this is bbc news with the latest headlines. nhs leaders in england warn of "severe consequences" if a track and trace strategy to avoid a potential second surge in coronavirus cases isn't finalised soon. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon is to unveil details of a four—phase "route map" towards easing the country's lockdown restrictions. a trial to see whether two anti—malarial drugs could prevent covid—19 has begun at two hospitals in england. it could be next summer or never for the tokyo games. olympic president thomas bach tells the bbc it's unlikely they'll be postponed beyond 2021. facebook founder mark zuckerberg tells the bbc in an exclusive interview that preventing electoral

interference is an "arms race" against countries such as russia, china and iran. one big area that we were behind on in 2016 but now are quite advanced at is identifying and fighting these coordinated information campaigns that come from different stately actors around the world. and as part of a special day looking at how the global travel industry has been affected by the pandemic, how some uk tourist destinations are preparing for a predicted surge in demand. good morning. nhs leaders in england have warned ministers of severe consequences

for the health service if the government's test and trace system for coronavirus is not in place soon. the nhs confederation says any further easing of the lockdown depends on a clear strategy and a delay will risk a second peak of the infection. it follows the prime minister's pledge to have a contact tracing system in place in england by the 1stjune. in other developments we'll be looking at today, a trial to see whether two anti—malarial drugs could prevent covid—19 has begun in brighton and oxford. the world health organization has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over after recording the biggest global daily increase in cases — 106,000. and more than £20 million raised by captain tom moore has been handed out to nhs charities across the country. more on all of that later. first this report from keith doyle. with some restrictions in england

relaxed, after weeks of being confined to the local area, people may feel they deserve a day out, and many took advantage of the good weather. you have one hour... that led to busy beaches and traffic jams at beauty spots. being able to track and trace new coronavirus cases is key to the government's strategy to relax the restrictions further. prime minister. in the commons, the prime minister promised there would be what he called a "world—beating" tracing system from the start ofjune. 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, by june the 1st. but in a letter to the health secretary, the organisation representing nhs providers said it should have been in place sooner. the nhs confederation warns "time is running out to finalise a test, track and trace strategy to avoid a potential second surge of infections." it says it should be in place before

any further easing of the lockdown, warning that if it isn't, then "the ramifications for the nhs, including its staff and its patients, could be severe." scottish beaches were also busy yesterday, despite there being no relaxation in restrictions. but later today, the scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, will give details of the route map of how scotland will gradually ease the lockdown, although no set dates are expected. right in the core of what we believe is getting families back together. and i think over the next few weeks we will begin to see some loosening of what that might look like. we know, for example, outdoors is safer than indoors, so you would expect us to maybe do that first. we know small groups are safer than larger groupings, so you would expect us to do that first. the number of deaths in the uk of people with coronavirus increased by 363, to over 35,700.

many of those were nhs workers, but the government's bereavement scheme to help their families didn't cover support roles. we're all on minimum wage... this hospital cleaner appealed directly to the prime minister to extend it. if i die fighting coronavirus, my partner isn't allowed an indefinite leave to remain. the government has now included support workers in the scheme. but there are calls for it to do more, to give further safeguards and benefits to foreign nhs workers who are putting themselves at risk from the virus. keith doyle, bbc news. our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. good morning. boris johnson good morning. borisjohnson spoke yesterday about having a world beating test, track and taste system by the first of doing but frankly, to pick up on his language, lots of other countries have beaten the uk to this kind of system weeks ago. so the big question, given the prime minister wants to keep these

restrictions, wants children to go back to school and so on, is can the government deliver on this? they seem confident they can have a system seem confident they can have a syste m u p seem confident they can have a system up and running by the 1st of june but it will be a less comprehensive system than that originally planned. in other words, it will be a system that relies entirely on human contact tracing. it is possible to do that. we have been told we have got around 25,000 people who have been recruited. it is thought we can do about 10,000 tests of people per day. levels of infection are down to the sort of level that we can begin such a scheme. but it is a less comprehensive scheme than if we had had the app as well. the problem with the button is it does not seem to be working properly at the moment, there seem to be difficulties with the it so that has been put on hold for the time being. we will end up with a system which will enable us to report people we know that we have come into contact with, so work colleagues, relatives,

neighbours, that kind of thing, but it won't enable us to trace people we don't know that we have come into contact with, so if you are in a busy shop, you would not know all the other people in the shop. if you are on a tube train or a bus, you would not be able to contact those people who have been close to you, which potentially, and i hope is you would if the app is up and running. the question is, when will the app be up and running? the signs are, that could be some time away. have a listen to the security minister james brokenshire i this morning. we are putting in place the manual approaches so we can do that at scale. obviously, we are working at huge pace in relation to the app itself, and therefore, having put that in place, having now trialled it in the isle of wight, and therefore, whilst i am unable to give you that definitive timeline this morning, please be in no doubt as to the extent, the effort, the

