessed their position, people have been killed president bolsonaro has been in by covid 19 in latin america, denial of the pandemic since the two thirds of them beginning. we now don t have a in brazil and mexico. whilst the rate of covid 19 health minister in brazil. we have infections is slowing in many countries, an acting minister, a general, after the world health organization says the situation is two civilian doctors refused to deteriorating in war torn yemen. the country s prime minister has described the sitation implement the measures that mr there as a tragedy. bolsonaro wanted to see in place. he much of the country s health system has been destroyed. is against social isolation. he our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has more. wa nts all is against social isolation. he wants all doctors to prescribe how in a nation scarred by war a new landscape to prepare for all symptoms of of loss, the dead taking more space from patients with covid 19. we still the living as a graveyard grows in southern yemen. have a shortage of access to tests no one knows how many are dying of covid 19, so we have more than 700,000 but with every day more yemenis know this. this pain of life and death confirmed cases, and notification is at the time of the virus. a real problem in brazil. we are and doctors see the worst. reaching 40,000 deaths. a real problem in brazil. we are reaching 40,000 deathsm a real problem in brazil. we are reaching 40,000 deaths. it is a very grim total. on tuesday, a supreme this doctor works in an intensive care unit in the southern city of aden. she s just finished her night shift. courtjudge overturned, as we mentioned in the introduction, a the whole situation in aden is very bad. government decision to stop there are people dying in hospital, releasing the cumulative totals four there are people dying in deaths. do you think the government an ambulance where they are was trying to censor information to waiting for empty beds. manipulate data ? there are people dying at home. was trying to censor information to manipulate data? totals for we can t do anything for them. deaths. yes, i do. this is what they they are just suffering and they die. there is little dignity we re deaths. yes, i do. this is what they were trying to do. but fortunately in this death, and great disquiet. were trying to do. but fortunately we have still a very strong media in brazil, and an independent here in northern yemen the houthi authorities try to hide how many died from the virus. judiciary. and when the federal so some bury the dead in the dead of night. government stopped releasing the men dressed in white fearing data, we started collecting in a for their own lives. but someone at this graveside sent us these images pool of major news outlets. and the so his friend isn t forgotten. judge ordered the government to go a young dentist said back, but still, when you visit to be killed by covid 19. their website, the biggest number his father died two days that you see is the number of before him, his wife fell ill. recovered people, not the actual infection and not the death rates. we have heard so many stories. a doctor in northern we are opening some of the city is yemen tells me he s stopped going to work at the health ministry. now. in a moment when the curve is it s too dangerous, he says. the houthi authorities say that the situation is under still very vertical. we are control now. approaching now 1500 deaths per day. is that true? it s a very dangerous move, as we see the numbers are increasing in parts of brazil that were lightly this deadly virus is moving touched by the pandemic in the beginning. we had a very strong hit undetected across a in the north places it in the amazon country twisted in two by a long war and all the old pestilence, including cholera. area like manaus. in some cities in yemen s health system has all but collapsed. testing for covid 19 among the north we already have 25% of the the lowest in the world. across this country, doctors tell us their beds are full. population infected, and it was a they don t know where to put terrible hit. in rio and sao paulo, the sick and dying. while numbers are still very high. and there is so little specialist care. doctors like these doing whatever they can. a bit of despair that i can t, or we can t do more we already have a very weak public for the patients here. transportation system, so people go i guess, you know, we try our hardest with what we have and each to work in crowded buses and day the sun still rises we do what we can. but it s hard, it s really hard. subways. it is a very dangerous move the disease itself and i m afraid in a few days we will is ravaging lives. yemenis have so few defences have the number of deaths increased. and last week a un appealfor life saving funds fell far short. and maybe some states will have to in a world of covid 19, it is feared back up and close everything again. yemen could suffer the greatest catastrophe of all. we must leave it there, thank you lyse doucet, bbc news. for joining we must leave it there, thank you forjoining us from rio and sharing jk rowling has revealed her experience of domestic abuse and sexual assault, the situation in brazil. in a highly personal essay drafted let s return now in response to criticism to the further easing of the lockdown in one part of her public comments of the uk. yesterday the prime minister said on transgender issues. that from saturday anyone in england in an article on her website, living alone will be able to form what borisjohnson called a support the harry potter author explains how her experiences helped bubble with one other household. he said the measure was aimed shape her opinions. at those who have been particularly she went on to say: lonely during the lockdown. i m mentioning these things now not in an attempt to garner sympathy sarah griffiths hughes but out of solidarity with the huge lives in dorchester, she s been isolating number of women who have histories from her mother, daughter, like mine who ve been slurred and granddaughter. shejoins us now. as bigots for having concerns around single sex spaces. thank you so much for talking to us you re watching bbc news. today. you have been on your own for more than a couple of months now, thanks for staying with us. and it is grim. it is grim even if you are with people in lockdown, but to mark carers week 2020, being on your own is much worse. you are with people in lockdown, but the queen and the princess royal being on your own is much worsem has been horrendous, really hard. spoke to a group of carers who are supported by the carers trust over a zoom call. tell me what your options are now borisjohnson has announced this in a video released idea of forming a social bubble?” on the monarchy‘s twitter account, the queen can be seen with four carers and the trust s have three options. my biggest and chief executive gareth howells. toughest problem is my mother, who she could be heard saying: interesting listening is 92 and an amazing lady, who lives to all your tales and stories. i m very impressed by in sussex, a long way from me. if i choose to have my bubble with her what you have achieved already. then the logistics of getting up to see her and back down to dorset we can now speak to alex atkins, who has provided a caring role don t really make sense. then i have my son and daughter who both live for her mother who has bechets syndrome and now also supports her dad, locally and both have children, so who has various complex health thatis locally and both have children, so that is a hard choice as well. i conditions as well as her grandmother who has think it will probably be my chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. daughter because she is not working she was on the zoom call. and my son works full time, so my daughter will be the best choice, i think. presumably you are in discussion with your mum and children about all of this. what do they think? they say what they well done. amazing set of achievements looking after your entire family. can you tell us what happened when he spoke to the queen? a lwa ys they think? they say what they always say to me, we will leave it it was an amazing opportunity to up always say to me, we will leave it up to you to make your decisions. speak to her. we want to where she was going tojoin. we were not really coming down on any side, speak to her. we want to where she was going to join. we were aware any of them. i do feel most that royal this the princess royal concerned about my mum. she celebrated her 92nd birthday all by was this talking to us so when we found out the day before the queen herself and i desperately want to go would bejoining us so it was and put my arms around her, but c is exciting and we are so humbled for so far away and i have other the opportunity to express commit relatives living so close. but the opportunity to express commit the cameras we all face and the she is so far away. would it be young people i support. can you tell practical to go and move in with her isa young people i support. can you tell is a bit about what was said, are we for a period perhaps? not really, allowed to ask you details of this no. because i would then be cut off conversation? yeah, a lot of different questions. you could tell from everything else, my whole life that the queen was really actively down here. there is a limit to how listening to what we said and much i want to cut off from seeing emphasised in our situation that we are going through and understood the my friends, not that i see them, but struggles that we were facing. so waving to them. so, yes, i think it many different questions that we asked. it was just like a normal conversation. it did feel slightly will be staying in dorset, a much more sensible idea. do you have any concerns about stepping outside this weird because all online relative isolation you have been conversations but still natural of going through for the past 11 weeks or thereabouts? or are you the same time but there was a lot of questions about respite. those types wholeheartedly embracing the idea of the social bubble, even though it brings this conundrum?” the social bubble, even though it brings this conundrum? i would like it to be a bigger bubble with my son of questions, how we were coping and daughter, but that s fine, but i with the situation. can you tell us have no issues about going outside. we are very lucky in dorset, we have how difficult it has been? it sounds like there are a lot of difficult had very few instances, so i think struggles therefore you and the must as long as we ll continue to be very of been pretty hard. it has been sensible and careful keep the distancing, we just have to get on difficult. i am with our lives, don t we? role on of been pretty hard. it has been difficult. iam in of been pretty hard. it has been difficult. i am in a of been pretty hard. it has been difficult. iam in a position of been pretty hard. it has been difficult. i am in a position where i support carers as well as being the carer myself so i can see in saturday. thank you for sharing your both hands a situation. i go out, story with us and i m sure lots of other people are thinking about who doing shopping for others in the they will get into a social bubble communityjust doing shopping for others in the community just to get doing shopping for others in the communityjust to get a bit of with from saturday. respite from that. some people are finding it nice to beat with their cancer care in england has family and then helping through faced major disruption during the pandemic with big drops situations but the majority are in numbers being seen really struggling. we got on really following urgent referrals well. we all understand the things by doctors, figures show. the number of people being assessed well. we all understand the things we have good going on. i am working by a cancer doctor within two weeks from home. my mum is working part of a referral fell to 79,500 time. all the different dynamic but a drop of 60% in april. it is difficult because no one is meanwhile, patients starting treatment in april getting a break at the moment. of dropped to 10,800 20% below the numbers seen in april last year. course. quite a treat to have this the health service said it had tried to protect services. particular phone call. what does it this has included delivering mean to you, what will you remember more chemotherapy in the community and people s homes most about it, speaking to the queen as well as creating and princess royal? i think it is a covid free wings in hospital to protect patients. once in a lifetime opportunity that nobody thinks they are going to get, having that opportunity. especially let s look at those cancer figures. is this down to some of the with the virus, but at the same time treatment options are simply not we have got all this distanced being available, or as largely conversation, so it will stick with because people have been so afraid me forever and i think something to go into hospital because they are afraid of catching covid 19?” that i want to inspire the young to go into hospital because they are afraid of catching covid-19? i think afraid of catching covid-19? i think a little bit of both. at the start aduu that i want to inspire the young adult carers i have supported and we are always hoping to achieve. thank of the pandemic the nhs prioritised cancer care, unlike some other parts you very much. amazing what you are of the nhs where things were doing. so many others. postponed or cancelled, cancer care was kept running. but they have to do it in was kept running. but they have to do itina was kept running. but they have to this cross now to nicola sturgeon. do it in a different way. 21 cancer hubs are set up to coordinate care across england. we have seen a reduction in services but we have also seen a reduction in the numbers there has been an increase of 17 of people coming forward to their from yesterday. a total of 909 patients are in hospital with gps and reporting symptoms. that is why we have only seen the 79,000 confirmed or suspected covid 19, that represents a total decrease of people urgently referred for a 78 since yesterday include stomach consultation with a cancer doctor. including a decrease of ten in the that is a drop of 60% year on year. number of confirmed cases, a total of 21 people last night were into and then those patients starting treatment is down by 20%, just over intensive care with suspected or confirmed covid 19, an increase of three from yesterday but all of the 10,000 during april. that is a increase i should say is in significant drop. and it illustrates suspected cases. i m also able to that perhaps there are not as many confirm today that since the 5th of march a total of 3858 patients who services available as there was when the pandemic, before the pandemic had tested positive and needed hospital treatment for the virus started. what the nhs is trying to do though is to reopen services, get have been able to leave hospital and i wish all of them well. in the past cancer patients through the system, because as well as those entering the system we have also heard of 24 hours five deaths were registered cases where patients are having of patients confirmed for a test of ongoing treatment. that has to be having the virus, the total number of deaths in scotland under that stopped because of coronavirus. and also patients not getting screened measurement is now there for as for cancer. cancer research uk estimates there may be a backlog of a lwa ys measurement is now there for as 2 million for cancer screening. tell always it s important to stress the figures ijust read out are notjust me about some a&e figures as well? you have some figures for a&e statistics, they all represent attendances well. yes, we do. these individuals who right now are being cover a more recent period, may. a&e mourned by the families and friends. so againi mourned by the families and friends. so again i want to send my deepest condolences to everyone who has lost has always been open and the doctors have always urged patience to come a loved one to this illness. i also forward if they are seriously ill wa nt to with other conditions other than a loved one to this illness. i also want to express my facts as always to our health and care workers for coronavirus. now in april, the the extraordinary work they continue numbers who came to a&e were just to do in very difficult and testing over 900,000. during may that has circumstances. i want to highlight three issues today. firstly, i will increased to just over 1.2 million. that is still well below the numbers cover our latest report which has just been published on the r number. a&e departments traditionally see over the course of a given month. i will update on some developments in the construction industry and normally topped 2 million. we have talk about support that we are also got figures for those making available for students over undergoing routine surgery. these the summer. i will then close by have dropped massively but we expected that because routine reflecting on the importance of our treatment was cancelled on masse. test and protect system launched two weeks ago and our wider public just 41,000 people had surgery for health guidance. let me start with things like knee operations during april. that is down from nearly today s report on the r number. as 300,000 you could expect in any given month. 0k, a big let backlog you will recall the r number shows to catch up with. the rate at which this virus is nick triggle. reproducing. in some areas the r is jk rowling has revealed how she experienced domestic abuse and sexual assault, in an essay defending her comments above one where everyone with the on transgender issues. virus will infect more than one other person and the virus will it comes after she was accused of transphobia, following a series of controversial tweets. spread exponentially. if the r in a blog post, the harry potter number is below one the number of author said incidents in her past people with the virus will fall. we had shaped her opinions on the need to protect girls. estimate that the r number in jk rowling has revealed how scotla nd estimate that the r number in scotland as of friday the 5th of she experienced domestic june was between 0.6 and 0.8. that nick beake s report contains some flashing images. apart from the occasional premieres for herfilms, isa jk rowling prefers to stay june was between 0.6 and 0.8. that is a lower estimate than for two weeks ago when we calculate it that out of the limelight. the number was likely to be between but now, after being accused 0.7 and 0.9. under that estimate we of transphobia, she says she has to speak up and has would expect that the virus will revealed deeply continue to decline. in addition, we personal experiences. in a long essay, she describes her first marriage as violent estimate that last friday 4500 and says she suffered a very serious sexual assault in her 20s. people in scotland had the virus and she doesn t identify her attacker. we re people in scotland had the virus and were infectious. our previous estimate for the 29th of may had been that 11,500 people were likely to be infectious. that sounds like a very big decline. so it is worth me stressing that we don t actually think that the number of infectious people has more than halved injust one week. what has been happening is it s a reference to what she calls that we have been reassessing our the relentless attacks estimates for previous weeks based on social media she s on the latest figures available to received after tweeting about the importance of biological sex. us. in short, it is likely that the actor daniel radcliffe, 11,500 was an overestimate, not that who made his name in the number has halved in a single the harry potter films, week. spoke out, saying transgender not that the number has halved in a single week. notwithstanding that, the latest estimates reflect the women are women, and hoping that jk rowling s comments encouraging data we have seen in the would not taint the harry last couple of weeks. there is no potter series for fans. eddie redmayne, who stars in the harry potter spin off doubt looking at all this data that we are making very real progress in fantastic beasts, also combating and suppressing the virus disagreed with her. in scotland. as always, it is jk rowling hopes people will see why important i inject a note of her own experience compels her to caution. firstly at the estimates i speak out on sex and gender issues. nick beake, bbc news. have reported to be gaining to ease the australian prime minister, scott morrison, has joined a growing row involving china, saying he will never trade national values in response to coercion. the lockdown and we continue to china imposed a ban on australian beef and started taxing barley monitor impact from the carefully. imports, shorty after mr morrison called for inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. beijing also urged chinese students to review whether to study in australia. the bbc‘s shaimaa large enough to make the virus take khalil is in sydney. off rapidly again if the r number this is.these tensions have been simmering for a while now was to go much above one. for these between beijing and canberra. reasons we need to celebrate the as you say, the background to this has been when australia joined progress but continue to be careful and sided with the united states, and cautious. a week today we will calling for an inquiry into the origins of covid 19, which was first detected in china have a further review of the lockdown restrictions. i am late last year. currently very hopeful that at that at the time, beijing dismissed that, point we will be able to lift some called it politically motivated, further restrictions. we may not be but very soon after imposed able to do those tariffs on barley and the ban on beef. now we re seeing almost another level of escalation china warning its citizens and warning its students about going to australia citing covid 19 threats, but also saying that there have been racist incidents against asians, which there have been and they have been documented, but not everything rests we do that at the level where a whole population of tourists and students should be stopped from coming. but really, what you re seeing as well, is the third and fourth cautiously and tie making, we will most significant exports bea cautiously and tie making, we will from australia, they re responsible be a better position to lift more for billions and billions of dollars restrictions if all of us continue to stick with the current in revenue here in australia, with china being the biggest contributor to that. it does send the largest number of international students here in australia, now it has a big question mark on it. so while australian authorities, australian officials, including, of course, guidelines sector will be able to the prime minister saying, move to the next step of the restart look, you know, we re not going to give up on our values. plan, something that was always we re assertive about our sovereignty, about how envisaged as something in phase one we want to run the country and how of the route map, so it s not a we want to approach the pandemic change to phase one. earlier steps and the inquiry, there s bound have allowed for health and safety to be a nervousness in canberra about relations with its trading planning for preparatory work at partner because it does affect construction sites and moving to the trade, it does affect tourism and it next step of the industry plan will does affect education. allow workers to return to construction sites gradually while technology giant amazon using measures such as physical has banned the police from using its controversialfacial distancing and hand hygiene to make recognition software for a year. sure we can do so safely. i am it comes after civil rights grateful to the sector and to trade advocates raised concerns unions for the very responsible about potential racial bias approach they have taken during an incredibly difficult time. it is in surveillance technology. important to be very clear that we still have a long way to go before rory cellan jones, our technology construction will be working at full capacity but there is no doubt this correspondent, joins me now. isa capacity but there is no doubt this is a significant step in allowing an important industry to return safely rory, tell us a bit more about this to work. i can confirm today we are technology and how long it has been extending our help to buy scheme used for? well, there has been a lot which was due to come to an end next march. we are extending that to of controversy about facial recognition technology in general march. we are extending that to march of 2022. under that scheme the here in the uk, the us and around government provides up to 15% of the the world. earlier this week ibm cost of buying a new build home and announced it was getting out of recovers its share of the funding facial recognition. people pointed when the property is sold or when out that it wasn t very big in it. the share is bought out. in recent amazon is a lot bigger in facial yea rs the share is bought out. in recent years the scheme has helped to recognition technology. it has got a 17,000 people, more than three product called recognition which was quarters of them aged 35 or under, being used by a number of police to buy new build homes. it has been departments across the united a valuable support for states. amazon have never given house builders. at present the precise figures. there have been pandemic means the scheme is not mounting calls for this to stop, for being used so by confirming that it there to be regulation at this is being extended i hope we can ensure more people who may otherwise technology of this technology. have missed out on the scheme are allegations that it was biased, able to move into new homes in the particularly in the way that it recognised faces of people from future and also we are able to provide a bit more confidence for ethnic minorities. so amazon was the construction sector. the third under mounting pressure, had been for some time. obviously recent issue i want to talk about his events have made that even more support for students. we know many pressing. what of the company said stu d e nts support for students. we know many students rely on income from is that congress in the united seasonal or part time jobs, states is debating some kind of especially over the summer months. legislation overseeing this and the economic impact of covid technology and will wait a year to see how that will work out. 0k, will therefore cause them particular difficulties. that can be especially technology and will wait a year to see how that will work out. ok, so thatis see how that will work out. ok, so that is why it is saying the ban is for a year. is this likely to be the important for higher education students, who unlike further subject of any challenges? i m not education students can t usually sure that it is. the debate will be claim benefits over the summer. we have already provided additional support for students and have also about just how you suspended debt recovery action by sure that it is. the debate will be aboutjust how you receive this technology. there is an arms race the students awards agency. today we going between the west and china are bringing forward more than £11 using artificial intelligence million of further support. this generally. this is a branch of funding will be administered by artificial intelligence. china has colleges and universities to help made huge progress in advancing higher education students who most facial recognition technology, but need it and it is a further way in people look over there and see how which we are trying to support stu d e nts which we are trying to support students at a time when we know many it is used for mass surveillance and they don t like it. lots of uk and of them are still facing potential hardship. the final issue i want to us tech companies try to follow cover today relates to my earlier suit. they are now under great discussion of the r number and how pressure to hold on and wait for we hope to announce further changes some proper oversight. we had a big to lockdown restrictions next week. as we do that and gradually, and i incident last year in the uk where it was revealed that facial emphasise gradually, return to recognition technology was being meeting more people and return to used in the king s cross area of living a bit more freely, which we london and a big push back against are all keen to do, our test and that. so this is a global debate. protect system will become ever more and ultimately it is about the tech important in helping us all to live companies and the privacy of their a less restricted life. while still users? it is. but it is also about being able to suppress the virus. the quality of the technology. there yesterday we published the first data from the system which started isa the quality of the technology. there is a debate aboutjust how good it two weeks ago today. that data shows is, and many false positives it that in the period up to the 7th of produces, for example. there have been various experiments by the june, 681 people who reported police in the uk, in south wales in symptoms had tested positive for covid. as of yesterday, contact particular and in london. and the police have said this could be tracing had been completed for 481 useful technology. civil liberties of those and those in progress for a groups have said, hold on a minute, there needs to be far greater further 50. amongst those, 531 cases, a total of 741 contacts had oversight before it s there needs to be far greater oversight before its deployed in a big way. rory, thank very much. rory been traced, just under 1.5 people cellan jones. virus experts warn the wave per case. people s contacts right of anti racism mass protests across the united states and many now will be lower than normal because of lockdown restrictions in cities around the world could cause an increase in coronavirus cases. place. there are two points to note so could online demonstrations be the future for protesting? alice porter has been finding out. about this data, it is very initial data. the first is that the number chanting being black is not a crime! of people testing positive is higher sparked by the death thanis of people testing positive is higher than is suggested by the daily of george floyd, anti racism protests have been taking figures. the ones i report on new place around the world. cases here each day. that s because while many people have tried our daily figures don t yet cover to socially distance, on big demonstrations, tests from the lab is run by the uk it can be almost impossible. government, such as those for breathing, shouting, regional test centres and mobile units, although we will be able to yelling, cheering include that information very soon. this will increase the air flow, it will increase in addition, the current figure is the production of droplets and, therefore, it will increase slightly over state the number of the infectivity around you. cases where no tracing has been so if you re surrounded carried out so far. one reason for by lots of people doing that, there is more opportunity thatis carried out so far. one reason for that is because some historic cases for the virus to spread. from a time when the system was lockdown has forced protesters being piloted still feature in the to find more creative ways to make their points. data. with historic data removed the back in march, brazilians proportion of thing completed cases took to their balconies, banging pans to show goes up from 71 to 86%. we will their discontent with president bolsonaro s handling of the pandemic. publish more data on test and protect in coming weeks, not only and israelis joined a virtual protest against prime minister because it s important the benjamin netanyahu. government understands how it is working but you do as well. over 500,000 people tuned in. so, do you have to be preliminary indications show that on the streets to protest test and protect is already working effectively? well and we will identify areas for i m watching an online improvement as and when they arise and as the system becomes ever more anti racism protest established. fundamentally i want to where activists and mps will be speaking. people from all over the world can stress to everyone watching just how take part and of course there s no issues with breaking social distancing rules. important test and protect is and i suffer from asthma, how important it is going to quite bad asthma, and so i ve continue to be in the weeks and been stuck inside for the entire lockdown. i can t go out and protest potentially the months that lie physically, so what can i do? ahead. i guess it essentially the most important things that we can do is learn, unpack and educate others around us. represents four all of us a kind of social bargain. if you have symptoms, and in some ways this is but can online protests have the same impact? the much more difficult bit, if you under lockdown, extinction rebellion and black lives have been in contact with someone who has symptoms, even if you don t matter have still taken to the streets where they can have symptoms yourself, we will ask cause disruption and you to isolate completely. we will get more publicity. at the end of the day, support you in doing that if you what s on our phones and what s need that support but it is still a on our screens is not real, and in order to create real very tough thing to ask people to change, we have to go do. however, and this is the social outside, talk to people and shout, shout, shout. bargain bit, if we all agree to do now, the government says that you shouldn t be protesting that when necessary, it means all of and that in fact demonstrators could be contributing us together, collectively, will be to spreading covid. what do you feel about that? able to continue to emerge from lockdown while keeping the virus under control. at any one time, some racism killsjust as much as coronavirus, and for me of us will have to self isolate for to be standing here in a pandemic, risking my health, a period so that together all of us that shows what the government s doing. why should i have to do that? can a period so that together all of us ca n start a period so that together all of us can start to lead a less restrictive why should i be there? i should be staying at home, life. so please, if you have protecting myself. but i feel the need to fight symptoms of covid 19, a new fight for my rights. continuous cough or fever, or a symptoms of covid 19, a new continuous cough orfever, or a loss in many ways, the pandemic has or change in your sense of taste or given people even more smell, please don t wait for a few reason to protest. but whether its online hours or a day or two to see if you or on the streets, people have had to adapt so that their voices can still be heard. feel better. start self isolating alice porter, bbc news. immediately that you experience these symptoms and ask for a test immediately. to remind you, you can in arctic russia, there do that by going to the nhs website, are warnings that the operation to clean up more than 20,000 tonnes or by calling nhs 24. that s on oh of spilled diesel could take years. the leak happened at the end of may, prompting russia s president, vladimir putin, to declare a state of emergency, 800, 28 2816. but so far measures to contain the spread of the fuel have or by calling nhs 24. that s on oh 800,28 2816. if we all do had limited success. rich preston has this report. or by calling nhs 24. that s on oh 800, 28 2816. if we all do that when we experience symptoms, and if any of us are contacted to be told we have been in close contact with in two weeks, the leaked diesel has drifted more than 10km someone with the virus and we agree from the site of the accident, to self isolate then all of us are already reaching a nearby lake and turning the ambarnaya river red. going to help enable the whole country to get out of lockdown not just a bit more quickly but more safely as well. the final point i the are fears the contaminated water could eventually reach the pyasino river, wa nt to safely as well. the final point i flowing directly into want to make before he moved to the kara sea, which is part questions is that your best way of of the arctic ocean. booms have been brought into contain the spread but have failed to completely reducing our chance of being a close stop the fuel, already impacting the ecosystem. contact reducing our chance of being a close co nta ct of reducing our chance of being a close contact of someone with the virus and being asked to self isolate as a result is by continuing to stick to translation: ourworkers saw dead donkeys. today i saw a dead muskrat. the key guidance. that s all so our best way of avoiding getting and if a bird lands in the fuel transmitting the virus. to remind or a muskrat swims in it, eve ryo ne it is condemned to death. transmitting the virus. to remind everyone what that guidance is, you should still be staying at home most the storage tank which housed the fuel was part of a metalworks of the time right now, and you facility located the town should still be meeting fewer people of norilsk, one of the than you normally would. if your northernmost towns in the world, 300 kilometres life feels like it s getting back to above the arctic circle. normal right now, please ask yourself why that is, because it president putin criticised shouldn t yet be feeling as if it s the company, a subsidiary getting back to normal. when you do of norilsk nickel, for its delay in reporting meet people from another household, the accident and criminal proceedings have been launched. you absolutely must stay outdoors. three members of the power pla nt‘s staff do not go indoors. you must stay two have been taken into custody. metres apart from members of the norilsk nickel said other household. please do not meet up the measures were other household. please do not meet up with more than one of the unjustifiably harsh household at a time. don t meet more and promised to cover the cost for the clean up operation, than one in the course of any single thought to be around $146 million. day and please keep to a maximum, i around 700 people are involved in the clean up in what environmentalists say is the largest incident of its stress a maximum of eight people in kind ever to hit the arctic. any group. wash your hands often. aruna ayenga, bbc news. make sure you do it thoroughly. if the headlines on bbc news. you are out of your home, take hand there s been a 60% drop in people receiving urgent referrals sanitiser with you. where a face for cancer care during the pandemic, according to new covering if you are in an enclosed figures for england. space where physical distancing may be more difficult, for example in a shop or on public transport. again i cancer charities fear wa nt stress a devastating effect. ministers in the uk are warned shop or on public transport. again i want stress that. we know that one of dire economic consequences if they don t ease the two metre of us wearing a face covering that helps reduce the risk of social distancing rule in england. transmitting the virus to someone else and someone else wearing a face for the first time since lockdown began in the uk, covering reduces the risk of them new support bubbles mean that from saturday millions of people transmitting the virus to us. it s another way in which we can all act living alone in england will be able to stay overnight in another person s house. to protect each other. avoid touching hard surfaces and any you do touch, make sure you clean them thoroughly. and if you have symptoms it s emerged that some high risk offenders in england of covid 19, ask for a test and wales may not have been monitored as closely as they should immediately and please follow the advice on self isolation. above all have been during the lockdown. the details are contained in an internal ministry ofjustice document, seen by bbc news. else, we should all remember right the government is preparing now that in every single individual to announce changes to the probation decision we take we are potentially system which are expected to end the involvement affecting the health and well being of private companies. of others and indeed the well being let s get more now from our home of others and indeed the well being of the whole country. so if all of us continue to do the right thing, affairs correspondent danny shaw. if all of us continue to stick to these rules then we will continue to danny, hello to you. first of all, see the progress that i have been tell us what has been going on with reporting in recent days and we will monitoring of these high risk be able to come out of lockdown offenders during lockdown? when hopefully even more quickly, but lockdown started the government said it was going to have to scale back much more importantly than that, we face to face contact between will be able to do that sustainably because we will come out of lockdown probation officers and offenders, as you would expect, to avoid spreading and continue to suppress the virus, infection. most of the contact was which is our overall aim. thank you going to be via the telephone or on for everything you have been doing doorsteps. but what we have seen is and please keep doing it so together that in a period ending on may the we can continue to make this life saving progress. 