this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. british airlines call for clarity after plans are announced for a 14—day quarantine for passengers arriving to the uk. ministers pledge to put cycling and walking at the heart of plans in england to reduce the pressure on public transport as lockdown eases. with public transport reverting to a full service, once you take into account the two—metre social distancing rule, there would only be effective capacity for one in ten passengers in many parts of our network. russia marks the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii, but without the planned red square parade of soldiers and veterans. drumming.

but belarus holds a full victory parade with huge crowds and no regard for social distancing. # wop—bop—a—loo—mop alop—bom—bom. # tutti—frutti, oh rutti...# and the pioneer of rock and roll little richard dies at the age of 87. we'll be speaking to his long—time guitarist kelvin holly. good evening. the number of people who have died in the uk with coronavirus has passed 31,500. it comes as the government in the uk prepares to outline its road map for easing lockdown restrictions. first, reports that uk airlines have been told that passengers flying into the country will be expected to self—quarantine for m days

from the end of this month. looking at ways to get the public back to work in england, and the government has announced that they are investing £2 billion — that's $2.48 billion — into making cycling and walking safer. this isn't new money, it's part of a package that was announced back in february. around the world, and the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii was marked in russia, but without the planned red square parade of soldiers and veterans. that was in contrast to belarus, where there was full victory parade with huge crowds and no regard for social distancing. meanwhile in china, the deputy director of the national health commission, li bin, says the coronavirus outbreak has exposed weakness in the country's health system. we'll have more on that shortly, but first let's get more on the aviation industry plans with this report from our business reporter katy austin. when passengers return to the uk's near—empty airports, how different will travel be?

some other countries have already introduced quarantine procedures. sophie and her family went to australia in march for a wedding. on arrival, they had to self—isolate for m days. while she understands the reasons, sophie would be reluctant to repeat the process. certainly if it was just for a holiday, iwouldn‘t because two weeks is actually quite a long time to be unable to leave your house, especially with kids. the uk aviation industry is reeling from a huge drop in travel. the group representing uk—based airlines says quarantine measures here would be a further blow. if this is the scientific advice, then absolutely we will accept that. the health and safety of our passengers is paramount. but this will have a significant impact on our sector, and nobody's going to want to travel if they have to go into quarantine for 14 days. a conference call between the aviation minister and airline

and airport representatives is expected to take place tomorrow to discuss more detail. key questions remain unanswered. for example, how long would restrictions last? would they apply to passengers arriving by sea as well, for example on cruises? what about the details of where people would need to stay while they isolated, and why would the uk introduce quarantine now and not before? at today's downing street briefing, the transport secretary said people from specific areas or countries only had been quarantined earlier this year. but now we have a situation where as we get the r number, the reproduction number, down in the uk and we begin to get things under control and we now have the capacity, as we just discussed, in testing as well, it clearly then makes sense to look at what happens at the borders. i can't confirm is the answer, you will have to wait for the prime minister tomorrow night. meanwhile, businesses, including those in aviation, hope to hear in coming days whether the popular but expensive

furlough scheme could be extended beyond june in some form. some help on a long path back to normality. katy austin, bbc news. the quarantine measures expected to be introduced in the uk mirror similar rules in place in some other countries around the world. the world health organisation says quarantine measures may delay the introduction of the epidemic to a country or delay its peak if they are introduced early in an outbreak. france has announced a 14—day quarantine for travellers from monday, but those arriving from britain and most of the eu will be exempt. australia has shut its borders to all international visitors, and those returning are sent to accomodation such as a hotel to quarantine. and in austria, travellers can avoid a two—week quarantine if they produce a medical certificate showing they are free of coronavirus and can pay for a test at vienna airport. our correspondent in vienna, bethany bell, explained how the quarantine measures there are working. austria has asked people to go into quarantine for quite a while now.

