and the rest of the medical team can stay in a non—covid area, sharing a live feed of everything that he sees. it allows me to get up—to—date information from the rest of the team, even though they're not next to me. initially it felt a little bit bizarre and a bit odd. but actually if i compared it to the ppe and the visors and the goggles that i was wearing beforehand, it's probably more comfortable and to be honest, i forget that i'm wearing it most of the time. john fell off a roof and fractured his spine. he was only found to have covid—19 after being admitted to hospital. his complex injuries require lots of expert input. itjust seems quite a good thing that you can have all those amount of people in the same room in one person, when there's this contagious thing that no—one knows the beginnings and the ends of it. they're not only saving me, i'm not

passing anything onto anyone, anyone of them or their friends. surgeons here have been using mixed reality headsets in theatre for three years. with the arrival of a highly contagious new virus, they quickly saw the potential of a device that relies on hand gestures and voice commands rather than touch. as well as reducing staff exposure to coronavirus, it's also cut the amount of personal protective equipment being used. but does the headset have a future beyond the pandemic? this is not a gimmick. it provides clinicians with capabilities that they cannot have with any other platform, that have immediate patient benefit. so, i don't see this technology going anywhere. in fact if anything i see this being much more widely deployed. i thought doctor who! i thought, yeah, it was quite interesting because it was the first time seeing it. st mary's and four other nhs hospitals are using the headset

on covid wards, and so far, patients have welcomed the arrival of digitally enhanced doctors. fergus walsh, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, with stav da naos. we saw 26 celsius at st james‘s park in newcastle today, and tomorrow, it will be even warmer, a chance of thunderstorms on thursday across the south, and it will be cooler for all of us by the time we reach friday. this evening, it will be dry and fine for many, still cloudy across parts of scotland and northern ireland. rain confined to the northern isles, but many places will be dry and very mild. on wednesday, this is the peak of the heat of this warm spell. the heat spreading northwards, right across the country, coming up from spain and france. early cloud will melt away and much of the country will see plenty of sunshine. it will be very

warm in the afternoon. mid—20s for england and wales, and we could see 27 or 28 england and wales, and we could see 27 or28 in england and wales, and we could see 27 or 28 in the south—east of england. so, potentially, the warmest day of the year so far. this cold front starts to come in on wednesday night, bringing outbreaks of rain and a band of cloud. on thursday afternoon it could set up a few heavy showers and thunderstorms across the south—east. a warm day again for england and wales, it could get up to 27 in the london area. the touch caller for parts of scotla nd area. the touch caller for parts of scotland and northern ireland. big changes to close out the week, a deep area of low pressure moving on, lots of isobars, so it is going to be windy, with gales in the north—west of the country, and plenty of showers. please on friday and saturday. showers in the north—west, dry and sunny further south and east. that's all from

the bbc news at six — hello. welcome to speights day. coming up, as their primary guitar gets a june restarts, what do the six positive test results for covid—i9 mean for their plans? the first round of games in the abundance but not everyone in is happy. and we look at how women's

cricket like so many sports is suffering during the coronavirus pandemic. it is a really sad by—product of a massive global crisis that is beyond all of our control. hello. you are welcome to speights davis evening. some primary league clu bs davis evening. some primary league clubs returned to the noncontact training today. we have been used that six people from three clubs tested positive for covid—i9 in the first batch of tests carried out. testing will continue twice the lead and the polarity games to get itself into position to resume this season injune. into position to resume this season in june. that is into position to resume this season injune. that is bringing our reporter and what impact will be if members have on their primary league's plans to return? clearly

they would not have wanted anyone to have tested positive for coronavirus but our understanding is the number is not enough to derail the project to derail the project restart plans and everyone apart from those who tested positive and returned to that group training. that were six tests out of 748 among the players and clu b staff out of 748 among the players and club staff but we don't know the identities of those involved, if there players or staff or which clu bs there players or staff or which clubs they are from. we know that —— those tests related 19 clubs, and the rich only tested their players today and those who tested positive will have to self i —— isolate frightening bays and cannot be part of the phase one training. the primary estimate they might need as many as 40,000 tasks to complete the season many as 40,000 tasks to complete the season but the chief executive of the consortium that is handling the tests said this is not impacting on the supply to front—line workers. tests said this is not impacting on the supply to front—line workerslj did not intend or take away from any

test the nhs is doing, quite the opposite. the nhs had a clear strategy which is due build super laboratories and super lapidary infrastructures which as you can see it seems to be adding it to ramp up very quickly to high volumes of numbers. the smaller private consortiums of companies testing that we undertake is definitely not hinging on that process. in terms of that training today, how did it look? we are not clear how many clu bs look? we are not clear how many clubs children's —— chose to return to that none contact us to invest in training today but they were able to do so obviously excluding anyone who is testing positive for coronavirus. clearly that is not the option that lies ahead of them as they move forward. and that training is very much so she'll and comedy are not allowed to tackle or have any contact among themselves, there's got to be five players maximum in oui’ got to be five players maximum in u got to be five players maximum in ourgroup and got to be five players maximum in our group and they can only train for a 75 minutes and we know from the premier league that they had

