many a crown jewel of british theatre has been found and polished in the regions. from the global hits produced by the royal shakespeare company in stratford—upon—avon, to contemporary classics presented at liverpool's everyman and playhouse theatres, making money for the local economy and inspiring generations of actors to tread the boards. kim cattrall found global fame as new yorker samantha in sex and the city, but she discovered acting as a young girl in liverpool. the local theatres meant everything to me because i was so inspired by them. i look back on the dreams that i had, but they all started regionally. the theatres in each of these towns, in liverpool, they belong to the people of that city. not at the moment they don't. covid—19 has forced theatres to close, leaving many of those in the regions in a perilous situation. a southampton theatre group, a centrepiece of the city's

cultural quarter, has gone into administration. the lighthouse theatre down the coast in poole is also facing a grim future, with cash reserves fast running out. we have got six to eight weeks where we can survive. but beyond that, it would be very difficult to continue. opening with social distancing would give us about 16 to 20% maximum capacity, which, for any venue, is not going to cut the mustard in terms of its financial capabilities. so it is not economically viable for most theatres to open under social distancing rules. which means the show will not go on until we can, once again, gather in large numbers, which might be too late to save struggling regional playhouses. and that would be a big problem for london's west end, a cultural and economic powerhouse which relies on shows created in the regions, like everybody‘s talking about jamie. that was made in sheffield.

the moment i saw it, i went straight away and said to the director, "i want to bring it to london. i'll give you a theatre and produce it." london is the capital, but we are a country of many voices and many points of views, and we need to represent those. the government says it is working closely with the arts and cultural sector to plan for its future and find solutions to the challenge it faces. ultimately, that is likely to mean providing access to more money. at a time when there will be many competing calls on the public purse. will gompertz, bbc news. and finally we end with the applause that has rung out once again across the nation tonight for our carers and keyworkers. it's the eighth week in a row, as sian lloyd reports. celebrating to the sound of bagpipes at this nhs distribution centre in scotland. they're at this nhs distribution centre in scotland. they‘ re among at this nhs distribution centre in scotland. they're among millions of people across the uk who again stopped to recognise the dedication

of carers and key workers. saying thank you to nurses like terry, who works at birmingham city hospital. now they need to care for each other. it is not the first case of coronavirus happening in the uk, we ca re coronavirus happening in the uk, we care about each other even more. we wa nt to care about each other even more. we want to look after each other, because we don't want to lose any other colleagues. terry is one of the first people patients see when admitted to this emergency department. it hisjob admitted to this emergency department. it his job to admitted to this emergency department. it hisjob to help diagnose the virus that he too has had. it is scary. some people can get over it easily, but some people you know, they may die, because of the virus. so at that time i was scared. after six weeks recovering, he is back at work at this busy hospital and said the support of public is a boost. they appreciate the nhs and what we have been doing to beat this virus. that

appreciation was evident again tonight. in downing street, the prime minister applauded alongside his fiance, for the first time since the birth of their son at the end of april. the leader of the labour party and his wife among other couples paying tribute. from on high... to below deck. for an eighth week, people from across the nation joined together to say thank you to those keeping the country going. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

hello to viewers in the uk joining those around the world. it's now time for us to take a first look at the national and international front pages in the papers.

hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate proctor, political correspondent for the guardian, and martin bentham, the home affairs editor for evening standard. let's begin with the telegraph, which says modelling by scientists suggests only 2a people a day in london are contracting coronavirus. it goes on to question the severity of the lockdown. the metro carries a picture of the prime minister and his partner carrie clapping for the nhs. "a game changer" is how it describes the government—approved antibody test. the daily mail leads with the row between the government and teaching unions over whether children should begin returning to primary schools in england next month. the financial times has some good news. it reports car maker nissan is in talks to shift production of two renault models

from spain to sunderland. the independent reports that the national association of headteachers has told schools to ignore the government's plans to reopen primary schools in england onjune the 1st. the guardian has a story on the private firm running the government's stockpile of ppe. it says alleged poor organisation may have resulted in delays in deploying vital supplies to health care workers. the new york times leads with the attack on a maternity unit in the capital kabul in which 25 people were killed. it says the hunt is on to find the babies' families. in the japan times, it's out of lockdown for much ofjapan, with the government deciding to ease the restrictions. the prime minister, shinzo abe, has warned citizens to take "gradual" steps to return to everyday life. so, let's begin.