i myself had to go into quarantine several weeks ago when i returned from italy to austria. back then, it was very, very difficult to get a private test done, so i had to self—isolate for two weeks. and now anybody arriving at vienna airport, for example, has to sign a paper saying that they will go into self—isolation, usually at home, but vienna airport is now offering the possibility for people to pay for a private test to see if they're currently infected with covid—i9 on the spot at the airport. there's a lab there where people can go, get the test done, and within several hours, they will know whether they're infected or not, and if they come with a negative test, then the need for the quarantine falls away. now, it's not cheap. it costs around 200 euros to do this, and the executives

at the airport say that this is not something that is feasible if you have, you know, thousands of people arriving at the airport every day. the lab simply doesn't have the capacity for that. but it does mean that people who have a need for urgent travel right at the moment and who are coming back to austria will be able to avoid the quarantine if they wish. the self—proclaimed "architect of rock and roll" richard penniman, better known as little richard, has died of bone cancer at the age of 87. in a statement, his lawyer bill sobel said, "little richard passed away this morning in tullahoma in tennessee. he was loved by his family and adored by millions." david sillito looks back at his life. # wop—bop—a—loo—mop alop—bom—bom. little richard was a wild, fizzing ball of rock and roll energy, and he wasn't shy about telling

the world about his place in history. one of 12 children, richard penniman grew up in a house overlooking the railway tracks in macon, georgia. he was badly behaved, a show—off, and began to perform in clubs and strip joints. i wanted to sound different. me and the young kids, we was tired of all that slow music. we wanted to boogie! # tutti frutti, oh rutti... the clothes, make—up. no—one looked or sounded like a little richard. sex, drugs, rock and roll, he embraced it all and then... rejected it to become the reverend richard penniman. # lucille, baby, satisfy my heart... he was, though, lured back. he played on the same bill as the beatles, even taught paul mccartney the little richard scream.

his life a seesaw between god and the devil's music. james brown, jimi hendrix, mick jagger, paul mccartney, elvis, all of them owe a debt to the quasar of rock and roll, little richard. little richard, richard penniman, who has died at the age of 87. well, joining us now is charles white, aka dr rock, who wrote the official biography of little richard. dr rock, welcome to bbc news. who influenced little richard ? dr rock, welcome to bbc news. who influenced little richard? equally influenced little richard? equally influenced many after him but who did he follow in the footsteps of? yes, he was great, marvellous. just turn that off, hello... can you hear us turn that off, hello... can you hear us ok? i can hear you now, thank

you. charles, who influenced little richard? who influenced him? i think he was unique. he had several influences but he was all unique. he was the originator, the creator of rock and roll, full blast, the greatest thing. i was reading his dad was a preacher who owned a nightclub and sold bootleg whiskey. i suppose there are some very potent ingredients. absently. it was a smoldering time. his father was about six feet tall and his smoldering time. his father was about little et tall and his if”: vi—lil—lffiff i l" i smoldering time. his father was about little indian and his is”: zlllfffiff i l" i smoldering time. his father was about little indian lady 1is if”: zlllfffiff i l" i smoldering time. his father was about little indian lady and f”: zlllfffiff i l" i smoldering time. his father was about little indian lady and they 3 j,;;;ffjff i l" i was a little indian lady and they had 12 kids. and of course you had the racism problem. but they had religion. religion was he used to sing in church which is where he got the energy for his spirituality and eventually for his great music. and if you are one of 12, you have to be allowed to get noticed. what were some of the gems that you unearth when you research the book? 0h,

there was quite a few. he was an extraordinary character. his dad had a nightclub and one of his friends shot him. i mean it wasjust smoldering, all this kind of stuff in the states, intense racism and so on. and together matched with intense religion and then of course you had the problem of racism. when little richard's music came out, one of the theatres in macon, georgia, the whites and blacks are separated but his music was so wild that they jumped off the stage and jumped onto the stage to just touch him. he was such an energetic performer. and when i first saw him, it was unbelievable. in mansfield in nottingham, i just could unbelievable. in mansfield in nottingham, ijust could not believe the techniques he had. and of course

