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‘ the ‘the faces are hardy. some of the faces are familiar but everything else about this year's chelsea is different. show gardens have become home gardens, as the whole chelsea moves online. have you had to think about how the garden looks virtually? trying to think about the right shots to capture the right plants, how to tell the story of this kind of space, and transforming it into a chelsea style garden. we receded the orchard last autumn. others have given virtual chelsea a two of their own private garden. many have found solace in the outdoors. gardening of any kind is really helpful. it reduces anxiety. it helps depression. and it is that do with nurturing something. this isjust absolutely wonderful. for those denied their chelsea fix this year there was a positive response to the virtual version. i think it is an absolute wonderful asset to have that we have got it here at our
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fingertips, virtually, and still we will get the inspiration although we cannot actually visit. now the queen arrives. the queen has visited the show almost every year of her reign. ina show almost every year of her reign. in a statement of support to the royal horticultural society today she said... for me, one of the most rewarding things they grow is something i can eat. the timing of lockdown was devastating for horticulture, with almost £500 million of stock lost. virtual chelsea is a reminder of the best the industry has to offer. time for a look at the weather here's stav da naos. thanks very much, fiona. good evening. some gardeners across england and wales could do with some rain as mark —— it has been exceptionally dry in many places but that said these with efforts across
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scotland, northern ireland and northern england have brought about some patchy rain. quite a contrast from north to south, sunny and warm in the south, 2a degrees in the south—east, outbreaks of rain across northern ireland, scotland, northern england and north wales which will continue through the course of the night. dry in the final for scotland, and every mild night to come with temperatures in double figures for many. tuesday, a mild day, damp across northern areas but the rain petering out and increasing amounts of sunshine for england and wales, and it could be a bit warmer again than today, 25 degrees or so. in the high teens, in the north. tuesday to wednesday, we start to see the real peak of the heat. this area of high pressure drawing air up from spain and france, pushing that front northwards, so it could be quite wet for the northern isles through wednesday but elsewhere, plenty of dry weather, lots of sunshine with temperatures responding, the low 20s across
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scotland, 17, 18 for belfast, and 20 seven across the south—east. to the end of the big, big changes. low pressure moving on from the atlantic, becoming cooler and windier and some of us will see some rain. this weather front could bring thunderstorms across the east of england on thursday, then low pressure swee ps england on thursday, then low pressure sweeps in, and it will be windy for many to stop another warm day across england and wales on thursday. some heavy showers or thunderstorms, friday becoming cooler and more windy with more showers about. 0ur our top story, there are new symptoms to look for if you think you may have to run a virus, a loss of smell or taste along with a high temperature and a continuous cough. that's all from the bbc news at six. 0n bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.
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hello, and welcome to sportsday. coming up on tonight's programme... nine in a row. celtic are named scottish champions once again as the spfl calls time on the season. while hearts are broken, relegated to the championship. the first step towards restarting the premier league — as all clubs vote in favour of return to training protocols starting this week. and former manchester united player luke chadwick talks to us about being ridiculed for his looks and the impact it had on his mental health. i played for man united and always assumed they would be saying horrible things about me and potentially they probably warrant all the time. —— were not all the
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time. hello and welcome to sportsday. on a day where celtic fans should be gathering to celebrate their clubs ninth scottish premiership title in a row. they were officially crowned champions once again after the decision was made to end the season. it does mean hearts have been relegated after the average points per game played was used to determine final placings. 0ur scotland sports news correspondent chris mclaughlin has the details. after weeks and weeks of negotiation, infighting, backbiting, finally the season 2019—2020 in the scottish premiership is over, it doesn't come as any real surprise. this was the direction of travel for some time but celtic who were 13 points clear with eight games remaining are now crowned champions.
