0h, now then, gets him back level pegging! lockdown sport, they've been running trials of darts at home. tonight, the world champion will play live from his...lounge. obviously, this is my dartboard where i've been doing my main practising. i'll give you a little tour, if you like. here you go, ready? there's the trophy from the worlds! peter designed his home to recreate the bar atmosphere that he feels relaxed in. very effective. but there's one thing missing for the match... ..the crowd. "snakebite" wright is famous for feeding off the audience energy. well, tonight, there won't be any. it'll be deadly silent, it's going to be a bit strange. but, you know, we'll get used to it and at least we're playing darts and that's the main thing. gary anderson has had to withdraw from the competition, his throwing arm's fine, the wifi's not. in effect, he becomes the first

professional sportsman to be disqualified for slow internet. well, most people who've tried darts at home online seem pretty positive about it, taking the view that, well, something is better than nothing. or any board is better than boredom. hurray! no, no! joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's alina jenkins. finally, some rain today across parts of central and southern england and wales. for some, it is the first rain they have seen this month. here is where it has been falling in the last few hours. it has been slowly tracking northwards and not going very far very fast. it will fizzle out over the next few hours. but behind that, we see some heavy showers pushing up from france. these will spread across central and southern england and wales. further north across northern england, scotland and northern ireland, it is dry and clear skies the further west you are. could see

a touch of frost across parts of rural scotland. always mild where we have the cloud and showers. we keep the show is going tomorrow morning, heavy and thundery in places. they will weaken as theirjourney north goes on. more sunshine along eastern coasts tha n goes on. more sunshine along eastern coasts than we have seen today, but still feeling cool given the breeze of the cold north sea. through tomorrow evening, they will gradually start to fizzle out, but a few sharp ones will continue as we go through the evening. as this area of high pressure starts to build through the north—east, most of the showers will fade away. we were keep quite a lot of cloud on sunday morning. that cloud will get eroded from the east is the day wears on. the winds will be a bit lighter. should be feeling a bit warmer on sunday afternoon, but still somewhat

cooler along eastern coasts with that brisk breeze. and the wind will be strengthening to the early part of next week, but it is looking mainly dry with a good deal of sunshine. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

hello — i'm gavin ramjaun, and this is your latest sports news. premier league clubs say they're committed to finishing the remaining games of the season. but there was no confirmation of when the top flight will resume, after teams met by video call today... they were expected to talk about a proposed deadline of 30th june for play to return... well let's get some more on this now, with our sports news reporter laura scott. what did we learn from the meeting today? so we know that the main thing that was talked about at the meeting today was that a possible schedule and scheduling modules were presented to the 20 clubs by teleconference. and those had a tentative base attached. they have been very clear though states that we re been very clear though states that were talked about in the meeting we re were talked about in the meeting were not firm. they are very flexible given the uncertainty, but clearly they are trying to work out how they can fit in the 92 remaining fixtures and we understand that a

possible window of about a0 days was presented to the club as an option for how tight they could get those games played. testing of players for coronavirus is also brought up and it was decided that they wouldn't test players until these tests were widely available. they would want to use the resources which are so desperately needed by the nhs. —— they would not want to. something to have been raised ahead of the meeting was the 30th ofjune deadline but that was not actually brought up in the meeting in the end. what are the next steps from here? that will continue modelling and going on with the planning of the players will continue to train at home but clearly, they are waiting for government advice to change and they will not do anything without they will not do anything without the support of the government, so like with everyone they are waiting for those restrictions to be lifted and the lockdown to ease, before they can actually get back to training and then even think about returning to playing. thank you for

that. the football world has been paying tribute to norman hunter — who died at the age 76, after spending a week in hospital with coronavirus. the former leeds legend, made 726 appearances for the club, over a ia year period — regarded as the most successful to date. the defender was also part of england's i966 world cup winning squad, and won 28 caps over his career... hunter's tough tackling earned him the nickname ‘bites yer legs‘. but his former team—mate eddie grey feels he was underrated as a player. people don't realise, because of the norm and bite your legs, come if writing people i think. i think it took away from his ability. his actual ability as a player. he is a player i would want to play games. he wasjust a player i would want to play games. he was just a great player. and a great defender. a great footballer.

