extraordinary, what a huge responsibility. yes, at first he really didn't know what to put, apart from act of military surrender. then he remembered that in the office somewhere was an old peace document that could show him the style of how these things were done, and so he sat down, and began and began to write, "we, the undersigned. 0h, jenny, you say this because you're better at doing this than i am, go on. i remember it by heart. i know, go on. "we the undersigned, acting by authority "of the german high command, do here by surrender unconditionally. " newsreel: a german delegation, headed by generaljodl, germany's chief of staff, have arrived for the fateful ceremony. the general puts his signature to the document, which acknowledges the complete defeat of the german armed forces by those of britain, russia and the united states. did he have a sense of how important his role was? yes, he did. he knew he was making history, and it astounded him, because basically he was an actor.

he said it was really rather like a first night. there was a mixture of terror and excitement, as he knew what he had to do, and it was terribly important. it is lovely to think, you know, when i see the footage of the crowds in piccadilly circus, and dancing in the streets and cheers, and the famous shot of churchill with his v sign, i thought, "oh my gosh, my daddy did that!" what an extraordinary thing for him to have done, to actually save lives. with a sheet of paper. a new angle on the events of ve day, as told by reeta chakrabarti. time for a look at the weather, here's ben rich. temperatures are set, to climb later this week. but only for a while. as

i will show you at the end. as it turns warmer, there is dry weather, some sunshine, but some rain as well, we will see rain across the far south—west of england and the channel islands tonight. that rain very heavy, possibly thundery, for the south—west and the western side of wales wind gust of 50—55mph. it could be disruptive, say to the west of dartmoor, the far west of cornwall and the isles of scilly as well, so that very windy and wet weather confined to the far south—west tonight, elsewhere any daytime showers fade. it is dry with clear spells and where the winds stay lightest, temperatures for some will get down to freezing or below, so will get down to freezing or below, $03 will get down to freezing or below, so a touch of frost. tomorrow we start off with this band of rain, this weather front down to the south—west, but it is running into a block of high pressure, so it is not going to make much progress northwards. it affects the south—west and the south coast, into southern half of wales but not much further north. for many more it will bea further north. for many more it will be a fine day with long spells of sunshine and everyone where we have

the rain, it will tend to peter out. but stuck under the cloud and rain, 12 degree, cool for north sea coast, parts of west wales, north—west england, western scotland, could get to round 18 degrees, and, those temperatures are set to climb, a fine dray day for most, fine in the south, thursday thursday, friday, but a few shower, annal something cooler in the north, and then, here comes the weekend. look at this! unusually, exceptionally cold air pushing southwards for the time of year, it will feel very different, single digit temperature, you eyes do not receive you there could be some wintry shower, that is all from me. that's all from bbc news at six. i'll be back at ten, but, now on bbc one, wejoin our news teams where you are.

hello and welcome to sportsday. hello there, i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. the fa chairman greg clarke say‘s the whole football eco—system faces substantial change and he can't see fans being allowed at matches for the forseeable future. in a letter to the governing council he also warned of the budget cuts that will be required by his organisation. let's speak to our reporter laura scott, clarke's not trying to put any gloss on the situation. he really is not. it appears he is really trying to alert the council to the harsh reality facing the ball in that short time and possibly long time as well. he said to dan he

finds it hard to foresee crowds returning to and the premier league are also preparing themselves for playing the entirety of next season without any crowds as well although they clearly hope it does not come to that. he also told the council that they had made a £75 million cut to the annual budget and he said that was a sensible option but also forecast a worst—case scenario sensible option but also forecast a worst—case scenario of the million pound deficit. —— £300 million deficit. we are not having a consensus on the best way forward. last friday was a shareholders meeting of the community clubs and came away from that to committing to finishing a season when it is safe

to do so and we had been told at that meeting that it was mutual venues are nothing. since the meeting on friday there has been something of split between the clubs at the top of the table and those at the bottom. we understand he could be six or seven clubs resisting the restart plans on the ground of that mutual venue idea disrupting the integrity of the competition. there isa integrity of the competition. there is a boat that could take place next monday and they would need 1a clubs to be in favour of project restart to be in favour of project restart to go ahead. players and managers are said to be consulted and there will be another meeting of the medical working group but clearly greg hart dominic clark's morning is coming ata greg hart dominic clark's morning is coming at a pivotal moment in british football future. let's stay with this, a little earlier i spoke to the two time premier league winner, former manchester city defender, joleon lescott, who is now