17th, high risk offenders monitored by the state run national probation service, they have plans in place thank you for bearing with me. i am but only about half of those plans to co nta ct joined by the chief medical officer but only about half of those plans to contact all fenders were actually completed in their entirety. it and the health secretary who will meant that during those four weeks, help me answering questions but we are going to go to a large number of some offenders may not have been contacted as often as the plans said questions today. the first one from they should have been. it doesn t mean they were not contacted at all. bbc scotland. from saturday, single it doesn t mean there wasn t any monitoring. but it does mean things weren t running quite as smoothly as aduu bbc scotland. from saturday, single adult households in england will be perhaps they should have been. also, able to form a support bubble with the other data from this report one other household. are you planning to do anything like this shows that prisoners who were and if so when? and an extra released from jail, high risk question to you and the chief prisoners, they are meant to be seen immediately by a probation officer, medical officer, is that you need to rule a fixed rule in scotland? we have a meeting. that didn t happen in about one in five cases for high risk prisoners and they were released in one week leading up to are considering moving to phase two are considering moving to phase two may the 17th. let s talk more a week today which is our next review date and i think it is really broadly about the probation system. important, i feel strongly that if go back a few years and we have a we are to come out of the lockdown at the right pace and in a way that lot of private company involvement. then we had less. still somewhat is sustainable and does not risk the less. now it sounds like there isn t virus running out of control we going to be any? yes. if you go back stick to our plan and we do things ina very stick to our plan and we do things in a very methodical way, stick to to 2014, chris grayling, asjustice our review timetables, make sure we secretary, introduced reforms that are assessing all of the evidence pa rt secretary, introduced reforms that part privatised the probation system and taking careful and well founded in england and wales, and private decisions, and that is what we are going to continue to do, not come companies were allowed in to monitor low and medium risk offenders. last here everyday announce different year the government said it was going to scrap that model, that moves out of lockdown at these private companies were still going briefings, so we are going to stick to be involved in delivering to that, and we will consider the services on the ground. so the things in phase two which is greater intervention services. the unpaid work schemes and so on were going to social interaction for individuals. i want to get people able to see be delivered by private companies more of their families and friends. under contracts. all those contracts have been halted. that process has we have had questions here before been halted. and we understand that about couples for example who live private sector involvement is basically going to stop completely apart. these are particularly under a new system that is going to difficult times for people in these circumstances and for people who be announced by robert buckland in the house of commons in the next live alone so we want to move to couple of hours. so this is a major greater normality as soon as sort of reversal from where we were possible but i will not do anybody and from what chris grayling, what any favours by taking these decisions on anything other than a he envisaged when he announced the well thought out we are by trying to changes going back to 2014. it would move too quickly? we will sit out bea changes going back to 2014. it would be a state run system. there will, however, still be room for voluntary next thursday whether and to what extent we can go on to phase two and groups, for charities, for specialist services to come in and asi extent we can go on to phase two and as i have said before i am optimistic on the basis of the data provide, for example, drug treatment services and so on on a local level. as it is right now but to will increase the possibility and the danny, thank you very much. danny likelihood of being able to ease more restrictions if we stick to shaw. two men have been arrested these rules for now. i will hand on suspicion of assault on two police officers. a video circulating on social media, over to geiger in a second about two which we cannot fully show for legal reasons, shows an officer struggling on the ground with a man metres. we consider the evidence and in frampton park road in hackney, east london. all of these aspects on an ongoing the attack was described as sickening, shocking & basis. right now the advice i have disgraceful by the home secretary, is that we should not change the priti patel. two metre rule. that does not mean i centrica, the owner of british gas, has announced its will close my name to it in future. cutting 5,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan. the company is cutting three layers it is important to emphasise that of management in an attempt to streamline the business. this is not an absolute discussion. just as it is not the case that it s believed the decision there is no risk of transmission at to restructure has been accelerated by the impact of the coronavirus. two metres, they would be less risk if it was three metres or four the duchess of cambridge is urging metres, there is greater risk of people to document their lockdown transmission at one metre than there experiences through photography, as part of a project she has is at two metres so this is about launched with the uk s national portrait gallery. relative risk, not about a there s one week left for people particular distance that is to submit their pictures, and 100 of the best will feature absolutely safe. it is often a in an online exhibition trade off so if you go for a shorter on the gallery website. distance there are other things you our royal correspondent daniela would have to do potentially to relph has been taking a look at some mitigate that. some of the countries of the entries so far. that follow a one metre will have they are the images that reflect how much stricter requirements in place we ve all experienced lockdown. for face coverings and some of these this is titled two sleeping countries, particularly asian colleagues unmasked the sheer exhaustion of nhs staff. countries, particularly asian countries, have a particular culture around face coverings. right now we not being able to touch those you love is shown here in an entry see that the risk is minimal if you called glass kisses. are two metres away from somebody for no more than 15 minutes. if that and celebrations and commemorations have been marked at a distance. goes to one metre attain there is still a week consideration may be different. my to submit your entries last point is that some of the to the hold still exhibition, with a bit of encouragement from the patron of the emerging evidence around how and where this virus transmits, i was national portrait gallery. it isn t too late to take talking about this yesterday around part so please take a moment to capture what life s like for you, because together i hope we can build a lasting the evidence around super spreading illustration of how our events or settings, clusters of this country pulled together during the pandemic. virus, could suggest that the kind i can t wait to share the final 100 images with you. of settings we are reducing two the photos submitted so far reflect the hope, metres may deliver practical fear and mood of a nation. benefits may also be the kind of settings in which the risk of the final 100 portraits shortlisted will be a snapshot, transmission is greater. that is a a gallery of the people very long winded way of seeing this of the uk in trying times. with many familiar scenes, is not a straightforward this is simply called calculation. there is lots of working from home. different things we have to consider and we have to consider them daniela relph, bbc news. carefully but the advice given to me is that we should keep to two metres but we will listen to the advice of the changes and consider the the tv industry is emerging from lockdown in the uk, evidence on an ongoing basis. the with filming re starting for the most popular soap risk associated with distancing is opera, coronation street. continual. physical contact is probably the greatest risk. add one metre you start to reduce that and and while coronavirus will be that two metres to reduce it further mentioned, programme makers insist it won t dominate storylines. and the evidence has been considered as recently as last week again and measures to keep cast and crew safe include a one way system what the experts have advised is around the set and stars doing their own make up. our entertainment correspondent that the degree of risk starts to colin paterson has been speaking to some of them. increase between one and two metres by between two and ten times it is corrie in the covid era. depending on your location in relation to the person you are after a gap of almost three months, the nation s most watched soap standing beside. at this moment in is back filming. emma brooker walking into a wall time the absolute guidance in scotland is that we should remain in front of sally webster. ow! with the recommendation that people keep two metres, a minimum of two and corrie celebrated with her first ever broadcast press conference on zoom. metres, between each other. that is right for this point in time in the that is me looking awkward, top row, epidemic. it is possible we will second from the left. review that in the future and come can you spot the two corrie stars? to another conclusion but the evidence at this moment in time in the head of itv in the north the situation we find ourselves in explained the new safety procedures is that the two metre guidance they ve put in place. we are maintaining should remain. stv. nearly 630,000 the two metre distance. we ve got people with poles going around. actually i saw some rather fearsome people in scotland have been footage of dave the security guard furloughed. many must be watching wielding his pole this morning. you would not want to mess the almost dailyjob losses with that guy and his pole. seemingly across all sectors we re getting a bit tight here, we need to keep the two metres. wondering if they are next. is there the average numbers on set have been a real danger many of those infernal reduced from 40 to 15, all filming on location has are locked out of theirjobs? my been supended, and older characters will only appear on the show when they facetime theirfriends. objective is to manage our way oh, and roy s rolls will only serve through this pandemic in a manner takeaway although planned plot lines have not changed much. that suppresses the virus and does not lead to a risk of a resurgent i don t think people tune in to coronation street wanting virus which will take us back to the to see more people banging way i do even greater damage and on about the pandemic, actually. and we were very keen that probably, undoubtedly, more long lasting damage to the economy than what we wanted to do was carry on telling as many even what we see right now, while at of the same stories that we were planning the same time making sure we can to tell as possible. open up our economy again to get the actors who have already filmed this week have enjoyed it. businesses operating and earning we were nervous, relieved, money again so that they can we have done it, we did it in plenty preserve jobs money again so that they can preservejobs and money again so that they can preserve jobs and not face the of time, it s possible, prospect of making people redundant. let s move on and the amount throughout this as i have said it is not an easy balance to strike but it of actors who were sort of asking me, texting me, is the balance we have to strike to how did it go, how did you get on? the best of we need to make sure just relief, we are back, lovely, really lovely. that as we go through that careful press conference over, i was given one on one time with jane danson who plays leanne battersby. and unavoidably gradual process that she told me more about the changes. is to in place for companies and we we are required to do our own will continue to talk to the uk make up, ourown hair, government about making sure that which for me personally is not too much of an issue the furlough scheme is not ended because my character is going through a particularly traumatic time at the moment so she s not really prematurely. some other countries hugely bothered about have already announced a much more what she looks like. these two then walk that way together, obviously extensive arrangements in terms of a few metres apart. job support and which support the day mayjust take a bit schemes that we will continue to longer than it did before have these discussions with the uk but we certainly found, within a couple of hours, government and continue to look at we all got in our groove again. the support arrangements we can put in place here in scotland, but this is about. i think it is really it just felt like we were doing our normal day, important that while i understand, just very much at a distance. how do you think leanne particularly if you are an employer battersby would have coped in a lockdown? laughs facing horrendously difficult times that is a really and facing horrible decisions about good question. she is stroppy at the best of times so i think those who work for you, and if you she would have found this quite are somebody working for a firm that difficult and i appreciate fora lot of people being locked is facing difficulties and worrying in with young children, about redundancy, i understand that it is kind of hard to occupy them it can be very easy to see this as a at the best of times so i think trade off between what we need to do she probably would have to tackle the virus and what they she has got alot on her plate need to do to protect the economy at the minute but had that not been going on, but we have to get both of these she would not have coped very well but, yeah, things in sync because if we act too i think i have coped a little bit better than she would. quickly on easing lockdown antivirus action. ru ns quickly on easing lockdown antivirus runs out of control again that will do more damage to the economy. if we we will find out exactly how corrie has coped when these episodes start go more slowly and is necessary then being shown onjuly 24th. colin paterson, bbc news. that will do unnecessary damage to the economy still getting all of these decisions taken at the right many countries are now trying to ease lockdown conditions, piste with the right but for some that s easier said than done. interdependencies is vital. i am maintaining the necessary social distancing can be difficult in shops, offices and factories. now, a british company determined to do this in a has found a novel solution, methodical and planned way. we have as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. over three weekly cycles. we look at the evidence very carefully. we take # am i livin in a box balanced decisions. we are trying to # am i livin in a cardboard box.# get the tourism sector the ability funny to think that our to plan ahead so the announcement economic salvation may lie in recycled cardboard. yesterday that all being equal and all going well we would see a this company used to make reopening of the tourist sector in pallets and containers mid july from the 15th ofjuly gives for industry, but then along came covid 19 that sector, that is dependent on and, with it, a need advanced bookings, and ability to to embrace new ideas. plan, so we will do that as far as as people have started possible, but we have to keep the to come back to work, we ve switched to making a range of distancing virus under control. if this virus at work products such as free standing screens, ru ns virus under control. if this virus runs out of control we are back to counter screens and desk partitions. square one and more people will die and the economy will suffer more damage, so these are the daily the screens provide protection judgments we have two strike and we in a work environment, isolating staff from one another. will continue to do that to the best of our ability. itv border. can i you can also buy quick to assemble cardboard desks for those who are working from home. a neighbouring company has already embraced the idea in a big way, pick on that remark that you need at although they were keen to add a personal touch. the end about tourism and the date of getting back to some kind of it s pretty extreme to put yourself normality on the 15th ofjuly? into cardboard boxes so the reasons for cutting rachel hamilton the spokesperson for the windows and trimming them in those colours the scottish conservatives says that was because i ve got a manchester united supporter this move is, quotes, too little and sitting at my desk and i support liverpool. too late. how do you respond to that well, that could become liverpool again, couldn t it? rest tonight i have just talked on all of this is relatively cheap, plus it s environmentally friendly and, yes, they really have been thinking outside and, now, inside the box. tim allman, bbc news. some water, that is the only reason iam coughing. some water, that is the only reason i am coughing. i do not know what rachel hamilton thinks we should have done. if we had gone without the multitasking cardboard box. geeta guru murthy will be here with more news injust a geeta guru murthy will be here with more news in just a few minutes. now it s time for a look making these judgments, we would at the weather with matt taylor. have done. if we had gone without making thesejudgments, we would not have been doing any favours to the hello. economy of the tourist sector of the north west scotland, one of the sunniest and driest spots over the next few days. economy, so it is very easy for one of the sunniest and driest spots a bit of sunshine elsewhere but a fairly changeable opposition politicians, and i have weather story coming up. certainly for the next been an opposition politician, so i couple of days, england and wales seeing some windy am not trying to be particularly conditions developing. it s going to turn more humid into the weekend critical, because it is you ll notice that when the sun does come out but there will be the threat throughout of thundery showers. nicola sturgeon with the daily that includes today across parts of central and southern england and wales. briefing time to update everyone on brightest and driest conditions in scotland and progress and looking ahead to northern ireland. there will be some sunshine breaking through the cloud potential progress but saying elsewhere, but it stays wet for much caution still needed. just to let of the day in the channel islands. you know, we have had department of thunderstorms by the afternoon health figures in london saying that across south wales, south western of about 8000 people who tested parts of england. something a bit brighter positive here, about 5000 were but with strong to gale traced, so they traced two thirds of force winds, and they will bring in more persistent rain to the those who tested positive for the north east of england later in the day. virus. a bit more cloud through the borders now it s time for a look and eastern parts of at the weather with matt taylor. northern ireland. hello, north west scotland is one but much of scotland, northern ireland, dry and of the sunniest and driest spots bright with some sunshine. low cloud close to orkney and shetland, and for over the next few days, all temperatures not far off sunshine elsewhere but a fairly where they should be. changeable weather story coming up, some heavy rain to end the day certainly for the next couple across north east england. of days england and wales are seeing that will spread across other parts windy conditions develop, of northern england, turning more humid into the weekend, north wales and northern ireland, you will notice when the sun comes even southern scotland through the night. out but there will be the threat staying wet across the throughout of some thundery showers channel islands too. away from those areas, including today across parts most areas will be dry. of central and southern lots of low cloud england and wales. in the north east of brightest and driest conditions scotland to bring in scotland and northern ireland. a grey day on friday. for most, the temperatures in double there will be sunshine breaking figures as we start the day. through the cloud elsewhere but it stays wet for much of the day one wet area across northern england towards northern ireland to in the channel islands, begin friday. those thunderstorms by the afternoon turning wetter in eastern scotland later on. the rain, beginning across south wales and south western in the channel islands parts of england, a bit brighter will spread north across southern england, the midlands and south wales later. but strong to gale force winds bring rumbles of thunder with that. in more persistent rains either side there will be some of the north east of england later breaks in the cloud, a little bit of in the day, a bit more cloud sunshine, temperatures through the borders and eastern lifting to the low 20s. parts of northern ireland. the best of the sunshine much of scotland and where it s sheltered from the north east breeze across northern ireland dry western parts of scotland. and bright with sunshine, the breeze will clear the rain away from the likes of wales and the south west later some cloud close to orkney but low pressure is close by into the weekend so there is the risk of further downpours. and shetland and temperatures not with wind flowing anticlockwise around it will bring far from where they should be. ever more humid air up heavy rain to end the day across the north east of england from the near continent. spreading across other parts of northern england, from saturday, more rain for parts north wales and northern ireland of northern england, and even southern scotland through the night, staying wet southern scotland, northern ireland, the heaviest of the rain across the channel islands. across the north east of england. away from those areas, most will be dry, low cloud in the north east of scotland, scattered thunderstorms giving a grey day on friday, break out across most temperatures in double figures england and wales under bit as we start the day. of sunshine in between. one wetter area across northern england towards temperatures of 24, 25. northern ireland to begin driest again in western scotland, friday, turning wetter in eastern as it will be on sunday. scotland later on. temperatures into the mid 20s here. the rain in the channel islands will spread northwards across southern england towards the midlands and south wales low cloud throughout this weekend, later, rumbles of thunder with that. the east of scotland, north east either side there will be england and, like saturday, western areas of england and wales on sunday breaks in the cloud, a little bit of sunshine lifting could see the odd temperatures into the low 20s, scattered thunderstorms. the best sunshine sheltered a humid feel for all. from the north east breeze goodbye for now. across western parts of scotland. the breeze will clear the rain away from the likes of wales and the south west later but low pressure is close by into this weekend, so there will be some further downpours and with winds flowing anticlockwise around, we will bring in ever more humid air up from the near continent. for saturday, more rain for parts of northern england and southern scotland and northern ireland. the heaviest rain across the north east of england. scattered thunderstorms break out across england and wales, bit of sunshine in between, temperatures 24, 25, driest again in western scotland, as it will be on sunday. temperatures into the mid 20s here. low cloud throughout the weekend in north east england and east scotland, and like saturday, the midlands and wales could see scattered thunderstorms and a humid feel for everyone. bye for now. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. cancer charities fear a ‘devastating effect as new figures show a 60% drop in urgent referrals for cancer major disruption to cancer care in england during the coronavirus care in england during the pandemic. pandemic, with a big fall in ministers in the uk are warned the number of patients being seen. of dire economic consequences figures for april, a week if they don t ease the two metre after lockdown began, show urgent referrals by gps fell social distancing rule in england. 60% on the same period an easing of the lockdown the year before. from saturday new support bubbles mean people living alone and single it s just the thought that, because parents in england will be allowed of coronavirus, to stay in another person s house. my life might be at least two million people shortened, not through the cancer, in the us are recorded but, you know, as a direct as having coronavirus. infections are rising in 20 states, as restrictions impact of the coronavirus. continue to be relaxed. we ll have the latest another statue targeted from our health correspondent. us protestors pull down also this lunchtime a confederate monument in virginia, as president trump rejects calls the first data from the new nhs test to remove pro slavery and trace programme in england shows figures and symbols. two thirds of people who tested positive provided details the statue of british slave of who they had been close to. owner edward colston is recovered after being thrown into bristol s harbour. it s being ta ken to a secure location. the harry potter authorjk rowling reveals she experienced domestic abuse and sexual assault in her 20s. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk and around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. cancer care in england has faced major disruption during the pandemic with big drops in numbers being seen following urgent referrals by doctors, figures show. the number of people being assessed by a cancer doctor within two weeks of a referral fell to 79,500 a drop of 60% in april. meanwhile, patients starting treatment in april dropped to 10,800 20% below the numbers seen in april last year. the health service said it had tried to protect services. this has included delivering more chemotherapy in the community and people s homes as well as creating covid free wings in hospital to protect patients. our health correspondent nick triggle has been speaking to my colleague annita mcveigh about the numbers. at the start of the pandemic the nhs prioritised cancer care, unlike some other parts of the nhs where things were postponed or cancelled, cancer care was kept running. but they had to do it in a different way. and 21 cancer hubs were set up to coordinate care across england. so we have seen a reduction in services but we have also seen a reduction in the numbers of people coming forward to their gps and reporting symptoms. that is why we have only seen 79,000 people urgently referred for a consultation with a cancer doctor. that is a drop of, as you mentioned, 60% year on year. and then those patients starting treatment is down by 20%, just over 10,000 during april. that is a significant drop. and it illustrates that perhaps there are not as many services available as there was when the pandemic. . . before the pandemic started. what the nhs is trying to do though is to reopen services, get cancer patients through the system, because as well as those entering the system we have also heard of cases where patients having ongoing treatment that has to be stopped because of coronavirus. and also patients not getting screened for cancer. cancer research uk estimates there may be a backlog of 2 million for cancer screening. tell me about some a&e figures as well? you have some figures for a&e attendances well. yes, we do. these, unlike cancer, which cover april, these cover a more recent period, may. a&e has always been open and doctors have always urged patients to come forward if they are seriously ill with other conditions, other than coronavirus. now in april, the numbers who came to a&e was just over 900,000. during may that has increased tojust over 1.2 million. but that is still well below the numbers a&e departments traditionally see over the course of a given month. normally it tops 2 million. we have also got figures for those undergoing routine surgery. these have dropped massively but we expected that because routine treatment was cancelled en masse. just 41,000 patients had surgery for things like knee and hip operations during april. that is down from nearly 300,000 you could expect in any given month. let s speak now to lynda thomas, the chief executive of the cancer charity macmillan. thanks forjoining us. what is your reaction to seeing these figures published? i think seeing these figures published today, we are still seeing that coronavirus has really wrea ked still seeing that coronavirus has really wreaked havoc upon cancer patients being referred for treatment and starting effective treatments during this pandemic. we are seeing slightly better figures this month than last month which is encouraging but there is still an awfully long way to go. i think we are probably so seeing the effects of people still not being sure whether it is ok to go to the gp, perhaps not repairing on the way that they were beforehand and then some services not being able to start on the way we might have wa nted start on the way we might have wanted to see them being done, so i think i will review very much as that we really need to get to see a plan for the recovery of the services going forwards, it is absolutely vital that cancer patients get seen. some people might have now waited three months of not going to the doctors and they really need to get to their gp, so both members of the public and the system we are still really needing to say urgent action. specifically what would you like to now see from the government? i think the thing we have been waiting for an calling for since april has been a plan to see how services will recover in total, so it is good to see some new initiatives now being unveiled around chemotherapy and the community for example, but really it is the totality of that plan. there is the totality of that plan. there is going to be a massive backlog of patients who haven t been seen during the pandemic and that is on top of the people who will also continue to come through the system, soi continue to come through the system, so i think from government we need an urgent recovery plan on cancer. we have seen for example hospitals talking about covid free zones and can try and race people it is safe to go in. obviously with every day that goes past, there is more risk to people who are missing diagnosed treatment. absolutely and that is why we have been referring, it is really important that people continue to get themselves diagnosed and treated. the nhs has done a greatjob in setting up covid free hubs for cancer patients but we need to see numbers of people being treated in those covid free hubs and in other locations are commencing with the numbers that we would expect. and actually help to address everybody that needs to go through the system. what about if someone is watching at home and they think they are not quite sure, they have got the slight niggle or worry, they are scared to go to the gp or have a referral to a specialist because it will involve mostly a physical examination and they mightjust think it might be nothing, i don t wa nt to ta ke think it might be nothing, i don t want to take the risk?” think it might be nothing, i don t want to take the risk? i think what we are asking patients now to do is to really, really go and see their gp, if they think they have any issues at all, there is a much greater risk to patients of not stepping forward and not getting diagnosed than potentially any risk that might be perceived of having treatment. gps are really skilled professionals who will be able to speak to people on the farm in the first instance and perhaps reassure patients that everything is ok. if they feel somebody needs to go on for further investigation, they feel somebody needs to go on forfurther investigation, be they feel somebody needs to go on for further investigation, be able to do that in a safe way, so i think to do that in a safe way, so i think to anybody watching this i say if you have any lumps or bumps or pains that could be explained and haven t gone away or anything at all worrying you, get in touch with your gp today. lynda thomas, chief executive of the macmillan cancer charity, thank you so much. the number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the united states has surpassed two million, two weeks after the world health organisation declared the american continent to be the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. the figure comes from the john hopkins institute which also indicated that more than 112,000 people had died there the highest death toll in the world new york city remains the worst affected over 200,000 cases of the virus have been confirmed there since the pandemic began. although the daily number of new cases has declined sharply in some parts of the us, the figure is increasing in 20 us states as you can see from this breakdown by the centres for disease control and prevention. they include california which has one of the highest number of recorded cases as well as texas, nevada and new mexico. it s also estimated that 70,000 people have been killed by covid 19 in latin america two thirds of them in brazil and mexico. in the united states, there are increasing calls to remove pro slavery confederacy names and symbols in response to the anti racism movement triggered by the police killing of george floyd. despite the protests, president trump insists army bases named after officers who fought for the confederacy during the civil war won t change because they re part of america s heritage. david willis reports. they are potent symbols of a racist past, erected in honour of those who sought to keep african america ns enslaved. now the statues of confederate generals are being cut down and carried away as a nation incensed by the death of george floyd seeks to turn its back on the past. the monument to the former president of the confederacy, jefferson davis, was taken away by police after being toppled in richmond, virginia. but the memory of slavery and segregation lives on through army bases which bear the name of confederate officers such as braxton bragg. there are ten of them in total and calls are now growing for those bases to be renamed. retired us army general david petraeus, who served at fort bragg, is among those in favour of renaming the bases. in an essay published in the atlantic magazine, he wrote. authorisation for a name change would have to come from the military, and senior officials have indicated they might favour such a move, but all ten bases are in southern and former confederate states, many of which supported donald trump in 2016 and the president is radically opposed to the idea. the united states of america trained and deployed our heroes on these hallowed grounds and won two world wars, he tweeted. therefore my administration will not even consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military installations. the white house press secretary said changing the names would amount to a demonstration of disrespect for the soldiers who had served at those bases. fort bragg is known for the heroes within it that trained there, that deployed from there, and it s an insult to say to the men and women who left there, the last thing they saw on american soil before going overseas and in some cases losing their lives, to tell them that what they left was inherently a racist institution. because of a name. that s unacceptable to the president. but symbols of the confederacy are under growing threat. the confederate battle flag, otherwise known as the stars and bars, has now been banned by nascar, the organisation that runs stock car racing in this country. the leader of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, is calling for statues representing confederate leaders to be removed from the capitol building in washington, dc. the landscape is changing here in the wake of george floyd in all manner of ways, as america grapples with a grim legacy of its past. david willis, bbc news. well, here in the uk, the statue of the slave trader edward colston has been recovered from bristol harbour. the statue, which had stood in the city centre since 1895, was pulled down and thrown into the water by demonstrators at a black lives matter protest on sunday. bristol council says it has been retrieved from the water and taken to a secure location, before forming part of its museums collection. a statue of robert baden powell on poole quay will be removed and placed in safe storage . baden powell founded the scout movement in 1907. bournemouth, christchurch and poole council said it recognised some of his actions were less worthy of commemoration and said the statue would be removed for now to create time for views to be aired . the uk government is coming under increasing pressure from former cabinet ministers to relax the two metre rule on social distancing in order to kick start the economy. politicians including the former conservative leader, sir iain duncan smith have warned of dire economic consequences if pubs, cafes and restaurants are unable to open fully, and urged ministers to move in line with the world health organisation s recommendation of one metre. but with around 5,000 new infections daily in the uk, the government and its medical advisers are urging caution. our assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster. this is shaping up to be quite a row still brawling with the obvious tensions. as boris johnson in the middle of it quite frankly, because listening to the key scientists around him they are deeply cautious about easing on the two metre rule, because of their fear it could lead to another resurgence in the virus. we had sir patrick vallance the chief scientific adviser saying yesterday the r factor, the crucial reproductive factor is onlyjust below one, yes, infections are coming down but not fast enough. chris whitley the chief medical officer saying there is a long way to go. we are only halfway through this virus. they seem in no mood to countenance any easing in the two metre rule. then on the other hand we have got large sections of the tory party saying we have got to change this or else the economy is going down the pan and in particular the hospitality sector, because quite clearly many bars and cafe is and quite clearly many bars and cafe is a nd restau ra nts quite clearly many bars and cafe is and restaurants think you have a two metre rule, it is game over in terms of being able to profitably open up businesses. borisjohnson at of being able to profitably open up businesses. boris johnson at the moment seems inclined to stick with the scientists, saying yesterday that he was minded only to reduce the two metre rule when the level of infections came down and when we have an effective test and trace scheme up and under way. but he is under pressure, have a listen to the former tory iain duncan smith. former tory iain duncan smith. former tory iain duncan smith. former tory leader. our economy is facing a complete crash. the debts we re racking up on how we re supporting people, the fact that no work, or very little work, is taking place. if we don t get the economy moving, we will be unable to afford any of the things we need to do to support the public services so getting the balance right is important. and also, schooling, by the way, if we d had a one or one and a half, one metre rule for schools, it would have been much easier for them to have open. so it is the critical opponent around which everything coming out of lockdown hinges, is this two metre rule. is your sense that things will shift on this to me to roll in the coming months, is to be critically dependent on the number of infections coming down and we are just waiting for that?” infections coming down and we are just waiting for that? i think it is. if the infection rate does come down markedly and in the test and try scheme which we will get the indication really an a whether it is working this afternoon when they health secretary publishes the first set of figures so we can get our head around about how many people are actually being priced, when those two components are in place, i think the likelihood is the rules will be changed. the difficulty is this, i think the prime minister is very reluctant to game say his scientist because i have been his human shield throughout this whole crisis. how often have we heard him say when it comes a cakey decision i am following a science, similarly the labour party to have been pretty clear that they think we should be sticking to the science. this is the shadow health secretary jon sticking to the science. this is the shadow health secretaryjon ashworth this morning. the decision on the two metre rule is a judgment that has to be based on whatever scientific advice the government is receiving. obviously we don t have access to that advice on a day by day basis. but if the scientific advice to ministers is that it can be relaxed then obviously we would accept that, but i want to underline this point, it has to be based on scientific advice, not because backbench conservative mps are pressurising the government. isn t there an obvious tension here that because lockdown is being eased in various different measures, but bringing down the daily number of infections might not happen as fast as everyone wants? i think that is a very good point. the r rate, which is sort of the guiding star a policy when it comes to easing the lockdown, it does remain 0.7 0.9, andi lockdown, it does remain 0.7 0.9, and i think the real sort of difficulty we have is that in care homes, there does seem to be still a real problem and i think what the scientists fear is that there is what they call receding going on from care homes, that is to say care workers going into the homes and going out of their homes are taking the infection back into the community from care homes. and at the moment care homes are not routinely being tested, the test is available but what they want is regularly weekly tests so they can get round the problem, staff going in and out of care homes and taking it back into the community. until we address that there is a real risk that the r is not going to come down significantly. norman, thanks very much. kate nicholls is the chief executive of uk hospitality. she joins us from west london. obviously there is this debate about the social distancing rule, what is your view? the social distancing rule, we clearly have to be advised by the science and led by the science. we understand the concerns around public health, but the world health organization says it is perfectly safe to open our type of premises, with one metre and most of our international markets are also opening at one metre or 1.5 metres. for our businesses it is the difference between survival and business failure, with a two metre social distancing rule, a third of our browsers simply won t be able to reopen, that is a millionjobs our browsers simply won t be able to reopen, that is a million jobs that are at risk. it means businesses will be opening at an average revenue of 30% of the normal revenues. whereas at one metre they are opening at 70% of the normal revenues. but is at break even. it is the difference between business success , is the difference between business success, business failure and crucially it is a difference between us asking for greater government help to support these businesses, the third largest employer in the country will need to have some additional support if we can t open at less than i will come onto the the lancet study published said the risk of being infected is estimated to be 13% within one metre but only 396 to be 13% within one metre but only 3% beyond that distance. scientists advising government have said that spending six seconds at a distance of one metre is the same as spending one minute at a distance of two metres. but both the lancet and the world health organization have made clear that a business that is above one metre is safe. two metres is clearly sight. there is a precautionary principle. but we have done as an industry is to put together world class world beating protocols for infection control, cleanliness and safety, so we know we can open safely at a distance of one metre. it has been done in international markets where there has been no spike in infections as a result of reopening the hospitality business, and equally a third of our hotels have continued to drive to read to coronavirus prices looking after some of the most honourable people, health workers convalescing patients and the homeless. throughout those 12 weeks we have had no cases of covid in those hotels. our safety protocols and hygiene protocols are the best in the world. we can keep customers and staff site. that might be the case but it might be also that the people staying in hotels are very aware of the measures i need to take to be safe. it also might be that other countries have got lower infection rates and therefore they can afford to relax things a bit. surely it is just not time yet. we are not due to open for another month. this is something we would urge the government to keep under regular review. the earliest out the government has given us preopening is the 4th ofjuly, so we are talking about the processes and procedures our businesses would need to reopen after that date successfully. but if we don t get up and successfully in the right time, in the right way with the right standards, we are looking at high levels of unemployment and high levels of unemployment and high levels of unemployment and high levels of redundancy. we are already starting to see business failure is in hospitality. that will have a significant knock on effect throughout the economy and in our communities particularly those that are tourism dependent. communities particularly those that are tourism -dependent. if of course the government is able to underpin people with continued support, how long and how much does the need to be, because obviously there is a cost implication to that? there is, it is currently costing the government about £8 billion a month to keep hospitality closed, both in terms of furloughed workers and crucially in the last of the exchequer of the taxes we generate, each year hospitality and tourism goes back to the exchequer and funds vital services to the tune of £40 billion. that is the entire social ca re billion. that is the entire social care budget for a year. if we get these businesses back and running these businesses back and running the safe leak we will be able to turn our hospitality sector into a revenue generator and a supporter of the economic recovery, and others and being a drain on the public finances. without that help commit the businesses will only have weeks left before they will hit closure and it won t be able to survive beyond july. everyone completely understands incredible difficulties here but i want to put it to also that for example pubs, cafe is, anything serving alcohol, that lowers your inhibitions. i saw in my pa rt lowers your inhibitions. i saw in my part of london people standing outside, one pub, not keeping their social distance limits. there is a danger that if things are relaxed in the summer with alcohol, it, the numbers will spike again. we do need to be careful and we need to put in place to be careful and we need to put in pla ce ste ps to be careful and we need to put in place steps to make sure that doesn t happen for all of our six and we have the same interest as everybody else and making sure that infection levels are kept down low, but we avoid a second spike, so our industry best practice protocols do move towards seating, they do move towards additional control measures towards additional control measures to make sure you are not overloading either in the public realm or inside the premises, critically at the moment for pubs in response not able to open at all, people are mixing and going out and drinking in parks and going out and drinking in parks and public spaces stop it is not in and public spaces stop it is not in a managed way. our pubs, bars and response and are very well versed in dealing with social disorder problems and dealing with complicated products like alcohol and making sure that people are kept safe. it is what we do day in, day out both in terms of food and serving of alcohol. we have the robust controls in place to make sure our customers and people can be kept safe. thank you very much indeed. precisely how much distance you should leave between you and other people varies from country to country. the uk has the same two metre rule as spain and canada. that drops to one and a half metres if you are in australia, italy and germany. and then further reduces to a metre if you are in china, france or singapore. that s actually the same as the official guidance from the world health organisation which also says leave at least a metre between yourself and others to prevent the spread of coronavirus. let s speak to professor robert dingwall from nottingham trent university. he is a member of virus threats advisory group, nervtag and is a sceptic of the two metre rule. professor, i was just quoting some figures from the lancet which i m sure he will have seen about the risk of infection being 13% within one metre but only 3% beyond that distance. surely it is too soon to relax these limits. there are many problems with that lancet study, not least with the figures you are quoting, where the 13% is the top end of the range for being within half a metre, and 1.6% is the middle of the range, two metres, if you compare like for like it or something like 7% and 1.6%. the thing took to fasten on to is a difference between two metres and one metre, where you are moving from a tiny risk to a very small risk, at one metre you are looking like something like a 3% risk and you have the safety margin that is still built into that. i have been listening to the programme, much talk about following the science. the problem here is that the science is not uniform. it is contested. there are different kinds of knowledge that is owned by different groups. the knowledge about what happens between people predominantly comes from physics and engineering rather than from biomedical science. those networks are not well connected into the advisory process that the government is relying upon, and so you do have a very clear feeling in the biomedical community that two metres is desirable, you have other evidence, equally valid, equally well viewed, from the physics and engineering community that says, look, what goes on between people goes on in the complex medium of air and that disrupts transmission in ways that make one metre perfectly safe. that might be the case and obviously whilst there is sense of lots of differing and still views, isn t the government, given the british number is still being so high, better to stay on the side of caution? the government needs to balance the risks. we have heard a lot about the damage that is being caused to the economy from your previous guest and we need to recognise that lockdown is itself costing lives. you were talking i think to a cancer specialist earlier on, the more we can get society and the economy moving, the more we can address those other concerns. we talk about the number of cases and a number of deaths from covid 19, but there are also deaths from people who are going untreated for other causes. there will be more deaths down the line from the diseases, so called diseases of distress than will accompany the social and economic disruption that is going to follow over the next two to three years. we need to take all of these into the equation. if we can make a transformative difference equation. if we can make a tra nsformative difference by accepting a very small increase in a very small risk, by moving from two metres to one, i think there is a good case for considering that.