—— i would not want to play consume. you look at his record for leeds united and playing for england, you'll never get as many caps as probably as he deserved because of the great bobby moore. but he was as good as any defender who played the game. mclaren racing boss zak brown says all formula i races held in europe this season could be closed to spectators. yesterday — fi bosses discussed a plan to start the season with the austrian grand prix behind closed doors on five july, then a double race weekend at silverstone. ferrari driver charles leclerc says fi needs fans, but understands that might not be possible. whatever we can do to start this season as whatever we can do to start this season as early as possible but in a safe way and i think it will be better, even if the spectators and a hair but as a driver, you feel the support and last year, being in italy, driving for ferrari, we feel the support and i think it has helped us to win the race there and

it was very special weekend. for any driver, saying in the grandstand the fa ns driver, saying in the grandstand the fans supporting you it feels special. but unfortunately, with the situation as it is now, it might not be possible at first. so we probably wa nt to be possible at first. so we probably want to start by that. and life what is returning to the uk tonight with the pdc launching its own knockout competition where darts players will be competing from their own homes. each will be broadcast via video calls. —— live support is returning. peter wright is the current world champion. he says having no fans there will be a strange experience. ba rnsley there will be a strange experience. barnsley and we can come over played behind closed doors but still people there and a little background noise. but all the games are played in silent, no celebration and stuff like that. for it to be deadly silent, it will be a bit strange. but we will do you sort. at least we are playing darts. that is the main

thing. do people really enjoy watching this? it will be streamed on tv. we can see how you get out from home. yes. the lesser players who haven't been on the big stage before, they will have a home advantage playing on their own dartboa rd. advantage playing on their own dartboard. it would have the pressure of the crowd getting on the back or the lights in the camera. —— they will not have the pressure. you will see some cracking games. that's all the sport for now. thank you for that. here's a reminder of the main points from today's downing street briefing. latest figures show that close to 850 people have died in uk hospitals having tested positive for coronavirus. that brings the total number to more than ia and a half thousand. the business secretary announced that the government has set up a vaccine task force, to back development of a new drug.

but alok sharma warned that there are "no guarantees" that a vaccine can be produced quickly, it could take many months and it's impossible at this stage, to put a date on when a treatment might be ready. the business secretary alok sharma set out the government's plans for making a vaccine available as quickly as possible. one of the ways that we can defeat this virus is to find a vaccine. just as edward jenner developed the smallpox vaccine in the early 18th century, we need to apply the best british scientific endeavour to the research for the coronavirus vaccine. to that end, i can announce that a that the government has set up a vaccine task force to co—ordinate the efforts of government, academia, and industry towards a single goal. to accelerate the development of a coronavirus vaccine. this task force is up and running. and aims to ensure that a vaccine is made available to the public

as quickly as possible. the task force reporting to me and the health secretary is led by sir patrick and professor jonathan van—tam. it comprises representatives from government, industry, academia, and regulators. members include government champions like john bell, as well as astrazeneca and the wellcome trust. the task force will support progress across all stages of vaccine development and at pace. it will back britain's most promising research, positioning the uk as a leader in clinical vaccine testing and manufacturing. the task force will co—ordinate with regulators to facilitate trials, which are both rapid and well supervised. and it will work with industry in the uk and internationally so we are in a position to manufacture vaccines at scale. well let's get political reaction to what was announced in that downing street briefing.

