this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. borisjohnson will reveal more details today on his plans to gradually reopen society in england, after unveiling the "first sketch" of his road map out of the coronavirus lockdown. there are millions of people who are both fearful of this this terrible disease and at the same time also fearful of what this long period of enforced inactivity will do to their livelihoods and their mental and physical well—being. people who can't work from home including those in the manufacturing and construction industries are actively encouraged to go back to work. unions say it's a confused picture. on the one hand, the prime minister

was telling us that we should still stay at home. but then on the other hand he was saying that manufacturing and construction could go back to work today. there are many questions over the detail and the governments of scotland, wales and northern ireland are all continuing to tell people to stay at home, rather than using the uk's government's new stay alert message. across europe, lockdowns are beginning to ease. france is starting to lift many of its restrictions and spain relaxes measures in some regions. in shanghai, the first disneyland theme park in the world to reopen since the outbreak of the covid—19. it comes as china reports a number of new cases of the virus in wuhan. and a reunion under lockdown — how a dutch home for the elderly is finding a way to bring families together while keeping them apart.

good morning. wherever you are in the uk, what's your reaction to your government's lockdown modifications? i'm on twitter or you can email victoria@bbc.co.uk. the uk prime minister has outlined measures to start a very gradual easing of the lockdown in england while warning of the danger of a second surge of the pandemic. borisjohnson said it was the right time to update the government's message in england from stay at home to stay alert. but the new message lacks clarity according to labour, and leaders of all the devolved nations have rejected new stay alert advice in favour of keeping the stay at home. later today, the government will publish a 50 page document outlining details of the new plan and the prime minister is to give

a statement in the house of commons this afternoon. the prime minister's adjustments come as the latest official figures showed 31,855 deaths from coronavirus in the uk, an increase of 269 from the previous day. elsewhere, france is lifting many of its coronavirus restrictions after weeks of lockdown. while several other european countries are also relaxing the rules. china has confirmed five new cases of the virus in the city of wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak. it's the second day running that new cases have emerged from the city. and in new zealand, prime ministerjacinda ardern has confirmed most of the country's restrictions put in place will be lifted in the next fortnight. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. it is now almost two months since... after seven weeks of lockdown around the uk, people watched the prime ministerfrom their homes, where they've been told to stay.

for viewers in england, he changed his message from "stay at home" to "stay alert". but most of lockdown will remain in place. thanks to you, we've protected our nhs and saved many thousands of lives. and so i know, you know, that it would be madness now to throw away that achievement by allowing a second spike. we must stay alert, we must continue to control the virus and save lives. the lockdown has saved lives but hurt the economy. so, the prime minister sketched out a plan for how restrictions could be lifted in future. we can see it all around us in the shuttered shops and abandoned businesses and darkened pubs and restaurants, and there are millions of people who are both fearful of this terrible disease and, at the same time, also fearful of what this long period of enforced inactivity will do to their livelihoods and their mental and physical

well—being, to their futures and the futures of their children. his plan will come in three phases. from wednesday this week in england, you will be able to spend more time out of doors and not just for exercise. for example, you'll be permitted to meet a friend or a family member from outside your household in a park or open space, so long as you stay two metres apart. from 1stjune, the prime minister would like to be able to begin the phased return of primary school pupils to full—time education. but that will depend on whether the virus has remained under control. the next step could see some hospitality businesses and other public places reopen, but no earlier than istjuly. and borisjohnson made it clear that any easing of restrictions could be reversed. if there are outbreaks, if there are problems, we will not hesitate to put on the brakes. we've been through the initial peak, but it's coming down the mountain that is often more dangerous.

and the opposition are raising questions over borisjohnson‘s call for people who can't do theirjob from home in england to go back to work. safety guidance hasn't yet been issued and workers are still being told to avoid public transport. this statement raises as many questions as it answers, and we see the prospect of england, scotland and wales pulling in different directions. the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland aren't changing the message to stay at home, and any tweaks to their lockdown will be strictly limited. the message in scotland at this stage is not stay at home if you can. the message is, except for the essential reasons you know about, stay at home, full stop. our advice has not changed in wales. wherever you can, you should stay at home. the message on the lockdown may sound different depending on where you live, but the prime minister insists there's a shared determination

across the uk to defeat the virus. iain watson, bbc news. this morning, people living in england are being actively encouraged to return to work, while also being urged to avoid public transport. and the government has ditched the stay at home message, in favour of stay alert. but there's been some confusion over the message. our political correspondent nick eardleyjoins us from westminster. let's start with what said on the tv this morning, he said you could make your mum in the morning and your dad in the afternoon, if it is outside, in england, and then i heard him on the radiojust in england, and then i heard him on the radio just under an in england, and then i heard him on the radiojust under an hour later saying, actually, you could meet both parents at the same time, as long as you're all two metres apart, ina park, long as you're all two metres apart, in a park, in england? there has been a further clarification? yes, so, my understanding of it at the moment is that the guidance is going to be, you can meet up with one other person from outside your

household at a time, as long as you're outside in a park or something and you follow social distancing rules. you won't be able to meet up with both your parents, for example, if you're two metres away from them and out in a park, at some point over the next few days. there is a bunch of guidance coming out this afternoon, and i think at that point we might get a yes, idea of exactly what this means. we are in the strange position this morning, victoria, where, a bit of a vacuum, quite frankly, where boris johnson set out some of the principles, of what they road map might look like, last night, but understandably we and lots of our viewers have many questions about what that means in terms of our daily lives, in england, remember. this doesn't apply to scotland, wales and northern ireland at the moment. so, we have that broadbrush, that rough idea about what the next few months might look like, if the infection rate stays low. have a listen to what dominic raab said to

kind of sketch that out on bbc brea kfast. of course, if we're going to come out of the very restrictive set of lockdown measures that we've got, we're going to need to change the message. the prime minister has set out the first, in three stages, from wednesday, then another step, at the earliest, from 1stjune, and the third step, at the earliest, from the 4th ofjuly. and as we start to take this road map set of measures, to protect life, to preserve our livelihoods but also to get our way of life back to something resembling normal, it is going to be really important that as people do more of the things that they want to do, that we stay alert so that we can control the virus and we don't see it revive. we have made great progress and the public have done an exceptionaljob in adhering to the guidance so far, and i'm confident, and people have said that we need to treat people like adults, and that is what we're going to do. there's a 50 page document coming out with the accompanying guidelines. i am confident that as we change the measures, which of course

we would have to do so at some point, we do so responsibly, and in a clear way. that was dominic raab on bbc brea kfast that was dominic raab on bbc breakfast this morning. it is a fair point, dominic raab, whoever is being put up to speak on behalf of the government, cannot possibly a nswer every the government, cannot possibly answer every single scenario that we might put to them. but it does illustrate that there is some confusion, even within government ranks? yeah, absolutely, and it also points out how complicated the next few weeks and months are going to be, the fact that you can drive somewhere to go and exercise if you wa nt somewhere to go and exercise if you want in england, but not if you're anywhere else in the uk, scotland, wales and northern ireland haven't changed that guidance. so we are into this difficult period, i think, where there are going to be a lot of things which need to be ironed out. we will start to get a bit more detail, i think, we will start to get a bit more detail, ithink, this we will start to get a bit more detail, i think, this afternoon when it comes to that document which is being published, two o'clock, we will get that, around 50 pages of what the government thinks the next few weeks looks like, but also what

the next few days looks like and exactly what they‘ re the next few days looks like and exactly what they're telling us in england we can do right now. and then the prime minister will be up in the house of commons this afternoon, i'm sure mps will be asking some of these questions as well. politically, one of the things that's causing a bit of a row this morning is the guidance on going back to the workplace. so, last night, if you listened to the prime minister, he said that they are now actively encouraging people who can't work at home, in england, to go back to work. that's things like manufacturing and construction sites. it wasn't totally clear when he meant, though. he didn't say specifically when that was coming into force. the government is saying this morning that that is wednesday, the same time that the new exercise rules in england are supposed to come into force. have a listen, though, to the labour leader, keir starmer, who is not impressed. i accept for some things like schools opening, that is going to be

conditional, but on the question of going back to work, the suggestion was last night that people go back to work today if they can't work at home, but don't use public transport, and that's really difficult, particularly in a city like london, and without guidelines as to how workplaces need to operate. how do you keep people to metres apart, what about sanitation, protective equipment? these were things which were discussed in a consultation document last weekend but not resolved yet. so i was actually quite surprised the prime minister said effectively in 12 hours' time, start going back to work, without those bits in place. and we needed that clarity, and it is unravelling a bit this morning because i think the foreign secretary has now said, going back to work doesn't mean until wednesday, so, suddenly it has shifted. what i wanted to see was this detail pinned down. this is a difficult exercise, i accept that, and any government would struggle, but you almost need more clarity coming to this stage than you did... lockdown is pretty straightforward and clear — stay at home. coming

out, you need real clarity, and it isa out, you need real clarity, and it is a bit all over the place. the government would contest that and say they are going to put out new guidelines for businesses so that they know what they need to do to adhere to those of social distancing guidelines. the government has also been talking to unions over the last few weeks about what they want to see the unions so far don't seem particularly impressed by what the prime minister has been saying over the last 2a hours. have a listen to unite union's len mccluskey. on the one hand the prime minister was telling us that we should still say at home, but then on the other hand he was saying that manufacturing and construction could go back to work today. so, some questions are still to be a nswered so, some questions are still to be answered in terms of england. but if you're in scotland, wales or northern ireland, the guidance is different, it remains, to stay at home. so we are entering this new period where things are a lot more

complicated and we will spend the day trying to get some answers. this viewer says... we live in france, we heard borisjohnson saying that he will be giving more information today. i fully understand his speech, what is wrong with uk people and the media? are they thick? this one says... it is common sense, work is essential if it can be done safely. otherwise avoid situations where you could be at risk. and this one says... stay alert makes it sound like a game of hide and seek. stay at home is a clear instruction. let's turn to china now. shanghai disneyland has reopened to a reduced number of visitors after a four—month shutdown. other disney theme parks around the world remain closed. in wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak, five new locally—tra nsmitted cases of the virus have been confirmed, and in total 17 new cases have been registered across china, the highest number in a fortnight. our correspondent in shanghai, robin brant, has more.

well, in wuhan, they have done very well in terms of keeping a clean slate for quite a long period of time. but there are five new cases reported there in the last 2a hours — that is the most significant number of new cases in an eight week period. and it's believed to be centred around a case of an 89—year—old man who first fell ill with covid—19 back in march. we're told he sought treatment and stayed at home, he didn't go to hospital, but since then, there have been numerous cases linked with him on the housing compound where he lives, around 20 or so in previous weeks, and in the last 2a hours, five new cases on this single housing compound, that authorities say are associated, they believe, with this one man. so, new cases. that in itself is significant and hugely symbolic that it should be in wuhan, the city where this all began. but for now, it appears to be localised. beyond wuhan, though, in another province in the north—east of china, just up near the border

with north korea, there is a city there called shulan, where there continues to be the reinstatement of those draconian restrictions on people's ability to move out, in terms of housing compounds, to go out shopping as well. and that is linked to a fresh outbreak that's been linked with a woman who worked in a laundry and she is believed to have infected numerous other people there. so, itjust shows you how vigilant the authorities remain and how willing they are, certainly when it comes to that city of shulan in the north—east, to reinstate those restrictions as soon as they see any whiff of a second outbreak. in south korea, the re—opening of schools has been postponed by a week after a new cluster of coronavirus infections were traced back to a number of nightclubs in seoul. health officials are offering anonymous tests to those who visited gay clubs that are at the centre of a recent outbreak. 86 new cases have been linked to a handful of venues which are popular with the lgbtq community. more than 3,000 people who visited the affected clubs at the beginning of may have yet

to contact the authorities for testing. it's thought many visitors provided false details when entering the venues, as homophobia is widespread in the country. all countries are now facing the trickiest of balancing acts — how to open up an economy without causing a second wave of virus cases. some are moving faster than others. in france, the first major easing of the lockdown has now started. cases are still rising by around 1000 today, but well below the 3,000 set by the government where stricter rules could be reimposed. citizens can now leave home without permission. some shops can open. some schools can restart. but some regions will move faster than others. masks are compulsory on public transport and bars and restaurants stay closed. in germany, cases have fallen to fewer than 1000 today. to fewer than 1,000 a day.

social distancing rules have started to be relaxed. the 1.5 metre rule remains in place, but now, my family can go out and have a picnic with a second family. that wasn't possible before, so, it's a big turning point for the personal lives of most germans here. one figure, r—o, or the reproduction rate, is critical in deciding when to unlock. anything over1 means each infected case passes the virus on to more than one other person, and the disease spreads quickly. german estimates had fallen below that, giving the government room to reopen schools and restart the football league. though scientists warn a recentjump in r—o will need close monitoring. if new infections go above 50 people per 100,000 people in any region here in germany, an emergency brake will be pulled. that means that a lot of the easing of restrictions could be immediately ta ken back. comparing data across countries is more difficult. the way cases and deaths

are calculated changes. in europe, the uk has now overtaken italy with the highest number of recorded deaths. prime minister boris johnson is planning a slower lifting of restrictions, which could see some schools open from june. we will come back from this devilish illness. in the us, meanwhile, infections and deaths have remained stubbornly high. some states, like new york and newjersey, have been hit much harder than others. it was probably introduced to new york earlier on, and went undetected for a while, and so what we're actually seeing in new york might be a later point in their curve than in other places in the us. federal guidelines call for a downward trajectory of cases over 1a days before lockdown measures should be eased. in states like texas and georgia, it's far from clear that's happening yet. the local governors have restricted some restrictions anyway,

and restaurants and movie theatres have started to reopen. the majority of people do think that this is a concern, opening up too early is something that they're worried about, and i i really, really hope that people continue to take precautions about protecting themselves. all these data will be watched so carefully, then. it's one thing to relax restrictions, it could be much harder to impose them again if the pace of infection does start rising. jim reed, bbc news. so lockdown is being eased in spain. we can speak now to the spanish foreign minster, arancha gonzalez laya, in madrid. thank you for talking to us. tell us what is happening in spain at the moment? so, what we have done is the start of taking down the lockdown measures, and doing that gradually and asymmetrically. gradually means,

we start today, we hope, to end by the 30th of june, we start today, we hope, to end by the 30th ofjune, and we will walk through a gradual opening of social contacts, shops, businesses and so on. but also, asymmetric. some parts of the country are in a better position to move faster than other parts of the country. always, always looking at data related to the progression of the pandemic, and data related to the capacity of our healthcare data related to the capacity of our healthca re system to data related to the capacity of our healthcare system to confront new cases. this is why we will do this gradually, responsibly, and with a lot of prudence, putting people and their health first. so, hotspots like madrid and barcelona, their restriction easing welcome a little later. and how have the population of those cities reacted to that? the population in spain have been extraordinary in their understanding that they are part of the solution.

