good morning — welcome to breakfast with jon kay and louise minchin. our headlines today: lessons begin again for some primary school children in england as the government begins to ease lockdown restrictions. millions of vulnerable people in england and wales who were advised to stay indoors will be able to leave their homes for the first time in ten weeks. good morning. welcome to barnsley markets, one of the outdoor markets in england that can fully reopen from today but as traders return, i will look at what measures they are putting in place to encourage customers to do the same.

it's back! professional sport returns in england, with horse racing and snooker the first to resume later today. in other news, tear gas has been fired by police at protestors near the white house during a sixth night of demonstrations across america. it's monday ist june. our top story. more than two million primary school children in england will be able to return to lessons from today. some businesses, including car dealerships, are also reopening and groups of up to six people can now meet outdoors. but some scientists are warning that lockdown restrictions are being lifted too fast. this morning we'll be looking at the what the lockdown changes in different parts of the uk mean for you. first, danjohnson has been to meet some families preparing for their first day back at school in ten weeks. so you've got your uniform already, jack? yes.

time to getjack back to school again. ready! i do feel about going back to school, jack? very, very, very, very happy. i've never known my boy to be so excited. but he has always loved school. he misses his friends and he loves his teacher. so he's really excited to go back, yeah. i'm a bit excited... five—year—old khadija is almost as enthusiastic. i do like maths and i am quite excited about mark's i'm in two i'm in two minds, but i think it's good for the children to interact more with their age group and also, they miss their teachers. they will find the playground's been fenced off to keep them apart. we'll start with three classes of five children in each and then slowly increase that. each of the yeari classrooms will have their own outdoor learning area. it feels a bit like you're penning them in? ever so slightly, but i think it's more about keeping them safe. and the classrooms have been spaced

in the hope of socially distant learning. their classrooms have changed quite a lot. we are going down from 30 children to five at first, then ten. a lot of children don't understand what a metre is, so telling them to be two metres apart is quite difficult. and they will often show you something in their book that they need help with. as social distancing will be difficult in that way. it'll be strange for them. that is why many parents don't share the confidence on show here. they wouldn't let us come back, surely, if it wasn't safe to do so, so i'm confident this is the right time for them to come back. if it wasn't safe, it wouldn't be happening, but i'm happy that the school will be doing things the best way they can. so, if they've put certain things in place, i'm happy for it to go ahead. but this is only happening in england and lots of schools won't go ahead. at least, not yet. we think it's currently unsafe. we don't think we should be going to this step. we want to see test, track, trace actually running, actually in place

so we can see the number of cases falling. we are also concerned that there isn't good enough advice about vulnerable parents, vulnerable grandparents or about vulnerable staff. but vulnerability can be defined by wealth as much as health. this is a poor part of london where many families have relied on school support during the lockdown. we're not talking about bringing 700 children back, we're taking it slow and steady and at any point with that plan, if it doesn't feel right, we will halt it, we can reverse it. we can be dynamic about the way we bring children back. and it isn't just a school rules changing. in england, you can now meet groups of up to six, the same as northern ireland. there is already eight in scotland, but i'm just two households. wales is expected to make this same move today. those who've been shielding across england and wales because of health conditions are now allowed out. social distancing is key,

and what difference these changes made to the spread of those will be closely monitored. dan johnson, bbc news. here's how the rules vary across the uk: in england, groups of up to six people from different households can now meet outside. professional sport resumes today, with horseracing and snooker. car showrooms and outdoor markets are also able to reopen. people who had previously been asked to shield at home will also be able in wales, people from two households are now allowed to meet outdoors. shielding advice has also changed, allowing more vulnerable people outdoors for exercise. in scotland, groups of up to eight people from two households have been able to meet outdoors since friday. advice for schools, shops and people shielding at home hasn't changed. and in northern ireland, there's no change to the rule that groups of six can meet outdoors. vulnerable people are being asked to keep following existing shielding

