this is bbc news i'm reeta chakra barti. the headlines at 4: borisjohnson says there's ‘growing confidence' the uk will have a virus tracing system in place by the start this is bbc news i'mjane hill. of next month. the headlines. we will have a test, track and trace operation that will be world—beating and, yes, borisjohnson says there's ‘growing it will be in place, confidence‘ the uk will have a virus it will be in place byjune1st. tracing system in place by the start of next month. we will have a test, track and trace operation that the engineering giant rolls royce announces 9,000 job will be world—beating and, cuts because of the yes, it will be in place, it will be in place byjune 1st. impact of coronavirus. local councils urge the government to reconsider proposals to reopen primary schools the engineering giant rolls royce in england next month, announces 9,000 job cuts because of concerns about safety. because of the impact of coronavirus. more nhs help for local councils urge people with diabetes, as a study finds the disease the the government to reconsider proposals to reopen primary schools is linked to a third of coronavirus in england next month because of concerns about safety. hospital deaths in england. and arise captain sir tom moore — the world war two veteran who's raised more than 30 million more nhs help for people for the nhs is awarded with diabetes — as a study finds a knighthood. the disease is linked to a third of coronavirus hospital deaths in england.

and arise captain sir tom moore — the world war two veteran who's raised more than 30 million for the nhs is awarded a knighthood. good afternoon. the prime minister has said there is a growing confidence that the uk will have a test, track and trace operation in place by next month. borisjohnson said during prime minister's questions that the system would be ‘world—beating' and there will be 25,000 trackers. good afternoon. the prime minister has said he said this will help stop there is a growing confidence that the uk will have a test, the disease from spreading and added that 24,000 tracers had track and trace operation already been recruited. in place byjune 1st. let's look at the government's approach to testing and tracing so far. borisjohnson said during prime minister's questions that the system will be world 0n12th march, the beating and there will be 25,000 trackers. government moved away from community tests and contact tracing because of capacity he said this will help stop problems, as ministers focused the disease from spreading and added testing on patients with suspected that 2a,000 tracers had coronavirus in hospitals. already been recruited. health secretary matt hancock announced labour leader sir keir starmer on the 2nd may that an initial team pressed borisjohnson in the commons about the lack track and tracing of 18,000 contact tracers would be recruited by the middle of the month

since the middle of march. as part of the government's virus response. we have growing confidence on 8th may, piloting that we will have a test, of a contact tracing app started on the isle of wight. track and trace operation that will be world—beating. it's understood that more and yes, it will be in place, than 60,000 people have downloaded and used the app so far. the health secretary said that the app is due to be rolled out nationally within the next few weeks. but, yesterday, there was criticism from the commons science and technology committee over the government decision to reduce community testing early it will be in place byjune the 1st. on in its handling of the pandemic. the committee chair, conservative mp greg clark, said the government "didn't get ahead of testing early enough". the announcement from boris johnson followed and what i hope very much is that questioning from the labour leader sir keir starmer about the lack notwithstanding the occasional track and tracing since the middle of march, but the prime minister difficulty of these exchanges, insisted the new system and i totally appreciate the role that he has to fulfil, would be effective. that he will support us as we go we have growing confidence that we will have a test, forward, that he will be positive about this test track and trace track and trace operation that operation and that we can work will be world—beating. together to use it to take our country forward. and yes, it will be in place,

that is what i think the people it will be in place byjune the 1st. of this country want to see. and to repeat the figure, since he has invited me to do so, let's cross to our political correspondent leila nathoo in westminster. there will be 25,000 trackers and they will be able to cope with 10,000 new cases a day. that is very very important. expressing confidence that all this because new cases currently are running at around 2500 a day. can be in place by 1stjune? they will be able to trace expressing confidence that all this can be in place by 1stjune? yes, i can be in place by 1st june? yes, i think borisjohnson the contacts of those new cases can be in place by 1st june? yes, i think boris johnson had can be in place by 1st june? yes, i think borisjohnson had to try and and to stop the disease spreading. provide some reassurance about this and what i hope very much is that testing, tracking tracing strategy notwithstanding the occasional difficulty of these exchanges, and there was an important new and i totally appreciate the role that he has to fulfil, commitment to get that up and running byjune1st, which is that he will support us as we go commitment to get that up and running byjune 1st, which is the date that the government had set for forward, that he will be positive a possible move into the next phase about this test track and trace of releasing some lockdown measures, operation and that we can work together to use it to take albeit with caveats. that is when our country forward. that is what i think the people some primary school classes in england are set to open, some of this country want to see. nonessential shops too. there have let's cross to our political correspondentjessica parker been concerns, particularly from in westminster. unions and councils that there has not been an effective tracking and soa so a commitment from the prime minister that this system will be in

tracing policy in place so far so place on 1stjune, but still a lot how can they be expected to re—open of questions about whether we're schools, that does replace the doing enough testing and whether we lockdown measures so local outbreaks have enough trackers. a slightly can be isolated. i think this number spiky exchange between borisjohnson of 25,000 traces was an important commitment for boris johnson to and keir starmer there. in of 25,000 traces was an important commitment for borisjohnson to make that they will be in place byjune spiky exchange between borisjohnson and keir starmerthere. in their third prime minister's questions. 1st. interestingly no mention of keir starmer said that the lack of app, which so far has been quite a test, track and trace had left a crucial part of this strategy, huge whole in the country's defences remember that is being piloted on the isle of wight, we heard from against coronavirus. borisjohnson pushing back upon that, saying they matt hancock that the app the the we re pushing back upon that, saying they were recruiting, what is referred to scheme would be up and running by asa were recruiting, what is referred to as a small army of contact tracers, the middle of may and here we are saying 24,000 already recruited and 25 thousand to be in place by early and all we have is that it will be rolled out. there is movement june. and of course earlyjune is the date that the government wants towards having the army of 25,000 to see certain year groups in traces being crucial to the primary schools start to return to operation that gets hopefully school, something that has been britain, or england at least out of referred to before is that having lockdown somewhat from june 1st. we proper testing in place will be are going to talk about that more crucial to provide the reassurance

later. another thought, where are we that parents, teachers and unions need to see that happen. but in terms of whether parliament itself, or when it might resume what continued resistance to thatjune we might call normal operations? we first date, not least from a number of local authorities. but boris had an urgent question early this johnson saying that there will be a afternoon in the hybrid commons system in place for earlyjune. my which has been sitting part understanding is that what is now physically, part virtually, with happening is a slight distinguishing between this army of contact some making contributions by video linn and jacob rees mogg said mps tracers, 25 thousand set to be in place by early june tracers, 25 thousand set to be in will return on 2nd june. there is a place by earlyjune and this app, that has been trialled on the isle of wight. ministers have been less break coming up, a recess break and he intends to get it back to specific about when that app might business as usual, saying the be rolled out nationwide and they arrangement was only ever de—seiped have been saying, in the coming to be temporary —— designed to be weeks. so you could see an approach where you have a number of contact temporary and social distancing measures will be in place. he simply placers in place and the app rolled out later. but in the last hour the then said there was a recognition then said there was a recognition the house cannot work effectively if shadow health secretary has written mps are not present in westminster. to matt hancock, the health 0bviously mps are not present in westminster. obviously the chats around the secretary calling for a number of corridors they're

things, including the government to missing. the intention is to protect share plans on plans to increase ta ke share plans on plans to increase take up of the app and to dispel older mps or those with underlying privacy concerns about it and health conditions. the feeling is if confirm the system will be operational byjune first. schools people are being asked to get back to work, jacob rees mogg saying why area operational byjune first. schools are a significant issue, but of course test, track and trace seemed should mps be any different? thank you very much. just to tell you that very important for the wider easing of the lockdown restrictions going later in this half hour i hope to forward. thank you. we will hear more from jessica as we come up to speak to professor hugh pennington the downing street briefing. hugh pennington and that test, track and trace is emeritus professor of bacteriology at aberdeen university. he gave us his reaction system and he will explain more about the science behind that. and to boris johnson's announcement. the whole topic of schools also up it's taken a long time, as for world for discussion this afternoon. beating? we have been beaten by but first the economic impact of the other countries. we have been slow virus. getting it going. but it is good

the engineering giant, rolls royce, is to cut 9,000 jobs — news we have a lot of contact almost a fifth of its workforce — because of the impact of coronavirus on the aviation industry. tracers, hopefully properly trained the firm says it's consulting before the end of the month. but it with unions about where the jobs is good news that we are moving that will go and whether factories need way, because it is essential if we to close, but many of the job cuts are expected to be in the uk. are going to get anywhere near our business correspondent simon gompertz reports. getting rid of lockdowns, we need the system working. can i try and engines powering airbus and boeing planes — a pinnacle of british manufacturing, get, in terms of specifics, so when now in crisis because the planes themselves aren't flying. the prime minister says 24,000 tracers have been recruited, is that thejobs, many in derby, are some of the most the right sort of number, is that skilled and highly prized. what you would be looking at for a scheme that should be up and running though this is an international company, the heaviest ina scheme that should be up and running in a couple of weeks? well it is a blow will fall here. here in derby we understand this minimum number, because it is very is a very difficult day, labour—intensive work, individuals it is a very difficult day for our employees have to talk to other individuals, all around the world. evenif have to talk to other individuals, even if it is by telephone. i don't but we need to get on and do this think we can rely on the app to the now because it is about creating all the work. it is what we call a sustainable business for the future, so that ultimately we can protect the jobs shoe leather epidemiology. personal that we will have left as a result of this. contact is important and somebody has to do the testing. i'm not happy

derby has most of the civil aviation about leaving the testing to the jobs which are in peril, people themselves. because they may including hundreds of apprentices and graduate trainees. unions expect nearly 31100 uk jobs not stick the swab up their nose to be cut here this year, with thousands more to be cut later. firmly enough and so on. so there a lot of work and we could miss cases. the rolls—royce workshops of derby this virus is a tricky virus and have been producing record—breaking engines for nearly 40 years... many people don't have symptoms and britain has been a pioneer they have to have symptoms to make in building planes and engines. sure they're not spreading the ever since, rolls—royce has been virus. it is very labour—intensive a linchpin of engineering here. and that number may turn out not to the company says it has been through lean times before, be enough. but on the other hand, lostjobs and won them back again. doing it on this scale for a virus, we have never done it before. we do there has never been anything like this. it on we have never done it before. we do itona we have never done it before. we do it on a smaller scale for other thousands of planes parked up around viruses and other bacteria. but we the world because of coronavirus, don't do it on this sort of scale and no need for replacements. you cannot make money nationwide. if you cannot sell the engines. the engineering giant, rolls royce, is to cut 9,000 jobs — almost a fifth of its workforce — and the crucial after—sales service is badly affected. because of the impact of coronavirus even so, unions say the surgery is too much. on the aviation industry. they have been very happy to take the government's money to furlough the firm says it's consulting with unions about where the jobs thousands of workers at rolls—royce. we won't simply allow them to walk will go and whether factories need to close, but many of the job cuts

away when the going gets tough. are expected to be in the uk. we need to stand together as a nation and think let's speak to our business about what sort of economy we want and what sort of role companies correspondent simon gompertz. like rolls—royce can play in that economy. simon, a big blow for employees, why we need the government to step up and understand that, of course, the announcement now? it is to to with long—term support for our industry and aviation. with the impact of coronavirus. people knew they were working up a there is a big defence business which has been doing well — plan to cutjobs, because of the the company say some affected staff dire impact there has been on may be able to move across. aviation around the world, so few but this huge retrenchment flights happening, thousands of from rolls—royce is a warning planes parked up in the desert, or that the impact of this virus on jobs could be even deeper and longer lasting than feared. in little—used airports. it is the simon gompertz, bbc news. view going forward of airlines that their fleets will have to be that let's talk to our business much smaller, they won't need so correspondent simon gompertz. many planes, that means cutting we know the devastating impact on so orders and cutting the maintenance many parts of the economy, but this contract, the after sales service particularly, i have a yigs is one of the —— i that rolls—royce provides them and which accounts for half of their revenue. it is hard to exaggerate particularly, i have a yigs is one ofthe —— ii particularly, i have a yigs is one of the —— i i aviation. the importance of rolls—royce to particularly, i have a yigs is one of the -- i i aviation. yes this is this country. it has a position at

