and they've even inspired england star ben stokes, who is having a go at running a half marathon between wickets himself. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. a bit ofa a bit of a change? quite a change is, temperatures will be swinging in both directions, initially upwards and bent downwards once again —— quite a change is. some warm weather on the way initially, this weather setup with low pressure at western high—pressure drifting to the east will bring in a southerly flow, allowing us to tap into what has been some really warm weather across parts of spain and seven france, record—breaking temperatures here over the last couple of days. a big pattern changed by the weekend, high—pressure building to the west, low— pressure high—pressure building to the west, low—pressure to the east, reversing the winds coming down from the

north. i possibly don't need to tell you that is a chilly wind direction and we will feel the difference. it is pretty windy across southern areas at the moment, an easterly breeze and outbreaks of rain across the south—west of england, getting into central and southern england and parts of south wales but the rain not making much progress further north. fine, dry, largely sunny for the majority today. highest temperatures around 16 or 17 degrees. this evening the rain will fade across the south—west, we will keep a lot of cloud, we could see some cloud lapping onto the coasts of yorkshire and lincolnshire and lots of cloud remaining across orkney and shetland, but otherwise lots of clear weather through the night, cold weather widely close to freezing, some spots in scotland willdip freezing, some spots in scotland will dip below. a lot of financial i weather —— fine and dry weather later in the week, a decent amount of sunshine. temperatures beginning to creep upwards, height of 19 in glasgow and cardiff on wednesday, i

think someone will probably get to 20. that process continues on thursday, the shell across the west of the uk, some heavy, possibly thundery. keeping some spells of sunshine further east, temperatures continuing to climb, 20 to 22 degrees, mid to high teens across much of northern ireland and scotland. a similar story for many on friday, at this stage in the south—east temperatures are likely to get to 25 degrees, but further north, particularly because northern scotland, patchy rain and a much cooler feel and it is that cool weather that will win out into the weekend. i say cool weather but it will feel cold sinking in, the cold air working southwards gradually through the weekend, the potential for the wintry shower, a cold day in the north on saturday, by sunday see how the temperatures drop, just 12 degrees in london. thank you, ben.

a reminder of our top story... the uk death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is now more than 30,000. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. the man in charge of the english football league says things could get very messy if promotion to and relegation from the premier league doesn't go ahead this season. norwich, aston villa and bournemouth are in the bottom three as it stands and there have been reports that some clubs in the top flight want to play the end of the season without the threat of relegation hanging over them. rick parry has cautioned against that, saying that some lawyers will get very wealthy. he also says his clubs face a huge financial black hole.

our ovoid ourovoid aim is our ovoid aim is to emerge stronger, leaner, more efficient, to have a proper research post covered. we are heading for a financial hole at the moment of £200 million by the end of september, a cash hole that we will need to fill. we need a rescue package, but at the same time we need to address the longer term, otherwise we'll be back into problem in two or three years, so we can't just go from one bailout to another bailout, we have to look at the structure and assess it root and branch. the chief executive of the england and wales cricket board has also told the same commons meeting that coronavirus could cost the sport up to £380 million. tom harrison says the pandemic is the "most significant financial challenge" that his organisation has ever faced. the rugby football union have warned that they will lose around £107 million if england's autumn internationals are cancelled, while an £85 million black hole

would still be created if the games against new zealand, argentina, tonga and australia took place without fans at twickenham. gordon taylor, who is head of the professional footballers association, has raised the prospect of playing less than 45 minutes a half if football does return. talks about a restart to the premier league continue and they are aiming at 8thjune as a possible return date. gordon taylor says players continue to be concerned about safety and the risk to their health could be reduced if they spent less time on the pitch. we don't know the future. what we do know is what propositions have been put, what ideas have been paid. the possibility of having more substitutes, games possibly not being the full 45 minutes each way. there are talks of neutral stadiums. there are talks of neutral stadiums. there are talks of neutral stadiums. there are lots of things being put

