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

to reopen their plants — also in the programme — as premier league clubs agree to start training in small groups from tuesday, we'll hear from former players, john barnes and pat nevin. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first. people in the uk are now being told to look out for a loss of taste or smell, as a sign they may have coronavirus. until today the list only included a high temperature and a new, continuous cough. the new guidance was set out by the chief medical officers of england, scotland, wales and northern ireland — although some doctors say that new symptoms should have been added weeks ago and hundreds of thousands of cases may have been missed

and spread infection. we'll have more on this in a moment, from our medical correspondent fergus walsh, but first some other key developments today. everyone aged five and over, in the uk, with symptoms can now be tested for coronavirus. the health secretary matt hancock told parliament the government was "expanding eligibility for testing, further than ever before". the us health secretary — has launched a scathing attack on the world health 0rganizaton in the past few hours. speaking at the annual meeting of the organisation's member states — he claimed, it had failed ‘to obtain the information that the world needed, and that failure, cost many lives". france and germany have agreed that a proposed eu recovery fund, worth more than half a trillion dollars, should issue grants to countries badly hit by coronavirus — rather than loans. the ride—hailing company uber has announced it's laying off another 3000 people — just weeks after cutting almost 4,000.

a statement said the dramatic impact of the coronavirus crisis had forced the company to make painful choices. and in italy, businesses including restau ra nts a nd ha i rd resses are beginning to re—open 10 weeks after one of the world's strickest lockdowns began. on sunday the country recorded the fewest daily deaths since it entered lockdown in march — down from more than 900 at the peak in late march, to 145. first though — here's fergus walsh. we would spray some pepper spray into this hood, and if we could smell it, then the mask will have fitted properly. this person realised he had lost his sense of smell when he was being fitted with personal protective equipment. he kept on working and it was only days later when he had developed a fever that he was swabbed and found to have coronavirus. i couldn't smell it, after 20 or 25 sprays. clearly if you're walking around unaware that you are covid positive,

then you are a potential source of spread of the virus. so, i could have infected colleagues, i could have infected patients without knowing it. until today, the only coronavirus symptoms people in the uk were told to self—isolate with were a high temperature or a new and continuous cough. now, loss of taste or smell have been added, but that comes weeks after the world health organization included them as symptoms. the who also lists tiredness, aches and pains, sore throat, diarrhoea, conjunctivitis, headache and skin rash as other possible warning signs. 0n the ist of april, this symptoms app from king's college london found that six in ten users who had tested positive for covid—i9 had reported a loss of smell or taste. researchers say the nhs has been slow to act and so has missed a huge number of cases.

we're talking in excess of 100,000, maybe 200,000 cases, would have been missed, would have been out there infecting other people, increasingly r value, and i think this hasjust made the problem worse, because problems in care homes and hospitals, that we will regret we didn't act earlier. loss of smell was added only after government scientists were sure it would help improve detection. how many cases of covid—i9 do you think have been missed as a result of not including this earlier on? the important thing was to work out if this would add any sensitivity to the diagnostic cluster we were using, and the answer is, it makes a small, very small difference, and we have therefore decided to do it. this former love island star was another who is loss of taste and smell was her main symptom. a nurse, she later tested

positive for covid—i9. it was very difficult for me at the time because i didn't have anything to refer to, i didn't realise it was a symptom, and it was so severe, i could have literally drunk a cup of vinegar, the loss of taste and smell was so strong. adding loss of sense of smell as a key symptom should ensure fewer positive cases fall through the net — crucial if the epidemic is to be brought under control. fergus walsh, bbc news. the us health secretary — has launched a scathing attack on the world health 0rganizaton in the past few hours. speaking at the annual meeting of the organisation's 194 member states — he claimed, it had failed ‘to obtain the information that the world needed, and that failure, cost many lives". he also said — without naming them, that one member state, had tried to conceal the outbreak.‘ earlier china's president insisted, his country had acted responsibly in the initial stages of the outbreak. imogen foulkes reports.