i'm joined by the labour mp and shadow home secretary nick thomas—symonds. hello to you. thank you forjoining us. the announcement of a vaccine tax force, this is the government and the uk trying to get ahead of the game of this particular aspect of dealing with the coronavirus. that is good for us and go for everyone. . i think that is good for us and go for everyone. . ithink the that is good for us and go for everyone. . i think the announcement of the vaccine task force is welcome. we look forward to working with the government both in terms of finding an effective vaccine which is challenging, but also been in terms of how we can be mass—produced and how we can it can be this should be the fourth of however, the same time, ithink be the fourth of however, the same time, i think that we will also want to work with the government on what the exit strategy is actually is because clearly asked was set up today, a vaccine can still be 12 to 18 months away, so we need to work on precisely how we will get to an

exit strategy in the interim. just taking with the vaccine situation for the moment, scaling up, producing and enough quantity, that is often part of the problem with new vaccines in new drug treatments. getting enough quantities out there into the community. the fact the government is looking at this at this stage of the pandemic, that has got to be welcome? yes and that is why i am absolutely welcoming that. and this is a very long journey. and asi and this is a very long journey. and as i indicated a moment or two ago, first of all you need to find the effective vaccine. that is challenging in itself is very my will be demand for this vaccine all around the world. then having found that way a mass production you need to distributed to the people who most require it. it is an enormous logistical exercise and absolutely throughout this crisis as an

opposition we support the government in his attempt to minimise loss of life and we support them in finding an effective vaccine and of course we do. we are also asking to work with the government as to how we are going to find an exit strategy from where we are at the moment come over the next few month, once of course it is appropriate to do so on the best scientific evidence available. moving onto the exit strategy point, what is that you want to have the government say? well, we have set out over the last couple weeks what we are looking for, the government, to do. keir starmer and we are looking for, the government, to do. keir starmerand his we are looking for, the government, to do. keir starmer and his letter set out last week to dominic rob we are looking for the government to identify how they are looking to do this because of vaccine at 12 to 18 months away. what is the position on both the testing and indeed contact tracing which is going to be a very very important part of it. but in addition to that, how are we going

to move when it is appropriate to do so on the best evidence come out of where we are, and a stage way? it will be very important notjust for the public to have confidence in the government strategy if you see it forfor government strategy if you see it for for what it government strategy if you see it forfor what it is, government strategy if you see it for for what it is, it is also very important for our front line public services to be able to plan for the future. i'm not suggesting for a moment there is a definitive date or something like that. but there should be a plan looking at different scenarios so that our public services planned for that appropriate moment when we do start to move out of the restrictions were in. thank you forjoining us. the latest figures show that another 8a7 people died in uk hospitals over the past 2a hours. that brings the total to almost 1a,600. our health correspondent jane dreaper took me through the details. some good news is the daily death

totals haven't been growing. but we can by no means say we're over the worst of this. there is no sort of dip or plateau yet. the total for deaths in the uk in hospitals is 1a,576 deaths. it is a big figure and behind each of those is an individual tragedy. we know the vast majority of those people who have sadly lost their lives tend to be people who did have underlying health issues? that's right and that is shown in the latest figures. in england, out of total deaths in england, that have been reported today, just 30 out of 738 patients who died didn't have other health conditions, things like heart disease, that are a risk factor for how well you do if you contract coronavirus. any suggestion that the numbers of confirmed cases, the infection

rate is still beginning to flatten? we have seen a bit of a trend over the last few days on that. that is looking a bit more steady. there are 109,000 cases of infection and certainly yesterday's briefing, yesterday afternoon, they were at pains to point out about this thing called the r value, the rate of infection, the fact that they felt there was evidence that was now below one, so if you're somebody who has coronavirus, the chances that that will you infect fewer than one other person. that is good news, but you need to see a sustained level of that to be able to celebrate it and move forward in different ways in terms of lockdown measures and changing the situation that we are in. now on bbc news, it's time for your questions answered.