he influenced people like david bowie because he had such great showmanship. he was just incredible. he said that he was the architect of rock and roll. how valid do you think that claim is that he may?” think that claim is that he may?” think it is a fairly reasonable claim. he took the rhythm and blues and made it rock and roll, more powerful, more impactful. it was just high energy music. it was an extraordinary feeling to experience him live and that is what influence people like david bowie, paul mccartney and so on, i could go on. but he was a great guy. and indeed as you say what a legacy he leaves having influence on many people. charles white, dr rock, official biographer of little richard, thank you very much for talking to us. the uk transport secretary, grant shapps, has called on people to walk and cycle to work once

the lockdown restrictions are eased in england, describing the lockdown as a "once—in—a—generation opportunity" to transform the way people get around. mr shapps pledged £2 billion — that's $2.1; billion — from a fund announced in february that could see new bike lanes in england within weeks. our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt reports. travel as lockdown is lifted is a big challenge for the government. the social distancing rules mean buses and trains can carry far fewer passengers. if people take to their cars instead, the roads will be choked with traffic. that's why transport secretary grant shapps today announced £250 million for english local authorities to widen pavements and install pop—up bike lanes as quickly as possible. so, let me give you an idea of how our streets might look if these changes become permanent. i'm in waltham forest. they've invested a lot in this kind of thing. and have a look. look at the way the pavement merges into the road. and the idea is it gives pedestrians and cyclists a sense of freedom

to move around the space. you see new kinds of street furniture, i think it's called, so benches like this, you see the planter here with trees and a bike park there. and the idea is that we can all move more freely through this space because there aren't as many cars and lorries coming through. but what about motorists? they've got rights, too, and many people will feel more secure from the virus in their vehicles. so, what does britain's biggest motoring association have to say about this? well, contrary to what people say, all our polls actually show that drivers are going to drive less after lockd own. 36% are going to cycle more, walk more, run more. so, we do need some radical measures to stop gridlock, because public transport won't be able to cope. there will be a voucher scheme so people can have their bikes repaired, and in the longer term, a national cycling commissioner will be appointed. campaigners hope these changes

will be locked in for good. it's a bigger thing of reallocating space in the longer term and creating cities and towns and roads and streets around the country that really do make cycling and walking a safe, attractive and welcoming opportunity. there have been huge improvements in air quality in britain's towns and cities during lockdown. mr shapps says he hopes we'll use the opportunity it has provided to find cleaner, greener and healthier ways to get around. justin rowlatt, bbc news, waltham forest. a senior chinese official has made a rare admission of shortcomings over the government's handling of coronavirus pandemic. the deputy director of china's national health commission, li bin, told reporters that the pandemic has exposed weaknesses in china's public health system. his comment comes after sustained criticism on china over its early response. so, what could be the motive behind his comment? here's george magnus, who is a researcher on china and the author of the book red flags: why xi's

china is in jeopardy. actually looking at his comments in the round, he did actually go on to say that, you know, china did have weaknesses and what they were going to go on and do was to build a more centralised, efficient chain of command in the public health system using... making much bigger use of big data and ai, artificial intelligence, and so on. however, i think, as you pointed out really in your package, in the febrile atmosphere that exists now between china and much of the rest of the world, certainly the west, about the whole handling of public health and the pandemic, they call it still an epidemic. i mean, he did make an extraordinary, candid admission when he said that the epidemic, i'm just quoting here, he said the epidemic "is a big test of our country's governance and governing ability" and exposed weak links, etc, etc. that's not something which you normally would expect in the current atmosphere,