energy of focus that is being put on that as well. looking at boris johnson saying he would not scrap the three overseas health workers have to pay to use the nhs, we are hearing a conservative mp is now backing labour's demand that the government does actually do that. ourany government does actually do that. our any other conservative mps going to come out and back labour‘s demand and could the prime minister ultimately be pressured into doing that? there are other tory mps who are unhappy with borisjohnson‘s position on this. will he be. back down? we are quite a long way off that, bear in mind he has got a majority of 80 but i thought it was interesting this morning whenjames brokenshire i was asked about it and he said they were keeping it under review and i think the reason for thatis review and i think the reason for that is because of public opinion. quite clearly, i think many people have an awful lot of admiration for the courage and dedication of nhs workers and care workers, including foreign nhs and care workers. if

public opinion and media pressure was to build, perhaps mrjohnson might backtrack, added to which, they have already backtracked on the nhs bereavement entitlements. they have now extended that to care workers come in other words, to enable those who lose their lives fighting coronavirus, that their families can remain in the uk. also, the costs are not quite as prohibitive as mrjohnson appeared to suggest. he suggested that scrapping the health surcharge would be around £900 million. well, that is over four years. actually, be around £900 million. well, that is overfour years. actually, if be around £900 million. well, that is over four years. actually, if you we re is over four years. actually, if you were to exempt nhs staff from it on an annual basis, it only cost around £35 and if you added in care workers, probably, touch and go, around £100 million. given the size of the nhs budget and the scale of money we are currently splashing around, that is not a huge amount of

money. norman, thank you very much. we can speak now to the chief executive of the nhs confederation, niall dickson, who has written to the health secretary. good morning. thank you forjoining us. good morning. thank you forjoining us. the clock is very much to taking —— taking on test, track and trace, do you think the governors in westminster has got this the wrong way round, easing restrictions and talking about children going back to school before a proven tracing system is up and running? no, i'm not quite saying that. what i am saying is that if you are going to go further, and make further relaxations, then obviously, the danger of the latter are number, which the government absolutely recognises, the danger of the latter are number rising becomes greater. if you don't have in place an effective test, track and trace process. our effective test, track and trace process. oui’ concern effective test, track and trace process. our concern is obviously around the fact that a lot of the work and furious work is being done

to try to get this process in place, but it is all literally some last—minute stuff in order to make sure it goes into place. our other concern is that of course there has been a lot of talk about the app and now there is a question about when it will be ready, and there has been put in place a pretty comprehensive, it looks, national system of contact tracing, but what has not happened is all the work that needed to be done on the ground with the local directors of public health, local gps, health services, to make sure that they were plugged into the same system and so you could use the local system to complements the national one. again, literally in the last 48—hour is, there has been a lot of activity and i think the government will come out and say, yes, we are going to do this. we are very glad of that and we think that is the right way forward. but is there time to be able to put that in

place? it is something we have seen quite a lot of during this thing. so concerned that this is being done late in the day and concerns about communication between the national and local level. ultimately, are you saying that you just don't have enough detail yet on this system? we heard from the boss of nhs providers early on the bbc, saying trusts had received no clear instructions about it. well, i think that's right. we need to have, both on the health service side, and the national system working together, a plan in which they participated, that they are happy with. if you look at the picture, the story of this whole pandemic has been pretty much command and control which we have needed from the centre and some of it has been really well done. for example, how the nhs upped its

intensive care facilities and the like but the problems with ppe and testing them off and that is because people at the centre have not always understood or be able to understand what the context is... it is getting the local and national thing to work and they are very anxious to encourage and support the government over the next days until we get this test, track and trace things properly set up so it is effective at all levels. the prime minister has only been talking about england, and your letter to the health secretary talks about all the nations of the uk. are you concerned about different approaches amongst the four nations and how that may contribute to trying to prevent a second spike in this virus or indeed, if it happens, to tackle it? i think indeed, if it happens, to tackle it? ithink in indeed, if it happens, to tackle it? i think in some ways, at the start of this process, when all four nations were in lockstep, that was good and the instructions that were issues were simple and we all knew

that going into the locked and was going to be much easier than coming out of it. i think coming out of it, there is a case for some differential around the country because the r rate varies in different areas. obviously, we have different areas. obviously, we have different political administrations in each of the four countries in the uk which will each want to stamp their own particular mark. as far as they can, i think most of them get they can, i think most of them get the same advice and they are getting the same advice and they are getting the same advice and they are getting the same experts in a sense talking to them but of course, i would expect them to sometimes move in slightly different directions. i don't think we should get hugely worked up about that. we have to be very clear with instructions and what is happening and people understand them where they are living and of course, that adds another nuance to trying to get those public messages out. but there are public messages that have to go across the uk and one of them is absolutely getting people to use the nhs when they need it. one of the bits of collateral damage, if you can predict that way, of the lockdown, has been that people have not gone along to health services to

