and even a crack of thunder, so do not be surprised. 2a in london, likejune orjuly. 18 degrees in the north. now, the showers will clear eventually. they may last into the evening hours, but after midnight, it is certainly looking clear across many central and eastern areas of the uk. a bit more cloud towards the west here. then this lump of rain across the very far north, that is a cold front, and that cold front is going to bring a very big change to our weather by sunday. the process starts on saturday. in fact, cloud and rain in scotland, in the north, and much colder, whereas south of the central lowlands on saturday, it is still very warm and sunny with the odd shower. so there is going to be a huge difference between saturday and sunday. take a look at london for example. 2a on saturday, only 15 on sunday.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines: prince charles leads the uk in remembrance, as locked down communities fell silent for two minutes to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the second world war in europe. victory in europe was announced on this day in 1945 by the prime minister, sir winston churchill. this is your victory. in all our long history, we have never seen a greater day than this. the red arrows flew over central london, and modern raf typhoons appear overhead in edinburgh, cardiff and belfast. in paris, president macron laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier.

and german chancellor, angela merkel, laid a wreath at the new guardhouse memorial in berlin. as events take place at home and online to pay tribute, some communities are still managing to hold socially distanced celebrations. in other news, there's to be limited easing of lockdown restrictions in wales with people able to exercise more than once a day and garden centres re—opening. we will stay with the ve day sxhemrations. there is —— commemorations. one of the things happening tonight, we are being encouraged to sing along to we'll

meet again, made famous by dame vera lynn. she is the remarkable age of 103. i'm pleased to say we can speak to her daughter, virginia lewis who, joins me from the family home in east sussex. hello to you. hi, guys. we are delighted to have you with us, what are you and your mother doing today, how will you and how are you marking the day? it's all been frantic, with lots of interviews and we had a wonderful fly past by a spit fire at 10 past one, who did a little courtesy and went off and came round again. it was great fun. the pilot was matt jones. my mother managed to see that from the sitting room french window. so that was lovely. fantastic i'm glad she did. of course we are still

thinking about the fact that the queen made reference to that famous phrase, we'll meet again, said the queen, are you all right there, i hope you can see still hear us or see us. hope you can see still hear us or see us. my staff are now answering the telephone, sorry. carry on. usually it is children, but phones is fine as well. that is live television for you. i was wanting to ask, what your mother thought when she, i imagine, like so many listened to that address from the queen, part of the coronavirus lockdown and at the end the queen said, we will meet again. that was a very touching moment i thought and i'm fascinated to know what you and your mum thought of that. well, we we re your mum thought of that. well, we were terribly surprised, because we had no idea that her majesty was actually going to say that, but of course totally appropriate, not op

for 75 years ago, but also for today when everybody‘s apart and they can only fortunately these days at least they can communicate by telephone or zoom or whatever, but all those yea rs zoom or whatever, but all those years ago they couldn't. so we are lucky in one way, but not in another with all those people who are on their own. we are thinking about them a lot as well. of course, i suppose some of, it is so important to mark today, some of the sad nesses that those we pay tribute to are in isolation. yes that is sad and it is important to keep those people who are in isolation to try and keep up their morale. it is very important and of course the song epitomises that. we will meet again one day, wherever. as a

morale—booster that is important. forgive, i'm sure you are asked this all the time, what does your mother think of the fact that still, after all these years, the song is still played and sung and still resonates, thatis played and sung and still resonates, that is remarkable. it is, absolutely. but again it still resonates very much today and it a lwa ys resonates very much today and it always will do. when she first heard it she thoughts it was perfect for that period, not knowing of course that period, not knowing of course that it would continue to be so popular, but it has been and quite rightly so, because it is extremely important, the words are extremely important, the words are extremely important, just as they were all those years ago. she is your mum. you've never known any different, people like us, want to say, what was it like to have vera lynn as your mum, i think she was famous before you were born. yes, when you grow up in an atmosphere where your

mother is so famous, it is natural, you have never known anything else. i don't know what it is like not to be. what are your memories of her working so hard when you were a little girl? well, she was always very careful to be home for birthdays, christmases, holidays. those kind of events. so that there was some flow of family life. that was some flow of family life. that was always terribly important to her. and which of course was good for us. you retained that familial feeling. it is very important. and will you and she be singing along to her own song tonight? yes, we all will. there is quite a lot of us in the house, who live in it. i'm sure we will all be doing that and possibly raising a glass of something sparkling at the same

