this is bbc news with the latest headlines the chancellor is set to reveal how employers will contribute to the cost of the coronavirus job retention scheme which is currently paying the wages of more than eight million people as lockdown restrictions start to ease — the uk's chief scientist has stressed people need to continue following the rules — groups of up to six people can meet outside in england from monday it means that you can get an opportunity for people to for instance, go and visit parents or visit other friends and family and to do so in a way outdoors, ina garden, i think that's the thing that people want to be able to do most of all. in scotland, up to eight people from two households can meet up from today,

and in wales there's a similar easing of restrictions from monday a police station in minneapolis has been set alight during a third night of protests over the death of an unarmed black man in custody. and the row between donald trump and twitter escalates — the social media site has covered one of the presidents tweets with a warning it ‘glorifies violence‘. it had threatened the minneapolis rioters that they could be shot. good morning, you're watching bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. the chancellor, rishi sunak, is expected to set out plans for employers to contribute to the cost of the coronavirus job retention scheme — which is currently paying up to 80 percent of the wages of more than eight million furloughed workers.

it's thought the chancellor will ask firms to contribute 20 percent of wages from august. meanwhile, the uk's chief scientific adviser has urged people to stick to social distancing guidelines when further easing of the lockdown starts in england next week. groups of up to six people from different households will be able to meet in parks and private gardens from monday. in scotland from today, groups of up to eight people from two different households will be able to meet outside, as long as they stay two metres apart. and in wales, people will be allowed to meet friends and family from another household from monday with no restrictions on numbers, but social distancing must be maintained ben thompson, our business correspondent, is here. good morning to you. we have the broad outline of what the chancellor will say later on today on this matter. is this something employers

are going to be ready for, starting to pick up some of the cost of actually paying their workers again? we know the chancellor has already told us the cost of this game is unsustainable in the longer term, costing a lot of money to pay workers wages, those who aren't able to go into work and he's hoping that as the economy starts to reopen, more of those workers can be transferred back onto their employers books not paid for by us as taxpayers. let me remind you what that scheme involves and how this scheme works because it was launched in april, as you touched on, it currently pays 80% of workers wages, up currently pays 80% of workers wages, up to currently pays 80% of workers wages, uptoa currently pays 80% of workers wages, up to a maximum of two and a half thousand pounds per worker. originally, it was set to run until the end ofjune, figures show this week that 8.4 million workers are now covered by that scheme, that's a cost of £10 billion a month. the overall cost a nd cost of £10 billion a month. the overall cost and this is the real issue for concern, according to the government ‘s tax and spending watchdog, the office for budget

responsibility, they say the total cost could be £80 billion and so what we are expecting to hear later are details about how this scheme might be wound down and do some people are able to go back to work i think the chancellor will be hoping that if people may be able to work fewer hours per term because may beat the business isn't fully up and running others not as much demand as there was before the outbreak, employers will paper the proportion that they are working and the government will top up the rest so it might be a bit of both, taxpayers contributing some and the employer paying some. he might also decide that he's going to stop the scheme for new entrants, new businesses won't be able to put their workers onto the scheme after a certain cut—off point. clearly big questions about how viable it is in the long term and when we hear from the chancellor this afternoon, about 5:15pm, we will get details about how he intends the scheme to be wound down. lots of questions from the self—employed. there is a clear difference of approach, isn't there? the government has been really clear from the beginning it's really

difficult to work out what financial help needs to be offered to self—employed people because their income can vary wildly and it's very difficult to determine what they would have earned if they are not on a paye or on the payroll, if they are self employed, we are talking about painters and decorators, personal trainers, about painters and decorators, personaltrainers, childminders, that sort of thing. they are eligible for a one—off grant up to a maximum of seven and a half thousand pounds and that is actually due to run out on sunday. it was intended to cover april and may and no more than that. so they will be hoping because not all self—employed people are able to get back to work as quickly as may be others and they will be hoping there will be a similar extension but i i think the government has already made it clear it will be difficult to see how that will be in force, who will earn what and what they should be paid. changing subject, we were talking yesterday morning about cars, nissan saying it is closing its barcelona plant, continued support for the plant, continued support for the plant in sunderland. news from its

partner renault this morning. interesting, the partner as you said, what we heard yesterday from nissan is that it will focus on north america, china, japan, today we are expecting in a press conference which is getting underway, details about renault and it could be that it dominates in europe at what we've heard from them this morning already, 14,600 job cuts around the world. not coming perhaps is a huge surprise because we know demand for new vehicles has slumped in the wake of this. already the car industry suffering because it's dealing with the fallout of diesel, it's also concerned about falling demand for vehicles generally. and even before the outbreak of coronavirus, demand for new cars, vans, was falling. so what we are expecting to hear from renault over the course of the next hour, they will cut their production capacity much the same as nissan did, by about 20%, from 4 million ca rs did, by about 20%, from 4 million cars to just over did, by about 20%, from 4 million cars tojust over 3 did, by about 20%, from 4 million cars to just over 3 million. 4600 did, by about 20%, from 4 million cars tojust over 3 million. 4600 of those job cuts expected to be in france. no details yet about where

