a loss of taste or smell are added to the nhs list of symptoms of covid—19. are added to the nhs list anyone with the symptoms should self—isolate for seven days. the advice coming weeks after experts raised concerns that coronavirus cases are being missed. it has taken a little bit too long, i would say. we are way behind other countries in recognising these other symptoms. we'll be looking at the new list of symptoms and asking why they've been changed now. also this lunchtime. commuters getting back to to work face new measures on trains and security guards trained in crowd control on duty at major stations. back in fashion — italy moves to the next stage of returning to normality, reopening more shops, restaurants and hairdressers. could the start of the pandemic have been handled better? a un chief says the world is paying a "heavy price"

for muddled virus strategies. into the orchard and the orchard beds, which we only started a few yea rs beds, which we only started a few years ago. . . the virtual garden tour — as chelsea is forced to close its doors to gardeners for the first time since the second world war. and in sport... as premier league clubs continue to discuss a restart, the government says some games could be shown on free—to—air television. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. losing your sense of taste or smell is among a new list of coronavirus symptoms that people have been told to look out for. until now, authorities have warned people to isolate

only if they have a fever or cough, but now doctors say the possible signs of the disease are much broader. researchers have been recording the symptoms of more than a million people in the united kingdom who think they've had the virus and the change in the advice raises the prospect that many people may have contracted covid—19 without realising it. here's our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. identifying who is infected with the coronavirus and who is not is crucial in preventing it from spreading and allowing people back to work. the uk has kept the list of covid—i9 symptoms two and a minimum, but today people are asked to look out for another. the uk's for chief medical officers now say a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste is a symptom along with a high temperature and or a new continuous cough. experts say they alerted public health into a connection between loss of smell and covid—i9

two months ago, after speaking to patients. i had contact from key workers, for example, those in contact with the vulnerable delivering food who were told they had to go to work because it was not a recognised symptom. we may have missed some opportunity to control the spread and fortunately now those patients will be able to get herself isolated and tested. while the uk now lists three symptoms for covid—i9, the world health organization lists 13 and covid—19, the world health organization lists 13 and some are questioning why it has taken the uk so questioning why it has taken the uk so long to recognise the other symptom. the months we have known it isa symptom. the months we have known it is a potential symptom of coronavirus, it is an unusual symptom for respiratory infections but it has been reported around the world early on in this topic sol don't know why it took so long to be added to the list in the uk. 1.5 million people have now logged onto a symptom tracker app created by scientists at king's college london. they believe the uk is grossly underestimating the number of people

infected by the virus and not recognising all the symptoms has been damaging. i have had doctors telling me that they were told by occupational health not to stay off work and go back on the front line, even though they had lost their sense of smell and they had muscle pains. soi sense of smell and they had muscle pains. so i think, you know, in an inquiry, we're to find that this will have had a major effect on prolonging the epidemic. so the advice is now for anyone with a cough, fever or loss of smell and taste to stay at home and self—isolate for seven days, in order to prevent another wave of infections in this pandemic. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. our health correspondent, michelle roberts is here. why these changes, and why now? the expert i have been speaking to say it isa expert i have been speaking to say it is a case of better late than never. an organisation which represents ear nose and throat

doctors say they warned eight weeks ago that this could be a good sign that some people have got symptoms of coronavirus. the difficulty is they are quite vague, you can get of smell —— a loss of smell and taste with a common cold as well so it is balancing, the right time to bring it out, that is what the government has been saying. they say they now have the right evidence to be confident to tell people that if they had these symptoms, they need to isolate, stay—at—home. if you have a new continuous cough, fever, ol’ have a new continuous cough, fever, or loss of smell or taste, stay at home. thank you very much. rail passengers are facing new measures to ensure social distancing on trains and stations, as more people consider returning to the office following the easing of lockdown measures in england. security guards with crowd management training are patrolling some stations, and travellers have been warned they could be stopped from boarding trains if they are too busy. our transport correspondent, tom burridge, is at euston.

simon, it is quiet here and it's been quiet all morning across the railways, across the country. that's good news for the rail companies, good news for the rail companies, good news for government, and it suggests that a lot of people have been heeding the advice and not using public transport unless they really need to. what we have seen today are new measures, at stations and on board trains, as rail companies prepare for the day when more people travel. and their forecast predicts that will come in a matter of weeks. please check before you travel. more services this morning, but not many passengers. nobody here, i don't know, it's packed every day, every time. now, you can see, nobody. since the covid—19 started, it used to be very busy, the train station. but now, you can see, there is less than about 20 people travelling. it doesn't stress you out.

