so so the government for nhs workers, so the government has put out instructions so people can make them at home, using anything from old t—shirts to bedding sheets. two of these guys are going to get the chop, quite literally. this dad from hampshire tried making a t—shirt mask for himself on his youtube channel. not coping very well with the elastic bands. and you can put a tissue in. and in the west midlands, tracy has a crochet alternative. so, if you wa nt a crochet alternative. so, if you want something a bit different, get your hooks out. they come in all shapes and sizes. this is government guidance although it remains a personal choice. employers, though, have been told to support those who decide to wear them at work. it's international nurses day, and around the world people have been expressing their gratitude to a profession that's been pretty busy since the start of the year. and among those saying thanks was no less a figure than the queen,

as daniela relph reports. afamiliar a familiar sight for those on lockdown but this was a grid of royal faces. a huge thank you from us royal faces. a huge thank you from us all. thank you so much. and representing the commonwealth nurses, there was a phone call from the queen. good afternoon, your majesty. this is rather an important day. this is a great day for international nurses day to be recognised by the general public. you are busily had a very important pa rt you are busily had a very important part to play recently. it's amazing you can still support the care. i hope you're feeling some of the love as well. we are feeling the love. and at home, the duke of cambridge

thanked nurses at the royal marsden hospital in london. what you do at the aberdeen centre is so very special. this was a group appreciation of nurses and midwives during testing times. thank you all so during testing times. thank you all so much for the diligence and courage you have shown. time for a look at the weather here's susan powell. good evening. a lot of fine weather to come across the uk in the coming days thanks to high pressure which will stay with us through the rest of the week and into next week, but it doesn't mean there won't be changes in the weather, predominantly with things warming up and there are a few weather fronts creeping around the edge of the high so creeping around the edge of the high so there will be some rain fleetingly for parts of northern england but the biggest change will be moving from arctic air that we started the week with on the eastern side of the high into atlantic air

that we tap into through friday and into the weekend it comes over the top of the high, we lose the blue and step into the yellow and we will have temperatures on average of above average values through the weekend and potentially into next weekend and potentially into next week as well. tonight, a chilly one behind the weather front for scotla nd behind the weather front for scotland and northern ireland and northern england, with snow showers across northern scotland and may be snow for the pennines. to the south, more cloud, may be patchy rain but a milder night than we had last night. still a little rain around possibly for southern counties of england as wednesday starts, but things were brighten up as the day goes on and quite a keen wind towards the south coast stop sunshine further north, but wintry showers for eastern scotla nd but wintry showers for eastern scotland and north eastern counties of england getting carried in from the raw wind on the north sea. just eight or 9 degrees. may be 13 or 1a towards the south—west. thursday, the best of the sunshine first thing, a lighter wind, cloud fills into the north is a weak weather front pushes into scotland with showers here and maybe the odd one for northern ireland but notice that

temperatures just edging up day by day and that is the trend we continue with through friday and into saturday and a lot of fine weather to come and that will stay with us for the majority of the days and into next week. that's it.

i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. we've heard from some high—profile players over the past 2a hours, voicing their concerns about the resumption of the premier league. danny rose says the season can't restart until there's a significant decrease in the death rate. raheem sterling says the safety of everyone in football, notjust the players,

has to be guaranteed. the disproportionate death rate in the bame community is also a major concern for players and their families. in the last hour, i spoke to troy townsend, whose son is the crystal palace forward andros. i love watching my son play football. that just i love watching my son play football. thatjust without i love watching my son play football. that just without saying. i love watching his team play and i love every aspect football brings, but these are uncertain times, and ultimately i don't want to be watching him with a worry right across my face. and that's what i think it would be at the moment because there is uncertainty. what are we allowing him to go back into and what are we allowing his team—mates and obviously anyone that plays this game, what are we allowing them to go back into? u nfortu nately, allowing them to go back into? unfortunately, we've seen some stats cannot wear it seems that more people from the black and ethnic minority communities have been affected the virus, which then puts another kind of worry on the lines of my head, so, yeah, i've got to be