the remaining 10,000, the axe will fall for them but nonetheless, the company trying to save 2 billion euros over the next three years, quite a task ahead of it but nonetheless, really underlines the scale of the problem and just to put that into some context, in the uk, the body that represents car makers says there was a 99% fall in car production last month. just 197 ca rs. production last month. just 197 cars. not surprising but we don't often hear about 99% falls in the production of anything, do we? 197 ca rs production of anything, do we? 197 cars made in the entire country last month, gives you a sense of quite how the industry has shut down in the wake of this pandemic. incredibly stark, ben thompson, thank you. ahead of the chancellor's announcement on the furlough scheme we'll be putting your personal finance questions to financial expert jasmine birtles and richard lane from step change — the uk's leading debt charity. you can send your questions by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or you can use the hashtag bbc your questions — and we will answer your questions just after half past nine

let's look at the easing of lockdown restrictions now across the uk. from monday, groups of up to six people will be allowed to meet outside in england. in scotland, two households can meet up outside from today, and similar changes will come into force in wales from next week. and for the tenth time last night — millions of people turned out to applaud our frontline workers. charlotte rose reports. applause. in every corner of the country and every community, people came out again last night to clap for carers. it was the tenth week in a row that people have applauded our front line workers. and the woman who came up with the idea now says she thinks it should be the last. yesterday, the prime minister said that england has met the five tests

required, which means changes like the reopening of schools and nonessential shops can go ahead. and he had a further announcement. from monday, in england, up to six people from different households can now meet outside, in parks, but also back gardens — as long as those from different households continue to maintain social distancing. these changes mean that friends and family can start to meet their loved ones, perhaps seeing both parents at once or both grandparents at once. and i know that for many people this will be a long—awaited and joyful moment. but the government's chief scientific officer warned that people must remain cautious, because the number of people being infected is still high. we still have a significant burden of infection. we are still seeing new infections every day at quite a significant rate. and the r is close to one.

that means there is not a lot of room to do things and things need to be done cautiously, step—by—step, and monitored. the scientific advice remains that people should stay two metres apart, despite the government's hopes that this could be reduced. from today, people from scotland will be able to meet their friends and family outside in groups of up to eight. plans for wales will become clear later today. but it's expected that an unlimited number of people from two different households will be able to meet up from next week, as long as they stay within five miles of their home. while in northern ireland, outdoor weddings with up to ten people present may be allowed from june eight. a further 377 people have died with coronavirus across all settings in the uk, taking the total death toll to 37,837. a reminder that as the uk follows other european countries in moving towards a new normal,

the impact of the virus will still be felt for some time. charlotte rose, bbc news. let's talk to our political correspondent jonathan blake. good morning to you, jonathan. we heard yesterday at the downing street news briefing from sir patrick vallance, warning about the number of infection is still around and also from borisjohnson, very interestingly, saying don't meet people from too many different hassles in quick succession. a real sign of the nervousness in political and scientific circles, despite this easing of the lockdown? yes. this is a significant step but there is real caution from government here at westminster and in the devolved parts of the uk, around the implications that this new guidance could have and as you've been hearing, it varies from place to place, according to where you are in the uk which could potentially lead

to some confusion. although boris johnson, the prime minister said yesterday after he spoke to the first ministers of wales, scotland and northern ireland, that it was important for the uk to continue to ta ke important for the uk to continue to take a coordinated approach, all nations are taking a similar move in allowing people to meet in groups from different hassles outdoors but the specifics of the numbers and different criteria do vary from place to place. —— different households. there has to be a help, i'm sure, that people pay attention to the specifics of the guidelines where they are, and notjust interpret these as they see fit. and also that the test and trace regime which is up and running in england and scotland now, and due to happen in other parts of the uk as well, that that works as ministers are hoping. because it's only with that in place at the government can keep a handle on the number of new

infections and potentially introduce local lockdown measures as well. but allow others to carry on under these new guidelines. the situation in england as boris johnson new guidelines. the situation in england as borisjohnson announced yesterday, is that people from monday onwards, will be allowed to gather in groups of up to six people from any number of households whilst maintaining social distancing and the environment secretary for england, george eustace has been explaining the thinking behind at this morning on bbc breakfast. we think that six is about a sensible level. we know that the risk of transmission outdoors is actually very low. but obviously, if you've got lots of people crowded in a garden, if you've got two families of six crowded and, obviously that starts to be more difficult to maintain social distancing so we think six is a sensible number. it means you can get an opportunity for people to for instance, go and visit parents or visit other friends and family and to do so in a way outdoors, in a garden, i think that's the thing that people

want to be able to do most of all. jonathan, you were referring to the differences in approach from the devolved administrations in terms of easing the lockdown is in their respective areas, yet the science is broadly similar, there might be some su btle broadly similar, there might be some subtle differences but the broad similarities are there including that r number, the rate of transmission of the virus so why this difference of approach and could that potentially beat the weak link in this chain, politically? the difference comes down to the judgements that the devolved governments and their respective public health officials have taken. and as i was saying, it is broadly similar but there are these variants and people might be wondering why is it six people in england and up to eight in scotland? and different again in wales where there will be no limits on the number of people as long as the group is from no more than two different hassles. interestingly, the guidance there

and whilst will be accompanied by a message to stay local, suggesting people shouldn't be travelling long distances and the first minister of wales mark dra keford distances and the first minister of wales mark drakeford has been setting out what the government has decided to take that approach because there are at different rates of infection in different parts of the country. we have parts of wales where there's been very little coronavirus and we don't want the virus to be taken into those communities. you can be infectious to other people while still feeling perfectly well yourself. and travelling more than five miles away from your home runs the risk that you could be taking coronavirus from your community to another community when the virus isn't circulating. that's why our message to people in wales is very simple. stay local, keep wales safe. now, all these measures, these

