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 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 be in luck but it's been very dry so far, with a selection of places seeing well below the average, only a couple of percent of the average in fact. but like i mentioned, towards the end of the week, that could change for some of us are directly towards the north and west of the uk. the next couple of days look cloudy with outbreaks of days look cloudy with outbreaks of rain across the north. around the middle of the week it will turn very warm for a middle of the week it will turn very warm fora time, middle of the week it will turn very warm for a time, before cooler, windier, perhaps wetter weather moves in later into the week and into the weekend. i pressure keeping things driver this afternoon across the south, these other weather fronts i was talking about across the north, one moving into northern ireland, the other affecting the northern isles, bringing down weather for the afternoon across northern ireland, central and southern scotland, northern england, northern isles but elsewhere in the south, plenty of sunshine, going to be born, possibly 2a degrees. this evening and night stays damp across the north, these weatherfronts bringing rain to northern ireland, central and southern scotland, northern england, quite a bit of

elsewhere, dryer interludes in the south, milder night for most of us denied, temperatures in double figures, pretty much across the board. tuesday starts in a mild note, quite a bit of cloud, the rain across the north peters out, confined to the far north of scotla nd confined to the far north of scotland come into the northern isles, sunshine appears for central and southern areas, pushing temperatures up to around 25 degrees. the high teens further north, because of the cloud. high pressure building for the middle pa rt pressure building for the middle part of the we pushing the weather front north, looks like wednesday will be the peak of the warmth, the surge of southerly winds ringing dry weather to much of the country, quite wet for 0rkney and shetland. lots of sunshine around. the peak of the heat likely on wednesday, especially in the south and east, temperatures possible, 28 degrees, the low 20s for scotland. that's how it's looking for wednesday. into thursday, another one day particularly in the south, we could see some showers or thunderstorms

developing, particularly in the south—east as we start to see low pressure moving, that will destabilise the atmosphere and this low pressure brings us different weather to close the week out, much windier, and yes, some rain but it looks like most of the rain at this stage across more northern and western areas and some south—eastern areas, tending to stay dry altogether. turning fresher as well. simon. thank you. a reminder of our top story. the government has published a new list of coronavirus symptoms that people have been told to look out for, including losing your sense of taste or smell. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. celtic have been crowned scottish premiership champions

for the ninth year in a row, after the top—flight clubs agreed that the season could not be concluded. that also means that hearts have been relegated. 0ur scotland sports news correspondent chris mclaughlin has more. after weeks and weeks of negotiation, infighting and backbiting, finally this season in the scottish premiership is over. it does not come as any real surprise, this was the direction of travel for some time, celtic, who were 13 points clear with eight games remaining are now crowned champions. it is their ninth title in a row. the club as you can imagine are urging theirfans the club as you can imagine are urging their fans not the club as you can imagine are urging theirfans not to come the club as you can imagine are urging their fans not to come to celtic park on the east end of glasgow. covid—19 will clearly get in the way of any title party. they are planning on putting some social media material out to give fans access to some kind of virtual title

party. as well as celtic being crowned champions, heart of midlothian are relegated to the scottish championship. it is big for them in terms of the financial implications. the owner has already hinted towards legal action. we will see what happens with regard to that. certainly today the scottish premiership is over and celtic, as we expected, crowned champions. as far as the return of the premier league in england is concerned, the clubs are meeting again today, for the latest talks on project restart. the speculation is that they'll agree to a return to team training. they're still hoping to resume matches in mid june — and some of those could be shown on free—to—air television, as the secretary for culture and sport told us. we would look to give that green light. it would be a good thing to do if we can. i am also looking as we do it, for example, to increasing the number of matches that would be

free to air so people wouldn't be tempted to leave their homes to watch it, which is clearly an important consideration. there is a rule at the moment that at 3pm you can't show matches on tv because people are watching it in the football stadiums. clearly that is not going to be the case any more. so some of those slots may be available for free to air. we are looking to see if we could do that as part of the wider package. the former kent and england batsman rob key has revealed that he suffered a mini stroke at the weekend. he's recovering at canterbury hospital. key is 41 and now works as a tv pundit. he seems in good spirits, posting a picture of himself in his hospital bed, thanking his doctor and saying "long weekend, turns out i've had a mini stroke. "now got to eat food with no flavour and take pills, #triffic,". key's greatest display in an england shirt was an innings of 221

