becoming the worst affected country in europe with just under 29,500. only the united states has lost more lives to the disease. president trump has toured a mask—making facility in phoenix. while there he said the white house coronavirus task force would be wound down, and replaced with one focused more on the economy. one of the uk government's main scientific advisers on coronavirus has resigned. professor neil ferguson, one of the architects of the lockdown, stepped aside because he'd broken social distancing rules. virgin atlantic is to cut 3000 jobs in the uk. the airline says it won't restart operations at gatwick, london's second airport, which have been suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the womens editor of the daily telegraph, claire cohen and former editor of fleet street, eve pollard. the front pages are divided on their choice of lead story — with a resignation, international comparisons — and economic news all vying to be top story. the lead story for the daily telegraph and its exclusive — is the revelation that professor neil ferguson, one of the architects of the lockdown in the uk, has stepped aside because he'd broken social distancing rules. the front page of the guardian shows that the uk's coronavirus death toll is now the worst in europe. 0fficialfigures prompt calls for an inquiry into the handling of the pandemic. the daily mirror leads on the same story with the headline

"from bad to worst". the i also reports how the uk having the highest death toll in europe. but it quotes the foreign secretary dominic raab who earlier warned against comparisons, as countries record deaths differently. the daily mail prefers to major on the story of professor neil ferguson. it says the revelation will "enrage the tens of millions who are sticking to the regulations, especially couples forced to live apart". the lead story for the financial times is that virgin atlantic is preparing to cut almost a third of its 10,000 workforce in the uk — and close its gatwick operations as it scales back in an attempt to survive the impact of coronavirus. another economic story for the times — it says the chancellor rishi sunak will next week announce plans to wind down the government's furlough scheme from july. the paper reports options include cutting the 80% wage subsidy and lowering the currently cap

on monthly payments. —— the current cap. and an economic view from beyond the london newspapers. the yorkshire post says the large manufacturing sector in that part of northern england helps explain why the region is losing £170 million per day in economic output, according to new analysis. so, let's begin... let's talk to you claire first of all. let's talk about the front page of the guardian and the front page of the guardian and the front page ofa of the guardian and the front page of a few of the newspapers today. uk coronavirus death toll is not the worst in europe, a very sobering figures on how many people have died in the uk and how that compares to other countries. they are sobering figures. they are tragic figures. every one of these is a human life. it is easy to forget that or overlook that when you are looking at such vast numbers approaching

30,000. nota at such vast numbers approaching 30,000. not a good headline for the government and what is an important week for them. they have their second three week lockdown assessment coming up on thursday and then on sunday we are supposed to be giving boris johnson's then on sunday we are supposed to be giving borisjohnson‘s road map for mund and exe from lockdown might look like. really bad headlines and about the newspapers called this and are making comparisons with it away. because of course they were the highest with europe and we have now ove rca m e highest with europe and we have now overcame them. it is a race to the bottom. nobody wants to win this and have these tragic figures related to their country. dominic rob has a side which was reported that we can't be making comparisons but it is human nature to make comparisons especially when it comes to it away. —— dominic raab. i get that we do have to be cautious when making comparisons, i do get that because there is a population difference. we

have a bigger population in the uk. uk -- have a bigger population in the uk. uk —— italy has a older population... we don't have figures properly from care homes in either country so we do have to be cautious. you can tell from not making a comparison because it is human nature to want to. eve doesn't matter where we stand in terms of the number of deaths? because ultimately 29,000 that is a huge amount, it is really big and should not have happened many people would argue. i think it does matterjust because very hard to find somebody who doesn't know someone who's had someone who doesn't know someone who's had someone in the family who is died. it's the spread throughout the entire population of this country and scotland and ireland and wales too, and northern ireland. so many have been touched by this... doesn't matter that we are surpassing it

away in terms of deaths, doesn't matter we are being compared to other countries? should we just concentrate on what is happening here? we should concentrate on what happens here. and i think in some ways the government is right, everybody counts their dead in a different way and also we have a larger population than it away. and also the density of london if you compare “— also the density of london if you compare —— you should compare to a big city in america rather than another place in europe. but as claire quite rightly says, there are comparisons, we will make comparisons, we will make comparisons whether we like it or not and i am afraid that every day, the figure was 683 today, you will see that figure will climb into the next decade of figures and we don't know where it will and and we are seeing a drop, we are seeing a flattening of the curve and all of those things. but i think office

will be so much happier if we were seeing the figure of deaths every day in the 1005 and not in the 6005. we are very worried where these figures are taking us. the doctor from the specialist training association said that ministers had to search for answers a question of how they handle the crisis. do you think ministers have been answering questions or do you think they have been avoiding answering why this is happened? i think while you are in the middle of it, it is quite hard to say why things have got so bad. there have been articles in the last few days about why did cheltenham races which where... why was a foot ball races which where... why was a football match against the spanish team in liverpool? i was stuck in america at the beginning of this and the part of florida i was in, we