relaxation of the restrictions during lockdown are being accompanied with the message that they are conditional on a few things, among those, people maintaining the two major social distancing rule, even if they are meeting people from another household outside, whether it's in a park or someone ‘s garden and also that the impact they have on the number of cases and the spread of coronavirus in different parts of the uk will be kept under review and whether its local lockdown measures that are introduced at a later date to contain outbreaks in certain areas 01’ a more to contain outbreaks in certain areas or a more broad tightening of the rules, depending on how things 90, the rules, depending on how things go, it's definitely uncertain whether things will change again in the near to intermediate future. jonathan, thank you. under the new test and trace schemes, thousands of contact tracers have been deployed to track down people who've been in contact with someone who tests positive for coronavirus. they'll then tell them to self—isolate.

let's talk more about that with linda bauld who is professor of public health at the university of edinburgh. professor, very good to have you with us, as ever. let's just talk first of all about the variation across the different devolved administrations and the advice, even though as i was saying to our political correspondent a second ago, the scientific advice is broadly the same. do you think that's going to cause confusion for people as they try to readjust to meeting more people again?|j people as they try to readjust to meeting more people again? i think it is potentially confusing but the broad theme is the same, largely. the things we know, as you've heard, the virus transmission outdoors is not such an issue compared to indoors, we are still talking about a manageable numbers of people. i think you haven't yet mentioned in northern ireland they are talking about small weddings of up to ten people outside potentially later in june so there are nuances, it might be slightly confusing but at the end

of the day i don't think police are going to take action if you've got seven people in a group, for example, in england or you've got eight people in scotland, it's more than two hassles. i think we have to be reasonable and i think the key public health message for people, absolutely key, it is if you are meeting outside with friends or family, the two major social distancing is crucial and also, we've heard this morning, on a number of programmes and indeed yesterday, if you are doing things like having a picnic, bring your own food and cutlery and dishes from your own household and don't share those with other non—council members, that's absolutely crucial. it's about not touching utensils, plates, food etc that other people from different hassles have potentially touched? yes, i think the two main principles, thinking about how a virus travels, trouble is when we get too close to people, that's why the two metre distancing is crucial and also travels if we touch something underhand is in a

com pletely clea n, touch something underhand is in a completely clean, it can stay on that service and transfer to somebody as so as long as we can keep those things in our mind, try and imagine how the virus travels and imagine how the virus travels and what the risk is, i think we can all be sensible outdoors. a question that came up from someone this morning, i don't know if you know the details in terms of meeting up with other people, what about if someone is a person who is shielding because of health conditions or someone in their house has certain conditions. can they meet others in an open space? you are asking about somebody who is a carer of someone who is shielding, is that the question was to mark someone who is supposed to be shielding themselves. that's very clear, the shielding group, and we know how difficult this is, the shielded group must still remain indoors, we are hoping that can change in the next phase but that advice is very clear and we know that it's incredibly challenging but we have to stick with that because the risks are too high for that group. in terms of people who are caring for someone who has shielded it's appropriate

for them to go outdoors and potentially meet others that they must maintain the social distancing and basic hygiene measures that those carers know are crucially important, they need to be maintained. it's very early days in terms of the test and track scheme but thousands of people are ready to get working on that. and have already started working on that and getting in touch with contacts of people who now have the virus. something was said at the briefing yesterday that the test will only be accurate if you have symptoms so if you are called up and you're told you are called up and you're told you in touch with someone who now has the virus, does that mean that you can't automatically get a test if you are displaying no symptoms at that point? that's correct. the index case, the first case, the first person who is positive, that's then contact tracing begins. the contacts then contact tracing begins. the co nta cts a re then contact tracing begins. the contacts are reached out to come are advised to self isolate for 14 days and they won't be able to be tested u nless and they won't be able to be tested unless they start to develop symptoms of those two reasons for

that, the first is the test is not really accurate, its accuracy depends on the window of time and we note that if someone is tested when they are symptomatic, we are far likely to get a reliable result of the other aspect is we don't want people randomly deciding they need a test so we have to do the test at the right time to make sure we get an accurate result and that's why with the contacts, the test will be available if they develop symptoms. professor, thank you very much. tear gas and rubber bullets have been fired in the us city of minneapolis as protestors came out for a third night, over the death of an unarmed black man, george floyd, at the hands of the police. the national guard has been called in to help restore order. president trump called the protestors ‘thugs' — accusing them of dishonouring the memory of mr floyd. he also threatened using greater force to restore order — "when the looting starts, the shooting starts", he said in a tweet posted in the early hours of the morning.