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it is their ninth title in a row. the club are urging theirfans not to come to celtic park in the east end of glasgow, covid—19 clearly will 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, but as well as celtic of course being crowned champions, hearts are relegated to the scottish championship. it is big for them in terms of the financial implications. their owner has already hinted towards legal action, we shall see what happens with regards to that but certainly today the scottish premiership is over and celtic, as we expected, crowned champions. so neil lennon's men have matched the nine—in—a—row achievement
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ofjock stein's celtic in the 1960s and 70s. here's manager neil lennon... some supporters of a certain vintage will have remembered the first time celtic achieved nine in a row so for them to see that again, it will be brilliant. i grew up with stories of that team. they won their ninth title in a row, it is very special probably. it title in a row, it is very special it probably won't sink in for a time because we planned this for a year. supporters will talk about ten now. 0bviously supporters will talk about ten now. obviously we will go for the ten even when restarts but to have nine ina row, even when restarts but to have nine in a row, it equal that record, is fantastic. despite celtic urging fans to stay away and celebrate in their homes, a few have turned up outside the stadium this afternoon, armed with flags, scarves and shirts. 0n the club's website, it says "we all must stay safe and stay home. please do not come to celtic park." meanwhile premier league clubs have
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voted to start training again this week after clubs voted unanimously in favour of a set of medical protocols to keep players safe. it's the first stage in the proposed return of the league but all are in agreement that the next steps will be much tougher. 0ur correspondent laura scott joins me now. first of all, if you could just explain exactly what has been agreed today. the clubs unanimously agreed today. the clubs unanimously agreed today to return to the first phase of group training, so it will not be anything like normal training but it isa anything like normal training but it is a start. it will mean that groups ofa is a start. it will mean that groups of a maximum of five players will be able to train together but there will be no tackling, no contact and no use of the same equipment. they will be under strict restrictions and the fact they all have to be tested, they have been tested actually today and yesterday. they will have to have daily temperature checks, they will have to arrive in their own kit and part three car parking spaces are and this is all
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pa rt parking spaces are and this is all part of the first phase. phase two will be much more of a normalform of training, that is yet to be approved, that could come later this month. but yes, this is an important milestone they have taken today. you mention phase two, all the clubs acknowledged that could prove much more difficult to agree to. exactly, they will need to consult again with they will need to consult again with the players and the managers and the government as well. none of this can happen without government approval but they are hoping they might find out next week about when they could return to that second phase of training, and then they have said they will have a much better idea of when they might be able to return to matches. they have marked the 12th ofjune as a potential restart date but the chief executive has acknowledged that his very much a staging post rather than a formal commitment and they will have to be flexible on that. we will probably getan
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flexible on that. we will probably get an answer next week but they will also have to iron out issues about where the matches are going to be played and broadcasting plants, and we will have to get the results of this first batch of tests and that could have a real bearing on where we go from here. quickly, talking about the championship of course as well, some people asking questions. it looks like they could be returning to training as well? exactly, they are hoping that the premier league's decision means they could well return under the same conditions. they are hoping they will test the players and coaching staff on thursday and friday this week before a planned return to training on monday. they have earmarked the weekend of the 20th of june asa earmarked the weekend of the 20th of june as a possible return to matches. thank you. so the first premier league match after suspension is due to take place on 12th june — with some matches potentialy being shown on free—to—air television. something the secretary for culture and sport alluded to earlier today. we would look to give that green
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light if we can because i think it would be a good thing to do if we can. i'm also looking as we do it, for example, at increasing the number of matches that could be free to air, so that people could, — 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 were watching it in the football stadiums. clearly that's not going to be the case any more, so some of those slots may be available forfree to air. so we are looking to see whether we could do that as part of the wider broadcasting package. we wait a little bit longer for the premier league. the bundesliga continues in germany this evening. after what's been deemed a successful opening weekend of football... however players have had to be reminded of the guidelines around social distancing. hertha berlin's dedrick boyata even took to instagram to apologize for getting too close to his team—mate during their opening game with
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hoffenheim on saturday. he says he was just giving him instructions for a setpiece. the german football league has confirmed players won't be punished for breaking social distancing guidelines when celebrating goals. lets take a look at some of the other stories around today. the football association says it is "continuing to consult" with clubs on the "possibility of terminating" the women's super league season. club representatives and the fa are understood to have held a meeting today but no final decision on how to conclude the campaign was reached. kieran trippier has now been given until 26 june to answer his misconduct charge for alleged betting breaches. the allegations surround trippier‘s move from tottenham to atletico madrid lastjuly. the defender was due to respond by 18 may but this date has now been extended. and the former kent and england batsman rob key has revealed that he suffered a mini stroke at the weekend.
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he's recovering in hospital and seems in good spirits, posting a picture of himself in his hospital bed saying "long weekend, turns out i've had a mini stroke. now got to eat food with no flavour and take pills. " get well soon. england's men cricketers return to training this week. the shutdown on competitive action remains in place until at least1july, but plans are being drawn up to play some games, even if it's only international fixtures. england's three match test series against the west indies could be rescheduled to take place injuly, but windies captainjason holder says his players' safety is of paramount importance each player has to be comfortable in making the step, certainly from my perspective i wouldn't be forcing anybody to go anywhere. it has been
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made clear if we are to hop on a plane and go and play, it must be safe. we have been given an assurance from cricket west indies that we would only go if it was deemed safe. but i think it is just eve ryo ne deemed safe. but i think it is just everyone getting back into the workforce, it is no different from a front line worker going into a hospital every day, it is the same risk that they are doing, they are putting their lives at risk and they are still going to make money. the longer we stay off the longer it ta kes for longer we stay off the longer it takes for us to actually make some money, but it's not only from a monetary standpoint. the first priority is everybody‘s safety, we have been assured the only way that you will possibly go head is if eve ryo ne you will possibly go head is if everyone is comfortable with the measures that need to be put in place. and you can listen to more from jason holder, plus australia test captain tim paine on this evenings episode of the tuffers and vaughan show
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on radio 5 live at 8pm. players are likely to be banned from using saliva to shine the ball, when cricket does return the international cricket council has received new medical advice due to the coronavirus pandemic. but the icc says it will still be ok to use sweat to polish the ball. as part of mental health awareness week, former manchester united midfielder luke chadwick has spoken candidly on the torment he suffered because of repeated jokes about his appearance and the effect it had on his confidence. his admission led to a public apology from tv host nick hancock today — who often made fun of chadwick on his programme "they think it's all over". speaking to sally nugent, he says the abuse at the time left him anxious and nervous. 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.
