it's become an online shrine — a place where the grieving can gather, share and support. everybody that met them always said how lovely they were. it's just been devastating. michael and meg died with hours of each other. their granddaughter says the yellow hearts have helped her reach out at a time of isolation. itjust means i'm not on my own. i can talk to other people that are going through the same thing and it'sjust a lovely idea. why do you think this is so important at a time like this? because you feel lost and anonymous sitting at home in isolation grieving about your family. here you feel you're part of a different community. itjust shows that this is something that can really help support people and we just hope it

will do some good. john kay, bbc news. remembering the victims of the virus. time for a look at the weather. it has been a week of contrast. we started off cold and cloudy and the wind suppress the temperatures early on in the week and then we had clear skies that night two overnight frost and in northern ireland it was the cold est and in northern ireland it was the coldest minimum for nearly a0 years. as we have gone through the week the temperatures have recovered and we have seen a little more sunshine. today we have seen highs of 19. high pressure will influence the weather story across the weekend but there are some weather fronts that will bring rain into the far north—west through saturday and particularly into sunday. a cloudy start for

saturday, frost free, relatively mild start, but one or two sharp showers into scotland, ifeel to north—west england, and elsewhere that will be about whether the cloud brea ks that will be about whether the cloud breaks up. perhaps not quite as warm as today. high pressure still with us as today. high pressure still with us saturday night into sunday but there is more of a significant weather front arriving into the north—west which will bring heavy rain on sunday into scotland. we could see a couple of inches of rain through the highlands and islands. some showery rain into northern ireland and eastern scotland but further south hopefully the cloud will break up and more sunshine will come through so a little bit warmer on sunday with highs of 21. still a little bit disappointing in the far north. high pressure is going to stay with the centre next week and belt and generally speaking it is going to dry up someone from the south so if we look ahead we will

see temperatures peaking in the mid 20s by the middle of the week. that isa 20s by the middle of the week. that is a question whether we could see a bit of a thundery breakdown on thursday and that is why the temperatures fall away but there is a good deal of dry weather in the forecast throughout the week and that may well come for some is welcome news. a reminder of our top story: new details of the heavy toll of coronavirus in care homes. more than 12,500 people died between march and may. that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are. have a very good evening.

hello, i'm katherine downes, and this is sportsday. we start tonight with a decision by league two clubs to call an end their season — an agreement was reached at a meeting today. all this needs to be ratified by the efl and fa next week — and then the clubs will vote to confirm the decision. 0ur sports news correspondent andy swiss joins me for more on this. how does this work?

how do you call an end to a season? not easy. what they want to do is to sign the final standings on average points per game system. know what that would mean is that swindon town would actually be the champions and they would leapfrog crew at the top of the table. but there would be no change to the three teams winning automatic promotion, so they would still be swindon, crewe and plymouth. now they also want to keep the payoffs going ahead for the final promotion spots. again there'll be no change to the four teams in the playoff spots, they would still be exeter, cheltenham, colchester and northampton. the other big proposal would be that no clu b gets other big proposal would be that no club gets relegated, so what that would mean is that stevenage, who are bottom of the table, would still put bottom of the table and the new system. they would survive for another season, although those still need to be ratified by the football

meeting next week. why lead to, why they decided to curtail the season? they essentially decided that playing behind closed doors would simply be too costly, they don't have the bundled tv deal that the premier league have. also, a lot of clu bs premier league have. also, a lot of clubs have furloughed their players so clubs have furloughed their players so they wouldn't be able to use that scheme any more. also clubs would have to pay for their testing of their players for coronavirus. steve na g e their players for coronavirus. stevenage said today that they testing would cost them £1a0,000, so they decided that completing the season they decided that completing the season just wasn't financially viable. thank you so much, andy. meanwhile, league one clubs have been meeting too, to discuss the future of their season. but no decision has been made — they'll meet again next week to try and reach an agreement. portsmouth ceo mark catlin says a majority of clubs want the season to continue. there is still a desire to get the