against the west indies injuly 200a. professional golf has returned for the first time in over two months, in the form of a charity match in the united states. rory mcilroy and dustinjohnson beat rickie fowler and matthew wolff in florida, raising over £4 million. players had to observe social distancing rules, and carry their own bags. they were tied after 18 holes so it went down to a closest to the pin contest — and world number one mcilroy took it. that's all the sport for now — more reaction to the news that celtic have been crowned scottish premiership champions for the ninth season. on the bbc sport website. loss of smell or taste have now been

added to the uk's list of coronavirus symptoms that people should be aware of and act upon. until now, only a fever and cough were triggers for people to shut themselves away in self—isolation. claire hopkins is the president of the british rhinological society as well as being professor of rhinology at king's college london and a consultant ent surgeon at guy's and st thomas' hospitals. she told us that her colleagues noticed early on the loss of smell or taste was being described anecdotally as a symptom of coronavirus. we first identified the potential link between the loss of sense of smell and covid in mid—march. since that point we have been rapidly collecting data and evidence to share with them to show it is a strong indicator. this recognition today is important both for patients who have lost their sense of smell over the past two to three months who did not know it was likely to be related to covid but most importantly as we move forward and start to ease the lockdown that

patients with new infections can easily identify that and self isolate. as we have heard, hopefully access testing to confirm that is the case, to reduce the further spread of infection. potential link. i have been contacted by hundreds of patients who said they were self isolating, i also had contact from key workers, for example those who were told they had to go to work because it wasn't a recognised symptom. i think we may have missed some opportunities to control the spread and fortunately now those patients will be able to hopefully get tested. the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, says the guidance on the symptoms of covid—19 has been changed,

based on a reccommendation by all four chief medical officers in the uk. loss of smell or taste have been added to the uk's list of coronavirus symptoms that people should look out for and self—isolate with. we have changed our guidance on the symptoms of covid—19. this is based on a recommendation from the chief medical officers across the uk. until now we have been asking people to stay at home for seven days if you have a high temperature or a persistent cough. that remains the case. however we have also said that we are learning about this virus as it develops and we now have sufficient evidence to add an additional symptom which you should look out for. if you notice a loss of or taste in your sense of taste or smell that can also be a symptom of covid—19. the medical officer will say more about this in a few moments. if you have a high temperature, a persistent cough, or if you notice a loss of taste or smell, stay at home completely for seven days and do not leave your home at all. other people in your household should stay at home for 1h days. the second issue i want to discuss today is that from today we are

widening the number of people who can be tested for covid—19. the health secretary will say more in a moment about testing in care homes. the change i will talk about is that anyone over the age of five who has any of the three symptoms of covid—19, including that loss of taste or smell, will now be able to book a test. the test will be available through the drive—in centres at aberdeen, edinburgh and glasgow airports and at perth and inverness, they will also be available through the 12 mobile testing units based across the country which move around every five days or so. tests at drive—in centres have only been made available to over 65s, key workers, to people in vital infrastructure services, and for anybody who needs to work and cannot work from home. tests have also been available to household members of these groups. this further expansion

that we are announcing today will ensure that anyone with symptoms will be able to find out if they have the virus and will therefore be able to know whether or not they should be isolating. tests can be booked online. priority will be given to those who are key workers and these can be secured through booking. if you book a test you will be allocated to the centre closest to your own postcode. i know that for some people this will involve travelling quite a distance. we are currently working with the military to try and make mobile testing units as available as possible. i want to stress this point, that for nhs and social care key workers, or symptomatic household members of those workers, testing should still be accessed through the nhs. this testing ensures priority access and should be accessible to care and health service staff at nhs facilities within their local area. that should not require people to travel long distances.

today's expansion is the result of cooperation between nhs scotland, the scottish government and the uk government. it will help more people to know if they have the virus and also will be very helpful as we build towards our strategy of test, trace, isolate and support. that will be especially important as we start to emerge gradually from the lockdown. that is relevant to that final issue i want to talk about today. i can confirm today that we will publish on thursday a route map setting out our phased approach to easing lockdown measures. this will take account of the up—to—date estimates of the transmission rate or r number, it will take account of the latest national records report on wednesday on the number of deaths from covid—19. the route map will give a more detailed indication of the

order in which we will carefully and gradually seek to lift restrictions. like other countries we will not yet be able to put a firm date on all of the different phases because timings must be driven by data and evidence. it will also be important that we assess the impact of measures in one phase before moving on to another. we will continue, and again i want to stress this, to take a cautious approach that ensures the virus is suppressed, while seeking to restore as much normality as possible when it is safe to do so. thursday's route map will confirm that assuming that we see progress in suppressing the virus, the first phase will start from 28th of may, within a few days of that we will be able to allow more outdoor activities like meeting in a park, some limited outdoor activities like golfing, fishing, the opening of garden centres, the resumption