“ metres to one, i think there is a good case for considering that. if i am right, your professor of sociology, you are not a scientist yourself? a sociologist of science and technology which means i understand about the different specialties in science about the distribution of knowledge within different scientific communities, and the way the networks tend to operate to break up science into these compartments, and so if knowledge is being produced out of one compartment and is not being accepted, understood or observed by another compartment, then we can now end up with mistaken policies.” understand that, and i want to quote one more figure from our science editor saying scientists, six seconds at one metre is designers out at two metres. surely if you bring down the distance, people already tend to infringe those distances, you see it in parks and public spaces and therefore you are increasing the risk of going into the summer and people are going to be out and about more and that might be out and about more and that might be separate, but they also might beat mixing in bigger groups and the government is right surely to prioritise immediate health? again it isa prioritise immediate health? again it is a question of whose immediate health are we prioritising. what we about the heart attacks and strokes and a cancer deaths that are resulting from this? one metre still builds when a significant safety margin. you don t see a major increase in risk until you are getting down to about half of that distance, which is where it is beginning to be experienced as uncomfortably beginning to be experienced as u nco mforta bly close by beginning to be experienced as uncomfortably close by most people. the calculation is about time appear to be based on experimental research thatis to be based on experimental research that is not readily generalised into any natural setting. if i doctor goes past you in the park at less than a metre jogger, that is not an exposure that carries risk. the nature of the air blows and learnt environment means that any droplets will rapidly disperse or be broken up will rapidly disperse or be broken up in ways that mean there is no risk to the other party. obviously the science is still very contested and still emerging on this, but for now, thank you very much. the australian prime minister, scott morrison, has joined a growing row involving china, saying he will never trade national values in response to coercion. china imposed a ban on australian beef and started taxing barley imports shortly after mr morrison called for inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. beijing also urged chinese students to review whether to study in australia. the bbc‘s shaimaa khalil is in sydney. these tensions have been simmering for a while now between beijing and canberra. as you say, the background to this has been when australia joined and sided with the united states calling for an inquiry into the origins of covid 19, which was first detected in china late last year. at the time, beijing dismissed that, called it politically motivated, but very soon after, imposed those tariffs on barley and the ban on beef. now we are seeing almost another level of escalation. china warning its citizens and warning its students about going to australia, citing covid 19 threats, but also saying that there have been racist incidents against asians, which there have been and there have been documented, but not at the level where a whole population of tourists and students should be stopped from coming. but really what you are seeing as well is the third and fourth and most significant exports from australia, they are responsible for billions and billions of dollars in revenue here in australia, with china being the biggest contributor to that, it does send the largest number of international students here in australia, it now has a big question mark on it. so while australian authorities, australian officials, including of course the prime minister, saying, look, we are not going to give up on our values, we are assertive about our sovereignty, about how we want to run the country and how we want to approach the pandemic and the inquiry, there is bound to be a nervousness in canberra about relations with its trading partner, because it does affect trade, it does affect tourism, and it does affect education. hello, this is bbc news. with geeta guru murthy. the headlines: uk cancer charities fear a ‘devastating effect as new figures show a 60% drop in urgent referrals for cancer care in england during the pandemic. 60% is a very significant drop, and that s because partly people are too frightened to come forward to go to their gps. and secondly, the diagnostic service has collapsed. ministers in the uk are warned of dire economic consequences if they don t ease the two metre social distancing rule in england. an easing of the lockdown from saturday new support bubbles mean people living alone and single parents in england will be allowed to stay in another person s house. at least two million people in the us are recorded as having coronavirus. infections are rising in 20 states, as restrictions continue to be relaxed. another statue targeted us protestors pull down a confederate monument in virginia, as president trump rejects calls to remove pro slavery figures and symbols. and here in the uk, the statue of british slave owner edward colston is recovered after being thrown into bristol s harbour. it s being made into a museum exhibit. and the harry potter authorjk rowling reveals she experienced domestic abuse and sexual assault in her 20s. the killing of george floyd in the us has led to an examination of the uk s history towards the black community. we saw demonstrators tear down the statue of slave trader edward colston in bristol on sunday. and the future of other monuments to britain s colonial past are now under review. before lockdown britain s royal shakespeare company showcased a play called the whip telling the untold stories of britain s slave trade past. with me is the playwright juliet gilkes romero who wrote the whip. thank you forjoining us. it has been obviously a very difficult few days for many people on all sides of the debate in many ways. you wrote your play. how difficult was it first of all to get that staged and tell us what the key theme of it was. the key thing was abolition and how that was achieved by the compensation of slave owners. i worked with the royal shakespeare company and they commissioned me to write a play about this, which i then researched in the house of commons library, i read hansard from 1833, so a lot of the scenes that flit between private scenes, private domestic scenes and the house of commons, a lot of that was driven by factual evidence of what i was reading. i also applied for the freedom of information act to confirm that 40% of the country s national budget around 1833 was used to pay slave owners to give up their property. so slave owners became fa ntastically property. so slave owners became fantastically rich because of this. but part of the abolition bill, there was a clause about forcing the freed slaves to work as unpaid apprentices, so not only did slave owners make fantastic amount of money through compensation, they then received the free labour of theirformer property. so then received the free labour of their former property. so for example, the father of glasgow made the modern equivalent of £83 million because of the amount of slaves he owned. gladstone. in a sense this country was remortgaged to pay for this because british taxpayers didn t finish paying off this compensation amount until 2015. that s an extraordinary figure isn t it, to realise it had such long repercussions. in terms of what we have seen for the last few days, the tearing down of statues and the calls for change, how important do you think these visible symbols are compared to calls for change in employment and equality and so on that are coming right across society? what is happening now is as a result of what we have been seeing in america, the murder of george floyd. it basically means that people are looking for racial and social justice. there is unemployment and large concerns about how this country climbs out of covert covid 19 lockdown but we have to respond to current events. my have to respond to current events. my feeling is that if people are not educated about the past, they will not understand what happened on sunday when edward colston s statue came down. he was defended as a philanthropist because of his la rg esse philanthropist because of his largesse and philanthropist because of his la rgesse and ability philanthropist because of his largesse and ability to help build schools and almshouses in bristol was economically driven by the money he made from the abduction of millions of slaves, several thousand, some 20,000 who died in his boats as they were taken to the americas. what happened on sunday as a shock for a lot of people because they don t know the history. and u nless they don t know the history. and unless people know the history they can t empathise or understand what s happening. absolutely. juliet, i m so sorry we are out of time, but you are absolutely right, people are learning about the history as we speak. i m sure your play is part of that change and movement and hopefully people can catch up with it again when things start to reopen. thanks very much, juliet gilkes romero. we can speak more on the psychological consequences we have been seeing in the last few days. we have heard a lot and seen a lot of protesters and people are writing about their thoughts and reactions to what has been going on in the us and the reverberations have been global. let s speak to clinical psychologist dr roberta babb now. thank you forjoining us. what are you seeing? are you getting people coming to you to talk about their thoughts in the last few days?” suppose i had a recent surge in enquiries for therapy but a lot of my new clients are talking about the distress they are feeling, the pain they are feeling, the confusion, there is anger and hurt and a real sense of grief and loss, but also a real sense of not having control and feeling helpless, and also unsafe and uncertain. so many things going on which really feels traumatic and people are trying to make sense of something that is happening in the here and now but is so connected to the past as well. and if people think, what do you mean? why are people feeling this so badly? this was one horrific event which happened in one part of the us. and yet it has affected people viscerally here. what is it that people are saying to you? why has this event been so incredibly disturbing? i think it was disturbing? i think it was disturbing because of the graphic nature of it. there is lots of video recordings going around so people are not having second or third hand accou nts are not having second or third hand a ccou nts of are not having second or third hand accounts of what actually happened, they are being able to witness it themselves which is very distressing. there is also a sense that just because it distressing. there is also a sense thatjust because it happened in america doesn t mean something similar is not happening here. i think it s also about people than getting contact with the experiences they have witnessed or even had done to them while being at the uk that we have our own history and relationship with racism. that s really important. it has been more something that has disturbed and really stirred up something, but it really stirred up something, but it really is something that is connected because people that look like you are being affected due to racial inequality and racial violence. are you sensing any sense of relief that at least some people feel they can talk about some of this more openly, whether it is in the workplace or with friends or family? yes. but again, that feels like a sort of double bind because it s a very good to talk but also talking can feel very risky. what people are feeling relieved about is that the conversations are wider. this is global, notjust within pockets, it is notjust one part of the population s problem, it is a global issue. so i think people are feeling quite relieved that they can talk about it. but that talking about it can still come with anxiety and fears because there is a sense sometimes of racial gas lighting where the experiences of black and ethnic minority people are somehow being minimised or discounted. it is the sort of thing we kinda find our way through but people are talking, which is good, but people are hurting and they have a lot of emotional responses to this end it does very traumatic. dr roberta babb, thank you very much indeed. the harry potter authorjk rowling has revealed how she experienced domestic abuse and sexual assault, in an essay defending her comments on transgender issues. it comes after she was accused of transphobia or discrimination against transgender people following a series of controversial tweets. nick beake s report contains some flashing images. apart from the occasional premieres for herfilms, jk rowling prefers to stay out of the limelight. but now, after being accused of transphobia, she says she has to speak up and has revealed deeply personal experiences. in a long essay, she describes her first marriage as violent and says she suffered a very serious sexual assault in her 20s. she doesn t identify her attacker. it s a reference to what she calls the relentless attacks on social media she s received after tweeting about the importance of biological sex. actor daniel radcliffe, who made his name in the harry potter films, spoke out, saying transgender women are women, and hoping thatjk rowling s comments would not taint the harry potter series for fans. and eddie redmayne, who stars in the harry potter spin off fantastic beasts, also disagreed with her. jk rowling hopes people will see why her own experience compels her to speak out on sex and gender issues. nick beake, bbc news. now on bbc news it s time for your questions answered. still getting lots of questions coming in to the newsroom on what is going on at the moment. the virologist and broadcaster dr chris smithjoins us now and will answer some of your questions on support social bubbles. ijust want i just want to start with this whole two metres distancing rout that is still going on. can you just explain exactly what the current rule is and what is the science, the clear, confirmed science behind it? we know that the coronavirus is a respiratory infection, in other words, when you cough, sneeze or even just breathe, you are blowing out particles. those are droplets of water from your airways where the virus grows. and in those droplets will be virus particles and those particles will travel a certain distance away from you, and if someone is standing within the distance that those particles can reach they could breathe them in and they could catch the infection. so they could catch the infection. so the further you stand from an infected person the lower the likelihood is that you are going to encounter an infectious dose of the virus and pick it up. at two metres, we think, but this is based on data published in the last lancet medical journal, published in the last lancet medicaljournal, we think the risk is about 1.3%. at one metre that risk actually doubles to 2.6%. so it isn t a huge number, it is certainly a lot smaller than the about 13% if you are closer than a metre but it is not zero. we started with a cautious two metres, but many people are saying it is difficult to run businesses can operate schools, have some semblance of normality in life with a two metres distance so one metre seems to be a reasonable compromise between risk and practicality. ok, thanks very much for that. obviously lots of use depending on where you re coming from on that one. i want to move on to of these questions on the new social support bubble advice. a question firstly from moira. if two people shielding in a separate household who are relatives and one lives alone for example my mother, can she stay in my house with myself, my husband and my son? this isa myself, my husband and my son? this is a tricky one, this one, and i have full sympathy. the issue is if you are shielding you are shielding for a reason and the current guidance is that because people who are shielding and being asked to shield at very high risk relative to the general population, the guidance for them has not currently changed. so people who are shielding should stay shielding, they shouldn t form these support bubbles at this stage. borisjohnson did these support bubbles at this stage. boris johnson did so these support bubbles at this stage. borisjohnson did so yesterday more information will be coming out shortly for people who are shielding but for now the guidance remains in place. you shouldn t change your shielding status. let me just ask matt lynn says i live in a household with my husband and older children, my dad and father in law are both widows and live at home on their own, do we have to choose between them to form a support bubble? another tricky one at a sorry situation and they have my sympathy. but the answer is, you do have to choose between them because they are separate households and the current guidance is you can form a support bubble between two households, and exclusively those two units, and by household we mean one of those households is a household with just one person in it, so you would have to choose between the two of them and thenjust to choose between the two of them and then just form that exclusive relationship with one of those individuals. or the other way of looking at it is, if they live close to each other, perhaps they could form a support bubble between each other and help each other out, that is another possibility. john asks if someone lives in a house of multiple occupancy but have no contact with others in the house, andi no contact with others in the house, and i classed as a single person and therefore can i form a bubble with my girlfriend? a good example of this would be students who are renting a house together and they have each got a room in that house but they don t actually live as a family. but as far as the interpretation of this would go, that probably constitutes actually a shared household because you are sharing a kitchen, sharing a bathroom, sharing other living spaces, therefore you are effectively a household, you are not a person living alone. if you had a flat that was a self contained flat ina shared flat that was a self contained flat in a shared building that s a bit different, but in this circumstance it does sound like it is a group of people who may not have much contact but they are nevertheless living together and for the purposes of this guidance would be regarded as a household and therefore that is not a household with just one person household and therefore that is not a household withjust one person in it. so they have to stay distanced. the point about kitchens and bathrooms are obvious places where the virus and anything can spread much more easily, i suppose. theresa wa nts to much more easily, i suppose. theresa wants to know, can i have my grandson overnight? i am a single grandparent living on the ground floor of my own house. however, i have a lodger who lives on the second floor. again, this is sort of similarto second floor. again, this is sort of similar to the previous question, isn t it? if you have a lodger who isn t it? if you have a lodger who is in their own accommodation with their own front door and they keep themselves to themselves, there is no day to day contact between the two individuals, you could regard that as effectively two separate households. on the other hand, if there are shared facilities, shared living environments, that s one then household from an infectious transmission point of view and really that doesn t fit within the scope of this law. you might not be able to answer this one, it is an anonymous question. i currently live with two adult children while my partner of long standing lives with his two adult children. when will we be able to meet without social distancing? well, we don t know at the moment but for now what we are able to do is to go out in groups of up able to do is to go out in groups of up to six people, meet in an open space, so you can still meet as long as you observe social distancing. but at the moment it is only within your own household that you can actually give people a hug, for example. so for now, that hasn t changed. another very difficult one anonymously but has come in, what about grieving parents? my husband andi about grieving parents? my husband and i suffered massively since the death of our six day old son. both suffering from ptsd. can we meet with another household for the support we both desperately need for our mental health? i m very sorry to hear that story. ptsd means post traumatic stress disorder and this is where people get very harrowing flashbacks and recollections to what has happened to them. it can be very, very frightening and very disabling. having good support is really, really important. the problem is that these two individuals are wanting to get together with other individuals from other households and this would be households meeting. this doesn t really fulfil the remit of support bubbles at this time. so the only thing they could perhaps explore our online support groups, or get together on an online forum, for example, talk to each other over an electronic munication is platform. at the moment there is no scope for people in that situation, awful as it is, getting together unfortunately. obviously people can meet outside but that isn t always the same. no. that is very difficult. anna asks i m a single parent working from home and would like to be in a bubble with my pa rents would like to be in a bubble with my parents who are over 70 and live 100 miles away. can they come and use the flat they own near my house? this is how they support me during normal times? anna says she is a single parent looking after a minor, and therefore she is completely within the scope of this guidance, which is that she can form a support bubble with her parents. they are allowed to travel wherever they like and if they come to stay in that house and it is exclusively their house and it is exclusively their house they stay in then there is nothing to stop them doing that and they are providing that important support for her. i think that s absolutely fine, in my view. ok, chris, those are some of the questions we have had on the social bubble question. if i could come back to the whole two metres and one metre argument dominating the political front a bit today, can metre argument dominating the politicalfront a bit today, can i just ask about some stats that we have that the scientists advising the government have said in the past that spending six seconds at a distance of one metre is the same are spending one minute at a distance of two metres. people will not be timing the interactions and don t necessarily stick to the exact distances anyway. what is your own sense about where the government should be saying it is wise to wait until the infection rate comes down to relax these rules? viruses don t have sto pwatches to relax these rules? viruses don t have stopwatches and take measures and where these numbers come from is that it and where these numbers come from is thatitis and where these numbers come from is that it is all a numbers game, we know that you need to get what is called an infectious dose to pick up the virus. that infectious dose for this coronavirus is pretty low, perhaps as low as 20 virus particles in order to guarantee that a person is going to get infected. the further you are away from someone, or the more fleeting your contact with them, the lower the likelihood that you are going to pick up the infection. thejudgment that you are going to pick up the infection. the judgment we that you are going to pick up the infection. thejudgment we have that you are going to pick up the infection. the judgment we have to make is what will that do if we do shrink that distance to the numbers of cases and can we cope with that increase in numbers of cases and those other sorts of judgments increase in numbers of cases and those other sorts ofjudgments the government will have to make. many other countries in europe have changed their guidance. our original two metres a cautioned one, well reasoned and cautious and other countries are getting on ok at one metre. i suspect there probably will bea metre. i suspect there probably will be a reduction down to one metre because it is more practical but there is no reason why if we started with one metre and we seek movement in the wrong direction we couldn t reverse that and perhaps do that originally in parts of the country where we see flare ups. i guess we will just have where we see flare ups. i guess we willjust have to wait and see. politicians have warned it is quite difficult to go backwards in a sense. what is the latest confirmed science as we have it on this presymptomatic transmission where i m walking around now feeling absolutely fine but i come down with it tomorrow? i am at my most infectious right now, aren t i, in the two or three days before i m not well? there are two things that we have really learned from this pandemic which have made a huge contribution to its success in terms of spreading around the world and infecting so many people. one of them is that people become really very infectious before they get any symptoms. and two is they may not get symptoms at all. with most infections, your symptoms peek alongside the infection and in this case it is different. people are getting two or three days, probably two days, before they get any symptoms and a peak in infectivity which means they can be wandering around passing it on without realising they are doing so. but an appreciable number, may be half the cases who catch this, may have no symptoms whatsoever and that makes it even harder to track down who has actually got it. and to keep a lid on it. very quickly, if you re infectious for two days before you become ill come on the test, track and trace strategy, should people be checking for contacts two days before they are not well? there will before they are not well? there will be an envelope of the period when a person might therefore be able to pass it on and that s taken into account with the track and trace system to make sure we cover the people who will potentially have been exposed to an infected individual where one is picked up. the bigger worry isn t me dunnock we might miss after people because they have not got symptoms, the whole thing is driven by people who have symptoms. thank you very much. in a moment we ll have the latest headlines from around the world. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello, north west scotland is one of the sunniest and driest spots over the sunniest and driest spots over the next few days, suncheon elsewhere but a fairly changeable weather story coming up, certainly for the next couple of days england and wales are seeing windy conditions develop, turning more humid into the weekend, you will notice when the sun comes out but there will be the threat throughout of some thundery showers including today across parts of central and southern england and where is. brightest and driest conditions in scotla nd brightest and driest conditions in scotland and northern ireland. there will be sunshine breaking through the cloud elsewhere but it stays wet for much of the day in the channel islands, those thunderstorms by the afternoon across south wales and south western parts of england, a bit brighter but stronger gale force winds bring in more persistent rains of the north east of england later in the day, a bit more cloud through the borders and eastern parts of northern ireland. much of scotland and northern ireland dry and bright with sunshine, low some cloud close to orkney and shetland and tempe does not far from where they should be. heavy rain to end the day across the north east of england spreading across other parts of northern england, north wales and northern ireland and even southern scotland through the night, staying wet across the channel islands. away from those areas, most will be dry, low cloud in the north east of scotland, giving a great day on friday, most temperatures in double figures as we start the day. one wet area a cross figures as we start the day. one wet area across northern england towards northern ireland to begin friday, turning wetter in eastern scotland later on. the rain in the channel islands will spread northwards across southern england and the midlands and south wales later, rumbles of thunder with that. either side there will be breaks in the cloud, a little bit of sunshine lifting temperatures into the low 20s, the best sunshine sheltered from the north east breeze across western parts of scotland. the breeze will clear the rain away from the likes of wales and the south west later but low pressure is close by into this weekend, so there will be some further downpours and with winds flowing anticlockwise around, we will bring in ever more humid airupfrom around, we will bring in ever more humid air up from the near continent. for saturday, and more rainfor continent. for saturday, and more rain for parts of northern england and southern scotland and northern ireland. the heaviest rain across the north east of england. scattered thunderstorms break out across england and wales, bit of sunshine in between, temperature 24, 25 motorised again in western scotland, as it will be on sunday. temperatures into the mid 20s here. low cloud throughout the weekend in north east scotland and north east england, and like saturday, the midlands and wales could see scattered thunderstorms and a humid feel for everyone. bye for now. 01:59:05,074 > 2147483052:36:17,252 and still emerging on this, but for 2147483052:36:17,252 > 4294966103:13:29,430 now, thank you very much.
encouraging drops in the daily number of fatalities. in spain, the number has fallen below a hundred for the first time since before it imposed nationwide restrictions. italy has also reported its lowest figure since it entered lockdown. the uk government has insisted that primary schools in england will be safe when some pupils return at the beginning ofjune. but a leading minister acknowledged that risk could not be eliminated. teaching unions have safety concerns, in particular over how teachers and children can maintain social distancing. the mayor of ezell‘s largest city says the health system in this city is close to collapse as demand grows for emergency hospital beds to deal with covid 19. he said the cities public hospitals had reached 90% capacity. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. much of the world responded to the covid 19 pandemic with a lockdown strategy and now the focus is on finding a way out of lockdown without prompting a second wave of infection. could sweden provide a model? my guest today is sweden s chief epidemiologist, anders tegnall. he was the architect of a controversial no lockdown strategy which continues to stir interest right across the world. has it worked? anders right across the world. has it worked ? anders tegnall right across the world. has it worked? anders tegnall in stockholm, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let s begin with the latest picture in sweden. your death figures every day from covid 19 go up, go down, sometimes by significant margins. it is hard to get a real sense of whether you are really in control of the spread of covid 19 in sweden or not. what do you say? we know the death toll is complicated because the registration of death is often a few days late. so we now collect data on date of death and we do it ina way data on date of death and we do it in a way that we do not worry too much about the last ten days because we know they are unsure and many things are happening and they fill out every day. instead we look at days before that and then we followed the trend much better and we have a clear declining trend. i thinkjust under 100 cases a day and 110w thinkjust under 100 cases a day and now we re down to slightly more than 80 day on average. the trend seems to keep going that way. that trend is clearly very good news. but is not the brutal truth that you have had many more deaths in sweden than you would have had if, like your scandinavian neighbours, you had imposed an early and very strict lockdown policy? i think that is difficult to know. the death toll in sweden is mainly in the long term facilities for long term ill elderly people and we had very much and in fortu nate people and we had very much and in fortunate spread in those facilities in the way that some of the countries had but not all our neighbours. that is something trying to investigate now. in respect, isn t that part of my point? that you probably would not have had that catastrophic spread of covid 19 through your care homes, particularly around stockholm, if you had run a more strict and less open policy for the general population? these people meet many people, even in lockdown so you cannot isolate them. in that way, lockdown would not have stop the spread into them and we can see now that when we start to look at these places, we see a decline incidences once we get them to focus on basic hygiene procedures. as the countries chief epidemiologist, the man, let s be honest, the man who is the architect of the swedish government s strategy for coping with covid 19, can you regard a situation in which your country has almost 30,000 infections of covid 19 in the population, with a death toll thatis in the population, with a death toll that is significantly higher than your neighbours, standing at around 3500, can you regard that as success 01’ 3500, can you regard that as success or do you have to acknowledge that in some ways your strategy failed? that is true. when it comes to the death toll it did not work out. the way we hoped it. on the other hand, the connection between our basic strategy and slowing down the spread, if that is in the long run will affect the total death toll in the society or not. that is not yet clear. we know that our neighbouring countries by now have around 1% of the population who had some kind of immunity. investigations we have in sweden so far we have a major one going on that will give us a better a nswer going on that will give us a better answer and it points that we have at least ten, maybe 20 times higher level of immunity in the population which means we are much further into the spread than other countries and if that means that other countries will reach similar death tolls to us 01’ will reach similar death tolls to us or not, i think that is difficult to judge. an interesting answer because you are inviting me there to consider the long term significance of this notion, this concept of herd immunity. your own government says the strategy that you implemented, the strategy that you implemented, the more moderate less strict emergency response to covid 19 was not about establishing herd immunity but you seem to be suggesting that, actually it is about getting to that point where so many people in the general population have had covid 19 and therefore we assume have some resista nce and therefore we assume have some resistance to getting it again, that you have this concept of herd immunity in your population. was that the working strategy or not? immunity in your population. was that the working strategy or nowm was not. i m just pointing out one way that shows that you cannot make this kind of comparison at this stage because the epidemic has hit different countries in different ways. the point is about comparisons with your nordic and scandinavian neighbours. they took a different approach and were much stricter in their lockdown and the death toll, denmark has just over 500, finland over 200 and norway just denmark has just over 500, finland over 200 and norwayjust over 200. they are strikingly different from sweden s and the point is that they 110w sweden s and the point is that they now feel they are in a position to ease their strict lockdowns and bring some sense of normality back to their population to quote one of the senior ministers in denmark, they feel that there is very little chance of a second spike because of what they have achieved. so they are as far along the curve as you are but they prevented hundreds and hundreds of deaths that you failed to prevent. i don t understand what you mean by being as far along the curve as we are. if only if you percentage points of their population has been infected they are not along the curve. but they are not along the curve. but they are not along the curve. but they are confident that measures that they took on the social distancing and the public consciousness that they now have means the disease will not spread and kill the numbers that have been killed in sweden. and only the future can tell. if you look at similar diseases, we have never really been able to stop anything. sometimes we can delay things. we have been successful in doing that, oui’ have been successful in doing that, our nordic neighbours, but to stop them forever i do not think will be possible with covid 19 just as it has never been possible with flu or any other viral disease. we were coming to your vision of future in a moment but i am interested in the philosophical point that your approach has tested which is the notion of not conducting your emergency response through the heavy hand of government, through strict mandatory lockdown but talking to your people, placing trust in your own population and saying to them that we are relying on you voluntarily to adopt behaviour that we think will best control the spread of this disease. do you think your policy of trust has worked? yes. i really do. because we can really see the big impact and that comes back to a comparison with other countries and so on. if we look at some statistics that we have a gate related to travel patterns, travel during easter was only 10% of what it normally is, showing that people are really trying to minimise their social contact with an std we can also see that some of our other viral diseases like flu which has the same kind of pattern every year suddenly stopped in the middle of the pattern and disappeared. also again showing that social distancing really worked and you can see trains running at 10% of capacity and domestic flights not running and so on so domestic flights not running and so on so people really took this on in a way that is more or less equal to people and countries who did it via legal measures. yours was not a mandatory crackdown. in that sense do you think some governments, particularly in europe, have infantilised their particularly in europe, have infa ntilised their populations particularly in europe, have infantilised their populations and therefore when they release the break, people may not act in the responsible way that you say the swedish continue to act.|j responsible way that you say the swedish continue to act. i cannot judge that but i can say one very important thing for us is what you are alluding to and that is sustainability full these kind of measures, voluntary measures, with a big understanding among the population as to why we re doing this, have a liar level of sustainability. we know that this is something that we will have to handle for a long time and as you said, our nordic neighbours now believe they can handle it in the long term, going over to something which is fairly similar to what sweden is doing today. but we really need to then have sustainable solutions. of course, there are signs of a reaction in some countries that when you turn things free then you lose your freedom to the maximum extent. here in sweden, evenif the maximum extent. here in sweden, even if people are getting slightly more mobile as we head into summer, we still have a great level of social distancing in place. ifi may, let me get a little personal with you. earlier i said you became seen as with you. earlier i said you became seen as the architect of a maverick policy which went against the grain of the scientific consensus in many other parts of the world where scientists were backing very strict mandatory lockdowns. it did put you in the spotlight notjust in sweden but right around the world and is the death toll has mounted in sweden and you have been open about that, how has that affected you personally? do you feel any sense of personally? do you feel any sense of personal responsibility for those lives lost? this is not my decision or anything like that. we are a big agency and my director who supports this whole thing. you, you are a modest man but i think you would accept that much of the groundwork and strategy and the thinking behind sweden s policy came from you and it seems to me that that is quite a burden for you to bear when we see what has happened. 0f burden for you to bear when we see what has happened. of course, the death toll is highly regrettable. it isa death toll is highly regrettable. it is a terrible thing that we are seeing. i think we have a number of explanations why this happened, not directly connected to our strategy. now when we are investigating these long term facilities, there are many things that can be done to improve the quality of hygiene and, most likely would diminish the death toll over time in these facilities. it is highly regrettable that that was not seen highly regrettable that that was not seen by the people responsible before this happened but it did happen and, of course, it is terrible. 0n the other hand, we re not too sure a strict lockdown would have changed so much. it did not change very much in the uk or other places. what about the debate in the scientific very notable, in 2000 scientists of doctors scientists professors and wounded people signed a petition curling calling on the government to reverse your policy backin government to reverse your policy back in late march and even in april, on april 22, back in late march and even in april, on april22, some back in late march and even in april, on april 22, some very respected scientists in sweden wrote a piece condemning, quote, officials without talent which undoubtedly included you, saying that the decisions were wrong and to quote one leading immunologist, she said we are not testing, we re not tracking the people behind this strategy are leading us to catastrophe. how did you cope with all that? i can cope with that because i know that the other 40,000 scientists in sweden, the majority are behind us. we have an expert group we talk to every week you are behind us blea kly group we talk to every week you are behind us bleakly in line with what we re trying to do and we are really trying to the best we can under the circumstances, that we are trying to sacrifice some of it to have an easier burden on the economy, that is definitely false. the 2000 was a mixture of different kinds of scientists and a small group of 22 is not our leading scientists in the field. the leading scientist is behind us. so that doesn t worry me too much. the death toll worries me but that is more a group of interesting, and what about the public? because you have had a lot of support, you have even had people putting tatties of your face on their bodies and wearing t shirts proclaiming their support for you. but you have had others, and i dare say some of those were the family members are people who have died, who have been very critical. that is tough. yes, but i think that also shows that the agency and the policy has strong support in the population. we have done several investigations, and not only us, many others have done investigations, and the level of people who are behind what we are doing is like 70, 80%, which is an incredibly high number for any doing is like 70, 80%, which is an incredibly high numberfor any kind of measure from a public health agency, and only like five, 10% things that we should think more about the health of the population. another 10 20% are worried about the economy, and i think that s. it s a great support for what we re doing, that the population is definitely behind us, and then we have some extremes with tatties and things like that, which i try not to think about too much. it must be a strange feeling when you see yourself on somebody else s body, i can imagine. but you say that you didn t do any of this, in terms of the strategy and the policy that you scientists came up with and that the government adopted, you didn t do it for economic reasons. but surely the truth is that, when it came to the crunch, and making these big decisions, people at the top of government in sweden did want to keep the economy functioning, as well as it possibly could. they wa nted well as it possibly could. they wanted to avoid long term damage. and surely that was a very important element in this strategy. not the way we delivered it. i mean, we didn t do those calculations. 0n the other hand, we did calculations on the broader public health impact. i mean, when it comes to closing schools, there is a lot of science behind that closing schools does a lot of damage to children, especially children who are vulnerable already from the beginning. being out of work is also very dangerous from a public health perspective. so i think you re onto something here. i mean, ourstrategy includes broader public health perspectives that may be many others in other countries. when it comes to the economic consequences, that s on the economic consequences, that s on the government level, and of course they will make adjustments to the things we suggest. taking the economy into account, but it is definitely not our part of the development of this strategy. right, so development of this strategy. right, so when you look across europe and the world that other countries in the world that other countries in the way they are doing things, and i am thinking of where i am, the united kingdom, where the lockdown is still pretty much in place, with a very few minor evenings of it, and schools are still closed, and there isa schools are still closed, and there is a very great debate about whether any schools beyond primary age will open before september minor easings. it seems they won t. are you saying that is just plain wrong, it isa you saying that is just plain wrong, it is a mistake? it is getting the balance between tackling covid and wider public health and social issues, it is getting the balance wrong? yes, i mean, only the future can tell. and i think what is the science behind this and what is not the science behind dealings with covid 19 is definitely not clear. i mean, not anybody can claim that they have the science that lockdowns are good and the more open strategy in sweden is wrong, because there is no science really supporting anything. what is supporting what we re doing in sweden as we are following a long tradition of how we work in public health. we are also taking into account the public health effect of closing schools and other things would give you a lot of long term problems in the area of public health, and that needs to be taken into public health, and that needs to be ta ken into account public health, and that needs to be taken into account when you close schools, and so not doing that, i think, would not be ethical and not be correct public health way of working. i will tell you what is striking in this interview, and i would say honest on your part, is that you keep telling me that on many aspects of this covid 19 response, the science isn t clear. i wa nt response, the science isn t clear. i want to, in that context, bring you back to the notion of herd immunity. because you have said, you said it just a few weeks ago, that you believe by the end of may that they will be a form of herd immunity in play in stockholm. i think you suggested that by then you could imagine that maybe 30 or 40% of the population will have had covid 19, and will have therefore a form of immunity. but it seems to me you have no scientific evidence for that. you are not doing enough testing to know whether that 40% figure is real, and you also, frankly, don t know the science of covid 19. you don t know that having had covid 19 gives you any long term immunity at all. so where is your science? we are just now doing a major investigation in sweden, as they have done in other countries, taking a sample of the total population and looking at the level of immunity they are having right now, so of immunity they are having right now, so we of immunity they are having right now, so we get that data. what we are basing it on so far is a few minor investigations showing levels between 10% and 15% of different smaller groups have immunity, which supports the modelling that s been done by two or three different scientists in sweden. and when it comes to immunity, just recently i had a discussion with the top scientist on coronavirus and immunity in sweden, and everybody says of course there is immunity. we can measure antibodies, we can measure other aspects of immunity, and why should covid 19 be different than all other infectious diseases? but what about these cases, doctor tegnell, what about these cases i read about from china to california of people who have had covid 19, recovered, test negative after they recovered, test negative after they recovered, and then two months later test positive again? apparently they have courted again. that is not a real infection. i havejust discussed this with the top people in sweden, some of them are what they call a recurrence. i mean, you can have part of this virus and carry it obviously for a very long time, which explains some of the cases. 0ther time, which explains some of the cases. other cases were obviously contaminations when they were tested the first time. there is no, as far as they knew, and i really trust these people, there is no confirmed cases of somebody really had the infection twice. we have a very good system of registers in sweden. among all the cases we have had in sweden, not one of them have had it all back more than once. well, to be really sure about how much immunity there is in the general population, you do need the antibody test. rauch, the pharmaceutical giant in switzerland, has developed an antibody test that the us and the eu are saying they approve of. is sweden intending to test just about everybody over the next few months? we are doing, as i said, a test of a sample of the population to look at the level of immunity in the whole population right now roche. the samples have been tested, but in the next week we will be able to tell what is the level of immunity. and we are using a number of different methods to look at that, because there is a number of methods out there, and we have developed some of them ourselves, with the help of the top tea m ourselves, with the help of the top team in sweden doing this. so towards the end of next week we can say it better at what level of immunity we have in the population. i want to end, if i may, we are short of time, doctor tegnell, and i just want to end with some thoughts about the future, because throughout this interview have indicated that you don t think that, if we can solidified, the fight against covid 19 will come to any sort of end until there is an effective vaccine that is deliverable to the world s population stops so we are talking, let s say, a year or 18 months at the best, in most people s you. in the meantime, how much normality can there be? if we take sweden is one of the more advanced countries, that has thought about this a lot, do you think that we, for example, can return before a vaccine to a world in which there is widespread travel, even between countries,, where widespread travel, even between countries, , where crowds widespread travel, even between countries,, where crowds can gather at music concerts or football stadiums, where hugs and handshakes can become routine again? where people do not have to wear facemasks on public transport? 0r people do not have to wear facemasks on public transport? or has our life fundamentally changed for the long term? fundamentally changed for the long-term? nobody knows the answer to that question. i think certain things we can be quite sure about. i think for a long time we re going to need to protect our elderly in different ways. because they are a lwa ys different ways. because they are always going to be susceptible to this disease, and they are always going to have a very high death toll to it, unless we find a vaccine that would work in that part of the population, or a treatment. when it comes to other things, this is not only one nation can decide about travel and so on. i think that we in sweden would feel rather confident to ease down on some of the things, may be travelling around could be 0k, may be travelling around could be ok, maybe a few other things could be ok. if we sometimes get an immunity test that works a bit better on an individual level, which u nfortu nately we better on an individual level, which unfortunately we don t yet, we don t have enough experience on that, we can probably ease a few other things as well. our main concern now is really the elderly, who have been very isolated, and we need to find different ways of easing that isolation, because that will also affect our health, both in the short term and in the long term, and i think that is one of our main concerns right now. one and i am just very interested in one point. do you go out every time you go out now, do you wear facemasks? do you go out every time you go out now, do you wearfacemasks? know, in sweden we don t wear facemasks. in sweden we don t wear facemasks. in sweden we don t wear facemasks. in sweden we stay home when we are sick. anders tegnell, it has been fascinating getting your insights. thank you very much for being on hardtalk. thank you. hello. there is some wet weather and some warm weather in this weather forecast. first, most of the wet weather will be found across the northern half of the uk. further south, it ll be largely dry, and quite widely it ll become very warm for a time around the middle of the week. the end of the week will feel a bit different. it ll be cooler, windier and more unsettled for all of us. now, you can see frontal systems which will be pushing across northern areas over the next few days, bringing cloud. yes, this cloud producing some outbreaks of rain, but it is to the south of those frontal systems that things will turn increasingly warm and increasingly sunny for just about all of us by wednesday. but, as far as monday goes, some rain to start off across northern scotland. that will increasingly become confined to the northern isles. the north of the mainland will brighten up, with some sunshine. we will see quite a lot of cloud persisting across southern scotland, north west england and northern ireland. patchy rain here, which could become heavier from the west into the afternoon. further south, some spells of hazy sunshine. it will be a breezy day, quite a windy one, actually, across northern scotland. but as far as the temperatures go, well, 18 degrees in aberdeen, 17 in belfast, but a high of 24 across some parts of south east england. now, as we go through monday night into the early part of tuesday, we ll see more splashes of rain at times across northern ireland, northern england and scotland. some clear spells further south, but look at those overnight temperatures 11,12 degrees the minimum values for some. so a very mild start to tuesday morning. again we see a lot of cloud across northern areas, with some patchy rain at times. it s likely to be quite misty and murky for some of these western coasts, as well. further south and further east, that s where we see the best of the sunshine, and once again the highest of the temperatures. 25 degrees looks likely in london by this stage. now, as we move into wednesday, high pressure firmly in charge for the middle of the week, these frontal systems being held at bay for the time being. so i think wednesday is going to be the sunniest day of the week, even northern ireland and scotland brightening up by this stage. the exception shetland here. you ll hold onto a lot of cloud, some splashes of rain, temperatures topping out at around nine degrees. further south, though, a high of 27 degrees is possible. now, things do change for the end of the week. we could see some thunderstorms breaking out on thursday. it turns windy for all of us on friday, with some rain at times, and by this stage it ll feel a bit cooler.
