queen elizabeth has made a televised address marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the second world war in europe. the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall laid a wreath near balmoral. the raf staged flypasts with the red arrows above london and typhoon fighterjets over edinburgh, cardiff and belfast. airlines based in britain say they have been told that the government will bring in a 14—day quarantine for all passengers arriving in the uk from everywhere except the irish republic. the new travel restriction is expected to take effect at the end of the month. spain has approved a bigger relaxation of the lockdown as small firms are allowed to serve customers again, and more outdoor movement is approved. but there are still strict rules including compulsory use of masks and social distancing on public transport. now on bbc news, it's time for a look back at the week in parliament.

hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament, a week when the uk's pandemic death toll became the highest in europe. a returning prime minister admitted the scale of the crisis. there's an epidemic going on in care homes which is something i bitterly regret. a labour mp fresh from the hospital ward shared her own experience. "front line workers like me have had to watch families break into pieces as we deliver the very worst of news to them." and how much will the pandemic cost professional sport? if you don't want to know the score, look away now. we are heading for a financial hole

of about £200 million by the end of september, a cash hole. all that to come and more. but first, we may be past the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, but no country outside the united states has a higher death toll than the uk. as the overall figure continued to climb, the government continued to miss its own target of 100,000 tests a day. borisjohnson told mps he bitterly regretted the epidemic in care homes and found shortages of personal protective equipment "enraging". in his first appearance in the commons for six weeks, the prime minister also signalled plans to ease some of the lockdown measures in england from monday. since he last faced mps, borisjohnson has been seriously ill with coronavirus and become a father again. the speaker was pleased to see him. i would like to welcome the prime minister back to his rightful place in the chamber. the whole house and the whole country is delighted at his recovery

and welcome back to his elected house. i now call the prime minister to answer his engagement question. mr speaker, thank you for your kind words and it is good to be back even though i've been away for longer than i had intended. it was the first time borisjohnson had faced sir keir starmer at question time. there were congratulations on the baby's birth, but the pleasantries were soon over. mr speaker, when the prime minister returned to work a week ago monday, he said that many people were looking at the apparent success of the government's approach. but yesterday we learned, tragically, that at least 29,427 people in the uk have now lost their lives to this dreadful virus. that's now the highest number in europe. it's the second highest in the world. that's not success or apparent success, so can the prime minister tell us how on earth

did it come to this? prime minister. mr speaker, first of all, of course every death is a tragedy and he is right to draw attention to the appalling statistics notjust in this country, but of course around the world. and i think i would echo, really, in answer to his question what we've heard from professor david spiegelhouser and others that at this stage, at this stage, i don't think that international comparisons and the data is yet there to draw the conclusions that we want. mr speaker, the argument that international comparisons can't really be made when the government's been using slides like this for weeks to do international comparisons just really doesn't hold water. i'm afraid that many people are concluding that the answer to my question is the uk were slow into lockdown, slow on testing, slow on tracing and slow on the supply of protective equipment. i want to go to yesterday's figures

that show that whilst, happily, in hospitals, it looks as though deaths are falling, deaths in care homes continue to go up. at the press covered last night, the deputy chief medical officer said, and i quote, "what this shows us is that there is a real issue that we need to get to grips with in relation to what's happening in care homes." i couldn't agree more. but 12 weeks after the health secretary declared that we're in a health crisis, i have to ask the prime minister — why hasn't the government got to grips with this already? actually, mr speaker, he is quite right, of course, to look at the crisis in care homes and he is right to say that there is an epidemic going on in care homes, which is something i bitterly regret and we've been working very hard for weeks to get it down. the prime minister said that in the last few days, there had been an improvement in care homes.

mr speaker, on 30 april, the government claimed "success" in meeting its 100,000 test a day target. since then, as the prime minister knows, the number has fallen back. on monday, there were just 84,000 tests and that meant 24,000 available tests were not used. what does the prime minister think was so special about the 30th of april that meant that testing that day was so high? yes, he's right that capacity currently exceeds demand. we're working on that. we're running at about 100,000 a day. but the ambition clearly is to get up to 200,000 a day by the end of this month and then to go even higher. keir starmer welcomed the new target but said it was no replacement for a strategy. he turned to shortages of personal productive equipment, or ppe. we're clearly going to need a very robust national plan for protective equipment.