-- it —— it doesn't stress you out. —— it stresses you out. i mean, i don't sit worrying about it, there's not much you can do except try and be careful. but, i mean, if you think about it too much, you know, it is worrying. small stations like this one near nottingham, deserted. but measures are in place to manage larger numbers at major stations and on trains. welcome aboard the 8.30 service to norwich... new messages... please follow social distancing advice and spread out throughout the train. ..and more staff directing you around. london underground, please keep to your left. they will also limit passenger numbers. if theyjudge there's already enough people on board a particular train, then they might block the gates of here and other people will have to wait for the next service. if you travel on public transport, the message is, please cover your face. you can see that it's not mandatory, but obviously, we'd all like to know that we are not likely to infect anybody else if we get close to them.

so we're all very keen in the rail industry for people to wear face coverings when they're out and about on the network. on intercity services, it's reserved seats only to control numbers. rail companies predict their services will get busier over the next few weeks. so they're looking at other measures, and they are relying on many of us not to travel. well, you mention to the issue of face coverings there, and that is something, face masks, that has been made on airlines today? it has, by michael o'leary, the boss of ryanair. he has said that masks will be mandatory for all passengers and crew, other airlines are doing that as well, when they bring back flights. he's really said that masks is going to be really effective. some people will question to what

extent, and that's the view of government and most scientists, that masks do help but they are by no means a silver bullet in terms of spreading the virus. it does reflect, the comments from michael o'leary, they do reflect some frustration within the aviation sector. they want to get moving as quickly as possible, safely at the same time, but they are also very frustrated about the idea from government of a 1k day quarantine, a period of self isolation for anyone arriving in the uk, apart from ireland, will probably be the case. details on that policy i am told are being worked out this week, we might get more details later in the week and ministers are due to discuss that on a call today. thank you very much, tom, at houston. —— euston station. northern ireland is taking steps to ease its lockdown with garden centres and recycling facilities allowed to reopen, and further measures expected this afternoon. the republic of ireland is also relaxing restrictions, and will now permit up to four

people who don't live together to meet outdoors. our correspondent, chris page begins his report in belfast. it isa it is a new way of shopping, where hand hygiene and social distancing are paramount. this is a place where gardeners had put down roots for decades. but they haven't been able to visit for eight weeks, until this morning. it's a great relief, it's lovely just to see the customers coming back, see a smile on their face that they are able to come in and shop in the garden centre. i must say, it's not silly numbers, nice and relaxed, people are out to get what they need and it's working very well. this is the start of a very well. this is the start of a very gradual and gentle easing of restrictions. but the people who have come here today, they say it does feel like a semblance of normality. a little bit, although how normal wear ever going to be until we get a vaccine is questionable. it's nice to get out and into the fresh air again, and just take a walk around. everybody seems to be socially distanced, so

long may it continue. fabulous, i love walking round garden centres and looking at the plants. i would bea and looking at the plants. i would be a regular customer here, probably once a week. have you missed it? oh, i have. while garden centres have had a steady trickle of customers, this is what has happened in some recycled facilities, drivers waiting their turn to dispose of car boot load of waste. across the border in the republic of ireland, the garment is starting a 5—step plan to bring down the lockdown. construction workers coming back, small groups of people from different households can meet outside, and some sports like golf can be played again with precautions. it will be three balls only, not four, and preferably all from the same household playing in the three ball, but doesn't have to be as long as people adhere to social distancing. more restrictions remain in place in northern ireland, but ministers in the devolved