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hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. building up to today s coronavirus briefing from downing street. our latest headlines. the health secretary matt hancock announces that everybody over the age of five showing coronavirus symptoms is now eligible for a test in the uk. everyday we are creating more capacity and that means more people can be and the virus has fewer places to hide. a loss of taste or smell are added to the nhs list of symptoms of covid 19. that means that you should self isolate for seven days if you have them. the route map easing scotland s lockdown. nicola sturgeon say she will publish plans for easing the lockdown on thursday. commuters getting back to work in england faced new measures on the railway system with security guards trained in crowd control at train stations. italy reopens more shops, restau ra nts a nd italy reopens more shops, restaurants and hairdressers. and could the start of the pandemic been handled better? the united nations chief says the world is paying a heavy price for muddled virus strategies. on into the orchard on the orchard beds, which again we only started a few years ago. and the chelsea flower show goes virtual as it is forced to close its doors to gardeners for the first time since the second world war. hello and welcome to viewers on bbc as we build up to today s coronavirus briefing. it is held today by dominic raab. in the last half an hour matt hancock as announcer anybody in uk over the age of five who is showing covid i9 symptoms is now eligible for a coronavirus test. losing your sense of taste or smell now among those symptoms that people have been told to look out for. until today people have been told only to self isolate if they have a fever or cough but now doctors say the possible signs of the disease are much broader. so if you or somebody you live with has any of the symptoms, then the advice is to stay at home to stop the risk of spreading the virus. well, meanwhile today nicola sturgeon has said that route map will be set out on thursday for easing scotland s lockdown. ten weeks after imposing the world s first nationwide lockdown italy is opening more shops, restaurants and hairdressers as well as starting church services again. and there have been calls for again. and there have been calls for a review into the international response to the pandemic amid divisions about the way it has been handled. envoys from nearly 200 countries are meeting online for the world health organization s assembly. let s get more news on the addition for covid i9 of a loss of taste or smell. here s our health correspondent sophie hutchinson with this report. identifying who is infected with a coronavirus and who is not as crucial in preventing it from spreading and allowing it going back to work. the uk s four chief medical officers now say a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste is a symptom along with a high temperature and/or a new continuous cough. experts say they alerted public health england to a connection between loss of smell and covid i9 two months ago, after speaking to patients. i had contact from key workers, for example, those in contact with the vulnerable delivering food who were told they had to go to work because it was not a recognised symptom. we may have missed some opportunity to control the spread and fortunately now those patients will be able to get self isolated and tested. while the uk now lists three symptoms for covid i9, the world health organization lists 13 and some are questioning why it has taken the uk so long to recognise the other symptom. for months we have known it is a potential symptom of coronavirus, it is an unusual symptom for respiratory infections but it has been reported around the world early on in this outbreak so i don t know why it took so long to be added to the list in the uk. 1.5 million people have now logged onto a symptom tracker app created by scientists at king s college london. they believe the uk is grossly underestimating the number of people infected by the virus and not recognising all the symptoms has been damaging. i have had doctors telling me that they were told by occupational health not to stay off work and go back on the front line, even though they had lost their sense of smell and they had muscle pains. so i think, you know, in an inquiry, we re going to find that this will have had a major effect on prolonging the epidemic. so the advice is now for anyone with a cough, fever or loss of smell and taste to stay at home and self isolate for seven days, in order to prevent another wave of infections in this pandemic. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. let s get more on the news that anyone over the age of five who believes they may have coronavirus can now have a free test from the nhs. the health secretary matt hancock has been giving details to the commons. today, i can announce to the house that everyone aged five and over with symptoms is now eligible for a test. that applies right across the uk in all four nations from now. anyone with a new continuous cough, a high temperature, or the loss or change of sense of taste or smell can book a test by visiting nhs.uk/coronavirus. if you re eligible for a test and you dont have internet access, you can call 119 in england and wales, or in scotland and northern ireland 0300 303 2713. we will continue to prioritise access to tests for nhs and social care patients, residents and staff. and, as testing ramps up towards our new goal of total capacity of 200,000 tests a day, ever more people will have the confidence and certainty that comes with an accurate test result. with me now is our health correspondent nick triggle. a significant announcement today that anybody in the uk over the age of five who thinks they ve got the symptoms can get a coronavirus test. yes, when you think, less than two months ago we were just testing hospital patients and staff, so significant progress has been made. last week, key workers, hospital patients, care home residents over 65 and those who need to leave home to work could be tested, but now we are hearing that all those over five who are showing symptoms will get tested. and those symptoms, the list of covid i9 symptoms, when you have them you should self isolate for seven days, that now includes a loss of taste or smell. a lot of scientists have been saying, actually, that should have been on the list of symptoms weeks ago. yes, this has been talked about for weeks. it has been noticeable that patients who have had a diagnosed infection with coronavirus have been showing this loss of taste and smell symptoms. now the four for chief medical officers. it is a common symptom in other infections, including the common cold. the chief medical officer says now is the right time. we have moved well out of that winter season so now is the right time to make sure we capture as many cases as possible. what did matt hancock have to say about the track and trace system because mikey was promising that for the middle of may. downing street say that was never promised by the government. where are we with that? it is vital as we ease out of lockdown to contain any local outbreaks. it relies on the app that is being piloted in the isle of wight and the recruitment of an army of contact tracers. he says we have recruited 21000 and have all the elements in place we need to roll out this track, test and trace programme. challenges remain for getting the testing results. it is taking too long, sometimes several days, to turn round the test results. it is noticeable that some key workers are struggling to get access to tests. in care homes, residents and staff, it will be another three weeks before they can all get access to testing, so still a significant challenge in making sure this system is in place in the coming weeks. nick, thank you very much. it s been ten days since the trial for the nhs contact tracing app launched on the isle of wight. downing street says 60,000 people that s just under half of the population on the island have downloaded the app. let s speak to our correspondent duncan kennedy. first, how does the app work? it s very straightforward technology. you download the app onto your phone. if you come into sustained contact with someone else who has the app, you send an electronic handshake to each other. say i develop covid 19 symptoms, i punched that into the app, and the app tells the nhs server, which in turn pains out a message to all those other people who have been in close contact with my phone. they are told to check their symptoms, make sure they haven t got it, and if they have, they contact the server, and so it goes on. they want to spread these apps and the people with them across the community. as nick was saying, they are doing it in conjunction with those 21,000 contact tracers, so bit by bit, using the app, the autumn monitored the automated version, and then we will get an idea of who has the covid 19 symptoms and who doesn t. that is how it works in theory, but what is the evidence you are picking up from there on the isle of wight? is it working? certainly, in terms of the popularity of the app, it seems to be working. in the last half hour or so, i had a conversation with the man who has developed the app and is rolling it out here, and they said that they have had several people here downloading the app, about half the population. the key thing is that it has to be peopled with smartphones. there are 80,000 or more of those on the island. in his words, he said they were overwhelmed by the response of people on the isle of wight. there have been a few people, not least mps on the human rights committee last week, saying they are a little worried about whether the data on this is protected and is secure enough. and we ve been speaking to people today on the isle of wight to get their views, people who have got the app and some people who haven t. have you downloaded the app? i haven t. unfortunately, my phone s too old. so, you can t get it? no, not at all, no. but in principle, what do you think of it? i think it s a really good idea if people listen to it and actually do what it tells them. i ve heard of people on the island who have downloaded the app, gone to tesco for half an hour, and it told them they ve been contact with someone, and then they ve gone, oh, well then, i m not going to take it to tesco. you know, i can t afford to be off work for two weeks. i support it. it makes people safer and stuff like that, and hopefully it can all be over and done with soon so that everyone can get back to normal. have you downloaded the app? yes, i have, yes. what do you make of it? it s fine, it doesn t ask for a lot of information. you just put the first bit of your postcode into it and then itjust says it s working. so, do you have any concerns about data protection? not really, because i haven t really told him anything, so i don t think they can take anything off my phone. so, it seems to be fine. downloaded the app. i said that. it s just told me to sort of like keep my bluetooth on. it said, how are you feeling today? there s no symptoms or anything. so, i ve left it at that. so, it s just ready to go if obviously i take it it s going to alert me if, you know, i do sort of approach somebody that s got the coronavirus. so, the views of some people there on the isle of wight. duncan, if all goes well with the trial, when might it be rolled out across the whole of the uk? the short answer is, no one knows exactly. the expectation here on the isle of wight was that it would be mid may, but a spokesman for downing street this morning said in the coming weeks, so we are not sure whether that means may or beyond that. what they are doing here, in the words of the man i spoke to on the conference call a few moments ago, they are testing it in the real world and that is throwing up some issues for them to iron out. for example, they will add to this app the idea of the two new symptoms of taste and smell, which wasn t on the app before. before, it wasn t on the app before. before, it was only testing your temperature and weather you coughed or not. they will update it with that in the next couple of days. they want to test it in factories, surgeries, care homes, the real world setting for it. they say there is a way to go on that before it is rolled out. downing street are saying that will come in the next few weeks. duncan, many thanks indeed. nicola sturgeon has announced lockdown measures in scotland could begin to be lifted from may 28th. the first minister said this would mean people could meet someone from another household as long as social distancing is maintained. a roadmap easing the lockdown will be published on thursday. she also said that testing will be extended to include anybody over the age of five displaying symptoms, as we ve been hearing that s available across the uk. and earlier today clubs in scotland voted to end the scottish premiership with celtic crowned champions and hearts relegated. speaking at her daily briefing, nicola sturgeon laid out how the roadmap to easing the lockdown might look. it will take account of the up to date estimates of the transmission rate, or r number, and the number of cases. it will also take account of the latest national records of scotland report, due on wednesday, on the number of deaths from covid. the route map we publish on thursday will give a more detailed indication of the order in which we will carefully and gradually seek to lift current restrictions. now, like other countries, we will not yet be able to put firm dates on all of the different phases, because timings must be driven by data and evidence. it will also be important that we assess the impact of measures in one phase before moving on to another. we will continue, and again, i want to stress this, to take a cautious approach that ensures the virus is suppressed while seeking to restore as much normality as possible when it is safe to do so. nicola sturgeon speaking a little earlier. as lockdown eases in england and more and more people return to work, and others take advance of being able to meet up with one person outside their household, how are people adapting to the slight easing of restrictions? and our people aware of the stay alert message? susan michie is professor of health pyschology at university college london. she is a member of the behavioural science group of sage. what do you think people around the country think of the stay alert message? i think generally people thought it was rather content free and didn t really advise people what to do. stay at home is a clear behavioural message. stay alert, it is not clear what one is meant to be alert for, and what one is meant to do when one identifies what they are supposed to stay alert for. i think people found the message confusing and inconsistent. do you think that was a mistake, do to move to that message of stay alert? it is very complicated. 0ne message of stay alert? it is very complicated. one has to take into account many different things, and also the fact that there will be different easing of restrictions for different easing of restrictions for different groups in society. at the moral complexities, the more important really clear, precise and consistent messaging becomes. and especially in the context where people are experiencing quite high degrees of anxiety about returning to work, returning. 0ften degrees of anxiety about returning to work, returning. often people have to go on public transport. in these situations, people want to know exactly what they should be doing, why they should be doing it, and they have to be convinced that it isa and they have to be convinced that it is a good idea and their safety of themselves and their loved ones will not be put at risk. and a lot of people have been expressing concern about what seemed like anomalies in the government s new rules and regulations about the easing of the lockdown for example, a cleaner going into the house but not grandparents, that type of thing. do you detect anxiety and concern, maybe even anger about that kind of anomaly? all of those things, because i think that it was seen to be really quite unfair. the imposition of the lockdown to begin with has obviously increased the inequalities that already exist in terms of people s jobs and living situation they were in, but on top of that now, as we are lifting it, the first groups of people who were told they could come into your house are cleaners, cooks, nannies and estate agents, these are people who help privileged people to lead privileged lives. what people are desperately wanting is to see their loved ones again. so i think it was peculiarly insensitive, and i think that once people think things are being done in an unfair way, it really undermines the sense of collective solidarity that has been so well built up through communities over the last few weeks and is absolutely vital to keeping adherence to these challenging measures going. what about the new announcement we have had this afternoon of the government saying anyone in the uk over the age of five who thinks they have got covid 19 can go for a test? that is a pretty simple kind of rule or instruction that people can understand across the country. yes, i think ten out of ten for it being clear. two issues about it. one is will this be the case in practice? because we have seen many cases where there have been promises and it s not been upheld so even now we are having front line healthcare workers and social care workers reporting that they are not getting a test. the other issue that is so important to communicate alongside that which i haven t heard is that people are most infectious in the two days before they have symptoms. so this is not a panacea and it means the basic instructions of social distancing, hand hygiene, using tissues for coughs and sneezes and not touching eyes, nose and mouth which is where the virus gets into the body should be rehearsed at every opportunity. susan michie, thank you for talking to us. we are getting the latest uk death toll from confirmed coronavirus cases, and that has risen up 160, we arejust seeing, so cases, and that has risen up 160, we are just seeing, so that has risen to 34,796. the uk death toll from confirmed coronavirus cases up 160. just to let you know again we will be crossing live to downing street in the next few minutes at around five o clock for the latest downing street briefing, which will include those figures. and dominic raab holding that downing street briefing. let s go to india now. india remains in lockdown after the latest extension was approved on sunday. the country went into lockdown on 24th march and schools, public transport and most businesses have been shut since. the world s largest lockdown, covering 1.3 billion people, appears to have helped keep india s numbers relatively low with a little over 3,000 deaths, and around 96,500 confirmed cases. in the southern state of kerala, which has a population of 35 million, just 601 cases have been confirmed, and only four deaths. of course, the actual number of cases may be higher but the state s health minister, kk shailaja, has been praised for her ministry s rapid response to the outbreak. we can speak to kk shailaja now, minister of health and social welfare of kerala state. 0nly only four deaths in a population of 35 million, that is pretty remarkable. how have you done it? because you had a system of track and trace very early on after the first word came through from china about coronavirus back injanuary. yes, we started to prepare very early. as you said, our population is very high and population density also very high in kerala. we started earlier, we are focusing on social welfare issues and planning like that. our local governments are very strong and we have a good health ca re system, strong and we have a good health care system, public health care system. we have primary health centres, secondary and tertiary health centres also, very good medical colleges and very good medical colleges and very good medical hospitals. we are now focusing on primary care and prevention. we are giving continuous training to our healthcare professionals and health care markers, professional training also. and when we heard about the new virus, we started our preparation from top level to bottom level. we are teaching the people of how this virus is spread, and all the people are aware of that thing before it came to kerala. but it is not easy to educate all the people and keep the people in quarantine in their own home and a government created isolation centres. we have health ca re isolation centres. we have health care workers, police and local government workers making sure people are staying inside their home. we also make sure people are using hand wash and masks when they go outside. just to interrupt you for a moment, you acted very fast with commendable speed. do you think other countries around the world should maybe learn lessons from the speed you acted on? you were taking some of these measures and having meetings just a few days after you first heard about what had happened in china. yes, we started these things when it happened in china in january. when we heard what happened we started preparedness here and we have good combination of old systems of medicine, not only the modern system, and also we have a very good private health system here. and we have very good coordination on public health and private health system. we convened a meeting with the private health care holders and they also participated. we give training to private health care system, with the coordination of all the systems together we formed a very good method of containing or preventing the spread and flattening the curve. throughout these days we are working hard. all right, sorry, we arejust are working hard. all right, sorry, we are just running out of time but thank you very much indeed for explaining what you have been doing in the indian of kerala. many thanks. the transport secretary grant shapps has said the government is looking at whether people coming from countries with a low infection rate for coronavirus could be exempt from the 14 day travel quarantine for people arriving into the uk. mr shapps was responding to a question from the chair of the transport select committee, the conservative mp huw merriman, who asked whether the government would consider so called ‘air bridges so that passengers coming from countries with a low infection rate could be exempt from having to self isolate for two weeks at a private residence. final details of the quarantine scheme will be released soon, it will come in early next month. it is the case that we should indeed consider further improvements. for example, things like air bridges, enabling people from other areas, countries, who have themselves achieved lower levels of coronavirus infection to come to the country. so, those are active discussions, but we ll go beyond what will initially be a blanket situation. grant shapps there in the commons. while we wait for the downing street briefing to be begin, we can now speak to our political correspondent. helen catt. there has been some confusion, hasn t there? at first it was thought people coming from france might be exempt, now we are not sure about that. hearing what the transport secretary was saying, it looks like people coming from low infection countries may be exempt as well. this policy is coming in from early next month, which is anyone coming into the uk will have to self isolate for 14 days. but we understand people coming from ireland will not have to do that, and there could be other potential exemptions, particularly around france. it s understood president macron had talked about this. there isa macron had talked about this. there is a recognition we are physically linked by the channel tunnel so they are looking at issues around this, although the thinking is perhaps something that applies to freight drivers or people with scientific expertise, so that is still ongoing. the exemption for ireland we know is likely to happen. then we had this question raised to grant shapps earlier this afternoon to suggest, well actually if people are coming from a country with a low rate of infection could they too have an exemption from having to self isolate for 14 days. grant shapps said that is something the government was looking at. we might hear more about that in the press conference today, given it is being led by dominic raab. just a minute or so away from that so i may have to cut you off. helen, we have also had the adding of a loss of taste or sense of smell to the list of symptoms at the point of which one should self isolate for seven days but quite a lot of critics of are saying this should have been added to the list of symptoms weeks ago. yes, and that is something i would expectjonathan yes, and that is something i would expect jonathan van tam to yes, and that is something i would expectjonathan van tam to address. these symptoms have been known for several weeks in addition to the already recognised symptoms of a new, persistent cough or a high temperature. the other big announcement today is the expansion of testing so that now anyone who is aged five or over who now displays any one of these four symptoms can request a coronavirus test, and that applies across all four nations of the uk, because the welsh, scottish and northern irish governments have opted in. let s cross to downing street now. good afternoon, and welcome to this afternoon s press conference. i am pleased to be joined afternoon s press conference. i am pleased to bejoined byjonathan van tam, our deputy chief medical 0fficer. tests carried out in the uk include 100,678 tests carried out yesterday. 246,406 people have tested positive, and that is an increase of 2684 cases since yesterday. 9408 people are currently in hospital with coronavirus, which is down 13% from this time last week. i am very sad to report that, of those who have tested positive for covid 19 across all settings, 34,796 have now died, that is an increase of 160 deaths on yesterday. it goes without saying, we offer our condolences to the friends and family of every individual who has passed away during this pandemic. this is a challenging time, and as we chart the right course over the weeks and months ahead, our overriding priority remains to save lives. whilst also at the same time preserving livelihoods and allowing people to return over time and when it is safe to something resembling a more normal way of living. so, on the 11th of may, we set out a road map to provide the information, advice and reassurance to businesses, public services and other organisations and to employees and citizens up and down the country. i want to thank everyone who is making the adjustments and engaging with us in government to forge the path ahead in a sure footed and sustainable way. we recognise that people have concerns and questions, and we want to work together with him and with everyone involved to provide the necessary confidence and reassurance in the next steps that we are poised to make. that approach is summarised in the slides, which if we could now have them up on the screen, please. you will see from slide one, as people will be aware, we have established a new covid alert system, with five levels, each relating to the current level of threat posed by the virus. the alert level is focused on the rate of infection, known as the r value, as well as the total number of coronavirus cases overall. that alert level helps us determine the social distancing measures that we need to fight the virus, so the lower the level, the fewer or the less restrictive measures we will need at any given time. since the lockdown began at the end of march, we have been at level four, as indicated on the slide, and thanks to the hard work and huge sacrifices across the uk, and the progress we have made as a result of that, particularly in relation to compliance with the social distancing measures, we are in the process of moving from level four to level three on the slide, and we will do that through a number of very careful and deliberate steps. slide two, please. you will see that last week the prime minister set out the first of three steps designed to carefully modify the measures that have been put in place. and by gradually easing certain measures, we can begin to allow people to return to something resembling a more normal way of life. the choices we make, what we are asking the public to do and not to do are designed to avoid a very real risk ofa designed to avoid a very real risk of a second peak that would overwhelm the nhs and risk turning a temporary economic painful moment for the country into permanent damage to the uk economy. at every step, we will closely monitor the impact of easing restrictions, and in particular the impact on the spread of the virus. it is only by collecting and monitoring the data that we will be able to take the next step, which is indicated as step two on the slide, no earlier than the 1st ofjune. it is natural for people to question why they can t do one or other thing now, why distinctions have been made, but in reality, you have to look at the package of measures as a whole, mindful of the risk to the r level and taking into account the various economic and social effects combine. we have adopted a balanced approach, guided at all times by the science, and asi guided at all times by the science, and as i said, the overriding need to avoid a second peak that could overwhelm the nhs. 0f to avoid a second peak that could overwhelm the nhs. of course, it is true to say that making any changes inherently comes with some risk of spreading the virus compared to simply staying at home. but it is also true that staying in permanent lockdown is itself not sustainable on health or economic grounds. that is why we have only eased measures where it can be done with the lowest risk possible. that is also why we are watching the impact of every change that we make very closely. i know the last couple of months have been really tough for families, businesses, everyone up and down the uk, but it is only by keeping to the plan, sticking to the rules, even including when those rules change, that we will beat coronavirus for good. slide three, please. and that is why we have asked people to stay alert, control the virus, save lives, as we make changes to the measures in place in england and adjust the government advice accordingly. for the vast majority of people, that still means staying at home as much as possible. for those that can t work from home, they should return to work, with the arrangements in place to ensure they can be saved it can be safely and responsibly done. we have also adjusted, as you can see from the slide, the advice for people to exercise more, to visit public outdoor spaces but staying two metres apart from those outside their own household. as ever, people need to keep washing their hands regularly and carrying out the hygiene measures we have advertised before. 0ur hygiene measures we have advertised before. our advice is to wear a face covering when you are outside the home in enclosed spaces and where it is difficult to socially distance, for example, going to the shops or travelling on public transport. if you or anyone in your household developed symptoms, you still all need to self isolate. while we are asking the public to do these things, we in government will keep ramping up the effort that we need to see to get the uk back to a more normal way of living, and with that in mind, today the health secretary announced that anyone in the uk with covid 19 symptoms can now get a test by booking online, and i can also report that we have recruited now over 21,000 contact tracers and call handlers in england for the implementation of our test and trace programme. that programme is absolutely key in the next steps we need to take as a country to come through this pandemic safely and responsibly. jonathan, if you would like to run us through the latest data. thank you, secretary of state, good afternoon, everybody. i have a few data slides to show you, in the normal fashion. few data slides to show you, in the normalfashion. beginning few data slides to show you, in the normal fashion. beginning with this one, which shows you apple maps searches for directions, so it is confined to apple users, and it shows the beginning of the period of lockdown on the left on the 23rd of march, and what has happened to searches for walking instructions, driving instructions and public transport from that point until the very re ce nt transport from that point until the very recent past, and you can see that there has been a gradual, but only gradual, upward trend in searches related to walking and driving. but for public transport, this trend is essentially flat. and this trend is essentially flat. and this is very much in line with the guidance that the government has issued about avoiding public transport wherever possible, saving it for key workers, and clearly, this is a trend that the public eye following. i have shown you the two data points on the right of the slide before now. compared with last year, 44% of adults are working at home in the period 24th of april to the 3rd of may, compared with 12% at the 3rd of may, compared with 12% at the same time last year. and that 80% of adults report they have either left the home for permitted reasons or not at all in that period. next slide, please. moving on now to testing, these data are correct as at 9am today. and they relate to tests processed and sent out. the broad message is that we are continuing to test at the rate of around 100,000 tests per day, and that in total, almost 2.7 million tests have been used since the crisis began. in terms of confirmed cases, the data as of this morning we re over cases, the data as of this morning were over night for 2684 new cases out of a grand total of diagnosed cases ofjust out of a grand total of diagnosed cases of just under 250,000. out of a grand total of diagnosed cases ofjust under 250,000. but what you can see, if you look to the bottom right hand corner of what you can see, if you look to the bottom right hand corner of slide, the green bars, you can now see a definite and sustained decline in new confirmed cases, which continues to be encouraging. next slide, please. so, these are data i showed to you last week, updated, of course, data from hospitals. the top curve relates to estimated admissions with covid 19 in england. 678 is the latest figure, darren from 701 on the 9th of may, so again, steady declines, and you can see that in the top blue curve. turning at the bottom of the slide to the percentage of critical care beds currently occupied by covid 19 patients, this trend is also consistently down across the four nations, and currently the figure runs at 19%. next slide, please. and then this slide also relates to hospitals. it relates to all of the uk, and it relates to the total numberof uk, and it relates to the total number of people in hospital with covid 19 over time, updated as of the 17th of may, and what you can see here is that everywhere the numbers of patients in hospital with covid 19 is now in sustained decline. again, very good news. and the final slide, please. this is the daily deaths data. these are deaths confirmed with a positive test in the uk. as of the 18th of may, we are reporting 160 deaths, and a total of 34,796 with a positive test. what you can see, and again it remains the most important thing to look for, is the overall long term trend as illustrated by the orange line, which is showing a consistent and solid decline as the days and weeks roll by. thank you, secretary of state. thanks very much. we will open it up to questions, and i think there is one from david from bury. good afternoon. as we take the first tentative steps towards releasing the lockdown, when will the government outline the road map ahead beyond the pandemic to ensure ahead beyond the pandemic to ensure a swift fiscal health and well being recovery? and what has already been discussed and decided? thank you very much. it s danny, i m sorry. we ve already published and over 50 page road map for how we rebuild after coronavirus, including the three steps i set out on the slides. the key thing, and there are different measures at different stages relating to no earlier than the 1st ofjune, stages relating to no earlier than the 1st of june, the stages relating to no earlier than the 1st ofjune, the phasing of reopening of primary schools, different issues for businesses at different issues for businesses at different times, so nonessential retail will be dealt with at that point, but whether it is the 1st of june or the 4th ofjuly or any subsequent steps, we will only take those decisions and take those measures based on the scientific advice that tells us we can responsibly do so, and the worst of all worlds would be to trip up now and stumble when we have made the progress that the deputy chief medical officer has set out very clearly. so, we set our road map but it isa clearly. so, we set our road map but it is a conditional one, and we will monitor very carefully based on the changes we have made over the last week and see what impact that has, and we will assess where the r rate is and where the other data is before taking any subsequent steps no earlier than the 1st ofjune. jonathan, would you add anything? no. danny, thanks very much. i think there is one from james from wittering. james asked via text: is the government preparing for a second wave on ppe, ventilators, testing etc? so that all the issues of the first wave won t happen ain? of the first wave won t happen again? iwill of the first wave won t happen again? i will let the deputy chief medical officer comment, but one of the key things we have said is that first of all we will be mindful to avoid a second wave. we want to keep the r level down, the rate of transmission down, to avoid that, and we will not sanction measures where we fear or there is a risk that they would take us above one. at the same time, when we set out our five tests for easing lockdown, and they still in large part apply, one of the key things was that we wouldn t take measures until we are absolutely confident that we ve got all of the capacity we need in the nhs. 0ne all of the capacity we need in the nhs. one thing we ve done, and it has been effective, is, we made sure that at every step the nhs has not been overwhelmed, and in particular, the critical care capacity that jonathan showed on the slides has not been overwhelmed, and it s not just good enough to do that day by day, we want to make sure that with any day, we want to make sure that with a ny ste ps day, we want to make sure that with any steps we take in the future, that remains the case. jonathan, what would you add? thank you, secretary of state. i would add that we are hoping not to have a second wave and that is one of the reasons why we are being so careful about unlocking social distancing one piece at a time. because we absolutely don t want this to get out of control again. however, is it right and proper to prepare for emergencies? is it right and proper to put ourselves in a good position to be able to deal with an upsurge of cases? absolutely. let me emphasise a couple of things here. one is that maybe people are just hoping and praying that this virus willjust go away, as indeed i hope and pray it will. but the reality is, certainly until we get the vaccine and only if we get a vaccine is really capable of suppressing disease levels will we ever be what we would call kind of out of this. and so from that perspective we may have to live and learn to live with this virus in the long term. certainly for many months to come, if not several years. a vaccine may change that, but we can t be sure we will get a vaccine. the other thing to say is this virus isa the other thing to say is this virus is a new virus, we don t fully understand it. we don t understand something called seasonality, and one of the things that is very clear for example with flu viruses is in cold winters and the levels of transmission and circulation declines over the summer months. now, the data we have on other coronaviruses we have looked at very carefully and it is not clear these coronaviruses are as seasonal as influe nza, coronaviruses are as seasonal as influenza, but there may be an element of seasonality and it may well be that the autumn and winter conditions provide a better environment for the virus to then do its work again. so we have to be very cautious about that and plan for these kind of health care surges that we hope we don t need but we wa nt that we hope we don t need but we want to be ready for them if they happen. very good. thank you for your question. we will open it up to the media now and we have fergus walsh first from the bbc. thank you. you have just added walsh first from the bbc. thank you. you havejust added loss walsh first from the bbc. thank you. you have just added loss of taste and smell is a key symptom for coronaviruses. france advised people backin coronaviruses. france advised people back in march that if they lost taste or smell that they should self isolate. has the uk been very slow to act? jonathan, i think that is probably one for you. thank you, ferguson. we have been very careful about looking at the data on a this, and if adding it to the case definition would change something in terms of what we can practically do. ido terms of what we can practically do. i do understand, and you are absolutely right, that anosmia has been recognised for some time now is a symptom of covid 19. but one of the first questions is how often does anosmia come really early in the illness? that is the first question. versus coming later on in the illness when there are many other symptoms that are evident, particularly cough and fever, which are absolutely the most prominent. the next point is how often does anosmia occur on its own in the absence of other symptoms? and the answer seems to be very rarely indeed. and so from that perspective what we have had to do is go through all of the possible symptoms of covid 19 and, you know, other than fever and cough, the who list includes tiredness, aches and pains, sore throat, diarrhoea, conjunctivitis, headache, skin rash, even loss of speech or movement is something the who put on there. so we have had to do some careful analysis behind the scenes to try and work out, when looking at the whole range of symptoms again, which of those it might be useful or important to add in terms of picking patients up and improving the very simple symptom cluster we have already. that is why we have taken ourtime in this already. that is why we have taken our time in this country, because we wa nt our time in this country, because we want to do that painstaking and careful analysis before we jump to any conclusions. and even if it was obvious that anosmia was part of this, we want to be sure that adding it to cough and fever as opposed to just listing it, adding it informally to our definition was the right thing to do adding it in formally. thanks to advice from nervetag, we have made that definition. it s estimated that up to 200,000 cases of covid 19 may have been missed by the failure to include this earlier. how many cases of covid 19 do you think have been missed as a result of not including this earlier on? i don t have those figures to my fingertips. i m not sure anyone other than professor specter has tried to make those kind of estimates. what i can tell you is that from the public health england dataset, from the first 100 cases, there are 229 cases in there all laboratory confirmed covid which have been studied in considerable detail, and 0.44% reported anosmia on its own as a symptom. so the point about anosmia is it doesn t always come as the first symptom, and even if it does, it is followed by the cough, the fever and many other symptoms i have talked about referring to the who definition. so you don t miss those cases. the important thing was to work out if this would add any sensitivity to the diagnostic cluster we were using, and the answer is it makes a small, very small difference and we have therefore decided to do it. thanks, fergus. secretary of state, you asked people to use their common sense as become out of lockdown and you are also asking many people to go back to work or soon send their children back to school, but isn t it common sense for people to wait until you have the track and trace programme properly in place before they go back to work or before they send their kids to school? 