closed it down before britain did. florida has been a strange place because some parts of florida virtually never closed down, and some closed down very, very early andl some closed down very, very early and i felt entirely safe in the place that i was in. but we close down early because there weren't enough doctors —— there were enough doctors and enough people making noise to say shut down now. the trouble is we are seeing coronavirus from this end of the sort of optical... this end of the class. i don't think any of us could have managed to imagine at the very beginning we would have reached this stage and reach it so quickly. it is very easy now for me to say we should have had the cheltenham meeting, we should not have had that foot ball meeting, we should not have had that football match. i think it was possible that people did not gather how serious this was quick enough. and i think today you have jeremy

hunt who is chairing the health committee this morning. he was saying we should look at places like south korea which seems to have been extraordinary in advance of things. they had testing earlier. they closed it down very early. are we looking at the way they are app is working? are we following the same rules? why aren't we using apps? people have apps now which could join us allup people have apps now which could join us all up to other peoples apps very quickly. why are we waiting? i think speed is quite difficult for some governments because perhaps we are ina some governments because perhaps we are in a democracy, perhaps we are the sort of people who listen to other peoples advice. speed is terribly important in the sort of thing. and it is only when we come to the very end of it we can look back that we can see where we were a fleet of foot and where we weren't. ido fleet of foot and where we weren't. i do think there is anything we can do fast now, but anything we can

must be. claire the same headline from the daily mirror, and serious questions from the government. those questions from the government. those questions will not go away, is at the time to ask them? no, they want. plenty of people don't think we should wait until the end of this crisis. -- should wait until the end of this crisis. —— know they will not. to ask these questions. and when you have people like patrick vallance today saying that they had —— had they started testing earlier, it would've made a difference. then you have someone at the top of the tree saying that. that will prompt questions. we cannot be waiting to answer that. no, ithink cannot be waiting to answer that. no, i think the time for dissection is now and will continue. claire was talk about your newspaper the daily telegraph and an exclusive for them this evening. the lockdown professor, this is the professor who was instrumental in prompting boris johnson to professor who was instrumental in prompting borisjohnson to lockdown britain, he has not stepped down after breaking rules to meet his

married lover. now, this is obviously interesting on a personal level but some people might argue look ultimately, this guy is a scientist, he is not a politician, doesn't matter what he does in his spare time? firstly congratulations to my colleagues who broke this exclusive. i don't think even though it is in the great tradition of fleet street to talk about peoples personal lives and the romantic lives, i do not think that is the point of this story at all. nor is the fact he is not officially a politician. he is helping to lead the guidance on lockdown on social distancing in this country hence his nickname title my professor walked down." it is about hypocrisy, do as i say not as i do. he has been instrumental in hammering home the message we have all heard for weeks not to stay at home, protect the nhs, to save lives. we all know it off by heart. and yet it turns out

he has not been abiding by that himself. —— doctor lockdown. he needed to go because people have already seen increasing numbers of people going out and about, and more ca i’s people going out and about, and more cars on the road, and if you are going to have somebody who has been at the forefront of that not abiding by it and staying at theirjobs, it would not be a good look and i don't know if lockdown would hold. eve in the daily mail which also carries that story on its front page,... it says "the revelation of the meetings will enrage the tens of millions who we re will enrage the tens of millions who were sticking to the regulations, especially couples around the country who would love to beat together but they don't cohabit and therefore are not allowed to see each other." i think that's therefore are not allowed to see each other. " i think that's true. i was sympathetic to this guy earlier on, buti was sympathetic to this guy earlier on, but i thought of all the people i know who are dying to see

literally people in their family, relatives, people as you say who they are close to but can't live with. and it is a certain arrogance, isn't it, it says i can behave in a certain way but do as i say not as i do. but i think the whole point about the lockdown and i think the point is very mate —— will meet at the 5pm meeting today, you could see their little lifts in traffic at the weekend which there should not be. i am afraid weekends have gotten treated in the same way as weeks and we actually can't actually escape and go off and do as we want to because it's saturday and sunday and so—and—so might be around. we have got to stay in this lockdown thing to save lives, help the nhs as you say. we know it off by heart. having no special people who are in a special position and he is one of them. —— we have special people in a

special position. most importantly they should be practising what they preach. claire he is not the first. the chief medical officer in scotla nd the chief medical officer in scotland was also forced to resign last month after making two trips to her second home during the coronavirus lockdown. it is incredible, these people are advising us what to do but can't seem to practice what they preach, why not? is certainly a question we should be asking. nobody is pretending it is easy to stay locked in and be separated from loved ones be they romantic partners or family members. we all know it's incredibly hard. but if you are going to be leading this effort, if you're going to be leading into the extent that you a nickname like professor walked down, you need to be abiding by your own rules or these will be the consequences. moving on the times, they are taking the economic viewpoint. it talks about state aid to be cut by the chancellor saint the chancellor