government in stormont are meeting to discuss further changes. possibilities including allowing churches to open for private prayer and permitting up to six people who live apart to get together outdoors. an announcement is expected this afternoon. chris page, bbc news. nicola sturgeon says she'll publish a ‘route map' for easing scotland's lockdown on thursday. changes could take effect from next month, she said, if evidence showed infections were slowing. our correspondent, james shaw, is in glasgow. what else has she been saying? as you say, it was a description of a route map which she will explain on thursday, and it could be that those changes would start coming into effect on the 28th of this month, so a week on thursday. that really does depend on whether the infection rate continues to go down, and the number of cases continues on a downward trajectory which it's on at the moment and it would be small changes to start with. allowing people

outdoors to sit on park benches, which they are currently not allowed to do. and more outdoor activities, allowing some outdoor work where there was a social distancing, also, she said there would be more details about how schools and businesses might start up again. but we don't expect there to be specific dates connected with that. it is still the case, although we are seeing a way that the lockdown may be eat in scotland, it's still going to be some days —— eased in scotland, it still going to be some days before we see it coming into effect. and thatis we see it coming into effect. and that is coming too late for scotland's football season? that's right, it's been confirmed that as a result of processes of averaging out the points that different clubs in the points that different clubs in the football leagues in scotland have won over the season, it has been decided that celtic are this season's champions, which, of course, will be welcome to their fa ns course, will be welcome to their fans but not particularly to their

arch rivals rangers in this city. celtic, the club, have urged their fa ns celtic, the club, have urged their fans not to celebrate in the way that they normally would by going to the stadium at parkhead at the east of the city. this season's celebrations for celtic will be muted and largely, one would expect, at home. thank you very much, james. mps are debating the uk's new immigration system. among the occupations that could find it harder to come to the uk are some of those on the front—line of the coronavirus outbreak, such as care workers. labour has urged the government to think again about the system, describing it as a threat to the national interest. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. simon, we know care homes have been at the centre of this crisis but they have been the centre as well of they have been the centre as well of the criticism of the government's handling of it. criticism likely to be intensified today with these immigration rules, designed to end freedom of movement but which are also set to, in effect, bar care

home bosses from recruiting care home bosses from recruiting care home staff from abroad. because the government say they are not skilled workers and they don't earn enough. prompting care home workers to say, how do we recover and regroup from this crisis if we cannot get the staff we want? and in some parts of the country, more than 20% of care home workers do come from abroad. they also argue it is profoundly offensive to classify care workers as unskilled, given the support and love they show to some of the most frail and elderly in society, and also given the very real courage shown by care workers, including foreign care workers, during this crisis. the government say, look, we are willing to be flexible. the rules are not set in stone. but yes, we do want to recruit more care workers from britain. be that as it may, you sense the care homes crisis which has gripped the government is not going away, with labour this

lunchtime accusing ministers of, quote, rank hypocrisy, telling people to applaud care workers on a thursday but - saying in future, thursday but then saying in future, ca re thursday but then saying in future, care workers from abroad will not be welcome. norman, thank you very much. it's quarter past one past one the government has published a new list of coronavirus symptoms to watch out for, including the loss of taste and smell. the footballer luke chadwick talks about his experiences in premier league football. and in sport, professional golf returns for the first time in over two months and rory mcilroy is on the winning team in a charity match in florida. ten weeks after imposing the world's first nationwide lockdown, italy is moving to the next stage of returning to normality — reopening more shops, restaurants and hairdressers, and restarting church services.

almost 32,000 people have died in italy, but the daily number of deaths and new cases is now at the lowest level since restrictions were imposed. from milan, mark lowen reports. milan is dressing up for its reopening. its chic shops have been closed for ten weeks in the world's first national lockdown. with the final touches come strict hygiene controls — a screen at the till, a reminder of the new rules. customers here will be by appointment to limit numbers. the sparkle has been dulled by the virus, but they are raring to go. it has been hard, actually, very hard, because nothing was sure, so we kept on listening to the news, and we didn't know what to expect, when we would open again, and we really hoped and we were really looking forward to come back in our store. was there ever a moment where you thought, are we ever going to be able to come back to work?