honest, i don't think i could watch the game comfortably any more would you go back anytime soon because you're worried about what he's walking away from and what he's going back into and what he may be opening his family up to as well. i'm concerned about that. that's got to bea i'm concerned about that. that's got to be a worry for anybody connected to be a worry for anybody connected toa to be a worry for anybody connected to a player who may have to put themselves into that situation, which is a situation of worry. for me, if it's september, if it's october, just talking about a situation where players will fill co mforta ble, situation where players will fill comfortable, then so be it. and like isaid, comfortable, then so be it. and like i said, because i got a couple of angles on this, ijust cannot visualise watching players out on a football pitch, and particularly my own son, while this uncertainty can use. own son, while this uncertainty can use. i cannot visualise it. ultimately, if that means we have to shut up shop, no and void come i would rather that than people losing

lives unnecessarily, and that's why estate is unnecessary to put people in that situation. troy townsend. the majority of scottish clubs have voted against an independent investigation into the scottish league. rangers had put forward the proposal following their concerns over the spfl‘s handling of a ballot last month that saw all divisions below the premiership scrapped. here's our scotland sports news correspondent chris mclaughlin. it isa it is a vote result that was pretty much expected. it was not expected to pass. remember, he needed 32 of the 42 clubs to fall in favour. that was always good to be tricky. in the end, just 13 voted in favour of that resolution brought by rangers, thought a. does not mean this in the end of it. the spfl round—up have

put out a statement asking for clubs to come together. because there's been so much rancour, so much infighting in the lead up to this, i would be surprised if we have seen the end of the infighting in the spfl and in scottish football. the former england lionesses manager mark sampson is taking legal action against those who made allegations of racism against him whilst in caretaker charge of league 2 stevenage last year. an fa charge was dropped injanuary. sampson, who is still an assitant at the club, says he may have been targeted because of his acrimonious departure from the england job. jane dougall reports. legal action will make sure that, hopefully, in the future that people are aware that there's some serious consequences to allegations that are false. infamous for his dismissal from the england women manager'sjob, six months ago, mark sampson was accused for a second time of using racist language. this time, though, the fa charge was thrown out and sampson is suing the claimant. this is the first time he's spoken publicly about the allegation. i appealed the charge, the club appealed the charge with me.

we were successful. once an independent panel were able to see the evidence, the case was dismissed. maybe if i hadn't been who i was and the situation hadn't been played out as it was, in terms of the media, i'm not sure it would have got that far. sampson feels he has a target for these allegations because of his history. aluko! 2-0! he was found to have asked former england striker eni aluko if her nigerian family were going to bring ebola over with them. he also asked her chelsea team—mate drew spence how many times she had been arrested. the remarks resulted in two fa investigations and a parliamentary inquiry. i made two comments that i shouldn't have made that were inappropriate, and they were brought to my attention two years after they were made. but i think the challenge will always was, they were never brought to my attention from the people who were bringing the allegation. at the time, though, mark, you categorically

denied those allegations. the reality was, they weren't comments i'd felt i'd made. and hearing the allegations from a third party made that difficult. i never really understood where the person was coming from and how clear they were or how they felt, and what i'd said to them had made them feel. and that will always be a deep regret, jane, obviously. sacked from his post in 2017 for an unrelated issue, sampson subsequently brought an unfair dismissal case against the fa, who reached an out—of—court settlement with him. he enrolled in a six—week diversity course with kick it out and issued a statement apologising for the comments he'd made. i wanted to make sure that there was a public apology, and i hope they've seen that in the right way. and obviously, i've seen the press since, that both eni and drew have acknowledged that apology. i'm hoping now that everyone can move forward and this can be left behind. under sampson, england's women won a bronze medal at the world cup in 2015.