a gleaming jewel in the core of the heart of up with of world's most british industry, for it to be under advanced engineering industries, threat is a grievous blow, thatis advanced engineering industries, particularly for derby, where many that is providing these engines for of thejobs are. particularly for derby, where many of the jobs are. let me take you through the numbers. the company planes. it provides highly—skilled, said 9,000 jobs are under threat and highly—paid jobs. it supports tens the chief executive on the bbc of thousands of jobs from suppliers suggested that around do thirds of as well. these massive cutbacks will the losses would be in the uk. that is around 6,000 then. and the unions resonate across the country, but are talking about more than 3,000 they're particularly a blow for this year. so very quickly the derby, where there are most people company moving into redundancy mode, getting rid of people. and then based. the firm said it is talking there would be another tranche to unions about where jobs will go perhaps starting next year of a further 3,000. so huge numbers. not and whether factories will need to close. is there any sense there just derby, because there are 30 could be a reprieve if the lockdown locations involved in the civil sta rts could be a reprieve if the lockdown starts to ease earlier? it feels aviation part of the company and people in factories that perhaps unlikely. partly because the speed only have a few hundred employees at which they're moving to make will be worried that their whole these cuts, to drill down into the

centre would be closed down. and this is tricky, because as you say numbers, 9,000 jobs to go. the chief it is such a specific set of skills executive of rolls—royce gave it to and the hope when ever you talk to be understood in interviews that around two thirds of those were anyone within aviation and the likely to be in the uk. that means airlines world is that of course it is going to be badly hit, but in mostly in derby. now, unions are let's say two or three years, things may start bouncing back. from then, saying that they think the company where have those stills gone? —— is going to move quickly to axe skills gone? that is the worry and rolls—royce is important for training and people start there and nearly 3,400 jobs and the remainder go elsewhere to work. it is an would come next year. pushing it up important resource for engineering. you talk about the bounce back and to around 6,000. the speed of it suggests there is not a huge amount in theory that could happen within months, but beginning from a much of wriggle room. when you have lower level. it is going to take a long time for airlines which have redundancies, there are been so strick on the start ordering possibilities of people perhaps moving. the defence side of rolls—royce is quite successful and the planes which require rolls—royce there could be opportunities to move engines. the chief executive there could be opportunities to move suggested it could take several there and perhaps there will be yea rs suggested it could take several years for that to get back up and running to the sort of level that we opportunities for voluntary redundancies as well. thank you. had only a few months ago. that is

terrible. half of the business is the government has said it remains committed to children not just making the returning to school as soon terrible. half of the business is as possible, despite a number notjust making the engines, it is servicing them, what we call the of english councils expressing safety concerns about plans to reopen primary schools after sales service. i is a big at the start of next month. source of —— it is a big source of ministers are coming under pressure income and that is being drastically to reconsider proposals to reopen schools to some pupils from 1st june. reduced as well. thank you. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. the government says partially reopening schools in england is about taking small a number of english councils steps in lifting the are expressing safety concerns coronavirus lockdown, but there is growing about the government plans to reopen opposition from some primary schools at the councils across england start of next month. over safety concerns. ministers are coming under pressure to reconsider proposals to reopen schools to some pupils from 1st june. 0ur education correspondent there are a lot of practical problems for schools in getting ready for this elaine dunkley reports. and the time scale is very tight. the government says partially but our main concerns reopening schools in england and the reason we is about taking small steps have given the advice we have to our schools, in lifting the coronavirus lockdown. is that we are not yet convinced but there is growing opposition that the government's five from councils across england around safety concerns. test are met. firstly particularly in terms the of the falling in the rate of there are lots of practical problems for schools getting ready for this, infections in the community, and you will be aware there has been the timescale's very tight.

discussions that suggest the infection rate is higher in the the main concern and why we have north than london. given the reason we have given the plan to re—open schools to children in the advice we have to schools reception, year one and year six on the first is that we are not yet convinced ofjune only applies to england. that the government's five tests are met. particular in terms of the falling the government says it is scientifically safe for schools to rate of infections in the community. reopen and has issued guidance. you will be aware that there have been discussions that the infection other parts of the uk rate is higher in the north will continue to keep schools closed. tan, say, london. than, say, london. it really depends on the view of employers, a lot of the plan to reopen schools councils are direct to children in reception, employers of teaching staff. year one and year six on the 1st their views are clearly important and i am not going ofjune only applies to england. to sit here and pretend suddenly on 1st june the government says everything will be it is scientifically safe at school to reopen and has issued guidance. uniform, i don't know. it is my hope, but these other parts of the uk will continue conversations need to continue and we need to listen to keep schools closed. carefully to the concerns of employers and staff. it really depends upon the view of employers. of councils are direct employers of teaching staff. liverpool, bury and hartlepool their views are clearly very are some of the councils that won't direct schools to re—open from 1stjune. important and i'm looking to sit others have written to parents saying it might not be possible for all primary schools to open. their views are clearly very if for some reason important and i'm not going to sit the school did want

here and pretend that suddenly come to continue to open, on the 1st ofjune, when the local authority was advising not to, everything will be uniform. i don't know. it would need to be very clear it is my hope. about its reasons for that decision, but these conversations need to continue and we need to listen why had they come to a different very carefully to the concerns decision from the local authority. of employers and staff. liverpool, bury and hartlepool are some of the council that will not direct schools reopen from the 1st ofjune. others have written to parents schools have become a sticking saying it might be possible point for the government. it was meant to be a national plan to get children for all schools to open. if, for some reason, in england back in the classrooms, the school did want to continue to open when the local authority but the decision on whether to was advising not to, re—open is likely to be taken at a local level. it would need to be very clear about its reasons for that decision. elaine dunkley, bbc news. why had they come to a different decision from the local authority? schools have become a sticking point for the government. it was meant to be a national plan the government has confirmed to get children in england back there will be new checks on some goods entering northern ireland into the classrooms, but the decision on whether to from the rest of the uk reopen is likely to be as part of the brexit deal. the details are contained in uk proposals for implementing the ni taken at a local level. part of the brexit deal. 0ur correspondent chris buckler has the latest from belfast. northern ireland seemed in many ways emma knights, is from the national governance association — to be the most difficult issue to work out in the prolonged brexit

which advises school process, the objective of all sides was to keep the land border between governors and trustees. northern ireland and the irish good afternoon. what are you saying republic open, but that raised the prospect of checks to governors, or what are governors between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. well, in the proposals that the government querying with you, what should they have published today, they are do, who should they listen to? saying that there will be some checks on goods moving across the irish sea and that is governing boards are talking to because northern ireland, under the terms of school leaders and head teachers and brexit deal, will continue to follow some eu rules on goods and good products. executives as your own news pointed out, things change on a daily basis. food products. we are getting more and more s,o some infrastructure will be expanded, particularly at information. so governing boards and head teachers need to look at all so some infrastructure will be expanded, particularly at belfast port and at larne port in county antrim, in order to the sources of information and the facilitate some checks on goods. what the government is stressing official guidance from the is that the checks will be kept to a government and local authorities and minimum and that there will be unfetterred access — that is the key particularly locally maintained schools. they're going to be looking phrase ministers have been using today — at these issues in the round and for businesses in northern ireland to the markets in the uk. now, the reason why they are people are taking this emphasising that point is that unionists find any notion of checks, responsibility incredibly seriously. separation, any sort of trade

they realise this is such an barriers between northern ireland important decision, not just for the and the rest of the uk to be very, very difficult indeed. pupils concerned, but for staff and actually for the wider community. of for example in the house of commons, sammy wilson of the democratic unionist course, everyone wants safety to be party told michael gove, the cabinet minister outlining these plans, taken seriously, there might be people watching who think, well, the that the withdrawal agreement, with its separation, country's been in lockdown for seven in unionist eyes, of or eight weeks, so they have had northern ireland from england, many weeks to think about this and scotland and wales would always be try to work out how schools could offensive to unionists like him. operate some form of social however, that said, the dup, distancing, no one has said it is easy, but there has been a lot of which is northern ireland's largest time to think about it. the government's ambition which they only published a short while ago is conditional on a number of tests unionist party, have given a cautious welcome to some of the being met, we are waiting to see government's commitments in the plan — for the commitment of unfetterred access for northern whether these tests are met. but a lot of planning has been going on. ireland businesses to the uk, as they put and the school leaders have been doing that commitment that there will be no customs checks within the uk's internal customs market and that m m, school leaders have been doing that northern ireland will benefit from in in, day out, because every school trade deals the uk strikes after brexit. building is different and every the dup leader, arlene foster has community is different. how that seen said though the government most make those national or local guidance applies foundational principles unmovable.

so unionists very keen to keep up in your school needs to be looked at the pressure on the government. as far as irish nationalists incredibly carefully. what are the are concerned, well their primary size of the classrooms? are there concern is to protect the economy of the island of ireland external exits? how much traffic can and sinn fein have said that there's no such thing you have in your corridors? how are as a good brexit for any part of ireland, that pupils going to get to school? there is still the way they look at it, isa but anything that can be done within pupils going to get to school? there is a huge number of factors to look at and people are working incredibly the framework, within the trade negotiations going on between the uk hard, nobody is hanging around and the eu need to protect the whole island of ireland as an waiting for things to happen. economic unit. so, these issues while they haven't everybody is concentrating on been in the headlines possibilities and what are the over the last few months, options and what is right for our for obvious reasons, pa rt options and what is right for our part of the country. so where is the are still very much there and we can expect to see the intensity of the talks, balance between, of course thinking the intensity of focus on these through all the factors that you issues connected with northern ireland and its economy and, as some would see it, have outlined, but also thinking, children are missing out on their its status within the uk. education and on socialising with as we build up children of their own age. how much to the end of this year, the idea is that the northern ireland protocol, longer can that continue? the part of the brexit deal that absolutely. the risk assessments relates to northern ireland will come in injanuary, whether or not that are being done by our head there is an over all free trade deal teachers and executives have to take into account all the risks that between the uk and the eu.