said that they can do no notice inspections of training grounds and could even analyse the gps tracker is that the players where to make sure they are not exceeding that 75 minutes limit. but, clearly there are players who have raised concerns. we heard from the captain choi who said he was not going to attend training because of concerns about his family's health so clearly there are challenges ahead and there isa there are challenges ahead and there is a second round of testing that will be carried out before that premier league shareholders meet again next tuesday to discuss bays too. so if one of his experience with tested positive was a player, then there clubs will be discussing phase two will bill for a player has even taken part in any part of phase one's training. so clearly some challenges if there had for the premier league. thank you for joining us. we know the different governing bodies here in the uk have been looking at germany as a model of returning to sport. last night

the first round of games back in the bundesliga wrapped up but was it content —— considered a success? here is the report. all eyes are on the german bundesliga this weekend as major european football made its return. there were of course, no fa ns return. there were of course, no fans and plenty of masks but they we re fans and plenty of masks but they were also plenty of goals. just what support is starved of life football would have wanted and their tv viewing figures reflected this. there were excellent numbers in germany and the uk but also in places like mexico and brazil. bundesliga senior of a shell of vibrant klein said of the restart that. there were a few incidents that appeared to breach hygiene protocols and has been criticism of the deep's return. i can understand that pressure is, there are atvs part and

my personal view i don't think it is a good signal, there are a lot of people suffering and suffering badly and a lot of businesses are suffering badly and i would have wish that they would have paused for a little bit longer. world wrestling champion was also critical saying. many are looking at the bundesliga to provide the blueprint for the return to sporting competition. but there is no doubt that uncertainty certainly still remains. let us take a quick look at some of the stories making the news today. manchester city is appealing against a two—year ban against european context —— competition. primary champions have breached financial therapy reels buy you in february. they have been

crowned champions of the world primarily for the first time after the football association of wales performed the end of its domestic leagues, the previous eight seasons finished in second. formula i says it will not be able to hold a british grand prix if personnel are not given exemptions from the government plans to quarantine international travellers. the uk government says it will soon impose a requirement on all arrivals from abroad to self—isolate for 14 days. and this ease and challenge cup final get to take place at wembley on the 18th ofjuly has been postponed. they say there remain hopeful of staging the competition this year even if it is behind closed doors. with so many sporting events being cancelled, there is increasing concern about the impact on women's smart. and women's cricket. it was set to receive increased publicity and funding with the launch of the hundred which has been postponed as we know and the

ecb had also intended to introduce 40 full—time domestic contracts this year instead it will now offer up to 24 players retainers to help them financially through the pandemic. here is our reporter. it marked the beginning of the golden time for women's cricket. world cup winners in 2079 semifinalists this year. this summer was to be the next chapter in the sports rapidly growing development. then new hundred formats would have killed the winning game alongside the men with equal prize money. however that tournament's postponed until next year means many of the female players get to take parts are now left with a huge hole in their season and a hole in their pay packets as well. those girls have got some difficult choices to think about now, how will they find themselves, how will they get a job in this current climate if you bank on having a job during the summer and you have not got that now and i can imagine as many places

interviews are being taken on right now. it was an opportunity many connecticut players found hard to turn down. some getting a job offer is an educational prospects to take part. the ecb now admits the postponement could see those players walk away from the game for good. postponement could see those players walk away from the game for goodm does pull is that the right to us and to those players but i can say is we are talking every single about how we try to make this as painless as we can and as secure as we can for the players. with all forms of professional sports suspended across the uk until at leastjune, many governing bodies are bracing themselves for big financial impact. in hard times, winning sport is often the first thing to lose out, beating for some to call for it to beating for some to call for it to be safeguarded. this is about continuing to build a momentum. and there have been so much time and investment in today at around one

inch export which is just taking off and it is not a moment to take your foot off the accelerator. this is the moment to push it all the way down when we come out of the pandemic. there are plans for a one—man use 50 of a domestic competition later this year depending on the impact of covid—i9. without it, it could be a very sparse yearfor women's without it, it could be a very sparse year for women's cricketers. that is all the support from us for now, remember you can stay updated on the bbc sport website, but for me and the rest of the team we will see you again soon. goodbye. you're watching bbc news with me ben brown. let's take a look at some of the main points from today's coronavirus press conference at downing street, led today by the environment secretary george eustice. he announced that there had been a further 545 covid—i9 deaths

confirmed with a positive test, in the past day. it means the official number of people across the uk who are known to have died with the virus is 35,341. 89,784 tests were provided in the past day — the government had pledged to carry out 100,000 covid—i9 tests a day by the end of april. and the environment secretary said that farmers will need more help from british workers this year to bring in the harvest. he hopes british workers will be able to find jobs on farms via a new online recruitment hub called pick for britain. the environment secretary urged furloughed and unemployed workers to sign up to help. mr eustice also rejected the assertion that the government had made mistakes over its handling of care homes during the crisis. and he was challenged on the government's performance on testing, and contact tracing in the community — by the bbc‘s health correspondent, sophie hutchinson.

