that minor strokes and heart attacks may not he being picked up, leading to further problems in the future. the south west currently has the lowest number of coronavirus deaths in england, but it may not last. health bosses are planning for a possible peak injune. so, unusually, tourism bosses are asking people to stay away and there is hostility from locals towards any second home owners who are isolating here. another issue here is dental treatment. although local urgent treatment centres opened last week, appointments are limited and some people have told us they became to desperate, they pulled out their own teeth. jenny walrond, ending that report there. last week we featured a story about tim hall, 37 years old and seriously ill in intensive care with coronavirus. well, we're pleased to say tim has now been discharged

and is back with his family. our medical correspondent fergus walsh has been speaking to him. on his way to see his family, tim hall spent eleven days in hospital. are you pleased to be going home? very pleased, yes. when he had been brought in by ambulance, he could barely breathe. he gave this message on the importance of social distancing. anything you think is worth going outside for it's not, not when you could potentially see your kids for that last time or even a week or so without them is hard enough. so, that pint of milk, whatever it is, it is not worth it. now timis back home, being pampered by his family. do you want a pillow? yes. brilliant being back with the

kids, seeing the kids smile and make a fuss of me. it was brilliant. how was the whole experience? thankful really. it was very scary and yes just going to be forever grateful for the staff at the hospital. and yeah, just we got through it. moments like this are wonderful for patients and their family, but a tonic for all of us when positive news seems in short supply. time for a look at the weather here's chris fawkes. if you were able to pop outside for a walk, while maintaining a safe distance, mother nature put on quite a display under clear skies. towards the south—west we have seen some cloud from north—west france. that

will edge closer and could bring an odd shower into the likes of channel islands and the isles of scilly. elsewhere cold easterly winds. temperatures four to seven celsius. some frost in the deeper scottish valleys. tomorrow any cloud across the isles of scilly and the channel islands move away and we are left with a day almost identical to today. barely a cloud in the sky, but with easterly winds up to 30 and they're travelling over a chilly north sea and the eastern coasts will be cool and fresh. 15 still not bad in the sunshine. across central and western england and wales temperatures into the low 20s. by wednesday the high pressure is with us, but the winds are falling and that means it is going to get

increasingly warm with temperatures pushing into the low 20s in england and wales. should see highs of 19 for western scotland. maybe around i7 for western scotland. maybe around 17 or so for western areas of northern ireland. so for all of us, it is going to be getting warmer. the warmest day of the week looks set to be thursday with temperatures peaking at 2a degrees. it turns cloudier at the weekend with the risk of shower. the weather set fair for the next few days. thank you. that's all from the bbc news at six. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

hello, i'm maz farookhi with your latest sports headlines. medical experts have warned the tokyo olympics — now set forjuly next year — will be a "uniquely risky" event — particularly if a coronavirus vaccine hasn't been rolled out by then.

dr kentaro iwata — a japanese professor of infectious disease — has expressed doubt about a 2021 date, unless organisers plan for a scaled down event. japan might be able to control this disease by next summer. and i wish we could. but i don't think that will happen everywhere on earth. so in this regard, i'm very pessimistic about holding the olympic games next summer unless you hold olympic game in a totally different structure such as no audience or very limited participation or such and such. arsenal's first team squad, manager mikel arteta and members of his coaching staff have become the latest in the premier league to agree a pay cut to help the club deal with the financial fallout

of the coronavirus outbreak. theyve agreed a 12.5 percent pay cut, they say in a "voluntary agreement" following "positive and constructive discussions". fellow premier league sides southampton and west ham have already announced wage deferrals for their players. the number of footballers reporting symptons of depression has doubled since the sport shutdown because of coronavirus. a survey by the world players' union — fifpro — also found that markers of generalised anxiety had also risen — in players across 16 countries that have implemented strong measures to contain the pandemic. tanya ox—toby, manager of wsl side bristol city women — says she recognises that her players have been suffering mentally during the sport's lockdown: all the signs are there, i think, and again it's about trying to think about outside the box of how to support those players. sometimes is going head—on with it and that kind