now with a new career, sampson's hope is to bejudged on future performances, not past mistakes. jane dougall, bbc news. the four—time formula one world champion sebastian vettel will leave ferrari at the end of the season when his contract expires. vettel has had only moderate success since joining the team in 2015, and was out—performed by team—mate charles leclerc last year. the german says, "the team and i realise that there is no longer a common desire to stay together." jody scheckter won the drivers championship with ferrari in 1979. he wasn't going to an oral championship and he was getting in the way of charles because i think charles could win a world championship —— world championship. i think the team should have done something, which they have done. being four times world champion, you can't take that away, so for the rest of his life, he's good be very proud and people are going to be very proud of him. don't forget, lots on that story and

the continuing impact of coronavirus on sport on the website. but that's it for sportsday for now, let's head back to been in the newsroom. thank you very much indeed. that's all he foster with the sport for you. the government says the job retention scheme will be extended until the end of october. earlier, rishi sunak told mps that more than seven and a half million people in the uk are currently being supported by the scheme, in which the government pays 80% of their wages — up to £2,500 a month. currently, the cost of the programme is covered entirely by the taxpayer. but from august, employers will be asked to contribute and will also be able to bring furloughed employees back pa rt—time. patrick glennie smith is the one of the owners of the primrose cafe in bristol. they've had to furlough all 15 of their staff members. thank you very much indeed, patrick,

for being with us. what do you make of the furlough scheme intellect over? did you welcome that in will you be using that? yes, obviously, we're very pleased the chancellor has this schema. the applications for us obviously of the closure are quite severe —— the implications. we don't know from the prime minister's statement on monday whether and how we will able to reopen. they were indication we may be up to go back in some manner at the beginning of july, but obviously it will be very limited. limited because of social distancing, you will only be able to have a certain number people in the cafe. so is it a sustainable business model for you? the business model we have had his pre—much

broken. we are going to have to find a way of building it up again. we, like most hospitality businesses, run ata like most hospitality businesses, run at a really tight profit margin and we survive by having a large number of people coming through our doors. so if we reduce our seating capacity from its current 65 to around 20, although we would survive, it would be in a very different form indeed and i cannot see that even beyond the end of the furlough scheme, how we we would be able to keep employing those 15 staff. and i think you and your fellow partners, at the moment, you're running a kind of take away service but that's more or less just to pay your rent. yes. or landlords have not offered as any concession on rent at all. although we had the government grant at the beginning of the closure period, that is pretty much all gone to rent. and your

staff, the ones you got for lodi, frankly, their future is staff, the ones you got for lodi, frankly, theirfuture is pretty uncertain —— the ones you have got furloughed. as well as the future of your cafe. i think we will survive. and i think a lot of businesses will serve five. they just and i think a lot of businesses will serve five. theyjust need to adapt. the problem is if our turnover drops to probably 50% or even less that what it is now, our biggest cost is staff, and that's unfortunately where cuts are going to have to be made. good luck to you, patrick. thank you for being with us. patrick glennie smith, owner of the the primrose cafe in bristol. let's get more reaction to this from the labour mp for houghton & sunderland south, bridget phillipson, who's the shadow chief secretary to the treasury. the opposition point of view on this. what would you say about what rishi sunak has been talking about today, extending all the way till october, albeit with employers asked

to contribute from the end ofjuly, the beginning of august? we supported the creation of the job retention scheme, we called for it, and would therefore also welcome its extension. it has been a lifeline to millions of workers who would've otherwise lost their jobs, millions of workers who would've otherwise lost theirjobs, so we also welcome the fact the government has given greater clarity today to business because that's exactly what they will need, that level of certainty of some of their still be questions around what will happen in the months ahead and we hope that ministers will bring forward additional information to give further reassurance to business around what the shape of the scheme will be, particularly greater flexibility into the scheme, and it is right they have done that. there is right they have done that. there is an argument they could bring that forward more quickly. we understand it is complex, but that would allow more businesses to seek orders and to up the way in which they are able to up the way in which they are able to work, of course while making sure their workforce are safe during that time. and employers, as i say, are