seek help when they need it and the health service across—the—board in parts of the uk is open for business and we really want to stress that —— in all parts of the uk. i am sure it has cost lives over this period because people are either frightened to go and seek help or have not wa nted to go and seek help or have not wanted to put extra pressure on the nhs. but the nhs is open for business everywhere, and if you urgently need help, you absolutely should go and get it. finally, how much confidence and faith do you have at this point that the government is going to be able to deliver this testing and tracking system, given we are ten weeks into the pandemic and given that many other countries have had an effective system up and running for weeks if not months?” effective system up and running for weeks if not months? i would reserve judgment. i think the government is moving now, it is starting to do things it was not doing, literally two weeks ago, and i think they will now start to engage much more effectively. they have appointed the chief executive of leeds city

council to head up and link the local international. we willjust have to see. time is tight, and there will need to be plans put in place at local level to make sure they have the right things in place to log into the national system. we will see, iam not to log into the national system. we will see, i am not saying it is impossible to do this but i think it is tight and difficult and the question is, wejust need to is tight and difficult and the question is, we just need to see that bringing together of local and national, which can happen and we have done it in other areas before, but it needs to happen at pace, as government ministers themselves have acknowledged. thank you forjoining us. acknowledged. thank you forjoining us. the chief executive of the nhs confederation, there. and at 10, we'll be speaking to professor keith neal from the university of nottingham, who's been a contact tracer for 30 years and will be leading one of the teams of tack and tracers. do stay with us for that. the head of the world health organization has warned there's still a long way to go before the coronavirus pandemic is over. he made the remarks as the un

agency reported more than 100,000 new infections, the biggest rise in a single day. two drugs used to prevent malaria are being trialled at hospitals in brighton and oxford, to see whether they could be used to counter coronavirus. hydroxychloroquine, along with chloroquine, will be given to more than 40,000 health care workers from around the world who have been in contact with covid—19 patients. earlier this week, president trump drew criticism from doctors after announcing he was taking the drug as a preventative measure, despite public health officials warning it may be unsafe. cyclone amphan has hit parts of bangladesh and eastern india, killing 22 people and forcing 3 million to leave their homes. it's one of the worst cyclones to hit the region for years. most of those who died were hit by falling trees or debris, caught up in winds of more than 90 miles an hour. richard ragan is world food programme country

director for bangladesh. he told us the consequences could have been much worse. the good news is what started off as a category five super cyclone in the sea hit ground at category three, so we saw a pretty big drop in the force of the cyclone. that said, it still caused a great deal of damage. in bangladesh, it impacted 19 coastal districts. as you can imagine... ..massive numbers of people were moved, in bangladesh, around 2.4 million people were moved out in advance of amphan making ground. the bangladesh government over the years has really gotten good at this. i mean, they have effectively been able to mobilise using the army and their national disaster management systems, a pretty big mobilisation to move folks.

you know, i think you mentioned 15 deaths. we still don't have an accurate record of how many people died yet, but compared to what we thought the impact might be, that is very minimal. the world food programme's country director for bangladesh. since the start of the lockdown, many of us have turned to social media to stay in touch. facebook in particular has seen a big increase in demand for its services. that's led to concerns about the influence of the company, and its handling of issues such as misinformation and fake news. our business editor simonjack has been speaking to facebook‘s founder mark zuckerberg. and simonjoins me now. absolutely at this time, more than ever, we need social media but we also need it to be real and honest and not full of misinformation and fa ke and not full of misinformation and fake news. so what has mark zuckerberg been saying about that to you? one, it is quite rare to talk to him,i you? one, it is quite rare to talk to him, i don't think he's done a

press interview for over five years which i think tells you that facebook is feeling a bit more confident. i think they would say there have been very few winners out of this virus and perhaps social media platforms are one of them, a lot of people have been turning to them to keep in touch with their nearest and dearest. but a couple of things he told me, since the outbreak of covid—19, they have labelled 50 million posts on facebook as misinformation but they have not taken them down, just labelled them that way, and they say they are going to take down anything where there is imminent harm to people, so for example, they took down the brazilian president saying there was a cure for coronavirus. but worth remembering, he owns whatsapp, he runs whatsapp, facebook and instagram, one of the most powerful men in the world, worth $80 billion but i found him, like the rest of us, cooped up at home with his children. here he is. we have two girls, one who is four and one who is two, so they are not quite full school—age yet but,

yeah, i am sure it is chaotic like everywhere else. are there some permanent changes that you perceive from this and what do you think that your company's role has been during the crisis? we focused on three main areas. one is responding to the acute health crisis. the second is helping people stay connected with the people they care about and the third area is on economic recovery. so right now we're seeing a lot of pain for small businesses. they're having a hard time staying open as a lot of people are staying home, and that means millions of people are losing jobs. i think anything that we can do to help small businesses survive. if some crazy person decided to start telling people to drink or inject bleach or saying colloidal silver would be a good way of keeping the virus at bay, what is the facebook algorithm's response to that?