of language is not the best way to go forward, but using their support system that they have artie got around, linking them with that in some way is probably the best avenue to go for. and just adjusting the programme a little bit and touching base with them to make sure that there's not anything you can do, and just acknowledging that they are struggling a little bit without labelling it is all they need sometimes. just so they are aware that you are aware. uefa is expected to provide an update on plans to finish the delayed football season to all 55 national association members on tuesday — via video conference. europe's football governing body are hoping to end the campaign in august, but there are doubts that will be feasible. that meeting comes as scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has cast further doubt on whether the scottish premiership can be completed this season, warning that football in the countty should expect to hold matches in front of fans "any time soon". she added that games behind closed doors might also not be a realistic aim. over in denmark, though, football clubs are looking to encourage fans back once the league resumes — and have come up with interesting

ways for them to watch games whilst still observing social distancing guidelines. look at this from superliga side f c midtjylland — they've installed "drive in football" screens in their stadium carpark — here's one of them — so up to 10 thousand fans — from superliga side f c midtjylland — they've installed "drive in football" screens in their stadium carpark — here's one of them — so up to 10 thousand fans — can watch games in their cars. shane lowry is keen to "hit the ground running" and is excited to work towards a date — after the pga tour announced its intention to resume onjune iith. lowry admits, though, that he's disappointed he won't get to defend his open title he won at royal portrush in 2019 — after this year's championship was cancelled. the irishman is keen to get back to playing competitive golf, even if spectators aren't allowed to watch the action. i have not touched a club in nearly four weeks now, which i don't

normally do that and i miss golf and just missed playing the game like hitting a bucket of balls. so getting tournament golf would be really nice, if it isjune great, if the little bit later if not ideal but like i said we have a date now but like i said we have a date now but it's something for me to work towards. serena williams' motivation "is still there" despite the uncertainty over when tennis will resume — that's according to her coach patrick moratoglou. williams is the most successful player of the modern era with 23 grand slams, but is still one short of equalling margaret court's all—time record of 24. the american last won a major at the australian open back in january 2017, but mouratoglou insists she still has the hunger to keep going. time is not working for her so much, she will be 39 this year, 39 years old but i think she's still in very

good shape, she had some physical issues last year but she recovered well. i think she's an incredible athlete and i think she's an incredible champion too. she shown it many times in her career and was so mentally she is also different and able to do things that probably other people can't. what's most important for me is the motivation is still here, as far as the motivation it's still the same, a lwa ys motivation it's still the same, always believed that she will make it and she believes that's the most important. now, we've seen sports fans around the world trying to find different ways to keep active and busy during lockdown — a lot of the time without a lot of room or outside space. so how about this, a spot of rooftop tennis?s so how about this, a spot of rooftop tennis? this is 13—year—old vittoria and 11—year—old ca—rola in northwest italy — they're junior tennis players keeping their practice going even in this pandemic — this video from the weekend has already racked up eight million views on social media. that's all the sport for now.

let's recap on them main developers and the coronavirus crisis. the chancellor rishi sunak led the downing street daily briefing this afternoon, with the latest government update on efforts to tackle coronavirus and its effects. here's a reminder of the main points from today's briefing. the latest figures show that a further 419 people have died in uk hospitals having tested positive for coronavirus. that brings the total number of deaths to 16,509. addressing one of the most pressing issues — the shortage of personal protective equipment, the chancellor said it was an international challenge and they have appointed lord deighton to lead a national

effort to increase ppe production. on procurring equipment — the chancellor told us that a shipment of 140,000 gowns has been received from myanmar. on economic support — the government's furlough scheme which went online this morning has already seen 140,000 firms apply for grants. that figure we are told represents 1 million jobs. also speaking at the daily coronavirus briefing, dame angela mclean, the deputy chief scientific adviser, said the numbers of people testing positive for covid—19 had stabilised. and the numbers being treated in hospital for the disease were also stable across the country, having fallen in london for the past seven days.

through the briefing the government was forced to defend its efforts to get protective equipment to frontline health staff — the bbc‘s health editor hugh pym asked the chancellor whether the government was ashamed the anger of lots of stuff was conveyed to the chancellor and to the specialist advisers they are. the bbc‘s health editor hugh pym asked the chancellor whether the government was ashamed that some nhs workers were going to work without adaquete protective equipment. salute the everyone working on the front line deserves they have the equipment to do theirjob safely we are working around the clock to do ourjobs on that. 12 million delivered yesterday and as you have heard from me we are improving our

