more widespread want to the middle pa rt of more widespread want to the middle part of the day, 25 or 26 across the country. this theme is going to continue over the next few days. high—pressurejust continue over the next few days. high—pressure just drifting off the scandinavia a little but we still have this southerly feed dragging in this warm airand have this southerly feed dragging in this warm air and potentially high—pressure keeping all those out in the atlantic. not much change as we move out of one week into the next, so you can we move out of one week into the next, so you can see we move out of one week into the next, so you can see thursday into friday claudia skies at times but still seeing ready warm with that. it does mean is the close of the month of may this going to belittle significant change into the weather story. and so that means we will continue light winds, largely dry and warm for all. many places across the southeast could see very little if any rainfall or may at all. take care.

hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. did you go to barnard castle? did you leave the family home in durham? the prime minister, borisjohnson, stands by his chief advisor, rejecting calls for his resignation over allegedly breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. according to mrjohnson, dominic cummings was "following instinct" in travelling over 250 miles for childcare, when his wife showed coronavirus symptoms. i believe that, in every respect, he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity. the labour party has responded angrily to the developments. sir keir starmer said if he was prime minister, he would have sacked mr cummings. this was a huge test of the prime minister and he's just failed that test. he hasn't sacked dominic cummings, he hasn't called for an investigation, and he's treating

the british public with contempt. more than 100 people are arrested in hong kong, during protests against beijing's new proposed security laws. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry mance, chief features writer at the ft, anna isaac, from the wall streetjournal, and olivia utley, from the sun. one story dominates the front pages of tomorrow's papers. the i, which suggests there's disarray in downing street, as the prime minister's chief

adviser, dominic cummings, hangs on to hisjob, after breaking lockdown rules to travel to durham in late march. the daily mail asks the question it says the whole country is asking, as it focuses on what it calls "the furious backlash" within the conservative party over borisjohnson‘s support of mr cummings. the daily telegraph chooses to feature the prime minister's words of endorsement from this afternoon's downing street briefing, that dominic cumming's actions were the "instincts that dominic cummings' actions were the "instincts of every father". the daily express says borisjohnson was defiant in his support for mr cummings, despite fury from mps on all sides. the mirror — which was one of the papers to first break the story — calls mrjohnson and mr cummings "a cheat" and "a coward" for their actions. the sun combines the prime minister's backing of mr cummings with the confirmation that schools in england will begin to reopen on june 1st. and finally, the guardian says borisjohnson was unapologetic at this afternoon's briefing, the paper saying he'd staked his reputation on saving the career of his chief adviser.

let's begin, our three panellists have decided to wear white, the instruction for a 3—person panel! starting with the daily mail which i must admit i did have an intake of breath when i read this. what planet are they on? the rules of this 3—person you each get a reply on this first paper and then we just pick and mix as it goes. henry, what did you think when you picked up the daily mail? well, they have really gone it. i mean, they think there is fury in the country and this is certainly what tory mps have been saying that they have been getting e—mails and text from their own constituents who are the type of peel —— people that read the mail and they are furious and they think there has been an exemption made for someone very senior. there has been an exemption made for someone very senior. at the same time, ithink someone very senior. at the same time, i think the daily mail is no longer the loyalist —— the most loyal paper out there to boris johnson and it is a fair weather friend and it did not back him in the tory leadership campaign last year. and i think its editor will enjoy the opportunity to go after

him. but they may have the country on their side on this. anna sense perhaps the enjoyment in coming up with a headline like this, what planet are they on? is this perhaps below the water line just up passing shot from a fair weather friend?” think it is somewhere in between, i think it is somewhere in between, i think it is pretty strong stuff. when you have such a clear line, for the good of the nation, for the good of the government, he must resign. i think that is taking it to a bit of a new level even if this is a paper that no longer has the same loyalty we have seen historically towards tory leadership. and i think it is very specific when it says this was something we were all meant to be together and the mail had been consistent with the messaging on that. it has been telling the government guidance line to a very large extent and encouraging that behaviour. so for it to make the switch is reflective of the kind of leadership we are seeing with those