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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
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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
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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. it is great to hear from it is great to hearfrom him on mental health awareness week as well. that's all from sportsday. let's take a look at some of the main points from today's press conference at downing street. which was led by the foreign secretary, dominic raab. the foreign secretary confirmed there have been a further 160 deaths related to coronavirus over the past day. this brings the total number of uk deaths from coronavirus,
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in all settings, to 311,796. dominc raab also announced the daily testing figure — in the 24—hour period up to 9am on monday, 100,678 tests were carried out or dispatched, with a total of 67,409 people tested. he warned that it is "not sustainable" to keep the lockdown in place "permanently" but that the government is monitoring the changes it's making and easing measures only where it can be done "with the lowest risk possible". meanwhile england's deputy chief medical officer professor van—tam said that autumn and winter conditions could well provide a better environment for the virus, and that we may have to learn to live with it in the long term. well before the downing st briefing, the health secretary matt hancock said that from now,
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five year olds with symptoms are eligible for a coronavirus test. he was speaking to mps in the house of commons. today i can announce to the house that everyone aged five and over with symptoms is now eligible for a test. that applies right across the uk in allfour test. that applies right across the uk in all four nations from now. anyone with a new continuous cough, a high temperature or the loss or change of sense of taste and smell can book a test by visiting nhs website. if you are eligible for a test and you don't have internet access test and you don't have internet a ccess you test and you don't have internet access you can call 119 in england and wales or in scotland and northern ireland 300 303 2713. we will continue to prioritise access to test for nhs and social care,
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patients, residents and staff and as testing wraps up towards our new goal, a total capacity of 200,000 tests a day, ever more people will have the confidence and certainty that comes with an accurate test results. let's speak now tojustin madders, shadow health ministerfor reaction from the labour party on todays government briefing. thank you for being with us. first of all, that is good news, isn't it? that everyone in the country over the age of five who think they have symptoms of coronavirus can now get a test. yes, it is good news and can i also congratulate the bbc are now reporting the number of people tested as well as the number of tests being ta ken tested as well as the number of tests being taken because we have seen tests being taken because we have seenin tests being taken because we have seen in the past how that 100,000 figures has been bumped up by numbers in the post, and it is important as the prime minister set out in the original target that the numbers of people tested are considered the ultimate aim in this
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and to expand the availability is really good as well, as long as people can actually genuinely access those tests. we are still hearing stories of people said many miles away for those tests and of course, there is also a concern sometimes these tests have taken too long to come back. if we get into ineffective testing and tracing system, we need the results come back quicker than they have been. on that testing, tracing and tracking system, we have heard from the government some good news is that they have got to 21,000 people who are going to be doing that tracing work. that is actually more than the 18,000 they had originally targeted. that is a positive development as well. what would be useful to know in terms of that figure is on assumptions they have made on the number of daily infections and the number of daily infections and the number of daily infections and the number of people they will have to try so that 21,000. we know some experts out there have said you need
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probably a team of around 50,000 people to do the tracking and tracing effectively. we have actually put a number of questions forward to the government about the assumptions made about the rate of infection and the prevalence of it with those figures. but it is very important that we don't get to a point where there are more infections in the community than can be effectively traced, then we are probably back to square one i am afraid. today we have added to the list of symptoms for coronavirus the loss of sense of smell and taste. the symptoms at which point you may think you have got coronavirus and then you should self—isolate for seven then you should self—isolate for seven days. a lot of other countries have brought in those two symptoms before, the loss of his sense of smell and taste and in fact some scientists are saying we should have done this weeks ago, what is your view on that? there certainly has been a divergence of scientific
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opinion on this. we know the who guidelines were changed several weeks ago as well to include the loss of taste and smell as symptoms. in fact we have known from early on in this pandemic that those are potential signs so i do think we need to understand the full scientific evidence the government had in relation to that to get to the bottom of why it has taken so long. it does make a difference that sometimes symptoms like that might not be automatically connected with the disease. good to talk to you, thank you very much indeed. they are a vital link between britain and the rest of the world — but some of the hundreds of seafarers who travel across the north sea say they are in a state of limbo. trapped on boards their ships — unable to get off, unable to go home.