can the prime minister reassure the public that they won't be asked to return to work until that plan is in place? yes, mr speaker, i certainly can. and i share his frustration about ppe and the frustration that i think people have felt across the house and across the country. it's been enraging to see the difficulties that we've had in supplying ppe to those who need it. earlier in the week, the speaker sir lindsay hoyle had rebuked the prime minister for planning to announce changes to the lockdown on sunday — not to mps, but to the tv cameras. borisjohnson explained why. we'll want, if we possibly can, to get going with some of these measures on monday. i think it will be a good thing, mr speaker, if people had an idea of what's coming the following day. that's why i think sunday, the weekend, is the best time to do it. and the speaker said hopefully in the future, he comes to mps first. the snp‘s leaderfrom his home

on skype also fired a warning shot. ——on skye also fired a warning shot. we anticipate the prime minister will be making a televised address on sunday concerning the easing of lockdown. this cannot be undertaken without the full input and cooperation of all our devolved governments. we must end this period of mixed messaging from the uk government. will the prime minister commit today that the substance of his address will be fully agreed to with the devolved nations so that all of our governments continue with this vitally important work of saving lives? borisjohnson told him he'd do his level best to ensure the outlines of the plan attracted the widest possible consensus. but there was little consensus across the chamber earlier in the week, when labour's new shadow health minister, who's a doctor, swapped the hospital a&e ward for the front bench. frontline workers like me have had to watch families break into pieces as we deliver the very worst of news to them — that the ones they love most

in this world have died. the testing strategy has been nonexistent. community testing was scrapped, mass testing was slow to roll out and testing figures are now being manipulated. does the secretary of state commit to a minimum of 100,000 tests each day going forward? and does the secretary of state acknowledge that many front line workers feel that the government's lack of testing has cost lives and is responsible for many families being unnecessarily torn apart in grief? no, idon't, mr speaker. i welcome the honourable lady to her post as part of the shadow health team. i think she might do well to take her leaf out of the shadow secretary of state's book in terms of tone. i'm afraid what she said is not true. there's been a rapid

acceleration in testing over the last few months in this country, including getting to 100,000 tests a day. we've been entirely transparent on the way that that has been measured throughout. and i have confidence that the rate will continue to rise. currently, capacity is 108,000 a day and we are working to build that higher. matt hancock. the greatest pressure on borisjohnson to ease the lockdown has come from his own mps. several used a debate on the regulations to warn ministers about the economic impact of the "stay home, protect the nhs, save lives" message. the eerily silent streets of our major cities may be a key part of keeping us all safe. but at what cost to our long—term financial health and our sense of well—being ? ministers say the lockdown measures have been proportionate and appropriate. but one senior conservative said the public may have been a little

too willing to comply with what he said were arbitrary rules and limitations on freedom. we have today the healthiest, most active elderly generation of all time, and it would be tragic if government threatened this by trying to extend a so—called lockdown for those judged to be most at risk based on age. why don't we just give them the best information and advice and let them limit their risk for themselves? we need to have a frank, open and honest debate about the ethics of trading lives tomorrow to save lives today. the chief medical officer has made it perfectly clear that there are people who are going to die of cancer who otherwise wouldn't have died of cancer because of this lockdown. now, it may well be after that debate, we do decide that this is a terrible trade we want to make. but we need to have that discussion

both as a parliament and a country. steve baker. another tory believed that the rules were absurd, dystopian and tyrannical. there have been very severe, absurd problems arising because the police have sought to enforce rules which are not actually law. for example, the law in england does not specify that people may not drive to exercise. and there are people i know who have stayed at home because they need to drive a short distance from a place where they can't exercise to one where they can. people have been accused, for example, of not sweating adequately when cycling. they've been accused, when performing yoga, of not exercising. these things are absurd and wrong and worrying to law—abiding people. steve baker — last of a trio of english conservative mps there. but, of course, scotland, wales, and northern ireland have their own policies — although up to now, there's been a four—nations

