this is bbc news. the headlines: the uk government has admitted that more needs to be done to get personal protective equipment to health workers. 400,000 new gowns are due to arrive from turkey later on sunday. it comes as the uk recorded another 888 coronavirus deaths, taking the total number of hospital deaths to over 15,000. president trump has insisted that the united states is performing better than other rich countries in its response to the virus. at his daily news briefing he said there were signs that the virus has passed its peak and that the lockdown could be relaxed soon. doctors injapan have warned that the country's medical system could collapse amid a rising number of coronavirus cases. two medical associations said the extra burden caused by virus infections meant emergency rooms were refusing to treat some people, even those suffering from strokes and heart attacks.

councils across england are to receive another £1.6 billion in additionalfunding from the government as they continue to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. the announcement from the local government secretary came after council leaders warned they may have to consider extreme measures to cut costs. this report from our political correspondent, nick eardley. closed. like many parts of the country, council facilities have been shut down, starving local authorities of cash, just as they face extra pressure to pay for things like social care and to support vulnerable communities through the crisis. this afternoon, the government said it would make extra money available for councils in england. today, i'm providing an additional £1.6 billion of new funding to support councils. we are backing councils to make sure vital services such

as adult social care, children's services, support for the most vulnerable and waste collection, continue, despite the increased pressures. there will be extra cash to spend in scotland, wales and northern ireland, too, but money is being spent quickly. council leaders have warned that some councils were facing extreme cuts to make ends meet. they welcome today's funding. we're very pleased with this announcement, both the extra 1.6 billion, but also the commitment to continue looking at the funding requirements of local government to make sure that we can do all those things that we are doing to support our residents. this is another reminder of the massive economic impact the shutdown is having, both on individuals and communities. and the bill the government is facing is mounting, with huge amounts of money already promised to businesses and to try and keep people injobs.

but with those extra pressures on local authorities, and fears some won't be able to pay their council tax compounding the funding problem, some fear the extra money announced today will not be enough. the streets being cleaned this afternoon may be quieter, but important local services continue. in one way or another, they have to be paid for. nick eardley, bbc news. now on bbc news: the travel show.

iam amberand i am amber and my husband is frank. we live outside of birmingham, alabama. we have four beautiful boys, frankie, who is 17, stephen, who is 1a, and then we have a set of boy twins who are four years old, and they are non—verbal autistic. their names are alex and will. we are the ellis family. we've known each other since grade school, and we we re each other since grade school, and we were friends the whole time. we dated in high school and married in college, and this was our 20th wedding anniversary. because we have some issues with the boys, we have not been on a trip in a really long time. they are not very effective at communication, so it takes a lot of

intuition to figure out what they need. we have a lot of meltdowns. 0h, did he throw it? did he drop it 01’ 0h, did he throw it? did he drop it or throw it? it's ok. crying. when there are two autistic non—verbal children, their behaviours can be exponential. sometimes they play off one another. when the twins were born, we were just a family of four. we have the two older brothers who kinda sorted out along but not really. after the twins came, the dynamic changed. it changed to this really sweet, caretaking changed to this really sweet, ca retaking dynamic. changed to this really sweet, caretaking dynamic. especially as the twins got older and they stopped developing, or their development was very slow. we all kind of begin to

understand that the twins were going to need a lot more. # twinkle, twinkle, little star. for a long time, we didn't have any support. we didn't really talk about the twins. pretty much only my closest friends knew the twins were special and for a long time i thought we could fix them, that it was just a thought we could fix them, that it wasjust a developmental thought we could fix them, that it was just a developmental delay — that i could give them the right supplement, food or therapy and they would catch up. but over the course of may be the last year or so, i began to realise, and i think my husband and i began to realise that this is who they are, and it's not something that you can fix — it's how they are wired. we began to come to terms with their special needs, their authors. —— autism. they also

precious. even though they may be different, different, not less — they are different, that's all. people need to see the story. people need to know that you can make it work. we can make it work. we started talking about taking a trip was not how should we do it? this is oui’ was not how should we do it? this is our 20th anniversary. we have come through so much as a family that we wa nted through so much as a family that we wanted to go as a family and just enjoy each other. we felt like it was time to go on a trip. it's taken us was time to go on a trip. it's taken usa was time to go on a trip. it's taken us a long time to come to the point where we were ready. we've never flown with the twins before, so we we re flown with the twins before, so we were kind of nervous and excited about getting on a plane. because they are autistic and non—verbal, they are autistic and non—verbal, they function on about the level of an18 they function on about the level of an 18 —month—old, so they are a lot of work. the work schedules and the