season there is still a desire to get the season finished from all clubs. however, all the way along, there's been a realisation underneath economically and logistically in regards of health and safety, it just might not be possible. there's a lwa ys just might not be possible. there's always been that realisation, but we are ploughing on, keep doing what we can to hopefully finish it as it can be finished on the pitch this season. meanwhile, the spfl have been meeting to discuss what happens to the season in scottish football — its been agreed that the season there should be end as it stands with celtic champions of the premiership and hearts relegated. 0ur correspondent chris mclauglin joins me now for more on this — chris the clubs all seem to be in agreement — what was today about and what is the next step? well, you mentioned that wasn't ratified with regards to the efl, and it is very much the same in scotla nd and it is very much the same in scotland with the spfl, that is already, as you say, a unanimous decision that the scottish premiership season cannot be finished. there were eight games left to play before covid—19 hit. i

think most clubs here, like in england, want to finish the season, but there is now a realisation that that can't happen. now there has been much made of the vote appear already to finish the season already. the spfl are very keen to avoid that kind of conflict with regards to the premiership season. so what they're saying to the clubs todayis so what they're saying to the clubs today is they've consulted on it, they are taking everyone along with this, is everyone in agreement? can they now rubber—stamp it and move on? the word from the meeting, which ended just 15 minutes ago, is that it would be ratified tonight, but it is more than likely going to be rubber—stamped next week, meaning of course that celtic will be crowned champions, nine titles in a row. and that hearts will be relegated. 0f course much has been made from the time capsule club with regards to that, because they feel it is com pletely that, because they feel it is completely unfair, they think it

should be relegated without the season finishing —— time castle club. there may well be some legal challenge. as it stands it looks likely that as of next week, celtic will be champions and hearts will be relegated. finally, a conclusion in scotla nd relegated. finally, a conclusion in scotland looking likely. thank you so much, chris. the next meeting of premier league clubs is set for monday, when players may be able to return to group training, under strict social distancing rules. they've so far been limited to individual sessions so this would be the next step towards restarting the league — which would be good news for liverpool, who are 25 points clear at the top of the table. managerjurgen klopp says he appreciates the steps that have to be taken before any resumption is possible. we all have the same problems and we have to make sure that we do the right things, obviously. in the moment when we can start again the premier league will organise it and all the clubs have to organise it, all the things, training will not be a threat for anybody because when we start

there is enough space on the pitches for the players, so i think the premier league grounds will be the safest places, the training grounds will be the safest places in europe. you can see the full interview with jurgen klopp on football focus tomorrow, as well as a special feature on his formative years as a player and coach in germany. that's on bbc one, from 12pm. well, the german bundesliga becomes the first major european league to get back under way tomorrow. and all eyes will be on jurgen klopp‘s former club borussia dortmund as they face fierce rivals schalke. adam wild reports. behind closed doors, no spectators allowed. still this weekend, the bun will have a bigger audience than ever. when chocolate arrived to play for dortmund on saturday, there was more thanjust local for dortmund on saturday, there was more than just local rivalry at sta ke. more than just local rivalry at stake. the world is watching how and indeed if football can get going again. germany is the first leak to

try. i can promise you that we are very well prepared, and that eve ryo ne very well prepared, and that everyone is fighting 2a—7 to finalise this project. because we know that if we fail, the problems after will be even bigger than before. whilst other leagues around the world take notes on restarting the world take notes on restarting the business of football, it is clear that this is in no way business as usual. the guidelines are just a note to teams can be on at different times, you have to wear at different times, you have to wear a mask, people on the bench have to wear a mask. no a mask, people on the bench have to weara mask. no shaking hands, no spitting, no cell rating together. still, concerns persist, the entire dmo dresden squad remained in isolation after tests amongst their camp — a similar situation for a bundesliga side could be difficult to overcome. and worries over fans