sourcing internationally and domestically to make sure we can get the ppe we need but what is a very challenging international context. people on the front line can rest assured redoing every free thing we can and everything we can to get the equipment they need. i don't know if you want to add anything. thank you, chancellor. it is of concern that we wa nt chancellor. it is of concern that we want people who are working on the front line with patients at high risk to have what they need. and over this weekend i know, for instance, that 12 million pieces have been delivered to 141 trusts. and has been said there's incredible work going on internationally in a very high burn rate. but also working to ensure that people use the guidance that is there the most precautionary way to make the very best use of what's available. a difficult situation undoubtedly to make it very better. and trying to

deliver it where it's most needed. does that answer your question as though a quick follow—up on the business issue. some small businesses say they are having difficulty accessing loans. are you considering extending the scheme of reason considering extending the scheme of reason government considering extending the scheme of reason government guarantees? thank you for the question. i think of this question of the guarantees i'm not persuaded that moving to 100% guarantees is the right thing to do. if you take a step back and would look at the sum total of that we have done to support business they have done to support business they have done to support business they have done a lot of direct cash support in the form of cash grants going to businesses. a million different businesses and each of those. and of course we have a very generous for the scheme to help businesses. some people have made comparisons of what's going on in other countries, i think when you look at the totality of what we are doing it's more significant in scope

and scale than most of those other countries, and indeed where they have used low guarantees that are different to ours they've done it partly because they're not doing some partly because they're not doing some of the other things we are doing, for example the furlough scheme or the direct cash grants. if people are asking the question with the health speed of delivery, and i'm very sympathetic by that and wa nt to i'm very sympathetic by that and want to see that. i'm pleased to tell you now the latest data that i haveis tell you now the latest data that i have is that 12,000 loans have gone up have is that 12,000 loans have gone up to small businesses that's more than double what was that we and was a was than double what was that we and was awasa than double what was that we and was a was a double a week before. i think 35,000 or so applications have been made, the acceptance rate seems to be running 80 to 90% and i think the signs of progress there which i'm watching very carefully with the banks to see if there's any other elements of the process that we can strip out bureaucracy there's operational tweaks that i won't bore you with that we have made just recently that could help.

that was the chancellor responding to firstly concerns about the supply of personal protective equipment to medical staff, and then to a question about whether the government would increase its guarantee on loans to help small businesses. i'm joined now by shadow business minister, mp lucy powell from her constituency in manchester. thank you very much forjoining us. good to have you with us. can we start on the scheme which is meant to support companies especially small firms, what does your sense of the scale and the reach of that, and which bits of it would you command, and are you concerned about the parts of it? thanks forjoining me for having me on today. the government ambition in this game is

the right one. they have set aside a huge amount of money by £330 billion in potential small and medium size for businesses. still got me there. yes we are still with you. what we have only seen at the moment is a tiny fraction going to the small businesses. the chancellor said today that 12,000 have been made and it will probably be about £2 billion of that 330 billion. we are still a long way short of what is actually required here and what the government has set aside. i think one of the reasons why the loan scheme is falling so short is because the government is not backing those loans. at least not by 100%, it's by 80%. commercial terms salty to be applied to those lines, so the chancellor said the 80 to 90%

of businesses applied to them are getting them. that's not the experience we are hearing from the ground. that's partly because there's a lot of preamble that happens. and put off to be making the application in the first place. the government ambition is the right one. but their delivery and with their delivering the scheme is falling far short. and is many businesses both small and very large for whom a loan scheme is not appropriate either. because they don't want to be elated with that debt going forward. we are going to need to see for the support the government in cash terms as well as this loan terms. just been seeing images of the lock down, your picture starts to freeze now and again but we hear you very clearly, so thanks for bearing with us. just a thought on the experience on the ground to use your phrase, but are businesses telling you about their

prospects for the next six months given where we are? for businesses this is a time of great uncertainty. this is one of the reasons that we wa nt this is one of the reasons that we want the government to be more explicit with its exit strategy plan about which kind of companies the ease might have into sooner and what sorts of companies may be forced to close for longer. and businesses are extremely grateful for the furlough scheme and staff overheads are some of the largest overheads the company faces. of course companies, many of those i have to close down and face of overheads as well like having rent to pay and the bills, utility bills, insurance, and that the kind of thing. a company with no income that has been told to close, yes it's great to have the staff wages being covered by the government, but