should we all be wearing facemasks now? thousands of you have been sending in your questions about coronavirus. to answer some specifically on the use of masks, i'm joined by professor robert west from university college london. hello to you. thank you for being with us. taking some of these questions. carole lewis — if face masks were to be washed and worn again? they are not designed to be washed and one again. they are designed to be disposable. in the manufacturers are quite clear on that. to be honest, i am afraid i would say not. suggestions that other ppe gallons and so on can be used twice. bashing downs. if they

are clean. is that the case? depends on the type of down. if it is a clock down, there may be circumstances. —— a class a gallon. maybe there is a way you could clean it in maybe there is a way you could clean itina maybe there is a way you could clean it in a safe way and reusable but really with these that are intended to be disposable, that is really an extremist. —— gown. to be disposable, that is really an extremist. -- gown. let's go on to david's question. he says if baysse we re david's question. he says if baysse were to be made compulsory how would the government supplied the general population when they cannot provide for the nhs? the answer is i don't think they could. that is perhaps one of the reasons of why they couldn't be made compulsory but of course another one is that as people have been saying all along, the evidence is not there that would support that kind of move because we re support that kind of move because were as it is very clear that in a hospital setting and health care

settings that face and protective clothing are really important, because they have been using a particular way in a particular kind of equipment. in the community, the evidence to date has not shown any benefit. so you're working on basically on a common—sense rather than evidence. a lot of suggestions that you could make some kind of face covering and referred the mayor of london talk about use a bandanna ora scarf or of london talk about use a bandanna or a scarf or something like that. and when i give you 100% protection, but that would help to a degree? -- it will not give you. actually, to be fair, when i first heard it said was mentioning this, i thought that this was not good advice. that's when i first heard the maryland. to be fair, what he is really saying is that this when i give you protection but rather this is to protect other people from you if you are setting the virus forth that which you may be doing if you're a centre medic. 0ne be doing if you're a centre medic. one of the reasons why you wouldn't

really expect to give it you protection is because the eyes are also a very important route into the body. 0nly also a very important route into the body. only three ways the virus can get into the body. the eyes, nose and the mouth. if you put a physical barrier up against gino's in the mouth, that is where the virus is being expelled, then in theory, they can help. the problem is that when people do that, what you see is that the way they are wearing them and so on is not helpful because they are taking them off the talk which is kind of defeating the purpose of the exercise. if we can get people properly trained to use these effectively, they could be used to prevent other people getting the virus from you. interesting thing. you see people wearing mask now, much more than a few weeks ago, and of course it feels as if they are

thinking this is protecting me, i am seeing these people and thinking come you're doing a greatjob of protecting me, the person who is not wearing the mask potentially. well come in theory, they could be. it does actively physical barrier. and the board to compressions, mask like that can withstand and will trap a lot of the droplets. that's an a in the board tori setting, mask like that. in the real world, even there could be problematic. that's in a lab setting. if you are moving it around and touching it, and then touching objects because a major route the transmission of this virus is to what they call phone mice. a contaminated surface on objects which were your hand have got contaminated and you can touch something else and somebody touches that thing. so it is a complex situation. i think facemask could have a role to play in the community, really important to emphasise they are very important

health case settings within the community they could play a role but we will have to do a big job of work to get people to use them properly. sage advice there. thank you. let's go to karen. "i am a hca working in the front line at nhs. we're often in close contact with patients that are positive for covid—19 we are provided only with the normal face mask, gloves and apron. what protection will that give me?" if they are the kind of mask that health care workers should be getting, which is airtight around the side, that will give you some protection from as longest they are taken off and put on properly and disposed of effectively in a safe way. but you also have to remember that if you are in this environment, your eyes as well are going to be vulnerable. you really should have protection of your eyes as well. this is an interesting follow—up. from john wheeler. "if masks do not offer

protection for the public, why are they essential for hospital staff?" that is the thing. in the case of health care settings, when you're encountering people who have the virus, you can get a mascot of the store or off of the shelf, you can use it or maybe an hour or 30 minutes, you know how to put it on to me not to take it off, you can make sure it is properly fitted and so on and then you can dispose of it safely. this is the key really. that's you know how to take it off. and hospital settings, we have the right equipment and people were trained to use it, and in that situation, that it does obviously have a very important protective role. the 6a,000 dollar question in the community is how could we mimic that kind of situation realistically for people going about their daily life. that is what we don't know.