advice. our political correspondent helen cattjoins us from westminster. helen, we're seeing some major changes in parts of the uk today, but some are concerned it's too much too soon? yes, just before the weekend, some of the scientist to advise the government on the coronavirus at they came forward and said they thought it was too early to start lifting lockdown. he said he thought the levels of coronavirus was still very high. it was a political decision to lift the log down. he was backed by another who said it was backed by another who said it was spreading too fast and wanted to see the tracing system to be more fully embedded before restrictions we re fully embedded before restrictions were lifted. of course over the weekend, we saw those pick because of crowded teachers as people went out to enjoy the hot weather. there we re out to enjoy the hot weather. there were concerns about how people would imply new freedoms. we got more

warnings on saturday the people not to tear the pants out of it on these new freedoms but ultimately it is up to ministers to decide what those freedoms are and they have to look at the scientific evidence which is the chief scientific advisor said isn't always crystal—clear. there will be a range of opinions. ministers have to look at the evidence and weight against the economy and the impact on people's health and well—being while they are in lockdown. based on all those things in the government says it is urging caution and said it will it cautiously. helen, thank you. everybody who's watching, we be joined by the business secretary at 730 this morning. police cars have been set on fire and shops have been looted in a sixth night of unrest across the united states. are in force in nearly a0 cities, including the capital washington, as protests continue over the death of a black man in police custody.

our north america correspondent, david willis reports. this country is walking a fine and dangerous line. as a large and angry crowd gathered outside the white house, it emerged at the height of the protests on friday, president trump was ushered into an underground bunker by med members of the secret service in the interests of his own safety. on several occasions, in the last few days, demonstrators here have a attempted to scale the walls. and many were relu cta nt to to scale the walls. and many were reluctant to conform with the newly

imposed overnight curfew. as the president hunkered down, his presumptive democratic presidential opponent tweeted a picture of himself at the scene of one of last night ‘s protests. joe biden promised to listen to the demonstrators and help shake the movement for reform. any protests have been peaceful and in minneapolis, where all this began a week ago, there was a moment when protesters and a national guard officer came together. shake my hand. thank you. coronavirus elbow! nonetheless, george floyd ‘s arrest ona nonetheless, george floyd ‘s arrest on a minneapolis street corner and his frantic pleas for help have given rise to one of the most turbulent periods in recent american history. the white police officer pictured holding his need to mr floyd's neck is due to appear in court later today. derek chauvin is

facing charges of murder and manslaughter but three other officers involved in mr floyd's arrest i still at large and there are growing because for them to be brought to justice as well. donald trump has described these rights as domestic terrorism and blamed them on fire left anarchist groups but there are those who believe in a potentially pivotal moment in the struggle for racial justice potentially pivotal moment in the struggle for racialjustice here that without violence, their voices will not be heard. the president has called on state officials to deploy the national guard in cities whether violence has grown increasingly out of hand but such is the extent of the crisis, he is facing growing calls to address the nation from the oval office. thousands of people gathered in manchester, cardiff and london in solidarity with demonstrators in the united states.protestors walked to the american embassy in london — and crowded together despite social distancing restrictions. they chanted "black lives matter" in reference to the civil rights campaign group. five people were arrested.

the first american astronauts to travel on a commercially—built craft have arrived on board the international space station. the two crew members were welcomed by a fellow nasa astronaut and two russian cosmonauts. the spacex rocket blasted off from the kennedy space centre in florida on saturday. it marks the start of a new era in which nasa will buy space transport services from the commercial sector. the queen has been photographed riding in the grounds of windsor castle, in one of her first public appearances since the coronavirus lockdown began. she's pictured on one of her ponies, called balmoral fern. the queen, who's 94, has been living at windsor castle during the lockdown with prince philip.