for many i am afraid this time from this era that we are going through might be too much for them to bear, and this week that we are in right now and particularly crunch time for businesses, this is the end of the month, this is when the bills get paid and when the salaries get paid. as much as i appreciate with the government is aiming to do we have just got to get the support to businesses much faster into much greater size and scale than we are at the moment. otherwise it's not going to be much of a hospitality industry. other industries and sectors will be acutely affected, not much of that left. we understand the prime minister spoke to the first secretary a few days ago and it was all about the premise or concern about he did not want this lockdown raised too quickly or i might bea lockdown raised too quickly or i might be a second peak. what is your view, labour prospect view on the

strategy that should be deployed around considering raising the lockdown or at least relaxing parts of the lockdown? we fully support the government in its decisions to continue with the lockdown, to follow the scientific advice as long as that is necessary to keep us all safe and to keep those death figures down and hopefully gone completely. we are with the government on that, andi we are with the government on that, and i think what would you now need what we are all calling for and with that strategy is going to look like when the time comes. because some of that might not be that far away and i think for businesses for example isa i think for businesses for example is a great deal of uncertainty, and we see on one news headline on sunday the schools might be reopened in three weeks and another newspaper front page saying it will be closed until christmas. i've got to ——

people have got to make decisions about their lives about what may come and when those things will arise. in order to start using the lockdowns there's got to be a great deal more confidence about things like mass testing, the ability to trace and track the virus, and to keep all of these measures in check so we don't get this second peak. and i think the government need to ta ke and i think the government need to take public the establishment politicians and businesses and everybody else with them as well in that. of course we all get the message about the need to stay—at—home and to save lives, and to protect the nhs, but we are not idiots as the public. we can understand the longer term and medium—term strategies at the same time and we need to be a lot more clear with these people about. thank you very much forjoining us. i was

next to her. many pupils and students should be returning to the classroom today for the start of a new term, but schools across the uk remain shut to all but vulnerable children and those children of key workers. millions of children are back learning at home with parents who are in many cases getting to grips with home—schooling. our correspondent john maguire has more details. and how has home—schooling been going for you? it's tough. it's a learning curve for us. mrand mrs mr and mrs reynolds, or dad and mum have beenjuggling mr and mrs reynolds, or dad and mum

have been juggling and mr and mrs reynolds, or dad and mum have beenjuggling and running a business, a household and a home—school. business, a household and a home-school. it's really hard. yes, it is notjust the teaching authority is the juggling of work and life with that. and every so the boys think, we are schools, so we are off school and just lay around to watch kelly all day, but they are not supposed to be off school, and the need to be learning and we have to teach them still. many children of key workers have remained at school over the easter holidays so today may not prove that different. for the staff of the schools, keeping children of varying ages engaged in simulated it's a challenge. been leaking into the trojans entrance. —— linking in. too much free play and loose work, the children don't benefit from that. they need that closed structure. only once schools re—approval staff at the chance to assess the impact

of their pupils progress. and it is feared that children from disadvantaged backgrounds will be affected most. we know that nothing can compensate for those relationships between teachers and their pupils so, again, planning for when schools reopen, how that catch up is going to be achieved. for those able to take advantage, technology and resources can help like never before. today, the bbc is enhancing its online educational content and, when the school bells do ring once again, whenever that may be, it will mean we're notjust getting back to school but also back to normality. john maguire, bbc news. that's it for now. matthew is here at seven o'clock and back at ten. now it's time for a look at the weather and here is chris. hello there. lots of sunshine around today and more of the same to come for much of the week ahead. he settled picture shows the extent of

the sunny skies today, and sing a little bit of cloud affected and northwest of france, bring a bit of rain here and as we go through this evening and overnight there's just chance of seeing a few showers brushing into the channel islands, and this for a time. otherwise it the dry night for a clear and starry skies. risk in easterly breeze interpreters never fall that far. looking into lives of between four and 7 degrees. cold enough for some frost patches and scottish valleys. tomorrow any patchy cloud will clear away for the channel islands in the morning and left with sunshine from dawn till dusk for many of us, but with a dusty easterly wind gusts of 30 miles an hour i will keep some of the eastern shores of scotland and england a little bit fresher. for the rest with ties into the low 20s. that's your weather.

this is bbc news — with the latest headlines — for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british government is forced on to the backfoot over dwindling supplies of protective equipment for hospital workers. signs of normality — as a number of european countries, including germany — start taking tentative steps towards relaxing restrictions. 140,000 uk firms sign up for government's job retention scheme. the chancellor says it will save more than a million staff members from redundancy. us oil prices slump to levels not seen since the mid—1980s. it comes despite a landmark deal to cut production and boost the value.