0therwise aren t you asking people to make something of a leap of faith? and professor van tam, the r rate last week was said to be 0.7 1. do you expect there to be some kind of level of covid transmission in schools once pupils return and how do you expect that to impact the r number? thank you. we are making good progress with the track and tracing regime. we have got 21,000 tracers, we have 60,000 downloads of the app on the isle of wight pilot, so we are making good progress on that. in terms of the measures we have taken at this stage, as you will no at step one we have been pretty cautious, and that is precisely because we want to make sure footed and sustainable steps. when we come to the later steps, and as and when the tracing and testing capacity is up and running, it will give more room forflexibility. so we are making sure we are taking the right steps at the right moment, and obviously the testing and tracing will be a key component, particularly medium to longer term has through the coronavirus. jonathan. yes, thank you, beth. i will chop your question into parts if that is all right. the first point is about disease and children, and we are absolutely aware of a small number of cases in children associated with a disease that looks associated with a disease that looks a bit like kawasaki syndrome, looks a bit like kawasaki syndrome, looks a bit like toxic shock syndrome, but these are very, very, very small numbers compared with the vast majority of confirmed infections in children, which are really extremely mild compared to the illness suffered by adults. so we do think, to conclude, we think children experience mild disease. the next question is do children have a higher infection rate or a lower infection rate than adults? you can gain those data from serology studies, studies of the blood to look for antibodies. the emerging data from around the world on the whole suggests that the rate of infection in children is about the same as in adults, possibly a little lower in the younger aged children. but they get this much more mild disease on the whole. the next question then is can children transmit the virus to adults? and here we have to acknowledge that we are working with a new virus where the data are pretty sparse at the moment. but the experts have already had a look at this and formed a conclusion, unlike influenza, like flu, where we are very clear that children drive transmission in the community to adults, it really does not seem to be the same kind of signal with covid 19 that children are not these kind of big high output transmitters as they are with flow. and then to your final point about getting children back to school, and is that safe in terms of the r0, all of the measures being considered always are run against the test case of can we keep control of the r0? end if the answer is yes, thenit of the r0? end if the answer is yes, then it will be considered. if the answer is it s going to risk pushing the r0 higher than answer is it s going to risk pushing the r0 higherthan one, then our science advice to ministers will always be know, we advise against it, simple as that. this is a difficult balancing act because there are significant well being issues for children who are out of school for months on end, so it is delicate and difficult, and i accept that. do you want to come back on any of that? just quickly, you have done a greatjob in recruiting people to track and trace, but in terms of the app, just to be clear to parents, will it be ready byjune the 1st when you ask some of us to send their kids back to school? because parents might want that reassurance. all of these steps are a balanced assessment, notjust of one or other element but particularly the r rate. in terms of the app, it is still our intention to roll it out across the country for everyone to use in the weeks ahead. i cannot be any more precise at this stage but we are making good progress with it. gary gibbon next, channel 4. progress with it. gary gibbon next, channel4. thank progress with it. gary gibbon next, channel 4. thank you. it sounds as if the progress on the app has slipped a bit. we were told to expect it will be rolled out in the middle of may, but you cannot say any more that it will be in the weeks ahead. given the app and testing are two key ingredients, are you not worried that the test seem to be coming back really rather late, sometimes in five days? you have missed the opportunity potentially to quarantine someone. it is perfectly reasonable to point out we are learning all the way as we go through this pandemic, not just on the scientific side, but we need to get a grip on it and control the virus. we are making good progress on the pilot in the isle of wight in relation to the app. we have always said of course the steps we might take, what is a step two on the slides i just showed, we might take, what is a step two on the slides ijust showed, will only be taken at the earliest injune. but we are giving is a road map with maximum conditionality to make sure both in terms of the measures we have taken at step one and any subsequent measures, we are confident we can take further sure footed steps. confident we can take further sure-footed steps. can you guide us, may be the professor can, to what extent was the modelling on which the easing is based based on a fully functioning app and a testing process that was bringing back results before 48 hours? jonathan, please. yes, so, iwant to results before 48 hours? jonathan, please. yes, so, i want to be clear that the app is one part of the test and trace system. the rest of it is much more of the tried and tested methodology used by public health england for this and for many other diseases. and the mainstay will always be the public health england system, as evidenced by the 21,500 recruits, a third of whom are doctors or nurses, to help with that. that is the mainstay of it. testing is very much testing for action. we don t do it for the hell of it. it informs action for people either to be reassured that they have a negative result and they don t need to go into self isolation, or that they absolutely must, and it will inform contact tracing as part of test and trace, it absolutely will. and from that perspective, you are absolutely right that we need to do it bigger and faster, and as fast as we can, and faster, and as fast as we can, and we are sending a clear message as scientists that it needs to be fast, and we have to work as hard as we can to improve the timeliness of the testing system as we go along. of course, the reality is, the further along it is, the more expanded, the more flexibility we will have, so it is not a binary choice but it is proceeding at pace. tom newton dunn from the sun. may i ask about the resolution tabled today to which britain is a signatory calling for a review into the international community s response to the pandemic. it does not mention anything about getting to the bottom of the origin of it and doesn t mention china by name at all. are you letting china off the hook or do you want an independent enquiry like australia does and want this enquiry to get to the bottom of the origin of the pandemic? and a question for mr van tam as well. jonathan, in your incredibly honest way, as usual, can you update us on how far site has got on the double bubble joining of two households. and for the over 70s, is there any hope of them co joining with their children or grandchildren? now might bea children or grandchildren? now might be a good time to manage their expectations, because they are running pretty high. at the international level, we have been clear, and we work with all of our partners, including australia and many others, because we want this review to command the strongest support. it has to be international, credible, which means it is independent and impartial, and it has to be able to get to the bottom of how it happened, how the outbreak happened and spread, and critically the lessons we can learn for future pandemics. jonathan. yes, so thank you for the question. my mum lives on her own. she hasn t seen her grandchildren for many months, so i appreciate how difficult and stressful this really is for the kind of categories of people that you mention out there, and it is hurting, and it is difficult. sage is looking at this at the moment. the matter is under review. it would not be right and proper for me to comment further at this stage, and therefore, with respect, i won t. tom, do you want to come back on any of that? a quick follow-up for mr van tam. i understand your reasoning, but perhaps you could offer more guidance on camping, which you offered to look into last week. if brits can t go on holiday anytime soon, can they camping outdoors not co joining with anyone, safely? yes, i have had a lot of correspondence about that since my appearance last week, as you can imagine, andl appearance last week, as you can imagine, and i stand ready to give advice to the government on all of those complex issues as and when it asks for it. very good. thanks, tom. kate proctor from the guardian. thank you. to the foreign secretary, thousands of care workers from out side the european economic area are risking their lives working in britain in care homes in the coronavirus pandemic. these same ca re rs are coronavirus pandemic. these same carers are being asked to pay £625 to use the nhs, in many cases the same service in which they work. will the government exempt migrant ca re will the government exempt migrant care workers from this nhs charge, or will they scrap it altogether? and forjonathan or will they scrap it altogether? and for jonathan van tam, or will they scrap it altogether? and forjonathan van tam, i wanted to ask what you thought the scientificjustification is for introducing a quarantine period now as opposed to doing it earlier on in march or april, particularly considering the infection rates for other countries in europe are particularly low. thanks very much. there are no current plans to make the change you describe, but we know that the home secretary is very keen to make sure that we have a sensitive immigration system for those exceptional front line workers, whether in care homes or in the nhs, and we recognise that a lot of people have come from abroad and do thosejobs of people have come from abroad and do those jobs and make a huge and valued contribution to this country. jonathan. so, on the question of quarantine, why didn t we do it previously? and we are talking subject to ministerial announcements about maybe doing it now. well, my recollection is, we did do it before. 0n the 29th of february, and then on the 30th of february, we announced that travellers returning from wuhan and its surrounding province when they arrived in the uk must self isolate at home for 14 days. you have caught me on the hop here, i m afraid, but i believe it was about four weeks later, we made further advice that people returning from northern italy, initially lombardy, then northern italy, and south korea and iran, i think, we asked them also on arrival in the uk to go home and quarantine, self isolate at home, for 14 days, that being the potential maximum incubation period of this virus. so, i think we have done it before. we did it at a time when the virus activity was concentrated into international hotspots such as hubei province, south korea, northern italy. we are now in a different world where this virus has spread completely internationally, and we are lucky in that we are driving down our case rate to the point where we are becoming an area of low incidence of covid 19, and at that point, then it becomes more sensible to think about what the contribution of travellers from abroad might be. so, that is, i hope, knits it all together for you. i haven t got the precise dates on some of the previous quarantines, but we did it. would you like to follow up on any of that? thank you for that explanation, that was very helpful. to the foreign secretary again, you said that you want to have a sympathetic immigration system. i don t understand what is sympathetic about a £625 nhs charge for carers. and you have made it exempt for other health workers, so why not carers? we keep these things co nsta ntly carers? we keep these things constantly under review, but that is a provision that applies to all workers subject to the definitions coming into this country. we do all sorts of things to support the care sector, including the action plan for the sector that was launched a few weeks ago. and if your concern is having the people to work in the ca re is having the people to work in the care sector, of course, we have put extra money in under an extra recruitment programme to make sure we are able to do that. we will keep it under review, and i understand the point, kate, you are making, and it is absolutely right to pay tribute to the incredible work so many do, and in fairness, tribute to the incredible work so many do, and infairness, it is in so many other ways. we do have immigration controls in place and how they apply in the covid pandemic is something we are reviewing. jez hemmings from the north wales daily post and bbc wales. good evening. what do you say to claims the decision to relax a lockdown in england is undermining efforts to contain the virus in north wales where a full lockdown remains and torres are heading over the border in large numbers chris mackay will be interested to know what mr van tam thinks about the divergence between the english and welsh scientific approaches? to start with, we have done a pretty good job. all nations in the uk have adhered to the social distancing measures to help get the capital are down. i have to say, we have had good collaborations with the devolved nations. i have sat in on cobra meetings where, notwithstanding the different perspectives or considerations which will apply in different nations of the uk, we have actually had a uk wide approach. equally, we have recognised that given the devolved competencies, and given the level of coronavirus in different parts of the uk, there may be different speeds at which the different nations proceed, or even at regional level, and in answer to your question about people from the uk going over to wales, from england going over to wales, from england going to wales, we have been clear that anyone who wants to travel from england to wales or any other part of the united kingdom needs to be mindful of the regulations that the devolved administrations have in place. jonathan. i will answer my bit of the question. so, decisions that are made are always a complex blend of science, politics and practicality, and i think we have to recognise the right of different parts of the uk to make their own decisions. what i would be far more worried about is if there was a separate stream of science driving decisions are in wales, scotland, northern ireland from england. but sage absolutely is a committee that advises the whole of the nation in that sense. 0ne advises the whole of the nation in that sense. one of the difficulties with all of these data and working out what is happening is that as you chop the uk into smaller and smaller regions, you don t have as much regions, you don t have as much region specific data to work with, and the granularity of the picture down at regional level start level starts to fade. some differences in timing and so forth are to be understood. would you like to come back on any of that?” would. going back to what you were saying about cooperation with the nations, the welsh first minister re ce ntly nations, the welsh first minister recently complained that the welsh government hadn t had a conversation with the uk government for a week. as the uk government leaving devolved nations to their own fate, and if not, what assistance is being provided? i don t think that s right at all. if you look at the funding provided to all the devolved administrations, including the welsh executive, the amount of ppe we have helped deliver for nurses and others on the front line. i don t know the last time that any one of the uk government spoke to the welsh executive, but what i would say is that this challenge of, as far as we can, steering a uk wide approach whilst also recognising the devolved competencies and the fact that judgments and the state of the virus will be different in different parts of the uk is not unique to the uk. if you look at italy, they have experienced that. i spoke to my german opposite number recently and he was explaining the different approaches taken in the different states of germany. it has been true in france, with different geographic variations and variables at play. we wa nt variations and variables at play. we want the best we can, and certainly there is a huge repository of goodwill built up on both sides, and certainly from the uk government was my point of view, we want to continue that going forward. on the medical side, and i m only talking about the medical side, i don t recognise the position that you have outlined. my last conversation with the welsh medical director in teleconference was like last week, and my first one with him will i expect to be this evening, and i know that our chief medical officer for england is in pretty much daily contact with all of the devolved administration chief medical officers, and that on very many things, they act as the four cmos together. jez, thanks very much for that. thanks, everyone. that brings toa that. thanks, everyone. that brings to a close today s downing street press co nfe re nce . to a close today s downing street press conference. thank you, jonathan. there we go, the latest downing street briefing on coronavirus, dominic raab, the foreign secretary, and professor jonathan van tam, the deputy chief medical officer for england. let s run you through the main points. they have been a further 160 deaths related to coronavirus over the last day. that brings the total number in all settings to 34,796. dominic raab also announced the daily testing figure in the 24 hour period up to 9am on monday, 67,409 people were tested. dominic raab warned it is not sustainable to keep the lockdown in place permanently but said the government is monitoring the changes it is making and easing measures only where that can be done with the lowest risk possible. we also heard from professor van tam, the deputy chief medical officerfor from professor van tam, the deputy chief medical officer for england. he said autumn and winter conditions could well provide a better environment for the virus, and we may have to learn with it in the long term. that is of course if a vaccine is not discovered, manufactured in the next few months. let s get the thoughts and analysis of our political correspondent helen catt. one of the questions was about the additional list of symptoms for covid 19, the loss of smell and taste, the point at which people should self isolate. in france that was added to the list of symptoms weeks ago. why has it onlyjust been added today here? that is the question that has been asked all day since it was added to the official list of symptoms, along with the persistent cough and high temperature. professor van tam said they had ta ken temperature. professor van tam said they had taken their time because they had taken their time because they wanted to work out if the symptoms of the loss of sense of smell or taste, how often they appeared as the only symptoms, and how often they appeared much earlier than the other symptoms. so the phrase he used was, even if it was barn door obvious they were symptoms of covid 19, he needed to make it clear adding it to the list of symptoms was the right thing to do. he said in the end they decided it made a small difference so that is why they decided to do it. but he didn t think they had missed many cases because in the vast majority of cases the symptoms came with the others which were already on the list. also interesting from the press co nfe re nce was list. also interesting from the press conference was then being pushed on the development of this contact tracing app. dominic raab announced the recruitment of 21,000 contact tracers, who will do this manually. people will get contacted and advised if they need to self isolate, so we knew that was in place, but they were pushed on whether the app was running late because it had been expected to be in place by mid may. he said on that case dominic raab declined to give a date by which the app would be up and functioning, but they did say it is only one part of the track and trace programme, and the manual tracing and tracking would be the mainstay of any system so that was an interesting take on that. helen, for the moment thank you very much indeed. helen catt. i want to bring you some breaking news from northern ireland. we are hearing ministers from the devolved administrations and there have said groups of up to six people who do not share a household can meet outdoors with social distancing of course, that is from tuesday. so groups in northern ireland of up to six people who do not share household can meet outdoors from tuesday. also churches will be open for private prayer again with social distancing, sports like golf and tennis can restart in northern ireland, and also allowed will be driving church services and cinemas drive in. also the restau ra nt cinemas drive in. also the restaurant owners casual dining group, one of britain s biggest restau ra nt group, one of britain s biggest restaurant operators and they run restau ra nts, restaurant operators and they run restaurants, 6000 staff in 250 locations and they run the restau ra nt locations and they run the restaurant chains bella italia and cafe rouge, they have filed notice to appoint administrators. they are working on a possible restructuring plan but have filed notice to appoint administrators, so clearly in trouble there, that restaurant group that employ some 6000 staff altogether. let s go to our health correspondent nick triggle, who can talk to us about what we learned from that briefing. again, one of the questions was parents can feel confident about sending their kids back to school, how people can be confident about going back to work. if we still haven t got the track and trace system fully up and running. yes, as helen mentioned, dominic raab did not commit to a date by which the track and trace system would be up and running. the expectation was it would be by mid may but we know that the app is still being piloted in the isle of wight, just under half the population have downloaded that. and we have heard they are recruiting 21,000 contact tracers. we are still a long way from having the system in place. tests have been done but some people are waiting a long time for their test results to come back, sometimes up to five days, and that will be essential if we are to track and trace people that they get their test results back quickly. then you can inform the close contacts of those individuals that they may also be at risk. another issue discussed was the idea of quarantining new arrivals into the uk. i know that concerns a lot of people who are thinking about trying to get away for a summer holiday in particular. what did we learn about that? because there have been suggestions there may be exemptions for people coming from low infection countries, where there isn t a high rate of infection. i think the picture with thatis infection. i think the picture with that is still very unclear. there is a lot of work to be done on how we contain the outbreaks and how any quarantining system contain the outbreaks and how any quara ntining system will work. contain the outbreaks and how any quarantining system will work. it was interesting jonathan van tam referred back to the early days of the outbreak in the uk, insisting we did use quarantining then when people were coming in from china and a number of asian countries, and then from northern italy, and we did use it to try to contain it then but theissue use it to try to contain it then but the issue was we didn t have the testing and tracing system in place. that s why there were a lot of questions at the briefing about testing and tracing, and trying to get that in place. many thanks indeed for that. nick triggle, our health correspondent. today should have been the first day of the chelsea flower show, but the pandemic means it has been cancelled for the first time in fact since the second world war. instead the show has gone online with many designers transforming their own gardens for what is a virtual show. the queen was among those sending her support to the organisers. hello, i am alan titchmarsh. the face is familiar, but other things are different. for me one of the most rewarding things to grow something i can eat. the virtual chelsea flower show, the smells, the bustle aren t there, a different mood to the online version. hello, tom, have you had to think about how the garden looks virtually? yes, i did have to think about the kind of shots, i m not a director, i m not a film person so trying to think about the right shots to capture, the right plants to show, how to tell a story of this kind of dull space and transforming it into a chelsea style planting, took a bit of thinking about to get that right. we reseeded the orchard last autumn, with wild flower mix. instead of show gardens and displays, we ve been taken into some private back gardens. virtual chelsea is also focusing on the positivity gardening can bring. more and more people are finding that gardening of any kind is really helpful, it reduces anxiety, helps depression, and it s to do with nurturing something. this is just absolutely wonderful. for those denied their chelsea fix this year, there was a positive response to the virtual version. with virtual chelsea, i think we always look for inspiration, different ideas that we can bring into our own garden and in our own situation. and there is such a lot on there for us. that, you know, every day will bring something different to our perspective of lockdown. now, the queen arrives. all chelsea regulars have become armchair viewers this time. the queen has attended almost every year of her reign. in a statement of support to the royal horticultural society today she said the horticultural industry is one that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. even though garden centres have just reopened, they ve already lost an estimated £500 million worth of stock. that just hasn t survived. it s not exactly the same, but chelsea is a gardening and social highlight for so many. this hopefully fills a gap until the planned return of the chelsea flower show in 2021. daniela relph, bbc news. the six o clock news is coming up in a few minutes with fiona bruce but let s first recapped the main points from the downing street briefing which was led by the foreign secretary, dominic raab. he confirmed there have been a further 160 deaths related to coronavirus over the last day bringing the total number of uk deaths from covid 19 in all settings to 34,796. dominic raab also announced the daily testing figure in the 24 hour period until nine o clock on monday morning, that was 100,678 tests carried out or dispatch, a total of 67,000 people actually tested. he warned it is not sustainable to keep the lockdown in place permanently. it was also announced today that anyone in the uk over the age of five who think they have the symptoms of coronavirus can be tested. the six o clock news coming up. first let s get the weather. so far this month of may has been exceptionally dry with the rain deficit for many areas. it doesn t look like there s much rain in the forecast either, certainly over the next couple of days it will be turning warmer, particularly in the middle part of the week. by the end of the week, low pressure moves in so cooler and windier and some will see some rain. the pressure chart for the latter part of monday shows these weather fronts across the northern half of the country, higher pressure towards the south. it means through tonight it will stay cloudy and damp across northern ireland, north wales, northern england, central and southern scotland with outbreaks of rain here. drier to the north of scotland and further south, and a mild night to come for pretty much all areas, 10 degrees being the lowest value. tuesday starting off cloudy and damp but the rain should peter out and become confined to the far north of scotland, in the northern isles. high pressure really sta rts northern isles. high pressure really starts to building for wednesday, that s when we start to see the heat building. it pushes the weather front further north and draws up the warm airfrom spain and france. it looks like it will be a dry story for most, the rain becomes confined to orkney and shetland. this is where we will see the peak of the warm weather, 27 degrees in the south east, even the low 20s celsius across scotland. thursday is another warm day in the south, an increasing chance of heavy showers and thunderstorms with slightly cooler air pushing from the north west. then by the end of the week a different story moving in, an area of low pressure, quite a deep feature with lots of isobars on the chart and a weather front that will sweep north was to bring some areas outbreaks of rain. to end the week ona outbreaks of rain. to end the week on a caller and windier note, thanks to the area of low pressure, and some in the north west will see the rain. it is scotland, northern ireland, north england and west wales but some southern and eastern areas could stay dry altogether. new symptoms to look for if you think you may have coronavirus a loss of smell or taste. that s if you also have a high temperature or a cough doctors say the new symptons should have been included weeks ago. in excess of 100,000, maybe 200,000 cases, would have been missed, would have been out there infecting other people. the government says anyone aged five and over can now have a coronavirus test, though there are complaints it s taking too long already to get the results. 21,000 contact tracers have been recruited, though the nhs coronavirus app won t be ready for a few weeks. also tonight. in northern ireland, groups of up to six people not
this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk a major new development in the case and around the world. of the british girl madeleine mccann a new prime suspect who disappeared in portugal a convicted german sex offender in the search for british girl madeleine mccann, who is the prime suspect in the international investigation. disappeared in portugal. a convicted german sex offender is the focus police believe he was travelling of the international investigation. in the area in this camper van at the time madeleine vanished, police believe he was travelling 13 years ago. in the area in this camper van at the time madeleine vanished, this is the scene live 13 years ago. in braunschweig in germany, a stinging attack on president trump where the prosecutor will shortly by his former defence secretary, give an update. james mattis, over his threat to use troops to end the protests sweeping the united states. president trump s former defence secretary, james mattis, launches a stinging attack over his threat to use the duchess of sussex speaks troops to end the protests of her own experience of racism sweeping the united states. in the wake of the killing the duchess of sussex speaks of her own experience of racism of george floyd in minneapolis. in the wake of the killing of george floyd in minneapolis. the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing, because. george floyd s life mattered. the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing, because. the uk s prime minister is to call for a new era of global health ..george floyd s life mattered. co operation when he hosts a vaccine summit in london. and prince charles talks the uk s prime minister is to call about being affected by coronavirus, for a new era of global health saying he got away lightly . co operation when he hosts a vaccine summit in london. hello and welcome if you re watching hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. in the uk or around the world stay with us for the latest news and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and analysis from here and across the globe. and across the globe. i m rebecca jones. and you can contact me police in germany are to on twitter about our stories give an update shortly about their investigation at @annita mcveigh. into the disappearance first, a german prisoner has been of madeleine mccann, after they announced a child sex offender was the new suspect. identified as a new suspect in the disappearance of the british girl madeline mccann from a holiday resort in portugal 13 years ago. the a3 year old german man is currently in prison. the man in his 40s is a convicted sex offender who had been living he s believed to have been in the area where the madeleine in the algarve at the time, was last seen, when she disappeared travelling around in a camper van. our home affairs correspondent in portugal 13 years ago. daniel sandford reports. this is the vw camper van let s go to braunschweig in germany, that was used by the new suspect in where the prosecutor is giving an update. the madeleine mccann investigation. with its distinctive colours, translation: i want to make a short police hope it will trigger statement about the current results. as yet unnamed suspect. i would like to ask for your understanding that, because of someone‘s memory and lead to new evidence about their current investigations, we are as yet unnamed suspect. unable to accept any questions, so i he used the vehicle to live in and, certainly, the week preceding, will not be able to give you answers he was in there living, so he would move around the area, to your questions. this isjust using that van as probably his base. going to be a bit of a monologue, so the suspect also used this jaguar car at the time. i have to ask for your understanding he registered the car into someone else‘s name the day in this case. if i may, then i would after madeleine mccann disappeared. like to start. in connection with the three year old went missing the disappearance of the on may the 3rd 2007. three year old british girl madeleine mccann on the 3rd of may she d been sleeping in her parents‘ holiday apartment 2007 from an apartment complex in praia da luz in portugal, the while they were 50 metres away having a meal with friends. braunschweig prosecution is her 17th birthday was last month. on the german version investigating against a a3 year old of crimewatch last night, german on suspicion of murder. we police there revealed that the suspect has previous convictions for sexually assaulting girls and is thought to have burgled are assuming that the girl is dead. hotels and holiday apartments. with the suspect, we are talking he s currently in prison in germany. his phone was used in praia da luz about an hour before madeleine mccann disappeared. about a multiple sexual predator who the metropolitan police are now has already been convicted for asking for anyone who can help crimes against little girls, and he with information about the mobile number he took the call on that is already serving a long sentence. night, the vw camper van between 1995 and 2007 he has that he was using that summer regularly been living on the and the old jaguar xjr algarve, amongst others living in a 6 that he registered out of his name the day after madeleine mccann disappeared. in a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said house near praia da luz. we they would like to thank the police understood he did a couple of odd forces involved in britain, germany and portugal. jobs in the area. other points are they said they would never give up that the suspect financed his life hope of finding madeleine alive. the german police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but madeleine mccann‘s parents said, by committing crimes, including whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, thefts in hotel complexes and as they need to find peace. apartments, but also drug dealing. clarence mitchell is the spokesperson for the mccann family. the braunschweig prosecution is now he told the bbc that the family hasn t given up hope concerned because they suspect prior of finding madeleine alive. to going abroad, he last had his residence in braunschweig during the the family are very grateful, as they have been all the way investigation is being carried out through this, to the police forces involved, not least here, working together closely with the british police but, now, the germans and, indeed, the portuguese police. the british metropolitan police and they simply want to establish what happened to their daughter, the british metropolitan police and the police in portugal. we are now to find out the truth, and to bring whoever was responsible for her disappearance to justice. they have not given up hope of finding madeleine alive, despite the length of time, asking the public, appealing to the public to help, and calls for they ve never given up that hope, but they are realistic, witness being set out. i can only and they say that whatever appeal to everyone as far as you the outcome of this appeal possibly can to react to this appeal and the police work, they do need to know, because they need to find peace. and help us along with this. i am let s speak now to stefanie bolzen, uk correspondent for german asking for your understanding that newspaper die welt. because of the ongoing investigations, no further thank you very much forjoining us information, no details can be given today. what do we know from germany on the concrete matter, and no more itself about how this suspect has emerged at this time. well, this is can be said about current investigations of the situation. as very, very fresh news. so, last farasi investigations of the situation. as faras i am investigations of the situation. as far as i am concerned, this is all i night, in germany, there was a tv can tell you today and thank you for programme which i think you can your attention. i hope you get home safely. thank you. compare to crimewatch in britain, well, short statement there from the german public prosecutor, with an and in this programme, they talked update on the latest investigation again about the case of the disappearance of madeleine mccann into the disappearance of madeleine mccann. our home affairs correspondent and the prosecutors were quite daniel sandford is with me. specific in giving out telephone not a huge amount of new information numbers, putting out photos of the there, but what did you make of what camper van numbers, putting out photos of the campervan and of numbers, putting out photos of the he had to say? first of all, it s camper van and of the jaguar and appealing very specifically to quite striking how he started that, people to come forward and give information. reading the local the braunschweig prosecutor, by saying that we are assuming that the newspaper in the place where the girl is dead. the german police did suspect had been living until he was also say that last night and said that this was a murder living in portugal, that is why the investigation, but this is the man who was essentially in charge of authorities there are in charge, trying to bring their suspected they have described very much in justice, and he is working on the assumption that madeleine mccann was detail a court trial against this dead. he then gave some of the man back in december 2019, where he details that we already know about this man. the man is being named in was sentenced for the rape of an american woman and a lot of this has only come out because of people who germany as christian b, not his full have come forward and given information, so it seems like in the name, just the initial of his press c0 nfe re nce surname, and we believe that is an information, so it seems like in the press conference $0011, at information, so it seems like in the press conference soon, at 12 o clock british time, there might be more accurate description of the details coming out explaining what prosecution are talking about. he has happened to have this may be has a a3 year old man with multiple prime suspect now being named. there sex offence convictions, some of has always been a feeling, a them against children but also some against older people as well. some suspicion, hasn t there, that, apart of those took place in portugal. and from whoever it was that took essentially what has happened, we madeleine, there must be a small have got to the stage in this investigation where they are pretty sure that they have identified number of people with information as somebody who was heavily involved in well and, clearly, the german the disappearance of madeleine authorities are hoping that mccann, but they need some extra someone s memory will be jogged jigsaw, so again what you are seeing authorities are hoping that someone s memory will bejogged or, i think the phrase they used, is in the prosecutor there is asking people to come forward and give them that there allegiances will have changed over time and that is very those last pieces of the jigsaw to see if they can get to the point interesting, clearly they want to, where they can charge christian b with this new camper van, the car, with madeleine mccann s murder.