first, the headlines. the prime minister's top adviser, dominic cummings, declares he won't quit, after driving hundreds of miles during lockdown — with his wife sick with symptoms of coronavirus. it's a question of doing the right thing. it's not about what you guys think. cabinet ministers have defended him — arguing he wanted to stay near family for childcare — in case he too contracted coronavirus. mr cummings is in the public eye but the reality of the matter is that a four—year—old child's welfare, ithink, is the important thing. businesses will have to pay around a quarter of the wages of furloughed workers from the start of august. guernsey will become the first part of the british isles to lift nearly all its lockdown restrictions.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political commentator, jo phillips, the political editor of the sunday mirror and people, nigel nelson and john stevens, the deputy political editor at the daily mail. welcome to all of you. much to discuss. the observer leads with what it calls ‘devastating' new claims that the uk prime minister's top aide, dominic cummings, breached lockdown rules more than once. the paper says downing street are under growing pressure to fire the senior adviser. the mirror says dominic cummings made two trips from london to durham at the height of the lockdown including one trip when his wife was ill with coronavirus symptoms.

but the paper says the prime minister still supports his most senior adviser. the telegraph says opposition parties are demanding an urgent inquiry in to mr cummings‘ actions — and several conservative mps are expected to call on the senior adviser to resign tomorrow. the daily mail carries a quote from the prime minister borisjohnson who — the paper claims — has fended off calls to fire his top aide by telling allies, "it's not like he was visiting a lover." the sunday times agrees that the prime minister wants to stand by dominic cummings. it says the pm has insisted he will not throw his most senior adviser "to the dogs". and the express says borisjohnson will unveil a series of crucial moves to start steering britain safely out of lockdown at the start ofjune — including funds to help high streets. there will be 19 dominic cummings a story but you will have to wait

because we have quite a lot to do. let's start with the observer noes fresh claims that cummings broke virus was. simon walk us through these claims. we already know from this morning pots are papers that he went up to durham during lockdown and then of course he came back on april the 14th. and what the observer and sunday mirror are pointing out today is that he went back there again on the 19th. this means that dominic cummings was in breach of lockdown rules twice. on top of that come on easter sunday, there are witnesses who say they saw him at bernard castle which was 30 miles away from where he was going to be lockdown. how fair is it to criticise a man for trying to do the right thing by his children which is what he is saying is? —— with his

son? jacob rees—mogg in particular on social media jumped to his defence saying this was not appropriate to politicise this. defence saying this was not appropriate to politicise thism is appropriate to politicise it because there are tens of thousands of people across the country who have been struggling with childcare who may well have had coronavirus or coronavirus symptoms or been otherwise unwell who have not gone out of their way to drive 260 miles to get help. there are grandparents and other members of extended families who would be willing to help with childcare for many, many people. and i think as the observer says in its editorial in tomorrow morning bonsai paper, people have not been able to be at the side of their love ones as they die, they have not been able to go to funerals. —— tomorrow morning's paper. a lot of people have been serving and the point they make or an extract from that editorial inside the paper, it is a

disgraceful breach that goes to the heart of the credibly of the government's pandemic responds. and i think it puts the government already in something of a shambles in an even worse position because it does appear that some people have got one way of behaving and the rest of us are supposed to behave the other for some and i think the way dominic cummings behaving the way that you showed those clips this money, he is so arrogant to say who cares. we all care because we are all doing the same thing. i think the headline writers have miss a trick because i rather expected something to say "cummings and goings". i think one of them has. i forget which. is it bonsai paper? yes the sunday paper has that headline. you can rely on nigel. we heard from ray to five why send that