that behaving in these very difficult circumstances, forgoing social contact today, forgoing going out or going shopping or sitting in a terrace to sip a cup of coffee or a terrace to sip a cup of coffee or a beer today, will bring faster, good results that can put us into this new normality we will have to live with until we find a vaccine or a treatment. extraordinary behaviour on our citizens and this is why we wa nt to on our citizens and this is why we want to make sure that we maintain prudence, we maintain responsible citizenship. the more we do it today, the faster we move into a new normality. and that new normality, is that going to have to include, for populations across the world, an element of risk? you cannot suppress risk 100%, can you? you cannot. and this is why there is no such thing asa this is why there is no such thing as a zero risk, until and unless we find a vaccine and a treatment, and we are not there yet. we are

investing heavily, spain is investing heavily, spain is investing heavily, spain is investing heavily, the european union is investing heavily, but we are not there yet, we don't have a cure, we don't have a vaccine. this is why, while we do not do that, we have to be responsible, and it is on every citizen, not just have to be responsible, and it is on every citizen, notjust on governments, it is also on governments, it is also on governments, it is also on municipalities, it is on politicians but it is also on citizens, we all have to exercise maximum responsibility. if we do it, we help ourselves but we also help the entire country, and that's what matters today. has there been much co—operation with nations across europe? well, at the beginning, there was a bit of everyone for itself, but i think that it didn't last long, i think we all realised that we were in this together, and if we cooperated, we could control the pandemic faster. let's not forget that this pandemic knows no border and it needs no passport to travel across oui’ border and it needs no passport to

travel across our borders. so, at the beginning, again, the response was a bit chaotic, but i think we are all learning that we've got to cooperate more. on the control of the pandemic, but also on the economic recovery. let's not forget that part of the result of the pandemic has been an incredible economic cost to all of us, all our countries are incurring massive economic costs. to keep productive capacity and employment alive, incurring enormous amounts of public debt. so, to restart the economic engines, we are also going to need a lot of co—operation, whether at the european level but also at the global level. if we do this cooperatively, we will move faster, thatis cooperatively, we will move faster, that is the lesson. there are many people watching right now who may have a holiday booked to spain this summer — what is your thinking about whether anybody will be able to come

to spanish beaches this year? well, mobility this year, whether to spain... you know, we love tourists, we love people coming to spain, we area we love people coming to spain, we are a welcoming country, but we also know that today, right now, this year, we have to be very prudent with mobility of people. not because we do not like tourists, but because we do not like tourists, but because we have to put the safety and security of tourists and citizens first. so, iwould security of tourists and citizens first. so, i would urge caution. the more we are cautious today, the faster we will be able to go on holidays in the future. but for now, let's all be cautious, let's all make sure we contribute to controlling this pandemic in all our countries, so that we can go back to receiving tourists in spain. certainly we are very much looking forward to that as soon the pandemic is under control. and you're not the only one. thank you very much for talking to us.

here in the uk, data from the office for national statistics shows that those working in social care in england and wales are at twice the risk of the general population from dying with coronavirus. our head of statistics, robert cuffe, is here. so, just released from the ons, and it is depending on your occupation, the risk, tell us what the figures show? well, let's go separately with men and women, because the risk is higherfor men. men and women, because the risk is higher for men. so, men and women, because the risk is higherfor men. so, for men, the average risk of dying with coronavirus in working age is around ten in 100,000 people. but for men working in social care, it is a little bit more than double that, 23 per 100,000. the same doubling is what we see in women, but the overall risks are lower. the average for women isjust overall risks are lower. the average for women is just under five overall risks are lower. the average for women isjust underfive per 100,000, and it goes up tojust under ten for women working in social care. so, we see that very clear pattern, men at higher risk than women, but also in social care,

for both, the risk is doubled. the puzzling thing is that the risk for healthcare workers, for nurses and doctors, that isn't higher than in the general population. which could be to do with ppe or whatever else, what are some of the reasons for the differences? well, it splits into two parts, i think. you have got to think of the risk of somebody getting exposed to the virus, and then, what is the risk of them die and, if they do get exposed? you could say more awareness of infection control for people who have been working in hospitals, who are constantly working with sick people out touching distance, and maybe that isn't the same throughout every sector. but there's two parts to it, the second part of the lethality, we know that if your underlying health isn't great and and ou have got a larger risk of dying, it may be that if you're more deprived, and also there is some work going on looking into the effects of ethnicity and the chances

of dying. unfortunately this analysis cannot address those because it is just at death certificates for people whose death certificates for people whose death certificate mentioned covid and mentioned their occupation. so you are not able to control for all of those other factors. you are not able to control for all of those otherfactors. you could are not able to control for all of those other factors. you could also be getting it from people who live in your household, it is not able to examine that either. who else is affected ? examine that either. who else is affected? well, the biggest risks they have seen are people who are working in lower skilled occupations with a high chance of exposure. so, we see the risk for bus drivers, for men, on average, ten per 100,000, for bus drivers, and it is over 25. the taxi drivers, it is over 35, and for security guards, it is even higher again, at over a5. for security guards, it is even higheragain, at overli5. so, big risks in low skilled occupations, with those three being the most extreme examples. robert cuffe, our head of statistics, thank you. the uk government has clarified

plans to impose a 14—day quarantine on people coming into the country by air, saying they'll now apply to other means of travel, too. passengers arriving from france and the republic of ireland will be exempt. travel expert simon calder has been trying to explain how it might work. well, the basic idea is that anybody flying into the uk will fill in a form saying where they are going to self—isolate, it will have to be in a private dwelling, they will be very, very closely restricted in what they can do, there will be spot checks to make sure that they are inside that dwelling, and after two weeks, if they are not displaying symptoms, then they will be allowed out tojoin the symptoms, then they will be allowed out to join the rest of the general population. but it is the gaps that have simply baffled so much of the airline and the travel industry. bearin airline and the travel industry. bear in mind that london is the world capital of aviation, normally there's 150 world capital of aviation, normally there's150 million people plus flying in and out every year. that has dwindled enormously but, of

course, many airlines are interested in flying people here. however, there is an enormous loophole. mostly because it does not apply, according to the prime minister, to railand according to the prime minister, to rail and sea links, so anybody who wa nted rail and sea links, so anybody who wanted to dodge it could very simply go to france and then eitherjump on a train from paris or go to one of the english channel ports and sail across on a ferry. and there is even talk that the uk and france will have a no quarantine packed, which would also again provide a different way in. we're trying to find out later on monday what is actually planned, but at the moment, although this policy was very, very heavily trailed by government, the detail is simply baffling. our reporter dan johnson our reporter danjohnson is at manchester airport this morning, they are trialling how potential changes might work. these are the

first things they are expecting, hoping you will turn up to the airport wearing, gloves and some kind of face covering at least. if you don't turn up with your own, don't worry, they will be provided. why don't we first, look at check—in at manchester airport? terminal one this morning, normally this would be heaving with crowds of people, checking in, absolutely deserted, really, this morning, just a few clea ners really, this morning, just a few cleaners around, keeping the place nice and clean and tidy. very, very quiet in terms of passengers, only one check—in desk open, you can see the departure board, not a lot going on up there today. not many flights leaving here at all. passenger numbers really are down. this is the new procedure, the new way to go through, everybody is now priority, fast track, you can see the yellow signs on the floor. reminding you to keep your distance. loads of signage here, as soon as you get here before going through security, this is where you can pick up a mask and

gloves, and that's what they're asking you to wear in the airport. this is a trial that was launched at the end of last week by manchester airport group, that includes sta nsted and east airport group, that includes stansted and east midlands, notjust manchester airport. they are asking you where those while you are in the airport but we know airlines, perhaps, are going to have different rules on what you need to wear actually on the plane and what they'll be in terms of social distancing, actually on board. this is about what happens in the airport. you'll get gloves and mask, then it's time for a temperature check, james has been keeping an eye on me all morning. what weighing in at now? 36.0. that's fit to fly? all good. ican at now? 36.0. that's fit to fly? all good. i can go off somewhere nice, hopefully, before too long anyway. not many people flying at all, this is the signage reminding you what you need to do to be safe in the airport. just a trial at the moment but the hope is if they can prove this works, they can start getting

more people into airports and at least make the case for getting more planes in the air. hello. this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines. the uk government has confirmed that people in england can "meet up with other people" outside their household as long as they are outside and stay two metres apart. people who can't work from home, including those in the manufacturing and construction industries, are being actively encouraged to go back to work, but to avoid buses, trains, tubes and trams. and across europe, lockdowns are beginning to ease — france is starting to lift many of its restrictions — and spain is relaxing measures in some regions. south korea announces its highest number of new cases in more than a month, driven by a cluster from nightclubs in seoul — the re—opening of schools has now been postponed in shanghai — the first disneyland theme park

in the world reopens — since the outbreak of the covid—19. it comes as china reports a number of new cases of the virus in wuhan. borisjohnson will face mps later to explain his plans for easing restrictions in england. a 50—page document is due to be published, giving more details about how people can start to meet friends, and return to work. so how did the proposed changes go down with the public? graham satchell has been getting some reaction. it is now almost two months since the people of this country began to put up with restrictions on theirfreedoms... in sitting rooms across the united kingdom, people gathered last night in their millions to watch the prime minister. and you have shown the good sense to support those rules overwhelmingly. ok, right, everyone know what they're doing? charlotte has been locked down with her three children and her parents, both in their 70s. i thought boris's speech was a little vague. for me as a mum and the owner

of a nursery, it sort of lacked quite a lot of clarity. i suppose i was a little disappointed because i wanted a few more clear guidelines to work with. charlotte has been homeschooling her three children. she wants things to get back to normal but worries, if her children do go back to school, they may spread the virus. and she is confused by the new message in england — not stay at home but stay alert. even my 11—year—old said, what does that mean, mummy? because it was all clear, we just stay at home, we keep safe, that is a very clear message. and now he was saying, so, we canjust go out? and i said, no, you can only go out if you have to work, and only if it is safe. and they have a perplexed eyebrow, and i think we are the same. it is thanks to your effort and sacrifice... james was watching the speech in liverpool.

he runs three restaurants, employs 50 people. we will hope to reopen at least some of the hospitality industry and other public places, provided they are safe and enforce social distancing. this is a promotional video for one of james's restaurants on albert dock in liverpool. reopening safely will be a huge challenge. the amount of space in kitchens, pot washrooms, staff rooms, bathrooms, it's minimal. so, the safe working conditions problem is not going to go away, and many, many sites are just not suitable for opening with social distancing. so, work from home if you can, but you should go to work if you can't work from home. this part of last night's speech urging people back to work alarmed preity moyal, who works in a large office in canary wharf and would normally get the tube. will you be going to work this morning?

no, i will not be going to work this morning! no. it is very hard at rush—hour to maintain a two metre distance, people are normally nose to nose on the tube, newspaper to newspaper in the face on the tube, there is no vaccine, this virus is still out there. we will be driven not by mere hope... preity is particularly worried by studies showing a higher death rate for people of a minority ethnic background. and i must stress again that all of this is conditional. there's no vaccine. as a british asian, i know people that have passed unfortunately due to covid—19, and they are from an asian background like myself. there needs to be a higher protection for people who are more at high risk. by this experience, i believe we can be stronger and better than ever before. the prime minister was very careful to say last night to say that there could only be serious changes in england if the infection rate comes down and stays down. but his speech seems to have left many confused,

with more questions than answers. graham satchell, bbc news. let's speak now to conservative member of parliament and chairman of the treasury select committee mel stride. good morning to you. good morning. i wa nt to good morning to you. good morning. i want to start with the confusion point first of all. this morning on the television dominic rabbit said that you could make your mum in the morning and a different relative in the afternoon if it's outside. and in england. within the hour, he said actually you can meet both parents at the same time as long as you're all two metres apart. in a park. that's recently been clarified again, turns out you can actually only meet one person from outside your house sold in a park as long as your house sold in a park as long as your two metres apart, you cannot meet to people such as both parents at the same time. even your government doesn't know what it's doing? well, i should stress, as chair of the treasury select

committee, of course, this is an all—party select committee, i'm not all—party select committee, i'm not a government minister and not here to speak for the government but i do feel there is a lack of clarity here andi feel there is a lack of clarity here and i think that's inevitable in the sense that the prime minister in a ten minute address to the nation cannot cover every possible eventuality of the new measures being brought in, however, what i think the government was rather flat—footed on was not getting out the detailed guidance at the same time that the prime minister was making his remarks because i think then, we would have avoided this vacuum that we've now got in which everybody is, quite rightly, asking all sorts of different questions and they need clarity to that. some of this information will be provided are to be this afternoon and i believe there will be further information particularly for employers tomorrow and perhaps some further information on wednesday. but it's not an ideal situation, i accept that. why do you think they didn't release the guidance last night? i don't know, actually, very

good question. but i think from where i'm sitting, if i'd been in that position, i would have done that. i think one other point i would make, is where we've gone from isa would make, is where we've gone from is a position that is pretty close to co m plete is a position that is pretty close to complete lockdown and it was very easy under those circumstances, to have a stay—at—home slogan that neatly wrapped up that particular situation. of course, what we are moving to now and the government is right here, gently feeling our way out of lockdown in a nuanced way in which more things are becoming possible, it's simply impossible i think to have two or three words that some are precisely what this new situation is so i think it's a little unfair when some people say it was all very clear before because stay—at—home meant what it said. whereas what we are now being told, be alert, it's all terribly confusing, the reality is we are moving into a more nuanced phase but we do need the guidance and employers will need the guidance in my committee will be looking very closely at the guidance that's

provided, whether it's fit for purpose. i want to come back to stay alert, not be alert, i'm sure it doesn't make that much difference, but just to say. doesn't make that much difference, butjust to say. i am staying alert, andi butjust to say. i am staying alert, and i am alert, yes! thank god somebody is, i appreciate that. i wa nt to somebody is, i appreciate that. i want to come back to the confusion, because boris johnson in want to come back to the confusion, because borisjohnson in a 12 minute address cannot take off every single scenario for every family across england but the minister that is then sent out across the airwaves, however many hours later, 12, 15, 18 hours later to provide those a nswe rs , hours later to provide those answers, doesn't have the answers himself. that adds to confusion, would you accept that? yes, absolutely. this comes back to my initial point. it would have been better, i think if the guidance had come out coincident with the announcement. and then we would have all gone to the guidance and started to a nswer all gone to the guidance and started to answer the questions that we are now asking and we would do so on a consistent basis. but one further point here, victoria, as you've seen

for example, the economic measures that the government has brought it in the face of the virus, inevitably, when you are rolling out these very large scale measures, often at pace, there are gaps that emerge and so, it's inevitably to a degree, an iterative process and i think what you will find, the guidance will come out, there will be further questions, gaps identified, further guidance, is thatis identified, further guidance, is that is the way, the nature of these things but it does seem to me that the government could have been a bit sharper in terms of getting the guidance at the same time that the announcement was made. a number of yea rs announcement was made. a number of years asking by changing the message from stay—at—home to stay alert, are you effectively, is the government effectively telling people now is the time to start making their own decisions? no, i think the time to start making their own decisions? no, ithink what the time to start making their own decisions? no, i think what the government is very clearly saying is look, we are moving into a slightly different phase here, where we are coming out of lockdown, just a little bit, alarming people more time outside, for example, subject