rishi sunak is prepared to wean businesses and workers off the government's for scheme possibly by july amid concerns that the nation could become addicted to this government money claire. the point is the treasury did not expect such an enthusiastic take—up of this scheme. they originally estimated at around 10%, it's close to 70. rishi sunak has set a number of times that it isa sunak has set a number of times that it is a huge success. but as the story shows, success has a tipping point because it is just taxpayers money that is being used to pay this and that's not sustainable and britain does need to get back to work. it will be far too simplistic to say something like we will take it down to 60% because businesses as we emerge slowly from lockdown are going to be affected and really different ways. there will be people who will be held to go back to work may be whether that is part—time

with still a portion of the salary is still being made up, that shortfall. but there will be other industries that have been completely quashed by lockdown and the demand of their services won't re—emerge. i'm thinking about things like pubs and i'm thinking about things like pubs a nd restau ra nts i'm thinking about things like pubs and restaurants which may be in phase three of the lockdown the left by boris on sunday. they will need a higher level of help for a longer period of time. just to say something like 60%, that is just going to worry about people who know that won't be sustainable for them for a long time. eve the front page of the financial times under other economic viewpoint in talking about industries and sectors that are suffering. the airline industry, virgin atlantic and icing today devastating news for and icing today devastating news for a third of its workforce who are seeing theirjobs being cut and annex wit from gatwick and the fight for survival in the airline industry is going to get tougher as this continues. very tough indeed and of

course the whole business about social distancing on planes sounds wonderful but number one there are complexitiesjust at wonderful but number one there are complexities just at the airport before you started leaving just queuing up to get on. and then can any airline make money if the plane is only half full? and so i think this is going to be a long time coming back, the airline business. and of course other countries may help their big airline companies but in this country, you probably want to be able to. i think people will be very nervous about getting on planes. i think that all of those things taken into consideration is going to be tough for some airline companies and some may well go. let's keep it there eve to talk about the daily express front page because how dare china spy on our vaccine labs present thatis that is the headline. apparently cyber criminal gangs backed by china

are targeting british drug companies trying to develop the coronavirus vaccine. this is a cure —— according to security chiefs who gave a warning last night. it doesn't make clear if these gains are trying to target these development is to actually force them or steal ideas. is it gangs or the chinese government? there is a suspicion and there always has been about chinese companies is stealing ideas from the west. and that was very much part of the huawei drama that we had earlier on before the coronavirus. and of course any chinese company that can actually find the vaccine who are not doing their own work but to getting the information from another company would be included because everybody in the world wants a vaccine and my feeling is the vaccine and my feeling is the vaccine is probably a long way off what we hope and what we are looking at to get is drugs that actually

make coronavirus a much milder illness and doesn't affect so many people in the way that it has. and is deal a bowl with because there is still no actual vaccine for hiv, but there are drugs. but i feel that is there are drugs. but i feel that is the way we will probably progress i think a vaccine may be a long way off. at the idea that china is trying to steal it, trying to who we are still not convinced didn't know more about the coronavirus before it actually went into the world and didn't advise us in enough time, is quite horrific and if it is government—sponsored, i think there should be a reaction from the united nations and how we deal with china in the future. and dominic raab said it is completely unacceptable that malicious cyber actors are targeting those working to overcome the coronavirus. it has elicited response from the uk government. we

have a national cyber security sector when it was suggested at the weekend that there might be attempts from russia and iran coined that reprehensible. i tend to agree with eve that i think they would be after the vaccine itself when it comes to cyber hacking, it is data that is desirable. data that is power. imagine what could be more exciting than a new vaccine that could be a global pandemic? i'm sure that is what they must be after. it is worrying, there is no suggestion in this story or any other that they have been successful in any way which i suppose is slightly reassuring. but you only have to think back to 2017 when the nhs was victim to the cyber attack. that affected tens of thousands of devices. to think that this could be really serious if someone is successful. claire cohen and eve, it it is been a pleasure to have you both on the programme this evening. do take care and have a wonderful

rest of the evening whatever is left of it. and thank you to you for your time and your viewing. that's it for the papers. goodbye for now. hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc support centre. we start with a dire warning that the coronavirus pandemic could cost three mission case where it's almost £700 million. the manna charge of the english football league are facing a 200 million whole and once things could be very moot messy at if promotion of roguish doesn't go ahead this season. astin comp —— asheville, bournemouth have... it's... 0rthere are some types... rick perry has cautioned against that saying that some lawyers would get very wealthy.