if dominic cummings is not set by tomorrow, that he think that the prime minister's judgement isn't stressed out. how far can a prime minister hold onto an aide like this in the circumstances do you think?|j think in the circumstances do you think?” think the premise is keen to keep hold of it, you saw all those ministers out this afternoon, i don't know how spontaneous it was or how much they had been forced to do that but it obviously seemed by the government was determined to keep them. ithink government was determined to keep them. i think the interesting thing i'iow them. i think the interesting thing now will be what declaration —— what reaction to the wava stories? did he go back to durham when he was better? and number ten is still saying those are inaccurate tonight. but this route to do with the police at numberten this but this route to do with the police at number ten this morning put out a statement that it was untrue that the police with any of dominic cummings family about this was of an durham police saying that was untrue saying that they sorted dominic

cummings father. there is a big discrepancy there between what numberten said on discrepancy there between what number ten said on record and what the police are saying and it shows that he was untying the trip and that he was untying the trip and that could make him be in big trouble. was look at the sunday mirror. because for aid to be sacked by borisjohnson still stands by his adviser the other issuejo here, is how elastic have the guidelines had to become to accommodate this? indeed. and elastic is an extremely good word. i think at the very beginning it was quite clear that lockdown mental lockdown and we all understood what it meant. we had since then seen a rather confusing relaxation of the lockdown facade —— walked on meant lockdown. but what we saw from the government and how to number ten and dominic cummings have responded to this it is a little bit like saying "it didn't say i could not park their" when you park in an obvious

place opposite a driveway or something like that. i think it is this sort of attitude if you are going to take the view that the prime ministers seemed to last week when he relaxed some of the lockdown rules that you trust the common sense of the british public, you also at the same time, he had told cabinet members that they would be held accountable for their actions and they must obey the lockdown measures. you don't have to be that smart andl measures. you don't have to be that smart and i understand that dominic cummings is quite smart to work out that going backwards and forwards to cou nty that going backwards and forwards to county durham between durham and london doesn't really fit with the spirit of what these measures are about. nigel, labour making some capital out of this. but they were critical of the guidelines not so long ago saying that they weren't at all long ago saying that they weren't at a ll clear long ago saying that they weren't at all clear but now they are saying they are abundantly clear and mr cummings should have understood it. so there is a lot of politicking going on. there is a bit of

politicking going on. i can understand that but i don't think dominic cummings behaviour is helping an awful lot. asjo said, the way he has responded to this is with utter arrogance. so when he says that he doesn't care how it works, you might have got a bit more soup if he if he said "look, it doesn't look good i know but i was deeply worried for the safety of my son." and the whole point about guidelines is that yes common—sense does come into play and if you're in a situation where you cannot look after your child because you are ill 01’ after your child because you are ill or both parents are ill, then you can understand and look for chapter elsewhere, perhaps a 260 miles elsewhere, perhaps a 260 miles elsewhere but certainly elsewhere. if the dismissiveness of the whole thing. these are rules that dominic cummings helped draw up. and if all people, he should know how to obey

them. john the other issue is boris johnson says at least he was not visiting a lover, reference to neil ferguson, the scientific adviser who had to set down. but how damaging is this? forget the politics at the minute, but for the governance of this country at a time when everyone is looking to the ministers of state to show us the way through this and what is an international crisis?” think the reason borisjohnson what is an international crisis?” think the reason boris johnson was referring and comparing it to the neil ferguson case was they clearly thought that this was more defendable, his wife was sick, he was worried about his son. i think thatis was worried about his son. i think that is why number ten thought they could defend it and keep all of that because it wasn't like he was doing something illicit. he was in the way of going to see a lover, that he was not in the way of seeing a lover. he was taking care of his child. but because of how people are abiding by

the lockdown, one of the great successes is people have followed the rules. when they rules first came in, people thought would people in this country be willing to stay at home for days on and? will we need the police to be enforcing them? and by and large people have followed them. but we have several cases, professor neil ferguson, the community secretary robert jenrick who went to another house that wasn't his house in london. and i think some members of the public who had made other sacrifices, you have missed family funerals, not being up to visit loved ones they die, it it looks that there is one more for one and one more for the other.” looks that there is one more for one and one more for the other. i would just refer to the sunday telegraph had went as cummings... there is a picture of there for some it illustrates what the photographer butjohn your paper a traditionally conservative supporting paper. how are you going to approach this particular twist? —— a conservative