people are flocking to beaches and everything else. a quick look at the front pages. the times living with a warning from travel firms that the 2—we quarantined due to be imposed on people arriving to the uk from next week will destroy the industry. there's also a photograph of the queen. it's the first time she's been seen in public since the beginning of the lockdown. she would be a bit hot, don't you think? it was boiling yesterday and she's got a coat on. "one million children set to stay off school today amid safety fears," is the headline on the guardian's front page. the paper reports scepticism from parents, teaching unions and councils that schools are returning too soon. meanwhile, the paper has a powerful front page image of a black female protester kneeling in front of armed white police officers in california. the metro also carries an image of the unrest in the us.

the lead story focuses on foreign secretary dominic raab's comments that "cities may be locked down" in order to prevent a second spike in coronavirus infections. and the new york times bears the headline "twin crisis and surging anger convulse us," and claims that the coronavirus pandemic has left america's nerves on edge. lot of people were talking about spacex and the weekend. 19 hours after blastoff, apparently they took after blastoff, apparently they took a short break for some black sabbath and they docked with the international space station yesterday, 206 two miles from earth.

this is just yesterday, 206 two miles from earth. this isjust staggering. 17,500 miles an hour. did you see it? no, i was watching. you sought? erin came over on saturday night. and in the space station just after. here in the express, some shocking pictures from the isle of shepley where this poorfamily saw from the isle of shepley where this poor family saw their bungalow colla pse poor family saw their bungalow collapse of a crumbling —— crumbling clifftop. it's worth £195,000, or it was. they say they believe they've lost everything, i guess it's after all the dry weather, the land is just dust. very dramatic and sudden erosion. this is from the inside of

the daily mail. we been following this over the weekend. pictures coming out of america. urban warfare is the way they've written headline. in the centre there is a picture from trafalgar square yesterday. we stand with you, black lives matter, this protest in trafalgar square. in america, looking at what's happening in los angeles. these race riots have hit 30 cities. quite extraordinary pictures as well and we will talk about the impact of all that and what it means throughout the programme. an interesting survey here, the results of which are in the telegraph this morning. it is something we know about hunting totally from talking to family and friends and neighbours over the past few weeks, but this puts numbers on it. a survey partly supported by the national lottery which says more of us, twice as many of us, are now chatting to our neighbours, the people who live around us, as a result of the pandemic stop it talks

about setting up community what subgroups and that kind of thing, helping people do deliveries. —— community whatsapp groups. helping people do deliveries. —— community whatsapp groupsm helping people do deliveries. —— community whatsapp groups. is that happening where you are? yes, absolutely. i totally agree. happening where you are? yes, absolutely. itotally agree. my neighbours phoned me on the weekend, i don't know why, i do live near them. on bbc one last thursday night we we re them. on bbc one last thursday night we were in gloucester in a little cul—de—sac, we were talking to this gentleman who had lived there for 56 yea rs, gentleman who had lived there for 56 years, there were some people 50 yards away who had lived there for 40 yards away who had lived there for a0 yea rs, yards away who had lived there for a0 years, he didn't know their names, didn't know them to talk to, and now they are best mates. that's lovely, isn't it? many of us were able to enjoy the warm weather over the weekend. spare a thought for the firefighters who spent their time responding to call—outs across the uk. in lancashire, crews are still trying to put out two huge fires, one of which is believed to have been caused by a disposable

barbecue — this one is in darwen. let's speak to paul hedley from the national fire chiefs council, whojoins us now from northumberland. just tell us, what happened over the weekend? how was it for you? good morning. it was extremely busy, not just for myself and my own service, but for services up and down the country. you have referenced the two incidents at lancashire, but they we re incidents at lancashire, but they were only two of a number of very significant fires which have been experienced by fire and rescue services up and down the country. and as you quite rightly say, sadly, many of those are being caused by portable barbecues, disposable barbecues, and campfires. so what is your message to people who might be having barbecues, having campfires? well, we are in a period, we are in the driest period on record, i think, if you just look at the countryside you can see that we haven't had any rain for a long time. the weather is beautiful at