asked to make a contribution from the summer, from the end ofjuly. but at the moment, we don't know what sort of contribution that will be. that is a problem we don't know what level contribution is excepted from business. the government has the opportunity to reform this scheme, to make it work betterfor workers and businesses alike. there will be more flexibility within the scheme, which we welcome, but that could potentially be done sooner and there are further changes the government could make to the scheme so government could make to the scheme so it's better for everyone concerned. as we heard from the prime minister, and his address to the nation on sunday, the workforce, many workers being encouraged to gradually go back to work. are you satisfied that when they get to the workplace, the workplace is going to bea workplace, the workplace is going to be a safe place for them to work? we welcome the additional guidance government has brought forward, but i don't believe it will give workers the reassurance that they need to

stop for example, we have heard from government there will be additional fines for those who don't respect the law or in social distancing and gatherings, but at the same time we have not had that kind of clarity around what will happen where workers about real concerns that they are not being kept safe in the workplace. i that we have seen a shift from very clear messages from government about what is expected of us government about what is expected of us all to a greater focus on what the individual must do. of course we all have to take personal responsibility, but at the same time i know from my constituents that they want to understand what is being asked of them by governments, what the right thing is to do and what the right thing is to do and what the right thing is to do and what the scientist telling ministers, so i do think we will need to have much clarity for ministers, who are also not doing what is necessary around testing. we again today heard the ministers are failing to meet their target around testing and we also know that we will need to see much rater levels of testing as we start to ease restrictions in order to track test and isolate —— track, test and isolate. it is a difficult balance,

as the prime minister has said, between reviving the economy but also keeping the death rate as low as possible, flattening the curve, dealing with the coronavirus. generally, difficult balance governments around the world are trying to strike. do you think the government have got it about right? this is an exceptional challenge, unprecedented in peacetime, so it will be a difficult act for any government post but we have sought to do is act responsibly, to ask questions but also to support the government where they are getting things right, so with the furlough scheme, we supported its creation but we think that changes could be made but in the longer—term, we also believe that cover will have to bring forward an ambitious plan to get our going once more, notjust job retention but alsojob creation because otherwise, we will see a really damaging impact on families and on living standards for a prolonged period of time. further action from ministers in these weeks ahead will be central to shaping the length and depth of this current downturn. ok, thank you very much

for being with us, bridget phillipson. the health secretary, matt hancock, has said that people are unlikely to be able to go on what he called lavish foreign holidays this summer, mr hancock said the need for continued restrictions to prevent further outbreaks made it "a reality of life" that pleasure trips abroad would not be possible for the next few months. i'm joined now by victoria bacon, the director of brand and business development for the association of british travel agents — or abta. thanks very much for being with us. what do you make of what the health secretary was saying but that essentially trips abroad, this summer, essentially trips abroad, this summer, are essentially trips abroad, this summer, are not really going to be possible? we were very disappointed in his comments. but we are looking for the moment from the government is to provide clarity and reassurance about plans ahead, not

just for the industry's sake but also for customers, and i think what mr hancock said this morning goes beyond anything the government has set out in its official policy statement. now i'm not sure that he said those as sort of throwaway comments, but i thing which really important is a situation like this, people take care stop in what they say. —— people to care and what they say. —— people to care and what they say and we hear a consistent line from the government on what those future steps are like. the government has come out this weekend with an update on that, in terms of what the future might look like, so i think it's really important we stick to that. remember, this is people's jobs and livelihoods at sta ke. people's jobs and livelihoods at stake. there's 200,000 jobs in the travel industry alone and i think people will have felt dismayed when they heard those comments. as i say, without any sort of certainty around how they align with the actual official government policy. there is at best huge uncertainty, isn't there, over everybody‘s got travel

plans this summer? if they have not cancelled them already, those plans are shrouded in uncertainty. what is your advice to people as they wait to see what the coming weeks bring? clearly, it's a very concerning time. and people are quite understandably anxious about what the summer might bring and whether or not they are able to go away on holiday. i think at the moment, is just early to say. clearly it's really important we follow the advice of the health experts of the advice of the health experts of the advice as it currently stands is that the foreign office is advising people against travel on this and that's very much as it stands. as i say, the government have not sent out a clear road map for what this is going to look like over the summer is going to look like over the summerand is going to look like over the summer and they have sort of said they are going to be watching... they came out of the weekend and said they're planning on some kind of quarantine arrangements. again, we are waiting for the detail of what those quarantine measures look like. and again, i think it's really important when they do look at that,