young people and their families are facing. 0f for days, brazil has made headlines young people and their families are for its steady increase facing. of course, the issue of in daily deaths and infections. covid transmission is very high on the list, but you're righter there are other things that need to be it is now seeing a sharp escalation of the pandemic — taken into are other things that need to be ta ken into account. with officials reporting more are other things that need to be taken into account. some children are fairing better than others. not than a thousand coronavirus—related deaths on tuesday — every household has good digital the first time that's happened. nearly 18,000 access. so trying to carry out people have died in brazil because of the disease. remote learning if you're not able with more, here's david campanale. to do that, from home, you're graves freshly dug in brazil's largest city, sao paulo. falling behind and we would like to but they have been made ready for a reason. reassure people that school leaders in the past 24 hours, two grim are thinking about those things too. milestones have been passed — thank you. not only the most number of deaths, but also the highest number of confirmed new infections. with over a quarter of a million people with the coronavirus, the headlines on bbc news... only the united states and russia have recorded higher numbers of cases. borisjohnson says there's ‘growing it's a disease clearly confidence' the uk will have a virus tracing system in place by the start not under control. of next month. the trajectory of recorded deaths is heading sharply upwards,

the engineering giant rolls—royce announces 9000 job cuts because of and experts say insufficient testing the impact of coronavirus. might mean the real infection rate could be 15 times higher. local councils urge the the government to reconsider proposals to reopen primary schools in england next month, because of concerns about safety. translation: we're losing the battle against the virus, that's the reality. the virus at this moment is winning the war. these days coming up, the holidays, i don't see them as holidays, but i see them as battle days, the organ donation system has the most important days changed in england today — which it's hoped may save 700 lives a year. people are now presumed to have in the fight against the virus. consented for their organs to be given to others, the country's right—wing president, jair bolsonaro, has dismissed unless they specifically opt out. the risks and compared this system is already used in wales, and will come into force in scotland later in the year. northern ireland still operates covid—19 to a little flu. despite the deaths, he still has the opt—in approach. support for his strategy of opposing lockdowns, including among those the legislation is known outside his presidential palace as max and keira's law — chanting "chloroquine", maxjohnson is a nine—year—old the name of an antimalarial who had a heart transplant, medication that the brazilian after a nine—year— leader claims can be used old donor keira ball was killed in an accident in 2017. max's uncle is the bbc news against coronavirus. presenter rogerjohnson. this is his report.

if you could have perfect it now looks like the president will child, it was keira. finally have his way on the drug, she loved life, people, animals, helped by his new interim health she just wanted to help minister and army general, anybody and anything. happy to take orders from his boss. keira ball was nine president bolsonaro says when she was killed in a car a new protocol will be signed which crash in devon in 2017. widens the use of the drug beyond just critical patients. this despite there being no evidence with her mum and brother seriously yet that it helps treat injured in hospital, or prevent covid—19. keira's father, joe, new federal guidelines recommend took the decision to donate that doctors prescribe antimalarial his daughter's organs. drugs from the onset of symptoms. meanwhile, nearly 400 miles away in newcastle, another nine—year—old, he isn't the only leader in the americas praising its theoretical use, but the trend of deaths max johnson, my nephew, and infections are facts that can't be argued with. had been waiting in a hospital bed for more than six months critical donald trump says he is now looking need of a heart transplant. max had developed dilated at closing us borders cardiomyopathy after to travellers from brazil. contracting a virus. david campanale, bbc news. his heart was failing. after a few months, you almost stop the organ donation system has expecting or hoping for a call changed in england today — which it's hoped may save 700 because if you think too much about, lives a year. will the phone ring today? people are now presumed to have consented for their organs each day is a disappointment. to be given to others, i love you both. unless they specifically opt out. we love you too. this system is already used in wales, and will come into force

in scotland later in the year. northern ireland still operates the opt—in approach. a documentary crew was filming the legislation is known the work of the transplant team as max and keira's law — at the freeman hospital where max's maxjohnson is a 9 year old who had operation took place. a heart transplant, after a 9 year thankful, very thankful. old donor keira ball was killed in an accident in 2017. thank you, people out there. max's uncle is the bbc news thank you. presenter rogerjohnson. keira's dad's decision was the gift that max's parents had prayed for. if you could have perfect he looked at her and thought, child, it was keira. she loved life, people, animals, she wants to help anybody do she just wanted to help anything, and that would be what she wanted. anybody and anything. so he said his decision was very easy. i think the humanity he has, it took a very courageous person keira ball was nine and a very caring person. when she was killed in a car crash in devon in 2017. so, you know, we are indebted to him with her mum and brother seriously injured in hospital, for having the strength and the love keira's father, joe, and the generosity of doing that. took the decision to donate his daughter's organs. meanwhile, nearly 400 miles away in newcastle, coronavirus has cut the number another nine—year—old, of donors across the uk and many operations max johnson, my nephew, have been put on hold. had been waiting in a hospital bed fun more than six months critical but, prior to the pandemic, need of a heart transplant. consent rates for donations had risen in wales since an opt out max had developed dilated cardiomyopathy after

system was adopted there in 2015. contracting a virus. scotland is following suit. his heart was failing. after a few months, you almost stop today's change in england followed a newspaper campaign for which max expecting or hoping for a call became the poster boy. because if you think too much about, the public and government were able will the phone ring today? each day is a disappointment. to latch onto a personal story and personal progression that made i love you both. we love you too. the topic of organ donation very human and it allowed people to really empathise. a documentary crew was filming the work of the transplant team at the freeman hospital where max's it is not usual for recipients operation took place. thankful, very thankful. and donors families to meet, but, thank you, people out there. amid all the publicity, thank you. the balls and thejohnsons scheme together, both now that the new legislation, keira's dad's decision was the gift that max's parents had prayed for. known as max and keira's law, he looked at her and thought, she wants to help anybody do will encourage other families to share their wishes anything, and that would be if the thinkable should happen. what she wanted. it helps us massively so he said his decision with the grieving process to look at max and see the difference was very easy. that our beautiful princess has given to max. i think the humanity he has, to us, her life was not wasted. it took a very courageous person rogerjohnson, bbc news. and a very caring person. so, you know, we are indebted to him

for having the strength and the love and the generosity of doing that. fiona loud is policy director at kidney care uk. coronavirus has cut the number she joins me now. hello, of donors across the uk shejoins me now. hello, good and many operations afternoon. hello. and i mean, that have been put on hold. but, prior to the pandemic, piece is so moving, no matter how consent rates for donations had risen in wales since an opt out many times you see it and reminds system was adopted there in 2015. you what a remarkable gift it is and i'm sure you won't mind telling scotland is following suit. today's change in england followed viewers the reason you're involved a newspaper campaign for which max is because you had a kidney became the poster boy. transplant. yes, i've seen that the public and government were able piece twice today and each time it to latch onto a personal story brings a piece twice today and each time it and personal progression that made bringsa lump piece twice today and each time it brings a lump to my throat, because the topic of organ donation very human and it allowed people of the enormous generosity and humanity and the love that is shown to really empathise. in the act of organ donation says it it is not usual for recipients all, why we are so pleased this new and donors families to meet, but, law has come in. for myself, i amid all the publicity, the balls and thejohnsons the balls and thejohnsons wouldn't be here without an organ donation. i spent five years on scheme together, both dialysis. that is difficult when you

have a young family and they're just now that the new legislation, now hope starting school and you have to the new legislation, known as max and carer's law, spend three days a week in hospital. will encourage other families to share their wishes if the thinkable should happen. i was never call ed for a it helps us massively with the grieving process to look at max and see the difference that our beautiful princess has given to max. to us, her life was not wasted. transplant, but my husband came forward. it has given me a whole new rogerjohnson, bbc news. lease of life and led to me working with the charity, kidney care uk and we are delighted to be able to see this historic day and i'm please i'm one and a half million of the uk's most vulnerable people have been "shielding" here to be here to see it. i since the start of the pandemic, staying at home in self—isolation wouldn't be without organ donation. and avoiding contact with others. graham satchell has been catching up with holly, you were involved in all the who is shielding in scotland because of her severe asthma. conversations with the government, she has set up an online support the consultation about this law, so group, which now has more here we are, the day is here in than a thousand members. england and it already exists in i mightjust get started and make some lentil soup and be productive. wales and will come into force in holly has been locked down scotland, now it is here it seems on her own for almost two months. strange to imagine there was ever a things are starting to get quite difficult. just everyday is the same.

different system that, still exists in northern ireland. is there an but it is important to just keep argument for saying this isn't the some goals or else, you know, right thing to do for anyone? so it is difficult to just get lost in the abyss. a wee helicopter, budgie, here... yes, i was very much involved in the conversation, going to government and getting patients to come to parliament to tell their story and you can hear how inspirational it is these pictures are from april to hear what giving an organ means. when we first met holly. the british public are very general and she has severe asthma, so like one and a half million people across the uk, she is shielding. it means total isolation. generous and many don't get around to putting their name down. through i am hoping that it is ok that the consultation we had very, very i have got simba here. pretty much the only positive things and of course everybody has a choice. even has the face—to—face company i have. right to go in and opt out for let is simba there? yes, actually, he is here. theirfamily know right to go in and opt out for let their family know they don't want to bea their family know they don't want to be a donor e or. but we heard this since april, holly and simba have been busy. positive support for the fact that a hi there, how are you feeling today? yeah, not too bad. how are you doing? law like this stands to save and holly is having an online

change lives for now and for the chat with katie. future. and now that there is this change, does it mean there needs to what have you got planned today? together they are running a self—help group for those who are shielding and it now has be an increase in capacity in the system, if i use that word about more than 1000 members. with more and more peoplejoining, something so sensitive, because when it has been good to have different somebody sadly passes away, medics perspectives from other people need to move quickly don't they? yes when we are going through the same they do. in fact part of our thing, it makes us feel campaign has been to say it is the a wee bit less alone. right thing to do, but it is not the i will now show you only thing to do. we need to inside my caravan. this is where i sleep... continue with the education of the katie has a number of health public, part of our conversation conditions and has been shielding today, but also our nhs has been in a caravan at her parents‘ house since march. she has also found stretched through the covid pandemic has caused a big impact on staff and the online group a godsend. resources . has caused a big impact on staff and resources. we want to see those it is nice to see that i am not the only one going through this. people are worried, they are having things start to build back up to to reach out for services because of their mental health. fulfil the wishes for organ donation and we will be watching that and being stuck indoors all day, working with the policy makers and it is not great having to stare the nhs to see how that works and to at the same four walls. i have been keeping myself really push for the success in it. busy, making ear savers for the carers in my area. well, thank you very much.

the royal college of psychiatrists has warned that there could be a tsunami of mental health referrals as this pandemic continues. i know for some people it is going to be hard arise captain sir tom moore! seeing their families and friends going out and doing more the world war two veteran who's whilst we are stuck inside. raised nearly £33 million for nhs charities during the coronavirus as time moves forward pandemic has been awarded a knighthood. and restrictions lesson for other and restrictions lessen for other the 100—year—old said he was "overawed" with the special parts of the united kingdom, nomination from the prime minister. i think people in the shielding category will need a lot more john maguire has spent support if they are going to stick the morning with him. happy birthday to you! to what they are being told to do.. his story has been a real light, a beacon of hope i am so pleased that he in these dark times. is still there, holly, it is lovely to have that with the country and much companionship, isn't it? yes, it is nice to have something of the world on lockdown, a familyjoke saw tom moore, there to, you know... who had served as a captain sorry... in the second world war, pledge to walk 100 laps of his garden to celebrate it is important to have something his 100 years of life. his aim was to raise £1000 for nhs there to get a bit of comfort from. charities after he had been so well treated following a fall. it was lovely speaking to you again today, katie... as well as simba, holly now has as the steps increased, a small army of virtual friends his story spread around the globe

who are all helping each other. and his fundraising smashed keep your spirits up! all targets into oblivion. graham satchell, bbc news. many called for a knighthood, and now that target has also been reached. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick. i am still tom moore. i think sir tom sounds very nice, hello, plenty of sunshine, very warm out there today. but inside nothing has changed, temperatures in the hotspots nothing has changed inside. reaching into the upper—20s celsius. just a bit of low cloud close to some of the coast of northern ireland, south west scotland, and for shetland, it is grey, the great and be good have lined up misty and cool here. to thank and pay tribute to him, just gentle breezes and again, including those from two of his passions — plenty of warmth in the sunshine. motor racing and cricket. a fine evening out there. 0vernight we are going to bring i just want to send a huge congratulations on this in an area of cloud and some outbreaks of rain incredible honour on being knighted. through northern ireland it is so well—deserved. into western scotland, and reaching parts of wales what you have done in bringing and the western side of england by the end of the night. together a nation, inspiring so many and temperatures not going down too and helping those that really need far, as you might imagine. it most, honestly, if you look at this weather system i am in awe of you. for tomorrow and think, "yes, i would like some rain on the garden." you made us want to or get up it has been driest across southern areas and there doesn't seem in the morning and turn our be much on the way. televisions on to see how much as it moves east, across all parts, you had raised and how there is a chance of some heavy far you had gone.