that tweet has now been restricted by twitter which says it violates rules on ‘glorifying violence'. our north america correspondent david willis reports. minneapolis burned again last night. protesters clashing with police for the third night in a row. we got gun shots, we got gunshots, guys. officers fired tear gas but couldn't prevent another night of arson, looting and rioting. all of which culminated in the city ‘s main police station being set ablaze. earlier, the state governor announced he was activating the national guard after declaring the time had come not only to rebuild the city but the fractious relationship between its people and the police. we need to make sure, we need to

make sure that people are looking out for our city right now. it's not just enough to do the right thing yourself. we need to be making sure that all of us are held accountable to make sure that we are holding up the highest ideals that we stand by. george floyd died after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by a white police officer who put his knee on mr floyd's neck and held it there, as he pleaded for air. as the minutes pass he stopped speaking. then he stops moving. the four officers involved in the arrest have since been sacked but there are growing calls for them to face criminal charges. what that additional evidence consisted of, he didn't say, but the longer officials delay pressing charges the more the anger here seems to grow. earlier, in an ultimately futile attempt to defuse the tension, the local police chief issued a public apology.|j

the tension, the local police chief issued a public apology. i know that there is currently a deficit of hope in our city there is currently a deficit of hope in ourcity and there is currently a deficit of hope in our city and as i wear this uniform before you might note that this department has contributed to that deficit of hope but i will not allow to continue to increase that deficit re—traumatised and those of folks in our community. protests over george clyde ‘s death has spread to other cities putting race relations firmly on the political agenda but as this country ‘s racial fault lines are laid bare once again the side of minneapolis burning serves as a stark reflection of a community now at boiling point. and president trump has signed an executive order to remove some of the legal protections afforded to social media companies for the content posted on their platforms.

this came after after twitter flagged two earlier posts by the president as containing potentially misleading information. social media organisations have sharply criticised the decision — saying the order would threaten online free speech. let's speak to our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. good morning to you. as we mentioned twitter and president trump had locked horns earlier in the week on another subject, this latest response from twitter to the president ‘s tweet to what's happening in minneapolis really escalating this, isn't it? absolutely, the earlier action by twitter came after eight months and months and months in which they'd been under pressure to act over president trump ‘s various tweets, some people have been saying that he broke lots of twitter rules, they have been treating him as a special case, effectively. they fact check him earlier this week about what he said about postal voting in american elections, that became very controversial. he raged back about that, conservatives in america twitter and other social media are biased against them so twitter could

have responded by basically hunkering down and letting the storm abated, hopefully. instead, they really upped the anti so in the small hours, don't forget in the middle of the night in the united states, about half an hour, 45 minutes ago they added this message with one of his tweets, the tweet which said when the looting starts, the shooting starts, which is an inflammatory statement, they added this message about this by letting twitter rules about glorifying violence. what they didn't do which is what they would have done according to their rules with any other user is removed the tweet, or even suspend the account but they said it's in the public interest for the tweet to remain accessible. so they are steering this very difficult course but it's very difficult course but it's very difficult to see this conflict between twitter and donald trump not escalating further, especially when he wakes up and sees this. yes, we

will watch out to see how the president response to that, absolutely. thank you very much for taking us through that. let's get more now on the easing of lockdown restrictions in scotland. from today up to eight people can now meet members of one other household as long as they meet outdoors and stay at least two metres apart. outdoor activities like golf, tennis, and fishing — where social distancing can be maintained are allowed. garden centres and recycling facilities will also reopen. with me is lyle smith — owner of granite advertures in aberdeen — a company that coaches people in paddling water sports and mountain biking and also i'm joined by chris syme — who runs scottish golf tour operator — ultimate golf service thank you both very much forjoining us thank you both very much forjoining us this morning. tell us what it's

been like during the period of lockdown for you. it's been a very strange time, in terms of work. my work fell off the end of a cliff, it was set up until the end of october, very healthy season ahead. it's been very healthy season ahead. it's been very strange not being able to get out and obviously, the easing of the restrictions from today is going to allow me to get back into a canoe and kayak so i'm very much looking forward to that. chris, similar question. what about golfing pursuits? they've been put on hold, haven't they? yes, very much i echo that statement about business falling off a cliff, the golf season in scotland runs pretty much from easter until october in terms of international visitors which makes up international visitors which makes up about 85% of our business. and there's just up about 85% of our business. and there'sjust nobody up about 85% of our business. and there's just nobody coming, up about 85% of our business. and there'sjust nobody coming, nobody flying in, that equals no business. because of the easing of restrictions what difference does that make tea potentially, have you had lots of enquiries in anticipation of this? no, in a word.

i think its great golf is back, things are easing, members of golf clubs will get out with certain social restrictions which are clearly in place. but in terms of business for golf tour operators in general, notjust business for golf tour operators in general, not just myself, business for golf tour operators in general, notjust myself, it's still going to be a time of looking at 2021, i think, going to be a time of looking at 2021, ithink, for going to be a time of looking at 2021, i think, for business. there isn't any possibility of you scaling things down a little bit, shall we say, to get the business up and running again? yes, we really are a scaled down but in terms of bookings, we have to start working on the next golf season, possibly holding out hope for the latter part of the season. 0k, lyle, have you had any enquiries about people wanting to come and canoe with you orany of wanting to come and canoe with you or any of the other pursuits that you offer at your business? yes, certainly, there's been enquiries but they've been very tentative,

obviously, people have been unsure about what the restriction easing will allow so there have been enquiries but it's been very tentative so i am hopeful we might have a busy tail end to the season with people keen to get out after having been locked down for so long, keen to get out and explore the outdoors but hopefully that comes to fruition. according to what the first minister is saying she's really asking people to only travel very short distance from home so that it limits, doesn't it, the number of potential customers out there at the moment? definitely. in terms of the activities we do, it limits us as well but i'm very fortu nate limits us as well but i'm very fortunate in aberdeen, we've got some fantastic opportunities on our doorstep. so i'm hopeful we can start to get people out very shortly. just a thought from both of you in terms of reassurance that you can offer to customers whenever they might come about how you might be able to offer them a safe experience, chris, starting with you? golf, being an outdoor activity, social distancing comes

