4m fihe con’mn’men‘it abou‘it not sell. going to the comment about people being scared, the chairman of the public health committee in the bma has said that the bma wants schools to reopen and he also talked about a zero risk approach not being possible and that is basically the key. are we going to get to a point where there is zero risk for us to go to the shops and back to schools, and back to work, is that really possible and realistic or should we just accept what he says which is this is about safe being an a cce pta ble this is about safe being an acceptable level of risk? that is forjo initially. acceptable level of risk? that is forjo initially. no one can provide a zero risk environment and the reality is that the public are going to be left with choices to make about their behaviour and whether they wear face coverings for example, the government suggesting that face coverings could be used on public transport, so there are

individual choices people need to make. the reality is there is bound to bea make. the reality is there is bound to be a switch in terms of numbers of pa rents to be a switch in terms of numbers of parents who consider home—schooling in the future and you have already reported about cambridge university moving their classes online. the reality is there are many people who feel because we cannot get to a zero risk environment for people to operate within days simply will have to change what they have to do. the challenge really is how do you bring people on board with that. for pa rents, people on board with that. for parents, we saw huge reactions around things like the mmr vaccine and people were concerned about what the effect of that might be, on their children, and the idea they will send their children to school and mix with other children and you can't socially distance properly must be terrifying for lots of people. it is worth saying that zero risk did not exist before the coronavirus but we have got to get used to the fact that we need to learn to mitigate risks and what we

needin learn to mitigate risks and what we need in order to mitigate risks is clear messaging from political leaders and scientists so we get a sense of what the science says and why politicians are deciding what they decide because we have to make up they decide because we have to make up our they decide because we have to make up our own they decide because we have to make up ourown minds they decide because we have to make up our own minds on the back of what we hear. the other thing, which is worth stressing, we need a lot more information about covid—19 because there are holes in our knowledge. when it comes to schools, whether or not children suffer, how likely are they to transmit the disease to theirgrandparents they to transmit the disease to their grandparents that jo was talking about, we need to learn to communicate risks better in order to do with them which is what we have got to do. the front page of the daily mail, callous teacher unions referred to here, the daily mail suggesting that teachers and headmasters and headmistresses are pitting themselves against each other almost and that national education unions are discussing how to threaten headmasters who tried to get their stuff back to work. it is

turning a bit nasty, the weight is portrayed in the papers at least. the way. this exam —— this is exactly what i was talking about in the daily mail has clearly got it in for the teaching unions at the moment. it is clear, andi unions at the moment. it is clear, and i think the teaching unions initially took a rather unhelpful stand and used unhelpful rhetoric and what has that led to, a push back by some who see the unions as being unreasonable, so not even willing to contemplate a return to score even if the science suggests it is safe for them to think it is —— return to school. both sides need to discuss the evidence and figure out what we all agree which is it would be better if the schools went back and it has to be safe for them to do so. now the japan times. foreign residents stranded by entry

ban. it tells a story of one danish resident of tokyo who left japan for cope and try to get back in but on march 27 basically rolled out a ban on travellers even if they are long—time visa holders and that has left a lot of long —— people in the lurch for a long time. yes, it has. people have not been able to sort out various affairs, and it has also led to challenges about whether people can cross borders due to a medical emergency with a family member and then they will be stranded are not able to return, so there a big concern about what will happen. a lot of people have been left uncertain and many are now stuck in other countries not able to get back and they can't deal with otherfamily get back and they can't deal with other family issues around people they might have left injapan itself but also work issues as well. it

seems like what started as something that was just done around making sure of the safety of the residents injapan has left a lot of people in limbo. the metro now. minister, blamed the scientists, the work and pensions secretary hitting out after a report by mps said it would be a mistake to abandon testing people in hospitals —— that it had been a mistake to abandon. the front page suggesting there will be a blame game between ministers and scientists. what is your take? clearly this is the start of what will be a lengthy blame game. the government's mantra to date has been we are listening to the science and that has always been less than satisfactory because it begs the question, which science? scientists differ in their opinions and that is

contradictory evidence about covid—19, and ultimately it's up to the government to make choices. trying simply to say we listen to a bunch of scientists and they were wrong won't help us to get to the bottom of why the uk's performance has been as it has been during the coronavirus but we are in for weeks if not months of this sniping as different groups try to a blame to someone different groups try to a blame to someone else. what do you think, jo? the reality is, there is a huge variation between the science and the suggestions of what the virus is looking like and what it is doing. lots of comparisons of data across the world. there are lots of reasons that some of those elements of data will differ because of cultural differences in the way different countries responded and how they behaved. i do look at the picture of