and sort of charges flying backwards and forwards, you wouldn't have normally expected a senior health official to say that. so, it is a bit a surprise actually. not an unwelcome admission, i have to say, but we'll see whether this is a sort of an official government view or whether he was basically talking out on a limb, i'm not sure. the headlines on bbc news: british airlines call for clarity after plans are announced for a 14—day quarantine for passengers arriving to the uk. ministers pledge to put cycling and walking at the heart of plans in england to reduce the pressure on public transport as lockdown eases. president putin has been leading russia's commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany in the second world war. ceremonies have been happening around the country in honour of russia's war heroes,

but public events have been significantly pared back because of coronavirus. in a national address, mr putin paid tribute to the millions who died and said russia was invincible when its citizens stood together. he promised that russia's victory parade, which had to be postponed because of the virus, would be held on red square at a later date. this is a very strange victory day in moscow. i've been to many of these celebrations on red square in the past and normally there's an incredible atmosphere, you see thousands of russian troops marching across the square, hundreds of pieces of military equipment, military bands, there's a big crowd, quite an amazing atmosphere. today, it's empty. and of course, that's because of the coronavirus pandemic. russia's had to tone down the celebrations. having said that, president putin did lay red roses on the tomb of the unknown soldier

and made his short speech, his address to the russian people. and there are a number of events that will be taking place across the country, some of them online. and russia's still determined to make this a celebration because it is such an important day for the country. not only a celebration of a glorious military victory 75 years ago, but this is the day the country remembers the human sacrifice that was made to defeat nazi germany. belarus has also marked the end of the second world war in europe by holding a large military parade in minsk with hundreds of onlookers, but as you can see, with no regard for social distancing. the anniversay is hugely symbolic in belarus, which along with other former soviet countries, helped topple nazi germany in 1945. belarus is one of the worst affected

countries in europe with more than 21,000 people infected. so, why is belarus taking this approach to coronavirus? ryhor astapenia is a belarusian analyst and research fellow at chatham house. there are several explanations for why belarus downplays the severity of the pandemic. first is the economic one. belarus isjust a poor country which cannot afford to lock down, that would freeze its already underdeveloped economy and drive it deeper into recession. the second explanation, which is more important, is a political one. belarus will have the presidential election in three months, and the campaign actually starts next week. so, for the authorities, it is better to have this election in three months while the economy hasn't felt all the consequences of the pandemic. and this parade is actually the start, is a part of this presidential campaign. probably the third explanation why belarus still holds this parade is actually lukashenko's decision

to have this parade is his hope that covid—i9 is not as bad as many experts fear, that the death toll actually will not be huge. researchers behind an app that tracks the symptoms of covid—i9 in the uk are expanding their study to look at whether hormones such as oestrogen may influence outcomes. more than 3 million people are currently using the app, which asks them to report daily about any symptoms they develop and whether they've been tested for the virus. the menopause specialist dr louise newson told me what additional questions the app will ask users. we've put questions about whether someone is still having their periods, if they‘ re pregnant, if their periods have stopped or if they've become irregular and also if they're taking contraception, which contains hormones, and also hrt, which contains oestrogen. what are you hoping to discover, because i have to admit when i opened the app to fill it in as i normally do yesterday, i was surprised to see those

questions had been added? this is why it's really important to have an explanation. so, we know that men are having more severe infection with covid, they're more likely to be hospitalised, they're more likely to be in intensive care and sadly more likely to die. clearly women have a lot more oestrogen in their bodies, and we know that oestrogen is a really important hormone for immunity, for our immune function, so we have oestrogen receptors on cells all over our bodies, but also the cells that fight infection. and interestingly, oestrogen can change the way these cells work, it can make them be more efficient and also increase the number. so, what we want to know is if women are, for example, menopausal and taking hrt, does this mean that they have weaker disease, if you like? so, they have a less severe form of covid—i9, they're less likely to die and less