to social conditions, being able to mix ina to social conditions, being able to mix in a slightly different way to the way they were before, those that cannot work from home, being now encouraged and in fact, told they should be going back to work, provided its safe to do so. it's certainly not a free for all adult. in fact, the government has also said where there are contraventions, for example, in social gatherings, for example, in social gatherings, for example, in social gatherings, for example, some of the finds that had previously been let in at a rate of £60 or thereabouts, will be increased going forward so i think there are very clear boundaries to this policy but what we do need, and we needed very quickly now, its greater clarity about exactly where those boundaries are. yes. can i put this to you, again you may not know the answer because the chancellor might be the one to answer this but you may be able to give some guidance to charles thomson, director of a small electrical company and he is e—mailed to say i runa company and he is e—mailed to say i run a small electrical business and have benefited from some of the help offered by the chancellor to support my company due to the enforced

shutdown of my operation. as a result of the announcement on sunday by the prime minister i am slightly confused about my obligations as an employer. will i continue to be eligible for the government financial support packages or must i now insist on my people returning immediately to work? i can't guarantee social distancing in the workplace so i feel it would be irresponsible of me to insist that people come back to work, similarly, i can't afford not to trade if i'm likely to be no longer eligible for financial assistance? really good question, isn't it? i think financial assistance? really good question, isn't it? ithink he financial assistance? really good question, isn't it? i think he might be referring victoria, to staff who are furloughed, in other words, the government is paying the majority of their wages and yet they are at home andi their wages and yet they are at home and i don't think these announcements that have just been made actually affect the furlough system so i think that this gentleman would be able to maintain his staff on furlough just as he has to date with the state picking up up

to date with the state picking up up to 80% of those salaries. i don't think these latest measures will change that. why? because there are two separate things, but the prime minister ‘s announcement was about was the basis on which people interact with their business is worth, for example, they've previously been working from home, they've sorry, they've been at home but now they can actually go in and engage with the workforce in a safe way and the furlough scheme which is supporting workers, you are either on furlough or not on furlough and if you are on furlough there is nothing that the prime minister said yesterday that says people would need to come off furlough in order to comply with the measures that he set out. nicola sturgeon, scotlandpos macro first minister said she didn't understand what stay alert means. do you? yes, i do in the broad sense. what it means is there are a number of things that we are now able to do in this new environment which we weren't before. but we have to do them with a strong eye on social distancing. so in

other words, we have to always stay alert to the fact that we can now just go into parks for example and start getting close to people physically, that aspect hasn't changed. we have to have a very firm eye on that particular element. the leaders of scotland, wales and northern ireland are keeping the stay—at—home message as you know. what does borisjohnson know that they don't? well, i don't think it's a case of who knows what although there is a great deal of uncertainty around the whole situation with the virus, sober, for example, the so—called r rate, the reproduction rate, government currently thinks it's between 0.5 and 0.9, quite a wide range, i think everyone is interpreting data in a slightly different way and of course they are in different constituent parts of the united kingdom, with different infection rates and different local circumstances. but at the end of the day, the fact that northern ireland and wales and scotland have taken a

slightly different approach, i think, it reflects the fact they are devolved matters, matters for those countries to decide for themselves, in the best interests of their own populations. and you know, i think it's quite right and proper they should be able to do that. however, i would say, all else being equal, it would be better and there would be less confusion if all the constituent parts of the united kingdom were actually moving in tandem. i don't know if you saw the polling that was out yesterday, by theresa may ‘s former pollster, jamesjohnson theresa may ‘s former pollster, james johnson which suggested theresa may ‘s former pollster, jamesjohnson which suggested that three quarters of british people think the government should prioritise limiting the spread of the virus over the economy. is your government now out of step then come up government now out of step then come up with the majority of british people? well, an individual poll should not be allowed to dictate the policy, i think that would be a huge mistake. i think we have to look to the government to take good, solid, scientific advice and to be led by

that advice. now, the opinion polls will move around all over the place. and you might find a very different result in a week ‘s time, depending on how everything goes but the important thing is the reference point has to be the scientific, professional advice. and do you think they followed the scientific advice all the way through? well, i do inasmuch as sage, the committee, which is a large committee of very eminent epidemiologists and other scientists, has been engaged, we are getting daily briefings from the from number ten, as to exactly what the plans are and the chief scientific officer and others have been present on those occasions. but we now know, sorry, sorry to interrupt, we now know from some of the members of the scientific advisory on emergencies, that actually some of the policy early on was dictated by resources, ie, we didn't expand testing because we didn't expand testing because we didn't have the capacity. yes, and i think what that touches on is the

fa ct, think what that touches on is the fact, inevitably, at the end of this crisis, there will have to be some sort of inquiry into how it was handled and inevitably come up with enquiries of this nature, there will bea number of enquiries of this nature, there will be a number of areas where things come up with hindsight, could have been done better and it may well be that testing, for example, is one of those areas but i think those big questions are probably one for another day. what matters now is that the government continues to work towards bringing us safely out of the lockdown because that is absolutely vital to businesses up and down the country. we need to get the economy going again and i see yesterday ‘s announcement by the prime minister, albeit we need the detail quickly, to have been a positive step in that direction. detail quickly, to have been a positive step in that directionm the government takes a path now that does lead to an upturn in the number of deaths, that would be a tragedy forfamilies of deaths, that would be a tragedy for families involved. and of deaths, that would be a tragedy forfamilies involved. and your government might not be forgiven. well, inevitably, this is a very,

very delicate and difficult situation. and i think those that have to take these choices will be thinking extremely carefully about them. they will be very much focused on trying to minimise deaths and make sure that we come out of lockdown as safely as we can. of course, being in lockdown as its own problems on the health and, as we know. there are now a backlog of about 7 million operations that the nhs has, there seems to be some anecdotal evidence that some people who should be coming forward to the health service are not doing so as a consequence of this crisis. and consequently, there are lives that are being lost that are not been attributed, which are not attributable to covid 19 but are being lost nonetheless. and of course, the economic damage that is being done, going forward, which is affecting countries all over the world is also going to make resourcing of public services and

the health consequences of that all the health consequences of that all the more difficult in the future so these are extremely complicated, very difficult decisions to take but asi very difficult decisions to take but as i say, at the heart of it, has to lie the science and experts and i think that's how the government is approaching it. thank you very much giving so much time this morning, we appreciate it. let's take a look at changes being made in other countries around the world now. here's the latest from our correspondents in turkey, ukraine and switzerland, starting with orla guerin in istanbul. here in turkey, it's the first phase of what's been called a "normalisation plan. " so, shopping malls can reopen, but temperatures will be taken on the way in and numbers will be limited. hairdressers and barbershops are back in business, with an appointment system, and some travel restrictions have been lifted. but major cities like istanbul and the capital, ankara, remain sealed off.

weekend curfews are expected to continue. coffee shops and restaurants remain closed. so do tourist sites. turkey is among the top ten countries in the world for confirmed cases of the virus. but the fatality rate is low. the message from the authorities is that if infections increase, normalisation will stop. ukraine has so far avoided the worst of the covid—19 outbreak, probably because it shut pretty much everything down in the first half of march, before the virus really took hold here. some restrictions have already been eased. this food market, for example, has been allowed to open for about a week or so under pretty stringent conditions. the next phase will see a host of other things allowed to reopen — museums, libraries, hairdressers and also restaurants and cafes, as long as they serve the food on an outside terrace.

many other restrictions will remain in place on public transport, on schools and on universities until the impact of this easing of quarantine can be properly assessed. here in switzerland, new cases of the coronavirus have been under 100 for the last week. so now, schools, restaurants, bars and museums can reopen, but with strict hygiene rules. two metres distant everywhere, face masks advised on public transport, restaurants limited to four guests a table and lots and lots of hand washing. everyone who can work from home still should, and the government plans aggressive tracing and quarantining, as well as an app to help track us. after eight weeks in lockdown, people here are happy it's finally easing, but there's some concern as well that maybe everything is opening up too fast and that cases will rise again.

we'll find that out in the next couple of weeks. as countries look for new ways to unlock society without exposing the elderly — one dutch care home has opened a customized glass cabin that keeps elderly people protected and isolated — without forcing them to sacrifice seeing their loved ones. anna holligan reports. scrubbing a shield to protect vulnerable people... ..from the invisible danger their loved ones may pose to them. this is what a family reunion looks like under lockdown. hi, mum. hello. the way so many of us have been keeping in touch with each other just don't make sense to everyone. for zoom, for half our residents it's too difficult for half our residents to understand. they are looking at an ipad and thinking they are watching the picture or a video. they don't understand it is real life, real—time, so they don't respond.

and in here they get the full picture. for me, being able to really see her, the way she walks, just her whole body and her body language is incredible. initially, it was really difficult and the family were trying to reassure mrs stope that this is the new normal but she was confused. she couldn't understand why she couldn't cuddle them. but they reassured her the 1.5 metre distance is being followed by everyone and actually now you can see they're quite relaxed. this is a way for the family to reach out in person without the risk. everybody prefers to really see and touch and feel and hug your mum. but it is better than nothing. but how do you explain to an 85—year—old woman with dementia who just lost her husband and went

into a nursing home two weeks before lockdown that the whole world has changed, not just hers? she thinks she is in some kind of prison but we are all stuck at home. it's happier that i can see them. but this is a strange world for me. so i have been always very happy and now i am a bit less happy. you're watching bbc news. joanna gosling will be with you next. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello there. after the warmth on friday and saturday, it does feel like a completely different season

has been played out so far today. quite a few of you waking up to a frost. still chilly today out of the sunshine, but there will be a lot of dry and reasonably sunny weather this afternoon. a few more showers cropping up in the north of scotland. fewer showers in eastern england compared with this morning. northern ireland will stay largely sunny, as will the south—east of england, but it is here where we will see the strongest of the winds. that will knock the feel of things somewhat back from what13—14dc would suggest. way down on yesterday's 23 for plymouth, but for many, temperatures still hovering around 9—10 celsius. tonight, showers will keep going across scotland, particularly in the north. one or two into northern ireland and north wales. but many places will stay dry. under clear skies, temperatures will drop low enough for frost. this area of the high pressure in the atlantic starts to come in, meaning winds will be lighter.

on tuesday, this weather system coming down from the north means more showers across scotland. lots of showers, even some longer spells of rain, turning to sleet and snow on the hills in the northern half of scotland later, as colder air comes back in. nice enough in the sunshine, but chilly for the time of year out of it. that weather system continues into tuesday night and then it slides down a bit on wednesday. clearing away eastwards through the day. further west, one or two showers. most will be dry. the best of the sunshine in the morning. and it is going to be feeling cold again. if anything, a bit colder than tuesday. for the rest of the week, i can't rule out some more overnight frost but high pressure comes back in.

some rain at times but most places will stay dry and notice the temperature trend in some of our cities, rising towards the end of the week.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the government has confirmed that people in england can meet up with other people outside their household as long as they are outside and stay two metres apart. if you're out in the park and you are two metres apart, we're saying now then use some common sense and you socially distance, you can meet up with other people. people who can't work from home — including those in the manufacturing and construction industries are "actively encouraged" to go back to work — unions say it's a confused picture. on the one hand the prime minister was telling us that we should still stay at home, but then on the other hand he was saying that manufacturing and construction can

go back to work today. across europe, lockdowns are beginning to ease — france is starting to lift many of its restrictions — and spain relaxes measures in some regions. south korea announces its highest number of new cases in more than a month, driven by a cluster from nightclubs in seoul — the re—opening of schools has now been postponed. and a reunion under lockdown — how a dutch home for the elederly is finding a way to bring families together, while keeping them apart.

hello, the uk prime minister has eased the lockdown in england. dominic rob said you can meet up with other people outside your household as long as you are outside and stayed two metres apart. lets take a look at developments in the uk and the rest of the world. borisjohnson said it was the right time to ‘update' the government's message in england from ‘stay at home' to ‘stay alert‘. but the new message lacks clarity according to labour, and leaders of all the devolved nations have rejected new ‘stay alert‘ advice in favour of keeping the ‘stay at home‘. later today the government will publish a 50 page document outlining details of the new plan and the pm is to give a statement in the house of commons this afternoon. the prime minister‘s adjustments come as the latest official figures showed 31,855 deaths from coronavirus in the uk — an increase of 269 from the previous day. elsewhere, france is lifting many of its

coronavirus restrictions, after weeks of lockdown. while several other european countries are also relaxing the rules. china has confirmed five new cases of the virus in the city of wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak it‘s the second day running that new cases have emerged from the city. and in new zealand — prime ministerjacinda ardern has confirmed most of the country‘s restrictions put in place — will be lifted in the next fortnight. here‘s our political correspondent, iain watson. it is now almost two months since... after seven weeks of lockdown around the uk, people watched the prime ministerfrom their homes, where they‘ve been told to stay. for viewers in england, he changed his message from "stay at home" to "stay alert". but most of lockdown will remain in place. thanks to you, we‘ve protected our nhs and saved many thousands of lives. and so i know, you know, that it would be madness now to throw away that achievement by allowing a second spike. we must stay alert, we must continue

to control the virus and save lives. the lockdown has saved lives but hurt the economy. so, the prime minister sketched out a plan for how restrictions could be lifted in future. we can see it all around us in the shuttered shops and abandoned businesses and darkened pubs and restaurants, and there are millions of people who are both fearful of this terrible disease and, at the same time, also fearful of what this long period of enforced inactivity will do to their livelihoods and their mental and physical well—being, to their futures and the futures of their children. his plan will come in three phases. from wednesday this week in england, you will be able to spend more time out of doors and not just for exercise. for example, you‘ll be permitted to meet a friend or a family member from outside your household in a park or open space, so long

as you stay two metres apart. from 1stjune, the prime minister would like to be able to begin the phased return of primary school pupils to full—time education. but that will depend on whether the virus has remained under control. the next step could see some hospitality businesses and other public places reopen, but no earlier than 1stjuly. and borisjohnson made it clear that any easing of restrictions could be reversed. if there are outbreaks, if there are problems, we will not hesitate to put on the brakes. we‘ve been through the initial peak, but it‘s coming down the mountain that is often more dangerous. and the opposition are raising questions over borisjohnson‘s call for people who can‘t do theirjob from home in england to go back to work. safety guidance hadn‘t yet been issued and workers are still being told to avoid public transport. this statement raises as many

questions as it answers, and we see the prospect of england, scotland and wales pulling in different directions. the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland aren‘t changing the message to stay at home, and any tweaks to their lockdown will be strictly limited. the message in scotland at this stage is not stay at home if you can. the message is, except for the essential reasons you know about, stay at home, full stop. our advice has not changed in wales. wherever you can, you should stay at home. the message on the lockdown may sound different depending on where you live, but the prime minister insists there‘s a shared determination across the uk to defeat the virus. iain watson, bbc news. this morning people living in england are being actively encouraged to return to work while also being urged to avoid public transport. and the government has ditched the stay at home message, in favour of stay alert. but there‘s been some confusion over the message. our political correspondent

nick eardleyjoins us from westminster. and some confusion from dominic raab about what is allowed, so what is the latest? if you are in england and you want to meet someone from outside your household in a park or something like that, what are the rules ? something like that, what are the rules? let me try and clarify it, because there was a suggestion this money you could meet both your pa rents, money you could meet both your parents, two people from outside your household. that is not the case, the guidance will say when we get it later, you can meet one person from outside your household ina public person from outside your household in a public space if you adhere to social distancing guidelines. we are in this strange place this morning where we have the broad principles and some of the details from the prime minister last night, but the nitty—gritty and the exact guidance on what people in england are going to be asked and allowed to do is not being published until two o‘clock this afternoon. i think then

hopefully things will start to become a bit clearer about exactly what all of this means. the prime minister, by the way, will be in the house of commons at around 3.30 so i am sure mps will want to ask him some of these questions as well. we have heard this morning from the foreign secretary dominic raab, who has been talking about some of what is changing in england. have a listen. of course, if we're going to come out of the very restrictive set of lockdown measures that we've got, we're going to need to change the message. the prime minister has set out the first, in three stages, from wednesday, then another step, at the earliest, from 1stjune, and the third step, at the earliest, from the 4th ofjuly. and as we start to take this road map set of measures, to protect life, to preserve our livelihoods but also to get our way of life back to something resembling normal, it is going to be really important that as people do more of the things that they want to do, that we stay alert so that we can control the virus and we don't see it revive.