an amazing effort and i think and thundery showers in the southern flank of that — in hard, hard times, the country parts of the east midlands, needs something like that to inspire them. east anglia and south—east england. so i think what you have achieved but that rain then clears goes way beyond the money. to allow plenty of sunshine as the afternoon goes on. if you look at every household, it is just a touch cooler tomorrow, but still very warm out there. everybody knows who sir tom is now. no surprise that captain sir tom is as busy as ever. he will continue walking. he will also continue fundraising, this time for his newly—formed captain tom foundation. that will focus on three areas — bereavement, loneliness and mental health. well, my wife was in hospital for so many years and was on her own and one day she said to me, she said, if you didn't come and see me, i would be lonely. and that broke my heart, because this was an outcry. the inner thoughts of people. and with her were so many people, mainly ladies who had been there for years and not a soul had ever came to see them.

the honourfollows a personal this is bbc news — recommendation from the prime minister and has been approved i'm reeta chakrabarti, by the queen. building up to today's coronavirus briefing from the government. captain sir tom hopes the headlines... she will perform the investiture when they resume. borisjohnson says there's "growing confidence" the uk will have i am in hoping that by then a virus—tracing system in place i will be able to walk properly, by the start of next month. otherwise i thought, how am i going to manage in a wheelchair? we will have a test, and how do i get down on one knee? track and trace operation that will be world—beating and, because if i get down, yes, it will be in place, i cannot get up. it will be in place by the 1st ofjune. maybe the queen will reach the engineering giant rolls—royce out her hand to give me a hand. announces 9,000 job cuts because of the impact of coronavirus. i doubt it. it is worth a thought, though, isn't it? with every step, every million, local councils urge every wise word delivered the government to reconsider with humility and humour, proposals to reopen primary schools in england next month, he is an inspiration and now because of concerns about safety. a knight of the realm. more nhs help for people arise, captain sir thomas moore. with diabetes, as a study finds the disease is linked to a third of coronavirus hospital deaths john maguire, bbc news, bedfordshire.

now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello, plenty of sunshine, very warm out there today. temperatures in the hotspots reaching into the upper—20s celsius. just a bit of low cloud close to some of the coast of northern ireland, south west scotland, and for shetland, it is grey, misty and cold here. just gentle breezes and again, plenty of warmth in the sunshine. a fine evening out there. 0vernight we are going to bring in an area of cloud and some outbreaks of rain through northern ireland into western scotland, and reaching parts of wales and the western side of england by the end of the night. and temperatures not going down too far, as you might imagine. if you look at this weather system for tomorrow and think, "i would like some rain on the garden." it has been driest across southern areas and there doesn't seem be much on the way. as it moves east, across all parts, there is a chance of some heavy and thundery showers in the southern flank of that part of the east midlands,

east anglia and south—east england. but that rain then clears to allow plenty of sunshine as the afternoon goes on. it is just a touch cooler tomorrow, but still very warm out there. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... borisjohnson says there's ‘growing confidence' the uk will have a virus tracing system in place by the start of next month. we will have a test, track and trace operation that will be world—beating and, yes, it will be in place, it will be in place byjune1st. the engineering giant rolls royce announces 9000 job cuts because of the impact of coronavirus. local councils urge the the government to reconsider proposals to reopen primary schools in england next month, because of concerns about safety. more nhs help for people with diabetes — as a study finds the disease is linked to a third of coronavirus hospital deaths in england.

and arise, captain sir tom moore — the world war two veteran who's raised more than £30 million for the nhs is awarded a knighthood. we will talk about the test, track and trace system in a little while, but first he is the sport news. —— first here is the sport news. good afternoon. liverpool are back in training, as the premier league clubs continue to return for non—contact sessions, with social distancing rules in place. the club tweeted, "the boss and pep are back at melwood". and these are pictures from this morning's session at watford's training ground, a day after they returned three positive tests for covid—19, which included one player. most of the squad were there, but some players have opted to follow individual programmes at home while they wait

for reassurances about the protocols involved in team training when it comes to the spread of the coronavirus. manager nigel pearson has stressed he won't force the group sessions on anyone who is uncomfortable. there were six positive tests in all among premier league clubs, burnley‘s assistant manager ian woan among them. that number — from 748 tests — is less than 1% and it's being seen as good news. however, it's accepted that protection from the virus cannot be guaranteed at the moment. as a medical person, my view on it is if you are looking for a completely risk—free environment for football to return, it will not return in the near future. if you are looking for a sport to return with minimal risk, then i can't think of a sport that you are doing more to reduce the risk involved for them to be able to return to the sport. league one clubs have been meeting again this morning to try to come

to an agreement over the rest of the season. as you'd expect, the clubs aiming for promotion are keen to carry on playing — including wycombe wanderers, who are outside the play—off places only on goal difference. continuing the season from a competitive point of view, we were ready. the longer the time goes on now, the more difficult that's looking, both logistically and financially, and some of the clubs, you know, it's going to be a real wrench for them to continue, but as wycombe, we are ready for whatever is decided and we hope this is really soon. and women's super league and championship teams are assuming their seasons are over, according to sources at several clubs. manchester city were leading chelsea by one point at the top of the table when matches were halted. there'll be no final decisions until the clubs have given their views to the fa in a formal consultation process. it's understood the joint wsl and women's championship board would then decide how to determine final placings. some england cricketers will return

to training tomorrow. up to 18 bowlers will take part in individual sessions at seven venues across the country. there will be a physio at each ground and social distancing rules in place — these pictures are obviously from before the lockdown. batsmen and wicketkeepers will also be back in individual training from the 1st ofjune. around 30 players in total — centrally contracted and from the county system — will be invited to take part. there'll be no cricket in england or wales until at least the beginning ofjuly because of the pandemic. the president of french horse racing's governing body has reacted angrily to the news that some courses could be forced to close again. it was only nine days ago that the sport re—started from behind closed doors, but government approval has been withdrawn from areas still affected by the coronavirus outbreak. they include paris and the east of the country, so next month's french 2,000 and 1,000 guineas could be moved from longchamp to deauville.

edouard de rothschild of france galop said it was "inexplicable and irrational". racing will be able to continue in normandy, the south and the west. it's been confirmed that the ridelondon festival of cycling has been cancelled. it was scheduled for the weekend of the 15th and 16th of august. as well as the four mass participation events planned, there were also two professional races organised. running for seven years, the festival has been credited with inspiring hundreds of thousands of people to take up cycling. more details on all of those stories on the bbc sport website, but is for now. the prime minister has said there is a growing confidence that the uk will have a test, track and trace operation in place byjune1st. borisjohnson said during prime minister's questions that the system will be

world—beating and there will be 25,000 trackers. he said this will help stop the disease from spreading and added that 211,000 tracers had already been recruited. hugh pennington is emeritus professor of bacteriology at aberdeen university. hello, good afternoon. hi, jane. what the make of this announcement? is there enough in place to have this up and running byjune the 1st, do you feel? time will tell. it has taken a long time. as for world beating, we have been beaten by several countries. we have been very slow, in my opinion, getting it going. but it is good news that we have a large number of contact traces. i hope they are properly trained before. but it is good news that we are moving along that way because it is essential if we are going to get anywhere near getting out of lockdown and opening schools, we have to have the system in place

working. you will understand all of this so much better than me. can i just get some of the specifics? when the prime minister says, 211,000 traces have already been recruited, is that the right sort of number, is that what you would be looking at for a scheme that should be up and running ina for a scheme that should be up and running in a couple of weeks?m for a scheme that should be up and running in a couple of weeks? it is an absolute minimum number because it is really very labour—intensive work. individuals have to talk to other individuals, even if i telephone, and i don't think we can rely on the app to do the work for everybody. it is what we used to call and still call shoe leather epidemiology. personal contact is very important and summary has to do the testing as well and i'm not happy about leaving the testing to the people themselves. they may not stick the swab up their nose firmly enough and so on. there is a lot of work involved and this is done properly. this virus is a really

tricky virus because it goes under the radar and many people don't have any symptoms, they have to be tested to make sure they are not people who are sparingly virus. but it is labour—intensive. that number may turn out to not be enough. 0n the other hand, doing it on the scale for a virus, we haven't done it before, we do it on a smaller scale for other viruses and other bacteria. but we don't do it on this sort of scale nationwide. and there are different part of the country which have different degrees and problems. it will be very interesting to see how it works out in practice. we don't have the same number of traces per head of population in liverpool and manchester where the virus is still a bit busier than in london? where the virus has peaked a while ago. these are issues that it would be nice to hear the detail on before making any more comments on whether the numbers are enough. and the fact that you mentioned other countries have been doing it and started

earlier, is your sense that we look and learn? we look at best practice from other countries and can draw countries from there? does that go on? i hope so. other countries have been quite successful in notjust getting the virus numbers down and getting the virus numbers down and getting the virus numbers down and getting the number of cases down, but virtually eliminating the virus. a good example is new zealand. they we re a good example is new zealand. they were lucky because they had a relatively small number of cases, but they arrived from the north and the south island and they had a very draconian lockdown. but they have managed to track cases and are very good at tracking cases in outbreaks. this virus is notjust happen across the population, it happens in particular settings where people gather together and the virus gets about ina gather together and the virus gets about in a ——... they have had weddings and the virus has spread

there. other countries have done well, apart from countries like south korea and china itself. i think it is wrong to be sceptical about china. 0k, they were more draconian in some ways because of the nature of the logical system there, but we can learn lessons from how they did it too. it is so interesting, the international comparisons, and you mentioned new zealand. now, how fair a comparisons, and you mentioned new zealand. now, how faira comparison is that? by which i mean, look at the massive difference in population. more people live in london than live in the whole of new zealand. is it just london than live in the whole of new zealand. is itjust a little bit easier to do their because of their relatively small chelation? absolutely. —— relatively small chelation? absolutely. -- their relatively small population. they took it absolutely seriously. and they took it's easy to eradicate the virus and get rid of it altogether. —— they

took it seriously. they have a good health system and the communication has been very good. watching the prime minister at her press conferences and so on, it is quite instructive how you get the message across to the public to follow the kind of public health advice that is being given in a very... and new zealand, they are not soft people. they would resist anything that they regard as being silly as much as any other country in the world. you have to get them onside, which is what has happened in new zealand. likewise, china, wuhan where the virus started, has a population bigger london, and they have managed to sort it out there too. although with the caveat that they can do things that we just wouldn't dream of doing and they have cut wuhan from the rest of the country and all that kind of thing. but there are lessons to be learned from all of these international examples as to how to do this contact tracing,

hunting the virus down, that is what is. if you want any hunting analogy, where you hunt it down and i suppose hunting is a bit unfashionable, but you stop the virus spreading by putting the people who are infectious, basically, into self isolation for a week or a couple of weeks. and by that time, the virus has gone away. really interesting to talk to you. thank you very much, professor hugh pennington. the nhs is to offer more help to people living with diabetes, after a study found the disease was linked to a third of coronavirus deaths in english hospitals. there will be video consultations with medics, a new helpline and weight loss programmes after clinicians found that higher blood sugar levels and obesity increase the risk of dying from covid—19. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports.