naturally. it's very easy to carry something like your alcohol hand gel for cleaning so there's all sorts of things we can do there. in terms of my own business this of the things we offer, notjust golf tourism but other things within scotland, such as luxury travel to castles and castle breaks and lots of daters, all these sorts of things, people can be in small groups and be safe in that small group, keeping themselves, washing their hands, those sorts of things. lyell, again, outdoor activity or relatively, much safer activity but i expect people will still be for reassurance? definitely. i'll be looking at the way i can operate as a business, i've always worked with small groups, delivering small, quality sessions rather than big groups. i'll be continuing to do that but i'm definitely reviewing all my practices in terms of shared equipment, if we are looking at paddles, things like that. just making sure they are sterilised and

the relevant procedures are put in place. well, thank you both very much for talking to us. i hope things are looking up for you very soon. take care. thanks. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. more sunshine, i hope. you've got it right straightaway. sunshine from dawn to dusk today, may be some patchy cloud here and there, but fog will linger across shetland on and off today for a temperatures on the cool side but with a south—easterly wind in place, the warmest spot could be across the north west highlands of scotland, 28 celsius, 82 fahrenheit. temperatures in the mid 20s across other parts of mainland scotland, 22—25 in the west of northern ireland, up to 27 in the west of wales, cool on the east coast, the wind coming off the chilli north sea but whatever the temperature it will be strong

sunshine overhead through today. the sunshine overhead through today. the sunshine replaced by clear skies through tonight. not as much mist or fog patches expected tonight because of the breeze. they could be one or two closer to eastern coasts of england and temperatures will drop down to single figures. so a nice fresh morning to open the window, let the weekend in, and little change, more sunshine and more warmth too. hello, good morning, this is bbc news with me annita mcveigh. the headlines: the chancellor is set to reveal how employers will contribute to the cost of the coronavirus job retention scheme which is currently paying the wages of more than eight million people. as lockdown restrictions start to ease — the uk's chief scientist has stressed people need to continue following the rules — groups of up to six people can meet outside in england from monday. in scotland, up to eight people can meet members

from another household, and in wales there's a similar easing of restrictions from monday. a police station in minneapolis has been set alight during a third night of protests over the death of an unarmed black man in custody. and the row between donald trump and twitter escalates — the social media site has covered one of the presidents tweets with a warning it ‘glorifies violence'. it had threatened the minneapolis rioters that they could be shot. time for the sport now and mike bushell is at old trafford cricket club with all the latest this morning. mike, in the normal order of things it would be the most natural thing of the world for you at this time of year to be standing at a cricket ground. but it is pretty unusual, let's face it, in these times. absolutely. good morning. it does feel like the real thing. i must

admit, standing here in cricket weather, glorious sunshine, and a hive of activity. you might see some activity, they are building a grandstand with a crane behind me and then the pitch itself, they are watering it and rolling it, as if they're getting ready for a match day, which of course they are not. we may see a few lancashire players training individually doing some bowling around here, but of course we are a long way off sport returning here itself. although there is potentially going to be an announcement today saying that international support could return here injuly. maybe international support could return here in july. maybe july international support could return here injuly. maybejuly the 8th. this is all speculation at the moment because we don't yet know. hoping there could be announcement today or may be next week. while we are here, the emirates old trafford ground and also southampton toss —— southampton ageas bowl could be the home for three test series. why those grounds? if you see behind me there is the hotel, the red

building, both grounds have hotels on the ground, meaning they can isolate players and commentators there and it would create a bio bubble meaning commentators and players staying in the ground on this premise is for maybe two weeks ata time this premise is for maybe two weeks at a time especially if they had tests back to back. potentially there is this announcement coming today. but also, we are expecting some sort of announcement at some point, potentially, about the size of england's initial training squad ahead of the resumption injuly, and it could be as big as 50, talking earlier today to the former international bowlerjonathan earlier today to the former international bowler jonathan agnew. i guess some players might still be reticent so they want to make it quite large. also, he's thinking there may be the green light given toa there may be the green light given to a test series against pakistan and ireland. but as for domestic cricket that seems a lot further away, maybe august, if at all. that is the picture pretty much here in terms of cricket and returning. some hope forjuly the 8th and international sport finally coming back. but what about the premier

league? that's a lot sooner. we have now heard proper dates for the return of the premier league if it gets the government approval. it is two weeks on wednesday before the first match of the premier league resumption. that would be two matches on the same night, man city and arsenal and also sheffield united away at aston villa. once those two matches i played it would mean all clubs have played 29 matches and then from june the 19th the first full weekend of games. clu bs a re the first full weekend of games. clubs are aiming for the season to end onjuly clubs are aiming for the season to end on july the clubs are aiming for the season to end onjuly the 25th if all goes well. there are 92 games to go overall, all live on tv with four on the bbc for the first time ever. the first time top—flight matches will be on the bbc since the late 80s, the first ever in the premier league, and barring a few high profile games, most will take place at home and away grounds rather than neutral venues. last night i spoke after the first full day of contact training for premier league players,

yes, tackling was back, to the brighton striker glenn murray. you may recall a few weeks ago he had concerns, speaking those concerns about half premier league players about half premier league players about how and one football could come back. but is he feeling differently now? now all the players are back in and are back training and feel comfortable, i think we just want to get on with it now, and get the season finished in a fair manner where everyone knows where they stand and look forward to next year already. i know that i was one of the players to raise concerns before getting back into the return to training protocol, and i do feel during this time players and clubs have been listened to by the premier league. and we have worked together to come to sort of a comfortable resolution where we feel good to go back into training grounds and resume training. and also some proper summer heat training as well. that must be one of the most challenging things, isn't it?