approach to the crisis. now, a little bit of history has been made in cardiff bay. we are meeting for the first time as members of the senedd in the welsh parliament, a name now reflecting our role as our nation's democratic parliament. but whilst our name may have formally changed today, our priority remains the same as it has done all over the past weeks — responding to the coronavirus crisis. now more than ever, our citizens expect a strong national parliament working in the interests of the people of wales. after 21 years of devolution, the national assembly of wales is now known as senedd cymru — or the welsh parliament. assembly members are now members of the senedd — or mss. but, as in other parliaments, the pandemic dominates question time. it is clear that the virus is having the greatest impact on those with the fewest resources. it will deepen the inequalities already entrenched by a decade of austerity.

and this impact may be more intense in wales due to the age profile of our population and the higher level of deprivation in some of our communities. the first minister was questioned over plans to extend testing and care homes. now, last week, you told us there was no clinical value in extending the tests further and yet clearly that clinical value has now been found. you know that i've raised this issue with the chief medical officer, but the people of wales deserve to know what new clinical evidence the welsh government has actually received? plaid cymru want to test for residents of smaller care homes too. isn't it the reason why you're not applying that policy to smaller care homes is because you don't have the available testing, which means that you don't have the capacity for testing every home? adam price in the parliament formerly known as the welsh assembly. in edinburgh, the first minister warned that the progress in reducing deaths was still too fragile to lift

the lockdown in any significant way. while bec for the moment, the message remains clear. please stay at home except for essential purposes, stay more than two metres from other people when you are out, don't meet up with people from other households, wear a face covering if you are in a shop or public transport, and isolate completely if you or someone else in your household has symptoms. if we all stick with it for a bit longer, we will, i am sure, see more progress and we will bring forward the moment when some of these restrictions can start to be eased. the conservatives questioned plans to reduce the rate of infection. yesterday's scottish government paper was clear that getting the r number down was the priority and that relies, as we go forward, on testing and tracing. however, testing numbers are still falling short of last week's target. so, we're understandably at least a little bit sceptical about the government's promise to recruit 2,000 contact tracers in the next four weeks. more than half of the latest scottish coronavirus

deaths were in care homes. in just the last week, the covid—19 outbreak at the home farm care home on the isle of skye has tragically demonstrated how rapidly and widely this virus can spread in care homes. it has also brought home the importance of testing all care home residents and all care home staff, not just those who are symptomatic. richard leonard. at stormont, northern ireland's economy minister told mlas that she had warned uk government ministers that mass redundancies could happen if theirjob retention scheme was ended suddenly. are allare under the scheme, which is due to finish at the end ofjune, the state pays 80% of the wages of workers who've been furloughed or temporarily laid off. we cannot and should not expect government to continue to intervene

in the way that it currently is, but neither can we have the cliff edge and therefore mass redundancies that that might bring if thejob retention scheme is suddenly cut at a particular point. i am comforted, i think is the word, by some of the words from the chancellor. i think they recognise the particular issue. but certainly from the conversations i have had with local companies, i think it would be very difficult to have a very stark cut off date for that scheme. a former northern ireland secretary has called for elections to the stormont assembly to be postponed for a year because of the coronavirus crisis. power—sharing was only restored injanuary after a deal was reached to end three years of deadlock. elections are due in may 2022. julian smith, who was sacked during a cabinet reshuffle in february, was appearing before the northern ireland committee. i do think as a result of the covid crisis, there is an argument that should be carefully considered to extending the mandate of this assembly by a year.