forward. at this moment, ijust want to try and stay calm, wait and see with the proposals are and then have the courtesy to let the managers and coaches and players also assimilate all bills and come to a considered view. horseracing has been given the green light to re—start in france. a behind—closed—doors meeting is going to be held in paris on monday after police gave permission. it will be closely watched by the british horseracing authority, who reckon they need just a week to get the sport going again. well, cricket isn't as close to returning. it's on shutdown in england until at least 1stjuly. when it is back, it will likely take place without fans. however, england's ben stokes says that won't effect the players and that they're desperate for the sport to return. we are walking out to represent our country, we have the three lions on oui’ country, we have the three lions on our chest. whether that is in front of nobody or in front of a full

crowd, i don't think it will take the competitive side away, it will bea the competitive side away, it will be a completely different scenario for us to get your head around that. we will do anything to get cricket back on to tvs and for the people to follow and watch. if that means we have to play in front of nobody, then so be it. i'll have more for you in the next hour. india has recorded its biggest daily jump in the number of coronavirus cases and fatalities. health officials said there were nearly 4,000 new cases of the virus and about 200 deaths in the past 24 hours. the largest spike came in the western states of maharashtra and gujarat, two of india's richest regions. here's the bbc‘s divya arya. one reason which has been given for the rise in cases which has actually been steady now for the past four days, the number is much higher than what we have seen earlier and of course the last 24 hours, a dramatic increase of more than 2,000 cases in one day. the highest so far.

and the reason being given is an increase in testing. now, india has been appreciated for implementing a lockdown very early into the spread of the pandemic, but criticised for one of the lowest testing levels across the world. so now, as the testing levels are being increased, the numbers are also increasing. the health ministry, which does a press conference every day, almost every day, has been asserting that the curve has been flattening. they have also said that the recovery rate is much better, but, as we can now see, the deaths have suddenly started climbing up, ironically, as india has started to ease its lockdown. let's get a round up of some more coronavirus news. research by french doctors has suggested that coronavirus was in the country at the end of december, four weeks before the first recorded case. a hospital in paris has re—examined old swab samples from 24 pneumonia patients and one was found to be positive for covid—19.

he's since recovered and it's not known how he contracted the disease. russia has recorded more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours — the third successive day the figure has been at that rate. the majority of the infections were in moscow. more than 150,000 people in russia have contracted covid—19, but so far, according to officialfigures, there have been less than 1,500 deaths. the united states treasury has said it will borrow a record $3 trillion between april and june. the funds will be put towards coronavirus relief programmes for individuals and businesses. it's more than twice as much as the us borrowed in the whole of the last financial year. why do some people get sick when they have coronavirus, but others don't show any symptoms? it's one of the many questions scientists are trying to answer. now, hundreds of nhs workers, who've been exposed to covid—19, are donating blood to help researchers learn more about the disease. here's our health

correspondent, laura foster. normally, it's patients sitting in this chair. but more recently, it's nhs front line workers who are donating blood samples — all part of research to find out why some people succumb to coronavirus more than others. i hope that i have some form of immunity against it. hannah wanted to help out after contracting covid—19 herself. it'll make a huge different knowing that we're not fighting this disease completely blind. the more and more we know about it, the more we can plan and prepare and put measures in place to keep people safe. they're even queuing up in the corridors to take part. every single one of them has been exposed to coronavirus. we know that some have become sick and some haven't. and we're trying to work out, essentially using a whole group of people, what the factors are, both genetic, environmental, ethnic related and also exposure related, as to why some people are becoming sick and developing the disease,

some people are having the disease and they're not sick, and some people do not have the disease at all. one of the reasons this man volunteered is because he saw too many health workers from black and ethnic minority groups have died with coronavirus. it hits home directly for me, of course. i'm a medical professional, my dad's a medical professional. there will be other at risk groups as well. we just need to try and find out a bit more detail about this disease, and find out some actual truths. studying these samples will give us a better understanding of the disease, and how it affects people differently. but it's also hoped that that information could be used to tailor make treatments for individuals. and it also can maybe help us identify ways that we can make ourselves less susceptible to covid—19. until there's a working vaccine or a cure, information like this is invaluable. we're coming together. we know this is super important. we're all trying to do our part against this pandemic.