school schedules for the kids work together. there's not a whole lot of days every month where we are all gathered at the same time. we have little bits, and hour or two here at the end of the day, if they've not fallen asleep already. but holidays don't happen very often for us. a few years ago we went to the beach for a couple of days together. but they were very small. to break routine for an autistic child can be disastrous, so this gives us an opportunity to break routine only for a little while and try it and see how the boys cope in a different environment and still have some of the comfortable surroundings — they all have us, the older boys and some of theirfamiliar all have us, the older boys and some of their familiar objects — all have us, the older boys and some of theirfamiliar objects — but be ina of theirfamiliar objects — but be in a different place and see if we can in a different place and see if we ca n start in a different place and see if we can start taking longer trips. 0k, how are we going to do in an

aeroplane? someone has to take care of the twins, someone has to take ca re of of the twins, someone has to take care of the other one, and who is going to take care of the other things we have to take with us? what snacks are we going to have? do we ta ke snacks are we going to have? do we take the blankets? do we take toys oi’ take the blankets? do we take toys or the ipad? things to keep them entertained? we actually got in touch with the airline we were going touch with the airline we were going to use and talked to a co—ordinator who let us have a trial run through the airport, which was phenomenal, the airport, which was phenomenal, the most fabulous idea anyone has ever come up the most fabulous idea anyone has ever come up with. i had been pretty fearful, but after that day i felt much better. i thought, fearful, but after that day i felt much better. ithought, maybe fearful, but after that day i felt much better. i thought, maybe we can do this. we can make it work — we can get on a plane and go on a trip. it's going to be stressful and there's going to be meltdowns. hey, it's ok. if they melt down, how do

we deal with the people around us? how do we let them know that it's really 0 k how do we let them know that it's really 0k and that we are actually 0k really 0k and that we are actually ok with meltdowns? we have to keep them calm and try and soothe them as much as possible. you worry about the people around you, that you are offending people, and you worry about being judged. look how handsome you are! just so that somebody understands — it's so helpful. and all of a sudden you don't feel so crazy. they are autistic, so they come with their own needs. since we are going to take the whole family for the first time to a special park called wonderland in san antonio, texas — it's a special—needs part, and they have lots of fun things for specifically

special—needs children, very wheelchair accessible. there's a lot of different ways it could go. there are very strict routines that they have to have. going outside of that will stress them a little bit. you just have to kind of role with it. i'm looking forward to it primarily because it's a new thing that we haven't done before, so it's kind of just like — challenge accepted, let's do it. the fund for him is - let's do it. the fund for him is - let's do it. the fund for him is - let's do this, let's see if we can accomplish it. it's just let's do this, let's see if we can accomplish it. it'sjust his personality, but it's a lot of fun. i've played too many strategy games! everything is pretty ready. we'll just have a nice quiet evening, finishing up any last details, and be ready for tomorrow.

0k. let's get your hair all pretty. all handsome. we're going to go on a trip, and you are going to be so handsome. set up for me. you're going to be so handsome. he's upset because he wa nts to handsome. he's upset because he wants to get in the car. hold on. i'll be going on a trip? crying. ready? 0k. already. i have the food, the boys' clothes, other clothes, ipads, the blankets, we have the wagon — i think that's everything. 0k, wagon — i think that's everything. ok, let's go. so we went outside to load the car and pull up to the main porch, and i couldn't crank the car. it wouldn't crank. i told the husband — can you come and try and

fix it? and of course he worked his magic and got the car running again. i was so nervous magic and got the car running again. i was so nervous up magic and got the car running again. i was so nervous up until this point, but we prepared so much, and we've already seen a little bit of meltdown, because he's actually wanting to go, so i think it's going to be really good. everything went fairly well, and we allowed enough time for any problems that might have popped up, like the car, so that might have popped up, like the car, so we are that might have popped up, like the car, so we are still running very early schedule. we'll get to the airport probably about two hours before we boarded the plane. so we are going to fly out of birmingham and fly to houston. the flight from birmingham to houston is relatively short, only two hours. from there we

will rent a truck or some kind of vehicle and drive the rest of the way to san antonio. please present ticket to exit. thank you.|j way to san antonio. please present ticket to exit. thank you. i might be getting a little nervous now because we are getting to the airport and pulling into the parking deck. it's really real. we are going to do it. ok. frank senior, frank junior, stephen, alex, you and will. look at that. 0k. do it one more time and looked out the lens. it's kind of a healing time for my family. it's redemptive — we can go on this trip together. the older boys have such a sweet dynamic with the little boys. yeah, let's try it. so instead of patting them down, they put this little solution on them.