you are just saying how inspired you are by south korea and germany, the contact tracing and testing that has been going on there. do you regret the decision that the government made in march to abandon that sort of tracing in the community?” made in march to abandon that sort of tracing in the community? i think the point that i would make on that testing and tracing as we have been expanding and ramping up that testing capacity over the last couple of months. we got it to 100,000 capacity by the end of april and we are continuing to build that this week, matt hancock has made clear that anybody over the age of five with symptoms can get a test. and it's also the case that we have now recruited of a 20,000 people to assist with contract —— contact tracing so we can help to track down infections on hotspots for this virus as the track to emerge from

lockdown. i think it is the case about early on in this epidemic, clearly there was a priority to make sure that people showing symptoms who worked in the nhs because of their close proximity with patients had those tests so there was priority given to those but we are now in the position where we are able to offer testing to anybody over the age of five with symptoms and that will be quite crucial to developing our trap and trace capabilities in the months ahead. developing our trap and trace capabilities in the months aheadlj think i would agree that at the time with the testing we had, the right thing to do was to focus it on people who were really sick in hospital. so we knew who in hospital had come of it. so it was the right thing to do at the time. —— so we knew who in hospital had covid—19. so you would agree therefore that your strategy has been based on capacity rather than science ?m your strategy has been based on capacity rather than science? it is

undoubtedly the case that early on, we we re undoubtedly the case that early on, we were wanting to build that capacity and we have pointed out before they were countries like germany that naturally had more capacity existing in their economy and we wear building it very rapidly from a very early stage and we have now got to the point as matt hancock pointed out this week that we can offer tests to anybody over the age offer tests to anybody over the age of five with sometimes and that will be pretty critical in terms of developing that trap and trace capability. that was the downing street briefing earlier. let's talk to liz kendall, she's the shadow minister for social care. thank you for being with us. we heard both the environment secretary and the scientific adviser, both defending that decision to stop test and trace in the community that was on march the 12th because there was essentially only enough testing to do nhs staff in hospitals. what is your response to that?|j

do nhs staff in hospitals. what is your response to that? i think the problem as we have subsequently seen the lack of testing in the community and in care homes and from people getting care in their own homes means that we have seen this virus spread amongst some of the people we knew would be the most at risk from this virus and we have stayed u nfortu nately got to this virus and we have stayed unfortunately got to real problems with testing now. i spoke to care homes in my own constituency on friday over the weekend and monday and a satiny they cannot access the government's and online testing corridor, that career is on coming to get tests and some tests are getting lost and sometimes they are not getting the results back for weeks. and we have got to do better on this. because as he will see from that care quality commission tomorrow, the number of care homes

getting infections continues to increase and we are not going to effectively deal with this virus u nless effectively deal with this virus unless he really have a grip on what's happening in social care. the government would say they are making progress, they have got this app thatis progress, they have got this app that is being trialed successfully so faron that is being trialed successfully so far on the isle of wight. they have gotte n so far on the isle of wight. they have gotten more than 20,000 people signed up as tracers as well. yes, i am just telling you what people who actually provide care services cou nty actually provide care services county on the ground and for them, it is not working. i am glad that the health secretary has said everybody over the age of five can be offered a test but i really think we need to have some clear priorities here. i'm care workers, to be honest, have been going through hell need to be a priority in getting these test results. for their own health, and theirfamily‘s health and for the health of the elderly and disabled people back

ashby care for. care providers and really are still completely confusing and they don't know what's happening so, there is more the government needs to do, i think we need more local testing centres and mobile testing units and crucially more tests sent to kerry's own homes. and we have got to do this because you don't just homes. and we have got to do this because you don'tjust want homes. and we have got to do this because you don't just want to test a care worker once, they have got to be regularly tested because they are the only ones going into care for the only ones going into care for the vulnerable, elderly people and it's a lot more the government needs to do and what i would suggest is that instead of trying to brush those problems aside, the government in this those concerns which are being genuinely constructive be made so they can identify where the problems are and put in place as a gets it right. they did still seem to be struggling to meet their testing target, the number today was again below 100000 and actually the prime minister is a target of 200,000 by the end of may, do you think they will reach that?”

