and since we filmed this, mike has had to go back into hospital. he's optimistic that he'll be home with his family soon, though. catherine burns, bbc news. today is the hottest day of the year so far. temperatures in some parts of the country have reached 28 degrees. sarah campbell has spent the day on brighton beach where people have been trying to sunbathe and social distance at the same time. it's been busy? yes, it has. people are still coming to the area to make the most of the beautiful evening sunshine. most of the people i have seen through the day have been trying to keep this to meet a safe distance. but when there are so many people out and about, trying to avoid all close contact is difficult. sun, sea and social distancing. it's not easy to find an isolated spot on the beach when so many other people have the same idea. for businesses,

too, there is a balance between wanting customers and keeping them safe. it's too busy. this doesn't feel like brighton today, it feels like a horrible day in brighton where it's quite dangerous.” like a horrible day in brighton where it's quite dangerous. i do feel safe because it's quite a big beach, so it feels possible to stay two metres away. i think everybody hasjust got to two metres away. i think everybody has just got to abide by the rules, it's not hard. it'sjust one of those things, everybody has to get oi'i those things, everybody has to get on with it. the hot weather has certainly brought people to the beachin certainly brought people to the beach in brighton. the challenge, here, as elsewhere, is how best to remind them to keep their distance. in the peak district, walkers were out in force, along with their dogs. not far away in glossop, there was time for a round of golf, and city dwellers have enjoyed their local green spaces. this was kings heath park in birmingham. in england, rules regarding travel and exercise

have been loosened, but it remains the case in scotland that you have to stay in your local area. the same is true in wales, and in both you can't meet up with members of different households. in northern ireland you can drive somewhere to exercise, but it can't be too far from home. on the beach at weston—super—mare. social distancing was very much in evidence. the queues for the loo and a snack, perhaps not always two metres. as the summer heats up, so will the pressure on the tourist hotspots. time for a look at the weather here's nick miller. no records, but it has been a hot one, and wales got its highest temperature of the year so far a 26 degrees, the hottest day of the year in scotland, 2a, england just above 28, didn't quite get there in northern ireland, just make 20 degrees in the west. in northern ireland tonight, after a fine evening across much of the uk, a bit

of rain. and later, edging into western scotland and western fringes of wales, some rain. temperature slowly edging down after the heat of the day. the weather system moves east with a chance of rain. not much out there, but there might be some torrential, thundery downpours through eastern and south—eastern england for a time. into the afternoon, aside from some rain moving north across the northern isles, a sunny day across much of the uk again, for the afternoon, after that rain. but not quite as warm. high teens, low 20s, into the mid 20s. still very warm. heavy and thundery rain pushing north eastwards for some overnight. on to friday, a low pressure brings a chance of rain. also, stronger wind on friday. the rain clears, the sunshine, some showers in wales and western england, especially for northern ireland. prolonged and western scotland. wet weather here for the start of the weekend. for all of us, blustery, strong to gale force winds. in scotland, up to 50 oi’ force winds. in scotland, up to 50 or 60 mph in north—west scotland. a

bit cooler on friday. still not cold. still when start of the weekend. some rain into parts of scotla nd weekend. some rain into parts of scotland and northern ireland. but it turns dry through the weekend. the wind eases and returns warmer by the bank holiday. that's it, goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm

jane dougal. in a step towards normality, more premier league clubs have begun to return to training for noncontact sections. —— sessions. liverpool tweeted this photo of jurgen klopp and his assistant, demonstrating the social distancing. manchester united players drove into carrington for their first session in more than two months. meanwhile, at whiteboard, their team training went ahead —— watford, despite two members of their staff testing positive for covid—i9. he has a child with respiratory issues. former chelsea doctor says she understands the concerns of players because in not enough is yet known about the virus. we are excited about the virus. we are excited about the virus. we are excited about the premier league returning. we were all really looking forward to football returning. however, we

need to put the element of player safety first. the concern is there is so much we don't know about this virus yet. to look at the date that's about four weeks away at best, it just seems that's about four weeks away at best, itjust seems a little bit fast, given how little we know about the virus. there is no existing data of covid—i9 and athletes, no existing evidence. no test is perfect. football will rely heavily on testing. the existing test for covid—i9 has a sensitivity that means, it's important to remember that. again, the effects of covid—i9 in asymptomatic individuals is not really known. so again, i think is a need for humility. notjust a room