time. i hope so, absolutely. you are the very people who should. we wish you a wonderful evening and i hope some closer celebrations whenlike dn is over. thank you and very —— when lockdown is up. thank you to virginia lewis, the daughter of dame vela linn. much more coming up. we will continue to mark 75 years of ve day throughout the day. two people have lived through war and after meeting two years ago, they decided to self—isolate during lockdown as sean peel reports. the

decision was made in a brief moment, no hesitation. when lockdown was announced, margaret moved in with doug. together in isolation. announced, margaret moved in with doug. together in isolationlj announced, margaret moved in with doug. together in isolation. i had a choice really, either ask the family to ta ke choice really, either ask the family to take me home, or stay with doug, so to take me home, or stay with doug, so he wasn't on his own. at the time they said it could last for 12 weeks. so i decided to stay. and i liked her company, so it suited me. i have been here seven weeks. as young man, doug wanted to be a pilot, but he ended up an engineer. after one mission his plane was hit and was on fire as it landed. doug's hand was badly burned. and was on fire as it landed. doug's hand was badly burnedlj and was on fire as it landed. doug's hand was badly burned. i grabbed a fire extinguisher to try and put the fire extinguisher to try and put the fire out and it was in the fire, so

it burned the middle out of my hand. ican remembertrying it burned the middle out of my hand. i can remember trying to put it down, and it was stuck. sol i can remember trying to put it down, and it was stuck. so i had to throw it, to get rid of it. doug's hand was treated by a pioneering surgeon. hand was treated by a pioneering surgeon. i went and joined them and realised that my hand hurt. when you say your hand hurt. is that a bit of an understatement? yes! on ve day as doug was recovering in hospital, 17—year—old margaret was celebrating. she is the one lying down. she had spent her teenage yea rs down. she had spent her teenage years in and out of air—raid shelters. that did more damage for me than anything, to hear the siren go off, itjust shook my nerves to

pieces and it took me years and yea rs pieces and it took me years and years to get over that. but i'm all right now. so doug and margaret will spend ve day in lockdown together, sharing memories of their war and more and after seven weeks, their friendship is closer than ever. yes, very close friends, yes. yes. very close. that's enough! you can see who is in charge can't you? there is more coming up about ve day. now we will talk about the other main story, the coronavirus pandemic. we have heard from nicola sturgeon and mark dra keford we have heard from nicola sturgeon and mark drakeford and we will hear more from the prime minister on sunday. here is our political correspondent. on a bank holiday,

these streets would be full. not today, lockdown restrictions have been extended. but political leaders are looking very cautiously to what comes next and in wales, the rules with willing tweaked, starting monday. to allow people to go outside to exercise more than once a day, but we will strengthen our regulations to make it clear that that exercise must be local. our second plan, change for the regulation, will be to allow garden centres to open, provided the two metre social distancing rules can be applied. thirdly, we oppose changing the regulations to allow local authorities to begin planning how safely to re—open libraries and municipal recycling centres. on sunday, the prime minister will set out a plan for a gradual easing of restrictions in england to move the

uk towards a new normal. but his government's been accused of allowing mixed messages to develop, after borisjohnson told the house of commons some rules could change from next week, newspapers suggested greater freedoms. we have been clear all along that the message remain it is same — people should stay at home to protect the nhs and save lives, but it is fair that people are rightly asking, as we get through the worst of this peak, as we start to get it under control, where do we go next snt? the prime minister will set out where we go, but in a cautious way. the government does plan to ditch the stay home slogan after the weekend. the four nations may now change rules at different speeds, if they believe the transition rate differs. on first steps, they considering similar moves though. i would put going out more for exercise in the open open

airasa nuanced more for exercise in the open open air as a nuanced change. the only change we are considering in the immediate term is to the guidance on outdoor exercise, and i will give you a further update on that over the weekend. any changes will be monitored and no nation is suggesting an overnight lifting of lockdown. rules could be tightened again if cases start to rise. we stay with coronavirus, because victoria derbyshire has more information and advice about the outbreak in this special programme.