persist. they are repeatedly being urged to stay away and not get together in groups. not in person, anyway. for borussia monchengladbach, rather, a an unusual crowd awaits. it seems it might be the actual game that feels normal. we are back to normal. everything outside the football pitch will be stepping back from that white line. the world is still very strange for us. there is though afamiliar very strange for us. there is though a familiar look to the table. bayern munich are leading the way, getting the season restarted is a major undertaking. getting it finished may bea undertaking. getting it finished may be a bigger challenge still. adam wilde, bbc news. with the bundesliga restarting tomorrow, women's football in germany is set to resume in two weeks' time. the sweden goalkeeper hedvig lindahl plays herfootball with wolfsburg, after transferring from chelsea last year. she says she fears not everyone will be match—fit — but she's happy with the safeguarding regulations in place.

there are a rigorous amount of rules we have to follow to be able to play, but i am the first one to think it is good they are in place because we shouldn't take risks, it is not only me who would bring it home to kids, there would be others with risk groups that they meet. so i am confident that the club and everyone involved in taking these decisions have our best interests in them and i feel safe. time for a quick look at the other stories making the sports headlines this evening... the top division in belgian football has officially been cancelled. club bruges have been named champions and the bottom side relegated to the second tier. the decisions were confirmed by the league's general assembly today. world rugby has confirmed that all international summer tours have been postponed. england were due to travel to japan along with wales who were also set to tour new zealand. scotland's tour to south africa

and new zealand is off along with ireland's trip to australia. gloucester head coach johan ackermann is leaving to take charge ofjapanese side docomo red hurricanes. the south african leaves after three years at the club and with gloucester ninth in the premiership when the season was suspended. there could be two grand prix held at silverstone this summer, as f1 revises its calendar to try and fit in a full season of races. a deal has been struck with owners of the circuit to hold two races injuly — both behind closed doors. but it all depends on government approval, and the impact of the proposed two—week quarantine period for international arrivals to the uk. silverstone is lucky that 70% of the teams and the formula 1 headquarters set up are all based in the uk. so this is very easy for them, and one of the reasons why there will be to races in the uk, notjust one. but there are still three teams that

need to come from continental europe. so that is an issue that formula 1 are working through with our majesties government. we know what we doing here at silverstone, we know how to put on a race, we know we can deliver this. we are unfamiliar with the new medical environment, so there's a lot work that needs to go into that. there is still a lot of work to be done. this is farfrom a given. this is subject to government approval, but the principle of formula 1 would like to run principle of formula 1 would like to ru n two principle of formula 1 would like to run two races if the claimant allows. that's what we will work towards. —— claimant allows. there'll be no tennis on the atp tour until at least the end ofjuly — while there could be a couple of events on the womens circuit before then. for more on that, and an update on a couple of other tennis stories making the news this evening, let's hearfrom our tennis correspondent russell fuller. thanks so much for giving up your time. first of all, let's talk about that suspension extension — a bit of

a rhyming couplet for you there — in the men's game. but we could see the return of women's tennis sooner than that? i think it is very unlikely, but you are right to say that the wta has still not formally cancelled the events in palermo at the end of july. 0ther the events in palermo at the end of july. other than that, the events in palermo at the end of july. 0therthan that, it looks the events in palermo at the end of july. other than that, it looks as though it will be the 1st of august before any professional tennis resumes. it is primarily european clay events that were cancelled or at the very least postponed until later in the year. i think looking ahead, the mood music at the moment isa ahead, the mood music at the moment is a bit more positive. the us open are still looking at possibly staging their event behind closed doors in new york or at another venue later in the year, if it is not possible to stage as normal. and you would imagine that it's virtually impossible now. even the french open now are talking about the rearranged —— taking place in closed doors next september.