a player liason at the club. i started by asking him about the objections from some clubs to playing in neutral stadiums that there is no way an outcome of this being resolved with every club and player and manager and owner of being happy so we need to get that into our mindset and realise that but in terms of the neutral ground it is like saying the disadvantage is for both teams. i understand that and if you look over this season you might have played that team at the home ground and they might have fans there but at this moment in time you need to be realistic and know that fio need to be realistic and know that no one has chose this and no one has created this scenario for it to happen this way so we just have to do what is needed at this season is to go ahead. and at the heart of that you have a duty of care for the players and there are those who you know well from your time, some players will be scared of playing

and another things that they may have contracted coronavirus and he says it is not about men as a player getting at but worried about passing it on and you cannot force these players onto the pitch if they are worried. that is the biggest thing, if it isjust the players i think the high percentage of them would get on with it and display, and knowing and has something but when it involves your family and as a totally different ball game so to players we are going to come and players we are going to come and play the games and risk contracting the virus and taking it home to your family members in terms of your wife and children, that is when it gets kind of more worrying verdict for a player. i do not think this decision is easy to take when you know you can be affecting loved ones. lower down the leagues, where budgets are much much smaller there's a growing concern that many clubs and their players will face

serious financial implications the longer the lockdown continues. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss the glamour and the glory, this is how we normally think of football. but scratch below the premier league surface, how is life and lockdown? it is like clubs up and down the lands, the fixture list unfulfilled. 0ne lands, the fixture list unfulfilled. one of the smallest clubs is confident it can survive the crisis but his stomach the captain his contract runs out next month has plenty to think about.|j contract runs out next month has plenty to think about. i have two young kids at home for my wife. and has been tough work and lockdown and we have a mortgage, we have cars to pay for and the bills that everyone needs to pay. so when you have any kind of financial concerns which has been brought up happily by this

coronavirus, it brings them to the forefront and it is not knowing when this will and or not knowing if the season this will and or not knowing if the season will come back. 0r this will and or not knowing if the season will come back. or when a new contract will be emplaced if they do contract will be emplaced if they do contract will be emplaced if they do contract will in place, that is the most difficult part. like these clu bs, most difficult part. like these clubs, these are certainly challenging times and normally they rely on ticket sales for their income but for nearly two months now the terraces here have been empty. so what now? premier league hopes to resume for the tv cameras but without fans to sustain them in the lower legs could be and for a long wait. for the first time i am finding it difficult to see this season being finished. it is difficult to see with anything but foot ball crowds difficult to see with anything but football crowds to be the last thing to be sanctioned and rightly so. 0ne of the last things to be exempt and by the government. after the demise of barry last year, the theories

other clubs may struggle to survive. football without its fans is facing a uncertain future. let's have a quick look at some of the days other headlines... wolves are the latest club to call their players back for training. the squad and management will be tested for covid—19 later this week before individual training programmes abiding by social distancing programmes start next monday. the six day women's tour that was scheduled to start in bicester next month will now take place next year from june 7th to the 12th. lizzie deignan became the first person to win the race twice last year the four regular seasons nfl games scheduled to be held at wembley and the tottenham hotspur stadium this year won't take place. the league says it's was in the best interests of the teams not to host any games outside the us. rory mcilroy will take part in a charity golf event in florida later this month. he'll team up with former world number one dustin johnson against rickie fowler and matthew wolff to raise funds

for american healthca re charities. there been an exhibition tennis event played behind closed doors in germany for the last couple of days, a round robin format, with 8 players local to the koblenz area. great britian‘s jan choinski, has been taking part, the 23 year old is german born and ranked just inside the top 300 in the world, he eventually finished third. dustin brown — who famously beat rafael nadal at wimbledon in 2015, is the highest profile player in the tournament — but was runner up to yannick hanfmann. the german won the final in straight sets. the chief executive of the british horseracing authority says the sport could be ready to re—start ‘in a week‘ if they get the green light from government. with hundreds of stables still staffed, around twelve thousand racehorses have remained in training during the lockdown. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson

this is our mile walk home from the gallops every day. new market and lockdown, outsiders stay away. these pictures were found for us by a trainer, practically and ethically resources must exercise but notice how the writers keep their distance. we are used to writing out normally and amongst each other and suddenly you need to be writing out three metres or four metres apart and so it has been a massive learning curve and thankfully so far we are all set healthy and that is all we can pray and hope that keeps happening. horses themselves are not at risk but potentially the staff could spread the virus amongst themselves so spread the virus amongst themselves so they do not share equipment. with horses still in training staff have been for a load and wait for horse

racing to can stomach continues. it is even possible to sit here at home and keep an eye on horse racing. hong kong's horse racing a small step for scale but it is operating but in britain they are making plans. we do not want to make the case ahead of public opinion but we wa nt case ahead of public opinion but we want to make the case that we are ready when you are ready and we can be one of the first to go, we do not need to have premier league footballers train for six weeks and out footballers train for six weeks and ourequine and human footballers train for six weeks and our equine and human athletes are ready to go within a week. a continued in—line with advice that some believe that it may have helped spread covid—19. no one is suggesting horse racing should resume with crowds but horses are trained to be ready. that's all from sportsday.