we have made great progress and the public have done an exceptionaljob in adhering to the guidance so far, and i'm confident, and people have said that we need to treat people like adults, and that is what we're going to do. there's a 50 page document coming out with the accompanying guidelines. i am confident that as we change the measures, which of course we would have to do so at some point, we do so responsibly, and in a clear way. there is also this big question about when people in england are supposed to go back to work. boris johnson said last night that if you cannot work from home, if you work inajob cannot work from home, if you work in a job where you have to be in, manufacturing perhaps, or construction, you are being urged to go back to work by the government. he didn‘t say exactly when but downing street were pretty clear that men from today, monday. dominic raab said this morning that actually, the government wants that to start happening from wednesday. that has raised some questions among

the unions and political opponents of the government who are saying that hasn‘t been totally clear and some workplaces just weren‘t ready to have people back this morning. have a listen to the labour leader keir starmer. i accept for some things like schools opening, that is going to be conditional, but on the question of going back to work, the suggestion was last night that people go back to work today if they can't work at home, but don't use public transport, and that's really difficult, particularly in a city like london, and without guidelines as to how workplaces need to operate. how do you keep people to metres apart, what about sanitation, protective equipment? these were things which were discussed in a consultation document last weekend but not resolved yet. so i was actually quite surprised the prime minister said effectively in 12 hours' time, start going back to work, without those bits in place. and we needed that clarity, and it is unravelling a bit this morning because i think the foreign secretary has now said, going back to work doesn't

mean until wednesday, so, suddenly it has shifted. what i wanted to see was this detail pinned down. this is a difficult exercise, i accept that, and any government would struggle, but you almost need more clarity coming to this stage than you did... lockdown is pretty straightforward and clear — stay at home. coming out, you need real clarity and it's a bit all over the place. i think the government always new easing lockdown is would be harder than going in and issuing a blanket measure overnight. this will be a complicated process. this afternoon hopefully we will get a bit more clarity on what exactly all of these guidelines are being issued by the uk government mean and what exactly we can do over the next few days. i should emphasise again that these measures are for england. in scotland, wales and northern ireland at the moment things are not changing in the same way. the

guidance there is different, it is mostly about allowing a bit more exercise but not allowing people to meet up with folks from other households. and the message scotland, wales and northern ireland is, stay at home. this is complicated and it will be a gradual process. thank you very much, nick. in a moment we‘ll hear from tomos morgan in cardiff and chris page in belfast. but first to james shaw in glasgow. it is relatively straightforward in scotland. today will be the same as yesterday and the rest of the week, with the small exception people will now be able to leave the house to exercise more than once every day. and nicola sturgeon did say in her briefing yesterday that she is looking at things like recycling and waste disposal sites and garden centres and seeing if they can be reopened in the nearfuture. she may have something to say about that next weekend. and also work that can

be done outside in a way where social distancing is possible. but she was very clear that schools in scotla nd she was very clear that schools in scotland will not open, no schools will open on the 1st ofjune. so it is increasingly unlikely schools will open in scotland before the summer holidays, which start around about the end ofjune. so for the time being, the situation in scotland, the roads remain relatively quiet, scotland remains on lockdown and now to my colleague tomos morgan in cardiff. the situation in wales is similar to that in scotland, the first minister here mark dra keford, that in scotland, the first minister here mark drakeford, echoing what nicola sturgeon has been saying, the advice will be stay at home in wales. they are not following boris johnson‘s change of message which was stay alert, control the virus and save lives. the slight changes which have come into force here in wales this money will be that people are allowed to exercise more than

once a day. some libraries will begin to open, recycling centres across wales, the local authorities are putting plans in place to reopen them and garden centres are set to reopen across wales today. we are hoping to be at one later this afternoon. there has been confusion, as we have heard already, across the devolved nations what the messages. the first minister mark drakeford wa nted the first minister mark drakeford wanted a plan uk government approach but that doesn‘t seem to have happened and that has led to confusion this morning. the welsh government have said quite strongly, that although people in england can get in their cars you exercise, if they do come across the border into wales, the welsh government do have the powers to fine them. there is an interesting case on the border with wales and shropshire, there is a golf course. on the golf course, half of the holes are in wales and

half of the holes are in wales and half are half of the holes are in wales and halfare in half of the holes are in wales and half are in england but because the golf course is still closed in wales, it will be staying shut from now on. the message remains from the welsh government, stay at home and those other measures will remain the same. now let‘s cross to belfast and my colleague, chris page. yes, ministers here also sticking with the stay at home message. ministers in the devolved government at stormont will be meeting today to make what is surely some of the most serious decisions any government here has had to make. and that is how to bring northern ireland out of lockdown. there have been more than 500 deaths here link to covid—19 so farand 500 deaths here link to covid—19 so far and that proportionately is lower than any other part of the uk, but nobody is minimising the damage that the damage has done to the economy and wider society. this is the only part of the uk which has a land border with another country and the department of health here in belfast and the department of health

in dublin have an agreement to cooperate when it comes to measures to bring the country‘s out of lockdown. not expecting the plan here in northern ireland, when it is published, we expected to be the same as the republic of ireland but we do expect there to be a degree cooperation. in dublin, leo varadkar has published a plan and did so about a fortnight ago and in that plan he has gone a little bit further than the plans set out by borisjohnson further than the plans set out by boris johnson last night, further than the plans set out by borisjohnson last night, in that the irish plan does include dates. it isa the irish plan does include dates. it is a five phase plan but it includes dates on the first phase kicks in a week from today. the fifth and final phase scheduled for the 10th of august. obviously that is conditional on whether the virus is conditional on whether the virus is kept under control. one thing we do know here in northern ireland, is that schools, it looks very likely won‘t be reopening until september. just as in scotland, school holidays here start at the end ofjune and the indications we have had for

ministers as it is more than likely schools will reopen in a phased manner in the autumn term, so that is the start of september. if the road map, if the plan to ease lockdown restrictions is finalised, signed off on by ministers in the power—sharing government, it will be brought before the northern ireland assembly tomorrow. thank you very much thomas, chris and james. major moves to ease lockdowns are taking place across europe today. in france, some schools have now reopened. in spain, restaurants can serve again though big cities which had the worst outbreaks are excluded. for politicians and scientists, the decision of how and when to ease lockdowns, could be the most important of their careers. relax measures too quickly and you risk the virus spreading again. leave it too late and it could cause even more serious economic damage and other social problems. our reporterjim reed has this report. all countries are now facing the trickiest of balancing acts — how to open up an economy without causing a second wave of virus cases.

some are moving faster than others. in france, the first major easing of the lockdown has now started. cases are still rising by around 1000 today, but well below the 3,000 set by the government where stricter rules could be reimposed. citizens can now leave home without permission. some shops can open. some schools can restart. but some regions will move faster than others. masks are compulsory on public transport and bars and restaurants stay closed. in germany, cases have fallen to fewer than 1,000 a day. social distancing rules have started to be relaxed. the 1.5 metre rule remains in place, but now, my family can go out and have a picnic with a second family. that wasn‘t possible before, so, it‘s a big turning point for the personal lives of most germans here. one figure, r—0, or the reproduction rate, is critical in deciding when to unlock.

anything over one means each infected case passes the virus on to more than one other person, and the disease spreads quickly. german estimates had fallen below that, giving the government room to reopen schools and restart the football league. though scientists warn a recentjump in r—0 will need close monitoring. if new infections go above 50 people per 100,000 people in any region here in germany, an emergency brake will be pulled. that means that a lot of the easing of restrictions could be immediately ta ken back. comparing data across countries is more difficult. the way cases and deaths are calculated changes. in europe, the uk has now overtaken italy with the highest number of recorded deaths. prime minister boris johnson is planning a slower lifting of restrictions, which could see some schools open from june. we will come back from this devilish illness.

in the us, meanwhile, infections and deaths have remained stubbornly high. some states like new york and newjersey have been hit much harder than others. it was probably introduced to new york earlier on and went undetected for a while, and so what we're seeing in new york might be a leader point in our curve than other places in the us. federal guidelines call for a downward trajectory of cases over 1a days before lockdown measures should be eased. in states like texas and georgia, it‘s farfrom clear that‘s happening yet but local governors have lifted some restrictions anyway. the restaurants and movie theatres have started to reopen. the majority of people do think that this is a concern, opening up too early is something they are worried about. and i really, really hope that people continue to take precautions about checking themselves. all this data will be watched so carefully, then.

it‘s one thing to relax restrictions. it could be much harder to impose them again if the pace of infection does start rising. jim reed, bbc news. some breaking news to bring you about the resumption ofjury some breaking news to bring you about the resumption of jury trials in england and wales from next week. lord chiefjustice in england and wales from next week. lord chief justice lord in england and wales from next week. lord chiefjustice lord burnett has announced the statement saying around 90% of the hearings that have been able to go ahead in recent weeks have been involving audio and video equipment. but the courts now are ina video equipment. but the courts now are in a position, with approval from public health england and public health wales, to take some first steps towards the resumption ofjury trials. a number of trials will take place observing social distancing rules at the old bailey in london and cardiff crown court. in south korea, the re—opening of schools has been postponed by a week after a new cluster

of coronavirus infections were traced back to a number of nightclubs in seoul. the high school third grade was due to be the first to go back on wednesday but pupils will now go back on the 20th of may. all other staggered school start dates have also been pushed back a week. the clubs in seoul at the centre of the recent covid—19 outbreak were mostly visited by members of the lgbtq community, and many used false names. the bbc‘s seoul correspondent laura bicker has more. the thing to remember is seoul and south korea has never had a lockdown. so people at the height of the outbreak were asked to stay at home, work from home where possible, but there‘s never been a lockdown. these nightclubs where opened on april 19th. the entire party district was opened. you were allowed to go clubbing if you wore a mask, if you wrote down your name and contact number at the door, and if you used hand sanitiser. but after the long holiday weekend, the district was completely packed. there appears to have been, yes, an outbreak at a number of clubs.

the complication is that, when it comes to south korea‘s ultimate challenge of testing, of tracing, of isolating, they‘ve proved so good at it, but right now they are trying to trace a number of people who may not want to come out, and the reason for that is because being gay in south korea is extremely difficult. we‘ve done a number of articles on it in bbc world. when it comes to coming out, you can sometimes lose your family and lose yourjob, so many people, yes, have perhaps given false names at the door and may be reluctant to come forward. health officials are emphasising that all they want to do is catch the virus. they say every test will be private. you don‘t have to give your name. but they are also warning that if you don‘t come forward and it‘s found out that you have infected others, you could face a fine of up to $2000. the leaders of the uk‘s four biggest trade unions have warned borisjohnson they cannot recommend

a return to work for their three million members until full coronavirus safety measures are in place. unite is one of the uk‘s biggest unions. its general secretary len mccluskey says workers have the right to refuse to work if they do not feel safe to do so. every worker has a statutory right to work in a safe environment. if any of our members who are effectively unsure of that, we are saying they should not be pressured into going back to work and they should refuse and we will obviously defend them. but there is no need for that. kevin rowan is head of health and safety at the tuc. thank you forjoining us. what do you think about the safety of workers returning to work right now? at the moment, we are hearing from workers right across the economy how anxious they are about their return to work that has been talked about

following the prime minister‘s statement yesterday. they are really concerned that by returning to work, whilst in the workplace and on the way to work there will be exposed to increased risk of catching the virus and that should be a concern, not just for them but everybody across the economy. we have been asking for the economy. we have been asking for the government to push clear guidelines on what employers need to do. we understand they will be published tomorrow, but we haven‘t seen the draft. both businesses and people who work in those businesses wa nt to people who work in those businesses want to be clear about what measures are in place to make sure that they can be safe going back to work. as you say, there‘s guidelines will be given to employers tomorrow. in the meantime though, how much has been done to make workplaces a safe environment to prepare for the inevitable moment when people go back with social distancing having to be in place? lots of businesses have carried on throughout the lockdown, carried on working and

there is some very good practice, employers working with trade unions have put good measures in place in order to protect the workforce. but we also know there are some workplaces, far too many to be honest, where they haven‘t put the right kind of measures in place. we wa nt to right kind of measures in place. we want to work with government, work with employers to make sure those best practices are common practice. it is not just best practices are common practice. it is notjust what happens in white, it is what happens on the way to work and the idea everyone can ditch public transport and get to work by other means is simply, it is fa ntasy world. work by other means is simply, it is fantasy world. nobody believes people can get to work without using public transport. transport unions are working with the union and employers to make sure public transport is as safe as it can be. the idea of people returning to work in large numbers and not needing to use public transport is fantasyland.

what is the best way, as far as you are concerned, to manage this? it is not going to be easy and there are workplaces who have been doing it well, so how to check before workers go back that all workplaces are doing it as they should be, or will it be people going back and then perhaps discovering it is not what they want or what they think is safe and reacting from there? there are three clear things that need to happen. all employers need to do a covid—19 risk assessment. secondly, they need to publish that so people can see what is expected of them and their employers and give workers the confidence, if you like, those measures are in place. then there needs to be very clear enforcement. lots of workers, regrettably don‘t work in trade unionised workplaces and they are inherently less safe so those employees need to have somewhere to go to make sure those pledges, if you like, for safe

working that employers are committing to are enacted and implemented in the workplace and there is someone there to enforce them if the employer doesn‘t do the right thing. what you are talking about is good transparency on all of this, how quickly do you think it is achievable? because the government is talking about people going back on wednesday. all those employees need to do a risk assessment and employers with more than five employees have to publish that risk assessment. all we‘re asking is employers do a review of the risk assessment to take into account of covid—19. they could do that now, they don‘t need to wait for government guidance to do that. what the government guide and should do is help employers to be clear about what is expected of them. if that is published tomorrow and people are expected to go back on wednesday, it doesn‘t give employers much time to implement those changes and it certainly gives them very little time to communicate those changes to

employees so people feel confident that their health and safety is being looked after properly. thank you very much. the british prime minister boris johnson has said that quarantine rules would be imposed on people coming into the uk, to prevent covid—19 being brought in from overseas. as yet, no start or end date for the measures has been announced. we do know that passengers arriving from france will be exempt from forthcoming uk coronavirus quarantine measures. willie walsh, chief executive of international airlines group, which runs british airways, appeared in front of mps on the transport select committee this morning. he said there was nothing positive in the prime minister‘s plan that was outlined last night. a very severe, very significant crisis and, quite honestly, the likelihood of it improving in the short—term is zero. the announcements yesterday of a 14—day period coming into the uk is...