the coronavirus pandemic has in many ways united us. neighbours have tried to support one another, communities around the world have expressed gratitude to their health workers. but it has also divided us. us and china are engaged in a war of words about the handling of the pandemic. the world health organisation viewed by washington as being too close to china has had its funding cut. so today the un's chief spoke out. covid-19 must be a wake—up call. it is time for an end to his hubris. the who is irreplaceable, and ease resources to provide support to developing countries which must be our greatest work. we are as strong as the wea kest. work. we are as strong as the weakest. it seems to work. member

states dialled into this unprecedented virtual summit to pledge loyalty to the who. china promised $2 billion of extra funding, francis said any vaccine must be of public good available to all. south korea said the who should have more power to tackle future pandemics. in return, the who promised an investigation into this one. i will initiate an independent evaluation at the earliest appropriate moment to review experience gained and lessons learned, and to make recommendations to improve national and global pandemic preparedness and response. but it was not also friendly. the us, one of the last to speak would not let its criticism of the who rest. we saw that who failed at its

core mission of information sharing and transparency when member states do not act in good faith. this cannot ever happen again. the status quo is intolerable. who must change, it must become far more transparent and far more accountable. but at this meeting the us was in a clear minority. and looks increasingly isolated. despite controversy around some of its actions, the who itself may emerge from this crisis not weaker, but stronger. the mayor of brazil's biggest city, sao paulo, has warned that the health system there, is close to collapse. brazil's coronavirus death toll has risen, to over 16 thousand, with more than 240 thousand cases, making it the fourth worst—affected country in terms of confirmed infections. our south america correspondent katy watson reports from sao paulo. the death toll is still climbing and the president is still in denial.

jair bolsonaro remains intent on putting politics before the pandemic, once again flouting global health guidelines at a protest on sunday, even if he was finally wearing a mask. translation: it is priceless for politicians to have a spontaneous demonstration like this one, coming from the heart, from the soul of the brazilian people who want freedom, democracy and respect above all. amid growing criticism over his handling of the coronavirus crisis, mr bolsonaro is sticking closely to the minority of brazilians who still think he's doing a good job. he and his fan base are convinced brazilians need to get back to work despite the science proving otherwise. translation: it is not the right way to do isolation. this has never happened before in the world, just closing everything down and seeing what happens. not even scenes like this can convince jair bolsonaro to change tact.

people are dying and health systems across the country are collapsing, and these next few weeks are only expected to get worse. the state with the highest number of cases is sao paulo. the business capital already has a death toll bigger than that of china, and authorities have warned the health system is struggling. sao paulo residents have been quarantine with nearly two months now, with businesses, schools and public spaces ordered shut. but as the weeks have gone on, social distancing has slowed. statistics show that fewer than 50% of residents are still respecting the rules. in some parts of sao paulo city, shops are reopening. authorities, they say, are turning a blind eye. the mayor on sunday called on residents to do their bit to improve brazil's chances. translation: it is difficult to believe that some prefer to subject the population to a game of russian roulette.

the indifference to death is unseemly. it is a crime of responsibility. traffic jams have returned despite authorities' efforts to dissuade people from commuting. many brazilians argue they have to work. millions of people who work in the informal economy and depend on daily wages are struggling. the country is running out of options to tell people to stay at home at the time when it is needed the most. katy watson, bbc news, in sao paolo. in two weeks' time, some schoolchildren in england are due to return to school and there's still disagreement about children's and teachers' safety. today, a new report suggests children from better off families, are spending more time learning from home, which is widening the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest pupils. from leeds, our education editor, branwenjeffreys has more. schools are eerily quiet now. that is meant to change in less than two weeks. england, the first in the uk to ask more children back.

nikita has three kids. only willow, in year one, would be able to return. it is very difficult. i have children that really want to learn. and i have one that doesn't want to do anything. so you are fighting a battle constantly. but her son has dyslexia, and she misses the school's support. i don't understand the stuff he needs. where, the lady that works with him in the school has that, she knows what he needs and what he doesn't need. yes, his school is... mariela is bringing up two boys on her own. brian in year six has autism and wants to come back. is it harder to learn at home? yeah, it is harder to learn at home. it is easy to work, in school. normally we have up to 30 children in a class. the head teacher is