crying. 0h, them. crying. oh, i'm so sorry. but two toddlers is difficult. well, when you add non—verbal autistic, itjust makes it exponential. we have plenty of time. so i kind of had to emotionally prepare myself. i'm so relieved that part is over. let's get to the gate. you kind of carry that anxiety in the back of your mind. how is it going to go? just be ready to roll with the punches, whatever happens, just be ready for anything. travelling for toddlers is difficult and too toddlers can be really difficult. when you add non—verbal autistic, it just makes

difficult. when you add non—verbal autistic, itjust makes it exponential. and so it has taken us a long time to get to the point where we were ready. will has noise cancelling headphones, his strong sensory cancelling headphones, his strong sensory issues with hearing. you can tell it is painful. we will probably have a meltdown, might have some vomit, it might happen. but the flight vomit, it might happen. but the flight from birmingham to houston is a relatively flat —— short flight, only two hours, and the boys do like car travel. 0k. now only two hours, and the boys do like cartravel. 0k. now we only two hours, and the boys do like car travel. 0k. now we are on the fast part, we are about to go fast. we go up into the air. are you ready? let's do it. whatever happens, just be ready for anything, and just kinda be ready to roll with the punches. what you think about this fast plane? it is going to be a little bumpy.

you are doing so good. they are going really well. one boy is asleep on the other is almost asleep, so... may be flying at nap time isa asleep, so... may be flying at nap time is a good time to fly. we liked the idea of getting into a truck and driving the rest of the

way to san antonio. it is about another five hours' drive, way to san antonio. it is about anotherfive hours' drive, and then we will go to the park. —— 2.5 hours' drive. did you sleep with big brother? you did? what did you think? is it time to go play? it is? time to get some clothes on. i'm going to try and walk out the front door. the worst part is over. the anxiety that i was experiencing was mostly about the flight. we woke up was mostly about the flight. we woke up this morning, ready to prepare for the park. then we will hop in the car and for the park. then we will hop in the carand go! for the park. then we will hop in the car and go! he knows we are going somewhere fun. we are headed to morgan's wonderland, which is an theme park in san antonio, texas, or special

needs children. a of fun things for children of all cognitive levels to experience. morgan's wonderland came about when the founder sold his construction company and was able to devote all of his time to building this park for his daughter. she was developmentally delayed, and made this wonderful playground in her honour and for her, and opened it up to the world. this beautiful park with a carousel, a ferris wheel, a train, with colours and sensory fun things and everything that small children and big kids alike would love to come and have fun. it was almost as if it was built for us. so where do you recommend we go first?

do you like it? oh, my goodness! do you like it? yeah? alex is in his happy place because he loves trains so much. we will probably ride the train at least five times today. so, tell us a

little bit about the park and how you came to build morgan's wonderland? actually, it occurred many years ago, and maggie, my wife and morgan and i were on a trip, and morgan wanted to go swimming. morgan andl morgan wanted to go swimming. morgan and ijumped in and we were having fun, just kinda splashing around in the water, and there three other kids at the end of the pool, two of them throwing a ball back and forth. she wanted to play, can ijoin in? she wanted to play, can ijoin in? she had ball and they quickly grabbed the ball and got out of the pool because it was not a normal way of saying, i want to play. morgan, that look on her face was like, dad, i don't understand, ijust want to play. it bothered me because all i wanted was the opportunity for my daughter to be able to play, and so where would we go for morgan? couldn't take her to a lot of parks because of certain circumstances of hers, and talking to others, we found the same situation. how do we

develop a place where those who have settled the — — develop a place where those who have settled the —— need and those who don't come together and play? in a fully inclusive environment. those discussions, those to cats, those meetings eventually turned into what we now have here today, morgan's wonderland. that is so amazing. since then, people from all over the united states and literally all over the world make special trips to come here, in an environment that isjust different to any other environment in the world. right! alex! look! what do you think? this is amazing. alex really likes ipads and things like that where he can manipulate, so like that where he can manipulate, so when he came into this room, there is not a lot of extra noise, but there is a lot of things that he can touch.