well, it‘s definitely going to make it worse. there‘s nothing positive in anything i heard the prime minister say yesterday. so we had been planning to resume on a pretty significant basis of flying in july. i think we‘ll have to review that based on what the prime minister said yesterday. our international business correspondent theo leggettjoins us now. the airline is not happy about these quarantine measures, so how is the government responding to the concerns of the airlines? well, the problem of the airlines say they have had it up to now they‘ve actually had a minimum contact with the government as it‘s been preparing the quarantine. what we had today was an indication of what quarantine might mean, so he said that previously his company have

been planning to resume flights in what was called a meaningful way, in july, flying something approaching a normal schedule, although much less obviously. and that might no not be possible and in fact, under those circumstances, if a quarantine period was introduced and we don‘t have the details yet, that a british airways would be flying in and out of the uk in a minimalfashion. so he was quite scathing about that and then he went on to talk about some of the other issues facing british airways, which, let‘s not forget, has entered into consultation with its own staff about potentially up to 12,000 redundancies. thank you very much. let‘s speak now to labour mp stephen doughty who joins us from westminster. thank you forjoining us. do you think quarantine now or imminently is the right thing to do? well i think, yet again, we got more questions here than answers from what the government has set out, questions about for example, if

passengers came into paris would they be able to circumvent quarantine and come into the uk without checks? the real question here is if these measures are needed now for public health reasons, and clearly there would need to be a workable practical plan, why were they not needed before when we let him 18.1 million people into the country from the 1st of january until the 23rd of march with a minimal or no checks with only 273 individuals being quarantined on three flights from wuhan and one from tokyo? the chief scientific adviser said cases were all over the country as a result of travellers coming and british people returning home without checks, so what of the government been doing until now? the government, you obviously talk about dating back to january, the government said up by quarantine once covid—19 was basically embedded in this country, was because it wouldn‘t have made any difference because it was already here. do you

accept that argument? no, that‘s not what the health adviser told us last week. he said they were seen all over the country and what i find extraordinary is while the pandemic was raging and other countries were introducing measures, sensible measures for public health, requirements, we were not doing that, and yet they appear to have the scientific basis for quarantine injust fourflights the scientific basis for quarantine in just four flights taking individuals to military and other locations until they were cleared of coronavirus. so it‘s really important on the government comes forward and publishes the scientific basis on which those original decisions were made and any decisions were made and any decisions going forward we are made because quite frankly, a lot of people will be baffled by the fact we had millions of people coming in with zero checks and the government watered down its advice on the 13th of march and yet, now they are planning to introduce them. if it‘s right they are introduced and as a basis for that, i‘m sure we want to have a detail of how that will make

practical and the question is why it wasn‘t there done now before now? the airlines are concerned about their futures, saying there the airlines are concerned about theirfutures, saying there needs the airlines are concerned about their futures, saying there needs to be this urgent government support. quarantine will make a bad situation even worse for them. would you advocate giving that support to the airlines? clearly, there needs to be airlines? clearly, there needs to be a support package for aviation that‘s what labour has been calling forfor a that‘s what labour has been calling for for a number of weeks that‘s what labour has been calling forfor a number of weeks now. but shadow transport secretary and others. actually, i understand the frustrations of airlines and their staff are facing and people who potentially want to make travel plans late in the year because rather than a clear sense of things being set up a government, we have more and more questions and no a nswe rs. more and more questions and no answers. that‘s not the way to operate in a situation like this. we wa nt to operate in a situation like this. we want to clear decisive action eve ryo ne want to clear decisive action everyone can understand and that‘s not what we are seeing across the whole issues and we are left further in the dark and more confused by the

prime minister last night. going back to the situation with france, the exemption, you said you had questions about how to stop people coming in from other countries via france. the government says it is looking at that. do you think about exemptions should be there at all? the question is why they are announcing these things having not had a thought through the practicalities before? it‘s quite clear at the moment based on what they say you could fly into paris and evade checks and coming to the uk. of course, there is a common travel area with ireland as well and will have to be a practical solution there. of course, we haven‘t even raised the question on private aviation committee people coming into private airports and how checks on those will be operated. until this morning, we were not sure whether it applied to seaports and other entries into the uk so yet again, the government are making announcements but no clarity, creating more confusion and leave the dark and failing to answer the fundamental question which is why they allowed cases to be seeded all

across this country over a period of months by not taking measures on the board and quarantine earlier. thank you very much. in his address last night, the uk prime minister said that parts of the hospitality industry should be able to reopen byjuly at the earliest, providing the scientific advice allows it. i‘m joined now by the chief executive of uk hospitality, kate nicholls. thank you forjoining us. how did you feel when you hear that? well, provided some welcome reassurance for operators that there was a sense ofa for operators that there was a sense of a date we could work towards, clearly it will need to be flexible and kept under review, but the idea that some parts of our industry could open from earlyjuly is particularly helpful for those in tourist locations and those who have been closed for a considerable amount of time. it does also mean that those businesses who have been closed for eight weeks, now know they have got another eight weeks to get through and they are looking to

government to provide details and support for them to allow them to reopen in a timely and safe fashion. how many businesses do you think you‘re just won‘t make it? how many businesses do you think you‘rejust won‘t make it? can how many businesses do you think you‘re just won‘t make it? can you put a figure on the proportion? we have done some research amongst our members and it‘s quite clear if we don‘t get any support to take us through a longer lockdown and a protracted reopening phase approach, then it‘s about one third of hospitality businesses just simply not reopening and that means you‘ve got about 2 million jobs at risk in hospitality and across the wider supply chain, so it‘s really critical the government provide additional details and works with the industry on a package to support workers who are going to be furloughed and out of a job for longer and make sure that those businesses are there for them to return to when it‘s safe to reopen. if the public still not able to freely mix, which doesn‘t sound like there‘s any way that will be a possibility byjuly, how well these places operate anyway and make them

viable? well, you can look at some of our hotels and accommodation providers, who can ensure their social distancing, we have hotels who are open throughout the whole of the lockdown period of open safely to house key workers and vulnerable people, so we know about 30% of our state can continue to open in that way. we can learn the lessons there. and then i think we can look at the broader guidance the government has published about outdoor socialising and social distancing within parks, and social distancing within parks, and there are lessons to be used therefore those businesses with large outdoor spaces and can put in place rigorous messages and crucially workers remain safe. we know it will be possible, it won‘t be possible for a large proportion of the estate, standards, we can work on the government on those protocols, there is protocols to keep staff safe and keep guests

safe, they should be allowed to reopen when it‘s safe to do so and lead in that area. for all countries, tourism is going to be very different this year, domestic tourism rather than visitors from overseas. how will that impact on the economy and the importance of overseas tourism that won‘t now be here? yes, we've already seen that impact immediately in the first quarter of this year. our international tourism earns the country about £30 billion a year, and we saw hospitality shrink over the first quarter of this year by 2196, the first quarter of this year by 21%, largely down to a reduced number of foreign visitors coming through and that will only get worse as we go further forward. that‘s particularly critical given the other third largest employer in the country and that will have a rigorous effect on all constituencies, towns, cities, villages and suburban locations and

we will feel the effect of that contraction over this year and clearly that won‘t be made up for an increase in tourism because it will only get a start injuly and that means they‘ve just 3—4 months to end the amount of money they need to keep them in business until the start of the next season in his the 2021, so it‘s going to be a long slow road back to recovery. we have relied on hospitality and tourism to get us out of economic problems in the past and they won‘t be in a position to do so this time unless we‘ve got additional government support. thank you very much. let‘s turn to china now. shanghai disneyland has reopened to a reduced number of visitors after a four—month shutdown. other disney theme parks around the world remain closed. in wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak, five new locally—tra nsmitted cases of the virus have been confirmed, and in total 17 new cases have been registered across china — the highest number in a fortnight.

our correspondent in shanghai robin brant has more. well, in wuhan, they have done very well in terms of keeping a clean slate for quite a long period of time. but there are five new cases reported there in the last 2a hours — that is the most significant number of new cases in an eight week period. and it‘s believed to be centred around a case of an 89—year—old man who first fell ill with covid—19 back in march. we‘re told he sought treatment and stayed at home, he didn‘t go to hospital, but since then, there have been numerous cases linked with him on the housing compound where he lives, around 20 or so in previous weeks, and in the last 2a hours, five new cases on this single housing compound, that authorities say are associated, they believe, with this one man. so, new cases. that in itself is significant and hugely symbolic that it should be in wuhan, the city where this all began. but for now, it appears to be localised. beyond wuhan, though, in another province in the north—east of china,

just up near the border with north korea, there is a city there called shulan, where there continues to be the reinstatement of those draconian restrictions on people‘s ability to move out, in terms of housing compounds, to go out shopping as well. and that is linked to a fresh outbreak that‘s been linked with a woman who worked in a laundry and she is believed to have infected numerous other people there. so, itjust shows you how vigilant the authorities remain and how willing they are, certainly when it comes to that city of shulan in the north—east, to reinstate those restrictions as soon as they see any whiff of a second outbreak. some primary school pupils in england could be back in the classroom byjune first, as part of the government‘s phased return to school. in his televised address to the nation last night, boris johnson said pupils in reception, year one and year six could go back first. jayne mccubbin has been to a primary school in merseyside to see whether parents and pupils feel ready to return. this is a small slice of st elizabeth‘s primary

school in merseyside. we miss them all. we hope in many ways that we see them, however obviously we hope it‘s safe for them to come back. and there‘s the rub. is it the right time to get back to class? when will the government ring the school bell? alexis says now, linda says no. yes, i wan't to go back. i'm really excited. it's too soon. lindsay and dean want this over, but it‘s complicated. are you bored? yeah, lam. to tea rs ? yes. i've got mixed feelings. he's got asthma. i really want to be sure he's safe to go back. if you had that certainty, you‘d be springing on? getting him out of the house. yes, definitely, yeah. while lindsay‘s worried about her son‘s health, tony is worried about the health of other vulnerable family members. my parents are going to have take them to school and they are going to be outside the school gathering so it‘s not really going to contain the virus, is it? if the government says it‘s time for year six to go back, do you think you might take

the decision then to go, "no, i‘m keeping him home. "yeah, i‘d probably not let him go back to school. alicia has barely missed a school day. her mum is a carer so she is one of only 15 kids who have still been going to school every week and she‘s struggling. you are really missing your best mate, aren‘t you? i want to give her a big hug and say i miss you. she‘s been getting really upset at times. the government might say we‘re going to slowly phase this in, maybe year six. well, her school has two year 6 classes, so that‘s near enough 60 children going back to school all at once. almost all the parents i met felt a long way from confident about the idea of sending kids back into st elizabeth‘s playground long before the end of this school year. head teacher mr daniels wants clarity. the longer period of time we get to prepare, the better. june one is a date that is kind of being thrown around.

it does seem like a very short timescale to get things back to normal, but we will see. most children might be itching to get back, but not all. leo is super aware of the virus which has changed his world. it's like when we go back to school and things start to change, it will be a bit weird because you don't want to get distracted about it because you don't want to bring home an infection. you are saying, leo, the time isn‘t now, but dad. i think the time possibly, if it's not now, it's not far away. if you're a child and your parents are both shielded, you could be a carrier, you don't want to take it home. that child can possibly be exempt but for those who aren't in that situation, i feel as though we should move towards the education because they need to get prepared for what's coming up next in their life. every family wants what is best for their kids. that means different things to different people. it‘s the home—schooling, isn‘t it? we‘re enjoying it, aren‘t we? well, a bit. what, enjoying it? i do really want to do my sats.

no, he does, don‘t you — just to see how clever you really are. because i actually want someone who's actually professional to, like, teach me. by the way, he's not. lleyton is going to have to wait until at leastjune one for that, with guidance to schools in england out later. in scotland, wales and northern ireland, parents will stay in the home—schooling hot seat for some weeks to come. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. let‘s get more on the reaction to the uk prime minister‘s announcement last night. how did the proposed changes for england go down with the public? graham satchell has been finding out. it is now almost two months since the people of this country began to put up with restrictions on theirfreedoms... in sitting rooms across the united kingdom, people gathered last night in their millions to watch the prime minister. and you have shown the good sense to support those rules overwhelmingly. ok, right, everyone know what they're doing? charlotte has been locked down with her three children and her parents, both in their 70s. i thought boris's speech

was a little vague. for me as a mum and the owner of a nursery, it sort of like quite a lot of clarity. i suppose i was a little disappointed because i wanted a few more clear guidelines to work with. charlotte has been home—schooling her three children. she wants things to get back to normal but worries, if her children do go back to school, they may spread the virus. and she is confused by the new message in england — not stay at home but stay alert. even my 11—year—old said, what does that mean, mummy? because it was all clear, we just stay at home, we keep safe, that is a very clear message. and now he was saying, so, we canjust go out to? and i said, no, you can only go out if you have to work, and if it is safe. and they have a perplexed eyebrow, and i think we are the same. it is thanks to your effort and sacrifice. james was watching

the speech in liverpool. he runs three restaurants, employs 50 people. we will hope to reopen at least some of the hospitality industry and other public places, provided they are safe and enforce social distancing. this is a promotional video for one of james‘s restaurants on albert dock in liverpool. reopening safely will be a huge challenge. the amount of space in kitchens, and washrooms, splash rooms, bathrooms, it's minimal. so, the safe working conditions problem is not going to go away, and many, many sites are just not suitable for opening with social distancing. so, work from home if you can, but you should go to work if you can‘t work from home. this part of last night‘s speech urging people back to work alarmed preity moyal, who works in a large office in canary wharf and would normally get the tube.

will you be going to work this morning? no, i will not be going to work this morning! no. it is very hard at rush—hour to maintain a two metre distance, people are normally nose to nose on the tube, newspaper to newspaper in the face on the tube, there is no vaccine, this virus is still out there. we will be driven not by mere hope. preity is particularly worried by studies showing a higher death rate for people of a minority ethnic background. and i must stress again that all of this is conditional. there's no vaccine. as a british asian, i know people that have passed unfortunately due to covid—19, and they are from an asian background like myself. there needs to be a higher protection for people who are more at high risk. by this experience, i believe we can be stronger and better than ever before. the prime minister was very careful to say last night that there could only be serious changes in england if the infection rate comes down and stays down.