of individuals that will be pressured to deliver this. emerson boyd says he can completely understand why some players are relu cta nt to understand why some players are reluctant to turn to training. he fears there still real dangers of catching covid—i9. fears there still real dangers of catching covid-19. the stats are there. the warning signs are coming out. it's something not to be ignored. people are losing their lives. so it's something we can't ta ke lives. so it's something we can't take with a pinch of salt, we have to really be careful. it's a tough one because football is a contact sport, and i feel... one because football is a contact sport, and ifeel... there'll be a lot of for people to catch it. so we are ina lot of for people to catch it. so we are in a risk situation. league 1 teams have been discussing how the season teams have been discussing how the season should conclude. it comes amid a split. matches have been

suspended since mid march. six leaguei suspended since mid march. six league i clubs, including sunderland, say they do want to com plete sunderland, say they do want to complete the season. it's our obligation to play football. finance isn't a huge issue to play behind closed doors. i think finishing the season closed doors. i think finishing the seasonis closed doors. i think finishing the season is the only way you can do it morally unfairly. —— morally and fairly. clearly this is possible to do so. i think in league i, fairly. clearly this is possible to do so. i think in league 1, it's so tight at the top in terms of players positions to teams outside of playoff. wimbledon, rochdale, the only way you could do that without contact with anybody is playing

football. sources from several women's super league and champions chips clubs have told the bbc they are assuming their seasons will not resume. they will be finalised until consultations and. what would this mean for the wsl quiz yellow for the wsl, it means we are not expecting any of the remaining 45 games take place the season. it also means clu bs place the season. it also means clubs in both divisions are facing an interesting next few days as they await decisions on how to determine the final league placings and both leagues, and it's not very clear cut. it's quite obligated. in the men's premier league, pipe probate —— liverpool are 25 points clear at the top. chelsea have got a better average point game ratio. at the bottom, it still to be decided whether liverpool can be relegated, but that still to be confirmed. in

the second tier, aston villa are the points clear at the top. not to —— that decision will be made by the championship board. that decision will be made by the championship boardlj that decision will be made by the championship board. i would expect financially, this will be a very difficult time for women's football. that's fair to say. if you asked that question about three years ago, i think the picture would be far bleaker. i think the picture would be far blea ker. thanks to i think the picture would be far bleaker. thanks to investment we've seem, there's a lot of confidence clu bs seem, there's a lot of confidence clubs at the top of the game should be able to get through this difficult period. however, we've already seen in the third tier of northern let national league club, they've already been disbanded after their season was declared null and void last month. there are something that will be... there isn't the financial support for the men's premier league. there are great

concern. thank you for that update. let's round up some of the day's other sport stories. some england cricketers will return to training tomorrow. up to 18 bollards will ta ke tomorrow. up to 18 bollards will take part in individual sessions at seven venues and social distancing rules in place. he will not step away from his shot at the and warned anthonyjoshua away from his shot at the and warned anthony joshua fight away from his shot at the and warned anthonyjoshua fight or be kicked the title. a bulgarian is mandatory challengerfor the title. a bulgarian is mandatory challenger for the belt, the title. a bulgarian is mandatory challengerfor the belt, but their flight challengerfor the belt, but their flight was postponed. the ride london festival 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 also two professional basis. some sad news to bring you. written's first

paralympic old mentalist has died at the age of 91. she was paralysed in a car accident in 1959 and took up archery as part of her rehabilitation. she competed in the 1960 paralympic ‘s in rome, winning two gold medals in archery and swimming. she went on to compete and for further swimming. she went on to compete and forfurther paralympic swimming. she went on to compete and for further paralympic games and then in 2012, lit the flame at the london paralympics opening ceremony. toby penzias written's number one badminton player. he's been coming to terms with alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss. the 27—year—old admits it's been tough and that only now, after a slowing down during lockdown, does he feel he is come to terms with the condition. it was eyebrows along with her hair. that's when i really struggled with it. then it really looked like someone different in the mirror. i'd been to the hairdressers

to get my haircut. it was my mum who noticed a tiny little circular bald patch. i didn't really think anything of it at the time, just kind of kept going that way things were. it was only a month on into kind of mid—december that i realised it was getting worse and it was happening in other places as well. it was quite scary, and the fact that... the whole process couldn't finish until august. i would actually say it was easier while it was going on. but it was actually probably the back end of 2019, sort of august to december, probably even after the lockdown was happening that i was kind of struggling with it the most. that kind of stopped andi it the most. that kind of stopped and i realise i had to come to terms with this, not knowing whether this would be permanent, whether my hair might come back, that's when it really start to hit me. now i'm

definitely coming to terms with what's happened and how i look now. backin what's happened and how i look now. back in december, i had a tattoo on the top of my head, micro pigmentation. that's definitely helped me a lot more confidence wise in terms of looking in the mirror and feeling more comfortable with myself. so yeah, i'm hoping to get the eyebrows done at some point as well. small steps towards making me, at least when i look in the mirror, feel more like myself. toby penty there. more on that story and all our other stories on the bbc sport website, but for now from us, bye— bye.