living with diabetes is hard at the best of times, but forjanet carroll, who has type two diabetes, coping with the fear of covid—19 is adding an extra level of stress. i am not sleeping of a night, i am restless, and just not going out. it is like being in a stephen king novel at the moment. it is frightening, it really, really is. janet's concerns are reflected in a new study indicating diabetics are at increased risk of death from covid—19. this applies to type one, which most often develops in childhood, and type two, which affects mostly old people and is associated with weight gain, poor diet and a lack of exercise. but while high blood sugar levels and obesity add to the risk, age is far and away the biggest risk factor. older people are more likely to die of the infection. age is the dominant, dominant factor here. so actually, people with either type

one or type two diabetes below the age of a0 are at very low risk. and over the period of time that we have studied, we didn't any recorded deaths in people with type one diabetes or indeed type two diabetes below the age of 20. the charity diabetes uk says that as we begin to cautiously resume our lives, people living with the condition want to know how they can protect themselves. as lockdown eases, more people moving back to work, it is important that the government looks at the data and uses this evidence to drive its guidance and policies around how people with diabetes can stay safe, whether that is at work or at home. and equally what is important is that people continue to get all the advice and support they need. the nhs in england is encouraging diabetics to stay on top of their condition using video consultations with medics, a new nhs helpline and weight loss programmes. meanwhile, medical experts are looking at whether the risks for those who have diabetes

are so great they should consider shielding themselves like other vulnerable groups. but the isolation that could cause could lead to more harm than good. dominic hughes, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... borisjohnson says there's ‘growing confidence' the uk will have a virus tracing system in place by the start of next month. the engineering giant rolls—royce announces 9000 job cuts because of the impact of coronavirus. local councils urge the the government to reconsider proposals to reopen primary schools in england next month, because of concerns about safety. for some days, brazil has made headlines for its steady increase in daily deaths and infections. it is now seeing a sharp escalation of the pandemic, with officials reporting more than 1000 coronavirus—related deaths on tuesday — the first time that's happened.

nearly 18,000 people have died in brazil because of the disease. with more details, here's david campa nale. graves freshly dug in brazil's largest city, sao paulo. but they have been made ready for a reason. in the past 2a hours, two grim milestones have been passed — not only the most number of deaths, but also the highest number of confirmed new infections. with over a quarter of a million people with the coronavirus, only the united states and russia have recorded higher numbers of cases. it's a disease clearly not under control. the trajectory of recorded deaths is heading sharply upwards, and experts say insufficient testing might mean the real infection rate could be 15 times higher. translation: we are losing the battle against the virus, that is the reality. the virus at this moment is winning the war.

these days coming up to the holidays, i don't see them as holidays, but i see them as battle days, the most important days in the fight against the virus. the country's right—wing president, jair bolsonaro, has dismissed the risks and compared covid—19 to a little flu. despite the deaths, he still has support for his strategy of opposing lockdowns, including among those outside his presidential palace chanting "chloroquine", the name of an antimalarial medication that the brazilian leader claims can be used against coronavirus. it now looks like the president will finally have his way on the drug, helped by his new interim health minister and army general, happy to take orders from his boss. president bolsonaro says a new protocol will be signed which widens the use of the drug beyond just critical patients.

this despite there being no evidence yet that it helps treat or prevent covid—19. he isn't the only leader in the americas praising its theoretical use, but the trend of deaths and infections are facts that can't be argued with. donald trump says he is now looking at closing us borders to travellers from brazil. let's talk about something com pletely let's talk about something completely different for a few minutes. eight inspirational young people from across the uk are being recognised with rotary young citizen awards this week. throughout the week we'll be talking to all the winners — all of whom are under 25, and have been singled out for their outstanding contribution to their communities. this year's awards include the first—ever rotary young citizen sporting hero award. that is going to 14—year—old will sears. will has been a keen

sailor since the age of ten, but last april, suffered a stroke and as a result, now has epilepsy. but despite this, he has been determined to get back to competing in sailing championships. willjoins us now from bournemouth. hello, will, hi. hi. congratulations on your award and i are assuming thatis on your award and i are assuming that is yours behind you, so explain what you sale and where you sail it. this is my boat doris. it is an rs terror and i have been saving it for about two years. i sale it all around europe basically. all around europe? my goodness. i gather once you fell ill, some people suggested that you may not be able to sail any more and it would be very it sounds like you persuaded a lot of people

and prove them wrong. explain exactly what you did. you have been beating at a high level, haven't you? yes. what have you been competing in? it i have been competing in? it i have been competing in? it i have been competing in the national and international championships. with help from salability, my roald dahl nurse, cat, and my sailing club in christchurch. that is down in dorset. where are the competitions and ready saletells all about it.|j have been out sailing in sweden and when i was there, they were about 100 competitors and icom overall, came aath. even though i did have a seizure on the second day. —— and overall. that is absolutely remarkable. that is one of the

reasons that you were nominated for this award. what did you think when you heard that you had been given this award? i was really overwhelmed and humbled to have been chosen. i am really grateful to the school for nominating me and the rotary club in christchurch. what is next for you? what is the next challenge? my next challenge is to go to germany for the world championships next year. and when people sometimes say to you, take it easy, don't overdo it, you, take it easy, don't overdo it, you have got a lot to content with, ta ke you have got a lot to content with, take things gently, what do you say to people like that? this is clearly your passion, isn't it? yes, ijust say i have got it for life, it is my passion and i want to continue following it. good for you. quite

right too. brilliant. that is so lovely and sorry we cannot speak a little bit longer. many congratulations and keep up the amazing work—out on water. thank you very much indeed. we'll come to us from bournemouth. could be a lot more to come from him in the years to come. today could be the hottest day of the year, with temperatures possibly touching 28 degrees in some parts of the uk. 0ur colleague sarah is in weston—super—mare. i don't want to rub this in, sarah, but the last timei rub this in, sarah, but the last time i spoke to viewer on a lovely beach as well. you are doing something right and i am something wrong! it is beach day! we cannot manage

the 28 degrees here, but we are round about 23 degrees. i had a quick look earlier and we do appear to be about the same as the south of france and slightly warmer than venice, so i am not complaining. the nice weather has certainly brought people out here in spite of these restrictions that are still enforced. the esplanade here and on the beach, well, the people have ditched their coats and picked out t—shirts, shorts and some have even brought swimming suits out. if you look at the beach at the moment and at the grand appear, you can see the beachis at the grand appear, you can see the beach is really busy at the moment and people are trying to socially distance and have got various bits and pieces. we have girls here sunbathing and have been sunbathing all day. if you look at the grand, the grand is completely shut. this is one of the main attractions and is one of the main attractions and is completely shut. you would

normally have thousands of visitors on there and enjoying the odd ice cream or two. some of the concessions along the esplanade here are open. the fish and chip shop is open for takeaway only, lots of people have wondered by with ice creams this afternoon and you can obviously get hold of some of those. and authorities are welcoming day—trippers and can travel a couple of hours and enjoy the beach and go home. they say there is nothing here or nowhere here to stay. in fact, as we talked about last week, none of the facilities in terms of toilets and that sort of thing, none of those are open either. the authorities here are saying, do come if you conform away again at the end of the day. bear in mind there are no facilities open. but if you are thinking and thinking about staying here. don't do that, none of them

are open. when they are open, they will welcome you back here with open arms. lovely to see the sun, but thank you very much, sarah. wise words. day—trippers only, that is the advice from tourism bosses for now and of course, nice there it is to look at the beach, we still have to look at the beach, we still have to social distance. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello, another one day to day. tempered is boosted by the sunshine. here is a view from surrey earlier from an actually named —— aptly named weather watcher. not a record to four may, 29 degrees. temperatures are high could be recorded in parts of yorkshire, east midlands, east anglia as well as south—east england. we have a flow of warm aircoming south—east england. we have a flow of warm air coming our way from the south and plenty of sunshine. a sunny afternoon across northern england, northern ireland and scotla nd england, northern ireland and scotland than we have had recently.

some cloud may be hugging some of the eastern coast of northern ireland, south—west scotland and it is grey and misty across shetland, holding temperatures down here. further west in over round it could get to 22 and 2a in scotland. high—temperature and wales. which is not the only thing that is high, uv levels as well. that means to take ca re levels as well. that means to take care in the strong may sunshine. a fine, very warm evening and for most it will be dry overnight. we do have a weather system coming from northern ireland and into scotland and parts of wales and west and england with patchy rain as the night goes on into the morning. if you look at that and think you would like some rain on the garden, especially in the driest parts in the south, there isn't much rain tomorrow, but there is a chance in the late morning that east anglia, east midlands, heavy and funder showers before the chance of that donations during the afternoon and most of us in the day were some sunshine again. it is cooler, but still very warm. there is a more

active weather system coming in on friday night and then we see the winds pick up a lady area of low pressure and a boundary pushing across the uk. not much at all for those gardens in the south of the uk. heavy downfalls into northern ireland and scotland in the west and showers for wales and western parts of england with strong gale force wind is. these are some of the gusts, and parts of scotland will have 60 to 65 mph gusts. saturday is pretty much a repeat performance of friday and sunday we could still see a bit of rain in scotland in particular. but some others are turning dry on sunday and into next week, it looks to be turning a bit warmer again.

this is bbc news, i'mjane hill. the headlines: borisjohnson says there's ‘growing confidence' the uk will have a virus—tracing system in place by the start of next month. we will have a test, track and trace operation that will be world—beating and, yes, it will be in place, it will be in place byjune1st. the engineering giant rolls royce announces 9,000 job cuts, because of the impact of coronavirus. local councils urge the government to reconsider proposals to reopen primary schools in england next month, because of concerns about safety. more nhs help for people with diabetes, as a study finds the disease is linked to a third of coronavirus hospital deaths in england.

and arise captain sir tom moore — the world war two veteran who's raised more than 30 million for the nhs is awarded a knighthood. good afternoon. the prime minister has said there is a growing confidence that the uk will have a test, track and trace operation in place by next month. borisjohnson said during prime minister's questions that the system will be world beating and there will be 25,000 trackers. he said this will help stop the disease from spreading and added that 211,000 tracers had already been recruited. let's look at the government's approach to testing and tracing so far. on 12th march, the

government moved away from community tests and contact tracing on 12th march, as ministers decided to focus testing on patients with suspected coronavirus in hospitals, care homes and prisons. on 26th march, england deputy chief medical 0fficerjenny haries said at the daily briefing that although the government still carried out some contact tracing and testing, "in high—risk areas like prisons and care homes, that is not an appropriate mechanism." a contact—tracing app was piloted on the isle of wight on 8th may. it's understood that more than 60,000 people downloaded and used the app. health secretary matt hancok says that the app is due to be rolled out nationally within the next few weeks. and as we've heard, today the prime minister announced in the commons that a test, track and track system will be in place by 1stjune. labour leader sir keir starmer

pressed borisjohnson in the commons about the lack track and tracing since the middle of march, but the prime minister insisted the new system would be effective. we have growing confidence that we will have a test, track and trace operation that will be world—beating. and yes, it will be in place, it will be in place byjune the 1st. and to repeat the figure, since he has invited me to do so, they will be 25,000 trackers and they will be able to cope with 10,000 new cases a day. that is very very important. because new cases currently are running at around 2500 a day. they will be able to trace the contacts of those new cases and to stop the disease spreading. and what i hope very much is that notwithstanding the occasional difficulty of these exchanges, and i totally appreciate the role that he has to fulfil, that he will support us as we go forward, that he will be positive about this test track and trace operation and that we can work