tory mps that they start to mention. they mention i! or more by the time we reach tomorrow morning. also, early reports of cabinet members, there was feeling less confident of there was feeling less confident of the lines they were tweeting out in support of mrcummings the lines they were tweeting out in support of mr cummings previously. the strong tone of the mail reflects there may be movement here. i have just been there may be movement here. i havejust been reminded there may be movement here. i have just been reminded that when the tories when mcrae the recent election, the headline of the mail was, rejoice! it has gone from rejoice to what planet are they on in the space of a few months. yes, the mail's headline shows what an epic miscalculation it was from the government to assume this would be a westminster bubble story and that is a phrase you hear around a lot, that is what the government sets itself up is what the government sets itself up as, this is a story everyone is talking about on twitter, as media types, and nobody cares about it in the rest of the country. in this case, that is not true. yes, dominic cummings isa case, that is not true. yes, dominic cummings is a westminster person perhaps some people had not heard of

before this kicked up, but the fact that the prime minister's chief adviser flouted rules other people have been sticking too closely whether they like it or not, it doesn't matter whether he is a westminster person, that has really cut through and the mail shows it. it was also interesting the comment on the first page that perhaps if he had apologised, if there was a sign of contrition, perhaps the country could move on quite quickly. you can sort of understand what he did, it is not defensible, but you might be able to accept forgiveness, but there is no contrition, which is so strange. if the prime minister and his chief adviser wanted and is view, they have got it in the daily telegraph. he has acted responsibly, legally and with integrity, and you said, henry, on twitter, the analysis piece from the associate editor was pretty interesting. analysis piece from the associate editor was pretty interestingm people want to understand what boris johnson may be thinking over the

last few hours, camilla's piece is a great guide to his dislike of confrontation and why he won't really either have enjoyed taking on dominic cummings and saying, i have to fire you, that is not the kind of thing borisjohnson to fire you, that is not the kind of thing boris johnson likes to fire you, that is not the kind of thing borisjohnson likes to do, but also, why he needs him in downing street. dominic cummings is the person who effectively when macro for him in the brexit campaign and was instrumental in making him tory leader and winning the general election last year, getting brexit done. and he feels a loyalty to him, and he also feels having that kind of adviser, that kind of pit bull in downing street, allows him to be the non—confrontational person who is popular, he is allowed to be charismatic. although this is supported front page for the government, the news piece again reports cabinet disquiet and it points out that in the press conference, the prime minister was

not able to answer i think a host of questions in the reporter's words such as when he knew about threat, whether the trip to barnard castle was made. so although this looks outwardly positive, it still shows a real anger and disquiet underneath. and isaac, is a prime minister meant to throw himself under the body of an adviser? you always have that famous thatcher quote to commit it is wise —— advisors advisers and ministers decide, so that has to be done unless there is going to be a resignation. the telegraph has worked a careful line where what it has said, it has united their face a bit in the way these stories are written and the quote is interesting, it says paris has put his credibility and the government's credibility on the line by sticking up credibility on the line by sticking up for dominic and that as a quote below the picture and the way it is

laid out, it really says, 0k, below the picture and the way it is laid out, it really says, ok, you back to your man, we will to an extent back you, but you have joined your fake here. we will look at the daily express next. defiant boris stands by his man. olivia, i almost did not get the tammy wynette reference, stand by your man! it came to me on the eighth time and it almost looks borisjohnson came to me on the eighth time and it almost looks boris johnson and dominic cummings not look like a couple, but at the very least, their fates are intertwined. yes, they definitely are. i think steve baker said what dominic cummings is doing is burning through the political capital of borisjohnson is burning through the political capital of boris johnson and that is absolutely right. and i would say the express is the most openly, outwardly and wholly supportive of the government because as boast guest said about the telegraph, yes, the headline is positive, but it shows a lot of splits in the conservative party, — — shows a lot of splits in the conservative party, —— both guests.