of some outdoor work. this first phase will coincide with our ability to start on a phased basis a substantial test, trace and isolate operation to help us keep the virus under control as we start to ease up these restrictions. that part is absolutely crucial. thursday's route map will also set out our up—to—date assessment at that point of a phased return to school as guided by the considerations of the education recovery group. from thursday onwards we will also set out guidance for key industries on the changes they will need to make to ensure that their employees and customers are safe in advance of further changes, as well as setting out advice on travel and transport. within two weeks my hope is that we will be taking some concrete steps on the journey back to a form of normality. as i have said before it will not be normality exactly as we

knew it because the virus will not have gone away but it will be a journey to a better balance i hope than the one we have today. as we take each step we must make sure the ground beneath us is as solid as possible. next, a story of survival. 0mar taylor is 31 years old, a dad—of—two, and he has survived coronavirus, double pneumonia, sepsis, heart failure and two strokes. doctors warned 0mar he may not be able to walk again, but he did, he walked himself out of hospital into the arms of his familyjust in time to celebrate his son's second birthday. that was yesterday. earlier, my colleague, victoria derbyshire spoke to them both on the programme. it was really scary. we did not know if he would ever come home. he's home now so we're really happy. let's go back a little. when did 0mar first start showing symptoms? about 11th of march he started showing symptoms. when he got to hospital

what happened then? they put him on an isolation ward for about 3 or 4 days and then they put him into an intensive care unit where he fought a few more days, then they incubated him and put him in a medically induced coma. i wonder if you can list for us the things that 0mar had to be treated for. he was treated to start with for double pneumonia, sepsis, right—side heart failure, and obviously covid—19. while he was in the medically induced coma he suffered a double stroke. where you told that he might not make it? we were told many times to prepare for the worst because it was not looking good. how did you cope that? it was really hard. i had the kids, and worried

about my husband as well, it was really ha rd. how long was 0mar on a ventilatorfor? he was on a ventilator for 19 days. in the intensive care unit for 30 days. what was going through your mind when he was being treated for all this and effectively fighting for his life? i was just hoping that he was going to make it because i didn't know how i would ever live without him. it was just really scary. we were just praying every day and hoping for the best. hello, how are you, can you hear me? yes. how is it to have your dad back? good. good and amazing. what about you, harrison? are you happy to have daddy back? say, it's really good. happy birthday, harrison. say thank you.

thank you. how would you say your recovery is going, 0mar? good. he is really working hard. we have all the therapy coming in. it is the speech at the minute that's the most difficult. we are really grateful. we have set up a go find me page that is going to help 0mar‘s recovery because it will probably be a year or two before he fully recovers. in terms of recovery we are talking about physio and rehab and stuff like that i assume? occupational therapy, speech therapy, all that. i wonder how this experience might change for both of you the way you view the rest of your life? definitely. i think it has brought us a lot closer. and we are just so grateful, both of us

and it really has brought us closer together. it's a new week of home schooling for millions of children and parents across the uk today. but, for some families in england, the end is in sight. the government wants certain primary school pupils back in the classroom in a fortnight, despite concerns over safety and social distancing. graham satchell has been speaking to two families with very different views on whether they'll be packing the kids off to school from june the first. two families in england both facing an agonising choice. do they send their children back to school? we all love our kids and we want the absolute best for them but we have to weigh up the risk against what's happening to their education. emma's son joe is 11, he's in year six, last year of primary school. most of the information we get says that covid is not as severe a threat to children as it is to adults.

but at the same time, i'm diabetic, so there is an added risk ifjoe goes back to school. but that said, i don't think this situation is very healthy for children in general, particularly if, like joe, they're an only child. joe's world has shrunk beyond belief. to me, at times, he's very isolated and i think it's quite lonely. so what is 10%? 460. 460, brilliant. emma has done her best to home—school her son. she was a teacher for 12 years, understands the safety concerns of teaching unions. but says for her son, it's the right time to return. if they leave it till september, it's a completely new school. we've had no transition yet. so although i do feel very torn, and i do think my opinions may be different ifjoe was younger, i have said that i will be sending joe back.