things like saying that something is a proven cure for the virus when in fact it is not, we will take that down. another example which i know has been very prevalent in the uk has been 5g misinformation, which has led to some physical damage of 5g infrastructure. so we believe that that is leading to imminent risk of physical harm, we take down the content. there have been hundreds of thousands of pieces of content like that. we have a us election coming up, and there was a princeton university survey saying that facebook is the fastest and biggest purveyor of misinformation in the us. do you think that facebook can influence the way that people vote? we've learned a lot about how politics works online since 2016 and there are many different threats we have worked hard to mitigate. for example, one big area that we were behind on in 2016 but now we are quite advanced

at is identifying and fighting these co—ordinated information campaigns coming from different state actors around the world, whether it is russia or iran or in some cases china. in 2016, this was a new kind of tactic. it is not that there are not going to continue to be issues. countries will continue to try to interfere and we will see issues like that. it's a little bit of an arms race in that way but i certainly think our systems are a lot more advanced now. i think in many ways more advanced than many other company or governments around the world and i feel confident about our ability to help protect the integrity of the upcoming elections. the proof of the pudding and all that, simon. he talks about an arms race, particularly when it comes to misinformation around elections, and with the us election coming up this november, how confident are independent observers that facebook and mark zuckerberg will actually be able to deliver what he is talking about? obviously, you remember the

last election, the cambridge analytic scandal where tens of millions of facebook users' information and data ended up in the hands of political lobbyists. it was quite a bold claim, he said they we re quite a bold claim, he said they were pretty confident that people could trust in the integrity of the upcoming election but that will be put very much to the test. they know they have had to do a betterjob on this. they have been through congressional hearings and that controversy. as i say, i think facebook are feeling in a more confident posture, you know that because he has actually come out to talk to us! they think they have had a pretty good virus, all things considered, they have been one of the winners on there and they clearly think they have put their house in order enough to make the claims they think we can be sure that they will not be part of the problem but as i say, that will be keenly tested and very closely observed. simon jack, our business editor, thank you. today on bbc news we're looking at how the global travel industry has been affected by the pandemic. we'll be asking when and where

tourism may be able to resume, and what your rights are as a consumer. with foreign holidays looking increasingly unlikely this year, it seems many of us are looking for a destination closer to home. so how is the uk's tourism industry preparing for a predicted surge in demand? our consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker has been finding out. rural retreats. isolated destinations. many arguably ready—made for social distancing. on the edge of the north york moors, jolly days glamping is hoping to benefit from a bump in bookings as uk holidays become the only option for many. yeah, we would like to open now! just because, you know, it is a huge area. social distancing isn't a problem. after a quiet spring season, carolyn is starting to hearfrom customers making tentative summer plans in the hope lockdown will be relaxed

in the coming months. we have already had bookings that are starting to come we've got an awful lot of enquiries coming in as well, particularly over the last couple of weeks as obviously the weather gets nicer and people start to look ahead. we are optimistic that things will start to pick up really quite quickly once we are able to open. with foreign travel off the table for now, holiday lets and camping sites in places like yorkshire and the lake district stand to benefit from britons scaling back their holiday plans. we are expecting a boom, to be honest, it is a beautiful county we are in today. it's a beautiful country. and many people choose the uk as their holiday destination, so it is on our doorstep, in the absence of international travel, let's get out into the countryside, the coastline, and really cherish what is on our doorstep. i think when it is safe and right to do so, restrictions must be eased. it is notjust big summer getaways that have been affected. popular spots for day trips across the uk have also been

shut for weeks. there is, though, a growing number of organisations who say they can make social distancing work. among them, english heritage, who manage over 400 historic sites. we think there are ways in which we can encourage visitors to come here, to feel comfortable in doing that, for staff to feel comfortable as well. what are the pinch points, what are the places where people are going to pass by each other or handle things? and just have a good safety regime in that. but it is also very much about not overburdening the experience, making people feel comfortable and reassured and able to relax because that is what they have come here for. there is no question that the tourism industry has taken a massive hit from coronavirus. visit britain says the loss runs into billions of pounds. but with us all forced to swap barcelona for brighton and corfu for cornwall, there is hope that the staycation may save not only the

great british summer holiday but also many hundreds of businesses across the uk. sarah corker, bbc news, north yorkshire. we can speak now to the head of visit britain, patricia yates, whojoins me now via webcam from kent. good morning. social media yesterday evening, the front pages of many newspapers this morning after of images of people on beaches, pretty packed beaches in various parts of the uk. it highlights, i think, that until there is actually a proper system of testing and tracking and tracing, that it is going to be very difficult for people to get back to holidaying comfortably for quite some time. i think it is but as you have heard, the tourism industry, the attractions, hotels, are looking at how they can work with much better infection control and social

distancing and changing their business models to do that. for example, you might introduce timed tickets so that you can control the flow of people going around an attraction. i think the industry is working on that. of course, we have a timeline now, the government has said that from the 4th ofjuly, tourism businesses will be able to start to open. the industry has got time to think about how it can reassure customers. i think there is a bigjump to reassure customers. i think there is a big jump to be done there, about reassuring people that it is safe to travel now. we have all been locked in our houses for a very long time, and our sentiment research shows that people are quite nervous. we are looking at working with industry right across the country at an idea ofa right across the country at an idea of a sort of quality assurance badge, that, working from the government guidelines, we can do an online training for businesses so they can do their risk assessment, make the changes that they need to