hello, good evening. in the past hour, we heard from the culture secretary oliver dowden at the daily downing street briefing on the fight against coronavirus. let's take a look at the key developments. he began by saying over 177 thousand coronavirus tests were carried out in the uk in the past 2a hours. that's the biggest daily total to date. this, however, does not correspond to the number of people actually tested as some individuals are tested more than once. mr dowden also announced the latest death toll of 35,701; — a rise of 363 on yesterday. the culture secretary also pledged £150 million from dormant bank accounts to help charities respond to the pandemic. and a new taskforce to help sport and the creative industries prepare to get back on their feet will be introduced. among those who will be involved include former footballer alex scott, ex—itv boss michael grade and the english national

ballet's tamara rojo. the culture secretary was also asked to respond to claims that the government had ‘glossed over‘ past mistakes in the spread of the virus in care homes. it is categorically not the case that we have lost over this. the prime minister has been very clear about the challenges that we face in ca re about the challenges that we face in care homes. of course, every death ina care care homes. of course, every death in a care home is one too many. but thatis in a care home is one too many. but that is precisely why we've introduced this care home action plan. that means there's more money going into care homes, for example, an extra £600 million was announced very recently. that's why we are ramping up testing and care homes. that's why we are ramping up protective equipment and care homes. we've introduced a dedicated hotline s0 we've introduced a dedicated hotline so they can get that protective equipment into care homes. as a result of those measures, once the numbers remain too high, the indicators suggest that we are moving in the right direction and thatis moving in the right direction and that is reducing the number of

deaths or reducing the number of new invention. unions are strongly criticising rolls—royce, after the aircraft engine—maker announced its decision to cut more than nine thousand jobs worldwide. the firm, which is based in derby, says it will take years for the airline industry to recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. let's get some reaction from labour. the shadow business minister lucy powell joins us via webcam from manchester. good evening to you, lucy. good evening. what's your reaction to this news? a blow clearly for workers. it's a devastating blow. the aerospace industry in this country is world leading. we lead the world in making engines and other parts for aeroplanes and civil and defence. the two are quite linked. thejobs in this

and defence. the two are quite linked. the jobs in this sector as well are on the whole very highly paid, highly skilled jobs. they're also in parts of the country, often don't have access to those types of jobs in that way. so to lose this number ofjobs jobs in that way. so to lose this number of jobs in royals jobs in that way. so to lose this number ofjobs in royals royce is devastating, and i fear that number ofjobs in royals royce is devastating, and ifear that it's really only going to be the tip of the iceberg now in the aerospace industry —— rolls—royce. that's why we are calling on the government to ta ke we are calling on the government to take quite a visionary and committed approach to increasing demand and the aerospace sector. what do you mean by that? what can the government do? the government has already got in the pipeline over the next few years, a number of research and development programmes in space and development programmes in space and engineering. they also got commitments to work with the sector to come up with zero emission engines for example. it would also help meet our climate target. we think the government should be

bringing forward quite quickly and ragged ugly lots of those projects —— group quickly and radically. to give orders and work to the aerospace sector. that means that when we may come out of the aerospace and aviation sector from this crisis, the uk can be at the very forefront of zero emission technology. we can then carry on being that world leading sector that we are today. it sounds to me like you accept the decision by rolls—royce and want to see people being allowed to retrain or being put in to newjobs in the way that you said. do you disagree then with the unions who are very critical of the unions who are very critical of the company for doing this?” the unions who are very critical of the company for doing this? i don't disagree with the unions. i think

we're sort of saying the same thing, which is for here and now, the furlough schemes and other measures to supportjobs furlough schemes and other measures to support jobs right furlough schemes and other measures to supportjobs right now. but this long—term future, when i say long term, it could begin right away, if the government have the vision and commitment and put the investment behind it. to ensure that the sector has got that viability going forward. that research and development work could begin tomorrow and the government could bring forward all this stuff that's in the pipeline anyway and get that going now. so that's why i think the unions are saying these decisions are premature, because if the government were to do that, many of these workers could stay in their job. the company itself said earlier today that keeping workers on a furlough scheme when there wasn't much immediate prospect of the