hello and welcome to the latest in our special programmes, as coronavirus continues to up end billions of lives around the world, i'm anita mcveigh. mow testing differs around the world. we'll also hear from young people across the globe as they try to spread some corona kindness. still there are many unanswered questions about coronavirus. one is why it affects people so differently. for many the symptoms are mild, but for many they struggle to shake a off the symptoms. dominic hughes reports. i have suspected coronavirus. what i was not prepared for wasjust coronavirus. what i was not prepared for was just excruciating leg coronavirus. what i was not prepared for wasjust excruciating leg pains. it has been seven weeks. that

feeling of feeling so weak. it has been seven weeks. that feeling of feeling so weakm it has been seven weeks. that feeling of feeling so weak. it came back on week four. in the fifth week, my partner had to call a&e. week seven i relapsed again. for six weeks, felicity, a9, has been living with suspected coronavirus. david, a2 in bristol has spent two months suffering relapses. this is where i have all my stuff. i make sure i'm keeping cutlery and bowls separated. david's world has shrunk to this room, self—isolating to protect his wife and daughter. eating and sleeping for the last seven weeks. when he thought he was getting better, he relapsed and he is not alone. know that people like me i guess who have experienced these waves of on and off, when it first got worse, it was quite a scary

experience, because i thought, you know, you don't know whether that means you're going down, down, down, so means you're going down, down, down, so it is quite scary to get worse after you thought you were getting better. when i was really ill, i was going on my hands and knees up and down these stairs... felicity has also struggled to get rid of symptoms. the entire experience of being sick and recovering has been overwhelming. the hardest part was having got through the first ten days of being very sick, and thinking i was getting better, things later getting much, much worse. i was experiencing such horrific abdominal pains that i was. . . horrific abdominal pains that i was... just calling out injust extreme agony. neither felicity nor david have been tested, but both we re david have been tested, but both were told by doctors they probably had the virus. they have been

reassured they're no longer er have the infection. so much about the coronavirus is unknown, including many some experience mild symptoms and otherwise healthy people are left struggling for weeks. in many patients with other disease, you do see this waxing and waning effect. there is evidence to suggest that the prolonged features are the body's response to infection, rather than the infection itself persisting. the first week i started to keep a dairy. david and felicity hope they're now recovering, a return to normal family life. hope they're now recovering, a return to normalfamily life. my wife would bring my daughter to the window, it was lovely. some of the people who have been living with

suspected coronavirus. the countries across the world are approaching testing differently. chris morris brea ks testing differently. chris morris breaks down what testing is. to beat the coronavirus we have to know how many people are infected, where, when and how. that is why testing is one of the most important things we can do. it can tell us who might be infected, who might have been infected, who might have been infected in the past and who might need to be in stricter isolation. the the first type of test tests for the presence of virus, to find out if you're infected now, even if you're not displaying symptoms and you're not displaying symptoms and you're feeling well. if you're infected, you can be isolated and treated and people you have been in contact with can be contacted and

traised. countries like south korea tested people early on and seem to have kept their death rates low. other country, including the uk are scrambling to keep up. but you need the right chemicals, the right ex—pepper ght expertise. the second test looks at whether you have been infected in the past and might have immunity. it searches for antibodies in the blood, which your immune system uses to fight off bacteria. reliable tests are not widely available. while they are being trialed in various places and there are some ineffective products, scientists are cautious. not having a test is better than having a bad test. it will be a huge help if a reliable antibody test can be developed soon. if we know someone

has some immunity it should be easier to get back to work. if we know that lots of people have some immunity, its should be easierfor us immunity, its should be easierfor us to start lifting lockdowns in safer ways. but there is a problem, the presence of antibodies may provide some immunity, but not necessarily complete immunity. so testing can help us put other data like the number of confirmed cases or deaths into context. but we will have to wait until a vaccine provides immunity, until scientists crack that, testing is key to help us crack that, testing is key to help us deal with that pandemic. governments are starting to ease restrictions and re—open society in the wake of the virus. the decision is based on something called an r number. but what is it? laura foster explains. when will schools open?