particularly in europe, they'rejust wondering whether if we get to september, it might be possible to rearrange 1—2 clay court events, and maybe let spectators take their seats to watch. what does this mean about the announcement of the return of possible british national championships in the uk? of possible british national championships in the uk7m of possible british national championships in the uk? it means that there is possibly a very nice window for the national championships to return for the first time since 2002. they were scrapped due to dwindling interest, but the lta has set for one, they would like to bring these championships back, and they have said publicly today that that is something they will be doing later this year. realistically that will be in the autumn, indoors, and particularly there is no international tennis, there could be an interest because you could have a fantastic field. you could have any murray and dan evans, and then others in the women's singles. whether it is possible to sustain that over many years if and when tennis returns back to normal, i think that is another question. but it could be something look forward

to this year. you mentioned andy murray possibly taking part, he's been back in court. it's open to a certain number of elite players today, andy murray was one of the first there. he and his brother jamie were practising together on one court, only two per court, each player can only bring one member of its entourage. everyone must have the temperature checked and also have a quick consultation with a doctor, and the players are spaced off so there's always one empty court between the players. but it is a welcome return to elite training for some of these players. the very first stepping stone in what we hope will be a gradual return to professional league tennis. and andy murray look seriously chuffed. that's all from sportsday. have a very good weekend. bye—bye.

hello, good evening, you are watching bbc news. the health secretary matt hancock pled this dutch lead this afternoon's breast briefing and downing street, which focused on the situation and care homes in england. he said the number of deaths and care homes contributed to coronavirus in april was over 11,500 - to coronavirus in april was over 11,500 — more than 31,000 deaths in ca re 11,500 — more than 31,000 deaths in care homes overall. mr hancock said almost two thirds of care homes had no coronavirus cases at all. on testing, he said extra testing was now in place and every member of staff and all residents would be tested by early june, staff and all residents would be tested by earlyjune, regardless of whether or not they had symptoms. and he announced there would be a specific clinical lead for every ca re specific clinical lead for every care home in england, and that councils would be required to carry out daily reviews of the situation in care homes. this is what he had to say.

right from the start, it has been clear that this horrible virus affects older people the most. so right from the start, we have tried to throw a protective ring around our care homes. we set out our first advice in february and, as the virus grew, we strengthened it throughout. we've made sure that care homes have the resources they need to control the resources they need to control the spread of infection was up social care is a devolved matter, of course, and this week, we have made a further £600 million available to ca re a further £600 million available to care homes in england. this comes on top of the £3.2 billion we made available in march and the £712 million we made available to the devolved authorities — that is £369 million extra for scotland, £223 million extra for scotland, £223 million extra for whales, and £12a million extra for whales, and £12a million for northern ireland. we have put extra protection control procedures in place, and prioritised

testing and care homes. we test any resident returning to a care home from hospital and all residents with symptoms, and all social care, leaks and members of their households if they have symptoms. together, these measures have saved lives and protected 6a% of care homes, almost two thirds, from having any coronavirus cases at all. and where there are cases, we've taken extra measures to protect members of staff with local health officials playing such a critical role. now we have the capacity for well over 100,000 tests a day, we are extending testing coverage still further. all ca re testing coverage still further. all care home residents and staff in england, both those with symptoms and both without are now being tested. in fact, we will test every member of staff and our elderly care homes in england between now and earlyjune. nadra ahmed is the executive chair

of the national care association, which represents care home operators. shejoins me now. good evening, nice to see you again. a list they are from the health secretary of the various measures the government is now taking in relation to care homes. what is your reaction to them? i may think it is heartening to think we are at the centre of his thoughts finally. it is interesting that he started by saying that they've put a ring around care homes — sadly that wasn't the experience. we've set from the very beginning that they should've shielded care homes. but the measures that he's talking about are all very welcome. any monies released is very welcome. it is just disappointing that it hasn't reached the front line. we are starting to hear about monies trickling through

now, which is two months late in ca re now, which is two months late in care providers, and some care providers are telling us they haven't heard their allocation might be... sorry to put in, you mentioned there at the beginning of your a nswer there at the beginning of your answer that you've just been in talks with the department of health and social care. how are those going, what's happening? and social care. how are those going, what's happening ?|j and social care. how are those going, what's happening? i think we've always had a good, open discussion with the department. and i think the minister for care has done everything she physically and possibly can by putting a team together very quickly. and i have no doubt that they are all committed officials. i think the chain of command within government — we don't have a secretary of state, we have a minister of care, so everything has to be signed by the secretary of state, and i suppose that makes it a bit more time consuming to get that before them. you know, the testing —