the chief executive of the england and wales cricket board at the same conference meeting said coronavirus could cost its sport £380 million. they said the pandemic is the most significant financial challenge that they have faced. and in rugby football union, they have warned that they would lose about £107 million if england posit ‘s autumn internationals are cancelled and an £85 million black hole would still be created if the games against new zealand and argentina, tonga, and australia take place without fans at twickenham. plus the scottish football league boss has warned the future of the sport is in grave peril adding it will need support from the government. after it was good for some sort is a way off after a meeting with the sports minister with the rugby and racing bosses. we are in this really difficult place where there is a desire to get the game going in

order to drive those... but there is also the fear of the safety of everybody concerned in the game and thatis everybody concerned in the game and that is why it is going to need some real careful planning and any talk in my opinion of trying to start again in may or even earlyjune i think is not going to happen. there is too much to do and too much at sta ke is too much to do and too much at stake from a health point of view to rush this and it needs some careful consideration in my opinion. we have heard from the foreign minister dominic raab saying that the government are looking at how to restart, something that premier league is doing having some clubs reopen their training crowds. crystal palace has told bbc that public employee safety is paramount but they do have a duty to get the game started again. it is a very difficult situation, we are in a terrible situation as everybody knows. but as a business because we have employees and we have other

things to safeguard after the public health crisis which is the most important thing, it would be a dereliction of duty if we were not planning to try to get our business up planning to try to get our business up and running. player safety has to come first and indeed the staff as well. rafael nadal fears tennis won't return this year after the french sports minister warned the french sports minister warned the french open that he won last year for a trust i may need to take place behind closed doors and has been delayed until the 20th of september. the president of cycling's governing body admits there are no guarantees that the sport's biggest event of the year the tour de france would ta ke the year the tour de france would take place. it has been delayed from june until the end of august with two races now overlapping in 0ctober. we know there will be no professional cricket in the uk until at least the 1st ofjuly and even thenit at least the 1st ofjuly and even then it is likely to take place without fans. however england's been stoked said that will not affect the

players and are desperate for the sport to return. we are walking out to represent our country. we have the three lands on her chest and there is a game we are supposed to win. whether that is in front of nobody or what we use to do in front ofa nobody or what we use to do in front of a full crowd, it won't take that competitive site away for some it would just be a completely different scenario for us to get our head around that. we would do anything to get cricket back on the tvs and the people to follow and watch. if that means we have to play in front of nobody then so be it. we have all become used to the fear of athletes training at home so it takes something a bit special to get our attention. so check out this perl mountain biker fabiola witmer‘s effort. some pretty impressive stuff from the austrian here. helping out with laundry before pumping inside while his friend just happened to try having a quiet breakfast and then he even decides to scare his partner. awful, jumping out of the

second for window. and of course, it a lwa ys second for window. and of course, it always ends with a trick shot. well it did take in 700 attempts to do that so he is maybe a bit human. that is all the sport for now, good night. hello, we'll be taking a bit of a roller coaster ride as far hello there, there is a real shock in store for this weekend but before we get there, it is getting warmer, and turned very warm in many places. mind you early wednesday morning when i feel very warm, may a pinch of frost in rural parts and eastern areas underneath the clearest guys and lighter winds. with lighter winds it will feel warmer in the sunshine on wednesday and for many of us there will be a lot of that the compass of a few exceptions, cloud certainly wanted to shower is threatening the far south west of england and wales. but with lighter winds it will feel warm and the sunshine, temperatures likely to be higher on wednesday peeking out around 19 or 20 degrees. during the

evening and overnight, we will start to see more of this cloud running its way northwards up through the irish sea and towards northern ireland. a few showers for these western parts of the uk. for the east will have clear skies and light winds. another chilly night but because it is a bit warm by day and may not get quite as chilly by the end of the night and into thursday morning. still high—pressure in charge which will shrink away towards the south—east and that's where we will see the heat for longer. further west, where we will see the heat for longer. furtherwest, encroaching cloud and more threatening cloud we will see more of that on thursday across northern ireland up into scotland, sharp showers and perhaps the chance for a shower across western parts of england and wales. further east, good chance it will stay dry, fair bit of sunshine run and those temperatures continuing to rise up to 22 or 23 celsius. probably the peak of the warmth will be on friday when the south—east of the uk may be a bit more cloud across england and wales and northern ireland may be one or two

showers breaking out. we have this band of rain across northern scotla nd band of rain across northern scotland and hear those temperatures are dropping away quite markedly. for the south where we will see this temperatures from a 211—25 degrees. that band of rain on that whether fronted there and that will be significant because it is that that will sweep its way southwards during this week in and behind it a stronger northerly wind will push down much colder air across all areas. 0n down much colder air across all areas. on saturday it will be cooler across the northern half of the air across the northern half of the air across all areas. 0n across the northern half of the air across all areas. on saturday it will be cooler across the northern half of the uk, perhaps rain for south, largely dry and warm with some sunshine. but even here it gets or 11 degrees.

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