this project is still at an early stage. but with so many people coming forward, it's hoped the results could also come through sooner. laura foster, bbc news. the lockdown is presenting many challenges for the education of children who cannot go to school, so some teachers have been taking lessons to the home via the internet. as an example, this is how parents at cheapside school in berkshire have created a project for children to learn about brazil in way that's fun and interactive. here we are in the united kingdom and brazil is all the way here in south america. all of the green part is brazil and the amazon rainforest. hello is ola. thank you is obrigado. there are jaguars in the amazon and they have two big teeth, like this! do you know what time it is?

it's carnival time in brazil! samba music. the climate is mostly sunny in the amazon rainforest. summer is in december and winter is injune, opposite to us. brazil is famous for its coffee, which makes my parents very happy. brazil has great food. the gap between the richest and the poorest people in brazil is one of the biggest in the world. did you know brazil has over 2,500 airports? thank you for listening. we hope you enjoyed our topic on brazil. stay safe. bye— bye! one child being home—schooled

is brooke howells, whojoins me now from blanford forum in dorset. what are you missing most about school? i am missing talking to my friends face to face and not being in the classroom as it's very different being at home. it's also ha rd different being at home. it's also hard not being in the school facilities because there are lots of different things to do at school. i miss company from people my own age, asiam an miss company from people my own age, as i am an only child, as well. your mum has been helping you with home—schooling, how has that been? it's been very good, thank you. it felt a bit of pressure at the start because it was hard to get everything finished to the deadline, but now we have done three weeks it is very good. our school have sent out this, which is the ke ed home learning, and they have advised us to do our core subjects in the

morning and challenges in the afternoon. how do you keep your concentration going on? a lot of us might get bored very quickly. they have given us lots of fun activities to do within the subjects, so it is keeping us interested. to do within the subjects, so it is keeping us interestedlj to do within the subjects, so it is keeping us interested. i have a sneaking feeling that your mum is in far away, don't look at her, what sort of teacher is she? you just looked at her! she is good. what do you, i think you have an assembly every day, what sort of things do you find out from that? on the monday he tells us what he thinks is going well and all that type of stuff. people give us something to

work on in the week. on a friday we have an achievement assembly when he tells us who are the stars of the week and he talks about what everybody has been doing in the week, as well. this issue of self—assessment, what does that mean to you, what do you have to do? well, the teacher sent out the a nswe i’s well, the teacher sent out the a nswers to well, the teacher sent out the answers to the work, then there are three different boxes on our assessment document. what we do is there as a child assessment, which is me, then a parent assessment, then a teacher assessment, so basically i self assess my work, mum assesses my work, then the teacher looks at my work and says what i have done well and what i need to improve on. before i leave you, what don't you miss? what are the things you are quite pleased that you're not seeing at school? well, it's quite nice having more company from

my mum and dad and spending more time with my mum and dad, but i also like walking the dog more and getting lots of exercise in my garden. it is really good to talk to you, i wish you well with it all, your mum is doing a finejob, i think we can all agree on that. thank you. virgin atlantic have just announced they are cutting 3,000 jobs in the uk and ending the operation at gatwick. this follows talks that virgin atlantic have said they were having, which they described as ongoing and constructive, as they we re ongoing and constructive, as they were seeking a buyer for the airline. they were looking for a buyer, but despite all that, they have just announced the ending of 3,000 jobs at the end of its