the intense heat. i think that will change the league quite a bit when it comes to it. obviously it will change without fans in the stadiums. i think there will be less pressure on the players, especially the home players, and obviously i'm sure the heat will play a factor. we are used to seeing a fast paced premier league. it may be a little bit slower in these summer months. do you think that's enough time for players to prepare now that it is full contact for three weeks? and normally full contact in pre—season is about six weeks, isn't it? i suppose everyone is in the same boat. do you think it is the right amount of time? yeah, i think it is a fair amount of time that i think it is probably a longer amount of time than what we thought we would have, so it is a little bit of a bonus and it gives us more time together as squads to run through tactical drills and others to get used to that contact and get our fitness up to as high as it can be. so there we go, it seems rather strange talking about the resumption of domestic football, the premier

league in the height of summer, and with this cricket and tennis, it gives us a timeline to look forward to. football back injune if all goes well and it gets government approval. and then potentially here at —— mccaw at southampton, the return of international sport in july, but it will all take place behind closed doors here in what they are calling this bio bubble. —— or at southampton. the ground looking fantastic today under those blue skies. thank you. mike bushell. now on bbc news it's time for your questions answered. and today we'll be talking about personal finance and how people will be impacted by changes to the furlough scheme. it's thought today the chancellor rishi sunak will ask firms to contribute 20% of wages from august — affecting more than

eight million workers. joining me to answer your questions, jasmine birtles is a financial expert who created the website moneymagpie. and also i'm joined by richard lane — the director of external affairs at step change, the uk's leading debt charity. thank you forjoining us. the first two questions i'm going to read out both of them because they are in a similar subject and then i will get both of your responses to those. harris in london asks: just wanted to find out about the high risk people that have been given 12 weeks pay by companies. will that be extended? if so, how long has the government expanded to? and then similarly, kevin in the sunderland wa nts to similarly, kevin in the sunderland wants to know what protection the chancellor will likely put in place for people who are shielding. he says, what will be put in place to stop employers psyching shielding staff as long as the virus remains and will shielded people ever be able to work? kevin and harris with

those questions. jasmine, i will begin with you. at the moment, shielding staff are being treated as sikh staff so they come under the same sort of rules. so, psyching them would be illegal unless they go through the proper due process, and that can take months. so it does seem honestly that shield those will be for quite some time. rishi has mentioned octoberforfurloughing, soi mentioned octoberforfurloughing, so i would think if you are shielding it will be looked at at least until october. i do think that it will gradually be tapered and it is likely that only the most vulnerable after a while will be able to shield. but i think that as he has mentioned october, probably going to be covered, i would say, until then. richard, going to be covered, i would say, untilthen. richard, your thoughts on those questions from harris and kevin. obviously if you are in this

vulnerable category and don't have all the information you need about finances, that adds to the anxiety. absolutely, and i agree with that, the gfohler scheme has been extended, which is really positive but there is an urgency for greater clarity here. at step change we know overwhelmingly one of the biggest reasons come to us is overwhelmingly one of the biggest reasons come to us is because they have fallen into financial problems because of problems with their health or at risk of getting ill, and people have to have time off work which compounds financial problems and puts them in a difficult situation. we need to make sure that the already vulnerable group is not made more vulnerable by financial problems at this time. group is not made more vulnerable by financial problems at this timelj hope harrison and kevin, that has a nswered hope harrison and kevin, that has answered your questions. jasmine making it very clear that it is illegal for employers to sack staff who are shielding. this next question is from lisa and it is a question is from lisa and it is a question about who is entitled to be furloughed and who cannot. she says i work for a hotel and was told that i was being put on furlough. last month i received the pay that i had

worked at the beginning of march so my pay in may should have been my furlough pay. today when i was due my pay i was told i'm not entitled to furlough pay. i started work on the 17th of february and was told although i started in time to get furlough pay they didn't send off my rti number in time so i'm entitled to nothing. why, asks lisa? that sounds like a confusing situation. richard, do you want to begin on that? sorry to hear that, lisa, it sounds stressful. without knowing the details it sounds like you would be entitled, if the rti had been submitted on or before the 19th of march, you should have been entitled to that. it sounds like there has been potentially an error there. in the first instance it feels like that will have to go through your internal grievances processes at work to see if that can be resolved. eventually it might be worth looking to an employment specialist or a trade union to back you up if that's not going to get the progress you

need. jasmine, if it is the case that an employer hasn't completed all the necessary paperwork, as it were, in time. then they should bear the burden of responsibility to sort it out presumably for the employee? yes, i agree. it out presumably for the employee? yes, iagree. and i think it out presumably for the employee? yes, i agree. and i think it is worth lisa knowing that if she had anything in writing, she says told, i don't know if this was done verbally. if it is in writing then thatis verbally. if it is in writing then that is much betterfor verbally. if it is in writing then that is much better for her because really, you know, as she says, she started in february and if she was paid in february then that should obviously mean that she is entitled to furlough. as richard says, it sounds like it is the fault of the employer and if she can get some help, either by a union, or maybe even get in touch with acas if things break down, much is on her side there. some questions now about self—employment. there is a difference between how employees and the self—employed are being treated