but his speech seems to have left many confused, with more questions than answers. graham satchell, bbc news. restrictions on travel remain an area of concern for many: in his address last night the uk prime minister said it would soon be time to make people arriving at ports and airports self—isolate. and he urged those who may now be able to return to work to try not to use public transport. our reporter dan johnson is at manchester airport this morning, where they‘re trialling changes to how departures will work. well, this is the first stage in the trial and these are the first things they are expecting, hoping, that you will turn up to the airport wearing. gloves and some kind of face covering at least, but if you don‘t turn up with your own, don‘t worry, they will be provided, but why don‘t we first off just have a look at a check—in here at manchester airport, terminal one, this morning? normally, this would be heaving with crowds of people checking in. absolutely deserted really this morning. just a few cleaners around keeping the place is nice

and clean and tidy. very, very quiet in terms of passengers. only one check—in desk open. you can see the departure board. not a lot going on up there today. not many flights leaving here at all. passenger numbers really are down. this is the new procedure, the new way to go through. everybody is now priority. fast track. you can see the yellow signs on the floor reminding you to keep your distance. there‘s loads of signage here, so as soon as you get here, before going through security, this is where you can pick up a mask and gloves and that‘s what they‘re asking you to wear in the airport. this is a trial that was launched just at the end of last week by manchester airports group, which includes sta nsted and east midlands, not just manchester airport. they are asking that you wear those while you are in the airport, but then we know that airlines perhaps are going to have different rules on what you need to wear actually on the plane and what they will be in terms of social distancing actually on board.

this is about what happens in the airport. you get gloves and a mask, then it‘s time for a temperature check. james has been keeping an eye on me all morning. what am i weighing in at now? 36.0. i think that‘s fit to fly? all good. i can go off somewhere nice hopefully, before too long anyway. but not many people flying at all. this is the signage that‘s reminding you what you need to do to be safe in the airport. this is just a trial at the moment, but the hope is if they can prove this works, then they can start getting more people into airports and at least make the case for getting more planes in the air. here in the uk, prime minister borisjohnson announced an easing to lockdown restrictions last night, with the potential of some people returning to work as soon as this week. but we‘ve been receiving lots of questions from people all morning concerned about how to do this. colliers workplace advisory service has been looking into the issues involved around getting people back to work amidst coronavirus. i‘m joined by jan jaap boogaard,

head of workplace advisory at colliers international. welcome. thank you very much for joining us. how much of a change is that going to require for businesses to their setups? it is significant. so currently we are working with organisations across the globe to identify the key changes required. looking at the layout of spaces, the number of work stations and desks that can be used. mainly also looking to entrances to buildings for example. you can‘t get into a workplace in isolation. how can people enter the building and get to the building in general? how much work is being done throughout the lockdown while people have been at home? what we are seeing currently is we look to the average capacity of buildings. there is some research we did, about 60% of their office

space cannot be used when we allow social distancing. and how much of business are doing this to make sure people can get back to work without being able to use that space? most organisations, we are currently working on plans, it‘s criticalfor organisations to have a clear back to work plan, and we see differences in accommodation at the moment, for example, france and germany, moving back. of course, the uk, at some stage. do you think it will lead to long—term changes because people have discovered ways of working at home which are more cost—effective for their companies apart from anything? yes, definitely. we did research of 5000 people globally and asked them how do you feel about working from home and do you want to working from home and do you want to work after covid—19? more than 80% of correspond and say they want to work from home at least one day a week after covid—19. they also say

that it‘s important when they go to the office they can collaborate and connect, so we expect officers to become more meeting places but also smaller because of increased working from home. travel for businesses? smaller because of increased working from home. travelfor businesses? do you think it will be a long time before that resume is because obviously companies and individuals will get out of the habit. yes, yes, we expect to travel to significantly decrease between countries but also within countries. we think people will be much more conscious about when to go to the office, picking the right moment to go to the office and not do it every day. pick the right moment to connect with people they want to meet at that moment. thank you very much indeed for joining us. and for telling us the changes impacting so far and the big changes impacting so far and the big changes there will be in workplaces going forward. later on today, boris

johnson will be addressing the house of commons to reveal more details of the changes being brought in the uk. we will have coverage of that later. you are watching bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello there. after the warmth of a friday and saturday, it does feel like a completely different season being played out today. a few of you waking up to a frost, feeling chilly out of the summer sun, but a lot of dry and reasonable sunny weather to ta ke dry and reasonable sunny weather to take us through this afternoon. a few more showers cropping up the north of scotland, fewer showers in eastern england compared to this morning. whilst cloud amounts will generally increase, northern ireland will stay largely sunny as will the south—east of england, but here we will see the strongest on the whims, raw feeling wind through east anglia, the south—east on the channel islands, topping 45 miles an hour at times. that will knock the feel of things somewhat back from

13-14 feel of things somewhat back from 13—14 way down on yesterday‘s 23 for plymouth, but for many, temperatures still hovering around 9—10. into tonight, showers will keep going across parts of scotland, particularly in the north. one or two in northern ireland, north wales, north west england too. many places dry, temperatures dropping low enough for a touch of frost and a more widespread frost possible across southern parts of england and wales compared to yesterday. high pressure in the atlantic starts to move its way in meaning the wind will be lighter. into tuesday, this weather system moving down from the north, which means more showers across scotland compared to today. northern ireland, north—west england and north wales, icy patches across the day. lots of showers, longer spells of rain turning to sleet and snow even on the most modest of hills in the northern half of scotla nd hills in the northern half of scotland later as cooler air comes back in. elsewhere, 11—14. nice enoughin back in. elsewhere, 11—14. nice enough in the sunshine. a bit chilly for the time of year out of it. that weather system which brings the

showers across scotland on tuesday night, slides down to northern and eastern parts of england for wednesday. clearing away eastwards through the day. further west, one or two showers, some returning towards the hebrides later on, most will be dry, the best of the sunshine in the morning, a bit more cloud through the afternoon for many and it will be another cold feeling day. temperatures dropping once again, relative to tuesday. for the rest of the week, we can‘t rule out overnight frost but high pressure building back in. as i said, rain at times across northern, eastern england, but most places staying dry and notice the temperature trend in some of our cities in our nations, rising towards the end of the week.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the government has confirmed that people in england can "meet up with other people" outside their household as long as they are outside and stay two metres apart. if you‘re out in the park and you are two metres apart, we‘re saying now then use some common sense and you socially distance, you can meet up with other people. opposition politicians, unions and company directors are calling for more details and clarification, as people who can‘t work from home — are ‘actively encouraged‘ to go back to work. on the one hand the prime minister was telling us that we should still stay at home, but then on the other hand he was saying that

manufacturing and construction can go back to work today. across europe, lockdowns are beginning to ease — france is starting to lift many of its restrictions — and spain relaxes measures in some regions. south korea announces its highest number of new cases in more than a month, driven by a cluster from nightclubs in seoul — the re—opening of schools has now been postponed. jury trials in england and wales are to resume from next week — with social distancing rules observed. and a reunion under lockdown — how a dutch home for the elederly is finding a way to bring families together, while keeping them apart. the uk prime minister has outlined measures to start a very gradual easing of the lockdown in england

while warning of the danger of a second surge of the pandemic. this morning the foreign secretary, dominic raab, said you now can meet up with other people outside your household as long as you are outside and stay two metres apart. let‘s take a look at developments in the uk and the rest of the world. borisjohnson said it was the right time to update the government‘s message in england from "stay at home" to "stay alert". but the new message lacks clarity according to labour, and leaders of all the devolved nations have rejected new "stay alert" advice in favour of keeping the "stay at home". later today the government will publish a 50 page document outlining details of the new plan and the prime minister is to give a statement in the house of commons this afternoon. the prime minister‘s adjustments come as the latest official figures showed 31,855 deaths from coronavirus in the uk — an increase of 269 from the previous day.

elsewhere, france is lifting many of its coronavirus restrictions, after weeks of lockdown. while several other european countries are also relaxing the rules. china has confirmed five new cases of the virus in the city of wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak. it‘s the second day running that new cases have emerged from the city. and in new zealand — prime ministerjacinda ardern has confirmed most of the country‘s restrictions put in place — will be lifted in the next fortnight. here‘s our political correspondent, iain watson. it is now almost two months since... after seven weeks of lockdown around the uk, people watched the prime ministerfrom their homes, where they‘ve been told to stay. for viewers in england, he changed his message from "stay at home" to "stay alert". but most of lockdown will remain in place. thanks to you, we‘ve protected our nhs and saved many thousands of lives. and so i know, you know, that it would be madness now

to throw away that achievement by allowing a second spike. we must stay alert, we must continue to control the virus and save lives. the lockdown has saved lives but hurt the economy. so, the prime minister sketched out a plan for how restrictions could be lifted in future. we can see it all around us in the shuttered shops and abandoned businesses and darkened pubs and restaurants, and there are millions of people who are both fearful of this terrible disease and, at the same time, also fearful of what this long period of enforced inactivity will do to their livelihoods and their mental and physical well—being, to their futures and the futures of their children. his plan will come in three phases. from wednesday this week in england, you will be able to spend more time out of doors and not just for exercise. for example, you‘ll be permitted to meet a friend or a family member from outside your household

in a park or open space, so long as you stay two metres apart. from 1stjune, the prime minister would like to be able to begin the phased return of primary school pupils to full—time education. but that will depend on whether the virus has remained under control. the next step could see some hospitality businesses and other public places reopen, but no earlier than 1stjuly. and borisjohnson made it clear that any easing of restrictions could be reversed. if there are outbreaks, if there are problems, we will not hesitate to put on the brakes. we‘ve been through the initial peak, but it‘s coming down the mountain that is often more dangerous. and the opposition are raising questions over borisjohnson‘s call for people who can‘t do theirjob from home in england to go back to work. safety guidance hadn‘t yet been issued and workers are still being told to avoid public transport.

this statement raises as many questions as it answers, and we see the prospect of england, scotland and wales pulling in different directions. the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland aren‘t changing the message to stay at home, and any tweaks to their lockdown will be strictly limited. the message in scotland at this stage is not stay at home if you can. the message is, except for the essential reasons you know about, stay at home, full stop. our advice has not changed in wales. wherever you can, you should stay at home. the message on the lockdown may sound different depending on where you live, but the prime minister insists there‘s a shared determination across the uk to defeat the virus. iain watson, bbc news. there has been some confusion on the

stay alert message. we can all help control the virus if it stay alert, from the prime minister‘s twitter account. stay alert by working from home if you can. stay alert by limiting contact with other people. stay alert by keeping your distance if you go out, two metres apart where possible. stay alert by washing your hands regularly. if you or anyone in your household has symptoms, self—isolate. we can control the virus by keeping the rate of infection down and the number of infections down. this is how we can continue to save lives and livelihoods as we start to recover from coronavirus. stay alert, control the virus, save lives. our political correspondent nick eardleyjoins us from westminster. the message that was put out yesterday, the thing people are finding tricky is there seem to be

anomalies. you can go to work, you are being told to socially distance by two metres where you can. you cannot see family necessarily, the dots don‘t feel like they are being joined and that is what is comfort causing confusion? there are still questions to answer, we have got the broad principles of what is happening from the prime minister in that address last night. today, this afternoon, should get more detail on exactly how things are going to change over the next few days. exactly what we will all be able to do, in england anyway, when these new guidelines are published. one thing there has been confusion over is how you can meet up with outside and from outside your household. so dominic raab, the foreign secretary, was on bbc breakfast this morning suggesting that you could meet up with both of your parents as long as you kept up social distancing and as long as you were outside. not so, my

understanding is that guidelines are you can meet one person from outside your household in a park and maintain the social distancing rules. there are many other questions that are to be answered, we are hearing a lot of them coming into us this morning. have a listen to dominic raab outlining the broad strategy. of course, if we're going to come out of the very restrictive set of lockdown measures that we've got, we're going to need to change the message. the prime minister has set out the first, in three stages, from wednesday, then another step, at the earliest, from 1stjune, and the third step, at the earliest, from the 4th ofjuly. and as we start to take this road map set of measures, to protect life, to preserve our livelihoods but also to get our way of life back to something resembling normal, it is going to be really important that as people do more of the things that they want to do, that we stay alert so that we can control the virus and we don't see it revive.

we have made great progress and the public have done an exceptionaljob in adhering to the guidance so far, and i'm confident, and people have said that we need to treat people like adults, and that is what we're going to do. there's a 50 page document coming out with the accompanying guidelines. i am confident that as we change the measures, which of course we would have to do so at some point, we do so responsibly, and in a clear way. two tm we should get the documents dominic raab was talking about and 3pm the prime minister should be answering questions in the commons from mps. this idea of people going back to work if they cannot work from home, has focused on manufacturing and construction. the questions have been raised by the labour party about whether the right measures are in place, about whether people have been given enough time. borisjohnson people have been given enough time. boris johnson wasn‘t people have been given enough time. borisjohnson wasn‘t clear last

night when exactly that was supposed to happen, where people to go back to happen, where people to go back to today. dominic raab said they we re to today. dominic raab said they were talking about wednesday. but labour is not totally convinced a message on that is clear, listen to the labour leader, keir starmer. i accept for some things like schools opening, that is going to be conditional, but on the question of going back to work, the suggestion was last night that people go back to work today if they can't work at home, but don't use public transport, and that's really difficult, particularly in a city like london, and without guidelines as to how workplaces need to operate. how do you keep people to metres apart, what about sanitation, protective equipment? these were things which were discussed in a consultation document last weekend but not resolved yet. so i was actually quite surprised the prime minister said effectively in 12 hours' time, start going back to work, without those bits in place. and we needed that clarity, and it is unravelling a bit this morning because i think the foreign secretary has now said,

going back to work doesn't mean until wednesday, so, suddenly it has shifted. what i wanted to see was this detail pinned down. this is a difficult exercise, i accept that, and any government would struggle, but you almost need more clarity coming to this stage than you did... lockdown is pretty straightforward and clear — stay at home. coming out, you need real clarity and it's a bit all over the place. we may get more of that clarity this afternoon. but to emphasise these guidelines for england. scotland, wales and northern ireland have different plans at the moment and the message there is still to stay at home. thank you very much. the government has ditched the stay at home message in favour of stay alert. there has been confusion over that message. let‘s go now to our

next report, i think we‘re going to talk about how the lock downs are being eased across europe. because different lockdown is begun at different lockdown is begun at different stages and in france some schools have now reopened. in spain, restaurants can serve again — though big cities which had the worst outbreaks are excluded. for politicians and scientists, the decision of how and when to ease lockdowns, could be the most important of their careers. relax measures too quickly and you risk the virus spreading again. leave it too late and it could cause even more serious economic damage and other social problems. our reporterjim reed has this. all countries are now facing the trickiest of balancing acts — how to open up an economy without causing a second wave of virus cases. some are moving faster than others. in france, the first major easing of the lockdown has now started. cases are still rising by around 1000 today, but well below the 3,000 set

by the government where stricter rules could be reimposed. citizens can now leave home without permission. some shops can open. some schools can restart. but some regions will move faster than others. masks are compulsory on public transport and bars and restaurants stay closed. in germany, cases have fallen to fewer than 1,000 a day. social distancing rules have started to be relaxed. the 1.5 metre rule remains in place, but now, my family can go out and have a picnic with a second family. that wasn‘t possible before, so, it‘s a big turning point for the personal lives of most germans here. one figure, r—0, or the reproduction rate, is critical in deciding when to unlock. anything over one means each infected case passes the virus on to more than one other person, and the disease spreads quickly. german estimates had fallen below that, giving the government room to reopen schools and restart the football league. though scientists warn a recentjump in r—0 will need close monitoring.