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strict lockdown laws here and abroad mean they have no idea when they'll be able to set food on dry land. paul murphy has more. food, fuel and medical supplies, it all arrives around the clock to the humber estuary and behind this effort is a workforce we hardly notice, hundreds of seafarers from every corner of the world. now this isa every corner of the world. now this is a live map of shipping movements on the humber, it is an incredibly busy scene and very industrious, but some of those working on board these vessels are being hit very hard indeed by the movement restrictions. this containership travels between immingham and rotterdam, it has had one indonesian crew member on board for nine months. i spoke to his boss from on board. it is not so nice because all the indonesian guys cannot go home because everything is closed in indonesia, there is a lockdown over there so nobody can go
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home or leave the ship or even come to the ship. seafarers are perhaps used to long periods of isolation but support workers on the humber say the extra confinement is taking its toll. they are going through this pandemic but without their families, they are going through this pandemic without actually being able to get a break, even if it is just two hours going ashore, having a wanderaround just two hours going ashore, having a wander around the ports. many ships cruise urgently need changing or resting and that means flying them in or taking them off ships, so could they also be cut up by the government's new quarantine rules? that is something the industry is urgently seeking clarity on. everybody arriving in the uk is now going to face 40 day quarantine —— 14 day quarantine, i'm sorry but the shipping minister is saying this country is open for shipping, ports
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is open for shipping. at the same time another government minister is saying we are going to have a 14 day quarantine for everyone arriving so how are we going to change cruise? is this industry seeks clarity from the government art seafarers are ensuring the lights stay on the shelves remain stocked, despite living in limbo, some of their many miles from home. paul murphy, bbc news on the humber estuary. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. so far this month has been very dry with a rain deficit in many areas. in the next couple of days it will be turning warmer critically in the middle part of the week with some rain in northern areas to start the week and by the end of the week low pressure m oves week and by the end of the week low pressure moves in, so week and by the end of the week low pressure moves in, so it will be
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cooler, windier and some of us will see some rain. the pressure charts for the latter part of monday shows weather fronts across the northern pa rt weather fronts across the northern part of the country, high pressure towards the south. through tonight it will stay cloudy and damp across northern ireland, north wales, northern england, much of central and southern scotland without breaks of rain here, dry to the far north of rain here, dry to the far north of scotla nd of rain here, dry to the far north of scotland and also dry across the south where we will see variable cloud and clear spells and a mild night to come for pretty much all areas, temperatures ten or 11 degrees, the lowest value. tuesday lots of miles, rather cloudy, still quite damp but the rain should gradually peter out and become confined to the far north of scotland, to the northern isles. elsewhere, a dry story with increasing amounts of sunshine so another warm day in the south, south—east, 25 degrees, high teens for the north. high pressure starts to build on for wednesday so we start to the heat building, it pushes that weather front north and draws up the warm airfrom spain and france. it looks like it will be a dry story for most, the rain becomes
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confined to 0rkney and shetland, lots of sunshine around. that warm southerly breeze were lift those temperatures and this is where we will see the peak of the warm weather, 27 or 20 degrees in the south—east, low 20s across parts of scotland. thursday is another warm day in the south, an increasing chance of heavy showers and thunderstorms, some slightly cooler airwill thunderstorms, some slightly cooler air will gradually push on from the west during the day and as we enter the week, we see this. quite a different story moving in, in area of low pressure, quite a deep feature, lots of isobars on the chart and a weather front which will sweep northwards to bring some areas outbreaks of rain. to end the week ona outbreaks of rain. to end the week on a cooler and a windier note, thanks to that area of low pressure, and some of those special in the north and west will see the rain. it is probably scotland, northern ireland, perhaps north england, western wales was the outbreaks of rain. signs that some southern or eastern areas could stay dry altogether.
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this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk — and around the world. this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk — and around the world. new symptoms to look for — if you think you may have coronavirus — a loss of smell or taste. doctors in the uk say, they should have been included weeks ago. in excess of 100,000, maybe 200,000 cases, would have been missed, would have been out there infecting other people. a stark warning from brazil — the mayor of it's biggest city — says hospitals there are on the brink of collapse. ten weeks on — from one of the world's most stringent lockdowns — bars, restaurants and hairdressers begin to open in italy. from tomorrow in northern ireland groups of up to six people will be able to meet outdoors. carmakers on both sides of the atlantic begin
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