they make sure those plans come under review, they are clearly proportionate and they take into account the best medical and health advice, citing what we are asking at the moment for the government to look at is to make sure that they are setting out that position and being as clear to members of the public and also to those in the travel industry, so that we can all plan ahead. clearly, we cannot take away the fact that it is a very challenging situation. i appreciate the government is in a difficult position, but i think what we are asking for is some consistency and clarity. i suppose adding to the uncertainty is the fact that you've honestly got some countries that are popular tourist destinations, like spain and italy, that have been very ha rd spain and italy, that have been very hard hit, very high death rates. in other place like greece for example, where coronavirus doesn't seem to have caused nearly so many fatalities and not nearly so many people have been hospitalized by it. i think we don't have a crystal ball

around what the summer is going to look like. i think what is very important, though, is that the foreign office advice and the quarantine advice that the government introduces are very much aligned. for example, if the government chooses to go down the route of lifting foreign office restrictions for certain countries, they also need to make sure that any quarantine restrictions reflect that as well because clearly, if anybody is going to go to a country in the government deems that it's safe to government deems that it's safe to go to that country, presumably it's safe for them to return to the uk. soi safe for them to return to the uk. so i think it's those sorts of things where we are looking for a bit more certainty. it's understand what the government doesn't have a nswer to what the government doesn't have answer to all of this questions right now. we are still very much ahead of the summer season in that sense, so ahead of the summer season in that sense, so i think the important thing is that the government keeps this under very close review and monitors what is going on in this other countries and puts clearly in their health considerations very much at the forefront of the decision—making, absolutely. much at the forefront of the decision-making, absolutely. very good to talk to you. thank you so

much for your time this evening, victoria bacon therefrom abta. now it's time for a look at the weather. the latest forecast comes from susan powell. hello. high pressure will govern the uk for the rest of this week. that doesn't, though, mean there will be all that many changes. a lot of fine weather, yes, but tempter going to change significant by the weekend. at the moment, we are sitting to the east of the haj. arctic air, feeling pretty chilly. high—pressure reit orientated self. it starts to pick up orientated self. it starts to pick up mild airfrom out in the atlantic, feet over the top of the high into the uk, warming up all of us. it looks like it will be the case onto next as well. tonight, though, a chilly story for scotland, northern ireland and northern

england. weather front led south, some rain, some possible snow. showers following. temperatures will be low as —3 in response. further south, more cloud, and that will be a mild night —— —3 in rural spots. quite a bit of cloud... i think it will tend to brighten here is the day pans out. the breeze a little bit stronger in the southeast and along the south coast on wednesday. coming off the north sea, a cold wind that will feed into the odd heavier shower. seven, eight, wind that will feed into the odd heaviershower. seven, eight, nine here, perhaps 1a toward the southwest. thursday on the best of the sunshine i think first thing. cloud tending to build again across the uk as the hours go by. the southwest perhaps staying clearest, a high hero 15 degrees, but notice the change of one directional sticks to become milderfor northern

scotla nd to become milderfor northern scotland and parts of the northeast of england. friday, anotherfine day, the high still with us, but some showers do try to sneaking. day by day, we manage about a degree or so. come the weekend, we'll probably knows the most significant increases in our temperatures. some areas to the south perhaps by a factor of around 10 degrees. a lot of settled weather will take us through the week ahead.

this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk — and around the world. the uk furlough scheme to support people who can't work during lockdown is extended until october — the chancellor says he's backing britain's workers, but there are still concerns. this is a plan that will allow businesses to open, at that certain day, have all that extra support and get as many people back to the jobs that they love. there are already many stuff that i furloughed whose job is actually no longer exist, and thatis job is actually no longer exist, and that is very sad, but it is also very real. america's top disease expert warns states — not to ease the lockdown too soon — saying it's a significant risk. my my concern is that we will start to

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