together to use it to take our country forward. that is what i think the people of this country want to see. let's cross to our political correspondentjessica parker in westminster. interesting that the prime minister mentioned the day of 1stjune, because of course this is the date that people are talking about for some schools possibly to re—open. is there a link there? i think there is almost certainly a link there, june 1st, the date the government put forward for some years within primary school to possibly seeing a staggered return, so receptions and yea rs one staggered return, so receptions and years one and six. but we have seen a number of councils in england, because it is just applying to england, raising concerns about whether that is too soon and unions representing teachers have been raising a safety issue and one key question is whether a proper testing

regime will be in place for the return of some primary schools in england. boris johnson making return of some primary schools in england. borisjohnson making this announcement today that there will bea announcement today that there will be a system up and running onjune 1st. what will the system be? it is important to distinguish between the fa ct important to distinguish between the fact you have this army of contact tracers and you have the nhs app and borisjohnson outlining figures saying there would be 25,000 contact tracers in place and they will be able to do 10,000 a day. in terms of app that is being trialled on the isle of wight, ministers have been less clear about when that will be rolled out nationwide. you could see the contact tracers in place byjune 1st and the app later. there will be of course pressure on the government and the ministers to make sure

whatever the system is that it works effectively, provides that reassurance that some people want to see, in order to see schools return. all right, thank you very much for now. we will be speaking about schools specifically in the next couple of minutes. hugh pennington is emeritus professor of bacteriology at aberdeen university. he gave me his reaction to boris johnson's announcement. it's taken a long time, as to world—beating, well, we have been beaten by a few other countries by having such a system running. we have been slow getting it running. but it is good news we have that large number of contact—tracers. i hope they're properly trained before the end of the month. it is good news that we're moving that way, because it is essential if we're going to get anywhere near ending

lock downs and opening schools, we have to have the system in place and working. you will understand all of this so much better than me, can i try and get, in terms of specifics, when the prime minister says 211,000 tracers have been recruited, is that the right sort of number that you would be looking at? it is a minimum number. it is labour—intensive work, individuals have to talk to other individuals, even by telephone, i don't think we can rely on the app to do all the work. it is what we used to call, or still call shoe leather epidemiology and somebody has to do the testing as well and i'm not happy about leaving the testing to the people themselves, because they may not stick the swab up because they may not stick the swab up their nose firmly enough and so on. there is a lot of work involved and unless it is done properly, we

will miss cases, because the virus isa will miss cases, because the virus is a tricky one, it goes under the radar, many people don't have symptoms and they have to be tested to make sure they're not spreading the virus. it is very labour—intensive. that number may turn out not to be enough. but doing on it on this scale for a virus, we have never done it before. we do it ona have never done it before. we do it on a smaller scale for other viruses and other bacteria, but we don't do it on this sort of scale nationwide. hugh pennington there. the government has said it remains committed to children returning to school as soon as possible, despite a number of english councils expressing safety concerns about plans to reopen primary schools at the start of next month. ministers are coming under pressure to reconsider proposals to reopen schools to some pupils from 1st june. 0ur education correspondent

elaine dunkley reports. the government says partially reopening schools in england is about taking small steps in lifting the coronavirus lockdown, but there is growing opposition from some councils across england over safety concerns. there are a lot of practical problems for schools in getting ready for this and the time scale is very tight. but our main concerns and the reason we have given the advice we have to our schools, is that we are not yet convinced that the government's five test are met. firstly particularly in terms the of the falling in the rate of infections in the community, and you will be aware there has been discussions that suggest the infection rate is higher in the north than london. the plan to re—open schools to children in reception, year one and year six on the first ofjune only applies to england. the government says it is scientifically safe for schools to reopen and has issued guidance.

other parts of the uk will continue to keep schools closed. it really depends on the view of employers, a lot of councils are direct employers of teaching staff. their views are clearly important and i am not going to sit here and pretend suddenly on 1st june everything will be uniform, i don't know. it is my hope, but these conversations need to continue and we need to listen carefully to the concerns of employers and staff. liverpool, bury and hartlepool are some of the councils that won't direct schools to re—open from 1stjune. others have written to parents saying it might not be possible for all primary schools to open. if for some reason the school did want to continue to open, when the local authority was advising not to, it would need to be very clear about its reasons for that decision, why had they come to a different decision from the local authority.

schools have become a sticking point for the government. it was meant to be a national plan to get children in england back in the classrooms, but the decision on whether to re—open is likely to be taken at a local level. elaine dunkley, bbc news. leeds city council have said it will be impossible for all schools in the city to adhere to the government's timetable of reopening byjune1st. jonathan pryor is the council's executive member for learning, hejoins me now. good afternoon. good afternoon. you are saying not all schools could manage it by that date, that was made said before borisjohnson talked about tracking and tracing by the start ofjune, does that announcement change anything for you? i think it could potentially change things if that comes to fruition. but what we have seen from

the government, they make announcements about where they are with a number of things and those announcements don't come to fruition when the date comes. so frankly i will believe it when i see it. when the date comes. so frankly i will believe it when i see itm you and fellow council members had confidence that was really going to happen and that was going to be a way of keeping tabs on who has coronavirus and therefore keeping other safe, would you then say to head teachers, do you know what, children need to go back to school, they have been out too long, do your best to re—open onjune1st. they have been out too long, do your best to re—open onjune 1st.|j they have been out too long, do your best to re-open on june 1st. i still think there would be factors that head teachers need to take into account. 0ne head teachers need to take into account. one thing we have said to head teachers is they all have different cohorts of pupils and teachers who may be shielding,

because of preexisting conditions they may have. all schools have different layouts and their agent so social distancing is different. so it would be treat to have tracking and tracing in place, there are a huge number of factors that are individual to each school. so i think the blanket approach does not work at all. so, but some will. do you think some could? 0n work at all. so, but some will. do you think some could? on that date? potentially, there is a chance that some schools may want to begin the ball rolling on it. from a lot of schools i have spoken to, i don't think it will be a huge number and not as much as the government wouldn't. we want to get children back to school as soon as is safely possible. but that is the key, when it is satisfactorily possible. the government choosing an arbitrary did does not help. what are head teachers saying to you, what are

their concerns why they say we can't meet that deadline. two examples in leeds, one primary school, where every class roo m leeds, one primary school, where every classroom can be accessed from outdoors and every class of 15, as the government said, can queue up outside to eper the. there is another school down the road where there is one entrance to the school and the school is on a busy road with a pavement and you would have the entire school queueing outside. that is not practical. those differences between schools shows that the government have not thought it through. we say to heads, we trust yourjudgment, it through. we say to heads, we trust your judgment, if you're it through. we say to heads, we trust yourjudgment, if you're not ready to open on 1stjune, then don't. we are not putting any pressure on them to open and a lot of schools will be pushing that further back. so the example of the school that you gave where it might be possible, because it opens out, there is a door opening out, are you encouraging those schools to try to come back? because children have

been off for a very long time now haven't they, that is vital education and such social interaction with kids of their own age. they have, but that social distancing is just one factor that schools need to consider. they need to consider also their staffing levels, for the protection of vulnerable staff and to factor in the testing and tracing and over all asa the testing and tracing and over all as a country we need to reach a point where we have a lower in febgs level and a —— infection level. point where we have a lower in febgs level and a -- infection level. how worried are you about children and how long they're going without education? hugely worried of course. but it is important to remember that schools have been open in the past two months, looking after vulnerable children and the children of key workers and children are still working from home and doing a lot of

pastoral work and it is not the same as being in school of course, but children's safety is important, not just their education. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: borisjohnson says there's ‘growing confidence' the uk will have a virus tracing system in place by the start of next month. the engineering giant rolls royce announces 9,000 job cuts, because of the impact of coronavirus. local councils urge the government to reconsider proposals to reopen primary schools in england next month, because of concerns about safety. the engineering giant, rolls royce, is to cut 9,000 jobs — almost a fifth of its workforce — because of the impact of coronavirus on the aviation industry. the firm says it's consulting with unions about where the jobs

will go and whether factories need to close, but many of the job cuts are expected to be in the uk. our business correspondent simon gompertz reports. engines powering airbus and boeing planes — a pinnacle of british manufacturing, now in crisis because the planes themselves aren't flying. thejobs, many in derby, are some of the most skilled and highly prized. though this is an international company, the heaviest blow will fall here. here in derby we understand this is a very difficult day, it is a very difficult day for our employees all around the world. but we need to get on and do this now because it is about creating a sustainable business for the future, so that ultimately we can protect the jobs that we will have left as a result of this. derby has most of the civil aviation jobs which are in peril, including hundreds of apprentices and graduate trainees. unions expect nearly 31100 uk jobs to be cut here this year, with thousands more to be cut later.

"the rolls—royce workshops of derby have been producing record—breaking engines for nearly 40 years..." britain has been a pioneer in building planes and engines. ever since, rolls—royce has been a linchpin of engineering here. the company says it has been through lean times before, lostjobs and won them back again. there has never been anything like this. thousands of planes parked up around the world because of coronavirus, and no need for replacements. you cannot make money if you cannot sell the engines. and the crucial after—sales service is badly affected. even so, unions say the surgery is too much. they have been very happy to take the government's money to furlough thousands of workers at rolls—royce. we won't simply allow them to walk away when the going gets tough. we need to stand together as a nation and think about what sort of economy we want and what sort of role companies like rolls—royce can play in that economy.

we need the government to step up and understand that, of course, with long—term support for our industry and aviation. there is a big defence business which has been doing well — the company say some affected staff may be able to move across. but this huge retrenchment from rolls—royce is a warning that the impact of this virus on jobs could be even deeper and longer lasting than feared. simon gompertz, bbc news. the uk's rate of inflation has fallen to its lowest level for nearly four years, due to a slump in fuel costs and energy prices. data from the office for national statistics showed inflation at 0.8% for april — compared with one—and—a—half percent for march. marks & spencer has reported a 21% fall in its annual profits. m&s saw an improvement in its food business but profits

dropped by more than a third in its clothing and home sectors. the retailer told investors that it had taken a £52 million hit to profits because of coronavirus. the government has confirmed there will be new checks on some goods entering northern ireland from the rest of the uk as part of the brexit deal. the details are contained in uk proposals for implementing the ni part of the brexit deal. let's get some more detailfrom our ireland correspondent chris page. people watching might have also forgotten about this, but explain therefore what we are learning today? i'm sure we're learning something, but i think chris is probably having a little trouble hearing us. i will try again. what do we know about these brexit

developments? now let's i think we can hear chris. this is a little peculiar, i'm told there is a very big delay on the line and that may be the problem. chris, i don't know why it is so large, but explain then what is being said about goods into northern ireland from the rest of the uk? yes, that's right, northern ireland seemed in many ways to be the most difficult issue to work out in the brexit process, the objective of all sides was to keep the land border between northern ireland and the irish republic open, but that raised the possibility of checks. in the proposal it is government have published today, they are saying there will be some checks on goods moving a across the irish sea,

because northern ireland, under the terms of brexit deal, will continue to follow some eu rules on goods and food products. some infrastructure will be expanded, particularly at belfast port and at larne parts in cou nty belfast port and at larne parts in county antrim to facilitate checks on goods. what the government is stressing is the checks will be kept toa minimum stressing is the checks will be kept to a minimum and there will be u nfetterred to a minimum and there will be unfetterred access, that is the key phrase ministers have been using, for businesses in northern ireland to the markets in the uk. now, the reason why they are emphasising that point is that unionists find any notion of checks, separation, placing of trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk to be very difficult. sammy wilson in the house of commons told michael gove the cabinet minister outlining the plans that the withdrawal agreement with separation