planning for small groups. that means twice as many classrooms, twice as many teachers. she's already worried what are missing. some of our families live in very difficult housing conditions. on top of that we have got issues like access to technology, whether that is the actual device, so we know some families where siblings are having to share one tablet or one mobile phone between many siblings. some children of key workers have been at lessons, but 70 others at the school can't get online, creating a bigger gap between them and the better—off. children from richer families are spending around 75 minutes a day more on educational activities than those from the poorest households. over the 3a days that children will have been out of school by the 1st ofjune, that adds up to more than seven days of full—time school, and the longer that children are out of school, the bigger those

gaps will grow to be. families are under pressure, stuck at home with each other, many worried about money. it's no wonder parents are finding it difficult to get their kids to learn. and even if some go back injune, most children will be , won't be in school until september. that means around 5 million children, just in england, relying on learning at home. branwenjeffreys, bbc news, leeds. let's discuss more about all the latest developments. joining me is devi sridhar — professor of global health at edinburgh university. and also, tim spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at king's college london. thank you both for being here on the programme. let me start with you. when did you start hearing anecdotal evidence about taste and smell being a symptom, and then informing the authorities? it started probably the

first week we got our app going. which was now two months ago, so i guess within the first week we had enough cases that we said something is happening here and they were getting tested and we saw that that was the first, the most well 60 or 70% of people testing positive had these symptoms. so we knew something was up. we wrote a paper together with our team six weeks ago and that went online, sent a copy to the government and we updated it with our paper that came out a week ago. i think it has been around six weeks to say in the government's hands. potentially are you able to see how many cases might have been missed of people having coronavirus, and then simply going into work and potentially passing it on? because

we have 3.2 million people using the app now in the uk, one of the wea kest app now in the uk, one of the weakest citizen science health projects ever, we have masses of data, hundred 20,000 of those have now had covid—19 swab tests, and so ina group now had covid—19 swab tests, and so in a group there were all positive, several thousand of them. if you discover the people that did not have fever and cough, you're still left with 30 or 40% of them. if you extrapolate that to see how many cases they have been in the last month you get a rough idea of how many cases would have been missed and it's at least 100,000. that's an astonishing figure. with this another thing to add the list of acting but acting late? yes, and i think it also points to share learning across countries. other countries added this list to the list of symptoms in terms of advising their populations and pointed to the role of the world

health organisation taking the place now, and having countries share those early findings. let me just go back to tim on this point, the government said they wanted the message to be easy to understand so around coughing and fever, they wa nted around coughing and fever, they wanted to be absolutely sure before adding to the list. does that make sense when you see adding to the list. does that make sense when you see now adding to the list. does that make sense when you see now only three different symptoms given the extent of the list on the who? it made sense to her three months ago at the beginning of the epidemic when there was no testing available, and it was fairly chaotic and had to be a simple message, and i completely understand that. in the last six weeks with these other governments like france, i think seven weeks ago change their recommendations. australia change theirs, the cdc in america four weeks ago. i don't think there's a great excuse to say we have to be sure about the message, because this was going on.

cases being missed has a consequence. it was this very narrow view of the disease that has led many people to go back to work but back to hospital and care homes and increase these problems, i think that's something that we are going to look back on and say it was another unnecessary delay for reasons we are unclear. we need to look to other countries otherwise we wa nt to look to other countries otherwise we want to be the fastest and the best. the area around schools reopening, hugely controversial in terms of basic disagreement for the 1st of june. the government says it's safe, what do you think in terms of the science? i think there is no scientific basis to say all schools are safe. i think the question is are safe. i think the question is are they safe enough? what are the safeguards put in place to actually ensure that when schools reopen the risks are set reduced significantly, we need to be looking at transmission around schools in

certain neighbourhoods, looking at daily new cases in different neighbourhoods and having a conversation including teachers and parents, including local councils about reopening rather than this being a forced top—down decision. and you are nodding in agreement. denmark was cited by uk ministers of the weekend, he reported no new coronavirus deaths and less than 100 new cases last week. is that the crucial backdrop to opening up safely, those sorts of levels are not necessarily so? i think those in the uk at looking to denmark, norway, australia and new zealand say they are opening up and we want to as well, it those countries move very early and aggressively and contain the virus and kept the numberof contain the virus and kept the number of cases quite low, so in a good enough or safe enough position to open up as well as having access to open up as well as having access to testing and tracing policies to determine their cases. if you look at germany there testing students as they come into the school grounds,