if new infections go above 50 people per 100,000 people in any region here in germany, an emergency brake will be pulled. that means that a lot of the easing of restrictions could be immediately ta ken back. comparing data across countries is more difficult. the way cases and deaths are calculated changes. in europe, the uk has now overtaken italy with the highest number of recorded deaths. prime minister boris johnson is planning a slower lifting of restrictions, which could see some schools open from june. we will come back from this devilish illness. in the us, meanwhile, infections and deaths have remained stubbornly high. some states like new york and newjersey have been hit much harder than others. it was probably introduced to new york earlier on and went undetected for a while, and so what we're seeing in new york

might be a leader point in our curve than other places in the us. federal guidelines call for a downward trajectory of cases over 14 days before lockdown measures should be eased. in states like texas and georgia, it‘s farfrom clear that‘s happening yet but local governors have lifted some restrictions anyway. the restaurants and movie theatres have started to reopen. the majority of people do think that this is a concern, opening up too early is something they are worried about. and i really, really hope that people continue to take precautions about checking themselves. all this data will be watched so carefully, then. it‘s one thing to relax restrictions. it could be much harder to impose them again if the pace of infection does start rising. jim reed, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. the government has confirmed that people in england can "meet up with other people" outside their household

as long as they are outside and stay two metres apart. people who can‘t work from home, including those in the manufacturing and construction industries are being actively encouraged to go back to work but to avoid buses, trains, tubes and trams. and across europe, lockdowns are beginning to ease. france is starting to lift many of its restrictions and spain is relaxing measures in some regions. jury trials in england and wales are to resume from next week. all crown court trials have been suspended since march 23rd amid fears that those attending would not be able to properly social distance. let‘s get more details from our legal correspondent, clive coleman. how is this going to work? when you sayjury how is this going to work? when you say jury trials, let‘s how is this going to work? when you sayjury trials, let‘s be clear, some, a small number ofjury trials. from next week. this has been announced by the lord chiefjustice,

talking about england and wales and a small number of cases initially. court centres like the old bailey and cardiff crown court will see cases restart. this has been done in conjunction with the input and advice from public health england, from public health wales and these are going to be quite unlikejury trials we have seen, in the sense they will have to be special arrangements to ensure social distancing. for one single trial, you will have three court rooms. you will have the main court room and indeed the arrangements within the main court room as to who sits where it could be very different. you could have the jurors sitting in the well of the court where there is more space for them to space out with the lawyers sitting in the jury box, fewer lawyers, so that is easier to ensure social distancing of both groups that way. but you will have one court linked by video to another court, where the press

will sit and view the proceedings. there will be a third court where thejury will there will be a third court where the jury will retire for their deliberations. if you have ever been, i have been able to because of my role, to go and look atjury rooms from time to time, they are very small. since you would almost say cramped. a larger room will have to be found for the jury because they can be sitting and deliberating for a lot of days. they will have a court room to themselves to carry out thatjob. court room to themselves to carry out that job. that court room to themselves to carry out thatjob. that obviously means you are using up a lot of court rooms for one single trial and that is why only a few cases can begin starting next week. we will see some cases that were halted back in march restarting. there is a case of the old daily due to restart today. this is getting the show back on the road. —— old bailey. there was

700,000 cases dealt with in the crown courts. it is getting things going again, the lord chiefjustice, when i interviewed him a couple of weeks ago, if we have social distancing going on for many, many months, we may have to think about other measures. for instance, commandeering and renting larger buildings, university lecture halls for instance. but this is the way they will try to get things going again. one important to make as well, we will have jurors of 12 members, because i asked him in the potential reduction ofjury members. he said he would favour that if we had to do this for a long period of time. to get these relatively small numbers of trials up and running, we will have juries of 12 members. thank you much, clive. in south korea, the re—opening of schools has been postponed by a week after a new cluster of coronavirus infections were traced back to a number of nightclubs in seoul. the high school third grade was due to be the first to go back

on wednesday but pupils will now go back on 20th may. all other staggered school start dates have also been pushed back a week. the clubs in seoul at the centre of the recent covid—19 outbreak were mostly visited by members of the lgbtq community, and many people used false names when asked for their contact details on the door. the bbc‘s seoul correspondent laura bicker has more. the thing to remember is seoul and south korea has never had a lockdown. so people at the height of the outbreak were asked to stay at home, work from home where possible, but there‘s never been a lockdown. these nightclubs where opened on april 19th. the entire party district was opened. you were allowed to go clubbing if you wore a mask, if you wrote down your name and contact number at the door, and if you used hand sanitiser. but after the long holiday weekend, the district was completely packed. there appears to have been, yes, an outbreak at a number of clubs. the complication is that, when it comes to south korea‘s ultimate challenge of testing, of tracing, of isolating, they‘ve proved so good at it,

but right now they are trying to trace a number of people who may not want to come out, and the reason for that is because being gay in south korea is extremely difficult. we‘ve done a number of articles on it in bbc world. when it comes to coming out, you can sometimes lose your family and lose yourjob, so many people, yes, have perhaps given false names at the door and may be reluctant to come forward. health officials are emphasising that all they want to do is catch the virus. they say every test will be private. you don‘t have to give your name. but they are also warning that if you don‘t come forward and it‘s found out that you have infected others, you could face a fine of up to $2000. as countries look for new ways to unlock society without exposing the elderly — one dutch care home has opened a customized glass cabin that keeps elderly people protected and isolated — without forcing them to sacrifice seeing their loved ones. anna holligan reports. scrubbing a shield to protect

vulnerable people... ..from the invisible danger their loved ones may pose to them. this is what a family reunion looks like under lockdown. hi, mum. hello. the way so many of us have been keeping in touch with each other just don‘t make sense to everyone. whatsapp calling and zoom, for half our residents it‘s too difficult for half our residents to understand. they are looking at an ipad and thinking they are watching the picture or a video. they don‘t understand it is real life, real—time, so they don‘t respond. and in here they get the full picture. for me, being able to really see her, the way she walks, just her whole body and her body language is incredible.

initially, it was really difficult and the family were trying to reassure mrs stope that this is the new normal but she was confused. she couldn‘t understand why she couldn‘t cuddle them. but they reassured her the 1.5 metre distance is being followed by everyone and actually now you can see they‘re quite relaxed. this is a way for the family to reach out in person without the risk. everybody prefers to really see and touch and feel and hug your mum. but it is better than nothing. but how do you explain to an 85—year—old woman with dementia who just lost her husband and went into a nursing home two weeks before lockdown that the whole world has changed, not just hers? she thinks she is in some kind of prison but we are all stuck at home.

it's happier that i can see them. but this is a strange world for me. so i have been always very happy and now i am a bit less happy. this glasshouse offers a quick fix, a chance to remind relatives in real life that they haven‘t been forgotten. let‘s turn to china now. shanghai disneyland has reopened a reduced number of visitors after a four—month shutdown. in wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak, five new locally—tra nsmitted cases of the virus have been confirmed, and in total 17 new cases have been registered across china,

the highest number ihe a fortnight. you are watching bbc news. as we‘ve been hearing, people across england who cannot work from home are being urged to return to work this week. business groups have called for detailed information from the government on how to make workplaces safe. further guidance is to be published by ministers this afternoon. let‘s speak now to justin king, who‘s the former of chief executive of sainsburys supermarkets here in the uk. he‘s now on the board of marks and spencer. thank you forjoining us. those are businesses that have been operating throughout the lockdown and have had to make changes as they go, basically. what are your thoughts on what the prime minister has said about the business is now getting back to work? i think it is quite a big change. we are moving from a presumption that you stay at home,

work from home if you can, furloughed if you can‘t. to a presumption that if you can work from home, you will stay working from home, you will stay working from home, you will stay working from home but otherwise you should get back to work. it is a big change, which is said in your introduction, is still light on detail. what the exact environment will be within workplaces that will allow safe social distancing, the government will issue some guidance this afternoon. for many of the workforce, not using public transport will be a significant issue. and, as i mentioned, furlough issue. and, as i mentioned, furlough isa issue. and, as i mentioned, furlough is a key part of the current equation and until we hear what the government plans to do on that, i think it is very hard for companies andindeed think it is very hard for companies and indeed very hard for individuals to make decisions about what to do next. what does the government need to do to reassure those who are concerned? does to do to reassure those who are concerned ? does it to do to reassure those who are concerned? does it need to be strict health and safety guidelines that

have to be complied with, or is it more about guidance and common sense from employers? this is an inexact science. clearly, it is. a lot of this is going to be employers working with their workforces on finding what, given the guidance from government and the basic guidance of social distancing will be at its core for sure, works for the whole organisation. you mentioned supermarkets have stayed open. most of us have shopped in supermarkets in recent weeks and will have seen how queueing has changed, how people‘s behaviour in—store has changed, how perspex screens have been put up at the tills. these are not mandated by law but they have been developed by supermarkets, together with their collea g u es supermarkets, together with their colleagues that work in the store and with the support of customers, as an acceptable way of approaching

still being able to do your food shopping socially distance way. that is the reality of how workplaces are going to have to work out their solutions. justin king, thank you very much. the former labour opposition leader here in the uk, ed miliband, has criticised the prime minister speech on twitter describing his guidance as "shambolic". the pm didn‘t say workplace changes applied from wednesday. he said, "and the first step is a change of emphasis that we hope that people will act on this week." that was ed miliband‘s tweet. wednesday was only mentioned in relation to other changes. words matter. clarity is essential. this is shambolic. " the former labour leader and now shadow business secretary, ed miliband, joins me now from his constituency in doncaster. what could the government have done to be absolutely clear because moving from one situation to another can be complicated ? moving from one situation to another can be complicated? well, it is complicated, and i don‘t underestimate the difficulties of

this. the problem is that the prime minister gave the impression yesterday and indeed the media were explicitly brief, and if you worked in manufacturing or construction you should go back to work today. and todayis should go back to work today. and today is a point where we haven‘t yet got the guidance as a king was saying, so vital to make workplaces safer and ensure employees and employers are safe. this morning, dominic raab, the secretary of state, said actually it was supposed to be about wednesday. people going back to work on wednesday. that‘s just an illustration of the fact that where we need an orderly process , we that where we need an orderly process, we need clarity, building consensus with unions and employers, and we appearso consensus with unions and employers, and we appear so far to have none of those things. what needs to be done to give reassurance? we know people are anxious about going back obviously, we‘ve heard from the unions, we‘ve heard from justin king saying a lot of what has been done with businesses which have remained

open throughout has been common sense, it‘s not been strict guidance, strict rules are followed. how do you make sure that everybody feels comfortable? i think there are three elements required. first of all, clarity about the rules on social distancing in the workplace, and crucially what happens if they can‘t be followed because of the nature of that work, what kind of protection workers will be afforded. secondly, clear risk assessments where employers are required to do by law and it must be transparent and the need to be published, and thirdly, a means of enforcement of these safety guidelines. i think they are the three essential elements of what is required of the workplace. and then, additionally, there needs to be clarity about how people are going to get to work if public transport is the only means available to them, how they can do so in available to them, how they can do soina available to them, how they can do so in a safe way. ed miliband, thank you. we have got to go to nicola sturgeon for her daily briefing.

as of 9am this morning, there have been 13,627 positive cases confirmed, an increase of 141 from yesterday. a total of 1453 patients are currently in hospital with either confirmed or suspected case that the papyrus, and that is a decrease of 31. from yesterday. 80 people last night were in intensive ca re people last night were in intensive care with confirmed covid—19 and thatis care with confirmed covid—19 and that is a decrease of two since yesterday. i‘m also able to confirm that since the 5th of march, a total of 3114 patients who had tested positive for the virus have now been able to leave hospital which, of course, is very happy and positive news. unfortunately, though, i have to report that in the past 24 hours five deaths have been registered of patients who had been confirmed through a test is having covid—19.

that takes the total number of deaths in scotland under that measurement to 1862. i want to emphasise again today that those figures should be treated with caution, although deaths can now be registered at weekends, registration numbers at weekends are usually relatively low and they can be particularly low following a sunday, so this should be taken into account when considering today‘s figures. as i always do, and i always will, i wa nt to i always do, and i always will, i want to stress that these numbers are not just statistics want to stress that these numbers are notjust statistics and should never be seen as that, they represent individuals whose loss has been felt deeply by all of their loved ones and i want to send again today my deepest condolences to anyone grieving as a result of this virus. i also want to thank again, asi virus. i also want to thank again, as i always do, our health and co—workers. you are doing extraordinary work going above and

beyond the extra mile in incredibly challenging circumstances and all of us all over you a huge debt of gratitude and everyone in the scottish government is deeply grateful to you for everything you are doing. in a moment i will ask the health secretary to set out the details of a new well—being programme, which is being launched today. that‘s a new programme to support the mental health of those working in our health and care sector at this difficult time. before that, there are firstly, the scottish government has today in the last week published our second coronavirus bill. that proposed legislation includes a range of further measures to help scotland through this pandemic. amongst many other things, provide additional support for unpaid carers. it ensures that carer‘s allowance recipients will receive an extra payment on top of the carer‘s allowa nce, payment on top of the carer‘s allowance, supplement paid to unpaid

ca re rs allowance, supplement paid to unpaid carers in scotland. this new payment will see around 83,000 carers receive an additional £230 next month to support them through this difficult period. being a carer is incredibly demanding at the best of times and! incredibly demanding at the best of times and i know it is much more difficult right now, so i want to thank each and every one of scotland‘s‘s unpaid carers for the incredibly important role that you are paying. the bill is due to go through in the next two weeks and i hope when it does this additional payment alongside the other support we are providing helps to make things a little bit easier for you. the second item i want to cover today concerns the lockdown restriction. last night the prime minister set out some of the detail of his plan for easing restrictions in england, more of the detail of that has emerged this morning, and will continue to come out during the course of the day. i want to reiterate that those announcements

do not apply yet here in scotland. that is not, let me stress for any political reason, it is because of the scottish government is not yet confident that these changes can be made safely in scotland yet without running the risk of the virus potentially running out of control again. so scotland back lockdown restrictions remain in place for now, and our key message remains the same, we need you to stay at home, we do not at this point want to see more business is opening up or more people going to work, we do not yet wa nt to people going to work, we do not yet want to see more people using public transport and we are not yet changing who can or should be at school. the only change we have made in scotland is to the guidance on exercise, as i said yesterday. as of today, we have removed the once—a—day limit on exercise meaning that if you want to go for a walk more than once a day or to go for a

run and also a walk, you can now do so. that change doesn‘t apply if you or someone in your household has symptoms of the virus, or if you have received a letter explaining that you are in the shielded group. in these cases, you should still stay at home completely. for everybody else, you still need to stay relatively close to your own home while exercising in the ad at all times please stay at least two metres away from people from other households. i also want to stress by exercising mean activities like walking or running or cycling, not at this stage sunbathing or having picnics. this doesn‘t give people a licence to meet up at the park or at the beach. it is one minor change but an important change to the existing rules but all of the restrictions in scotland for now remain in place. and let mejust reflect for a moment on why this matters. i read this morning as many of you might have done in the glasgow evening times the tragic