- the phone number, they want to build you said, it was quite chilling on what seem like pretty tangible hearing the german public prosecutor there saying that he was assuming leads. we don t know, this has been she was dead. can you explain the case for so many years, there something to me. the german police have been so many investigations are treating this as a murder going on, so i understand everybody investigation, and yet there seems has to be very cautious on to bea conclusions but reading reports from investigation, and yet there seems to be a different approach from the metropolitan police. why is that? 2019 ina conclusions but reading reports from 2019 in a local newspaper, there are to be a different approach from the metropolitan police. why is that7m is about traditions and different reports on somebody who came forward sensitivities. i don t think many who had been doing a burglary of a people involved in the disappearance house and came across video footage of madeleine mccann have much hope of rape and that was in connection about finding her alive. it is with this person and in this hearing possible she could have been kidnapped and held somewhere for at the court, he said, well, you do many, kidnapped and held somewhere for any kidnapped and held somewhere for many, many years, but i think the british police, because they don t stupid things in your life but that have any proof that she is dead, was too much and therefore i have they are taking their approach that come forward. now, this is not isa they are taking their approach that is a missing persons enquiry. the related to the case of madeleine mccann, of course, but to another german prosecutors have a different case, but there is some indication approach, which is that the information that may have led them that there might be, and again, we to this man in the first place, and we are not quite sure what that is, have to be very cautious, there might bea but that seems to be information have to be very cautious, there might be a connection here. thank that links him to her death rather than just that links him to her death rather thanjust her that links him to her death rather you very much, stefanie bolzen, the than just her disappearance. and thatis than just her disappearance. and that is the key, isn t it? because uk correspondent for die welt and as over 13 years we have had so many you mention, that news conference in germany, happening at noon uk time. false alarms, false leads, for different suspects, and it does make president trump s former defence secretary james mattis has denounced the president you wonder why this person and why as divisive and expressed his this person now. i think in the support for the street protests shadows for quite some time there demanding racialjustice in america, has been the suggestion that the in the wake of the death of george floyd. person involved was german. that has it comes after further charges been around for a long time, and were announced against the police thatis officers who were present been around for a long time, and that is to do with stuff that has at mr floyd s arrest, shortly before he was pronounced dead. been seen in internet chat rooms and david willis reports. intelligence that was coming in, so the focus has been on germany for huge protests continue to grip quite a while. as this name came this country in response to george floyd s death. into the frame, first in 2013 and thousands converged on downtown then again in 2017, what has become key about this man, christian b, is los angeles, and after violence that his mobile phone was in the right town on the evening that here over the weekend, this time, their call madeleine mccann disappeared, and for change was peaceful. night time cu rfews also that his car, which was remain in place here, registered in his name, is where it as well as in new york and washington dc. is registered into somebody else s name the day after madeleine mccann in minneapolis, where all this disappeared. and those two things began, anger gave way to cheers obviously mean that he is of very, at the news that former police officer derek chauvin is to face very significant interest to these a more serious murder charge. let me hear y all investigations, and then when you say we got all four! put that against his background of we got all four! burgling hotels, burgling holiday apartments and of sexually and at the news that the three other assaulting women and young girls, officers involved in mr floyd s then you can see why he is somebody death have now been arrested. they stand accused of aiding that the police want to talk to as and abetting his murder. well as any further intelligence that they have against him that we president trump s often bellicose have not been told about. daniel response to the recent unrest here has unnerved even some sandford, thank you for that. as in his own party. daniel said, the focus is in and now his former defence secretary james mattis is voicing concern. germany,. let s speak now to julian in a withering critique reichelt, editor in chief of german newspaper bild. in the atlantic magazine, we are very grateful for your time, mr mattis accuses the president of an abuse of power and writes. thank you. what do we know from germany as to how this suspect has emerged at this time? well, we have heard a lot already there on your donald trump responded promptly. programme about how he has emerged in this crime. it was about that telephone number that was locked in close to where maddy disappeared on that day, but there is another i see limitless potential that aspect to this. he is in prison in deserves to flourish and thrive. you should be able to learn and make the city of kiel right now here in mistakes and live a life ofjoy. america s first black president struck a starkly different and more germany, and there is some optimistic tone to that information coming from the whole of president trump in a virtual town hall event. prison environment, some new as tragic as these past information emerged that pushed few weeks have been, as difficult and scary and uncertain investigators towards christian b, as they ve been, they ve also been because everything we have heard so far publicly has been around and an incredible opportunity basically known to police in germany for people to be awakened. and in britain for years, basically known to police in germany and in britain foryears, so basically known to police in germany and in britain for years, so what we right now, i think the nation are hearing from our sources is that needs law and order, there was an additional push towards because you have a bad group looking at christian b another time, of people out there and that is when the police put all and they are using george floyd and they are using a lot of other the pieces together again, and now people to try and do some bad things and what we do. we have it totally under control. george floyd s family and friends are due together in minneapolis opened as we just heard from the on thursday for a memorial service prosecutor in braunschweig, opened a murder investigation. and what is in his honour. your newspaper and indeed other the calls for a radical reform german newspapers, what are you of race relations in this reporting about this man? do you country are growing. have any more information about him? david willis, bbc news, los angeles. yes, we do. we just had a chance to and we will be talking more about look at his criminal record, his the political response to george file, through our sources, and it is floyd s death soon. shocking to see that file, it is the uk will host the global vaccine also shocking that from that file summit will get under way today, where more than 50 countries and from knowing that that person and donor organisations has lived in the area of question, that he wasn t on the radar before, will be urged to play their full part in what s being called the most essential shared endeavour of our lifetimes . the aim is to raise £6 billion because he has been convicted of to immunise hundreds of millions child abuse as early as 1994, as we of children against deadly diseases. the video conference is being hosted by borisjohnson, have read in his file. he was born who will call for a new era of global health co operation . the uk government will also in1976, he is hold a video conference have read in his file. he was born in 1976, he is a3 years old. that means that early in his life already with aviation industry officials, to discuss its coronavirus there was a record of child abuse, quarantine plan. and it wasn t the only time, there south america continues to be the current epicentre of the outbreak. are numerous other convictions, drug brazil suffered a record number of daily deaths with more than 1,300 people dying from the virus. convictions, driving under the and research in the uk found that influence, driving without a driver license, it is a huge numerous page more than half the population struggled with sleep during the lockdown. 40% of people also reported long criminal record that we have seen, but what is most striking is having more vivid dreams. that there is a clear history of joining me now from westminster child abuse, and that combined with is our assistant political editor, norman smith. the burglaries you have mentioned on your programme, it seems indeed a bit odd that this person wasn t on hello, to you, norman. let s begin the radar in the past 13 years. with that global vaccine summit. clearly, there are concerns in many countries that there is going to be julian reichelt from bild, we must a scramble, you know, once a vaccine leave it there. a really good of you tojoin us, leave it there. a really good of you to join us, thanks. thank you very hopefully is found, a scramble to much. president trump s former appropriate that vaccine and that defence secretary james mattis has rebuked him over his threat to use not everybody might get access to it troops to quell the protests at the same time. so what is it that against racial injustice in america. the uk is going to do to try to his comments come after all bring about changes in that area?” four officers involved in the death of george floyd think first of all, they want to the event which started the protests were formally charged. coordinate a global response and build some impetus and get some cash derek chauvin, the officer behind the search for a vaccine, but who was filmed kneeling you are right, there is concerned on mr floyd s neck, has that if and when a vaccine is had his charge elevated from third to second degree murder. finally developed, it will be the wealthier of the world that have access to the vaccine and, in poorer under minnestota state law, first degree murder is defined as when the defendant has the intention to kill parts of the world, they won t. but and usually requires some the concern of scientists is that element of premeditation. only means the virus will continue, second degree murder, the charges being brought here, because unless you provide requires an intention to kill. safeguards to all countries, it or in this case intention to commit a serious crime simply, sooner or later, re emerges. which results in death. so it is an attempt, as it were, to focus minds in ensuring that there and third degree murder would not isa require proof that the defendant focus minds in ensuring that there is a global push to develop vaccine, wanted the victim to die, but also to make sure that, when it only that their actions is available, it is not confined to were dangerous and carried out the very wealthiest countries. lots without regard to human life. our north america correspondent of countries, of course, grappling david willis reports. as well with testing and the search for a vaccine with how they boost huge protests continue to grip this country in response to george floyd s death. the economy, when we hopefully emerge from this pandemic, sooner thousands converged on downtown rather than later. particularly in los angeles, and after violence here over the weekend, relation to tourism, to air travel. this time their call for change was peaceful. what is the uk saying about its quarantine plans, due to come in night time cu rfews remain in place here, from the beginning of next week, for as well as in new york people coming into the uk? the uk and washington dc. in minneapolis, where all this is, in many ways, unique, because began, anger gave way to cheers at the news that former police large parts of europe are now officer derek chauvin is to face beginning to ease their restrictions a more serious murder charge. on travel and tourism. some tourism let me hear y all ministers are encouraging people to say we got all four! we got all four! come back and visit their holiday hotspots. in britain, the opposite appears to be happening because we and at the news that the three other are now imposing, from monday, a officers involved in mr floyd s death have now been arrested. mandatory 1a day quarantine for they stand accused of aiding people arriving in the uk and that and abetting his murder. has sparked huge, huge opposition, president trump s often bellicose response to the recent unrest here has unnerved even some including from conservative mps, who feel it will deliver a body blow to in his own party. and now his former defence secretary the aviation industry and, indeed, to the holiday and travel business james mattis is voicing concern. in britain. and what is striking is the revolt, if you like, is being in a withering critique led by some of the most senior and in the atlantic magazine, mr mattis accuses the president of an abuse of power and writes. previously loyal conservative mps, including amongst them the former prime minister theresa may, and their argument, bluntly, is prime minister theresa may, and theirargument, bluntly, is notjust theirargument, bluntly, is notjust the damage this measure will do but donald trump responded promptly. also that it makes no sense, in that britain did not have a quarantine system at the peak of the pandemic, why on earth is it imposing one when the pandemic is beginning to tail off? this morning, we have heard from government ministers resolutely i see limitless potential that defending the policy, among them the deserves to flourish and thrive. cabinet minister brandon lewis. you should be able to learn and make mistakes and live a life ofjoy. the spread of the virus within the communities here in the uk is much lower america s first black president than it was, it has gotten struck a starkly different and more to a lower level and we want to see optimistic tone to that of president trump in that continue to be low a virtual town hall event. and that is why this is the right time to bring this in, because, as patrick vallance was outlining, as tragic as these past when you have a higher few weeks have been, as difficult and scary and uncertain community transmission rates, the difference somebody coming into the country can make as they ve been, they ve also been is much more marginal an incredible opportunity and much more negligible. as our rates are now much lower and moving lower and lower, hopefully, as we go forward, for people to be awakened. it has a much bigger impact, that is why we are bringing this in. now, the government has promised to keep the policy under review and the right now, i think the nation next date for the review is in three needs law and order, weeks time, but, given the level of because you have a bad group of people out there opposition from conservative mps, it seems to be quite possible that this and they are using george floyd and they are using a lot of other policy will have to be shelved well people to try and do some bad before then. norman, thank you very things and what we do. we have it totally under control. much. norman smith in westminster. let s recap the headlines on bbc george floyd s family and friends are due together in minneapolis news. on thursday for a memorial service a german sex offender has been identified as a new suspect in his honour. the calls for a radical reform in the disappearance of the british of race relations in this girl madeline mccann from a holiday country are growing. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. resort in portugal 13 years ago. president trump s former defence secretary, james mattis, has launched a stinging attack on him, over his threat to use meghan markle has spoken out troops to end the protests following the protests over sweeping the united states. the duchess of sussex speaks the death of george floyd. of her own experience of racism in a video message, speaking in the wake of the killing to the graduating class of her former high school, she said she felt compelled to address what s happening in america. of george floyd in minneapolis. the only wrong thing to say let s return to the us, is to say nothing, because. and the continued outrage over ..george floyd s life mattered the death of african american and breonna taylor s life mattered george floyd at the hands of police. and philando castile s life mattered as we heard earlier, president trump s former and tamir rice s life mattered. defence secretary, james mattis, has denounced the president as divisive and expressed his and so did so many other people support for the street protests whose names we know and whose demanding racialjustice in america, names we do not know. in the wake of mr floyd s death. stephon clark, his life mattered. so with the us elections later this year, how will this current situation play out in the polls? and i was thinking about this moment when i was a sophomore in high school. with me are ren brewster, a political commentator and president trump supporter, i was 15 and, as you know, who was a campaign manager for ronald reagan. sophomore year is the year also drjulie norman, that we do volunteer work, which is a prerequisite for graduating. who s a political analyst at university college london and supports joe biden. and i remember my teacher at the time, one of my teachers, said to me before i was leaving thank you both very much for your before a day of volunteering, always remember to put others time today, we appreciate you coming along to talk to us about this. ren, needs above your own fears. first of all, that attack from the headlines on bbc news. former defence secretary james matos on the president but also his current defence secretary saying a german sex offender has been there is no need for the president to talk about evoking the identified as a prime suspect in the disappearance of the british insurrection act and bringing troops girl madeleine mccann from a holiday resort in portugal 13 years ago. out to militarise this mattis. you think it is a bad idea, getting german investigating police say the military involved in stepping it they assume madeleine is dead. president trump s former defence secretary, james mattis, up the military involved in stepping it up from the police? actually, i has launched a stinging attack on him, over his threat to use think the military should get troops to end the protests involved at this point because right now, in new york and minnesota and a sweeping the united states. the duchess of sussex speaks of her own experience of racism lot of these blue democratic cities in the wake of the killing and states, we are having problem of george floyd in minneapolis. with the riots and the military is the only way you can stop this, because you have three elements. you do have the peaceful protesters. iran has recorded its highest daily count of new coronavirus infections the great majority are peaceful. since the outbreak began. 7996. the great majority are peaceful. 79%. that is right, but you have two official figures just released show that in the past 2a more elements, the antifa anarchist hours, there were more element and the looting element, than 3,500 new infections. the country has suffered looking for opportunities to go into the deadliest outbreak in the middle east, but has moved in phases to reopen as much a store and loot wants the chaos begins, so you have these three of the country as possible. elements and so you do need the the number of new infections has been increasing in some military. does the president not provinces for several days. have faith in the police force to handle all of this? it isjust a matter of numbers. there is not enough police. what the military does, once you put them in place, there are certain areas the police force do not have to watch or cover, so force do not have to watch or cover, so the military can cover certain areas and then the police can do let s go back to that news about theirjob. the new york city police suspicion falling on a german man department, i m sure you will agree, is probably the best police department in the united states, as over the disappearance of madeleine good as the police department in mccann. clarence mitchell is the spokesperson london, i m sure, but they do need for the mccann family. he told the bbc that the family hasn t given up hope of finding help and the military is that form madeleine alive. of help they need in a situation like this. the best way to handle this is to have a 7pm curfew and quell the violence right away and then let the peaceful protesters protest during the day. let me bring in doctorjulie norman. when the national guard moved into the family are very grateful, as minneapolis, president trump said it they have been all the way through isa minneapolis, president trump said it this, to the police forces involved, is a beautiful thing to watch. we know that he is a president who to the british police, now the germans and indeed the portuguese admires these displays of power, of police. they simply want to establish what happened to their law and order, how do you think this daughter, to find out the truth and to bring whoever was responsible for is going to have an impact in the her disappearance to justice. polls, because, you know, it seems they have not given up hope of finding madeleine alive, despite the length of time, they ve never given up that hope, almost distasteful in a way to be but they are realistic, and they say that whatever talking about the polls later this the outcome of this appeal and the police work, year but, nonetheless, this is very they do need to know, much what is going on in the because they need to find peace. our berlin correspondent response to coronavirus and of jenny hilljoins us now. jenny, we have heard from the german course the response to george public prosecutor within the last floyd s death, this is very much half an hour, telling us a little going to be influencing what people bit more about what has led police to this man. what did you make of do in november. it certainly will what he had to say? yes, i think in have an influence and, as you said, right now, we are really focusing on the events happening right now, this many ways he repeated what we have week, but, of course, these are already heard from the police who going to have a longer effect and made a public appeal on german television last night. i think the response that we saw from trump perhaps the most stark thing that varied ina the prosecutor here had to say is the response that we saw from trump varied in a couple of ways. first of all, the national guard deployment that the investigators in germany that we saw in some of the states in are convinced that madeleine mccann response to some of those early is dead. they suspect she was killed nights that did include high levels of violence, those were requests by the german man, a a3 year old who from governors to bring in national guard members who are members of they say is currently serving a their reserves, so those are people prison sentence for another unrelated crime. they say he does who are trained and expected to support police forces in that way. have previous convictions for the that is different to calling for an sexual assault of children, and he active military deployment, which is was living in portugal between 1995 what we heard trump say a couple of days ago. so it is that kind of and 2007. he has been named, he is escalator or a language that a lot of democrats in particular but also believed, or not officially by the many republicans are can back it is prosecutor, i should say. he is a concerned about, that trump is using rhetoric but also policy to escalate man called christian b, his full the situation rather than diffused name is not circulating, and that it the situation rather than diffused hasn t been officially confirmed as it republicans are concerned about. so there is concern among yet. last night german police made democrats but also some republicans that do see this as potentially an appeal to find out more about this man and his movements at the hurting trump a s standing with time in the algarve. he lived for moderates but will continue to some time in a house quite close to galvanise democrats around this praia da luz where madeleine mccann issue. ren, when james mattis made went missing. german detectives are keen to find out more about two his comments, he said the situation vehicles he is known to have used, calls for mature leadership, not one a dark red jaguar, the other a inflammatory language and a yougov red and white yellow and white vw camper van. survey in the states recently had red and white yellow and white vw campervan. a red and white yellow and white vw camper van. a television programme 5296 survey in the states recently had 52% of people polled thinking that last night, similar to the british the president is a racist, compared programme crimewatch, where investigators ask public for their help in solving old cases, they are with 37% who said he isn t. i mean, this is surely going to damage his now pinning their hopes on members of the public coming forward with standing in the polls come november, more information. they say they need do you think? actually, president those final details before they can trump has a very strong base, the really end their investigation into this case. but i must repeat that same base that put him in office in they are convinced here that they are looking at a murder. they say 2016, but as far as damaging him same base that put him in office in 2016, but as faras damaging him in madeline mccann is dead, killed, the polls, i don t think too many of they believe, by a german man. this isa they believe, by a german man. this is a murder investigation. jenny, his republican and some democrat thank you for that. jenny hill in backers in the election change votes berlin. the northern ireland executive because of this. the races, do something they seem to go back to is meeting today to discuss the easing of lockdown. after they have worked the russia if it confirms the changes, outdoor weddings with ten people concept, they have worked at the present will be allowed ukraine telephone call, they are from the 8th ofjune. going back to racist now because let s speak to a couple who are they realise thatjoe biden is getting married this summer slipping in the polls and joe biden peter mcconnell and sarah mcafee just had his comment, when he talked in ballymena in county antrim. toa just had his comment, when he talked to a radio announcer about if you i m delighted to say they both join are black, you should be voting for me now. congratulations to you both. me, or some statement to that sarah, perhaps if i can start with effect, so he had a problem with you. how have your plans been that also. so, right now, that is affected by this virus?” the theme they are going to try you. how have your plans been affected by this virus? i guess it s and. by president trump is not the uncertainty at the minute. and racist. let s see what julie makes up the uncertainty at the minute. and up untila up racist. let s see what julie makes up that. of course, trump has his the uncertainty at the minute. and up until a while back, we didn t know how many people we would be base of supporters that will support allowed, and just realising we had him no matter what but we are also to make a call ourselves, make a talking about people perhaps you didn t vote at the last election and decisionjust to reduce if you look specifically at the to make a call ourselves, make a decision just to reduce the numbers ourselves, and we are going to do a group of african american voters in the us, if they are going to get out really small wedding, and then hopefully celebrate with all of our in enough numbers to supportjoe guests at some point in the future. biden, jude and joe biden can win and what you think ofjoe biden s so, yes, we are working round it, response to all of this so far? that it s fine. peter, can ijust clarify. are you in separate houses? is going to be the big question right now. as ren pointed out, joe we are, we are only ten minutes biden has been a bit uneven on some apart from each other, but separate houses. so when did you last see of his comments about race, each other in person? since the including in recent weeks, but he came out with a very strong northern ireland executive brought in the distance we have been able to statement in philadelphia, where he had a very well formulated he had see each other at the weekend. so you are hoping that this wedding can very well formulated discussion points, finding his voice on this go ahead in august. how difficult issue in a way we hadn t heard has it been, though, deciding who to before, speaking very directly to a invite and perhaps more importantly lot of the concerns we are seeing who not to invite, if you are only expressed across the united states allowed a handful of guests, sarah? but again, it was framed around empathy, unity and calmness and tricky, but as i say, we plan to do really trying to underscore those factors that made him an appealing candidate to many in the primaries a really small wedding with just and he hopes will make him an close family, so we are really appealing candidate to many during hoping that by the time august comes the general elections as well. the big question as to what extent he we will be allowed to have perhaps can translate that into real policy 20 guests, and then we plan to celebrate again in the future with proposals that will resonate enough with democrats and certain everybody that we wanted there. so demographics of democratic voters to get them out to the polls in we are excited. there are not many november. julie anne ren, thank you people who get to have two wedding very much for your time. days, so it is good. peter, have there been any aunts and uncles or meghan markle has spoken out following the protests over distant cousins who have said they the death of george floyd. are sorry that they won t be able to in a video message, speaking join you? i think the fact that we to the graduating class of her former high school, she said she felt compelled to have next year pencilled in already, they are all looking forward to address what s happening in america. that. but obviously they can t make the only wrong thing to say it this year. but at least we have is to say nothing, because. next year to look forward to.” it this year. but at least we have next year to look forward to. i do ..george floyd s life mattered assume there will be no stag night? know, that was meant to be this and breonna taylor s life mattered weekend, but that will have to be and philando castile s life mattered postponed as well. and sarah, i have to ask you about the dress. i and tamir rice s life mattered. suppose this could be an opportunity, you might be able to and so did so many other people wear it twice? most brides don t get whose names we know and whose names we do not know. that chance. that is going to be the stephon clark, his life mattered. case, hopefully. it is funny, actually, my brother in law, we were and i was thinking about chatting about it one day, and i this moment when i was said, i don t know whether to get a sophomore in high school. another dress or to wear the same i was 15 and, as you know, one twice, and he was like, if i sophomore year is the year could just have one input, he said that we do volunteer work, which is a prerequisite whenever we got married, this was for graduating. him and my sister, he said at the end of the day, she took her dress and i remember my teacher at the time, one of my off and she was like, i can t teachers, said to me believe that is the only time i will before i was leaving before a day ever get to wear that, and he was of volunteering, always remember to put others needs like my advice is to just wear it twice. peter, what about you? have above your own fears. you got your outfit? nope! i was demonstrations have taken place around the world, in solidarity with the black lives matter protests in the us . rich preston has been looking going to get fitted before lockdown, at the global picture and life has gone on hold. you don t over the last 2a hours. seem and life has gone on hold. you don t seem too sorry about that. and very briefly, honeymoon plans? we were meant to go to kenya in september, but at the minute we haven t heard anything about that. we are kind of hoping that might go ahead, but. thousands gathered in london s hyde park on wednesday we must leave it there. thank you to show their support for the black lives matter movement, and calling both had good luck. you are watching forjustice for george floyd. ..before marching bbc news. towards westminster. ..and gathering outside the houses of parliament. it was an image mirrored across europe. the prince of wales has said he got here, in finland, where thousands away with it quite lightly chanted george floyd s last words. when he contracted coronavirus all chant: i can t breathe! at the beginning of the uk s epidemic in march. prince charles said he self isolated after testing positive for the virus ..and sending their message to the us. and only experienced mild symptoms. the way that everyone showed up he also used the interview today, and especially with sky news to highlight his in an homogenous, white concerns over the environment. our royal correspondent country such as finland, it s sending a big message that many nicholas witchell has more. more people than just black people are tired. he has been campaigning protesters in denmark took to one on the environment for more than a0 knee as a symbol of support, condemning racism and calling years, and he believes as the world emerges from the coronavirus forjustice to be done. pandemic, there will be as he puts in central germany, protesters it a golden opportunity in frankfurt decrying racism to build something better. of all kinds. he calls it the great reset, and the fact that he too experience the virus has sharpened his resolve. translation: the difference is that, there, it was recorded but it it makes me more determined to push does not mean it does not happen here and it is not bad and shove and shout and prod, here and it has to stop. it is vital to stand up against it, notjust here in germany but all over the world. if you see what mean. translation: the most we can do whatever i can do, behind the scenes sometimes, here is show solidarity with people but yes, i mean, over there and to go out i suppose it did partly. on the streets and show them i mean, i was lucky in my case that they are not alone. and got away with it quite likely. crowds in the greek capital, athens, marched towards the us embassy people have gone through. the prince expressed his deep but the demonstration turned violent. sympathy for what so many protesters threw stones at police, families had to endure. who responded with tear gas. explosion. in cape town, south africa, but as we recover from the pandemic, he hoped people would see where legalised discrimination that the planet and its damaged in the form of apartheid is, environment should be treated as the patient. for many, within living memory, messages of unity and solidarity. so no self respecting doctor i think it s really important would ever have let the situation, if the planet is a patient, to show some kind of support reach this stage before making an intervention. and for all of us to stand hence, you know, the precautionary against something that principle, which seems to me we know is not right. absolutely essential. what started out as a seemingly it was time, the prince said, innocuous call to police to put nature back at the centre of our collective concerns. in minneapolis over a week ago, nicholas witchell, bbc news. resulted in the death of a man, sparking an outpouring of emotion now it s time for a look and a civil uprising, at the weather with matt taylor. notjust in the city where it happened but around the world. hello. as well as staying cooler and cloudier, we are also going to add hong kong s legislative assembly has passed a bill stronger winds into the mix too. not which would make it illegal to show too strong today, but lots of cloud disrespect to the chinese national anthem. the bill was passed with 41 around. showery rain here and there, in favour and one against. critics see this as the latest sign not everywhere staying dry, but of beijing s tightening grip on the city. clouding over from the south west. the ruling comes as people highest temperatures, 18 or 19 in hong kong are set to hold degrees, cooler further a candlelit vigil to commemorate highest temperatures, 18 or 19 degrees, coolerfurther north. the the 31st anniversary brighter this afternoon, parts of of the tiananmen square crackdown scotla nd brighter this afternoon, parts of scotland and northern ireland cloudy when chinese troops killed conditions this morning. it pro democracy demonstators in beijing. continues through the night, some china will allow foreign places staying dry. southern airlines currently blocked scotla nd places staying dry. southern scotland and northern england, a few from operating in the country degrees above freezing and well to resume limited flights from monday, as it loosens sheltered spots, so a cool start to coronavirus restrictions on travel. tomorrow. sunshine and showers for all arriving passengers will be england, wales and northern ireland, tested for covid 19. some still avoiding them. those the move comes after washington threatened to suspend all flights showers replaced by more persistent by chinese airlines into and out rain in scotland, even a little snow of the us from 16th ofjune. over higher ground as it becomes robin brant has more from shanghai. cold and windy. widespread gales across the northern half of the country to take us through friday night into saturday. this is a slight easing, a very slight easing of china s very stringent restrictions on air travel coming into the country. i mean, it s been pretty much nonexistent for months now. there are cargo flights between the city and certain other parts of europe and parts of the world, but no passengers coming or going. so that disintegrating relationship between the us and china in particular has extended to empty skies. no passengerflights into china since mid march. china is now saying that it is willing to change that, it is willing to let some qualifying airlines resumed flights to a city on the mainland of their choosing to resume flights. that came after donald trump, in an attempt to increase pressure on beijing, said he was going to ban all chinese airlines leaving this country and flying to the united states from the middle of this month. so what is clear, slight easing of the restrictions coming from the chinese civil aviation authority. they are also going to be hello, this is bbc news. willing to let foreign airlines that the headlines. a major new development have continued flying to increase in the case of the british girl madeleine mccann who their flights from one a week to two disappeared in portugal. a convicted german sex a week. that is if they can prove offender is the prime suspect that all the passengers on those in the international investigation. flights don t have covid 19, test police believe he was travelling in the area negative for that disease over a in this camper van at the time three week continuous period. we are seeing, you know, japanese madeleine vanished 13 years ago. government and sectors of industry, with the suspect, we are talking along with the germans and maybe even the british in weeks to come, about a multiple suspect, organise chartered flights. there a sexual predator, who has already have been plenty of chartered flights for the chinese coming back been convicted for crimes from the us, bringing chinese citizens with them, but in terms of against little girls. scheduled flights, this is the president trump s former beginning of some kind of return to defence secretary, james mattis, business. launches a stinging attack over his threat to use troops to end the protests sweeping the united states. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines: the duchess of sussex speaks of her own experience of racism in the wake of the killing of george floyd in minneapolis. a new prime suspect in the search for british girl madeleine mccann, the only wrong thing to say who disappeared in portugal a convicted german sex offender is the focus of the is to say nothing, because. international investigation. police believe he was travelling in the area ..george floyd s life mattered. in this camper van at the time madeleine vanished 13 years ago. a stinging attack the uk s prime minister is to call on president trump for a new era of global by his former defence secretary james mattis health co operation when he hosts over his threat to use troops to end the protests a vaccine summit in london. sweeping the united states. the duchess of sussex speaks of her own experience of racism let s cross now to the scottish in the wake of the killing gvernment‘s daily briefing, which is being led by the first of george floyd in minneapolis. the only wrong thing minister, nicola sturgeon. to say is to say nothing, because.george floyd s in relation to covid 19, as at nine o clock this morning, there have life mattered. the uk s prime minister is been 15,553 positive cases confirmed. that is an increase of a9 to call for a new era of global health co operation when he hosts a vaccine summit in london. cents yesterday. a total of 1021 and prince charles talks about being affected by coronavirus, patients are currently in hospital saying he got away lightly. with either confirmed or suspected covid 19. that represents a total decrease of 96 since yesterday, including a decrease of 21 in the let s return now to the developments number of confirmed cases in in the investigation hospital. a total of 28 people last into the disappearance of the british girl madeleine mccann, who went missing 13 years ago. it was back in may 2007 night were in intensive care with when the three year old vanished confirmed or suspected covid 19, and during a family holiday thatis confirmed or suspected covid 19, and that is a decrease of six since yesterday. i am also able to confirm in the algarve. today that since the 5th of march, a total of 3678 patients who had she was sleeping in an apartment while her parents, tested positive and required kate and gerry, ate with friends hospital treatment for the virus have now been able to leave in a nearby restaurant. the portuguese police launched hospital. in the last 2a hours, nine an investigation, deaths have been registered of but byjuly 2008 it was called to patients confirmed through a test as a halt with no official suspects. having the virus, and that takes the david cameron picked up the cause after he became uk prime minister, total number of deaths in scotland and by 2013 the british met police was ready to launch and that measurement to 2395. as i its own investigation. operation grange as it was named often say, we cannot and we should was slow and painstaking work which has cost close to £12 million, not read too much into any one day s but last year the uk government agreed to extend funding. figures, and tomorrow s figure or last night saw the next day s figure may be higher the biggest development yet, than the one i have given you, but i as detectives appealed for information about a german sex offender think it is still worth noting today currently injailfor an unrelated offence that yesterday was the first weekday who was in the area since the 27th of march when the when madeleine went missing. clarence mitchell is the number of deaths registered under our daily measure was in single figures. i think that demonstrates spokesperson for the mccann family. the progress we are making against he told the bbc that the family hasn t given up hope this virus, but it also underlines of finding madeleine alive. why we all continue to need to the family are very grateful, as they have been all the way comply with the public health through this, to the police forces involved, guidance so that we continue to make not least the british police this progress and don t allow it to go into reverse. of course, nine but now the germans and indeed deaths is still too many, and the portuguese police. they won t be doing any interviews, they would much rather the focus thinking of those nine lives are remains on the investigation and the appeal the police lost reinforces the point that i have just made overnight. but, as i say, they are grateful and they welcome this appeal. make every day, that these figures they simply want to establish are not just make every day, that these figures what happened to their daughter, are notjust statistics. they to find out the truth, represent people. unique and and to bring whoever was responsible irreplaceable individuals whose loss will have left families shattered for her disappearance to justice. they have not given up hope and weaving, so i send my condolences once again to everyone of finding madeleine alive, who has lost a loved one to this despite the length of time, they ve never given up that hope, but they are realistic, virus. grieving. iwanted and they say that whatever who has lost a loved one to this the outcome of this appeal virus. grieving. i wanted to thank the health and care workers, and the police work, they do need to know, asi thank the health and care workers, as i always do. they have done incredible work throughout, and notwithstanding the following numbers in hospital and in intensive because they need to find peace. care, they continue to do incredible work in challenging circumstances. my work in challenging circumstances. my thanks go to each and everyone of you, and the entire country owes you a debt of gratitude. i am joined in more than 13 years, i can t recall an instance today by the chief medical officer where the police have been at the cabinet secretary for health. so specific about an individual. the cabinet secretary has some granted, yes, he s not been information to share about the named, but nevertheless they are looking for specific prioritisation of cancer services, details about his movements at the time of madeleine s and the chief medical officer will disappearance, his vehicle usage, what he did with those vehicles focus on figures posted yesterday afterwards, and indeed relating to patients in intensive down to the level of mobile phone usage on the day care. before they speak, i want to and night in question. now, of all the thousands of leads acknowledge the job losses that were and potential suspects that have been mentioned in the past announced yesterday at rolls royce or discussed in the media, there has never been something in shannon. that announcement will as clear cut as that from notjust one but indeed have been devastating news for the now three police forces. workforce at what already is very so it does appear to be significant, but the police, you know, devastating time, and unfortunately it may not be the last of its kind they may still have reason to rule this man out at some stage, in the period ahead. i want to but it certainly appears that he, and the police said this themselves, stress the scottish government will do everything we can to secure as they are treating him good an outcome we can for those as their prime suspect for now. whose jobs are at risk. yesterday s the vehicle it is said that this man news emphasises a point i have made was apparently living in. before, that alongside a public he had lived in the algarve for some time but had disappeared health emergency, we are also now from a known address about a year dealing with an economic emergency before madeleine went missing ona but was presumed to have dealing with an economic emergency on a scale that none of us have still been in the area, using this camper van experienced before. that requires to sleep in, apparently. and it will get the attention and the car he was also focus of the scottish government using and is said to have just as the health emergency has and continues to get. we have already re registered its ownership or its driver details allocated more than £2.3 billion to in germany the very day after madeleine went missing, which is obviously a cause help businesses through measures for the police to be such as grants and business rates interested in that, relief, that is in addition to and the mobile number, welcome a uk government measures the portuguese numbers, such as the furlough scheme. it would appear, that he received mitigating and addressing the economic cost of covid 19 is of a call from another portuguese number lasting half an hour course going to become an even around an hour before madeleine went missing, and the police are hoping that those greater priority priority in the numbers, which are being months ahead, but alongside that, as circulated by the authorities, and the vehicle pictures, pa rt might just jog the memory months ahead, but alongside that, as part of our response, we also want of somebody who was in the area to help businesses as much as or would know more details possible to adapt and find new markets. more of the areas we have about this man. been doing that already is in the police have always insisted, relation to personal and protective as have the private investigators, equipment, ppe in scotland. we are that probablyjust one or two, publishing a report today that a handful of people, know more about what happened summarises how we are securing ppe to madeleine, for health and care workers in scotla nd for health and care workers in and the police are stressing that scotland and also sets out the work if any allegiances have changed, we are doing to develop a this man is now in prison, manufacturing chain for that people who may have been reluctant to come forward until now, equipment. to demonstrate the scale can feel safe in the knowledge of some of this work, it is may be that they can do so and the police worth looking at an item such as fluid resistant surgical masks. are very keen to hear from them these are masks which help to prevent blood, bodily fluids and secretions from one person which clarence mitchell. might include water droplets from let s get some of the coughs, from coming into contact day s other coronavirus news. with the mouth or nose of the person austria is lifting border restrictions on neighbouring wearing the mask. prior to covid 19, countries, with the exception of italy, from