and will be get to that level of testing and tracing which it seems like we will soon enough, it becomes a different conversation about schools. in terms of testing and tracing at such a crucial area. how close or how far away are we to the various debates of the system being in place that allows things like schools to open up safely?” in place that allows things like schools to open up safely? i think as we have heard we need everything to be there, but it's safe enough. everyone has to accept in the next few months some level of risk to get life back to normal. there's no such thing as a zero risk. commuting carries a risk but we don't think about that every day. for the actual children the risk is minute. and it's really just where they will affect other people. i think what we do need is more testing exactly like that around schools and teachers for examples, that would be fa ntastically examples, that would be fantastically useful. we need to

track and trace people to go in and stop these infections and be co mforta ble stop these infections and be comfortable that we have enough people on the ground, because i'm not quite sure the ratio is right at the moment of number of people infected, and i think as well the potential nhs app may never get launched in the uk. we need to endure systems like ours which the symptoms tracking app where everyone can log in for free and tells you about neighbourhoods relative safely and early warning signs of anything triggering off. saying let's close the schools for a couple of weeks until it calms down. also people have to accept there is some risk, life is a risky business. in terms of the extension of testing we are from a health secretary and he would over five of symptoms can book a test. is there any value to extending eligibility we are still struggling to actually test what has been promised? anyone who is

symptomatic or if symptomatic in ca re symptomatic or if symptomatic in care homes was promised a test about a fortnight ago and that is still not happening routinely. it's a very tricky balance because you would have a testing strategy that fits what you need which is a lot of testing. huge diagnostic capacity. at the same time you need to build capacity along cited, but if you have a strategy is to limited you have a strategy is to limited you have the capacity going unused which we have seen not enough people showing up, and on the flip side we have a strategy that will break the syste m have a strategy that will break the system by too many people coming forward. also testing, the speed of testing is absolutely essential. we focused on number but on the speed of getting results back to people. if it takes a week or two weeks to get your results they are basically meaningless for what we needed for witches breaking chains of transmission so people isolate and retrace with a have been exposed to. final question to you. the number

thatis final question to you. the number that is so important to strategies not just that is so important to strategies notjust in this country but in the uk the government keeps talking about a range and that number. is that figure of any use to us when it's such a large range? you look at germany, last week they were able to say very specifically move one from one to one to 1.03. do we need that sort of exactness but that number to really be of use? i think we do. i think we are over obsessed with the values of r in this country and the recent spate of looking at regional differences which are essentially meaningless and just frightening people. they are based on a few deaths and not useful. we need to look at all the data, not just to the r value that's important, is the number of cases out there in the population. which means from our symptom app where we can do this without a test and you also have the

antibody testing, swab testing which is coming on routinely and you have the hospital admissions and the debts. all of this together gives to the picture of what's happening begun week to work out whether it's going up or down. i think that's what we need at the moment. not in a position to get really precise values in this country because we don't have the symptoms in —— systems in place. a question on messaging, if you go to a supermarket there's people with masks and gloves and yet going back to schools expecting teachers to mix with 15 children. exactly. this is where we need to have better data. we need to get data into the hands of local communities so they can understand when they go to shops and supermarkets and schools and workplaces what transmission looks like it actually has some help from the government in making decisions in their individual lives understanding what's happening in the environment. we are out of time

but thank you both for joining the environment. we are out of time but thank you both forjoining us in taking so many of those questions resulting from some of the things we have learned today. one of the headlines here in a moment. 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 moves in, so it will be 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 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 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 air from spain and france. it looks like it will be a dry story for most, the rain becomes confined to orkney 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 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 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. weather

