do not be fooled by the first. do not be fooled by the gentle pace. time is twisted here. on the royal london one—day cup hospital's coronavirus wards, while many patients inhabit ventilated worlds of slow—motion dreams, the doctors and nurses charged with bringing them back to life, their time moves too quickly as the cruel disease eats away at human lungs with frightening speed. let's do a couple more sections. but the medical staff have their own nightmares. are you expecting a second wave? yes, i have to say yes because i think once the lockdown is relax people of course are going to have more contact with each other so thatis have more contact with each other so that is the way it will spread. if the lockdown completely disappears, then i suspect that the case will

rapidly rise again. then as the interview ends, he is pulled away. his two minutes turn into several agonising hours. we had permission from all of the patients and all of theirfamilies to from all of the patients and all of their families to film. the vital signs have worsened. he isjust 55. go, go, go. the professionalism of the team is standing, years of experience are gathered around this bad, as the duality of time, the drifting oblivious patient and the rush to save his life merge into a tableau for our times. this is not good. how concerned are you? i am extremely concerned, especially at this late stage as well. so, there

isa this late stage as well. so, there is a final role of the dice. say you quys is a final role of the dice. say you guys lift them up and i will push the bill is found. this is the last resort, it may be by turning them onto his friend he can have air force into his lungs and body, this is all they can do. ready, steady, go. his lungs are getting worse and more inflamed again. are you preparing to talk to his family? that is right. sister becky smith, a presence on the covid—i9 ward. that is right. sister becky smith, a presence on the covid-19 ward. we will make a decision whether it is appropriate to continue what we are doing at the moment or whether we give him a big of dignity. imagine the stress for the team multiplied every day for weeks. now you understand what the peak of the pandemic was like. sister carlene to

dominic kelly bore witness to the dark days. i felt broken on many an occasion and i think a lot of my collea g u es occasion and i think a lot of my colleagues have. it consumes you, it is what you think about when you go to bed and when you wake up, you are preparing for your next shift, you are relieved that the previous shift is over, you are sad, it is a huge emotional burden. is the time of our lives that you will never, ever forget. according to consultant nick bunker, almost broke the royal london. we had about 44 patients at the peak and we were just shy of 90 patients. almost double? we were 20 beds away from being overwhelmed, we we re beds away from being overwhelmed, we were being keep —— keeping people alive and that is what our goal of

ca re alive and that is what our goal of care was, keep as many people alive for as long as we can until we can get back to being able to deliver the quality of care that we always aspire to deliver. sometimes it is ha rd to aspire to deliver. sometimes it is hard to find light in the darkness. what you are about to witness what medicine can do. i will take out your tube know. this is one of the defining moments in intensive carry unit, when a patient‘s ventilator tube is removed. it is a procedure full of expectation and dread. will it work? is grimacing as the two inches of his throat. and finally leaves his chest. everything is ok, you are at the royal london hospital. the heavy breathing of the man givena hospital. the heavy breathing of the man given a second chance. it is a

victory for everyone and a moral for everyone as well, he is not out of the woods but he is doing good and we are very pleased at where he is. but there are other defeats. sadly that evening he died. another soul lost. as scientists and governments race defined waves of previous outbreaks, one question is why some have more severe symptoms than others and some answers may lie in a tea m others and some answers may lie in a team of researchers in cambridge. richard wescott has asked. why does covid—i9 put some people like george here and hospital and others get no symptoms at all? he has volunteered to help find out. part of the answer

might lie in his blood. once it is sealed up, the blood is to volunteer been. he set up a team that every day carries covid—i9 samples to be analysed. it is a interview somewhat. i know people who are working in the lab for hypertension and rare lung it stomach disease and it is frustrating because i cannot do that and i asked how can i get involved and help. samples are taken toa involved and help. samples are taken to a brand—new involved and help. samples are taken toa brand—new lab involved and help. samples are taken to a brand—new lab around the corner on the cambridge biomedical campus. blood contains cells that play a key role in fighting off the coronavirus and some of them make antibodies, either directly kill infected cells like to analyse them first you have to separate them all stop. at the