operation at gatwick. they are not the only airline struggling as reve nu es the only airline struggling as revenues drop amid all the travel bans. we are hearing that they had set the end of may as a deadline for finding a buyer, but in the meantime, no money, orvery little money coming in, as all airline struggle with the current lockdown. we will bring you more on that. british airways also announcing the possible ending of its operation at gatwick, as well. virgin and i'd say it is ending its operation at gatwick. two of the government's most senior scientists have acknowledged shortcomings with the uk's coronavirus testing regime. giving evidence to the commons health select committee, the deputy chief medical officer for england, jenny harries, told mps things would have been "done differently" if more tests had been available in the early stages of the outbreak.

and the chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, said it would have been better if capacity had been increased more quickly. let's hear what he had to say. i'm sure there are lots of things that we could look back and think, we may have made different choices at different times. i would be amazed when we look back if we couldn't have done something differently there. in terms of what we have seen now, i think that probably in the early phases, and i have said this before, i think if we had managed to ramp testing capacity quicker it would have been beneficial. for all sorts of reasons, that didn't happen. i think it is clear you need lots of testing

for this, but to echo whatjenny harris was saying, it is completely wrong to think of testing as the answer. it is just part of the system that we need to get right. the entire system needs to work properly and jeannie to have contact tracing and isolation and so on. there will be plenty of time to look back and say what works, what didn't, which things do we need to do differently. let's speak to the chair of the health select committee, the conservative mp and former health secretary, jeremy hunt. thank you for your time this afternoon. we have the chief scientific adviser sang testing should have been done earlier and wider. the world health organization at the time said test, test and test yet he says that for all sorts of reasons it didn't happen. what could those reasons be? well, i think that isa those reasons be? well, i think that is a difficult question and one i am sure... are we looking... i think

thatis sure... are we looking... i think that is what matt hancock did... i'm sorry, we have a terrible line to jeremy hunt there, but we will have to leave it. with bars and restaurants closed because of the lockdown, wholesalers say they're throwing away vast amounts of food. a survey by the federation of wholesale distributors found many of its members are now facing financial ruin. tarah welsh has more. we've got product here, gone out of date, it's no good for consumption, so we've just got to get rid of it. normally, metro foods in leigh—on—sea make around a thousand deliveries a week to restaurants, hotels and cafes in the south east and around london. but with these establishments closed due to the lockdown, wholesalers are left with goods they can't sell. all that, that you've seen out there

in the freezers and the chillers, is stock that is dead money, effectively, cos it's not going anywhere it's not going out into the marketplace and returning revenue. the stock here is packaged for industrial outlets, so it's not suitable for food banks or shops. we've never seen a situation like this before, where things close down overnight, and it's going to put some people out of business, for sure. industry wide, as much as £20 million worth of food with a short shelf life is at risk of being wasted. if the situation continues, the federation of wholesale distributors estimates that a third of its surveyed members face financial ruin, rupturing the food supply chain. the danger is that pubs, that restaurants, that hotels, that leisure, will open their doors again for the public, but there won't be enough food in the supply chain to feed them because there are issues around cash flow and a squeeze on credit, which means there won't be those businesses available to supply those businesses

who are reopening their doors. we are calling on the government to open some form of tax relief on products which, through no fault of their own, wholesalers are having to dispose of. with no customers to serve, restaurants can't shift the stock they've already purchased from wholesalers, but they're trying to keep the cash flow and food supply chain moving by offering online home deliveries. it's been really tough. it's been really hard on our suppliers, it's been hard on our staff. our restaurants cannot trade, so we've changed a lot of our best known recipes and we've repurposed them, so that they can be cooked at home. by us carrying it out at home, we are helping our suppliers and we're all trying to get through this together. many other restaurants have relaunched as delivery services, but they're not doing nearly enough business yet to save themselves or their suppliers. and that's a problem, because if the wholesale distributors go under, many of the schools, hospitals and care homes