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, may 200,000 cases would have been missed, would have been out there infecting other people. the us renews its attack on the world health organization and china — over their response to the coronavirus pandemic. 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. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first... anyone in the uk aged 5 and over, with symptoms of coronavirus, can now apply to have a test. the government's made the pledge, despite frequently failing to reach its current target of a 100,000 tests a day. and as our health editor hugh pym reports, some key workers, already eligible, are facing long waits to get their results. getting tested for the virus — these key workers queueing today had booked online for swabs to be taken at a drive—through centre and were

told the results from labs should be sent to them within 48 hours. very easy. we logged on yesterday. we got the test today. there was hardly any cars there. very efficient. it was very easy to get an appointment, i didn't get much trouble to get that. i am a carer, that's why. just picked a convenient time and that was it, we drove straight here. but some, like michael, have had long waits for results, he has been told it will be at least five days. if you're going to make testing a central part of how we deal with this virus, you've got to get it right, no questions, it has to be efficient and right. and it may be just me and i don't want to be the one complaining, but from my point of view, it's been disappointing, and i still don't know the results. the health secretary, matt hancock, set a target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of april. since then, the number provided has dipped below that and has only been back above 100,000 on some days since. today, the health secretary said he wanted to go further with the number of tests.

everyday we're creating more capacity, and that means more people can be tested and the virus has fewer places to hide. today, i can announce to the house that everyone aged five and over with symptoms is now eligible for a test. but labour said getting results back quickly was the priority. on tracing, i have long argued that the safe way to transition out of lockdown is by having a test, trace and isolation strategy in place, but it depends on quick turnaround of test results. slowing any future spread of the virus will depend both on testing and tracing recent contacts of anyone who tests positive. contact traces have been recruited to phone, text or e—mail people who the patient says they have met recently. that's 21,000 new staff. a new app will also be alerting people if they've been with anyone with symptoms. they are then told to self—isolate. the app is being tried out on the isle of wight.

it will be rolled out across the country soon. contact traces are ready to start work. ministers said the whole system would be up and running by the middle of this month, but it is still a work in progress. car manufacturers in many countries, are going back to work, after weeks of closure. in the uk, the car industry employs more than three quarters of a million people, and is crucial to the economy. but like workplaces across the country, new safety practices need to be in place, as simon jack reports. when britain's biggest car plants go back to work so do the suppliers. workers at this engine parts maker in coventry arrived to some new procedures. how are they feeling? apprehensive, because i didn't know what to expect when i got back to work with temperature checks and everything else. it is all new again. there is no anxiety at all. i am happy to be back at work. why is it important for the factory to get back? so that we can get some

more money and keep us going, keep the nation going. we have a pandemic at the moment so i am worried about that, that's all. two metres is the social distancing that we need to work to. keeping your distance also means no canteen, no vending machines, no smoking areas, but the 25 out of 200 workers back today seem happy to work with that. if everybody will follow the rules we will be already done here, to metre distance and i think is nothing to worry about. being part of a supply chain means you are never entirely in control of your own destiny. the fortunes of this business are wedded to the fortunes of our customers who are the car manufacturers. in the wallet of the average family, who knows where a car purchase as a priority is going to be? that thought is not lost down the road in solihull where jaguar land rover

brought back 2000 workers, 25%, today. the business is very clear, we are going to be demand led, so i'm only bringing back the people i need to build the engines at the moment. the expectation is over the remainder of the summer, hopefully, we will get back somewhere close to full capacity. piece by piece, little by little, the uk economy has been coaxed back into life, with most people genuinely happy to back at work, but they drive themselves and some that we have spoken to have childcare issues. restarting the whole economy will be very complicated. it is a machine of very many moving parts. the march back to work will be long and slow and not everyone currently off work will make it, but it is moving forward, and business prays that the virus travels in the opposite direction. three of the biggest us car—makers have begun re—starting production, with hundreds of workers turning up at factories in

michigan and kentucky. the coronavirus pandemic shut down the industry nearly two months ago but general motors, ford and fiat chrysler have introduced safety measures to protect workers. i've been speaking to our business correspondent, michelle fleury in new york. we have got thousands of workers who are going to be returning to the assembly line after eight weeks, almost two months, ordered to stay away from these factories and the reopening of these plants is going to bea reopening of these plants is going to be a much slower process than it was to shut them down. what we are starting to learn is that these employees are going to have to fill out questionnaires and go through temperature checks, even before they can enter the building then once they are there, they will have to follow social distancing rules and others, all designed to ensure their safety a nd others, all designed to ensure their safety and stop the spread of the virus. but there are other challenges for the car—makers because about 40% of all car parts in the united states come from