the front of the metro with the chief scientific adviser is going into downing street and i thought all along it is quite sad that there are people who are really working ha rd are people who are really working hard and are doing their very best andi hard and are doing their very best and i think ultimately we have to assume that everybody involved in this crisis and the handling of it is doing their very best. nobody gets up in the morning wanting to see lots of people die, they want to do the best to stop this virus spreading, but you look at the picture and you wonder if they will still be in theirjobs and a year's time when the enquiries start? there will be many resignations and many people will leave and public health england has been involved in one of the row is going on about who was responsible for things. number ten have been quite clear and they have said they take advice from scientists and ultimately ministers make decisions but the weight of that advice and whether or not

certain science learnt on or encouraged certain decisions is what we will see when the enquiries actually happen —— lent on. we will see when the enquiries actually happen -- lent on. extreme fall in emissions likely to be short lived is the headline in the financial times. these benefits, unsurprisingly, they are shot dead, because things are going to back —— they are short lived because things will be going back to normal. yes, what the studies cited in the article say is that it will make no difference if we go back to how we we re difference if we go back to how we were before and also that it seems to have been the highly polluting industries that have been the fastest to recover from the crisis and to start polluting again straightaway. chinese pollution levels have rebounded to above their precrisis levels already so there is little sign that we are learning or deciding we would do things differently, and if as a result of

this pandemic all that happens is that government gives support to emissions heavy industries so they can rebuild, then actually there will be no benefit to this whatsoever because a couple of months of low emissions is neither here nor there in the history of the climate of this planet.|j here nor there in the history of the climate of this planet. i want to bring in the daily express front page and this time the picture of sircaptain tom page and this time the picture of sir captain tom moore, this is great news. a hero fundraiser, soon to be knighted. following a special nomination from the prime minister, and he is the second world war vetera n and he is the second world war veteran who became a a national hero after raising £33 million for the nhs charities. he walked 100 laps of his garden in bedfordshire. richly deserved. it is interesting, every year when the honours come out,

especially the queen's birthday honours, there is always such controversy because people don't necessarily agree with those people who have been awarded something that this is something the country will unite behind because captain tom is getting a well—deserved honour and he chaired the nation in a difficult time. genuine feel-good story and might slight concern is he was given the honorary rank of colonel by the army for what he achieved and i wish they had made him a major, is a david bowie fan, so we could have asked to speak to major tom! laughter thanks forjoining us. that's it for the papers this hour. jo and anand will be back at 23:30 for another look at the papers. goodbye for now.

hello. tuesday was very warm and sunny, the warmest day of the year for many, but wednesday will be warmer still, and a little more widespread across the country. but a chance of a few thunderstorms on thursday and as we head into the weekend it will be fresher for everyone. head into the weekend it will be fresherfor everyone. for head into the weekend it will be fresher for everyone. for the time being at high pressure is the dominant feature keeping these weather fronts out in the atlantic for the moment allowing a southerly feed of very warm air coming up from the new continent. despite a bit of early morning mist and fog it will bea mild early morning mist and fog it will be a mild start, widespread double digits, and any murkiness close to the coast will lift and there will

be lots of sunshine coming through the day, just a bit of fair weather cloud and may be some showery outbreaks of rain into the northern isles. a bit disappointing but the warmth will be quite widespread, low 20s into central scotland, a size 27 in the south—east, 81 fahrenheit. —— as high as 27. we are looking at high uv as high as 27. we are looking at high uv levels throughout the day. as we move out of wednesday into thursday, the weather front will push in from the atlantic and it will bring outbreaks of light showery rain to scotland, starting off pretty grey and wet but that will drift its way steadily east allowing for improvement, and at the same time it stays hot and humid in the south—east corner and that could trigger a few thunderstorms. dodge the shower thank you to sunshine and again we could see highs of 27 degrees. —— dodge the showers and in the sunshine we could see highs of

27. friday, tightly squeezed isobars around the centre of the low, so the strongest of the winds is likely to northern ireland, western scotland, gail is not out of the question, and also longer spells of rain as we go through the day. more card on friday are not as warm, top temperatures of around 11—20 —— more cloud. fresh start to the weekend but next week the heat is set to build yet again.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. india and bangladesh evacuate millions of people from coastal areas, as a huge cyclone bears down on the bay of bengal. the who defends its handling of the coronavirus pandemic after member states request an independent inquiry. a sombre warning for the uk economy as unemployment rises to its highest level for 20 years, in the wake of the pandemic. it is not obvious that there will be an immediate bounce back. it takes time for people to get back to the habits that they had. and from captain to colonel to knight of the realm, britain's best known fundraiser, tom moore, is to be knighted,