in terms of the period of support. mike asks, why have we not heard that the self—employed affected by covid—19 are getting an extension to their support grant like those on furlough who now get 80% of their pay until august? jasmine, self—employed clearly very concerned at the moment. yes, i think he's got at the moment. yes, i think he's got a very good point, very good question. as a freelancer myself it does seem, frankly, that the government does not like freelancers and they certainly don't like people who have set themselves up as a limited company. because honestly, i can't see the reason why freelancers are not being furloughed in the same way as employed people are. particularly as freelancers are in a much more precarious situation, simply by being freelance. so actually they need more help. you can think of creatives, for example, most people hire musicians, writers, actors, they are freelance, there is very little for them at the moment,

most —— and i hope there will be an announcement today from the chancellor that supports freelancers. until we hear that, we don't know. —— most people who aren't musicians, writers, actors. another question from tanya, will they be statutory sick pay available to the self—employed if contacted by test and trace teams and told to self—isolate for 14 days if exposed to coronavirus? that's a good question. it is and it depends on your circumstances. unfortunately there will be some gaps in the support. you might be entitled to universal credit if you are having to self—isolate. but we know there are problems with the support available on universal credit, arguably the amount people are entitled to isn't enough for them to survive on and then we have the massive issue that most people have to wait five weeks for the first universal credit payment, which means they will fall into hardship and support need if they are having to self—isolate would have gone by

that point. i think there is a real gap there that might need to be addressed. bringing us back to the clear communication you mentioned earlier. jasmine, picking up on the universal credit theme, tom asks, if my part of the country is put back on lockdown, this idea of localised lockdowns, and universal credit ta kes lockdowns, and universal credit takes 4—6 weeks to get a claim through, is there going to be some sort of furlough schemes set up for that eventuality? very good question. again, i'm not sure that the government has really thought that through, frankly. the existing furlough scheme should still be in place and employers should be able to access it if required. but i think this is something that the government needs to consider. they have said that they are going to expand the furlough scheme up until october, but as we have heard, as of august it is likely that employers are going to have to contribute some of that. a lot of employers aren't going to want to, or maybe won't

even be able to do that. so it will be interesting to see if the government actually does put something in place, specifically as tom has said, for the areas that may have to stay locked down. lets hope the chancellor is listening this morning and hearing all these questions and might provide some of the detail and answers later on. richard, a question from jackie. i've just been richard, a question from jackie. i'vejust been made redundant and found out my company is using the government's coronavirusjob retention scheme to pay me and my three months notice period instead of my contractual pay. i lost out on my full salary since april and now i'm losing out on my notice period as well. to make things worse, the only expense the company has is the statutory redundancy pay are capped at £538 a week for every year worked. how many others like me will have to go through this until the government decides to step in? again, very comp located situation there and it feels like that is an area where you might need to seek

some employment support, if you want to go somewhere like acas if you don't get any progress, or a trade union. —— complicated situation. this feels like one of the areas where people are falling through the cracks and people are not getting the support they need and who are justifiably feeling they are being quite hard done by in the situation. it sounds like a pretty complete situation that jackie is it sounds like a pretty complete situation thatjackie is in. i do wa nt to situation thatjackie is in. i do want to get this final question in now because it is about zero—hours contracts, people who have been on zero—hours. mark asks what help there is for someone on zero—hours contracts. he said he was laid off in march and asked whether he could be furloughed. he was told because he was on a zero—hours contract it didn't apply to him. he says he is not self—employed either, so what financial help can he get, jasmine? yes, zero—hours workers can be furloughed and should be furloughed, and they were wrong to say that he couldn't be. if he was on the payroll by the 19th of march, then absolutely he could be furloughed.

as well as that, if it is still not possible, then certain he can apply for universal credit. as richard said you have a five—week wait. it is also worth having a look at turn to us. something i have been mentioning quite a lot, if you fall between all the cracks, and as we have heard quite a few do, it is worth getting in touch with your local council because local councils have had some extra money, some emergency cash, that they can give ina emergency cash, that they can give in a discretionary way. but firstly he should go back to the person who said he couldn't be furloughed and say you should have allowed me to be furloughed? yes, go to gov.uk, have a look at the rules and show them your employer. jasmine birtles and richard lane, thank you so much. fantastic detail answering those questions and hopefully helping out some people with those answers, and thank you to you as well for sending

in those questions as well. dental practices in england will be allowed to reopen from monday 8th june, the chief dental officer has said. the choice of whether to accept face—to—face patients will be down to individual practices, but all surgeries must have sufficient protective equipment in place. dan johnson reports. i've been in pain since the end of march. i just couldn't cope with the pain any more. i would have gone through birth rather than that pain. it was horrendous. i've been told more antibiotics or tooth out. i didn't realise how hard it would be to take out a molar. i can go to mcdonald's but i can't go to a dentist. we had to use these pliers here. it's dentistry of a victorian age. i mean, we don't do dentistry like that. over the weeks, our virtual waiting room has been filling up with patients in pain unable to get treatment.