mexico, and those plants are not open yet. that may cause production problems down the line, but the reason manufacturers are doing this is that april was a terrible month for car sales, they are hoping that consumers in america, once they start to emerge from lockdown is, will begin spending on items such as ca rs will begin spending on items such as cars and they want to be ready. that is the hope anyway, in terms of economic news, more grim news coming from uber. we keep talking daily about the dislocation to the economy the coronavirus has caused, uber was one of the early industries that was hit with the right healing drivers losing theirjobs. hit with the right healing drivers losing their jobs. —— hit with the right healing drivers losing theirjobs. —— right hailing. the company said it was letting go over 3000 workers on may the 6th and then just today the ceo said they are letting go of a further 3000

employees and looking at maybe closing 45 offices around the world, all of this he put it is to try and right sides of the economy where things are right now. this doesn't affect drivers, this is the back office staff, the headquarters staff, but it is a 25% cut in their head count if you take both of those lay—off announcements together. a stark reminder of the pain that the coronavirus is causing and this will add to the staggering unemployment rate already here in america. northern ireland has now decided to relax its lockdown, more than any other part of the uk. from tomorrow, groups of up to six people not from the same household, will be able to meet outdoors. drive—in church services and cinemas will also be allowed. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. there is a nice fish. the first catch of the day, and the first of the lockdown for billy, who wasted no time

and arrived here at dawn. tp got out today, it's better than a lottery win. it is a medicine that you can do without a prescription. it's fantastic. once, this might have looked bizarre, but today, for gardeners, it feels like a return to normality. fabulous. i love walking round garden centres and looking at the plants. and queues formed outside recycling centres. today, the northern ireland executive went further, allowing different households to meet outdoors, churches to open for prayer, and golf and tennis to restart. there can be outdoor gatherings of up to six people from outside the same household, providing that social distancing is properly maintained. then, test, trace and isolate, those are the three component parts that must be up and running, full throttle. northern ireland had been moving more slowly than england in lifting its restrictions. now, that is starting to change,

but it is still a balancing act. leaving things too long could mean an even greater effect on the economy, while political leaders here still worry that moving faster could see the transmission of the virus starting to rise again. across the border, the republic of ireland saw the return of construction workers, as well as golf and tennis. do you mind if i ask the purpose of your trip, please? but people are still not allowed to travel more than five kilometres from their home. well, the legislation allows people from northern ireland to make a day trip to the republic of ireland. if they decide to come down here, well, then they become subject to the legislation here in the republic of ireland. widespread testing is a key part of the republic's strategy. this is ireland's equivalent of wembley stadium. at croke park, now, hundreds of tests can be carried out each day, but the challenge has been to reduce the turnaround time for results from five days, to 48 hours. it could be better, and we are always trying to improve that, and to improve

those turnaround times. people both north and south of this island continue to be urged to use caution, although some small slices of life are being unlocked, the advice is still to remain home, as far as possible. emma vardy, bbc news. ten weeks after it became the first country in the world to impose a nationwide lockdown, italy has begun easing its coronavirus restrictions. shops, restaurants, bars and hairdressers are re—opening, and people are free to travel within their own regions. the country was the epicentre of europe's covid—19 outbreak, and almost 32,000 people have died — but the daily number of deaths and new cases is now at the lowest level since restrictions were imposed. mark lowen reports from milan. a plea for guidance as they emerge from the darkness. in milan, where europe's coronavirus plague exploded, they came today for solace, to the first mass since

public church services resumed, after the world's longest national lockdown. this parish alone has lost 80 people. a 2000—year—old church now has new traditions. the communion wafer is passed between unsullied hands. no longer directly on the tongue, but the palm, not a tissue. for some, it is hard to adjust. translation: it is a bit strange to hold the body of christ with the gloves, but it's important that people can come here to regain spiritual and moral strength, after all this suffering. for the faithful, a relief. "i felt so good", this lady said. but emotions stop any more words. it's been a long ten weeks for hairdressers and beauty salons, for restaurants and cafes and for shops, like italy's oldest