let's just remind you of some of the main points from the downing street briefing earlier. it was led by the health secretary matt hancock, england's deputy chief medical 0fficerjonathan van tam and professorjohn newton, the government testing coordinator. mr hancock confirmed that the nhs contract tracing app will be trialled this week in the isle of wight, starting tomorrow with nhs staff first, and appealed to anyone living on the island to download the app. but he stressed that this pilot does not mean the end of social distancing. the health secretary says that 85,186 coronavirus tests

were provided in some form on sunday, that's below the government's 100,000 tests—a—day target. the number of people who have died with confirmed coronavirus across all settings in the uk has risen by 288. that brings the total number of deaths to 28,7311. the health secretary said the reported figure could be lower than the actual number because of delays in reporting weekend deaths. that is what we heard from the government. joining me now from his constituency in leicester is labour's, shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth. thank you very much indeed for being with us the first of all, the briefing at downing street focus very much on these trials on the isle of wight and contact tracing and the health secretary clearly sees that and the government sees that as a way ahead and as a way

ahead and is that how you see it? that as a way ahead and as a way ahead and is that how you see it7m order to contain and break the chains of transmission for this virus we need to move to what is known as a testing and tracing an isolation strategy. bat is where it has been happening happening and contact tracing everyone who has beenin contact tracing everyone who has been in touch with anyone who has had the virus. and get those who have the virus to isolate. it is labour—intensive and we need to use oui’ labour—intensive and we need to use our specialist staff at local public health services and primary care and many countries around the world have used apps as well so i think it is important that we investigate an app. it is not the only teal because we need people on the ground and the communities to do this. but an app that can help will be a good thing so that can help will be a good thing so let's see how trials get on in the isle of wight. some have raised questions of the isle of wight and

there will the elderly people who don't necessarily have smartphones and three or ag coverage and that kind of thing. for the app to be successful needs about 60% take—up and not everyone will take it out and not everyone will take it out and not everyone has a smartphone obviously but i think it is important that we trial in it and see if it works. i think we need to remember that the app is not the only tool that we have at our disposal to take on coronavirus. we have testing and we have tracing which must be done by people on the ground and experts in local government and by experts and local primary health care services. we are talking about the app because it was the focus of the announcement tonight but it is only one part of the picture. the government has issued guidelines on the return to work but report guidelines and trade unions are already saying they are quite worried about those guidelines because they are not actually

compelling companies and businesses and factories to impose these kinds of social distancing and other restrictions that they think will keep people safe, when is your view on that? when we transition how did this lockdown and we can't until a vaccine is developed and there will come a moment when it will be safer people to go back to work because when we are asking people to go back to work we have to keep them safe in their workplace as also i think the government should talk to the trade unions and about what rule should be enforced in the workplace and order that people have to go back to where go back to work feeling safe and secure and it is not fair that people will put their own safety at risk because that puts the safety of all of us at risk. i think the government should sit down with the trade unions and agree...|j government should sit down with the trade unions and agree... i think they have been consulting the trade unions but the trade unions are saying it is not enough to give advice to companies and businesses

on social distancing measures and other measures in the workplace because they need to be compelled to ta ke because they need to be compelled to take them and what would you do if you were in government? they need to be compelled to take advice and if they do not take advice they should face sanctions. people have been fine, not many but some people have been fined for breaking this lockdown by refusing to take the self isolation advice so we can find individuals who refuse to follow advice and we can find companies if they do not put in place measures to protect their workers. what about transport as well because we had the rail unions writing about concerns on plans for transport and when you on plans for transport and when you on that? we are probably going to be at the point where we will be asking people if they go on to transport to use a face covering and there are

other countries around the world that people need to have face coverings when they get on trains and the like and there are different scientist saying different things but it feels to me like this consensus is emerging and i can understand why trade unions are concerned about public transport. if you like outlined it doesn't appear to bea you like outlined it doesn't appear to be a number of deaths for bus drivers in london and that is presumably because they are driving buses which is an enclosed space and not given the protection that they need so it is possible that trade unions are raising the concerns and we have to come to an agreement with them on how to keep people who work on the trains and buses safe and if that means the british public being staggered in terms of accessing trains but also wearing face coverings these things have to be considered. many thanks for talking to us. well, as we've been