let's talk to kate and martin. the front page of the metro, yes, this antibody test really is a game changer. this is the antibody test that has now been approved by the uk and it have to be said by some other countries as well. 100% accuracy apparently, that sounds like good news. it does and it certainly a rare successful test i suppose also the only question is how many have actually been infected and we will talk about that in another story later in the programme but of course it is good for tracing people who have had it and certainly in terms of the key workers, and h with workers and so on, critical in ensuring those people who are worried they have got it or have had it is clear that they are safe to go back or not safe to go back and so thatis back or not safe to go back and so that is important. i spoke to the general population and the problem

will be only a small percentage of people who have actually had the virus and then of course it still meets the problem is for everybody else and the updated people are going to have some sort of need to going to have some sort of need to go back and also we don't actually know the immunity of having been infected gives you the assumption people have some immunity from a decent period. the only a fairly small portion of the population have got the immunity, it does not help us got the immunity, it does not help us entirely in terms of how everybody else gets back to work and started to make some sense of normality is the only caveat i would say. it basically it is good news. in the issue is about community can certificates because there has been criticism in the past few weeks about talk of this that there may be could be faked or how do we even know that you do get immunity if you have had coronavirus and have the antibodies? there are really impressive digital solutions out there but to be skilled at the cover

there but to be skilled at the cover the whole nation seems like a really difficult task. you might see some kind of immunity certificate for individual businesses or private firms where all employees are happy that the firm now they have had a test or not and there are quite a lot of matching ids to someone testing results using an app but this idea of an immunity certificate for the entire nation century something that is on the back burner for now and there are many more pressing things government is trying to do. this track and trace that is probably at the forefront of their minds the moment and try to make that pilot work on the isle of wight which we have not heard of a days fiow. which we have not heard of a days now. what has happened to that? it has gone actually quite also there we re has gone actually quite also there were discussion people were involved in trying to make this at work as well as possible. sol in trying to make this at work as well as possible. so i think they are still very much in the development stage in i think we are not close to having that rolled out yet but it remains to be seen. it

could happen very quickly but there was a lot of fanfare about it but it has gone very quiet. let's move onto the daily express. from antibody test to vaccine, so far, so good. the headline vaccine trials boost scientists and hope to have virus yet by the summer. i mean, really? the last thing i read was vaccine stick at least 18 months develop. the most of the mystic scenario is sometime next year. the story that you see andy see a small amount only there but the difference having developed a vaccine and coming scientist think will work and having agoto scientist think will work and having a go to all the testing and ambulatory approvals that are needed before can be let loose in the public is clearly a thing. you can devise a vaccine in a laboratory and then start injecting into the public there will be all sorts of side effects we may not know about and all the vaccines. clearly all the trials will be regulated and there

will be regulated and expedited in a situation like this for all the same it does seem and i think you are right to be incredulous and thinking that it can be ready this summer. the promise it will be over short period of time commitment all have this vaccine but i suspect that fortu nately this vaccine but i suspect that fortunately is a further down the line than the headline in that paper suggests. do you think it's wishful thinking the idea of a vaccine by the end of the summer? yeah, i do. hmo scientists that are working on this and even if you speak to the chief medical officer, he has been very frank and honest and said that thatis very frank and honest and said that that is going to be part of the about a change in life or different to the way we are with each other through the year i had the government scientists have been very frank about that. it also the government has been clear as well that a vaccine actually may not ever

be found and may not be effective so i'm very curious to find a more about the story and this rapid vaccine. it does not sound like everything we have heard so far from the government caution. let's want to the telegraph. martin, just 2a new cases per day in london. this is eight forecast. this is modelling that suggests this. in the front page carrying the story. apparently at its height, there were 213,000 new cases of coronavirus infection in the capital and that has now dropped to 24. as a massive drop which shows if it's true that the has worked. yes, it does and certainly the official data is showing the infection rates in london have fallen sharply in the infection rate in the city is no longer bad and is fact one of the

better ones nationally. again the question is it sounds fantastic that i think that so few people are infected but people may then think that it infected but people may then think thatitis infected but people may then think that it is no problem and go out into society and wander around and not distance and that is exactly when it will start to pick up again potentially. so i think that if the cabbie have to be to this. clearly that the problem again comes that if the virus that completely which it seems inconceivable unfortunately that it will do so quickly, then it only needs to be passing through a few people and then if they are not keeping their distance then of course it soon according to the diagrams and graphs will start multiplying and the population quite rapidly again. so you get the second peak. the government scientists are all very worried about that and the risk of having that. the data suggesting here that people in the

countryside worried about patient risk going in the country and taking coronavirus with them, perhaps now that it suggests that londoners should worry about them coming into london and bring the virus with them. i think it will stay the other way around for now. london was ahead of the rest of the country and so london got to a position where there are some successful race in that figure of 24 people catching it a day is very impressive with the results achieved after this lockdown. but i have so much sympathy for rural areas and particularly national parks of these places rely on tourism absolutely and now they're saying please don't for the virus particularly in the northwestern in cumbria with the rate is high. so it really indicates that while london is head and it's a great story and you can see this as a success great story and you can see this as a success story but the rest of the country has not caught up with london yet sol

country has not caught up with london yet so i think this is great for one part of the