likely to be hospitalised. for me, as a menopause specialist, i know there are more benefits than risks for women taking hrt. it has other health benefits such as lowering future risk of heart disease, diabetes, dementia, osteoporosis, but if it reduces the severity of covid—i9, then this is going to be very interesting and really important thinking about women. navigating a country out of lockdown appears to pose more challenges than imposing one in the first place, but denmark seems to be making it work. it was one of the first countries to ease restrictions, after containing the virus early on. so far, they've recorded 522 deaths. jean mackenzie reports. go on, peer into the future. bank holiday beers, saturday mornings at the nail shop. this is life after lockdown. it's like normal life, almost! laughter. it's weird, such a little thing, like, getting your nails done, but, yeah, it feels nice. how does it feel to be reopened? i'm so happy! but for now, tracy's only allowed

two customers at a time. ijust wash my hands and keep my mask on, i feel super comfortable, actually. denmark locked down early, before they'd had a single death, and started reopening after a month. what gave you the confidence to start reopening? we didn't reach the max capacity of our health sector. we had a virus spreading that was slowing down, so this gave us the room for reopening business. and meeting friends again is allowed. though since these rules were relaxed, the infection rate has risen slightly, but not enough to pose a serious threat. the number of people who are infected is falling, and so the reopenings continue — shopping centres on monday, restaurants in a week. so much of this has been built around trust. the government trusts the people, so it's given them more freedom. and people completely trust the government and its strategy,

so they're not afraid to get back on with their lives again. i know this looks very populated, but if you look closely, you don't see groups larger than ten. i was surprised, actually, by how much people streamed out and wanted to go out, and as you can see, are out and about, and i thought they would be more scared. but people are actually very compliant with the social distancing regulations. as far as we can see, it seems to work. so, this here is the antidote, really, to all this. one of more than a dozen testing centres which have been set up in denmark since they started to ease the restrictions. they're testing people without symptoms, checking they're safe to return to work. you need to know, essentially, how many are infected, and thereby, how well do the measures that you introduce in the society, how well do they work and what can

we do in the next step? this new normal feels surprisingly like the old normal. denmark has walked a tightrope to get here. can the uk and others make it across? jean mackenzie, bbc news, copenhagen. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. a change to much colder weather is on the way tomorrow, and the cold accentuated by a strengthening wind. it's already windy across northern scotland with some rain. now, overnight, that's going to move its way south across scotland. the back edge seeing a bit of snow to relatively low levels in northern scotland, so it turns frosty and icy here. add some thundery downpours to end the day through parts of wales, pushing into the midlands. still maybe a few heavy downpours in parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire as we start the day tomorrow. still mild for many to the south, but again it's the last night of those sort of overnight temperatures. tomorrow, cloud, some patchy rain pushing southward

across england and wales, brightening up for northern england. northern ireland and scotland seeing some sunny spells, some wintry showers in northern scotland. the odd heavy shower towards the south coast of england, maybe thundery towards cornwall and the channel islands. now, along with that colder air moving south, the winds picking up. gusts 30—a0 mph, stronger than that on north sea coasts and to the english channel later. and that will make a 10—15 degree temperature drop feel even colder than that.

hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines... british airlines call for clarity, after plans are announced for a 14—day quarantine for passengers arriving to the uk. ministers pledge to put cycling and walking at the heart of plans in england to reduce the pressure on public transport as lockdown eases. with public transport reverting to a full service, once you take into account the two—metre social distancing rule, there would only be effective capacity for one in ten passengers in many parts of our network. russia marks the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii, but without the planned red square parade of soldiers and veterans. but belarus holds a full victory parade with huge crowds — and no regard for social distancing. navigating a way out of lockdown —

how denmark seems to be finding a balance. # wop—bop—a—loo—mop alop—bom—bom. and the pioneer of rock ‘n‘ roll, little richard dies at the age of 87. now on bbc news, in india a child goes missing every eight minutes. the children are often trafficked into domestic labour or the sex trade — many are never seen again. a warning this programme does include details some viewers may find upsetting this is what it feels like when your child disappears. in india, a nationwide trade is separating children from theirfamilies.