and indeed the mess that are worn by health care professionals, they are the proper m 95 or whatever it was when i let anything to also dealing with people who have a serious viral load when it comes to covid—19. —— would not let anything. anyway you wouldn't see anybody on the two because they wouldn't be on the tube. they would be in hospital that they had a similar condition. that is probably true. but also remember that the kind of ppe that we're talking about, the term is not come into common parliament, is not a surgical facemask. into common parliament, is not a surgicalfacemask. when into common parliament, is not a surgical facemask. when you are dealing with somebody who is shedding a lot of of virus because they are severely ill, in fact you have rather more substantial protection than just the facemask. we will move on tojill. "why is the wearing of face masks/coverings not compulsory in public everywhere in the uk?"

i think we can answer that. —— we kind of answer that. to reiterate, i can see why people take this view. there are countries where it is compulsory. and one of the things that i think the public really struggle with and quite understandably will public health is when you seem to be getting different countries in jurisdictions and taking different views. and the reason for that is that the science remains the same. it is the interpretation and the policy and the particular situation with different countries that are and that causes politicians and those deciding these things to make different decisions. and they are difficult. they are really not easy. interesting question from jules. may be our last one. people in china have won for years. how does this equate to the final death toll in china from covid—19? that's people have warned the mask. difficult to say. to be honest, i would be

surprised if it would've made a significant difference in that particular case. there are so many other things that they did differently. and that other countries that have got much lower death tolls then we have got u nfortu nately. death tolls then we have got unfortunately. it will be really ha rd to unfortunately. it will be really hard to pick out any one thing but that in countries like china, and south korea and so on, they have had previous experience with sars, the earlier version if you like of this, and so they have mechanisms in place of all sorts, clinical mechanisms, so on, that have helped them to tackle this rather more effectively than we have. very briefly on this one come if you wouldn't mind, from tommy, can wearing mask... let's go to call and come in the countries where mask had been made compulsory, had the situations been made worse? it is hard to come again. i wish i could give you a clear answer. so many things that are going on at the

same time. it is hard to say. not obviously i think is the answer. if they have been made worse, than it is not readily apparent because if you look at the infection rate and the severe illness rates in the death rates in the different countries, and clearly the uk is shaping up to be one of the worst. we will leave it there. good to talk to you. thank you, professor. finally we had some rain across parts of southern england and wales. that will continue to work its way slowly northwards overnight and weakening but behind it we will see heavy thundershowers pushing up from france and driest for the north across scotland and northern ireland in northern england and the clearest quys in northern england and the clearest guys the further west and a touch of frost across rural scotland and it

will be milder. that's clearer skies. we will keep the show is going to tomorrow morning. still heavy and then the written places. gradually tracking their way northwards into the midlands and maybe southern parts of northern england but by a large once again the further north you are a should be another dry day and more sunshine tomorrow across eastern coast of scotla nd tomorrow across eastern coast of scotland and northern england. further south more cloud showers trying to fizzle out if the afternoon wears on and quite cool underneath the cloud and the showers and also for eastern coast with the praise of the north sea. winds will be strengthening to the other part of next week but once again it is looking mainly dry and plenty of sunshine by day but still some rather cool nights. goodbye.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a leading health specialist says the uk could end up with the highest death toll in europe due to early errors made in the pandemic. we have to face the reality of that. we were too slow with a number of things. but we can make sure that, in the second wave, we're not too slow. the mayor of london calls for the wearing of face masks to be compulsory while travelling in the city. germany's health minister says the country's covid—19 outbreak is under control after a decline in the infection rate. officials in china have revised upwards — by fifty per cent — the number of people who've died of covid—19 in wuhan — the city where the pandemic started. and the duke and duchess of cambridge urge people to think