it is good to know that testing is available to everyone, that is not what we are hearing. people are still struggling to get tests. i think the bigger issue with testing is that results are not coming back. ten days, they're taking a long time, we are hearing of providers really concerned because they've sent tests off and they've not heard. so therefore, people could be working when they shouldn't be, and people could be off with there should be working. so it isn't smooth, and when i look at where we are, those three weeks in march were harrowing for all providers, trying to sort everything out themselves, including the ppe. in testing would have been, you know, really welcome then, andi have been, you know, really welcome then, and i understand that may the capacity may not have been there. even now if tests are being sent off

to laboratories in the states in germany, we understand why the delay is... but let's not make it sound better than it is. let'sjust put in a couple things at the health secretary said, which is that almost two thirds of care homes haven't had a single coronavirus case, and also people are saying that the figures in care homes are going down, the number of deaths are going down. is that your experience? well, that is very welcome, our survey that we did surprisingly told us that there were only 20% of the people who responded over 200 care homes responded — only 20% had gotten covid—19 in their services. so they were already working very well, and it was just u nfortu nate working very well, and it was just unfortunate the ones that did get the cove >> kevin:, it spread. part of that is how that discharge policy was

working out of hospital to build capacity within the nhs, which we welcomed and we wanted the nhs to be successful in fighting this pandemic. 0k, we have to leave it there. thanks so much. thank you. their work is normally highly classified, but military scientists at porton down in wiltshire are now fighting coronavirus. some of the scientists who identified novichok — the nerve agent used in the salisbury poisoning — and researched the ebola outbreak in west africa, are helping analyse covid—19 to find ways of protecting health workers. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale has been given exclusive access to the site. it's the military‘s secretive and high—security science hub, porton down, first set up during world war i to help britain fight germ warfare, now focused on helping defeat the deadly coronavirus. the bbc has been given exclusive access to the defence, science and technology laboratory,

now a secure site to examine covid—19. now, in this high security facility are high containment laboratories that go up to level four, level four being the highest and most risky, if you like. that would be, for example, ebola. here we are in level three. this is where, at the moment, they are looking at the coronavirus. there are things that porton down can do absolutely the best in the world and they are doing those things as our contribution, defence's contribution, to this national effort to get on top of the spread of this very nasty virus. scientists who helped identify the chemical weapon novichok used in the attempted murder of the former russian intelligence officer sergei skripal in salisbury are now using some of those same skills to better understand covid—19. and just as when they were dealing with the nerve agent, they are taking every precaution

in dealing with this virus. in this high security laboratory, they are looking behind that screen at live cultures of the virus that causes covid—19. one of the things they are trying to do is to establish how long it can survive on different surfaces. and this is one practical example of how they have already helped. with industry they've been working out ways to safely decontaminate ambulances in minutes without putting health workers at risk. for security reasons we are not allowed to give the full names of the scientists involved. the welsh ambulance service came to us and said that it was taking two of their staff with manual wipes about a5 minutes to clean the back of each ambulance. we looked at automated systems which generate essentially aerosols that decontaminate the rear of those ambulances. defence is playing its part

in this national endeavour to defeat the virus, though this fight is far from over. jonathan beale, bbc news, porton down. stay with us with a full round up of the day's national and international news with christian fraser. it's goodbye from me.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the coronavirus infection rate has crept back up in the uk. it's now close to the point where infections may rise again. new figures show more than 12,000 people living in care homes in england and wales have died with covid—19. the died with covid—19. us president donald trump announces the us president donald trump announces a new initiative faster at the development of a coronavirus vaccine. it's called 0peration warp speed. that means big, and it means fast. a massive scientific, industrial and logistical endeavour unlike anything our country has seen since the manhattan project. the german economy contracts at the fastest pace since 2009,