story of a family from glasgow. andy told how his mum and dad and father—in—law have all died from this virus and he talks of the impact on his nine—year—old daughter. their story is heartbreaking. it‘s heartbreaking for them, but not all of us should reflect on is that it could be any one of us. that family had told their story because they want people to listen to the advice that we are giving. and today‘s paper, they say this, people need to realise it‘s real, the guidelines set out need to be followed, it may be the next and theirfamilies be followed, it may be the next and their families and we would not want anyone to go through what we have gone through. stay in the house, social distance, that is the way to keep people you love say. i think thatis keep people you love say. i think that is a very powerful message —— safe. it underlines the importance of restrictions on why we need to stick with them for now. so to close today, i want to reiterate simply

andi today, i want to reiterate simply and i hope clearly what the restrictions continue to be while our progress against this potentially deadly virus remains fragile. except for essential purposes such as exercise, buying food and medicine, going to do essential work you can‘t do from home, you shouldn‘t be going out, you should stay at home. if you do go out you should say to me to some other people, and not meet up at the bottom other households. i know that these restrictions continue to be extremely tough and i know that hearing talk about easing the lockdown makes them seem probably even tougher. but please, i am asking you for now, to stick with it. we are making progress, the figures i have reported to you today give further evidence of that, but to combat this virus we still need

to combat this virus we still need to stay apart from each other, at home, and the thing is that the more we do that now the sooner we will be able to ease more of these restrictions. i set out yesterday further changes we are considering making a soon as we judge it safe to do so, we all want to see our friends and families, we all miss them more with each day that passes, we all want to see children get back to school and we all desperately wa nt to to school and we all desperately want to get back to some kind of normality. please know that i want all of that too, i want that as your first minister, but actually i also wa nt first minister, but actually i also want it as an ordinary person who is missing my own family very much indeed. but i know that we will get there more quickly if we all keep doing the right thing now. if we ta ke doing the right thing now. if we take our foot off the brake to soon the real danger is that we will end up the real danger is that we will end up in this lockdown for longer and, worst of all, lose many more people along the way. none of us want that so please be patient and please try

not to get distracted by messages from other parts of the uk. all governments across the uk are trying to do the right thing and all of us have a responsibility to take the steps we think are right at the right time. so please, if you live in scotland, abide by the law that applies here and follow scottish government guidelines. lastly today, i also want to make a respectful plea to the media, your scrutiny role of the central and you perform it robustly and rightly so, but at a time like this when health is at sta ke, time like this when health is at stake, all of us have a public duty too. please make it clear to your readers, listeners and viewers what the actual situation is in different parts of the uk. moving at different speeds in different parts of the uk for good evidence—based reasons need not be a cause for confusion. indeed, other countries are also taking different steps in different areas at different times. confusion only arises if we as politicians and the media who report on us are

either unclear in what we are asking people to do or if we give a misleading impression, even by omission, that decisions that apply to one nation only are actually uk wide. never has the duty on political leaders to communicate clearly been greater and in the provision of basic public health information i hope the media will continue with most of you have been doing already to appreciate the importance of that too. this matters to all of us. if we do see continued high compliance with these restrictions in scotland for a bit longer, we will continue to slow the spread of this virus and protect the nhs, and we will save lives and all move more quickly to ease, so thank you once again to all of you for doing everything you are doing. i will hand over an ode to the chief medical officer who will say a few words and then as i indicated a few moments ago, the health secretary will set out a package of well—being

support for those who work in health sectors. thank you, first minister. today i want to speak but a clinical issue, very one, the process of anticipated clip planning, it can be anticipated clip planning, it can be a difficult subject for people to have conversations about, it‘s not a new concept, and it‘s been done in clinical care for many years. the current understanding of that 80% of people affected by covid—19 illness will have mild symptoms, however a small number will become seriously ill and require more intensive clinical management. there is a group of people at a much higher risk of becoming seriously unwell and coronavirus. for that matter, other infections and health problems too for this group should be prioritised for anticipated care planning. it provides an important opportunity for people to have conversations with carers and loved ones about the type of care that they would like to receive should they would like to receive should they become unwell. it is this

conversation and expression of important to in their care that the important to in their care that the important thing. the document which comes out of his conversations simply records for others to see, so it must be done sensitively, and the quality of his conversations at the forefront of peoples minds. we know treatments for coronavirus focuses supportive measures and some specific care options like ventilation are of low benefit and do not help people who are already in poor health. however, many other aspects of care can be discussed and planned. people may well be worried about the future and so there is an opportunity to have a helpful conversation about what matters most to them if they become very unwell or require end—of—life care. these discussions can be extremely difficult to start but they are important. the aim is to have an open and honest conversation with individuals, families, and carers, so that we can plan a future care that matters to people as well as

possible. one particularly challenging example of this is asking people about whether or not they would want to be given cpr in they would want to be given cpr in the event their heart should stop beating. it‘s a difficult conversation to have. it needs to be done sensitively and only if the person wants this conversation at a time right for them. some people may have clear views on what they want. and not want to happen to them. others may not. it‘s important to offer people the opportunity to talk about this. when they are ready to do so. each of these decisions must be taken on a person by person basis, and weighing up the risks and benefits led by the persons own wishes. having these conversations in anticipation allows people to think about what choices they would make any event the decisions need to be made. these are some of the most challenging and sensitive conversations people can have. they are conversations people can have. they a re often conversations people can have. they are often not easy for clinicians either. but when they are done well, they contribute massively to good

personalised care. when i think of some of the most important conversations i‘ve had with patients over the years, it‘s often these types of conversations which come to mind. they are a privilege for a clinician to have when done properly and they create lasting impressions because they are a bad chorus with people base their lives on. so they must be undertaken on the basis of trust, sensitivity, and honesty at all times. that‘s the basis of good anticipated planning. thank you. thank you. today i want to address scotland's health and social care workforce. every thursday we all stand and applaud in appreciation of the work you are doing to keep us safe and well. that gesture of support is important and i know it is hugely appreciated. the scale of the challenge you are facing is unprecedented. many of you will be working in unfamiliar roles, many of

you will be asked to learn new skills or work in unfamiliar ways. at the same time, you are caring for your own family, you may be personally affected by covid—19 and you will undoubtedly have your own anxieties and worries. that makes it all the more important that, as you look after us, we do everything we can to look after you. we have already ta ken can to look after you. we have already taken a number of practical steps with our partners, looking to make sure that there is access to food supplies, to public transport, free parking, to temporary accommodation if needed. and we have made the guidance on ppe as clear as possible. working with national services scotland and others to make sure that the ppe you need to get to you when you need it. this hasn't always been easy. or perfect. but we are absolutely committed to getting it right and fixing the glitches

that arise as we go. but supporting and protecting the mental well—being of our workforce is also a priority. at the end of march, my colleague the minister for mental health, looked at all of our mental health local authorities and health and social care partnerships, ask them to take steps to improve mental health and well— being to take steps to improve mental health and well—being support for staff that made sense locally. since then, significant examples have taken place, significant activity at local level. i want to give macro to brief examples fourth in lanarkshire, the nhs and partnership set up at local 24 hour helpline. accessible to all health and social ca re staff accessible to all health and social care staff including those working in the care sector, in care homes and third sector, and the well—being hubs chillout zones in various locations and access to a range of digital mental health and self—care

resources. nhs grampian has a telephone helpline in place, service available seven days a week, and a psychological resilience hub open seven days a week for all staff across the health and social care sector. two examples of support that reflect what has happened across the country from our health boards and other social care partnerships and other social care partnerships and other local authorities, everything from making sure that hot meals are available, to creating quiet spaces where people can go and simply draw breath. now adding to that this morning we have launched a new national well—being morning we have launched a new national well— being hub for the whole health and social care workforce. it can be accessed at www . workforce. it can be accessed at www. promise doctor scott. the hub is the first of its kind in the uk, based on a psychological first aid approach, it provides advice on self

ca re approach, it provides advice on self care and services to promote psychological and emotional well— being and address psychological and emotional well—being and address practical concerns. it also provides access to a bespoke digital service to support health, well—being a bespoke digital service to support health, well— being and a bespoke digital service to support health, well—being and resilience. with video clips sharing messages of support and experiences of those working during the pandemic, also finding information to address the challenges we have heard about working in health and social care at this time. these include concerns for personal safety and family members, involvement in end—of—life ca re members, involvement in end—of—life care and decision—making, working in unfamiliar roles and settings, and the real and often overpowering feelings of grief and upset. finally, the hub contains information for health and social ca re information for health and social care organisations to help them support their workforce. promise is a collaborative project between nhs

greater glasgow and clyde and kurt service and nhs lothian river centre who hosted the hub and i want to thank them for hosting it and the very many health and social care partners across scotland who have worked together to make it a reality. the opening of theirs is a significant step forward in supporting our health and social ca re workforce supporting our health and social care workforce but as health secretary, let me be clear, i will never say we have secretary, let me be clear, i will never say we have done enough. so we will continue to look at what more we can will continue to look at what more we can do in this area and others, working with our partners, working to make sure that we understand your concerns, we to make sure that we understand your concerns, we understand what we need and react to make sure it happens. thank you. thank you, i hope you agree given everything health and ca re agree given everything health and care staff have been dealing with in recent weeks, it was important to establish the service to set out detail of that today. can i now go

to questions from journalists and first up today, glen campbell from the bbc. first minister, the scottish secretary estimates we are days behind other parts of the uk in suppressing coronavirus. is that an assessment you share? on a point of clarification, if you live in somewhere over the border and can't do yourjob from home, should you feel free to go back to work?|j do yourjob from home, should you feel free to go back to work? i will come onto the second point, i don‘t know what the second of state for scotla nd know what the second of state for scotland is facing that comment on soi scotland is facing that comment on so i guess in the first instance you would have to ask him. what i said before, and i speakfor would have to ask him. what i said before, and i speak for myself again here, based on our assessment of the r number, we would say we are higher than the rest of the uk, slightly, on average, and there could be variations within england, but

slightly above in terms of a comparison with england, and that would suggest we are slightly behind in terms of the infection, which given that our first cases were identified and confirmed later, would make some sense but whether you can put a set number of days on that, i think it‘s much more uncertain. what i have set also is that i want to look very closely at the data emerging in the coming days, the data around case numbers, hospital admissions, days, the data around case numbers, hospitaladmissions, particularly the mrs figures which will come on wednesday when the numbers of deaths give me greater confidence that the virus is on a sustained downward trend and we then hopefully we‘ll see the r number reduced as well in scotland, so that the data i want to look at to give confidence that as we start to ease restrictions, we are not immediately going to see a

resurgence of the virus to take us over that all—importa nt one resurgence of the virus to take us over that all—important one number in terms of r in scotland, the law in scotland applies, and if you are in scotland, the law in scotland applies and the law says right now you can only be out of your own home for essential reasons, essential work which can be done at home, getting food, medicine, exercise, and we change the guidance today to say exercise now can be several times a day as opposed to just once a day. so if you live in the scottish borders, and you come across the border to go to the supermarket, something you do routinely, then you would certainly not to be breaking the law, if you are getting food, and essential purpose. if you livejust are getting food, and essential purpose. if you live just south of the board but work in an essential job in dumfries and galloway hospitalfor example, job in dumfries and galloway hospital for example, equally that is perfectly legitimate, but if you are coming into scotland for reasons

that are not covered by those essential purposes, then you potentially would be in breach of the law, so these things are reasonably straightforward when you consider the detail and when you listen to the messages that have been given. and if you live in scotla nd been given. and if you live in scotland right now, then if you‘re not working at the moment or working from home, right now, my advice is you should continue with that right now, we are not encouraging more people to go back to work right at the moment. we do want to get businesses open and operational again as quickly as possible, but we must make sure firstly we have got confidence in the data that tells us we are not going to have a resurgence of the virus and make sure all of the guidance is in place to give workers confidence that they will be safe when they go back to work, and that is the kind of discussion and dialogue and work under way between the scottish government and different sectors of

the economy right now. stv. first minister, just picking up on what you said towards the end there. you say you don't want to see more businesses opening up the stage in scotland but you are not compelling manufacturers and construction firms not carrying out essential work to stay closed. studio: that the daily news briefing from nicola sturgeon with a very different message from the one from the government in westminster, where the government in westminster, where the message has stayed from stay—at—home to stay alert and she says the scottish government is not confident changes can be made about the virus going further. time now for a look at the weather.. hello there. after the warmth of friday and saturday, it does feel like a completely different season being played out today. a few of you waking up to a frost, feeling chilly out of the summer sun, but a lot of dry and reasonable

sunny weather to take us through this afternoon. a few more showers cropping up the north of scotland, fewer showers in eastern england compared to this morning. whilst cloud amounts will generally increase, northern ireland will stay largely sunny as will the south—east of england, but here we will see the strongest on the winds, raw feeling wind through east anglia, the south—east on the channel islands, topping 45 miles an hour at times. that will knock the feel of things somewhat back from 13—14. way down on yesterday‘s 23 for plymouth, but for many, temperatures still hovering around 9—10. into tonight, showers will keep going across parts of scotland, particularly in the north. one or two in northern ireland, north wales, north west england too. many places dry, temperatures dropping low enough for a touch of frost and a more widespread frost possible across southern parts of england and wales compared to yesterday. high pressure in the atlantic starts to move its way in meaning the wind will be lighter. into tuesday, this weather system moving down from the north, which means more showers across scotland compared to today.

northern ireland, north—west england and north wales, icy patches across the day. lots of showers, longer spells of rain turning to sleet and snow even on the most modest of hills in the northern half of scotland later as cooler air comes back in. elsewhere, 11—14. nice enough in the sunshine. a bit chilly for the time of year out of it. that weather system which brings the showers across scotland on tuesday night, slides down to northern and eastern parts of england for wednesday. clearing away eastwards through the day. further west, one or two showers, some returning towards the hebrides later on, most will be dry, the best of the sunshine in the morning, a bit more cloud through the afternoon for many and it will be another cold feeling day. temperatures dropping once again, relative to tuesday. for the rest of the week, we can‘t rule out overnight frost but high pressure building back in. as i said, rain at times across northern, eastern england, but most places staying dry and notice the temperature trend

in some of our cities in our nations, rising towards the end of the week.

the prime minister will this afternoon give more detail to his proposals to begin lifting england‘s coronavirus lockdown. a 50—page guidance document is due to be published by the government amid claims of a lack of detail over plans to get people back to work. if you can work from home, you should continue to do so. but there are vital sectors of the economy, like manufacturing and construction, where people can‘t do theirjob from home, so we‘re saying to them, they should now, from wednesday, go back to work. we needed that clarity, and it's unravelling a bit this morning, because i think the foreign secretary has now said, well, going back to work doesn't really mean till wednesday. so, suddenly it's shifted. and what i wanted to see was this detail pinned down. we‘ll have the latest on the prime minister‘s plans, and we‘ll be getting reaction from all nations of the united kingdom. also this lunchtime...