it makes my blood boil, to be honest. i'm not interested in clothes, i'm not interested in clothes shops. i just want my tooth sorted out. you know? so i'm just outraged that this has just been, to me, ignored. emergency appointments have been hard to get and treatment options have been limited. the urgent dental hub won't see me anyway and even if they did i'm not sure i want them to because i'll end up losing two teeth. so then came stories of diy dentistry. it was quite tricky. i thought maybe 10 or 15 minutes but an hour and a half it took me. he said, "mom, think there's something wrong with my tooth." 11—year—old charlie's tooth fell out still attached to his braces that should have been taken off weeks ago. i tried to get it off myself because i thought maybe i should pull it off. but then i found out it was actually attached to a little piece of my brace. i've been a dentist 31 years

and this has shocked me to the core. the best their dentist could do was talk them through it over the phone. so i had to ask charlie's mum and dad if they had got any pliers and they had to take these pliers to their child's mouth and i'm embarrassed that, as a profession, we can't look after our patients. i think it's kind of crazy that i was able to have a plumber here today to fix my waste disposal, but i can't get my son to a dentist. some dentists say they've been ready to reopen for weeks but not everyone can get the right protective equipment and there are fears higher costs and limited patient numbers, because of social distancing, will make it difficult to clear the backlog and hard to see a viable future for every practice. getting face—to—face with a dentist still won't be easy. dan johnson, bbc news.

the world's oldest man has died at the age of 112. bob weighton reach the age of 112. bob weighton reach the record in february this year. his family announced that he had died peacefully in his sleep. earlier this year he declined a birthday card from the queen saying he had received at least ten from her already. the world's largest all—electric aircraft has made its maiden flight, taking to the skies over washington state. it's hoped the plane, which can carry up to nine passengers, will enter commercial use next year. the ceo of magnix which developed the zero—emissions engine, roei ganzarski explained.

it's actually a very old aeroplane given a new lease on life. we basically took a cessna grand caravan that's been around for quite some time now, quite a few decades. we gutted the gas guzzling, emission creating engine out of it and put in a lightweight, clean, very lower—cost electric propulsion system and today fluid for the very first time. today we flew for 30 minutes and it can do, with a passenger load, about that amount plus the reserve that's required by the regulatory authorities. that's probably with four orfive passengers on board plus the pilot, about 100 miles. by no means not guinness book of records. but it's a fantastic start to an industry that's about to revolutionise travel. very interesting. the deepest ever sighting of an octopus has been made by cameras on the floor of the indian ocean. the octopus has been photographed at a depth of 7,000 metres — that's almost two kilometres deeper than the previous record. researchers say it's a species known as dumbo because of its resemblance to the disney character. not sure i see that myself. anyway, let's look at the weather with matt. this spring has been the sunniest on record according to provisional data by the met office and there is

little to break that stride as we see the month outcome of this we staying dry, sunny and warm in many areas. certainly they are blue skies from dawn to dusk today across most parts of the uk. there are some high cloud in the west particularly, the odd patch of sea fog close to north sea coasts, more across parts of shetland. the wind is coming in from the east or south—east, that means the east or south—east, that means the warmest air will be in the west shelter from the gentle breeze. north—west highlands of scotland today, one of the warmest spots, could hit 28 celsius, 82 fahrenheit, a record for scotland in may stands closer to 31 degrees. 20 is widely across the rest of scotland. we will see up to around 25 in the west of northern ireland, 25—27 in western parts of england and wales, cooler down the east coast of east anglia and kent with the chilly wind coming of the north sea. but whether you have got 17 degrees or 28 this afternoon the sun is every bit as strong this afternoon and pollen levels continue to rise, grass pollen at its highest through wales,

the midlands and southern parts of england. the sunshine by day replaced by starry skies tonight with all areas staying dry. the odd mist orfog with all areas staying dry. the odd mist or fog patch with all areas staying dry. the odd mist orfog patch particularly with all areas staying dry. the odd mist or fog patch particularly close to eastern coasts of england. after the warmth of the day that should be another fresh night so you can open your winds and let in the fresh air as you start your weekend as temperatures dip down below 10 degrees in a few spots. this is the picture over the weekend, high pressure keeping things dry, nudged away a bit further allowing a morph east to south—easterly winds to develop a limiting temperature is a touch across scotland on saturday relative to today. but still a warm day for many, still sunny for many, the odd mist or fog patch across east coast of england, fair with a cloud across england and where is later. while temperatures drop on eastern coasts with the breeze off the sea, still well into the mid 20s across western areas. and into sunday, a greater chance of morning sea fog across eastern parts of scotla nd sea fog across eastern parts of scotland and eastern england, most of which will break up, western areas sheltered from the breeze. still pretty one, the warmest of the

airon sunday still pretty one, the warmest of the air on sunday towards wales and the south—west of england. see you soon.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. in the uk, the chancellor is set to reveal how employers will contribute to the cost of the coronavirus job retention scheme which is currently paying the wages of more than eight million people a police station in minneapolis has been set alight during a third night of protests over the death of an unarmed black man in custody. and the row between donald trump and twitter escalates — the social media site hides one of the presidents tweets with a warning that it ‘glorifies violence'. it suggested minneapolis rioters could be shot. as lockdown restrictions start to ease — the uk's chief scientist says people should keep to the rules — groups of up to six people can meet outside in england from monday.