supporting paper? we will see what comes out tomorrow. it seems like these allegations keep coming and it will be interesting to see number ten is saying that these new sightings of him weekly from durham that they are true and are inaccurate for some it would be interesting if members of the public oi'i interesting if members of the public on forward with footage or pictures. we have more eyewitnesses saying they did see him. i do not think the story is going away at all. nigel, how do you seat downing street having to respond to these fresh allegations was at the artie said there was no mileage and the fact that the police are involved and durham police have no issue that statement saying yes we did have a conversation with him on the 31st of march? i think at the end of the day, dominic cummings is going to have to go. it's a question of if he is strapped kicking and kick —— kicking or screaming out of dicey or goes off to his own volition puzzle

john is right that borisjohnson desperately wants to keep them. but there comes a point where he no longer can. and i think we are getting to that stage where opinion polls coming out tonight saying the majority of the british public think he was wrong to do what he did and many of them would like him to resign. that's where i think this will end up. there is some geography in this as welljo that people have commented on the fact at the point at which mrcummings commented on the fact at the point at which mr cummings decided to go to county durham, infection rates in london were far higher than in other parts of the country, noted with the northeast of england and people and cou nty northeast of england and people and county durham who were trying to do the right thing say that they take exception to his decision. yes absolutely and who can blame them? we have seen that this bank holiday weekend and during the good weather with people coming and being not given the warmest welcome as they visit second homes and go on long drives. but i think to go back to what you were just talking with

nigel about, the government is struggling. they have lost the confidence. i think most of the public eighth and the benefit of the dot at the beginning of this because it was an unprecedented crisis but we have seen so many things unraveling. and as alastair campbell, i think it was him said famously, "once you become the story, it is time to go." this isn't going to go away. and dominic cummings, he sat in those state —— sage meanings for some he is not a science test or in the scientific advisory meetings, but he has been pa rt of advisory meetings, but he has been part of the decision—making process which has led to us the rest of us abiding by the rules. but john dominic cummings is credited with being a strategic genius even if people don't like him, they admire him. certainly he will not have missed cap into this consent? you when i thought so but it seems that it doesn't match the account in

tomorrow's papers. this afternoon, gram shafts the transfer secretary was defending dominic cummings saying that once he got to county durham, he say put in the house was —— graham shafts the transmit secretary for some allegations came out today that we have seen him on easter sunday which doesn't tell you that he was staying put. at that site becomes more difficult to defend himself. let's look at one other story on the sunday telegraph. councils must justify not other story on the sunday telegraph. councils mustjustify not reopening schools. it sounds than jo that the pressure will be building on schools to be ready. this is quite an interesting take and it is a bit of a collision course between whitehall and local authorities. we are talking about schools in england because the developed countries have different rules. —— the devolved countries the schools can only open from june the 1st which is the date the government wants them to open

but only one seaman has moved to the second stage of easing of the lockdown. but what the trend telegraph is saying is that councils will have to public we justify their reasons for not opening schools. we know already 50 councils have indicated that schools will stay shut. some academies around the country are opening for not opening schools. we know already 50 councils have indicated that schools will stay shut. some academies around the country are opening. the sunday telegraph that parents are extremely worried about sending their children back to school and we are talking about primary schools here. there are grave concerns about primary schools here. there are grave concerns from parents, from teachers. it isn't as simple as opening the doors. and things go back to normal because as anybody who has ever dealt with small children knows, they are not very good at socially isolating and they do pick things up and put things down. there are staff, parents, there is a whole lot of issues for people and local authorities who are responsible to worry about. if the

government is going on a collision course with local authorities, it is another row that they don't really need to be having. nigel once again showing that england is not necessarily in step with the other three nations that make up the united kingdom. we have seem to phone out of step with the rest of the united kingdom a couple of weeks ago for some —— falling out of set. they're not ago for some —— falling out of set. they‘ re not happy ago for some —— falling out of set. they're not happy with the speed with which we were trying to lift lockdown. i think that the headline says it all, that the idea that councils should justify keeping schools close gets the whole thing the wrong way round. the government should justify why they should stay open. and all the teachers are asking and the best example of this is the national education union which represents head teachers, they have set reasonable conditions are reopening, what they're saying is let us reopen when those conditions are met. if they are met byjune the 1st, that will be fine. if they're