make, and then they can show the badge so people going around attractions have confidence that businesses are operating in a good way during the current crisis. ok, so way during the current crisis. ok, so lots of ideas of how to make people feel comfortable and confident about going to these places and attractions, but presumably, you will be adding to the call we have heard from the chief executive of the nhs confederation this morning the government, that it really needs to get this test and tracing system up and running and proven to be effective in order to build that confidence? i think it is clearly the case that tourism won't open if there is a prospect of a second way. all of this is dependent on things going well for the next month. that the r number is not rising and the government feels confident it can allow travel to open. absolutely we

accept that the health priority comes first but this is an industry thatis comes first but this is an industry that is absolutely on its knees. the tourism season normally starts at easter. with good fortune, it is not going to start untiljuly so getting people's travel through that time —— people's travel through that time —— people to travel and feel confident about it and extending the season through to october is really important for the survival of an industry that we all enjoy. absolutely, and the industry has already taken a massive hit which is why you put forward the idea of a bank holiday in october and you will have heard the response, the concerns about the economic impact, perhaps a negative economic impact according to some people of having a bank holiday in october but how important do you think it will be for the industry, and also what you make of the idea, broadening it out, ofair make of the idea, broadening it out, of air bridges so people could come from other places into the uk, is that really a runner? on the bank

holiday and this is an idea that the industry came up with, we've lost them so far this year, haven't we? so the idea of one in october during half term to really stimulate that travel now, and is that valuable to the tourism industry? well, the last august bank holiday gave a £2 billion boost to the domestic industry and just under 20% of people in britain said that they we re people in britain said that they were going to travel over that period, so, yes, it does give an economic boost to the economy and it would help us, we believe, and extending the season out as well. the idea of air bridges, well, to be honest, to rebuild the industry this year will need us travelling, the domestic market and we are not looking at seeing big numbers coming through from international markets, but we have to be ready, because it isa but we have to be ready, because it is a competitive world to go out and compete in markets when the situation is right and when the

borders are open. the idea of air bridges where you build allowances between two countries is one we could think about for tourism if thatis could think about for tourism if that is what the government decides we could work within, and some of the european destinations that are big for tourism, inbound tourism, not just outbound, big for tourism, inbound tourism, notjust outbound, would be a good way of looking at that, so if this is an idea the government considers thatis is an idea the government considers that is something we can work within. patricia, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on all of that. patricia yates acting ceo of visit britain. now it's time for a look at the weather for matt taylor. i saw you posted some fantastic images of lightening on twitter earlier. are we going to have more today? in the short term there will be rumbles of thunder and flashes of lightning. they came from these areas of rain pushing north and east, particularly across wales on

the south—west, dry, very little rain in most southern counties but notice how the rain clears way for most and doesn't hit everybody, confined to the north—east of scotla nd confined to the north—east of scotland through the afternoon which means the sunshine is back more abundantly and it's still going to be pretty warm out there, not quite as hot as yesterday but every bit as warm for some, widely the high teens and low 20s elsewhere. when the weather arrives in northern ireland and spreads to scotland and western and spreads to scotland and western and northern england later, not much rain across southern counties but a better chance than last night and i'll start a friday morning but there are changes on friday into the weekend. while many southern areas stay dry, further north because of the low pressure we will see wet weather push its way in, particularly across the western highlands of scotland. a months worth of rain in the space of three days and widespread gales across the northern half of the country with rough seas as well. more on that later.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines. nhs leaders in england are warning of "severe consequences" if a track and trace strategy to avoid a potential second surge in coronavirus cases, isn't finalised soon. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon is to unveil details of a four—phase "route map" towards easing the country's lockdown restrictions. a trial to see whether two anti—malarial drugs could prevent covid—19 has begun at two hospitals in england. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. already looking ahead to next summer. already looking ahead to next summer. the international olympic committee president thomas bach has admited the tokyo games could be cancelled all together — if they can't go ahead next summer. in an exclusive interview

with our sports editor dan roan, bach has been talking about the challenges of holding what he's calls a ‘very different‘ games in uncertain times. it is a mammoth task and there is no blueprint for it, so we have to reinvent the wheel day by day with everything we are doing, so it's very challenging and at the same time it's very fascinating. fascinating to have this opportunity and, do you think the tokyo games are dependent on a vaccine being discovered ? we are relying on the advice of the world health organization, with whom we are already in a joint task force since february this year. we have established one principal, and this is to organise these games in a safe

environment for all the participants. nobody knows what the look world will look like in one year in two months from today. so, given the lack of certainty in how we are developing our understanding, do you accept there will be some doubt over whether it will go ahead or do you sit here with 14 months to go confident it will go ahead? how would you describe your expectation and confidence about it now? there is now a clear commitment to having these games in july next year. at the same time, looking at the scenarios and what this might require. the local organisers have been very clear about this and said that if circumstances mean that the games cannot take place next year, there is no more postponements, that would then have to be a cancellation. do you agree with that?