the elections currently are due in less than a couple of years, and i do think it's in everybody‘s interest that we get all the parties, all the parties that took part in this deal, to work together for a good three years, to deliverfor the people of northern ireland and then lay out their stall at the next election. i'm just wondering how you would say, apart from allowing politicians in the assembly and leaderships to try and bond a little bit more and try to get more accustomed to each other's nuances and gain confidences, apart from that, what would you see an extra year is offering in terms of people wanting to see delivery from stormont? the thing that gave me confidence during this period was listening to voters and listening to what people were saying and what you and other politicians were hearing in december before the election, that people wanted services to work and northern ireland to be working better. and i genuinely think that now we've had this crisis, we do need to provide time to get those things improved, the overarching improvements in health care, the need to start delivering on the city deals and the infrastructure projects, the need to look at education and the education inequalities that still remain, the housing deficit and many more areas. i think if voters can feel at the end of a decent length of this assembly that these issues are now on track, that allows a more

—— the thing that gave me confidence during this period was listening to voters and listening to what people were saying and what you and other politicians were hearing in december before the election, that people wanted services to work and northern ireland to be working better. and i genuinely think that now we've had this crisis, we do need to provide time to get those things improved, the overarching improvements in health care, the need to start delivering on the city deals and the infrastructure projects, the need to look at education and the education inequalities that still remain, the housing deficit and many more areas. i think if voters can feel at the end of a decent length of this assembly that these issues are now on track, that allows a more meaningful election. what is your assessment/fear of the impact on the long—term viability of stormont

in a no—deal brexit delivery? i probably have blotted my copy book sufficiently about making the point last year that no—deal is not in the interests of northern ireland. i don't think it's in the interest of the united kingdom or of the eu. that comes from having had national security responsibility for northern ireland and seeing how, even though there's been huge improvements in security, there are still major challenges, particularly around the border. but it also comes from a strong belief in my mind that relationship with ireland, the uk as a whole, and the relationship with the eu that has to evolve as a result of a practical approach to concluding brexit and that is in the best

interests of everybody. julian smith. the jaw—dropping cost of the pandemic to professional sport in the uk was revealed to mps. it's almost two months since football was suspended — and for clubs in the english football league outside the premier league, the bill could be £200 million. mps on the digital, culture media and sport committee discovered that the cost of cricket could be almost twice that, with rugby also facing losses of more than £100 million. they heard first from the boss of the efl. worst case scenario after, say, the next 12 months, as we come out of this covid—19 situation, how many football clubs in the efl could we lose as a result? worst case scenario. that's a very difficult question to answer. clearly, our objective is to try to make sure we lose none. our aim is to emerge stronger, leaner, more efficient,

to have a proper reset post—covid. we are heading for a financial hole of about £200 million by the end of september, a cash hole which we will need to fill. and clubs are stacking up creditors as well. we have a great deal of uncertainty around next season, of course, the great undetermined matter being when we will be playing in front of crowds, which for the efl is absolutely critical. we're much more dependent on revenue and indeed we're much more dependent on the atmosphere generated by crowds potentially than the premier league. cricket is also facing a shortfall of £380 million, with no matches scheduled before july at the earliest. if i tell you that a fast bowler, for example, will need 6—7 weeks from now,

having been in lockdown at home for a period of time, it's six or seven weeks before that bowler is fit and ready to take the field in an international match. that's just the training elements. obviously, you've got all the other logistical elements, including bringing overseas teams over and providing the same level of preparation for overseas teams. it's a very complex scenario — but with a flowing wind, we hope to play a significant number of test matches this summer, which will help us mitigate those financial losses that we're facing at the moment. and it could take rugby yea rs to recover. we'll have a reduction of revenue to 50 million through to the end of our financial year, which ends injune, and we're looking at three scenarios to the end of our financials year in '21. if the autumn internationals go ahead, which are key revenue generators for us,

but we're assuming certain declines in spectator attendance. but if the autumn internationals go ahead, we will still lose something like 32 million in revenue through the end of the next year. if the internationals go ahead behind closed doors, that would be a negative impact of 85 million. if the games are cancelled entirely, it will be 107 million on top of the 15 million we've already lost. it's a significant loss in revenue. and we're doing what we can to mitigate it. and mps were told that uk sport is also asking the government for money to help with the cost of the postponed olympic and paralympic games. now, could members of the house of lords be forced to retire when they reach the age of 65? the sunday times reported that the government was considering the idea.