they cater to will be cut off from their food suppliers. back in leigh—on—sea they're making a last—ditch attempt to keep afloat by repackaging some foods for home delivery and freezing others. so this was best before march 28th, erm, which obviously it's frozen down, and we've got probably 700 cases up in the air, hoping that we can get a market for it once things start moving again. freezing their assets might just pay off for now. but if the lockdown continues for much longer, the fear is much of the food supply trade could be closed for good. tara welsh, bbc news. high schools and universities have reopened in iceland as the country starts easing measures put in place seven weeks ago to curb the spread of covid—19. the vast island in the north atlantic has registered 10 deaths. widespread testing is thought to be responsible for the low number.

gail maclellan reports. keeping their distance — at this vocational school in reykjavik, every second seat is empty. high schools and universities have begun to open again in iceland, cautiously. that caution could be what has kept the numbers of coronavirus cases across the country so low — just 1,799 cases. another is the world's most extensive testing regime — 14% of the population has been tested. vocational schools have been amongst the first to reopen. it's difficult to learn some skills via the internet and their coming exams need to be practical, tests conducted in person. the students are pelased to be back. it is so hard being at home, so easy to procrastinate. just sitting at home. it's much better to go to school

every day and have a routine. i feel good. it's good to see my friends and be with them again. it gets a little bit lonely being alone at home. many high schools will continue distance learning for the last three weeks of the academic year to avoid the need to find tricky solutions to social distancing in classrooms. hair salons, dentists and other businesses across iceland are also starting to be reopened. though, bars, gyms and pools remain closed. iceland seems optimistic, cautiously, that normal life is visible on the horizon. gail maclellan, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. there are dramatic swings in temperature through this week. initially, the temperatures will head upwards. at low pressure to the west and high—pressure to the

east allows us to tap into some warm airfrom the east allows us to tap into some warm air from the south. we have east allows us to tap into some warm airfrom the south. we have had record—breaking temperatures in parts of spain and the south of france, and some of that warmth will move in our direction. by the weekend, high pressure will build to the west, low pressure to the east and that will drive the northerly winds. no more want, in fact it will feel dramatically colder. back to the here and now. we have had some rain across the south—west of england, some of that into southern wales. we will keep you lot of cloud across the far south—west of the uk through the night. we will see this lump of luke wright —— low cloud moving in from the north sea and a lot of cloud in the northern isles. where we keep clear spells will be a cold night, widely we will see temperatures close to freezing, particularly in the northern half of the uk. into tomorrow, cloud and the northern isles. some showers

clipping into the far south—west of england, otherwise a fine, dry day with long spells of sunshine, and a somewhat normal day, as well, with temperatures up to 15 degrees in aberdeen, 19 in cardiff. into thursday, some showers drifting across the west and north of the uk. some of those could be heavy and thundery. further south, largely fine with sunny spells. 22 degrees in the south—east. into friday, again, a lot of fine weather around with some spells of sunshine. it could be misty in the western coastal areas with the old shower. some patchy rain into the north of scotland. whereas southern parts will get up to 25 degrees, it will start to feel cool in the far north of the uk. i cold their winds out over the weekend. the cold front will sink its way slowly southwards the base of us will be in the cold air, and hints of some wintry

showers, particularly in the north and east. cool in the north by saturday, by sunday a dramatic drop in the temperatures for all of us.

this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines: more than 30,000 people in the uk have now died from coronavirus. the number of deaths in care homes continues to rise. criticism of the uk's initial coronavirus testing procedure from its own chief scientific adviser. i think if we'd managed to ramp testing capacity quicker it would have been beneficial. for all sorts of reasons, that didn't happen. virgin atlantic announces 3000 job cuts and the end of services at gatwick airport as a result of the pandemic. scotland's first minister outlines plans to ease lockdown restrictions, but says it's unlikely measures will be relaxed this week. we must see further restrictions in new cases, hospital and icu