today. the foreign minister said the coronavirus figures from italy did not yet warrant national services scotland would provide around 57,000 of those masks removing checks there. to our health and care workers every in turkey, the health week. but now instead of needing minister has announced that he would not recommend continuing the weekend stay at home 57,000 masks a week, we need four order, almost two months after it first came into force. he said restrictions could be reimposed if infection and a half million a week. that is rates begin to rise. and a half million a week. that is an 80 forward 80 fold increase. nd in spain, the government has extended to meet that demand, we are the coronavirus state of emergency, which will continue untiljune 21st. importing equipment from overseas, the restrictions have been renewed six times since the outbreak began but have been eased 100 million have been imported from significantly since then. china, and a further 60 million on order. we are also working with suppliers here in scotland to establish domestic supply chains. millions of babies are missing out on life saving vaccines, i ll establish domestic supply chains. ru fight establish domestic supply chains. i ll fight solely based in west as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts immunisation campaigns scotla nd i ll fight solely based in west scotland specialises in protective around the world. clothing and is due to start the united nation s children s producing masks in august. they have agency, unicef, has warned that it could lead to taken on 13 new staff to do so and thousands of children are using raw materials sourced from dying every day from diseases that had largely been brought under control. scotland. we hope that in due our global heath correspondent course, manufacturers in scotland will be able, notjust to meet tulip mazumdar reports. new mums trying to do the best demand for these masks here in for their young babies scotland, but also provide them to in the midst of a pandemic. other parts of the uk and indeed to other parts of the uk and indeed to other countries in europe. there is this clinic in niger s capital, a similar story niamey, is usually packed, other countries in europe. there is a similarstory in other countries in europe. there is but restrictions on movement, a similar story in relation to other items of equipment. we are creating a shortage of health care workers, supply chains for non sterile gowns, and the fear of catching covid 19 and f supply chains for non sterile gowns, andfp supply chains for non sterile gowns, and f p three masks. in addition, have kept many families away. there is a plan to make 2.3 million aprons a week in greenock. a number this health worker says of smaller enterprises are planning farfewer women have been coming to get their babies vaccinated to make advisors. cala ken limited since the pandemic and children has produced 580,000 litres of hand are now at greater risk of other sanitiser at its plant in killer diseases like measles. grangemouth, and it is using ethanol provided by whyte and mackay. many many countries were advised by health officials to suspend other scottish businesses have vaccination campaigns to avoid divisive read in order to help with the spread of coronavirus, the provision of ppe, and i am grateful for each and every one of but now there s a stark warning about the longer term impact them. they have worked alongside public service bodies such as the nhs, scottish developers of this disruption. international and the national manufacturing institute for scotland, and it is worth measles is on the rise, highlighting that in many cases, diphtheria, cholera, so all of these issues these companies are notjust simply are going to be a real problem. making existing products, they are as a world, we had conquered in this past century many of these also using innovation to improve the equipment. for example by ensuring preventable diseases for children. that facemasks fit better on small so we made great gains faces and that more equipment can on childhood survival. what is now threatened safely be reused. fundamentally, the is all of those gains in the last 30 years, government s authority which we are that we will wipe them away achieving is to always ensure we because children are not have adequate stocks of ppe. our health and care workers, the people getting immunisations. who help protect us, must themselves be protected. that is imported at the pandemic is disrupting life saving vaccination campaigns on a global scale. the moment, but also for the future as we look to reopen the nhs and in south east asia, it s estimated more than 3a million babies missed out on their routine vaccinations. maintain secure stocks of equipment for social care as well. we will a lwa ys for social care as well. we will both nepal and cambodia always when necessary place major are reporting orders with overseas suppliers, but significant measles outbreaks. we are also increasingly taking advantage of the expertise of in africa, it is estimated manufacturers here, because doing 23 million babies missed out on their that gives us greater reassurance routine vaccinations. that gives us greater reassurance that supplies will be secure in the ethiopia, for example, is currently fighting measles, long term and also of course creates cholera, and yellow fever outbreaks. real benefits for jobs long term and also of course creates real benefits forjobs and exports. recent research suggests disruption these benefits don t come close of to these types of crucial services could result in the additional deaths course to balancing the wider of more than 6,000 children economic harm is caused by this pandemic, is of the scottish every day. government will continue to work with businesses and the uk government to address these. but medical staff around the world are working tirelessly these benefits are welcome to try and ensure those devastating nonetheless, and they are a great testa m e nt to nonetheless, and they are a great numbers do not come to pass. testament to the ongoing importance and excellence of our manufacturing here in bangladesh, sector here in scotland. i had over vaccination clinics are reopening under a new normal. the cabinet secretary and the chief medical officer in a moment. before when you have a big effect ido medical officer in a moment. before i do that, i want to reemphasise our on vaccines like this, it takes some time to rebuild key public health guidance. i am some of the systems around them. asking you today to focus notjust it s going to be important on what you are now allowed to do as to make sure we can continue to deliver routine vaccinations, a result of the small changes we made last week, but to focus even but also as we rapidly move forward towards having covid vaccines available, more so on made last week, but to focus even these are the same systems more so on what we made last week, but to focus even more so on what we are made last week, but to focus even more so on what we are still asking we re going to use to be you not to do. it is by not doing able to deliver those, as well to look for further outbreaks. certain things right now that we will all help stop this virus despite the challenges, spreading. so that means not meeting the work continues. these medics are going door to door here in colombia, other households indoors, not coming as world leaders meet virtually within two metres of people from for the global vaccine summit, hosted by the uk, to ensure these other households, not shaking their life saving campaigns can continue. hands or hugging them for example. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. not sharing food or utensils with others. or touching hard services that they may also have touched. not leaving your face uncovered in enclosed spaces like shops and well, in the coming hours the global public transport. i am asking you to leaders will meet virtually think about all of that, all of for the annual global vaccine summit. hosted by the uk this year, these things we are asking you not to do every time you leave home or the british prime minister boris johnson will encourage nations meet with someone from another to donate billions to ensuring that life saving vaccines household. in particularly ahead of during the pandemic and beyond. our weekend when unfortunately the and our global health correspondent weather forecast is more tulip mazumdarjoins me now. traditionally scottish with heavy this conference was planned well rain, iwant traditionally scottish with heavy rain, i want to particularly before coronavirus was on our radar, emphasise this point. you cannot and but presumably it will be discussed. you must not meet people from another household indoors. that is a sure fire way of allowing this virus to spread again. if you are not willing to get your waterproofs on yes indeed, i mean, this is a and meet outdoors, do not meet up at replenishment conference that all. i cannot emphasise that actually takes place every five yea rs strongly enough. to recap, you actually takes place every five years to bring money to the vaccine should still be staying at home most of the time and you should still be alliance which approximates around half of the world s children against meeting the fewer people than normal. if your life feels like it some of those deadly diseases we is getting back to normal at the heard about in my report, but this moment, you should ask yourself whether it should be and whether you was planned well before the are complying with all of the coronavirus pandemic hit, and now guidance. when you do meet people the big challenge that governments from another household, you must and health workers and health leaders have all around the world is stay outdoors and you must stay two metres apart from them. don t meet vaccinating children against with more than one other household diseases that are preventable in the ata with more than one other household at a time. don t meet with more than midst of a massive global pandemic. one day and keep to a maximum, i but clearly another issue that is stress at maximum, of eight people going to be discussed at the meeting in ourgroup. wash todayis going to be discussed at the meeting today is when can we expect these stress at maximum, of eight people in our group. wash your hands often, ta ke in our group. wash your hands often, take hand sanitiser if you are out and about, where a face covering crucial covid 19 vaccine, and when it does come online, if it does come online, there are hopes it could when you are in a shop or public happen towards the end of the year, transport, avoid touching hard services and clean any you do touch. next year, how is it going to be if you have the symptoms of covid 19 distributed all around the world and you continue to cough, have a fairly to some of those communities you saw there in my report, the fever or have a loss or change in your sense of smell and taste, you poorest children on the planet? and must get tested and follow the what will be discussed today is how advice on self isolation. above all that will happen in practice, so else, please remember that the decisions each of us take right now what is being discussed by gavi and as individuals will affect the by other countries is whether there should be the mass production of health and well being of all of us. some of the front runners of so please, i am asking you to continue to do the right thing as covid 19 vaccines that are already you have been doing and to stick to in human trials, around ten of those all of these guidelines. it really at the moment, a couple in the uk matters. it matters as much now as it did at the start of this here, in the us, in china, whether pandemic. by doing that, we will those should actually be scaled up at the moment, or in the very near continue to slow the spread of the virus and we will save lives, so my future, or when they, fingers thanks once again to all of you for doing that. i now hand over to the crossed, are given the green light chief medical officer to say a few in terms of effectiveness, in terms words before handing to the health of safety, they can be sent out to secretary. gregor. i want not just the countries of safety, they can be sent out to notjust the countries that can afford to buy them up very quickly, words before handing to the health secretary. gregor. iwant to words before handing to the health secretary. gregor. i want to pay tribute today to a particular group of staff in our nhs, and that is our but countries all around the world as soon as but countries all around the world as soon as possible. the first people that will probably get them, no matter where you are in the icu staff. yesterday there was a world, will probably be health report that showed how many people had been admitted to icu between the workers, but that is all up for discussion. there have been discussions in the past, with swine flu, for example, when the richer mid march and may. that shows how countries were able to get their ha rd mid march and may. that shows how hard our nhs boards, managers, hands on the vaccine first, and facilities teams and icu staff have several countries have committed worked to make sure the facilities over the last few weeks and months we re worked to make sure the facilities were and remain available for that they will commit again at this everyone in scotland who might benefit from them. from the ist of gavi conference to making sure that march to the 16th of may, 516 people there is equitable access to everybody who needs this covid vaccine if and when it finally does we re march to the 16th of may, 516 people were admitted to icu units across the country with confirmed covid 19. come. tulip, will there be a this demand was at its greatest discussion about the discussion of between the 29th of march and the your report, the impact of covid 19 6th of april. we now know that what on other immunisation programmes? would have been a normal baseline because in all of this, you know, we have been talking about the capacity for the most complex level pandemic, the deaths caused directly of icu care, which we call level by that, but the secondary effects three, was actually exceeded between of that. well, absolutely, and this the 3ist of march and the 2ath of april. this reached a maximum on the 9th of april, where we were ag% over is, some would argue, perhaps more our usual baseline capacity for icu. crucial. these are diseases, polio, however, thanks to the hard work and planning put in place by health measles, diphtheria, they are boards across the country, we had preve nta ble, measles, diphtheria, they are preventable, and children do not need to die of these diseases, but ple nty of boards across the country, we had plenty of additional capacity available to cope. facilities and what is happening, as you had in my staff, managers and medical physics report, because of the pandemic, technicians in every part of supplies are being disrupted, air scotland repurposed words, created freight of vaccines getting into countries have not been able to get extra space and ensured that there in because of travel restrictions, was enough intensive care equipment pa rents in because of travel restrictions, parents have been worried about to treat every patient who came going to clinics for the fear of through a hospital door and might catching coronavirus, and some of the statistics you heard about how benefit from them. hospital staff this could impact children is truly and doctors and nurses to domestic staff and porters, made sure that each one of these people were given devastating, particularly as itjust doesn t need to happen. again, yes, the best treatment possible in a absolutely this will be discussed, safe and clean environment. although and that is why borisjohnson, the the demand for icu services was far british prime minister, will say today that, actually, it is clear below above our usual capacity, it also exceeded the additional that global health, that the sort of capacity created. this 585 they had systems a re that global health, that the sort of systems are supported, because what we do know is that vaccines for tripled our baseline number of beds these diseases can save hundreds of and we are still able to support our millions of children s lives all around the world. they have been doing that for many years. what they response to coronavirus. health boards are still working to ensure don t want is a backsliding, taking the number is over 700 beds, us don t want is a backsliding, taking us back several decades to where we we re us back several decades to where we were before because of coronavirus, quadrupling our usual icu capacity as part of a long contingency plan. so were before because of coronavirus, so absolutely that will be discussed notjust the as part of a long contingency plan. not just the numbers as part of a long contingency plan. notjust the numbers of as part of a long contingency plan. not just the numbers of patients we today, and the hope is they will be have seen on icu that show our hard able to raise this money, around £6 billion, around $7.11 billion, so work from the nhs staff. is the care that they can vaccinate around 300 that was needed by these patients million children over the next five was up that was needed by these patients was up on average a person yea rs. that was needed by these patients was up on average a person with covid 19 has to stay in icu for over million children over the next five years. tulip, thank you very much, nine days. that is longer than you tulip mazumdar, our global health would normally expect to see people correspondent there. staying in and icu ward, and 60% had russia s president putin has declared a state of emergency after 20,000 tonnes of diesel fuel leaked into a river within the arctic circle in siberia. an even longer save us the accident occured a week ago staying in and icu ward, and 60% had an even longer save us 80% of those patients in icu had to be put on a near the siberian city of norilsk and could be the worst environmental ventilator to assist their breathing, and 80% needed support disaster in the region. for their heart and blood pressure. our moscow correspondent around 30% needed treatments like sarah rainsford says the scale of the dialysis to support the kidneys when accident is huge. they couldn t function properly. i 20,000 tonnes of fuel diesel that spilt out of this tanker at a power have said many times that we plant up near the city of norilsk continue to learn more about the effect of this virus, and this shows in the russian arctic. the virus affects far beyond its impact on peoples lungs and then it crossed some 12 kilometres breathing alone. we know that this to reach a river, virus would put additional pressure the river ambarnaya, on our icu teams and hospital and has been flowing down that river capacity and our staff. but i am now for several days. very proud of how my colleagues the clean up operation has finally begun, across the clinical and support and we re told that the spill teams have risen to the challenge. itself has been contained. the number of people in icy you care it s been fenced off, but the big have been declining, which is question is what to do now? promising. we must make sure that as now, environmentalists are warning we move on into recovery and beyond that this is an event that we do notjeopardise the of catastrophic implications for wildlife in the area, progress we are made. i ask you for the water systems too. today once again that you stick to and at the moment, it seems that officials here in russia the guidance, reduce your chance of really don t know creating bridges for this virus to how to deal with this. it is in an extremely remote area spread and help us to ensure that in of the russian arctic, the tundra. there are no roads to the area. the future we never need to use this full icu capacity. thank you. i hand the river itself is not over to the cabinet secretary. last navigable by boat. so there are big questions sunday, i published our framework to about what they re going to do guide the framework to mobilise with this fuel, which they re now pumping out of the river systems. re cover guide the framework to mobilise recover and redesign the nhs in and yesterday on state tv, scotland. today i want to talk a bit there was quite an extraordinary about our work to do that for cancer video conference that president putin held services and in particular vital with his ministers cancer surgery. cancer was and with the local officials in that area, in norilsk area. services and in particular vital cancer surgery. cancer was at clinical priority for this and he was asking government before covid 19, and it what on earth had happened, has remain so. whilst the majority and essentially berating local officials of cancer treatment has continued, that he said had taken two days some treatment plans have changed to inform the emergencies ministry and to inform the authorities due to the significant new risk about what had happened. so suggesting there had been posed by the virus, and that has some kind of attempt to cover this up been particularly the case in terms for a couple of days. in fact, he said that the authorities had found out of cancer surgery. been particularly the case in terms about this from social media. of cancer surgery. the decision to postpone or delay some cancer he was absolutely furious, treatments is one that i know none and one of the newspaper headlines of our doctors would have advised this morning described him without a lot of careful thought and as being white with rage . compassion, and i am grateful to them for that. now as we begin to well, this isn t president putin s only problem at the moment. his approval rating slowly and safely restart our nhs, i has fallen to an all time low. russia, like many countries, am pleased to announce we are is suffering acute economic hardship after weeks of coronavirus lockdown. publishing today the framework for amid rising unemployment, there are signs of growing recovery of ca nce r publishing today the framework for recovery of cancer surgery. disillusionment with the kremlin. publishing today the framework for recovery of cancer surgery. it has two key aims that i want to see steve rosenberg reports. made. firstly that all patients are bells toll. prioritised in the same way across often, it s when darkness approaches scotland and secondly that within that you see most clearly that prioritisation, patients are offered the earliest available how the city is struggling. appointment for their surgery. that every night, appointment for their surgery. that appointment may be outside their this mobile soup kitchen feeds the hungry of st petersburg. local board area, but that is in demand has doubled order to allow us to ensure that since the pandemic the economic consequence of covid. prioritisation is the same across the country no matter where patients live and that they are given the this man tells me he s been on the coronavirus diet, surviving on water earliest possible opportunity. prioritising and treating patients on the basis of clinical need and hoping thejobs come back. requires regional working, sometimes i have to start shoplifting, national working, across our health says vladimir, a chef who s been laid off. boards. i am writing today to our what else can i do? board chief executives to set that out. to ensure the focus remains on milana s family relies the prioritisation of cancer on food parcels now. she and her husband services, i have set up to national have lost their jobs. the kremlin says its supporting families like milana s, cancer groups. the national cancer recovery group will be chaired by but not nearly enough, she thinks. professor aileen keel. it will provide a strategic national oversight of all cancer services through their immobilisation phase will stop it will meet tomorrow and continue to weekly. important to them reporting to them is a further group which will drive equity of access to cancer treatment across the country. i wanted to thank all of those who have been with unemployment rising, vladimir putin s popularity has fallen to its lowest level involved in cancer services through in 20 years. this pandemic in our nhs and in the third sector for all of their work, you can sense a change in mood andl third sector for all of their work, and i know that i can thank them in despair is fuelling disillusionment advance for the work that i know they will continue to do. the final with those in power. thing i want to say is to those vladimir putin s big selling point to the russian people patients who are waiting for has always been, i am the man who brought you stability. treatment for cancer. i want you to but take that stability away, be assured that you are a priority, and suddenly it becomes much harder our absolute focus is on making sure for president putin to convince russians that you are treated as a sin and as that he has the solution to their problems. safely as possible. and what i have just outlined, however briefly, will yaroslav tells me help to make sure that that happens. about his problems. many thanks. we will go now to a coronavirus nurse, he and his colleagues complained questions as usual. first questions online about a lack of ppe. from the bbc. thank you. can you soon after, he got the virus. share with us at are numbered today yaroslav is a member of putin s and with that in mind, looking party, but not for much longer. across the country, there are several areas which have had no new cases for at least a week, and in some cases much longer. is it fair now for them to be under the same disappointment restrictions as the rest of the country, and is it something you are actively considering now that there milana knows all about that. should be a different approach for different parts of the country? the estimate of the hour number that will be published today, we now publish this every thursday, it may coronavirus isn t only claiming lives another casualty have already been published, is 0.7 of this pandemic is hope. steve rosenberg, bbc -0.9. have already been published, is 0.7 - 0.9. that have already been published, is 0.7 0.9. that is compared to a 0.7 news, st petersburg. one last week, so it remains relatively steady, which underlines our caution. and the care that we need to take, and the publication will be published today will give us some news to bring you from iran, it information about the estimated level of infectiousness across the country. so we are making progress, is reporting 357a new virus and the supplementary indicators infections, its highest daily total that i cover here every day demonstrate, i think, that i cover here every day demonstrate, ithink, the that i cover here every day demonstrate, i think, the extent of that progress, so the decline in icu case is that gregor talked about yet, 357a new infections of covid 19. iran s government had been today. icu cases are now 87% down on warning of a second, stronger wave the peak level, and we see them down in the middle east s biggest again today. a number of deaths, coronavirus outbreak after reporting while still too high as long as its highest daily number of cases in there are any debts, i will consider the past two months. people seem to that an unacceptable number, but think it is over, the health minister is quoted as saying, the that an unacceptable number, but thatis that an unacceptable number, but that is clearly reducing as are outbreak is not over yet, and at any hospital admissions, so we are going moment it may come back stronger than before. in the right direction. i cannot stress enough how fragile it still the long term impact remains, because we are seeing new of coronavirus can be severe, both physically and mentally, cases in our health boards everyday. with some patients struggling to adapt to a normal life. i would make two points about this in the last week, the uk s first extensive part of question. firstly rehabilitation centre dedicated to covid 19 patients has opened. is that, and we have already said sima kotecha has been this, and if you cast your mind by queers to remind people every day, but we figured that people had got to the seacole centre in surrey. message. “ but we figured that people had got message. cast your mind back. our my first time on sticks. the road to recovery for those numbers are estimates because they with coronavirus can be a long and arduous one. are numbers coming through the david is 73 and spent laboratory system through tests, so seven weeks unconscious. he first developed sepsis and then caught the virus, which he still has. there will always be a degree of underestimation in that, and that is he also had a heart attack. just an important caveat that we you feel as though you re in a bit have got to take account of. as we ofa dream, a bit ofa haze, start to publish data which we and you can t appreciate what s hopefully will start doing next week on test and protect, that will give actually going on around you. us another source of data on the numbers that are displaying and he found it hard to walk or even move. coming forward with symptoms. my slowly, he s relearning those basic mobility skills. next point, and i have never ruled out a regional approaches in i get involved in community issues, scotla nd out a regional approaches in scotland if that proves necessary and i need to be able and certainly as we gather data and to stand up and talk. monitor the impact of this virus in and i can t do that at the moment, the weeks and months to come, it is but i hope when i get out of here, really important we do that that with the help regionally as well as nationally. of these lovely physios, they will actually be able but we also have to recognise that people travel between different to enable me to walk. areas of scotland, and therefore we have to be mindful of people are but if i can walk with a stick, travelling between different countries and perhaps exporting or or better still without a stick, importing infections in that way, i d be happy. being away from his family and in the same way they can take it has been the worst part. i haven t seen my wife or family to different parts of the country with them, so we must be conscious orfriends since march. about this but we will continue to assess these things as carefully as that s the major impact. we can. my main message would be you miss being able to put your arms that when you hear these figures we around your loved one. are reporting right now, absolutely ta ke are reporting right now, absolutely take encourage them encouragement a lack of contact and its impact on the mind from them. i want people to be is something they re optimistic, but even in areas where very much aware of here. you might be seeing no new cases what we re offering here reported on a daily basis right now, is some psychological therapy that will help patients to adjust do not allow that to become from their long stays in hospital and also being separated complacency. the virus has not gone from their loved ones. away, it is still out there, and the we do have one patient who remembers some delirium he had. hour number estimate i have given he remembers being in bed at night, you today tells us today how easy it and he s actually quite frightened about going to bed now, could be for the virus to run out of so he seems fine during the day, control again, and that is a risk we but as night time comes along, must not take. do you want to add on his anxiety increases considerably. anything today? is certainly there they currently have four patients are encouraging signs, particularly with coronavirus and 15 without. in the numberof are encouraging signs, particularly in the number of infection cases we some are recovering from it, are seeing others need help with rehabilitation in the number of infection cases we are seeing across in the number of infection cases we are seeing across scotland, that has after suffering from falle n are seeing across scotland, that has fallen again. these are things we should continue to be optimistic other debilitating illnesses. about, but as the first minister has this hospital is a work in progress outlined, the margins are tiny. i it s expanding daily. said ona outlined, the margins are tiny. i said on a number of occasions that at the moment, it has 130 beds it doesn t take much for those cases to begin to grow again. all we need with the capacity to expand to 300. to begin to grow again. all we need to do is re establish some of those bridges of transmission more easily so just tell me about for people, and before we know it we who we are going to see now. started to see a growth in number of so peter has been in icu cases again. we are right to be cautiousjust now, for a really long time, cases again. we are right to be cautious just now, and cases again. we are right to be cautiousjust now, and i remain that and it actually started out we urge that caution for everybody with him having a fall, in terms of the way they are pursuing and making sure they are and he had an injury to his ribs social distancing, making sure they which affected his lung. continue to wash their hands, making and at some point he developed sure they are complying with all the covid, and he was in itu rules that we have in phase one as for a very long time. well, and that we do not give the so you ll see he s very deconditioned, he s lost a lot of muscle mass, virus a chance to grow and spread in he s lost his strength, the way we saw beforehand.” his endurance, balance, and all of the things virus a chance to grow and spread in the way we saw beforehand. i should have made other and other points that go with that. hello, peter, how are you? morning! how are you? there. today s our number estimate i m fine, thank you. and yourself? yes, very well, thank you. is based on their modelling that you ve lost so much weight will have taken account of the as well, haven t you? from not having any exercise. lockdown measures as they were last look. week. it does not yet taken account peter s arms and legs of the changes we made last week. that is what we are required to monitor over the next two or three are struggling to function. weeks, so for me to say that we can start making changes before we have look at the state of that! monitored the impact and understand i ve lost. . .five kilos? the impact of the changes we have which is heartbreaking, really. already made would be irresponsible i mean, you shouldn t be allowed and reckless, and that is an to lose that amount of weight. important point about the to staff are helping him to gain strength through regular exercise. understand. thank you. stv.” wonder, we are now about a week into there we go. i didn t need to do much, did i? the test and protect scheme, and i wonder if you have any updates on headley court used to belong to the ministry of defence how many people have been contacted and provided rehabilitation and traced the system, and how many to service personnel. that facility has moved have come from a care home setting? to the east midlands. i covered this in parliament yesterday, and i said then we would this year, in just a matter publish the first data from test and protect i hope next week. i hope of weeks, the nhs, local council, that would be next wednesday. but we and militaryjoined forces to create the seacole centre on the site. have to make sure that data is properly quality assured, robust and reliable, and that is the process we are going through right now, but i the scars of coronavirus on those wa nt to are going through right now, but i want to see that data published as who have had it are clear. quickly as possible and then publish as the country tries to carry regularly so that we can assess the on after the peak of the outbreak, so do those who have experienced the devastating illness. effectiveness of that system, but we nice and tall. it won t be long, and i ll be home. are not in a position to do that right now, but we will in less than a week from now. itv border. first i was told it would be about two weeks. it s just a case of start running. minister, after the very sad debts oh, my gosh! well done. sima kotecha, bbc news, surrey. of seven residents in a care home. we are going to leave that daily now it s time for a look coronavirus briefing from the scottish government in edinburgh for at the weather with matt taylor. now because it is time for us to hello. the second half of the week, catch up with the weather forecast, much different to how we started this week, some of the biggest and here is louise. hello. we are temperature changes, at least in the last 48 hours, expecting quite a contrast to have been in north yorkshire. welcoming our first weekend expecting quite a contrast to welcoming ourfirst weekend ofjune, particularly in comparison to last weekend. we closed may with blue sky, sunshine and warmth, territories in the high 205, and this weekend there will be a lot of 2a degrees on tuesday afternoon, just ten celsius on wednesday cloud, a cold northerly winds and afternoon, felt like a completely different change of seasons. showers or longer spells of rain as and that cooler story continues well. you can see the signs of this through into the weekend. some rain at times, can t be change already on the satellite guaranteed for every garden picture. a lot of cloud across the and all will turn windier. not too breezy out country, and triggering some of there, though, today. these showers. some of them could be there ll be plenty of cloud around, showers across scotland, northern ireland, northern england heavy with lightning in this push a bit further southwards. but still many in the south will stay largely dry. the showers in northern england afternoon. temperatures are subdued and southeast scotland could be heavier through the afternoon, subdued, 9 18d at the very best. and it could start feel even colder across the north and north east those showers drift across the as those northerly winds pick up. country, but where there are clearer not too bad in the sunnier moments in the south, 18 or 19 the high. but overnight, there will still be spots, scotland, northern england, some showers around. clearer skies, too. we could see temperatures in low single figures. chilly start, but in the north of scotland, perhaps holding up around 7 10d. we where the winds are lighter start off tomorrow again with quite in southern scotland, a lot of cloud and a few scattered northern england and the skies showers. those showers will be very hit and miss across england and clear this will be coolest wales, but nevertheless, they are of all, going to be accompanied by temperatures just a few degrees above freezing, most strengthening wind. gusts in excess well and truly still frost free. then into friday, sunshine of 30 or a0 miles an hour here. and showers for england, wales and northern ireland. showers will be replaced by longer some showers could become heavy spells of rain by the afternoon into and thundery at times. but as we start the day the north of scotland, and here the with showers in scotland, northern half of scotland, winds are expected to strengthen we replace those showers with some longer spells of heavier rain further. a5 50 mph, may be more as as we go into friday afternoon, northeast scotland could be we close out the day. it is going to some minorflooding too. and temperatures only feel pretty chilly under the cloud, nine or ten degrees. maybe even a bit of snow the wind and the rain, 9 13d, on the hills. and it will be feeling much colder than that given highest value is likely of 17. that the strength of the wind, particularly northern half area of low pressure is going to the country we will see some widespread gales develop as we go through friday and slip down through the north sea, the into friday night. all linked to this area of low winds are staying strongest to the west of that low, and that is where pressure which is developing to the east of us over the next west of that low, and that is where we will see the strongest gusts of few days, pushing another bit further southwards. wind, potentially topping out at 60 so it s the north and the west where some of the strongest mph. that is quite unusual for of the winds will be, wind, potentially topping out at 60 biggest chance of travel disruption mph. that is quite unusualforjune, and could cause issues, particularly across the northern half of the uk, with cemeteries in full leaf at the as you see winds maybe top 60 miles an hour in places. moment. that low, sitting in the but across the board, a windy day on saturday, bright compared to friday north sea, spiralling allowed that in northern scotland, cloudy for most, outbreaks of rain, although again, if you re after rain glow is a series of weather front in the south, no guarantee of that. but a cold day compared to the high 20s we saw last week, just 12 14 degrees, probably warmest western scotland with a bit of sunshine and shelter, bringing longer spells of rain for a as it will be on sunday. time was up may be scotland and the western areas always brightest on sunday. south of england escaping that the winds ease down relative to saturday. greatest chance of rain, central mike. 11-15d. south of england escaping that mike. 11 15d. sunday will be a and eastern parts of england. better day, perhaps not as a showery that s how it s looking, or windy, and as a result, not feeling quite as cold. temperatures see you soon. should peak with highs of 17 degrees. take care.