department store appropriately named rinascente, rebirth. the new regulations are pretty strict. anybody coming in has their temperature checked. grazie. staff use an app to show them how many customers are in the store at any one time. there are hand sanitising points everywhere. and no more testing of make—up. and upstairs, there's more. changing rooms are disinfected after each use, and clothing tried on isn't put back, but taken to a separate room and themselves quarantined. this, too, is helping italy's recovery. a hotel used to isolate infected cases as they wait to test negative, further halting the spread. after 20 days here, jacqueline is ready to go home. in italian:

she sobs a step closer to this country healing. mark lowen, bbc news, milan. english premier league clubs have agreed to a set of protocols, allowing teams to start training in small groups from tomorrow. clubs voted unanimously on the decision, which will see players having to observe social distancing rules, with contact between players not permitted. in a statement the english premier league said "strict medical protocols of the highest standard will ensure everyone returns to training, in the safest environment possible." with me are former players — john barnes, liverpool and england star and pat nevin, who played for chelsea and everton and scotland.

welcome both here to the programme, let me ask you both the same question broadly. what do you think? of course you are able to train with two metres between you in terms of the work you are going to do, there is not going to be five aside football or tackling or coming into close proximity, but it is better than training by yourself, you can train in groups, to shooting, dribbling, lots of different drills so coming back to train won't because much of a problem. pat, what do you think? do you welcome it or have some reservations? everyone will have some reservations because you cannot be completely risk—free, i don't think anyone in anyjob could become scratch might be risk—free. however, this is preparation. we are trying to keep it as safe as possible and they way it as safe as possible and they way it is going for now, one player per quarter of a field. while they do that they can keep well apart, you can pass balls to each other but it

is going to be very strictly and stringently overlooked, and if you can get past the stage, you then step onto the next stage. nothing more than that, it is not we are deftly going to start, it is one step at a time and this is a little baby step. those difficult questions are still to come, if we get to that point, when we get to that point of matches resuming. in terms of the players, should it be their decision is whether they play or the club? there will be anxieties undoubtably amongst some of them. it will be difficult to be the players' decisions because some will say yes and no, whereas if the club say yes, because of the advice given by the experts in the government, and you are able to go back to work safely, and as pat says it won't be 100% risk—free, if there are players today want to play they can say i am not going to play. some say yes, some say no, what will you do? you

cannot force them to play, so if the clu bs cannot force them to play, so if the clubs think it is safer for them to play, then the clubs will play but it is up to the individual players as to whether they really want to ta ke as to whether they really want to take that chance. do you think it makes sense because everything we're told about social distancing, we know it is going to be enforced for months ahead and yet we are talking about a sport where it is such close quarters? yeah, as you say, there are going to be risks involved but there are other people who are getting back to industries, notjust the front line workers, are going to have to go back and find difficult is doing the social distancing, you have to make sure you do everything you can from cleaning the ball to disinfecting the corner flags, making sure that people arrive at the training grounds, they arrive separately. put everything as possible in place, that still might not be enough come for, five weeks' time, but it might be. the big thing to do is make sure that when you get

to do is make sure that when you get to that time, it could be six months, you are prepared, you have done the logistics and the safety things you can possibly do, and then you can make an informed or as close to an informed decision as you can. briefly on this, we saw the bundesliga star over the weekend, really odd feel to have those games but no spectators. of course it is not a perfect scenario but what are you going to do? are you going to wait until a full stadium until we play? we don't how long that it's going to be, you have to make a decision from a financial point of view. germany probably have to go back a bit earlier but we will possibly have to do something similar, it is not going to be perfect but there is no other solution. if you feel that is what you have to do to get back. let me ask you another question because you are head coach at celtic, today they we re are head coach at celtic, today they were awarded the scottish title. does it make sense that different decisions are being made in england, wales, scotland, in terms of the different leagues? cattle be interested in this being scottish as