you cannot forever employ 3000 or 5000 people in an organising committee. you cannot, every year, change the entire sports schedule, worldwide, of all the major federations. you cannot have the athletes being in uncertainty. you cannot have so much overlapping with the future olympic games, sol have some understanding for this approach by our japanese have some understanding for this approach by ourjapanese partners. the president of the international olympic committee they‘ re the president of the international olympic committee they're talking to our sports editor exclusively. chelsea's world cup winning midfielder, n'golo kante, is the latest premier league player to opt out of training due to fears over the coronavirus.

it comes after data from the office of national statistics, suggested those from a ba—me, background, are twice as likely to die from covid—19. all clubs — like watford here — have been in non contact training, in small groups this week, despite their defender, adrian mariappa being one of three people at the club to test positive for the virus. six people across the league tested postive. with a potential restart of matches next month, the culture secretary oliver downden, says contact training could be approved this week. unlike the premier league, championship players are being asked to test themselves at home twice a week, from next week. the initial tests for coronavirus, start today, at club grounds, as teams prepare to return to training from monday. and sticking with the returning to work theme, some england cricketers will be back in training this morning. up to 18 bowlers will take part in sessions this week across seven grounds. a bit different to this, all sessions will involve players,

socially distancing with temperature checks in place and strict rules over cleaning equipment. batsmen and wicketkeepers will return next month. well it has been 14 weeks since their last match, so england's second highest test wicket taker, stuart broad, posted this reminder to himself on instagram last night to make sure he takes his shoes with him! easily done when you've had so much time away to forget the simple things, like when you go back to school and forget your satchel and packed lunch. really interesting to see what will happen with the olympics next year, will they happen or not. mike, thank you very much. let's get more now on the row over the promised coronavirus track and trace system in england. the deputy first minister of scotland, john swinney, has been speaking about the tracking and tracing system in scotland on the today programme on bbc radio 4. he was asked by nick robinson how many of the 2,000

planned contact tracers the scottish government had recruited. we've got 600 people available to undertake contact tracing as we stand. we reckon that we will need... again, way below the target, why? well, we don't need all 2000 at one go, and certainly not at the start of it so we have 600 of them lined up just now. we are working to get the 2000 in place. we won't need them on day one when we start this process but at the end of this month, where we want to be in a position to deliver a contact tracing strategy, that will be able to be delivered within scotland. later today we'll hear more details about the plans to ease the lockdown in scotland. to discuss this, let's talk to rowland kao, professor of epidemiology and data science at the university of edinburgh, and stephen leckie who is chair of the scottish tourism alliance and chief executive of crieff hydro family of hotels. welcome to both of you and if i

could begin with you, road land, what is the transmission rate in scotla nd what is the transmission rate in scotland right now and what do you thing will be a sensible way for scotla nd thing will be a sensible way for scotland to ease its restrictions? good morning. if you look at the latest statistics for scotland, the number of cases, the number of deaths is going down, so this is very good news and it means the reproduction number, r, is still below one so it does put us in a position where we can think about loosening the restrictions. the obvious thing to say is that these things should be done in a very gradual way, in a way that you don't suddenly change the ability to come into co nta ct suddenly change the ability to come into contact with each other, so the first change of restrictions will be things like that have relatively low risk of transmission, like going outdoors, certainly being in more contact with people out of doors, not travelling long distances and not travelling long distances and not having large gatherings. listening to that, how is the

tourism industry in scotland preparing for this? obviously, tourism industry in scotland preparing forthis? obviously, like every other tourism industry around the world, it has taken a big hit so far but can you see a situation where you can start to open up again while maintaining that social distancing? well, we didn't plan to shut down two months ago, however we have spent the last two months planning to reopen and it's as simple as that. we are keen to reopen and ready to reopen. however, in order for tourist businesses to be viable we have to have a volume of trade and that makes it very difficult to hear what rowland has to say and it's difficult to match up to say and it's difficult to match up volume with being viable but there are many aspects of tourism, for example self catering parks and other areas around scotland, plenty of space where we can track people in and have volume but at the same time accept the relevant social distancing rules and other advice from government. rowland, if you

look at the west of scotland and the highlands and islands being very dependent on tourism, not necessarily a high density of population but people living there do have concerns about an influx of visitors as to whether the whole of the system could cope if there were cases of coronavirus. do you have concerns about that possible scenario? absolutely. it's a very tricky alan singh act to maintain this and i take the previous comments about the importance of tourism. the difficulties are the ones you have already stated, which is in the highlands and islands you have that combination of the importance of tourism but also the distance and the fact that the availability of intensive care, for example, is quite far away on the whole. also the facilities you do have there tend to be singular, for example, the number of care homes you have there are few in number and they are far apart so there are very few places that people can go,