you did it! iam you did it! i am so proud of you! we started travelling with ben when he was six months old. before we knew he had special needs. it is very used to it. we had to start buying a ticket for him. by the time we did have a diagnosis, he was so used to travelling. you acclamation him to it. ijust travelling. you acclamation him to it. i just mapped travelling. you acclamation him to it. ijust mapped danielle who has a five—year—old boy who is also non—verbal autistic, that we just had a really fun time catching up. my new friend, we just friended each other on facebook, and it was really lovely to talk to her about... there are so many lovely to talk to her about... there are so many similarities, how do you do this? it is better if you tried to align the flight with his normal sleeping times. we found that out. yes. other people on the plane sometimes get people who are less understanding than others. yeah, i was kind of worried about that. it is great to find a community in this

setting where we can talk and make new friends. you ready? come on! we ran intoa new friends. you ready? come on! we ran into a mum here that we got to talking and we found out we both had autistic children. she said there was another place really close by that we ought to check out. so i think we are going to head on over now and check it out and see how our kids like it. off off we go! i had off we go! ihada off we go! i had a lot of fears going into this trip. when you have a special—needs child, you can't predict their behaviour and is especially kant predicted in public around other people, and it didn't happen. that pa rt people, and it didn't happen. that part was made for children like them, so we felt safe, and that is one thing we didn't really... sometimes we don't really feel safe taking them to a normal places for

regular children. to be honest, they are having a lot more fun than i would have thought. normally, to get them to have this much fun is rare. we have two do little things and make weird noises, that is the only time they will be smiling and laughing. but almost this whole place has the same effect. laughing. but almost this whole place has the same effectlj laughing. but almost this whole place has the same effect. i was literally terrified that we would get into a situation where they would be melting down, lots of tea rs, really would be melting down, lots of tears, really loud. just complete emotional breakdown for the world to see. and it didn't happen. everything went much more calmly thanit everything went much more calmly than it would. they slept on the plane, they had a lot of fun at the theme parks and the theme parks were built for them. they welcomed them with open arms and let them enjoy themselves.

hello. if you saw a bit of rain on saturday, sunday is looking like a brighter day, and plenty of dry and at times sunny weather to come in the week ahead. sunday is looking dry for most, still a bit of cloud across southern and western parts of the uk, but even through this, there will be some sunny spells coming through. this produced a bit of rain, this weather front on saturday, it's dying away. high pressure is building back in across the bulk of the uk, and that's going to give several days of settled weather. this is how it looks temperature—wise to start sunday. there will be a few spots in scotland down to “11, maybe —5 in the highlands. there may just be a touch of frost

across the coldest parts of northern england as well. but there is plenty of sunshine to come during sunday, increasingly so across the eastern side of england. that cloud toward southern and western england, wales and northern ireland breaking a bit. but we'll keep a fair amount of cloud in northern ireland, even into the afternoon. now, there is a freshening easterly breeze, that pegs the temperatures back a bit along north sea coasts, whereas further inland and to the west, a few spots could be as high as 18 degrees celsius. as we go on through sunday night and into monday morning, again, we could see a touch of frost, parts of scotland and northern england, and the chance of seeing some heavy showers pushing in towards the channel islands and the far south—west of england. there's a lot of uncertainty about that, but the potential is there for a weather disturbance coming in as we go into monday. whereas for most of the uk, it is high pressure, so it is dry. but there is a brisk easterly breeze. with these showers, again, a lot of uncertainty about where they'll exactly be, but the chance of seeing some for the channel islands, cornwall, isles of scilly,

whereas elsewhere, there should be plenty of sunshine around. the arrows indicating that brisk easterly breeze, these are average winds, gusts will be higher, around 30—a0mph in places, especially across parts of england and wales. it does pegs those temperatures back along these north sea coasts, maybe just around ten degrees in some spots, whereas further west, getting to around 19. and temperatures head up a little bit more as we go through the week, as the easterly breeze starts to ease. just a selection of locations here, but you get the idea. with that area of high pressure around, there is a lot of dry weather in the week ahead. there's lots of blue sky and sunshine on the way as well for a bright weather view, a bright look through your window at the weather outside.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm simon pusey. the uk government admits ppe is in short supply in england and that more needs to be done to secure stock. we've got to do more to get the ppe that people need to the front line. this is an extremely challenging situation. president trump insists that the united states is performing better than other rich countries in its response to the virus and can relax the lockdown soon. doctors injapan warn that the country's medical system could collapse amid a rising number of coronavirus cases. and police in hong kong arrest leading figures in the pro—democracy movement on charges related to last yea r‘s mass protests.