top the yellow part is the plasma which is the solution your blood floats and normally, and this is the white blood cells that are finding out the infection. then it gets more complex. there are lots of different types of white blood cells, all playing different roles so next story amos dominic machine uses lasers to count how many you have of each key type. it could separate many of them off for more tests. incredibly each blog here is a droplet of salty water with one cell inside. 260 adam brooks patients and staff are giving this blood for their research, some got very sick and some did not. the key question for scientists, can you see the difference in their blood? we have found a number of patients with advanced covid—i9 disease and some of those point to potential

therapeutics that could impact the disease but we are hoping when people develop symptoms and they get the first tests when tests become more readily available at that point they might be able to predict how that micah goes on to get severe disease. by understanding the science of the disease, it is easier to find drugs to fight it. that is that for now and you can follow me on twitter or head to the bbc news site for the latest information. thank you so much for watching.

hello there, the month of may was consistently sunny right across the country and we will close out the month on a very similar note. let's have sunshine around and from any of us have sunshine around and from any of us they will feel pretty warm as well. it will come as no surprise to hear that bring 2020 looks likely to be kind, confirmed as the sunniest on record despite the wet start to the season. but there are indications at the beginning ofjan could see a subtle change and i'll have more details on that and just a moment. for the time being we are still under this influence of high—pressure and circulating around the high and clockwise direction as the high and clockwise direction as the land so that means it is coming and off north sea and never a particularly warm source. sunshine is expected across the country but you need to consider that when in the direction which is likely to strengthen as we go into the afternoon which will be easterly or southeasterly at times. the

temperatures along the exposed east coast may peak in the high teens. south wells could see higher spells throughout the day and despite whatever the temperature as it is worth bearing in mind the sun is now strong at this time of year and we are likely to see high uv levels across the country. sunday will be a repeat performance and a little bit of early morning, low cloud and murkiness along the coastline which will guide the way into the afternoon and then it will be a lovely day. lots of sunshine expected and lighter winds and temperatures, degree or sigh, expected and lighter winds and temperatures, degree orsigh, excel higher we could see 27 degrees and as we move out of sunday, the working week and beginning ofjan, still under the influence of high pressure with the weather front trying to squeeze and it might spend more in the way of high cloud and the north and west and the gain

light winds with again plenty of sunshine and temperatures into the high 20s so once again we could see 27 degrees her son and with those light winds along the east coast it will fail a little warmer as well. out of money into tuesday —— out of monday into tuesday, likely to be the warmest day of the week and it is from the end of tuesday into wednesday that we start to see a change developing. we have another area of high pressure building and from the atlantic and you can see on the pressure top varied as bite the low developing across scandinavia and says sandwiched in between the two we are going to see the wind direction change to more northerly and a few more isobars on the chart so winds will likely strengthen and at the same time he could trigger offa at the same time he could trigger off a few showers as well. the blue tones pushing the warm air back to the continent and that means a noticeable difference of the feel of the weather as we move towards the latter stages of the week. you can

see this quite clearly with some of those temperature is so high 20s down into the mid—teens by the weekend with just a small chance perhaps of some welcome showers, particularly for our gardens. the first week ofjune will be a warm and dry start but by wednesday we will start to notice the chilly winds giving more cloud and potentially increased will risk of some showers. more details coming up, take care.

tonight at ten, the governement will continue to pay tens of billions of pounds to protect thejobs of millions of furloughed workers affected by the coronavirus lockdown. the chancellor, rishi sunak, says businesses will only have to start paying contributions from august. i believe it is right in the final phase of this eight—month scheme to ask employers to contribute — alongside the taxpayer — towards the wages of their staff. support for the 2.5 million self—employed receiving grants will continue as well through the summer. also tonight... at last, reunions in scotland for the first time in weeks, as the lockdown eases. we'll explain what you can and can't do across the uk this weekend.