therefore any impact of the disease would be quite high and getting the balancing act right is something that scotland has to think carefully about. stephen, how are your bookings looking both for the group of hotels that you are in charge of and more broadly across the scottish tourism industry? how are bookings looking? are there people making tentative steps towards possibly booking a holiday later in the summer or beyond? there is huge demand for wanting to visit scotland or revisit scotland. 70% of tourist visitors to scotland come from the uk, with half coming from scotland. it's like a coil spring because there is pent—up demand and we took £65,000 of booking last week and in july we had 50% of the 60 self—catering units booked already so self—catering units booked already so what we are looking for from the first minister today in scotland is not only for the road map but also dates. when can we actually start to

open our businesses in some viable way? so you want a road map and firm dates as well stop professor, do you think that will be a sensible step for the first minister to take at this point, balancing up the needs of business and that huge task of ensuring the well—being of the population in scotland? absolutely it will be true that having a clear ordering of changes and restrictions will be essential for planning. i think it's really important people understand what will happen. when will be more difficult because the reason is, no matter how much we try to predict what will happen when we release various restrictions, we don't know what the impact is going to be on disease risk, so what we need to do is evaluate each step whether it is sensible to move to the next step, and there is embedded, i believe, planfora three—week phasing in and i think what would happen at the end of the

three weeks as we would evaluate what happened and determine at that point whether or not we should go ahead. so unfortunately, and i'm speaking in terms of epidemiology, choosing ahead of time when we will change these things is not the right idea. stephen, i'm sure that is something you are acutely aware of but nonetheless you do want those dates. how desperate is the situation for many in the tourism business at the moment as they try to balance their economic well—being with their health? we must be careful not to look at this as a single issue crisis. we have to look at the viability of businesses. many businesses, if they cannot open by summer businesses, if they cannot open by summertime, quite simply businesses, if they cannot open by summer time, quite simply they will fall to their knees and fail. already without the government support which we are grateful for, and bank support, which were also grateful for, we would have failed already. but many of us are going seriously into debt with each month losing hundreds of thousands of

pounds, so the sooner we open in some form and get some revenue in, the better it will be. we know the demand is there and we are ready for it. we practice safe hygiene in this industry and we need advice from the government on ppe and other measures we can take to protect our customers and our people and return to work. 0k, and our people and return to work. ok, the first minister is expected to announce the plan around lunchtime. really interesting to talk to both of you. thank you both very much for your time today. as we heard earlier that tories are coming under pressure to remove immigration charges, and sir roger is here to talk about scrapping those fees. put simply, i'm guessing you think the prime minister is on the wrong side on this, certainly on the wrong side on this, certainly on the wrong side of public opinion?”

think he is. i think we had the opportunity to put something wrong right and there is no shame whatsoever in saying we got this wrong, now we're going to put it right. at prime minister's questions yesterday the prime minister gave a figure of £900 million of revenue to the health service of immigrant health fees. the impression was that thatis health fees. the impression was that that is the figure from health service workers and care service workers. in fact, which i'm certain was provided by the home office because it is a home office responsibility was the total figure, and clearly the figure for the health service, and for care workers isa health service, and for care workers is a very great deal less, properly in the region of £50 million. i'm not suggesting that £50 million isn't a lot of money, but in the great scheme of things, to say thank you to some very brave people who have been saving lives, i think it isa have been saving lives, i think it is a quick win, and i think the prime minister is a magnanimous

person, and i think you should do it. including some of the people who looked after the prime minister when he was in intensive care. your colleague has already said he would support this cross—party motion are you aware of other conservative mps who are currently pressing the prime minister to change his mind? it's not for me to speak to my colleagues, they must speak to my selves, but the answer is yes, when i put out the press release this morning it got considerable response from the bulk of conservative colleagues. it's the right thing to do. me and my wife will go out on our doorstep to applaud the health service tonight along with millions of people across the country and if we going to do that, we need to put our money where our mouth is. in the long term, we have to look clearly at the mere narration of those working in the health service —— at the remuneration. it is in the short term this is something we can do quickly and in the great scheme of things it will not cost an arm and a leg and i believe we should do it to say thank you to the very many

immigrant workers in the health service and care service who are out there saving lives, including the life of the prime minister, and he knows that, and he knows it and appreciates it. these magnanimous andi appreciates it. these magnanimous and i hope you can now be magnanimous. why then do you think when keir starmer was speaking to borisjohnson when keir starmer was speaking to boris johnson about this when keir starmer was speaking to borisjohnson about this at prime minister's questions yesterday did the prime is to say that the right way to deal with this was to increase wages for nhs workers rather than to immediately remove this levy, this fee. in the long term i'm quite sure that is the right thing to do and the prime minister was right to say that but in the short term, there is something we can do quickly to say thank you to the people who have come into this country, to work on our health service and care services to save lives. i think there is every reason why we should do that no reason we should not. as we said, this is a home office responsibility, they collect the fees when people come into the country and i think it's time for the home secretary to say to the