our lives are controlled by something called r nought, also known as the r number. it tells us how many people will be infected for every one person who has the virus. if it is three it is around three. without a cure or vaccine, this r number guides every decision governments make. before changes we re governments make. before changes were brought in, the r number was between two and three. that is why it spread so quickly. the aim is for it spread so quickly. the aim is for it to be less than one. but r nought is les than one, we can't switch back to how things used to be. each restrictions that is lifted make it isr restrictions that is lifted make it is r number rise. some more than others. but it is not clear how much and how restrictions are lifted will

affect the r number too. what happens if schools open. what if only some pupils go back? these decisions have to be made for everything and the answers are not clear. governments need to balance this need to get countries moving while still keeping the public safe. finally, with school cancelled for millions, some students have decided to use their time to help people, from cooking meals for the answers are not clear. governments need to balance this need to get countries moving while still keeping the public safe. finally, with school cancelled for millions, some stu d e nts cancelled for millions, some students have decided to use their time to help people, from cooking meals for the homeless and making friendly phone calls to producing personal protective equipment with 3d printers. we have heard from three teenagers. its is important that people fight the coronavirus. we are the least vulnerable. that people fight the coronavirus. we are the least vulnerablelj that people fight the coronavirus. we are the least vulnerable. i feel the need to do something. to help them as much as i can. i'm from malaysia. during the pandemic, i have been helping unfortunately families who lost their income

during the restrictions. most of them ran out of money to buy food supplies and milk for their babies. i also hope the homeless by cooking food for them and asking my contact to help me distribute the food to the homeless, because i can't go there myself. i have been doing charity work since i was seven years old. i feel the charity work since i was seven years old. ifeelthe need charity work since i was seven years old. i feel the need to do something to help them as much as i can. as a kid, it is the least i can do for now. i'm izzy. i have been helping to co—ordinate a mutual aid response to co—ordinate a mutual aid response to support vulnerable people who may not have family or friends who are able to do shopping for them. you

get a lot of responses and it is my responsibilities to make sure we get a volunteer as fast as possible. i started doing this, because i didn't have school, my exams were cancelled andi have school, my exams were cancelled and i knew it was important for young people to be getting involved, because as a demographic, we are the least vulnerable and we need to be supporting people who are more vulnerable. i'm a climatejustice activist normally, so because coronavirus means we can't be on the streets protesting, i wanted to use those skills to help people in my community in the same way. it is important for activists that we treat this as a crisis. i'm 17, important for activists that we treat this as a crisis. i'm17, i'm

diego. i have my bb printers and i make face shields and other products. in chile many people are taking lockdown and wearing masks. i started to make face shields a month ago andl started to make face shields a month ago and i made 100. with another friend, together we made 1,000 face shields and 2,000 masks. it is very important that young people take pa rt important that young people take part to fight the coronavirus. because we have the time, the energy and the information, so there is no excuse. guys, please get motivate, let's get creative and we can fight the pandemic and fight this virus. that is it for now. you can follow me on twitter at anita mcveigh or head to the bbc web—site for the latest information. thank you for

watching. many of us marking ve day outside our front many of us marking ve day outside ourfront doors or many of us marking ve day outside our front doors or perhaps a walk and the weather is mostly behaving itself. i say mostly, there are a few heavy showers lurking around and the possibility of a thunder storm. don't be surprised if it is sunny and then the heavens open. there are clouds around. it is not completely clear. but it is a very warm afternoon. in london up to 2a degrees. 21 in the midlands. even 20 in newcastle. some of the showers may linger. after midnight it does dry out and the skies clear and then our focus is to the north of scotland. here we are starting to

see a big change in our weather pattern. a cold front is approaching. and that will bring a huge change to northern scotland on saturday. increasing winds, very cold winds, rain and some mountain snow, look at the drop in temperatures, stornoway 10, snow, look at the drop in temperatures, stornoway10, glasgow still at 18. to the south of glasgow it still feels like summer. for some of us sunday won't be a great day. cloud and some rain and some cold winds. this is what happens through saturday night into sunday. the cold front sweeps across the country. you can see the chilly northerly winds and a screamer down these north sea coasts, east anglia and the south—east. here rain for a time early in the day and then those really gusty, cold winds. there will bea really gusty, cold winds. there will be a big temperature drop. that air has dom come from the polar regions.

a huge drop in newcastle and for london. you will feel that chill. notjust on sunday, but monday, you can see the cold winds blowing in from the sea, norwich and hull feeling very chilly. temperatures around 10 degree on monday. that chilly weather will continue through the first half of the week. from around wednesday, thursday it does tend too warm up and the winds will ease as well. that ips is it from me. enjoy your day.

this is bbc news, i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at four... prince charles leads the uk in remembrance, as locked—down communities fell silent for two minutes to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the second world war in europe. victory in europe was announced on this day in 19a5 by the prime minister, sir winston churchill. winston churchill: this is. . .your victory! in all our long history, we have never seen a greater day than this. in paris, president macron laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. and german chancellor, angela merkel, laid a wreath