staunch brexiteers, peter bone, steve baker is, boris fans all the way through criticising him because they realise the story has cut three. it is also worth pointing out we have seen a raft of cabinet ministers on twitter putting their weight behind boris johnson, ministers on twitter putting their weight behind borisjohnson, priti patel has notjoined in. i don't know why that is, it could be she has not been on twitter today, but she is keen to tweet and she has not got involved. do she understand? i think she has always understood the new red wool tory voters than a lot of the party and perhaps she sees it will not go away. boris's attempt to make it go away and hasn't worked and people aboard, this is the kind of story they are relishing. let's go to the independent, which has a series of questions on its front page, did mr cummings drive to barnard castle join a lot down and when did johnson find out about the trip? no answers, it concludes, to its four questions. anna isaac, i

watched the press conference and the journalist did not get answers, will there be answers, the independent wa nts to there be answers, the independent wants to know? i think there will have to be at least some. because it was very tricky language. so when you had mrjohnson describing the need and why mr cummings went to durham, it was the right kind of childcare. so what we will see in the days to come is scrutiny of, what are the normal childcare of mr cummings? his own wife in her colours has documented the fact that he works 16 hour days and they do have help at home —— in her column. they have family in london and that has been established in a number of news reports. a lot more questions to come of this i think.” news reports. a lot more questions to come of this i think. i am just going to bring you a tweet from george freeman, conservative mp. this is not just george freeman, conservative mp. this is notjust a press review, this is a treat update news agency. he said, today, we needed humility

and a clear acknowledgement that people would be rightly angry if they sense double standards. a sincere thank you to the millions including fathers who have made sacrifices, dominic cummings didn't and a public apology from him. tonight in the papers, the independent, and from occasional tory mps, we continue to get questions and criticisms, henry. yes, george freeman is an independently minded mp and he briefly served as a minister under borisjohnson. he briefly served as a minister under boris johnson. he probably briefly served as a minister under borisjohnson. he probably thinks his mystic aerial career is not going anywhere now. might as well say what you think. —— ministerial career. others think borisjohnson is likely to be prime ministerfor five years and i don't want to get on the wrong side of him! everything we are hearing about the behind—the—scenes conversations is tory mps are not happy. there are old grievances about dominic cummings has not always been polite about mps and he sees them, he saw them as fairly useless during the brexit campaign, a lot of them. so there is score settling to some extent. but the idea that this is

case closed as was hoped by the prime minister, i think when it came out in this press conference and said, itake out in this press conference and said, i take responsibility, out in this press conference and said, itake responsibility, i out in this press conference and said, i take responsibility, i will make the case, that has obviously backfired. no case closer to me if you see the daily mirror on its front page, bearing in mind the mirrorand front page, bearing in mind the mirror and the guardian broke the story. a cheat and a coward. it is not entirely clear, and i say this looking at this, what they exactly mean and who they accuse of which. nevertheless, a strong statement from the mirror. yes, perhaps it ties into this idea that the face of borisjohnson and ties into this idea that the face of boris johnson and dominic cummings have now become very intertwined and perhaps it does not matter which is a cheat or the coward, they are one person now. as we have said, that goes down incredibly badly with conservative mps, who already were losing patients with dominic cummings and! losing patients with dominic cummings and i have heard earlier that only three backbench

conservative mps actually have been openly and outwardly supportive of the government so far on the record. that is not good. we are only five months into this parliamentary term, thatis months into this parliamentary term, that is quite worrying. the times, we are almost going back and fourth now. we have gone from the mirror which said cheat and coward, but the times, cummings acted like any other father, insists the prime minister, with a full page picture of cummings and not the prime minister. the focus for the times is on cummings himself. yes, they have chosen, rather than to follow the lead of mrjohnson is the face of the press conference, they have gone for the man himself. this idea again of scrutinising the childcare argument made for him travelling. they also are again reviewing this evidence of where was he and when did he make this trip to barnard castle as it appears he may have. why was he doing it? why has

mrjohnson what this argument so wholesale in terms of the reasoning for the trip? and wholesale in terms of the reasoning forthe trip? and i wholesale in terms of the reasoning for the trip? and i think they are really deciding to focus on cummings. it is interesting how many pages have run —— papers have an extra pages to explain who dominic cummings is and that reflects the fa ct cummings is and that reflects the fact people now are paying attention to him and it is notjust the from and borisjohnson, to him and it is notjust the from and boris johnson, it to him and it is notjust the from and borisjohnson, it is looking at cummings and his relationship to borisjohnson and cummings and his relationship to boris johnson and taking an interest in what was more of a westminster figure before the story broke. henry, you almost get the feeling from these papers that they now see this is not just from these papers that they now see this is notjust a johnson administration, but a johnson and cummings administration. that has definitely been the case for several months and i think to the frustration of some people within the government who feel if dominic cummings takes the credit for everything they do and stirs up controversy that is not entirely necessary , controversy that is not entirely necessary, and i think he sees himself as a light that is the