no, never. italy's capital of fashion, industry and finance, was at the centre of the outbreak, the first cases in february nearby. it was overwhelmed. with sites closed, tourists cancelling and businesses suffering, there is talk of... we were in this city as the corona storm hit. ten weeks on, we are here again. and milan is still struggling to comprehend what has happened in that time. more than 15,000 people killed in this region, almost half of all the italian deaths, and the economic pain is intense. one in three businesses here don't plan to reopen today. so, milan is coming back to life, but the wounds run deep. and now, we are getting better, we feel better, we can take walks out from home. he was born two months ago, so this is one of his first walks, so we are very happy. this, too, is helping italy's recovery —

a hotel used to quarantine less serious cases as they wait to test negative. with the outbreak more under control, its now also admitting people through contact tracing, those in touch with victims, further halting the spread. after 20 days here, jacqueline is ready to be discharged. a step closer to this country healing. mark lowen, bbc news, milan.

there have been calls for a review into the international response to the pandemic, amid divisions about the way it's been handled. envoys from nearly 200 countries are meeting online for the world health organisation's annual assembly. our correspondent, imogen foulkes, is following the talk from bern in switzerland. so imogen, quite a wide agenda then? some are strong words already? that's right, it's dominated, of course, by the coronavirus pandemic. a world health assembly that's normally two weeks long squashed into two days, the government leaders will meet virtually by video conference, what the who called for ahead of this meeting was global unity and global solidarity. we know there had been a lot of criticism is particularly from the united states about whether who was too close to china, had not released information quickly enough, it looks, actually, at the moment is of the who has got

what it wanted. we've had every world leader so far pledging support for the who. some, world leader so far pledging support forthe who. some, like world leader so far pledging support for the who. some, like china and france, pledging a lot more money, that will make up for that us shortfall after washington cut funding and also, everyone, including the un secretary general and the director general of the world health organisation saying yes, there must be an inquiry, an independent evaluation as to how this pandemic was handled by everyone, including the who, including all the member states. but what the secretary general said was not right now, now we are in the middle of a pandemic, we need to be unified and if we don't defeat this pandemic together, we will actually fail in defeating it at all. thank you. children from wealthier families are spending more time each day

studying during the lockdown, compared with the poorest. new research from the institute for fiscal studies found youngsters from more disadvantaged families have fewer educational resources at home, and their parents aren't able to give them as much support. it comes amid a continuing row over how soon to reopen schools, as elaine dunkley reports. dealing with coronavirus has been a steep learning curve. it's highlighted deep inequalities between children from the richest and poorest families. the government says it's scientifically safe to reopen schools, and classroom closures will have a devastating impact on children from disadvantaged backgrounds. for children who come from difficult families, it may be a real respite for them to be able to get into school. and of course, as they get into school, they're learning those social skills, they're learning the reading and the writing and the core skills, that's why we're starting with the earliest years. so it's really not the case that it is risk—free for children to remain at home, particularly from those deprived communities.

poverty and a lack of technology within the home has left some children struggling to access education. a report published by the institute for fiscal studies found that by the end of this month, children in better off families will have received a week and a half more home learning than children in the poorest households. it's already the case that there are gaps in educational attainment between the richest and the poorest. what we find in our study is that home learning looks set to exacerbate those inequalities. in particular, children from the richest families are spending more time on home learning, they have more access to the resources from their school like online classes, they're also more likely to have access to paid tutors and to a quiet study space within their own home. but the report also shows little enthusiasm amongst parents for a return to the classroom. just 39% of primary school parents and 45% of secondary school parents said they would send their children back if they had a choice.