200,000 by the end of may, do you think they will reach that? i really hope they do. because without mass testing, that can happen regularly, we are not going to protect elderly and disabled people and we are not going to be able to get people out and back into the economy to get jobs and businesses growing so we can earn the money to put into vital public services so test track and trace is essential for trying to get our country back on the right track. and i think the care homes really is a test of this because if we can't get it right, for the most vulnerable, where the population isn't moving around in the care workers on the whole way that they are agency staff are providing that care, if we can't get that right and get it done quickly, that does not bode well for everybody else. a lot of people will say it is easy to be wise with hindsight, what would you have done differently in the early stages of this crisis, given the

limitations on capacity and on testing capacity? don't forget, there was exercise sickness back in 2017 which specifically highlighted a lack of local plans on social care and a real concern that social care could not cope if not the people we re could not cope if not the people were discharged from hospitals. i hope that if labour had been in government at the time we would have listened to those concerns and acted on them and put that situation right. i also think that we saw what was happening in other countries with what was happening in care homes and aping certainty, i would have liked to have seen stronger leadership nationally to give social ca re leadership nationally to give social care and equal priority in a real determination to help people locally, local governments and care providers together putting in local plans that work because one of the

problems he had seen as squabbles between public health england and the care quality commission and the government about who is responsible for testing. whereas my counsel knows my local care homes and care providers would have been in a much better position to put that right. good to talk to you and thank you for being with us on the global news. disney is ordering all unofficial websites based on its game club penguin to shut down after a bbc investigation found children being exposed to sexually explicit messages, racism and anti—semitism. disney's original game had 200 million users at its peak, but was closed down 3 years ago. during the pandemic lockdowns one fan—run site surged in popularity but has now been shut down and a british man arrested. our cyber—security reporterjoe tidy reports. this report contains language which some might find offensive. by modern standards it's not much to look at. but during the pandemic,

club penguin, a game that was discontinued by disney years ago, became an unlikely hit. unofficial fan run websites saw a surge in players from chile to new zealand in peru to portugal. club penguin online, the largest of these so—called private servers said it put on more than one million new players in april alone. but now disney has has had the site shut down, after a bbc investigation found the game was not as innocent as it appeared. the original club penguin was heavily moderated by people and computers. this is not. there's tonnes of swearing and almost all conversations end up about sex. there's even penguin e—sex. basically sexting. there's also some pretty toxic chat and bullying. i saw some horrible anti—semitism and racism. at one stage, i was invited to someone's igloo which had been decorated by spelling out the n—word in chairs. many of the players in these

so—called mature sections of the games seem to be in their late teens but there were young kids here too. it only says this is a mature server, are you sure you want to join? any kid can just click it and then they just see all this inappropriate stuff. i met kayden on the lively discord forum for the game whilst we were both playing. he is 14. in igloos, i have seen people say strip club igloo, pimps needed, strippers needed, there's a lot of swearing on there. i feel like there's probably gonna be someone on the other side that is not who they say they are at all. i have been asked a lot of crazy things so i try not to go on the mature servers any more. his dad assumes club penguin was like it used to be. he's not happy with what it has become. i was shocked, i didn't know that. i thought if he saw club penguin, he is in a pretty safe place. that was just the way i thought. but now that i learn this, i wanted to talk to him. and it's notjust what has been happening inside the game. behind—the—scenes, in some elements of this community, it's truly toxic. since disney dropped

the game a few years ago, there has been a nasty battle for supremacy and ownership of these penguins and their fans. rival versions of the game servers are accused of intimidation and stealing and in order to get one over on each other. but as well as this warring between the different games, a british man involved in club penguin online has been arrested on suspicion of possession of the indecent images of children. police say has been bailed pending further enquiries. disney has also issued legal notices to all fan run sites and it seems club penguin online has shutdown. disney said in a statement... it looks like the unexpected rise of this strange online community could ultimately

have letterheads fall. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav it looks like wednesday will be the peak of the heat of this warm spell and it has been warm across the south recently but that warmth will push south into scotland and northern ireland as late on wednesday. that on thursday and cool and windy for areas by the time friday thanks to low pressure. as we had to do tonight it will stay cloudy across northern part of the uk and the weather up front will bring ray into the northern aisles and further south it should be dry and further south it should be dry and clear skies. on wednesday high pressure continues to draw warm air north across the uk so it will start right across and the rain should clear away and much of the country will have a dry and sunny day across scotla nd will have a dry and sunny day across scotland and northern ireland than we have seen over the last couple of

days. the temperature is responding. the low 20s in the north, made it to upper 20s and parts of england and wales. could see showers break out across the south on thursday and then it's cooler and windy with showers on friday.

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