prime minister, it's ok, we can do this and we should do it. so roger, thank you very much forjoining us to talk about that. so roger gale, who is calling on the government to remove that fee for overseas health workers, calling for them to be exempt for charges currently to use the nhs. today on bbc news we're looking at how the global travel industry has been affected by the pandemic. we'll be asking when and where tourism may be able to resume, and what your rights are as a consumer. let's look at france now — one of the world's top holiday destinations. the country is now into its second week of easing the lockdown, and with that come some limited opportunites for industries associated with tourism our correspondent hugh schofield is in paris. hello, hugh. how have these two weeks of easing the lockdown gone in your estimation? and what is the

tourism industry able to do? we are beginning to see the first signs of life in the tourism business here, the eiffel tower, as you can see, at the eiffel tower, as you can see, at the beginning of a long weekend here, it's a central bank holiday are normally the space —— place would be crammed with visitors in this lovely weather but it's not, because we are still under very tight restrictions regarding monuments, public buildings and so on but across the country things are loosening up slowly. beaches are beginning to open up and i've been watching pictures from a mediterranean beach where they put ina mediterranean beach where they put in a roped off grid pattern over this wide beach so you could go and make sure you are socially distant when you are down there. that's the kind of initiative that is being started and which no doubt will be replicated across the country in the days ahead as people begin to start thinking about the holidays. the government is saying to people in

france that you will be able to travel in france injuly and august. you must take this opportunity to give a boost to the tourist industry and from next week, we will be seeing decisions made about the loosening of rules regarding bars, cafe is, restaurants and so on in most of the country which i think will start accelerating that movement. and from july and august, certainly the plan is that it will be very much a national tourist season with french people going to france. the big question of course, from your point of view, from the british point of view, the german point of view, will they be able to come to france to enjoy it? and at this moment i don't have any clear answer. the french are saying that along with the europeans they will review the situation in the middle ofjune and then they hope decisions will be made on a european level about removing restrictions on boarders. at the moment it's a very disparate situation in various european countries with italy opening up, gris opening up, spain

not opening up. we are told in mid june there will be a pan—european announcement that will have an impact on cross—border holiday making. the other issue of course is about britain and france and the initial plan to wave potential quarantine requirements for french citizens. that seems to have been removed and the french people have a quarantine requirement and the french have said that there would be a quarantine requirement on british people coming in as well. you, we must leave it there and a beautiful day in paris in front of the eiffel tower there. one thing we hear from those who've lost a loved one during the pandemic is that they want them to be remembered for who they were, not just as another statistic. when eloise's father kim passed away with covid—19, she wanted everybody‘s memory of him to be his love of magic, and turned to the local community to help make it happen. fiona trott has been to meet her. pick a card, any card. the trick taught by her dad. he loved magic and now friends

and family are learning some as a tribute to kim brian. he'd love it. i've actually spoken to one of his friends about it and he said, "your dad would be loving this." and he would. the floating orange one was so funny. just the presentation of itjust really made me laugh. i wonder if it can levitate and go uphill. 0h hey—ho, whoa, hey... amazing. you can't go uphill the other way, can you? "oh, yes, i can," says the orange. and for any friends who might need it, some lessons from a professional. all black, 0k? eloise and kirsty‘s dad helped the local magic shop go online. he wanted to keep the business going during lockdown. whenever you like, just shout "stop". you'll have to be a bit louder than that. hello there, how are you? it's owned by his friend mark. a lot of people are suffering

through these times we are living through and the usual grieving process, obviously, you can't be there with people as well. so i think it's important to find strength in other things. keeping the magic going has definitely given me strength to carry on doing what kim set up to do and i know even and his family have even put their magic on there as well. i'm sharon and as most of you all know, i've spent surrounded by magic for well over 25 years. cheers, kim. let's keep the magic going. if you see a magic trick, you can't not smile, you just can't. i always thought, i didn't understand why my dad did magic but actually he got a smile out of every person and every single memory i've got of my dad is him smiling and i think that's a result of the magic and the magic tricks. to read more tributes to those who

have died during the pandemic, go to the bbc news website. there is also a form where you can add your own tribute to someone you have lost. time for the weather with matt. after the morning rain, more widely sunny in the afternoon with rain confined to the north and east of scotla nd confined to the north and east of scotland and a few showers clear away from eastern scotland and everywhere sees the odd rumble of thunder and then blue skies to the vast majority even though it's not as hot as yesterday, still plenty warm out there with temperatures still close to 26 or 27 in the south—east corner and the high teens and low 20s for the most part. after and low 20s for the most part. after a dry evening with clear skies, lovely su nsets, a dry evening with clear skies, lovely sunsets, rain spreads into night with windy weather for northern ireland and by the end of the night that will be across a good pa rt the night that will be across a good part of mainland scotland and parts of wales, and northern and western areas of england and a warm night with temperatures still in double figures if not the mid—teens, but a big change on friday and into the weekend. the area of low pressure becomes dominant, the further south

you are, not much rain in the forecast but we will see rainfall totals tot up, particular and western areas of scotland and one month of rain possible in one area and rough seas and under unseasonably windy weather as well.

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