well. it is great but hearts have relegated, so to relegate a team still have games to go doesn't make sense. in england it is not a question of giving people a title but honouring the league position, which means the bottom league will go down, the top three for the championship will come up, but the problem we have is aston villa have one game left and they are three points off safety so they could stay up points off safety so they could stay up with that one game, are you going to relegate aston villa when they have a game to play? i would rather finish the season then cancel it.|j suppose because of the amount of money in the premier league, all manner of lawsuits potentially, you could open your way up for. just the final question to you, pat. if we get to the point where matches resume, have you ever any idea on your mind of what happens if one player tests positive? that is difficult, the german teams have had a numberof difficult, the german teams have had a number of players who have tested

positive in one club so they will have no games for a week or two. there are some difficulties you may come across, the players may well get the disease from somewhere else apart from football, it isjust where we are just now. remember, the vast majority of people who get the disease don't suffer very badly, especially those of younger age group. you have to take all of these, it becomes a risk management and risk assessment. can i go back to one last point about what you and john were saying about the players, they will have the choice. there is no doubt about that. if they do not wa nt no doubt about that. if they do not want to play because they have family members, the elderly or children or whatever, they will not be asked to play. i know that. we are out of time, pleasure to talk to you both today should have been the start

of the chelsea flower show, but the pandemic means it's been cancelled for the first time since the second world war. instead, it has gone online, with many designers transforming their own gardens for a virtual show, as daniela relph reports. hello, i'm alan titchmarsh. not everyone has a garden... i'm rosie 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 reseeded the orchard last autumn. others have given virtual chelsea a tour 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 to do with nurturing something. this is just 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 ourfingertips, 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. 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. people who enjoy canoeing

and fishing along the river wye have been left baffled by the different approaches to easing the lockdown in england and wales. the river marks part of the border as robin markwell reports. back on the water again, lockdown restrictions eased last week and for those who love their sport relief all around. after lockdown, being in all around. after lockdown, being in a box, and now you are here in this, it is just a box, and now you are here in this, it isjust glorious. absolutely brilliant, having it on the doorstep are not being able to go out has beena are not being able to go out has been a bit frustrating. this is the picturesque river wye, it stretches the border between england and wales are now a stark reminder of their different approaches to what is and isn't allowed. it is lucky i am on the english side because if i was four miles downstream i wouldn't be able to go out because the welsh are still sticking to the stay—at—home and with limited exercise. i wouldn't be able to go out canoeing at all. it doesn't make any sense to be honest. how does being in wales

and england mean any different to the uk, how it could be one rule for us the uk, how it could be one rule for us and one rule for the other. the fishing community campaigned hard for the sport to be allowed again. now you can drive to fish on the english side but you cannot use your car to english side but you cannot use your carto go english side but you cannot use your car to go fishing on the welsh. english side but you cannot use your car to go fishing on the welshlj made the mistake of going to the office yesterday and the number... the phone wasjust red hot, ringing with fishermen wanting clarification. it is confused. it was the way it was announced by boris with no mention of the situation staying the same in wales, itjust situation staying the same in wales, it just created a lot of confusion. the lockdown is a blunt tool and i am hoping that with time we will start to the nuances arriving with activities that are compatible with us activities that are compatible with us all trying to keep a lid on this disease. the welsh government has laid out its own plan to ease the lockdown but no dates have yet been set, so for now, these tumour nations united by one rippling river

remaina nations united by one rippling river remain a little further apart —— these two nations. time's up — thanks for watching — outside source is here next. bye— bye. so far this month has been very dry with a rain deficit in many areas. doesn't look like much rain in the forecast either. 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 moves in, so it will be 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 half 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 with outbreaks 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 starts off mild, 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 see heat building, it pushes that weather front north and draws up the warm air from spain and france. it looks like it will be a dry story for most, the rain becomes confined to orkney and shetland, lots of sunshine around. that warm southerly breeze will lift those temperatures and this is where we will see the peak of the warm weather, 27 or 28 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 air will gradually push on from the west

during the day and as we enter the week, we see this. ——end the week. quite a different story moving in, an 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. we end the week on a cooler and a windier note, thanks to that area of low pressure, and some of those in the north and west will see the rain. it is probably scotland, northern ireland, perhaps north england, western wales will see the outbreaks of rain. signs that some southern or eastern areas could stay dry altogether.

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