helpful role people blame everything on him, whether it is the prorogation of parliament or anything else. —— as a lightning grant. and that allows others to get on with theirjob. but at a time when the government wants to get messaging across and wants to rally round the flag, they should be time for borisjohnson to become a more popular leader in some ways and it should be a time of national crisis when a strong prime minister committee to chilean prime minister comes through it rather and so not only are they not seen that benefit, but they are seeing this huge distraction —— a check chilean prime minister. the reason people focus on dominic cummings as they think he is pulling the strings. —— a churchill like prime minister. the sun, back to school. this is a hybrid front page. about boris johnson backing dominic cummings and also about the staggered restart of primary children from june 1st.

olivia, is this your headline? it is not my personal headline, no. i think it is quite a good point we are making really, that there is a lot of the news today. the fat schools are now definitely going back onjune schools are now definitely going back on june ist or if not then, soon back on june ist or if not then, soon after, we have seen a fight or week with unions about this and now boris is digging his heels in, that is pretty big. we are also looking at the end of other restriction measures from the lockdown, what is happening across the world, lockdown restriction season, how is that going? there are a lot of other things people should be hearing about and all anyone can talk about is dominic cummings. so, yes, we can definitely say he is serving as a distraction! the sun newspaper is the only paper to my knowledge of the ones i have in front of me which has squeezed in a story about schools, anna isaac. yes, that was a really difficult decision to make for the people editing the front pages today. do you go with what would ordinary be the news or do you follow the story

through the next few days of progress and push the questions and to quote one of them the coronavirus scandal? and i think it is a question of did they want to play the game numberio question of did they want to play the game number 10 was trying to play by putting the emphasis on the progress towards opening up, or did they want to focus on what was more uncomfortable story for number 10, cummings story? everyone has had to walk a fine line for this and you could not afford to ignore either story. it is interesting that they have been forced to still focus on cummings and they could not miss cummings and they could not miss cummings even if they wanted to put in the schools as well. henry, you have by chance and i didn't plan this, you have the final word on the subject. i think the other point about the school story is the government has slightly lost control of this and it is up to local authorities to offer guidance and some have said they won't open so it is not a grand unveiling and a moment of liberation for pa rents unveiling and a moment of liberation for parents around the country. what happens to their kids depends more

on their particular school. henry mance from the financial times and anna isaac from the wall street journal and olivia utley from the sun, thank you very much. they will be back at half past i! for another look at the papers. goodbye for now. hello, this is a bbc sport centre. two people have tested positive for covid—i9 after the latest round of tests in the premier league. the championship has completed its first testing programme with just two cases detected. one of the premier league positives is a bournemouth player, the club won't confirm his name and the second person ‘s club is unknown. that is a total of eight positives in the premier league since testing began and players coaches and staff have been tested

twice a week. after government backing, la liga buses are continuing with their plans for spain's top—flight to resume in just over a fortnight. lionel messi's barcelona are top of the table two points clear of real madrid, but in 11 matches left in their season and this is the third week of full training since the lockdown. a former la liga and premier league playerjose enrico thinks the risk tests football this is minimal and it is right for the sport to return. the players have the most safest place in training. it feels so safe in the training. if you don't feel safe, it is fair enough as well. but if some are not happy, they will put it on the side and take care as much as possible as they could. so you are safer than going to the

supermarket and i am going to the supermarket and i am going to the supermarket every single day. so really, it is moving everything. so why not football moving? the second round matches since the restart of the bundesliga have been completed, relegation fettle —— threatening dusseldorf let slip a two goal needs as rb leipzig thrashed minds 5—0, who go behind by munich and dortmund. pressure mounting on former huddersfield boss david wagner as his shall decide lost to oxford. the second tennis when some of the year the french open were supposed to start today, officials are hopeful they can stage the tournament this autumn. no sporting event tournament this autumn. no sporting eve nt ca n tournament this autumn. no sporting event ca n ta ke tournament this autumn. no sporting event can take place until at least september in france. andy murray has already said he is definitely planning to play at roland garros if it were to go ahead later in the year. the third fight between boxing