with my children, my youngest, bronwen, she has asthma. she is on two inhalers. charlotte, she has full—on learning difficulties, and she has had pneumonia when she was five years old. i don't want her getting a second bout of pneumonia. so, we are living in a time where adults at work have to adapt to social distancing, have to adapt to the new norm. so if adults can do it, children can do it easily. and my daughter is 11 years old, she is a very smart young lady, her classmates are very smart young people, and i'm sure they'll be able to understand social distancing. it's a dilemma for teachers and parents, whether it's safe for children to return back to classes. but keeping schools closed to tackle the coronavirus pandemic is almost certain to increase educational inequalities. elaine dunkley, bbc news. as a teenager who had just broken into the treble—winning manchester united side, luke chadwick was living many young footballers' dream. but while things were

going well on the field, it was a different story off it, as luke became a figure of fun because of the way he looked. and the insults went beyond the stands, and onto prime—time tv. as part of mental health awareness week, he's been speaking to sally nugent about his experience. it was a golden era and a glorious time for manchester united. beckham, scholes, giggs and a young lad called luke chadwick. but his time in the spotlight was not always easy. he was vilified, not for the way he played, but for the way he looked. it was quite childish, things around spots on my face, teeth sticking out and that sort of thing. although, i think it's more the repetition of being said over and over again, more than one specific thing which probably, in the end, it sort of lowers your self—esteem a lot and feels like that's all that i'm known for. it wasn't just fans at the game,

the humiliation went further in online forums, doctored pictures and national television. there's a tv show called, "they think it's all over", that was on years ago that was really popular and i sort of became a picture of fun on that, on most episodes. still, it's not the first time a man united photograph has been wrecked, this photo of luke chadwick was ruined when luke chadwick turned up. laughter and applause. one of the show‘s team captains gary lineker has today apologised on social media. the host of the programme expressed his profound regret. i'm appalled, i'm appealled, really. for him and at myself. and when i hear him speaking, i'm full of admiration for the present luke chadwick and full of sympathy for the young luke chadwick and

personally, ijust feel a great deal of responsibility and shame which i do accept and have to hold up my hands to. despite what luke chadwick went through, he holds no grudges. the most important thing to me is how i am as a person, so obviously, not all these people knew me as a person but i do like to think i'm quite a nice guy. someone that is easy to talk to. but obviously a footballer as well, might not have been a brilliant footballer but i was a footballer and obviously must have had some good qualities as a footballer to have a career in the game so obviously i'd rather be remembered as someone who was quite good at football rather than just for the way i might have looked at a certain time in my life. sally nugent, bbc news. today should have been the first day of the chelsea flower show, but the pandemic means it's been cancelled, for the first time since the second world war. instead, the show has gone online, with many designers transforming their own gardens for the virtual show.

the queen was among those sending her support to the organisers, as daniela relph reports. hello, iam hello, i am alan titchmarsh. the face is familiar, but other things are different. for me one of the most rewarding things to grow something i can eat. the virtual chelsea flower show, the smells, the bustle and there, i different to the online version. hello, tom, have you had to think about how the garden looks virtually? yes, i did have to think about the kind of shots, i'm not a director, i'm not a film person so trying to think about the right shots to capture, the right pla nts to right shots to capture, the right plants to show, how to tell a story of this kind of, dull space and transforming it into a chelsea style planting, took a bit of thinking about to get that right. we receded the orchard last autumn, with wild flower mix. instead of show gardens and displays, we've been taken into some private back gardens. virtual

chelsea is also focusing on the positivity gardening can bring. more and more people are finding that gardening of any kind is really helpful, it reduces anxiety, helps depression, and it's to do with nurturing something. this isjust absolutely wonderful. for those denied their chelsea picks this year there was a positive response to the virtual version. the virtual chelsea, i think, virtual version. the virtual chelsea, ithink, we virtual version. the virtual chelsea, i think, we always look for inspiration, different ideas that we can bring into our own garden and in our own situation. and there is such a lot on there for us. that, you know, every day will bring something different to our perspective of lockdown. now, the queen arrives. all chelsea regulars have become armchair viewers this time. the queen has attended almost every year of her income in a statement of support to the royal horticultural society today she said

the horticultural industry is one that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. even though garden centres have just reopened, they've already lost an estimated £500 million worth of stock. that just hasn't survived. it's not exactly the same but chelsea is a gardening and social highlight for so many. this, hopefully, fills a gap under the planned return of the chelsea flower show in 2021. daniela relph, bbc news. let's look at the weather. not such good news for gardens. still dry? that's right, simon, thank you. still dry indeed, gardeners, growers, will be looking to the skies to see if we have rainfall inside, towards the end of

the week we could