of northern ireland from england, scotla nd of northern ireland from england, scotland and wales would be offensive to unionists. but the dup, which is northern ireland's largest unionist party, have given a cautious welcome to some of the government's commitments in the plan, for the commitment of u nfetterred plan, for the commitment of unfetterred access of northern ireland businesses to the uk and that there will be no customs checks within the uk's internal market and northern ireland will benefit from trade deal it is uk strikes and brexit. arlene foster said the government must make the foundational principles unmovable. so unionsts keen to keep up the pressure. for irish nationalists, their concern is to protect the economy of the the island of ireland and sinn fein have said that there is no such thing as a good brexit for any part of ireland, but anything that can be done within the framework, within the trade negotiations going on between the uk

and the eu need to protect the whole island of ireland as an economic unit. these issues, while they haven't been in the headlines in the past few months are still there and we with connect to see the intensity of the talks, the intensity of focus on these issues connected with northern ireland and its economy and as some would see it, its status within the uk as we build up to the end of the year and the idea is that the northern ireland protocol, the pa rt the northern ireland protocol, the part of brexit deal relating to northern ireland, will come in in january, whether there is a free trade deal between the uk and the eu. thank you, chris. got there in the end! the nhs is to offer more help to people living with diabetes, after a study found the disease was linked to a third of coronavirus deaths in english hospitals. there will be video consultations with medics, a new helpline and weight loss programmes — after clinicians found that

higher blood sugar levels and obesity increase the risk of dying from covid—19. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. living with diabetes is hard at the best of times. but forjanet caroll, who has type 2 diabetes, coping with the fear of covid—19 is adding an extra level of stress. not sleeping on a night, restless, and just dare not go out. it's like being in a stephen king novel at the moment. it's frightening. it really, really is. janet's concerns are reflected in a new study indicating diabetics are at increased risk of death from covid—19. this applies to type 1, which most often develops in childhood, and type 2, which affects mostly older people, and is associated with weight gain, a poor diet, and a lack of exercise. but while high blood sugar levels and obesity add to the risk, age is far and away the biggest risk factor. older people are more likely

to die of the infection. age is the dominant, dominant factor here. so actually people with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes below the age of 40 are at very low risk. and over the period of time that we studied, we did not see any recorded deaths in people with type 1 diabetes or indeed type 2 diabetes below the age of 20. the charity diabetes uk says that as we begin to cautiously resume our lives, people living with the condition want to know how they can protect themselves. as lockdown eases, more people moving back to work, it is important that government looks at this data and continues to use this evidence to drive its guidance and to drive its policies around how people with diabetes can stay safe, whether that is at work or whether that is at home. and equally what is important is that people continue to get all the advice and support they need. the nhs in england is encouraging diabetics to stay on top of their condition, using video consultations with medics, a new nhs helpline

and weight loss programmes. meanwhile, medical experts are looking at whether the risks for those who have diabetes are so great they should consider shielding themselves like other vulnerable groups. but the isolation that would cause could lead to more harm than good. dominic hughes, bbc news. arise captain sir tom moore! the world war two veteran who's raised nearly £33 million for nhs charities during the coronavirus pandemic has been awarded a knighthood. the 100—year—old said he was "overawed" with the special nomination from the prime minister. john maguire has spent the morning with him. happy birthday to you! his story has been a real light, a beacon of hope in these dark times. with the country and much of the world on lockdown, a familyjoke saw tom moore, who had served as a captain in the second world war, pledge to walk 100 laps of his garden to celebrate his 100 years of life.

his aim was to raise £1,000 for nhs charities after he had been so well treated following a fall. as the steps increased, his story spread around the globe and his fundraising smashed all targets into oblivion. many called for a knighthood, and now that target has also been reached. i am still tom moore. i think sir thomas sounds very nice, but inside nothing has changed, nothing has changed inside. the great and be good have lined up to thank and pay tribute to him, including those from two of his passions — motor racing and cricket. ijust want to send a huge congratulations on this incredible honour on being knighted. it is so well—deserved. what you have done in bringing together a nation, inspiring so many and helping those that really need it most, honestly, i am in awe of you.

you made us want to or get up in the morning and turn our televisions on to see how much you had raised and how far you had gone. an amazing effort and i think in hard, hard times, the country needs something like that to inspire them. so i think what you have achieved goes way beyond the money. if you look at every household, everybody knows who sir tom is now. no surprise that captain sir tom is as busy as ever. he will continue walking. he will also continue fundraising, this time for his newly—formed captain tom foundation. that will focus on three areas — bereavement, loneliness and mental health. well, my wife was in hospital for so many years and was on her own and one day she said to me, she said, if you didn't come and see me, i would be lonely. and that broke my heart, because this was an outcry. the inner thoughts of people.

and with her were so many people, mainly ladies who had been there for years and not a soul had ever came to see them. the honourfollows a personal recommendation from the prime minister and has been approved by the queen. captain sir tom hopes she will perform the investiture when they resume. i am in hoping that by then i will be able to walk properly, otherwise i thought, how am i going to manage in a wheelchair? and how do i get down on one knee? because if i get down, i cannot get up. maybe the queen will reach out her hand to give me a hand. i doubt it. it is worth a thought, though, isn't it? with every step, every million, every wise word delivered with humility and humour, he is an inspiration and now a knight of the realm. arise, captain sir thomas moore. john maguire, bbc news, bedfordshire.

week, it looks to be turning a bit warmer again. congratulations to him again. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello, plenty of sunshine, very warm out there today. temperatures in the hotspots reaching into the upper—20s celsius. just a bit of low cloud close to some of the coast of northern ireland, south west scotland, and for shetland, it is grey, misty and cool here. just gentle breezes and again, plenty of warmth in the sunshine. a fine evening out there. 0vernight we are going to bring in an area of cloud and some outbreaks of rain through northern ireland into western scotland, and reaching parts of wales and the western side of england by the end of the night. and temperatures not going down too far, as you might imagine. if you look at this weather system for tomorrow and think, "yes, i would like some rain on the garden." it has been driest across southern areas and there doesn't seem be much on the way. as it moves east, across all parts, there is a chance of some heavy

and thundery showers in the southern flank of that — parts of the east midlands, east anglia and south—east england. but that rain then clears to allow plenty of sunshine as the afternoon goes on. it is just a touch cooler tomorrow, but still very warm out there. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... borisjohnson says there's ‘growing confidence' the uk will have a virus tracing system in place by the start of next month. we will have a test, track and trace operation that will be world—beating and, yes, it will be in place, it will be in place byjune1st. the engineering giant rolls—royce announces 9,000 job cuts because of the impact of coronavirus. local councils urge the the government to reconsider proposals to reopen primary schools in england next month, because of concerns about safety. more nhs help for people with diabetes, as a study finds

the disease is linked to a third of coronavirus hospital deaths in england. and arise, captain sir tom moore — the world war two veteran who's raised more than £30 million for the nhs is awarded a knighthood. more about schools and whether they can reopen, but right now it is time for the sports news with jane. good afternoon. liverpool are back in training, as the premier league clubs continue to return for non—contact sessions, with social distancing rules in place. the club tweeted, "the boss and assistant manager pep linders are back at melwood". and these are pictures from this morning's session at watford's training ground, a day after they returned three positive tests for covid—19, which included one player. most of the squad were there

but some players have opted to follow individual programmes at home, while they wait for reassurances about the protocols involved in team training when it comes to the spread of the coronavirus. manager nigel pearson has stressed he won't force the group sessions on anyone who is uncomfortable. there were six positive tests in all among premier league clubs, burnley‘s assistant manager ian woan among them. that number — from 748 tests — is less than 1% and it's being seen as good news. however, it's accepted that protection from the virus cannot be guaranteed at the moment. as a medical person, my view on it is if you are looking for a completely risk—free environment for football to return, it will not return in the near future. if you are looking for a sport to return with minimal risk, then i can't think of a sport that's doing more to reduce the risk involved

for them to be able to return to the sport. well, despite those reassurances, wigan's 2013 fa cup—winning captain emmerson boyce says he can completely understand why some players are reluctant to return to training. he also fears there is still a real danger of catching covid—19. we know how you catch it, we don't know the long lasting, if there is going to be a second way. there are still lots of questions that need to be answered regarding the government's side of it and all of the testing. so you know, from the virus of this, it can shut down the whole world. that is how serious this virus is. asking footballers to go back is a tough one, because football is a contact sport and i think there will be a lot of opportunities and chances for people to catch it. so we are in a risky situation. women's super league and championship teams

are assuming their seasons are over, according to sources at several clubs. manchester city were leading chelsea by one point at the top of the table when matches were halted. there'll be no final decisions until the clubs have given their views to the fa in a formal consultation process. it's understood the joint wsl and women's championship board would then decide how to determine final placings. some england cricketers will return to training tomorrow. up to 18 bowlers will take part in individual sessions at seven venues across the country. there will be a physio at each ground and social distancing rules in place — these pictures are obviously from before the lockdown. batsmen and wicketkeepers will also be back in individual training from the 1st ofjune. around 30 players in total — centrally contracted and from the county system — will be invited to take part. there'll be no cricket in england or wales until at least the beginning ofjuly because of the pandemic. it's been confirmed that the ridelondon festival of cycling has been cancelled.

it was scheduled for the weekend of the 15th and 16th of august. as well as the four mass participation events planned, there were also two professional races organised. running for seven years, the festival has been credited with inspiring hundreds of thousands of people to take up cycling. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's talk a little more about schools. let's talk a little more about schools. the government has said it remains committed to children returning to school as soon as possible, despite a number of english councils expressing safety concerns about plans to reopen primary schools at the start of next month. ministers are coming under pressure to reconsider proposals to reopen schools to some pupils from first june.

as we have been hearing, a lot of people aren't happy at all about the possible safety implications. michelle cooke is a child behavioural specialist and the co—founder of purple parenting, an organisation which provide support and advice to families. shejoins me now. michelle, hello, good afternoon.- there. children have been out of school for a long time now. that's a big gap in their education, they are seeing theirfriends, not physically, what is your take on when the right time is to get them back to some sort of normality?” think as soon as possible. i question whether the 1st of june think as soon as possible. i question whether the 1st ofjune is a bit soon, just because it doesn't feel like there is enough in place to fully say that children would be safe going back. but more about that

kind of emotional side for me is securely given the years that are going back first. it is how they will make sense of what school will then become. how very different it is going to be. how they will manage to be able to socially distance. and i know that it is not clear what that will mean yet, within a classroom, but for children, particularly reception and year one, they are just so tactile and neat cuddles and to socialise with their friends. it is about sharing and everything else. —— they need cuddles. that will be difficult to do in cuddles. that will be difficult to doina cuddles. that will be difficult to do in a classroom environment. do you mean it would be slightly easier to do for older children and it is back to front? should older children be going back to school before the very little ones you are talking about? i wonder whether it would be, to be honest. they would have more

understanding of what would be expected of them and they are just more able to follow and understand those rules, really. if social distancing has to be in place for a very very long time, though, we are a long way off having a vaccine, there may be some parents watching thinking, oh my goodness, we cannot wait for ever, and i am desperately could see a back—to—school. when is the right time? how does anybody know? i certainly don't know. i think we have to be guided by places that are already starting to get children back to school and looking at how that is working, what is working well and how they can bring that in here. i think at the moment it is just that there are so many unknowns and a lot of parents are very anxious. do not get me wrong, i would love for schools to be open and to go out and see children and i would love to get them back in and

be really enjoying all of that social side of it and learning that they get through school. but i think a lot of parents are very anxious about how that is done in a way that can support safety issues and also meet those emotional needs to make sure that children understand what is happening, how they can make sense of it and be able to get on—board with sense of it and be able to get on—boa rd with new sense of it and be able to get on—board with new rules and how that new look of school is to be. yes, you keep talking about the new look of school, that is interesting for little people, but what about the specific things that parents are saying that getting touch of your organisation, purple parenting, what are their big worries, the practical stumbling blocks they have? even practicalities like dropping their children off at school, for a lot of children, particularly after this period of time, it will be quite ha rd period of time, it will be quite hard getting back into school.