heavyweight world champion dyson fury and deontay wilder is going to go ahead this year. the original date for the trilogy in july was put back because of the pandemic. it is set to be in las vegas but the co—promoter says they are now looking at china or australia as options for the bout. would lewis hamilton aiming to win a record equalling seventh world championship, formula 1 chiefs are still targeting ajuly championship, formula 1 chiefs are still targeting a july start for the season in austria. one of his rivals, ferrari's charles leclerc, says he is excited about getting backin says he is excited about getting back in the car. in one month, we will be back on the racing track in formula 1 in the season will be starting again, ijust can't wait. i am missing racing so much. and i have been preparing myself more than ever during the lockdown, as i had a lot of free time, and i feel ready to get back in the car. the nba have been looking at ways to resume their season, it is complex because different states in the us

have different lockdown restrictions at the moment. but disney world could offer a solution. the nba is an exploratory talks with the theme park buses in orlando to stop matches again in latejuly at park buses in orlando to stop matches again in late july at the wide world of sports complex. players would also be based at the result. the season has been on hold since the 11th of march. it would require teams in various cities to open up. you know? for instance, in washington, dc, restrictions would have to be lifted then, for instance, the wizards would come to washington and they would come to washington and they would begin working out and there would begin working out and there would begin working out and there would be a two week i believe quarantine for teams. now, all of this could change, but there would bea this could change, but there would be a two quarantine for teams in their home facility and then they would all had to orlando. it seems odd, but they have got the room for it. it is a 220 acre facility. there are three arenas and a number of

hotels. and that is all the sport for now. hello there. it's been an improving picture through the day across much of the country. the ea rly—morning cloud continued to melt away, with increasing sunshine, as high pressure built back in. tonight, it will be dry for most, with light winds, as high—pressure moves across much of the uk. you can see widespread clear skies for england and wales, into northern ireland, parts of scotland as well. fairly cloudy and breezy across the northern isles. with the lighter winds and clear skies, a chillier night. temperatures down in single figures for many, and a bit of mist and fog across south—western areas. for monday, high pressure is back in the driving seat, but these weather fronts come into play later in the day across the north—west. early mist and fog clears away very quickly, and then it's

a sunny day for most. cloud and breeze pick up across the west of scotland, northern ireland, and rain piles in here into the afternoon. so, temperatures around the mid—teens celsius here because of the cloud, rain and the wind. and further south and east, very warm, around the mid—20s celsius across the south—east. that band of rain and cloud across the north—west moves south—eastwards, as we head through the course of monday night. lying across central areas by the end of the night. and because there will be more cloud cover, temperatures perhaps a little bit up, in double figures for most. into tuesday, high pressure still largely dominating. but this is where the front is in central areas, and it brings that band of cloud. a very weak feature, burying anything on it. and it moves south—eastwards. skies brightening up again behind it across scotland and northern ireland. a little fresher generally across scotland and northern ireland on tuesday — the mid—teens celsius. still, the warm air mass across southern and eastern areas. again, 25 or 26 degrees, despite a bit more cloud. on wednesday, a new weather front pushes into northern ireland

and into central western scotland. that could bring further outbreaks of rain. but again, for much of england and wales, another dry and sunny day, thanks to high pressure. and another warm one too, closer to the mid—teens celsius for northern scotland and high for northern ireland. because the area of high pressure shifts eastwards and draws up southerly winds from the near continent, and that drives the warmer air northwards into scotland and northern ireland. so, i think thursday and friday look warmer across the board. low 20s in the north and mid 20s further south.

this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. are you going to resign, mr cummings? the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, stands by his chief advisor, rejecting calls for his resignation over allegedly breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. according to mrjohnson, dominic cummings was following instinct in travelling over 250 miles for childcare when his wife showed coronavirus symptoms. i believe that in every respect, he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity. the uk labour party have responded angrily to the developments.