the house of lords currently has 811 members — with an average age of 70. the paper's report led to an urgent question from a conservative peer, who coincidentally turned 65 at the end of last year. what has been done by the government to rebut the sunday times report that ministers are examining whether they could retire every member of this house over the age of 65 and that we are all so old that there is no prospect of us doing ourjob? and will the government name the whitehall source responsible for this false and malicious briefing? and if not known, invite the cabinet secretary to investigate and, if identified by him, ensure that they are summarily dismissed? there is no substance in this story. and i repeat that to the house. it is not the intent of the government to introduce such a policy. a firm rebuttal from lord true, who happens to be 68. now, as we saw there, the advent of the virtual parliament has given voters a chance to look through the keyhole of the homes of mps and peers. who would live in a house like this? probably sir desmond swayne. the right honourable gentleman, with probably the most spectacular backdrop to any question in this session...

laughter and sirjohn hayes, who not only has his own bat but a large collection of cricket balls. pete wishart composed a platinum disc or two from his musical career. many mps chose book shelves as their backdrop, where michael gove did prompt some book shaming on social media for owning a book by a controversial historian. some politicians have even been accused of opting for the bookshelvie just to show off — not something we'd ever do on the week in parliament. the thank you for watching. i'll be back on bbc parliament on monday night at 11pm with the latest from the commons and the lords. until then, bye for now.

hello. there are lots of weather changes on the way as we go through the rest of this weekend. still some warmth in the day ahead, but it will be turning colder in northern scotland and much colder elsewhere across the uk by sunday. and windier as well. now, what's going on? cold air lurking close to northern scotland saturday night into sunday will surge south. not a huge amount of rain at least towards england and wales, and with that cold air, a stronger wind coming down from the north or north—east as well. we start saturday with temperatures well above freezing, a lot of dry weather around, but in that colder air we have a weather system near to northern scotland and that will bring the rain heavier and more widespread across northern scotland during the day with a strengthening wind. elsewhere in scotland and northern ireland, sunny spells, one or two showers. we could see a few heavy

and thundery showers developing through parts of wales, northern england, the midlands and lincolnshire into the afternoon. across east anglia and southern england, largely sunny, temperatures could be as high as 25 degrees celsius, just 9 or 10 degrees in northern scotland with the rain. now, we know the cold air is going to win out through the weekend. this is the process overnight and into sunday morning. by the way, channel islands, maybe close to the south coast of england, there could be a few heavy showers. but it's wet weather coming south through scotland and northern ireland with the colder air going into sunday morning. look how mild it is, though, to start sunday in the south, where there'll still be some early sunshine around. now, there could be some snow following the cold air in scotland to start off on sunday, a few wintry showers around as well. cloud, not a huge amount of rain left as the weather system works south across england and wales, introducing the colder air on sunday. for all, it's going to be much windier as well. strong, gusty north—northeast winds, 35—45 mph or so, at their strongest along these north sea coasts. just seven, eight, nine degrees

celsius, temperatures 10—15 degrees colder by sunday compared with saturday. and then on monday morning, a frost for many of us to start the day, so gardeners and growers, take note of that. now, it is high pressure close by into next week. that does mean a lot of dry weather, but still the air now, it is high pressure close by into next week. that does mean a lot of dry weather, but still the air coming down from a chilly direction. and the wind is going to gradually ease as the week goes on. for next week, high pressure, a lot of dry weather, frosty night at first, the wind easing. becomes a little bit less chilly eventually.

this is bbc news — i'm lewis vaughanjones — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. marking the 75th anniversary of victory in europe. the queen leads tributes to past sacrifices as the uk remains under lockdown. many people laid down their lives in that terrible conflict. they fought so we could live in peace, at home and abroad. on a day that should have been filled with parades and street parties — prince charles holds a moving tribute at his family's balmoral estate. the uk government is expected to impose a two week quarantine on almost everyone entering the uk, from the end of the month. spain approves a bigger

relaxation of the lockdown,