not, the school opening should be postponed. further into this article, john, it says that private schools on the other hand are pleading with ministers to allow more of their primary school age children to be allowed back into the classroom which is almost opposite. and i think there is quite a mixed picture across the country. some local authorities seem to be willing to reopen schools and some of them are refusing. but let's be clear about what is being proposed here, the government is proposing a phase and gradual reopening of schools. it is not about reopening all schools at all the same time. it is about primary schools with reception year one and year six. they will put plans in places limiting the class sizes to a maximum of 15 c61 have children mixing around so much and having staggered start times and staggered lunchtimes. and the other to think about is while there might be some risk of children going back

to school that people are worried about, there is dangerous if children don't go back to school. a lot of children don't have the books at home, don't have the laptops, they might be in a terabyte without a nice garden and they really do need to get back to school. it isn't just about the schools on ones —— concerns on just about the schools on ones —— concerns on one side, it is what happens if you keep children away from school and one time that certain children will suffer. that's it for the papers this hour. jo phillips, nigel nelson and john stevens will be back at half past eleven for another look at the papers. goodbye for now. hi there, i'm chetan pathak with your sports news. whilst premier league teams continue training this weekend, spain's prime minister pedro sanchez has given the country's top flight the go—ahead to resume matches from june the 8th.

players like lionel messi whose barcelona side are just two points ahead of real madrid are back in group training at the start of the week, and had been working on their own earlier in the month after all players were tested for coronavirus, five positive tests came back across the top two divisions. the season was stopped in march with 11 games to go. and whilst the likes of england, spain, and italy hope to resume matches next month in germany, the bundesliga is already back behind closed doors with bayern munich maintaining a four—point lead at the top of the table. they beat eintracht frankfurt by 5—2. robert lewandowski scored. and second—place borussia dortmund kept pressure up with a 2—0 win at wolfsburg. there were also away wins for bayer leverkusen and werder bremen. former tottenham manager mauricio pochettino says he's hopeful the english premier league season and campaigns across europe will be completed. he's also been telling us he's ready

for his next challenge six months after being sacked by spurs and would consider a job outside the premier league's top six clubs. pochettino has been linked to newcastle if their proposed takeover goes ahead. but for now, he's just hopeful for a gradual return of football. football is going to help the people to move on and to be distracted about this terrible virus. i am very positive to finish the premier league and to finish different... like, la liga in spain or in italy, i am very positive. and i think we need to finish because that is going to benefit not only the clubs if not the players in the society and just start to introduce ourselves in that new normality. the world number one novak djokovic

says he's proud to be bringing together some of tennis‘s best players to take part in a series of matches next month. with the professional tour off until august, djokovic will be taking part in a tour across the balkans from june the 13th to july the 5th. he will be joined by the likes of world number three dominic thiem and bulgarian grigor dimitrov. the eight—man event designed to support humanitarian projects across the region. the us open could be one of the first tournaments to return and british number one dan evans says he would love to see it take place even behind closed doors. the us tennis association hopes to hold that in new york from august the 31st. it would send out a real statement of, "we can get back going, this is what we do." it could be an amazing spectacle that tennis goes ahead with no one in the stadium, i can't see arthur ashe stadium

being empty and federer and nadal or whoever playing the final would be so strange. but it would also be iconic as well i think and how good that would look in the years to come. the boss of silverstone says he's confident formula 1's british grand prix will go ahead injuly despite the uk government's new quarantine rules for international travellers. stuart pringle says he's hopeful some sporting events will be exempt and although the lockdown has been hard for the circuit and their supply chain, he believes they will recover. we are a resilient team. i've got some incredible colleagues working incredibly hard to make sure that we can plot a chart out of this. there is a huge groundswell of support in the united kingdom for motor racing. silverstone hosted the first ever formula 1 world championship 70 years ago, and i have every confidence that we will continue into the future. but we've been on a slow road to rebuild ourfortunes and having climbed a very long lap, it feels like we are going down a very, very long snake