elsie lives on a farm near lancaster with her four brothers. she's in reception. her mum, horrified by the prospect of sending her back to school. when they actually announced it, i cried, i cried and i don't care if they fine me, i don't care if the lancashire county council knock on my door for attendance, she is not going back to school. my main priority is that little girl's health. elsie's twin brothers arthur and alfie have downs syndrome. they're more vulnerable to the virus. so the family have been shielding them under a strict lockdown. if i sent my daughter out into the outside world, to school, obviously there's a chance that she could come in contact with the virus. and then bring that virus inside our house. do i want to take that risk as a mother? no, i don't. who is it? elsie's dad, a farmer, has been working through the lockdown. to protect his family, he's been living in a caravan.

he sees his children once a day through the window. give him a kiss. across the uk, families have made extraordinary sacrifices to stay safe. in england, many are now wrestling with whether it's safe enough to send their children back to school. graham satchell, bbc news. now with filming cancelled and premiers paused rolling out the red carpet for the return of the entertainment industry when lockdown ends will be a challenge. but some in the world of cinema are getiing inventive about how films, their stars and their audiences can continue to flourish. 0livia crellin reports. hollywood, closed until further notice, courtesy of covid—19. but the industry is already repairing to make a comeback. when the red carpet is next ruled out for the stars it

will look very different. no more excited fans jostling for an autograph, no more reporters or photographers rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous. instead the film premiers of the future are likely to look a bit like this. plexiglas panels for press pods, video call style interviews and social distancing for the stars will become the new normal. a los angeles company is reinventing the red carpet experience to make sure that hollywood can return as soon as possible. what you will see is a drop off where there will be a temperature check for all guests coming onto the carpet. we've created bypass lanes to where the talent and their publicist, or their guests, will be the only ones walking the carpet. you are not going to have the entourage, you're not going to have the hundreds of people walking in. it's notjust in hollywood that

film—makers are finding innovative ways to keep the engines of the creative industries fired up. a travelling film festival has been launched in bordeaux, france, allowing the public to watch films at a safe social distance from their cars. translation: the idea was to recreate a desire for cinema and to show that watching a film together is not the same as watching alone at home. but it was especially during the lockdown, when there were no cultural offerings, to offer some culture that can be enjoyed by many and to make people feel good. the concept is already a hit with audiences. translation: it is a great opportunity to go out again, also in the open air. it is the first time i have done this in bordeaux. i thought, why not take out my classic car to really get into the vibe? we've got a beer and popcorn in the back too. translation: the first time outside, really. the first event, the first leisure activity and the first return to a pretty normal life. so it's very cool.

with hours of content consumed during lockdown through streaming services like netflix, the film industry is hoping that the appetite for old—fashioned cinema—going won't have disappeared, even if the way films are served in the future looks set to change. 0livia crellin, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. we could be looking at some of the warmest weather of the year so far. for many areas they are getting just a few percent of their monthly average of rain. gardeners and farmers crying out for rain could be in luck by the end of the week. today and tomorrow there will be a little bit of rain across northern areas. it turns one for many others across the middle of the week. wet

and windy weather for many of us by the end of the week on the weekend. high pressure has been dominating across the site of the country today, further north weather fronts and thicker clouds, rain in northern ireland, central scotland, the far north—west of wales. some prior interludes across the north of scotla nd interludes across the north of scotland tonight. quite a bit of cloud. we are starting to see warmer air moving across the country. we start tuesday on a mild note. rather cloudy, misty and murky, some splashes of rain across central scotla nd splashes of rain across central scotland and northern england. we are we have more cloud. high pressure builds on four wednesday, that will push those weather fronts northwards and bring warm air from the south. it could be quite a wet

day on wednesday for the northern isles, elsewhere much drier. variable cloud, some sunshine. most of that sunshine across the south. it looks like wednesday will be the peak of the warm for many of us. thursday another warm day for the south and the south—east. the risk of showers and thunderstorms across southern parts of the country thanks toa southern parts of the country thanks to a weather front that will move in and destabilise the atmosphere. thursday on which this area of low pressure pushes and from the atlantic, turning windier, more cloud and outbreaks of rain. it looks like most of the rain will be across more northern and western areas.

this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines: a loss of taste or smell are added to the nhs list of symptoms of covid—19. anyone with the symptoms should self—isolate for 7 days. it has taken a little bit too long, i would say. you know, we're way behind from other countries in recognising the symptoms. a ‘route map' for easing scotland's lockdown — nicola sturgeon says she'll publish plans for lifting restrictions, expansion of testing. anyone over the age of five who has any of the three symptoms of covid—19, including, of course, that loss of taste or smell, will now be able to book a test. commuters getting back to to work in england face to work in england face new measures on trains — and security guards trained in crowd