industry recovering wasn't to misuse of public money. -- was a misuse. i think they expect that if funds are used to keep people in work. that's what it therefore. i think that's what it therefore. i think that's what people expected to be used. i don't think people expected to be used to do wholesale restructuring. but of course, difficult times are ahead. that's why we think there does need to be this grand mission, this bigger vision of the government to say why can't we now develop all the technologies we know we need, we already have committed to working with the sector to develop, they would help us meet our climate targets in the future. while helping to fulfil back growth agenda of today. that way, we can be there at the forefront when things do emerge, because there are probably hundreds

of thousands of jobs because there are probably hundreds of thousands ofjobs connected to the aerospace industry in this country when you look at all the supply change jobs as well. we are world leading and we can't afford to lose this capability and we can't afford to lose these jobs. a bit more vision and a bit more leadership i think could really help this sector more than any others. 0k, this sector more than any others. ok, lucy powell, thank you very much. some patients recovering from coronavirus are being warned it could take 18 months to make a full recovery. the most poorly, whose lives were saved in intensive care, are left unable to do some of the most basic tasks. many patients will continue needing care once they've left hospital in order to get better. our correspondent alastair fee reports from the queen alexandra hospital in portsmouth. pause, pause, pause. these were some

of the most poorly patients with covid—19. of the most poorly patients with covid-19. good, slowly. but there still a long and uncertainjourney ahead. it's like i got a £50 man -- 50 tonne man sitting on my back. horrendous. for a few days you come on andl horrendous. for a few days you come on and i suppose yeah, it saves lives. every time you go into a coughing fit, you think is this it? i'mi coughing fit, you think is this it? i'm i got a collapse? will i go out of here in a body bag? all the way! until a few days ago, mel was in intensive care. the physio— started work with him. i think the worst bit

was the... he finds it difficult to use his phone and brush his teeth. he gets a lot of nausea shortness of breath associated with the amount of time you lie down in bed. he will gain his independence again, but it will take a long time. we will support him and we hope we can get him back to his family soon. support him and we hope we can get him back to his family soonlj didn't go for that! they didn't think i would survive at one point but i came out the other side. there are many survivors, but the full recovery for all these patients could take up to 18 months. we are used to seeing particularly unwell patients. it's just not that many this close together. these are probably the sickest patients i've seenin probably the sickest patients i've seen in my 15 years here. we have saved their lives and now it's our job to help them go live their lives

again. you get to go home tonight have dinner with your family. i won't. i'll still be here. the most difficult thing is missing your family. that's quite a lot to get into my head that i won't see my wife for a couple weeks. sorry. i was yet to prepare myself three times. that report by alastair fee. it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. the sunniest day of the week so far in scotland where temperatures pop out at 2a degrees. the warmest day in scotland. in england, just above

28 celsius. for whales as well around 26 degrees. didn't quite get there in northern ireland. we are all turning cooler, not cold but cooler. with this area of low pressure, it will be much with near to. especially the close your to that in scotland. through the night into the morning, bringing your weather system and from atlantic. not a particularly dramatic one, but it will give some rain to northern island into western scotland, parts of wales in western england. temperature is not going down too far. this continues to push these tomorrow morning. not a huge amount of rain, but the risk anyway of torrential, thundering downforce. —— downpours. leaving plenty of

afternoon sunshine. temperatures are still high teens, low 20s, parts of eastern and south east england. those temperatures are down compared with today. over night into friday, that deep area of low pressure comes m, that deep area of low pressure comes in, pushing rain or cease words and winds poking up all the while. that clears away friday morning. one or two for wales, western england, frequent for northern ireland. it will be a much windier day across the uk. just a flavour of some of the uk. just a flavour of some of the wind gusts, but from north wells, northern england, northern ireland, scotland, cost of around 50 miles —— north wales. as you might imagine, those temperatures came down a few degrees. still not cold out. sunny spells of cross arts of england. they call a new begin approaching, still wet and windy to start the weekend. turning drier, a

bit warmer and the wind easing to.

this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk — and around the world. borisjohnson says — he's confident the uk will have a system to trace coronavirus in place — by the start of next month. rolls royce announces plans — to axe a fifth of its workforce worldwide — in the wake of coronavirus. mostjobs will go in the uk. nobody is trivializing the challenges we face but it is rash and premature for roles was simply to result to sacking and throwing under the bus. thousands of uk workers, loyal workers. —— rolls—royce. brazil recommends the use of a controversial drug to treat covid—19 — as its daily death toll — passes 1,000. under growing pressure from councils — the government admits not