which is pretty disheartening. but i have every confidence that we will survive and we will get there. certainly having a british grand prix this year will aid that. and the nba has confirmed it's in talks with disney to restart the us basketball season in orlando, florida. it would mean all matches take place from latejuly at disney's espn wide world of sports complex. players would also be based at the site. the season has been on hold since the 11th of march. and that is all your support for now. from me, and the team, good night. hello. it has been on the fresh cypher some of us this weekend. very blustery weather across the northern half of the uk and heavy rain in places too. but the good news is sunday is looking much calmer right

across the country. those winds will be dying down through the course of saturday night. now here is the settle m e nt saturday night. now here is the settlement picture and it shows this big weather system just to the north of scotla nd big weather system just to the north of scotland moving into the norwegian sea and its weather front stretching across scandinavia, central europe, all the way down to southern france and even northern spain. behind this weather system high—pressure is starting to develop and that also means that the weather will be settling down across a large trunk of western europe. it will be warming up in the uk and other parts of the continent. the forecast for saturday shows a bit of quiet and maybe some rain across the north for a time in the morning. then clouds here within. the sunniest of the weather i think across wales, the midlands and the south. white twins will make it warmer, 22 in london and a little less warm and scotland... —— light winds will make it warmerfor seven scotland... —— light winds will make it warmer for seven high—pressure scotland... —— light winds will make it warmerfor seven high—pressure in the south with weather fronts still

quite sneaky trying to sneak into north—western parts of the uk. it does look as though this warmer current affair from the south is going to win and bring warmer weather at least have most of the uk. monday's weather forecast suggests a lot of financial weather across wales, england, much of scotla nd across wales, england, much of scotland but the western isles and northern ireland close to this weather front, court conditions northern ireland close to this weatherfront, court conditions here with cloud and rain at times but look across the south—east of england up to around 26 degrees. here is the high—pressure on tuesday across the uk. within that high—pressure we have this awkward weather fronts stuck. that also means that there is not going to be much wind and the high—pressure to move that with the front around so we will have to wait for the clouds to break up and allow for that sunshine to come through. top temperatures on tuesday around about mid 20s in the south—east but even in the north—east of england temperatures will be getting up to 20 or so. the same pattern continues into monday. high—pressure is here

but weather fronts are never that far away from the west or north—west of uk. if anything for a time, there could be some rain moving across some parts of northern ireland and into scotland at least for a time on wednesday. exactly how much and whether this will be further north or south is still a little questionable. but i think on wednesday most of us should have a dry day. here is wednesday night and into thursday. again that high—pressure is with us but starting to push away those weather fronts and making more of a detour in the direction of iceland. you can see the southerly winds indicating that the warmer airfrom see the southerly winds indicating that the warmer air from the south is winning, pushing the rain clouds a ways towards the north acai think by the time we get to thursday and friday, it does look as though much of the uk will be under the influence of that warmer current affair from the south. it will be spreading right across the uk, much of western and central parts of europe and also into scandinavia. the indication is we are in for a

fairly prolonged spell of warm weather most of the time it is going to be sunny. and apart from those weather fronts during the week, refreshing of the uk, it will be dry for the rest of us. bye—bye.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the prime minister's top adviser, dominic cummings, declares he won't quit, after driving hundreds of miles during lockdown — with his wife sick with symptoms of coronavirus. asa as a question of doing the right thing. as a question of doing the right thing. cabinet ministers have defended him — arguing he wanted to stay nearfamily for childcare — in case he too contracted coronavirus. mrcummings is in mr cummings is in the public eye but the reality of the matter is a ao—year—old child welfare and i think is the important thing. —— four ao—year—old child welfare and i think is the important thing. —— four