discussing, an nhs app aimed at limiting a second wave of coronavirus will be trialled on the isle of wight this week. it will be the first place where the new contact—tracing app will be used before being rolled out more widely this month. experts advising the nhs say that about 56% of the uk population — which equates to about 80% of smartphone owners — need to use the app in order to suppress the virus. let's speak now to conservative leader of the isle of wight council david stewart. thank you very much indeed for being with us. the isle of wight featured very heavily and the downing street briefing this afternoon and matt hancock listening where the isle of wight leads britain follows. are you confident they will sign up to this? iam andiam confident they will sign up to this? i am and i am grateful to the minister and his team getting in contact with me throughout and together with others we are dealing

with this. it is a key piece of work towards the development of the app and it will develop into the wider pa rt and it will develop into the wider part of the country and we can do a lot to help. it was raised at the briefing that maybe 80% i think of contact with isle of wight radio stations are saying they will be happy to sign up for it but on the point that there are a lot of elderly people there who do not have smartphones, do you think that will be an issue? i do not think it is that heavy issue. you are right, early communications are a substantial part of the population is going to want to get involved. we had some high—tech companies here in young people who really want to take the opportunity and then we have people who are cautious to be honest. and then as you say we do have a smaller amount which are the elderly and the venerable and if

they are very elderly or vulnerable they are very elderly or vulnerable they will be staying in anyway and they will be staying in anyway and they are going to be necessarily, hopefully engaging with anyone with a virus so i am feeling quite confident that we can step up to the plate and help the nation. some questions have been raised about three and four d coverage and do you think this will be enough to sustain the experiment? two things that are good recently, we have highest levels of internet technology on the island for a contact we have with a local company that has and putting it across the island and d coverage is very high self orgy and the apps are all over the island, one or two black spots and these things can download overnight anyway and i am really confident it is a good thing andi really confident it is a good thing and i am grateful that the government gave us this opportunity. the other advantage that not hancock has been talking about is that a lot

of people have been moving on and off at the moment? that is totally correct. we had to reduce the fairies to and from the islands that they are limited to essential users and key workers and there has been a community fear of second home owners but we have taken some steps and although this is a beautiful place to come on holiday, and now is not the time to come. we have to keep with the government's strategy. briefly finally is there pride on the isle of wight that it has been selected for this experiment, it could be so useful in our future out of coronavirus. i have had a lot of contact with residents to as long as they are kept safe, which is my number one priority, we have the opportunity here to contribute to the national drive to tackle the virus. and i know are island people will step up to it and we will get

every support of the council because we believe this is the right thing to do. many thanks indeed. the lockdown is presenting an acute dilemma for the parents of children with special needs — intensely reliant on the support and routine of their schools but fearful of their vulnerability to infection. some parents and headteachers of children with education health and care plans say advice from ministers is at school is at odds with the the multiple health problems the pupils face. piers hopkirk has been to meet one family whose daughter meets the criteria for a place at school but her inability to understand the need for social distancing means she can't safely go. for beverly and her daughter, this brief burst of fresh air is just about all the break they now get. brief burst of fresh air is just about all the break they now getm is this beautiful little girl you see here, she is a 2a hour a dayjob sometimes. she has epilepsy which means she could have a seizure at any moment right now and she has a chronic kidney condition and she is

autistic which means she self harms quite a lot, a full—time job and co nsta ntly quite a lot, a full—time job and constantly needy and without school, it is incredibly hard. really, i feel like i am on the edge. with social distancing rules making both school and any meaningful spite care and possible, beverly admits parents like her are at making points. most economical thing is for me to carry on with my baby but without help, how can i? how can i? i will have to give herup and how can i? how can i? i will have to give her up and i do not want to do that. the head teacher says the danger of infection makes it dangerous to accommodate peoples like care. i have had more sleepless nights then in my entire career because i am not sure how we are going to absolve this. distancing could carry auntie december so there has to be other solutions for the ca re of has to be other solutions for the care of the most vulnerable children and families and those who have

complex needs otherwise families will go under. as the plight of families like this was made public, a call today for the government to step in. i think the government has overlooked the sector entirely, the sector of children with complex needs and i think essentially what parents need are a real support, support for example for them to get a bit of rest might. it is simply not doable to expect them to be able to spend 24 hours a day looking after children with such complex needs. they said there was additionalfunding with needs. they said there was additional funding with £26.a million to include support for families of disabled children. pa rents families of disabled children. parents like this node say it has not reached and. coming up on bbc news, had plans from the —— headlines from the uk and around the world. that is it for

me, goodbye. this is bbc news — with the latest headlines — for viewers in the uk and around the world. here in the uk — more details of the tracking technology — that's meant to be used across england within a few weeks. a fundraising campaign — involving more than 30 countries — has raised more than eight billion dollars to find and fund a vaccine. joy and relief in italy as the lockdown is gradually lifted after two months. the bbc has seen draft proposals — to get the uk back to work — with staggered shift times, and reduced hot—desking. one of the prime challenges — when businesses eventually start up again — is how to travel safely to and from work.