german police identify a man they believe killed madeline mccann. three year old madeline disappeared from herfamily‘s holiday apartment this is bbc news with the latest in portugal 13 years ago headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the suspect who is in prison is being named as christian b. a major new development in the case of the british girl madeleine mccann translation: with the suspect who disappeared in portugal we are talking about a multiple a convicted german sex offender sexual predator who has already been is the prime suspect convicted for crimes against little girls. in the international investigation. police believe he was travelling in the area in this camper van at the time madeleine vanished, 13 years ago. and is serving a long sentence. the police are appealing president trump s former for the public‘s help they say the man used this campervan defence secretary, james mattis, when he lived in the algarve. we ll have the latest launches a stinging attack on this major developement over his threat to use in the police investigation. troops to end the protests also this lunchtime. sweeping the united states. donald trump is accused of dividing america, the duchess of sussex speaks by his former defence secretary of her own experience of racism james mattis has attacked in the wake of the killing of george floyd in minneapolis. the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing, because. ..george floyd s life mattered. the uk s prime minister is to call for a new era of global health co operation when he hosts a vaccine summit in london. and prince charles talks about being affected by coronavirus, saying he got away lightly . hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. i m rebecca jones. a german prisoner has been identified as a new suspect in the disappearance of the three year old british girl madeleine mccann from a holiday resort in portugal 13 years ago. the man in his 40s is a convicted sex offender who had been living in the algarve at the time, travelling around in a camper van. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. this is the vw camper van that was used by the new suspect in the madeleine mccann investigation. with its distinctive colours, police hope it will trigger someone s memory and lead to new evidence about their as yet unnamed suspect. he used the vehicle to live in and, certainly, the week preceding, he was in there living, so he would move around the area, using that van as probably his base. the suspect also used this jaguar car at the time. he registered the car into someone else s name the day after madeleine mccann disappeared. the three year old went missing on may the 3rd 2007. she d been sleeping in her parents holiday apartment while they were 50 metres away having a meal with friends. her 17th birthday was last month. on the german version of crimewatch last night, police there revealed that the suspect has previous convictions for sexually assaulting girls and is thought to have burgled hotels and holiday apartments. he s currently in prison in germany. his phone was used in praia da luz about an hour before madeleine mccann disappeared. the metropolitan police are now asking for anyone who can help with information about the mobile number he took the call on that night, the vw camper van that he was using that summer and the old jaguar xjr 6 that he registered out of his name the day after madeleine mccann disappeared. in a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said they would like to thank the police forces involved in britain, germany and portugal. they said they would never give up hope of finding madeleine alive. the german police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but madeleine mccann s parents said, whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, as they need to find peace. daniel sandford, bbc news at new scotla nd daniel sandford, bbc news at new scotland yard. clarence mitchell is the spokesperson for the mccann family. he told the bbc that the family hasn t given up hope of finding madeleine alive. the family are very grateful, as they have been all the way through this, to the police forces involved, to the british police, now the germans and indeed the portuguese police. they simply want to establish what happened to their daughter, to find out the truth and to bring whoever was responsible for her disappearance to justice. they have not given up hope of finding madeleine alive, despite the length of time, they ve never given up that hope, but they are realistic, and they say that whatever the outcome of this appeal and the police work, they do need to know, because they need to find peace. that was clarence mitchell. our correspondent alison roberts has the latest from the algarve in portugal. here in the algarve there are virtually no tourists because of the covid 19 pandemic, but 13 years ago when madeleine mccann was holidaying here with her family, when madeleine mccann was holidaying here with herfamily, it when madeleine mccann was holidaying here with her family, it was full of foreign visitors. it s to those people that people are now appealing for information or even photos and videos relating to a 43 year old german man who is now a suspect in the investigation. now in prison in germany for another crime, he is believed to have been in and around praia da luz in the run up to may 2007 when madeleine disappeared. police have released information about him, a description saying that he was tall with short, fair hair, and would have been in his late 20s at that time. they have also released two mobile phone numbers, both portuguese, one of which was used by the suspect. the other was used by the suspect. the other was used to call him in praia da luz about an hour before madeleine disappeared. they have also released details of two vehicles, a jaguar carand a details of two vehicles, a jaguar car and a volkswagen camper van that we re car and a volkswagen camper van that were also used by the suspect, and two properties that he used at the time near praia da luz. they say that this line is highly significant. that was alison roberts in portugal. let s talk now tojim gamble, former head of the child exploitation and online protection centre. he served as the senior child protection officer in the uk s first investigation into madeleine mccann s disappearance. we are very grateful for you to talk to the bbc, mr gamble, thank you. there have been different suspects. there have been different suspects. there have been different suspects. there have been different leads, over the last 13 years. in your view, how significant is this one? this is the first time in 13 years when i actually dare to hope myself. i think for a variety of reasons there was a bungling beginning to this investigation in portugal. i think the golden hour was lost, that is not necessarily a criticism of the portuguese police in isolation, but just a recognition the portuguese police in isolation, butjust a recognition that the portuguese police in isolation, but just a recognition that these cases are so rare but just a recognition that these cases are so rare that when they do happen, there are very few law enforcement entities with the experience to deal with them. so i was commissioned by the home secretary of the day, alanjohnson, to carry out a scoping review in 2009 to ascertain whether there were any areas that could be revisited and better investigated. and in that review, which was delivered in 2010 to the new home secretary, theresa may, there were a number of areas that were identified. the fact that cell site telephone dumps hadn t been investigated, the disparate bits of information that were being held all over the place rather than being consolidated in the way that uk policing would on a database, a computer designed to help identify key lines of inquiry. and a range of other conditions. a year later, following a prompt by the mccanns direct to the prime minister, the metropolitan police, which had been my recommendation, because they are the most experienced and i think the finest detectives in the world when it comes to this, they were then commissioned to engage with the portuguese police, and i think we have been on a positive trajectory since then with a number of false dawns, but as you say, when you take the circumstantial evidence that has been shared with us now, and put it together, this is a really significant person of interest. can you help me with something that is puzzling me. how is it that after this length of time, we are only finding out about this person now? how has he suddenly come to light?” would suggest that he probably came to light a number of years ago, in fa ct to light a number of years ago, in fact that is what i would believe. but this is a painstaking investigation. when you begin from a point of chaos, it is like taking a large jigsaw puzzle box, point of chaos, it is like taking a largejigsaw puzzle box, emptying it out on a coffee table that is too small, and bits fall off. and then you have to come back, without the plan, without the cover where you can see what the picture looks like, and start putting it all together. and so there is lots of information that will inform where we are today that will inform where we are today that we had at the very beginning, we just that we had at the very beginning, wejust didn t that we had at the very beginning, we just didn t understand the context of it and why it was important. so what you have now is you have an individual with a history of sexual offending that spans girls through to older women. extremely dangerous. he is not a preferential offender, he is someone who we know from what we are told who we know from what we are told who will offend across a range of ages. also with a history, we are told, of burglary, so fits the profile. circumsta ntially, told, of burglary, so fits the profile. circumstantially, you look at opportunity to commit the crime, and what we know from that is that he was in proximity to praia da luz, not only in the lead up to the crime, but also within an hour of it, because his telephone, his cell site analysis shows that he was there and he was on the phone to someone there and he was on the phone to someone for 30 minutes. so that is really important circumstantial evidence. and the other thing, when you look at circumstantial evidence, you look at circumstantial evidence, you look at subsequent conduct. his subsequent conduct, the day after madeleine went missing, was to change the number plate on his car. now that is, you know, that adds to the circumstantial evidence. when you start to bring all of those things together, a person who you know commits that particular type of crime, with an opportunity to engage, in the area where the crime took place and who, the day after, begins to do things that looks like they could be masking who he is and where he is. so when you take all of that and you look at the international investigation, i think it is great that the german police who i have worked within the past, are involved. they will be relentless in their pursuit. and i think the metropolitan police are rightly giving us a little bit of information, but not too much. they don t want to put words in our mouth. and this appeal couldn t come ata mouth. and this appeal couldn t come at a better time, because whilst eve ryo ne at a better time, because whilst everyone is trapped at home, they are going to be able to get their attention. and if you are watching this programme and you were in chipmunk three at that time, or another time close to it, think back now. did you see that jaguar. if you were in praia da luz at that time, might you now have that context? time, might you now have that co ntext ? if time, might you now have that context? if you are one of those people who think you might have something, then contact operation grange. sharing the information that you have is really, really important. jim gamble, we must leave it there, but really good to talk to you, thank you so much forjoining us. you, thank you so much forjoining us. thank you. president trump s former defence secretary james mattis has rebuked him over his threat to use troops to quell the protests against racial injustice in amerioa. his comments come after all four officers involved in the death of george floyd the event which started the protests were formally charged. derek chauvin, the officer who was filmed kneeling on mr floyd s neck, has had his charge elevated from third to second degree murder. under minnestota state law, first degree murder is defined as one in which the defendant has the intention to kill and usually requires some element of premeditation. second degree murder, the charges being brought here, requires an intention to kill. or in this case intention to commit a serious crime which results in death. and third degree murder would not require proof that the defendant wanted the victim to die, only that their actions were dangerous and carried out without regard to human life. our north america correspondent david willis reports. huge protests continue to grip this country in response to george floyd s death. thousands converged on downtown los angeles, and after violence here over the weekend, this time their call for change was peaceful. night time cu rfews remain in place here, as well as in new york and washington dc. in minneapolis, where all this began, anger gave way to cheers at the news that former police officer derek chauvin is to face a more serious murder charge. let me hear y all say we got all four! we got all four! and at the news that the three other officers involved in mr floyd s death have now been arrested. they stand accused of aiding and abetting his murder. president trump s often bellicose response to the recent unrest here has unnerved even some in his own party. and now his former defence secretary james mattis is voicing concern. in a withering critique in the atlantic magazine, mr mattis accuses the president of an abuse of power and writes. donald trump responded promptly. i see limitless potential that deserves to flourish and thrive. you should be able to learn and make mistakes and live a life ofjoy. america s first black president struck a starkly different and more optimistic tone to that of president trump in a virtual town hall event. as tragic as these past few weeks have been, as difficult and scary and uncertain as they ve been, they ve also been an incredible opportunity for people to be awakened. right now, i think the nation needs law and order, because you have a bad group of people out there and they are using george floyd and they are using a lot of other people to try and do some bad things and what we do. we have it totally under control. george floyd s family and friends are due together in minneapolis on thursday for a memorial service in his honour. the calls for a radical reform of race relations in this country are growing. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. meghan markle has spoken out following the protests over the death of george floyd. in a video message, speaking to the graduating class of her former high school, she said she felt compelled to address what s happening in america. the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing, because. ..george floyd s life mattered and breonna taylor s life mattered and philando castile s life mattered and tamir rice s life mattered. and so did so many other people whose names we know and whose names we do not know. stephon clark, his life mattered. and i was thinking about this moment when i was a sophomore in high school. i was 15 and, as you know, sophomore year is the year that we do volunteer work, which is a prerequisite for graduating. and i remember my teacher at the time, one of my teachers, said to me before i was leaving before a day of volunteering, always remember to put others needs above your own fears. the headlines on bbc news. a german sex offender has been identified as a prime suspect in the disappearance of the british girl madeleine mccann from a holiday resort in portugal 13 years ago. president trump s former defence secretary, james mattis, has launched a stinging attack on him over his threat to use troops to end the protests sweeping the united states. the duchess of sussex speaks of her own experience of racism in the wake of the killing of george floyd in minneapolis. the uk will host the global vaccine summit which will get under way today, where more than fifty countries and donor organisations to play their full part in what s being called the most essential shared endeavour of our lifetimes . the aim is to raise £6 billion to immunise hundreds of millions of children against deadly diseases. the video conference is being hosted by borisjohnson, who will call for a new era of global health co operation . the uk government will also hold a videoconference with aviation industry officials, to discuss its coronavirus quarantine plan. south america continues to be the current epicentre of the outbreak. brazil suffered a record number of daily deaths with more than 1,300 people dying from the virus. and research in the uk found that more than half the population struggled with sleep during the lockdown. 40% of people also reported having more vivid dreams. joining me now from westminster is our assistant political editor, norman smith. if we could start with this global vaccine summit chaired by the prime minister. tell us a little more about what the uk government is hoping to achieve. i think there is an acceptance that so much of the world s attention and scientific effort is now focused on coronavirus, vaccines for other diseases such as diphtheria, polio, measles, have taken something of a back seat, and people have been, particularly in the developing world, perhaps more reluctant to get vaccinated for those diseases because of an understandable fear about going into hospitals and health centres, and at the same time, hospitals have beenjust so overwhelmed by coronavirus, they ve had less resources to put aside to ensure people are still getting vaccinated. as a result, there is a risk of these diseases beginning to gaina risk of these diseases beginning to gain a foothold again, and lives being put at risk because so much attention has been focused on coronavirus. so it is an attempt, as it were, to the international community in terms of medical effort, in terms of money, in terms of political attention, on the much broader agenda in terms of ensuring vaccination against some of these long standing diseases, and not to be totally as it were overwhelmed by the threat from coronavirus. the spread of the virus within the communities here in the uk is much lower than it was, it has gotten to a lower level and we want to see that continue to be low and that is why this is the right time to bring this in, because, as patrick vallance was outlining, when you have higher community transmission rates, the difference somebody coming into the country can make is much more marginal and much more negligible. as our rates are much more lower and moving lower and lower, hopefully, as we go forward, it has a much bigger impact, that is why we are bringing this in. cabinet office minister brandon lewis responding to one other side of this this morning, which is moved here in the uk to introduce quarantine controls for people coming into the uk, or uk citizens coming into the uk, or uk citizens coming back into britain, forcing people to self isolate for 1h days, which has prompted huge controversy in britain amid fears it will cripple the aviation industry and the tourism sector, and a major revolt amongst tory mps who are questioning why this policy is being introduced now when it wasn t introduced now when it wasn t introduced when the pandemic was at its height, which has prompted the government to concede that they will review that policy in three weeks time. but there is massive pressure from senior tories, including the former prime minister, theresa may, former prime minister, theresa may, for a much swifter rethink. norman, good to talk to you, many thanks. as norman was saying there, millions of babies are missing out on life saving vaccines is the coronavirus pandemic disrupts immunisation campaigns around the world. the united nation s children s agency unicef has warned that it could lead to thousands of children dying every day from diseases that had largely been brought under control. our global heath correspondent tulip mazumdar reports. new mums trying to do the best for their young babies in the midst of a pandemic. this clinic in niger s capital, niamey, is usually packed, but restrictions on movement, a shortage of healthcare workers, and the fear of catching covid 19 have kept many families away. this health worker says far fewer women have been coming to get their babies vaccinated since the pandemic, and children are now at greater risk of other killer diseases like measles. many countries were advised by health officials to suspend vaccination campaigns to avoid the spread of coronavirus, but now there s a stark warning about the longer term impact of this disruption. measles is on the rise, diphtheria, cholera, so all of these issues are going to be a real problem. as a world, we had conquered in this past century many of these preventable diseases for children. so we made great gains on childhood survival. what is now threatened is all of those gains in the last 30 years, that we will wipe them away because children are not getting immunisations. the pandemic is disrupting life saving vaccination campaigns on a global scale. in south east asia, it s estimated more than 3a million babies missed out on their routine vaccinations. both nepal and cambodia are reporting significant measles outbreaks. in africa, it is estimated 23 million babies missed out on their routine vaccinations. ethiopia, for example, is currently fighting measles, cholera, and yellow fever outbreaks. recent research suggests disruption to these types of crucial services could result in the additional deaths of more than 6,000 children every day. medical staff around the world are working tirelessly to try and ensure those devastating numbers do not come to pass. here in bangladesh, vaccination clinics are reopening under a new normal. when you have a big effect on vaccines like this, it takes some time to rebuild some of the systems around them. it s going to be important to make sure we can continue to deliver routine vaccinations, but also as we rapidly move towards having covid vaccines available, these are the same systems we re going to use to be able to deliver those, as well to look for further outbreaks. despite the challenges, the work continues. these medics are going door to door here in colombia, as world leaders meet virtually for the global vaccine summit, hosted by the uk, to ensure these life saving campaigns can continue. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. we can speak now to dr muhammad munir, a virologist at lancaster university. we are grateful for your time, we are gratefulfor your time, and i wa nt to we are gratefulfor your time, and i want to come onto the work you are doing at the moment. butjust to begin speaking a little more broadly about this vaccine summit that the uk is hosting today. how important is that, and how confident are you that it could make a difference? thank you very much for having me on the show. i think it is really important to understand that while we are waiting for covid 19 vaccine, we are waiting for covid 19 vaccine, we should not forget the importance of the vaccines that we already have, and that is absolutely important that those vaccines are deployed in the field to immunise the children of the future. and this has become even more important because of the covid 19 disruption onto the current vaccine campaigns, and according to a current estimation, 80 million children could be without up to date vaccinations. this summer that is being held here in the uk this summit that is being held here in the uk is a critical step towards ensuring that these vaccines are ongoing, and if not, the infrastructure should be put in place so that there is no interruption until 2025. place so that there is no interruption until2025. you place so that there is no interruption until 2025. you talk about the covid 19 vaccine. i know you are leading a team at lancaster university developing a vaccine. how close are we to having a vaccine? at the moment i would like to emphasise that the speed we are developing the vaccine for covid 19 is unprecedented, never been seen before. at this moment, there are five or six vaccine trials running into phase two and phase three. we are into phase two and phase three. we a re close into phase two and phase three. we are close to the place where we will be able to demonstrate that these are safe and efficacious and could be deployed in the field very quickly. but again, there are a few challenges that really need to be considered before we can proceed, for instance the vaccines that are being used here in the uk, one of the major challenges is that the phase three trial requires a density of the disease in the population which is really going down, which means that the target to require demonstration that the vaccine is safe will take longer, so there are factors that challenging at the moment which need to be considered. but certainly the speed is incredible. so are you basically saying that we have got a handful of vaccines that are already in clinical trials, and then several dozen that are like yours, which are in what are described as preclinical trials? and it is really a sense now of trying to work out which one might work? is that broadly speaking the case? absolutely. the important thing here is to emphasise that many vaccines that are developed fail a clinical trial, so we should not count on one or two vaccines. the number of vaccines that are currently in the world health organization exceed 100 in number. the majority of them use different approaches. understood. if and when approaches. understood. if and when a vaccine is finally developed, there is concern as to who will have access to it. concern that wealthier parts of the world will have access to it and not poorer parts. do you share that concern? yes, absolutely. i think this is a critical time to really collate the global concerns and establish bold international laws of how the vaccine would be distributed in the world once it becomes available. and this is certainly important for certain perspectives, especially when it comes to who will need it most in the beginning or at the end. the summit today, they will allocate some proportion of the funds especially for low and middle income areas so especially for low and middle income areas so that once the vaccine becomes available, it can be manufactured at a cost that is affordable in those countries and can be deployed. because ultimately what we wanted to see is that unless eve ryo ne what we wanted to see is that unless everyone is safe, no one is safe. 0k, dr everyone is safe, no one is safe. ok, dr muhammad munir, we must leave it there, but do keep us posted as to how your tests go with your vaccine, and we will talk to you again on bbc news. many thanks. the prince of wales has said he got away with it quite lightly when he contracted coronavirus at the beginning of the uk s epidemic in march. prince charles said he self isolated after testing positive for the virus and only experienced mild symptoms. he also used the interview with sky news to highlight his concerns over the environment. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more. he has been campaigning on the environment for more than a0 years, and he believes as the world emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, there will be as he puts it a golden opportunity to build something better. he calls it the great reset, and the fact that he too experience the virus has sharpened his resolve. it makes me more determined to push and shove and shout and prod, if you see what i whatever i can do, behind the scenes sometimes, but yes, i mean, isuppose it did partly. i mean, i was lucky in my case and got away with it quite likely. but i ve had it, and i can so i understand what other people have gone through. the prince expressed his deep sympathy for what so many families had to endure. but as we recover from the pandemic, he hoped people would see that the planet and its damaged environment should be treated as the patient. so no self respecting doctor would ever have let the situation, if the planet is a patient, reach this stage before making an intervention. hence, you know, the precautionary principle, which seems to me absolutely essential. it was time, the prince said, to put nature back at the centre of our collective concerns. nicholas witchell, bbc news. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. a major new development in the case of the british girl madeleine mccann who disappeared in portugal. a convicted german sex offender is the prime suspect in the international investigation. police believe he was travelling in the area in this camper van at the time madeleine vanished, 13 years ago. president trump s former defence secretary, james mattis, launches a stinging attack over his threat to use troops to end the protests sweeping the united states. the duchess of sussex speaks of her own experience of racism in the wake of the killing of george floyd in minneapolis. the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing, because. ..george floyd s life mattered. the uk s prime minister is to call for a new era of global health co operation when he hosts a vaccine summit in london. and prince charles talks about being affected by coronavirus, saying he got away lightly . let s return now the developments in the investigation into the disappearance of the british girl madeleine mccann who went missing 13 years ago. it was back in may 2007 when the three year old vanished during a family holiday in the algarve. she was sleeping in the apartment while her parents kate and gerry ate with friends in a nearby restaurant. the portuguese police launched an investigation but byjuly 2008, it was called to a halt with no official suspects. david cameron picked up the cause after he became uk prime minister, and by 2013, the british met police was ready to launch its own investigation. operation grange as it was named was slow and painstaking work, which has cost close to £12 million, but last year the uk government agreed to extend funding. last night saw the biggest development yet, as detectives appealed for information about a german sex offender, currently in jail for an unrelated offence, who was in the area when madeleine went missing. clarence mitchell is the spokesperson for the mccann family. he told the bbc that the family hasn t given up hope of finding madeleine alive. the family are very grateful, as they have been all the way through this, to the police forces involved, not least the british police but now the germans and indeed the portuguese police. they won t be doing any interviews, they would much rather the focus remains on the investigation and the appeal the police have just made overnight. but, as i say, they are grateful and they welcome this appeal. they simply want to establish what happened to their daughter, to find out the truth, and to bring whoever was responsible for her disappearance to justice. they have not given up hope of finding madeleine alive, despite the length of time, they ve never given up that hope, but they are realistic, and they say that whatever the outcome of this appeal and the police work, they do need to know, because they need to find peace. in more than 13 years, i can t recall an instance where the police have been so specific about an individual. granted, yes, he s not been named, but nevertheless they are looking for specific details about his movements at the time of madeleine s disappearance, his vehicle usage, what he did with those vehicles afterwards, and indeed down to the level of mobile phone usage on the day and night in question. now, of all the thousands of leads and potential suspects that have been mentioned in the past or discussed in the media, there has never been something as clear cut as that from notjust one but indeed now three police forces. so it does appear to be significant, but the police, you know, they may still have reason to rule this man out at some stage, but it certainly appears that he, and the police said this themselves, they are treating him as their prime suspect for now. this is the scene in germany which is where, in the next 25 minutes or so, around midday uk time, we are expecting an update from the german police. the police of course have identified a german prisoner as the new suspect in the disappearance of madeleine mccann. we know they have already said he is in his a05. he is already said he is in his a05. he is a convicted sex offender for an unrelated case, but he had been living in the algarve at the time, travelling around in a camper van at the time that madeleine mccann disappeared. so this is seen in germany, which we will return to for an update on that police investigation. demonstrations have taken place around the world, in solidarity with the black lives matter prote5t5 in the us. rich pre5ton has been looking at the global picture over the last 2a hours. thousands gathered in london s hyde park on wednesday to show their support for the black lives matter movement, and calling forjustice for george floyd. ..before marching towards westminster. ..and gathering outside the houses of parliament. it was an image mirrored across europe. here, in finland, where thousands chanted george floyd s last words. all chant: i can t breathe! ..and sending their message to the us. the way that everyone showed up today, and especially in an homogenous, white country such a5 finland, it s sending a big message that many more people than just black people are tired. protester5 in denmark took to one knee a5 a symbol of support, condemning racism and calling forjustice to be done. in central germany, protester5 in frankfurt decrying racism of all kinds. translation: the difference is that, there, it was recorded but it does not mean it does not happen here and it is not bad here and it has to stop. it is vital to stand up against it, notjust here in germany but all over the world. translation: the most we can do here is show solidarity with people over there and to go out on the streets and show them that they are not alone. crowds in the greek capital, athens, marched towards the us embassy but the demonstration turned violent. protester5 threw 5tone5 at police, who responded with tear gas. explosion. in cape town, south africa, where legalised discrimination in the form of apartheid i5, for many, within living memory, messages of unity and solidarity. i think it s really important to show some kind of support and for all of us to stand against something that we know is not right. what started out as a seemingly innocuou5 call to police in minneapolis over a week ago resulted in the death of a man, sparking an outpouring of emotion and a civil upri5ing, notjust in the city where it happened but around the world. hong kong s legislative assembly has passed a bill which would make it illegal to show disrespect to the chinese national anthem. the bill was passed with a1 in favour and one against. critic5 see this as the latest sign of beijing s tightening grip on the city. the ruling comes as people in hong kong are set to hold a candlelit vigil to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the tiananmen square crackdown, when chinese troops killed pro democracy demonstators in beijing. our correspondent, martin yip, is in victoria park in hong kong, the place where the annual vigil is usually held. martin, how is the anniversary of the crackdown going to be marked there? quite a difference scenario this year indeed. like you said, this year indeed. like you said, this would have been the place for the candlelit vigil. that would have been the station over there, this side of the camera, but as you can 5ee, side of the camera, but as you can see, it is sealed off because the government, the police have been quoting andy coronavirus rules on social distancing to ban this year s candlelit vigil, the first time since the first anniversary in 1990. ifi since the first anniversary in 1990. if i can try and show you the scenario out there, there are some people gathering around. some are actually holding candles. they are waiting because the organisers, they have promised to hold a virtual vigil in around 90 minutes time, and these people are here. some are 5itting, some are holding a candle, so 5itting, some are holding a candle, so it is quite clear theyjust want to maintain the tradition of lighting a candle at this very park, victoria park in hong kong, despite the government ban. we do not know if the police will intervene at all, because if anyone gather5 in a group larger than eight people, they would be breaching the5e larger than eight people, they would be breaching these social distancing rules that they could be subject to a fine rules that they could be subject to afine on rules that they could be subject to a fine on the spot. multiple report5 from local media saying the police would not intervene in this event, but these are from local media, and thatis but these are from local media, and that is the only the only official police line at the moment i5 official police line at the moment is to stay home and stay away from the virus. this comes after a hong kong s legislative assembly passed this bill which would make it illegal to show disrespect to the chinese national anthem. what does that mean exactly? what are the indications of that? this view is somehow pre5cribed indications of that? this view is somehow prescribed by beijing a5 well, this is legislation by the chinese government back in 2017, which would outlaw anything which would be seen as a disrespecting or even doing at the national anthem when played at a sports event, such as at football event5. when played at a sports event, such as at football events. this was something that had happened before it was made two years ago, but beijing put it into law, so it was put into the constitution and they in hong kong have no choice but to put it into legislation. how will the police actually enforce this law? what could be seen as defaming the national anthem, and i5 law? what could be seen as defaming the national anthem, and is subject to criminal prosecution? people 5ee this as one of the many crackdowns from beijing on theirfreedom of speech, and this is why some people have been protesting about it. legislators have been trying to stop this from going through. they have done this by unleashing 5tink bombs in the parliament, but then they moved into another conference room. they resumed their meeting, voted it through and called it a day. thank you very much. russia s president putin has declared a state of emergency after 20,000 tonnes of diesel fuel leaked into a river within the arctic circle in siberia. the accident occured a week ago near the siberian city of norilsk and could be the worst environmental disaster in the region. our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, says the scale of the accident is huge. 20,000 tonnes of fuel diesel that spilt out of this tanker at a power plant up near the city of norilsk in the russian arctic. then it crossed some 12 kilometres to reach a river, the river ambarnaya, and has been flowing down that river now for several days. the clean up operation has finally begun, and we re told that the spill itself has been contained. it s been fenced off, but the big question is what to do now? now, environmentalists are warning that this is an event of catastrophic implications for wildlife in the area, for the water systems, too. and at the moment, it seems that officials here in russia really don t know how to deal with this. it is in an extremely remote area of the russian arctic, the tundra. there are no roads to the area. the river itself is not navigable by boat. so there are big questions about what they re going to do with this fuel, which they re now pumping out of the river systems. and yesterday on state tv, there was quite an extraordinary video conference that president putin held with his ministers and with the local officials in that area, in norilsk area. and he was asking what on earth had happened, and essentially berating local officials that he said had taken two days to inform the emergencies mini5try and to inform the authorities about what had happened. so suggesting there had been some kind of attempt to cover this up for a couple of days. in fact, he said that the authorities had found out about this from social media. he was absolutely furious, and one of the newspaper headlines this morning described him as being white with rage . the headlines on bbc news. a german sex offender has been identified as a prime suspect in the disappearance of the british girl madeline mccann from a holiday resort in portugal 13 years ago. president trump s former defence secretary, james mattis, has launched a stinging attack on him, over his threat to use troops to end the protests sweeping the united states. the duchess of sussex speaks of her own experience of racism in the wake of the killing of george floyd in minneapolis. new car sales in the uk fell by 89% in may, only slightly less negative than a 97% collap5e in the previous month. the figures show that the idustry is continuing to be hit by the coronavirus lockdown. joining me now is our business presenter, ben thompson. from the sound of those figures, it i5 from the sound of those figures, it is being hit and being hit badly. ye5, you re right. normally the industry 5ales about 180,000 cars in the month of may, but last month, selling ju5t the month of may, but last month, selling just 20,000. not surprising, you might say, given car showrooms we re you might say, given car showrooms were closed as part of the lockdown. tho5e car showrooms got the go ahead to reopen on monday, so already we are getting a sense of how the industry might find the next few months. i was in a car showroom on monday, and they told me that demand online had been particularly strong. people doing click and collect to try and pick up their cars, but what we might see over the coming months i5a we might see over the coming months is a resurgence in a pent up demand from people who have not been able to swa p from people who have not been able to swap their car. and also quite a big increa5e to swap their car. and also quite a big increase in the number of people buying used cars. perhaps as public transport look5 le55 buying used cars. perhaps as public transport look5 less attractive in the wake of this lockdown, more people might be seeking to buy their own vehicle. the industry says that demand will be pretty robust, but nonetheless, it has been shut down for so long, and a5 nonetheless, it has been shut down for so long, and as the figures tell u5, for so long, and as the figures tell us, it has made a pretty tough time. a number of car makers are making job losses as a result. let s get the thoughts ofjim. he is the editorial director at what car. he joins me now, good morning. what do you make of these figures? on one hand, no surprise. car5howroom5 we re hand, no surprise. car5howroom5 were closed, people couldn t go out and buy. at the same time, the industry now trying to look at what the future is like. a few absolutely. the figures are not as a prize, this is an industry which has pretty much been paralysed by the cri5i5. pretty much been paralysed by the crisis. it is only now starting to come out of it. what is crucial was monday s decision to open dealerships in england down the line. northern ireland will open next week and hopefully the industry in scotland and wales will ease that is in. what we are seeing on our own websites and what dealers are reporting is there is this pent up demand coming through. people have been holding off on buying cars. many people at lease cars, and they have to keep updating them on a cycle, and that demand is there to be taken advantage of. the concern is longer term, will people still wa nt is longer term, will people still want a new car is? we are facing a huge economic crisis. we are starting to see the first cracks of the job losses coming through. not just in the car industry, but in the wider economy. how much will people wa nt wider economy. how much will people want new cars and will the shift in used cars commentate in that in any way? yeah, i wanted to ask you about that. quite clearly many dealers wanting to talk up their pro5pect5. they say there is a lot of demand that couldn t be serviced while the showrooms were closed. but with a looming rece55ion that is all but inevitable now if we look at these numbers, people will have less money in their pocket, and that will suggest they are less likely to go out and buy a big purchase like a car. absolutely. there are concerns. we have been pulling our own audience throughout the weeks of the crisis, and what we have seen is the intention to buy a car at longer term essentially is collapsing. some of that may be because they have seen of that may be because they have seen the light at the end of the tunnel that they will be able to buy a car in tunnel that they will be able to buy a carina tunnel that they will be able to buy a car in a nearer term, but also it is fall in confidence. as an industry, it has to to worry of what is to come, and we have to look to see what incentives it can offer and perhaps more broadly, what the government can offer as incentives to keep it moving. it is an industry that employs close to 1 million people by most estimates across retail and manufacturing. it touches all sorts of businesses across the uk, and of course it contributes nearly 15% of the net value of exports that the uk achieved every year. yes, and let s talk about what tho5e incentive5 might look like. becau5e quite clearly in some countries around the world, they are looking at ways to stimulate demand. i know germany are looking at a scrappage scheme whereby if you trade in your old car, they will not maybe don t have thousand pounds of a new one. could we see something like that here? potentially, the industry is nervous about talking about it. obviously it hasjust unlocked this pent up demand and doesn t want to see people waiting. it is trying to encourage people to ta ke it is trying to encourage people to take advantage of the offer is there. the importance of the industry to the wider economy means that it should be front of mind for some consideration and incentives. i think those incentives will focus on environmental responsibility. they will be trying to take older, more polluting cars off the road and getting more environmentally friendly ones on it. but it does have a weight in mind. there is a period before it had any hope of getting those incentives, but there is an initiative launched across europe by other countries as you say, and it will be one that will be looked at closely by the industry and by government, i m sure. yes, absolutely. good to talk to you, as always. jim holder, executive director at what car. rebecca, it really puts into focus when we have heard the numbers this morning from aston martin. they say they are going to cut 500 jobs. they say they wa nt to going to cut 500 jobs. they say they want to reduce the number of people employed there because they are reducing their production and they call it a fundamental reset of their business. elsewhere, the car showroom chain say they are going to cut 1500 jobs, closed 12 of their sites, because so many concerns about whether they will have the money in their pocket to go out and upgrade the car. change the car of the next few months, so a lot of big questions for the industry, and at the moment, very few answers. the latest set of figures suggesting a 90% fall in a new car registrations last month. as those dealerships stay closed. thank you. sobering figures, as you say. the uk s bafta television awards have just been announced, and a powerful drama about the chernobyl nuclear power station disaster looks like it could be in for a successful night. the sky atlantic and hbo series, called chernobyl, was nominated for nine awards including best leading actorforjared harris. it was not shortlisted for best drama that will go to either the crown, gentleman jack, giri/haji or the end of the world. our entertainment correspondent colin patersonjoins us now to run through some of the nominations. chernobyl, i thought it was fantastic. i don t know if i m allowed to express an opinion. it is well deserved to have received this number of nominations.” well deserved to have received this number of nominations. i thought it was absolutely wonderful bit of tv. from such an unlikely team. when you think it was created by a man called craig madden who previously was best known for writing the hangover part two and three. knock about comedy. the director is a guy who used to be a swedish pop star in the 905. he went by the name stackable, but together they created a wonderful drama about the 1986 nuclear disaster in the soviet union. it is nominated in miniseries, that is the category it was eligible for. jared harris from mad men, many people know, was nominated for best actor. that was one of the big ones to have done well today. also the crown. series three of the ground nominated for seven baftas, and strangely absolutely nothing for olivia colman as her role in queen elizabeth ii, and she is normally a realfavourite of the baftas. joss o connor was nominated for his role, helena bonham carterfor nominated for his role, helena bonham carter for playing nominated for his role, helena bonham carterfor playing princess margaret. lots of familiar names in the list. people like phoebe waller bridge, glenda jackson, i noticed she must be one of the oldest nominees. a lot of first time nominees. a lot of first time nominees as well. there was a real spread. absolutely, more than half an acting nominees are first time nominees. the likes likes of the start from the bbc two detective drama that was on towards the end of last year, giri/haji. doubt it has done really well. you mentioned glenda jackson, not the oldest person ever. with that she might have been, 8a years old she has been nominated for her first tv role for almost 30 years, but not quite as old as. when she was nominated for the age of 89. i can always rely on you for getting the stats right. what is the ceremony going to look at? is it going to look like you in your living room? very different, we think it is going to be a feature, and richard iowa eddie who won a bafta for the it crowd a couple of yea rs bafta for the it crowd a couple of years ago. it will be held on the 315t years ago. it will be held on the 31st ofjuly and winners will be giving their acceptance speeches remotely from their living rooms. we are going to see perhaps what glenda jackson s living room looks like if she wins best actress, so a very different kind of ceremony. they we re different kind of ceremony. they were originally supposed to be held in may but were delayed because of covid 19. one very interesting nominee, i think we should point out, is the interview of emily made lists with prince andrew, and that was nominated. interestingly, prince william s nephew is president of bafta. good to talk to you, many thanks. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. the second half of the week, much different to how we started this week, some of the biggest temperature changes, at least in the last a8 hours, have been in north yorkshire. 2a degrees on tuesday afternoon, just ten celsius on wednesday afternoon, felt like a completely different change of seasons. and that cooler story continues through into the weekend. some rain at times, can t be guaranteed for every garden and all will turn windier. not too breezy out there, though, today. there ll be plenty of cloud around, showers across scotland, northern ireland, northern england push a bit further southwards. but still many in the south will stay largely dry. the showers in northern england and southeast scotland could be heavier through the afternoon, and it could start feel even colder across the north and north east as those northerly winds pick up. not too bad in the sunnier moments in the south, 18 or 19 the high. but overnight, there will still be some showers around. clearer skies, too. but in the north of scotland, where the winds are lighter in southern scotland, northern england and the skies clear this will be coolest of all, temperatures just a few degrees above freezing, most well and truly still frost free. then into friday, sunshine and showers for england, wales and northern ireland. some showers could become heavy and thundery at times. but as we start the day with showers in scotland, northern half of scotland, we replace those showers with some longer spells of heavier rain as we go into friday afternoon, northeast scotland could be some minorflooding too. and temperatures only nine or ten degrees. maybe even a bit of snow on the hills. and it will be feeling much colder than that given the strength of the wind, particularly northern half the country we will see some widespread gales develop as we go through friday and into friday night. all linked to this area of low pressure which is developing to the east of us over the next few days, pushing another bit further southwards. so it s the north and the west where some of the strongest of the winds will be, biggest chance of travel disruption across the northern half of the uk, as you see winds maybe top 60 miles an hour in places. but across the board, a windy day on saturday, bright compared to friday in northern scotland, cloudy for most, outbreaks of rain, although again, if you re after rain in the south, no guarantee of that. but a cold day compared to the high 205 we saw last week, just 12 1a degrees, probably warmest western scotland with a bit of sunshine and shelter, as it will be on sunday. western areas always brightest on sunday. the winds ease down relative to saturday. greatest chance of rain, central and eastern parts of england. that s how it s looking, see you soon. 01:59:20,503 > 2147483052:36:24,966 and the fact that he too experience 2147483052:36:24,966 > 4294966103:13:29,430 the virus has sharpened his resolve.