whereas normally children would be able to, teachers and assistants and people would be able to go and support a child if they were struggling to leave their parents, even things like that at the moment wouldn't be able to happen. because of the social distancing rules, you mean? yes. even little things like that are going to be stumbling blocks for some parents and that anxiety and how they are going to get there children to physically cross that playground and go into school is a consideration. ok, okon and my goodness, there is much more we could talk about was thank you for very much for now. michelle cook, the co—founder of purple parenting. the organ donation system has changed in england today — which it's hoped may save 700 lives a year. people are now presumed to have consented for their organs to be given to others, unless they specifically opt out. this system is already used in wales, and will come into force in scotland later in the year. northern ireland still operates

the opt—in approach. the legislation is known as max & keira's law — maxjohnson is a nine—year—old who had a heart transplant, after a nine—year—old donor keira ball was killed in an accident in 2017. max's uncle is the bbc news presenter rogerjohnson. this is his report. if you could have perfect child, it was keira. shejust loved life, people, animals, shejust wanted to help anybody and anything. keira ball was nine when she was killed in a car crash in devon in 2017. with her mum and brother seriously injured in hospital, keira's father, joe, took the decision to donate his daughter's organs. meanwhile, nearly 400 miles away in newcastle, another nine—year—old, max johnson, my nephew, had been waiting in a hospital bed for more than six months in critical

need of a heart transplant. max had developed dilated cardiomyopathy after contracting a virus. his heart was failing. after a few months, you almost stop expecting or hoping for a call because if you think too much about, will the phone ring today?, each day ends in a disappointment. i love you both. we love you too. a documentary crew was filming the work of the transplant team at the freeman hospital where max's operation took place. thankful, very thankful. thank you, people out there. thank you. keira's dad's decision was the gift that max's parents had prayed for. he looked at her and thought, she wants to help anybody do anything, and that would be what she wanted. so he said his decision was very easy. i think the humanity he has, it took a very courageous person and a very caring person.

so, you know, we are indebted to him for having the strength and the love and the generosity of doing that. coronavirus has cut the number of donors across the uk and many operations have been put on hold. but, prior to the pandemic, consent rates for donations had risen in wales since an opt—out system was adopted there in 2015. scotland is following suit. today's change in england followed a newspaper campaign for which max became the poster boy. the public and government were able to latch onto a personal story and a personal progression that made the topic of organ donation very human and it allowed people to really empathise. it is not usual for recipients and donorfamilies to meet, but, amid all the publicity, the balls and thejohnsons

came together. both now that the new legislation, known as max and keira's law, will encourage other families to share their wishes if the thinkable should happen. it helps us massively with the grieving process to look at max and see the difference that our beautiful princess has given to max. to us, her life was not wasted. rogerjohnson, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... borisjohnson says there's ‘growing confidence' the uk will have a virus tracing system in place by the start of next month. the engineering giant rolls—royce announces 9,000 job cuts because of the impact of coronavirus. local councils urge the government to reconsider proposals to reopen primary schools in england next month because of concerns about safety.

cyclone um—fam, the first super cyclonic storm in the bay of bengal for 20 years, has made landfall in bangladesh and india. it's been categorised as an extremely severe weather system, with winds gusting up to 115—miles per hour — the equivalent of a category five hurricane. the cyclone system is around 300 miles in diameter, here you can see it making its approach up the east coast of india. these pictures are from that east coast. millions of people have now been evacuated from parts of india and bangladesh. but the mass evacuation has been complicated by coronavirus, with the authorities trying to limit the number of people in each shelter. yogita limaye has been following the story from mumbai. the india weather department said that about a hour and a half ago the cyclone hits the coast, a set of

islands that are spread across india and bangladesh. it will proceed in what they say is a north—east direction. india's weather department say the five weather districts in west bengal will be worst affected, but the worrying thing is that the densely populated of calcutta is in the path of the cyclone. it weakens slightly from eight super cyclone, but it is still capable of causing extensive damage. the weather forecasters say it can uproot trees, it can cause damage to homes. we are already seeing some pictures of devastation come in. but it will be a while before we can assess whether there has been any loss of life or whether everyone's been able to move to safety. the other big concern is storm surges. weather forecasters say the surge of sea weather forecasters say the surge of sea water could be as high as 16

feet, of course, there are hopes that this forest that it has hit first put to some extent mitigate the devastation that that could wreak. but flooding is a huge cause of concern in both india and bangladesh right now. how challenging has it been to evacuate people in the midst of a pandemic? both of these countries are used to cycling is developing every single yearin cycling is developing every single year in the bay of bengal. so these processes for evacuation and sanding and alert are very well set. but this year they have had to do it with the coronavirus outbreak and the's disaster virus chief said that a shelter that can only accommodate 1000 people, they can only put half that number there for social distancing measures. in bangor —— they are saying they are trying to put plastic sheets and shutters open so they can separate people over and they are distributing masks and soaps as well to try and reduce

cramped shelters. schools and other buildings have been converted into additional cyclone shelters this time around. mental health experts are reporting an increase in the number of young people dealing with anxiety, loneliness and other mental health issues as a result of lockdown. 30 organisations have now written to the prime minister, urging the government to take steps to reduce the long—term impact of coronavirus on the mental health of young people. i am joined now by sam rowe — the founder of the academy of hard knocks — which aims to cut youth crime and reoffending with fitness and mixed martial arts. and by 15—year—old jack clegg who uses the academy. i hope you can both hear me 0k.

i hope you can both hear me ok. sam, explain what you are able to do during lockdown. are you able to provide any services? hello, we are not able to provide any services whatsoever. martial arts is one—to—one and we have to do pad work together or grappling on the ground together and we cannot do that, with social distancing. ifind a lot of the young people frustrated and full of anxiety, getting depressed and they feel trapped in their own houses. i'd give them little circuits to do, but it is not the same as a one—to—one training. so you can do a little bit of that sort of thing online, can you? and thatis sort of thing online, can you? and that is as much as you can do, i guess. i give them advice over the phone and give them a circuit they can do on their own at home. but they need that one—to—one reaction and interaction that they are not getting. of course, absolutely. jack, lovely to talk to you, how are you doing? i am ok, thank you. you

are missing everything that sam provides, i guess. yes, it is not the same, really, is it, locked inside? and what is your situation? have you been? you are at home and you are once a day going out. have you are once a day going out. have you been able to get into your local park at all and trying to i bit of exercise? does that help? it helps a little bit, but it is not the same as reaching up with your friends and doing whatever. not the same at all. how much help have you had from sam and from the academy since you have been going there? how has it really helped you? sam helped me out a lot with my anger and everything, so if you have had a bad they at school, you have had a bad they at school, you can go to the academy with sam and let youranger you can go to the academy with sam and let your anger out on the bag or

with sam or whatever. and if you are having a tough day at the moment with the lockdown, what do you do?” am lucky because i have got a boxing bag in the back garden, so i cant lose my temper on the bag, but it is not the same for everyone else, is it? i have got a few lads who are actually taking their punching bags to public areas to get that out of them. they can't hang it up in a one—bedroom flat. i have a lad who put it over his shoulder and runs it over the local woods, hangs it up on a tree, that is his warm up to get the woods, he hangs it up on a train punchesitin the woods, he hangs it up on a train punches it in the woods. sam, what are your longer—term concerns about the younger people but you help?‘ lot of them are going back to square one, ifind many

lot of them are going back to square one, i find many are lot of them are going back to square one, ifind many are back to lot of them are going back to square one, i find many are back to square one, i find many are back to square one where they started when the start of the course, they feel trapped and are depressed in their own houses. it will take a lot to get them to come back and some of them were so scared to go out of the house will stop a lot of them were scared up to go out of their house before the lockdown and this has heightened it. they are isolated and it has impacted on them with their mental health, and it is through the roof. it is going to take a lot to get them to actually come back into society and integrate back into the group. that is absolutely heartbreaking to hear you say that they have literally gone back to square they have literally gone back to square one. they have literally gone back to square one. i they have literally gone back to square one. i mean, they have literally gone back to square one. i mean, when things get back to a little more normal, whatever that is going to look like, where are those kids going to go apart from to see you again? what resources a re apart from to see you again? what resources are going to be out there for them? there aren't any

resources , for them? there aren't any resources, that is the thing. we struggle with the day—to—day fights and we have opened when warwickshire and we have opened when warwickshire and we have one in london. there needs to be slight mine of the country —— all over the country. they need things to do after lockdown and we will have to integrate back into society and a lot of them are scared of their own shadow and scared of knife crime, a virus, so we are creating a generation of young people who are anxious, scared, depressed, lonely, frustrated and full of anger.” mean, jack, are you scared of the iris? cani mean, jack, are you scared of the iris? can i ask you that? me in particular, not really. it is quite scary with what is happening and thatis scary with what is happening and that is quite scary. you sound like you are dealing with things as best you are dealing with things as best you can and as you say, you have got a garden to go out into which is a

little glimmer of light. but what about some of your friends that you talk to, do keep up with your friends and what they say about how they are of feeling? yes, like, as i say, we text each other and it is not the same. if they are upset or whatever, they cannot go out and go and meet one of their friends and talk to them or have a hunger whatever, because of the virus and you cannot go out to see people. they don't have a boxing bag like me, so they are all sat inside in bed staring at the ceiling doing nothing. lots of them are just breaking the lockdown and social distancing because they cannot cope with being inside on their own and they are used to going out and meeting up their friends and i they are used to going out and meeting up theirfriends and i know they shouldn't, but what are they going to do? yes, that is a heartbreaking picture you paint. thank you so much for everything you do, sam, and all the best you, jack. jack and sam, thank you very much

indeed. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello, another warm day today. temperatures boosted by the sunshine. here is a view from surrey earlier from an aptly named weather watcher. close to 29 celsius. not a record for may, 29 degrees. notjust london, temperatures this high could be recorded in parts of yorkshire, east midlands, east anglia as well as south—east england. we have a flow of warm air coming our way from the south and again, plenty of sunshine. a sunnier afternoon across northern england, northern ireland and scotland than we have had recently. some cloud may be hugging some of the eastern coast of northern ireland, south—west scotland and it is grey and misty across shetland, holding temperatures down here. further west in northern ireland it

could get to 22 and 24 in scotland. high—temperature and wales. which is not the only thing that is high, uv levels as well. that means to take care in the strong may sunshine. a fine, very warm evening out there, and for most it will be dry overnight. we do have a weather system coming from northern ireland and into scotland and parts of wales and western england with patchy rain as the night goes on into the morning. if you look at that and think you would like some rain on the garden, especially in the driest parts in the south, there isn't much rain tomorrow, but there is a chance in the late morning that east anglia, east midlands, heavy and funder east midlands, heavy and thunder and showers before the chance of that donations during the afternoon and most of us in the day were some sunshine again. it is cooler, but still very warm. there is a more active weather system coming in on thursday night into friday and then we see the winds pick up and an area of low pressure and

a weather front pushing across the uk. not much at all for those gardens in the south of the uk. heavy downfalls into northern ireland and scotland in the west and showers for wales and western parts of england with strong gale force winds. these are some of the gusts, and parts of scotland will have 60 to 65 mph gusts. saturday is pretty much a repeat performance of friday and sunday we could still see a bit of rain in parts of scotland in particular. but some of us are turning dry on sunday and into next week, 01:59:29,315 --> 2147483052:36:29,373 it looks to be turning 2147483052:36:29,373 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 a bit warmer again.