the moment. it is very hot and dry. but that just creates perfect conditions for fires to take hold and develop very quickly. so the message we really want to impress upon the public is, please be sensible, please be responsible, and i would strongly urge people not to have any portable or disposable barbecues when they are out enjoying the countryside, and certainly not to light campfires when they are out, enjoying the countryside. because we have seen, sadly, the results of that, and we don't have naturally occurring wildfires in the united kingdom, very rarely, they are all sadly caused by human factors, whether that is accidental or deliberate. and what it does do is put tremendous strain on fire and rescue services who are already having to deal with business as

usual, and supporting the national response to covid—19, and that's just adds added pressures to us at a time when we should really be focusing our attention elsewhere. have you noticed, as well, with the beginning of the easing of lockdown, that more people are out and about wanting to get into the countryside, for example? i think it is understandable. yes, we have noticed that, and certainly in my own fire service area we have seen a significant increase in people getting out to beauty spots and enjoying the fantastic scenery that northumberland offers. but with that, we just want people to exercise caution and be responsible. i don't really think, you know, i don't think there is any reason why you cannot enjoy everything that the united kingdom has got to offer without setting fires and using portable barbecues. this really

does, as i say, put tremendous strain on fire and rescue services. certainly the incidents at wareham forest and hatfield moors on the south yorkshire and humberside order, and the two that you have referenced, in lancashire, you know, they have been responded to by hundreds of firefighters, and almost 100 fire engines, at their height. and that's an insignificant co—ordination and support between fire and rescue services. so we have national resilience, which co—ordinates incidents at a regional and national level, and they have done a fantasticjob getting specialist equipment and support to those services that need them, but we have also got to deal with business as usual. incidents don't stop. so we have had significant major fires stop. so we have had significant majorfires in stop. so we have had significant major fires in places stop. so we have had significant majorfires in places like cambridgeshire, kent, cumbria, and as you say, we have storage facilities, large structural fires, and this is on top of having to deal

with these very large, very protracted, very difficult wildfires which unfortunately are caused by people just not thinking about the consequences in many cases. we really appreciate your time and your work. paul had national fire chiefs council, thank you for your time. —— paul hadley. and we will be talking later about not just the fire brigades, and we will be talking later about notjust the fire brigades, but and we will be talking later about not just the fire brigades, but also the challenges to lifeguards and lifeboats, and all the emergency services this weekend. let's turn our attention to what has been happening in the us. the police officer who was accused of killing an unarmed black man in minneapolis will appear in court for the first time today. it follows a six night of protest over the death of george floyd. earlier, president trump's national security advisor denied racism existed across the nation's police forces. there have been more violent clashes in minneapolis and other cities overnight. we are joined by local radio reporter matt

seppick, joining us on bbc brea kfast. seppick, joining us on bbc breakfast. how are things tonight, yourtime? breakfast. how are things tonight, your time? well, where i am right now, this is the corner of 38th st and... inaudible. this is the spot where george floyd died, not only feeney of the police officer, ca ptu red feeney of the police officer, captured on video seen all over the world. we have had a very peaceful gathering here. of course, people are violating curfew. a curfew went into effect four hours ago. but in terms of this particular gathering here, it has been entirely peaceful. people have put flowers on the grounds and... inaudible. flowers everywhere, posters everywhere. people are kind of taking care of each other, i have to say. they have been distributing food, they are not even dropping litter on the ground. quite a contrast to what we have

seen just quite a contrast to what we have seenjust a quite a contrast to what we have seen just a little quite a contrast to what we have seenjust a little bit quite a contrast to what we have seen just a little bit north of here, with looting in the last couple of nights. that is good to hear that things you are tonight, but we are seeing more pictures here from other parts of the us, where we have seen more clashes, modifiers, more more looting, dramatic scenes elsewhere from california to new york, right across the united states. does it feel like where you are, at the heart of it, where this incident began, but this is beginning to subside now? is it possible to say that?” beginning to subside now? is it possible to say that? i would say about yes, cautiously, there was a large show of force by law enforcement and the national guard last night here in minneapolis. they put 2500 national guard troops out to assist police in clearing the streets. there were large numbers of arrests. there were additional arrests. there were additional

arrests today, there was a protest on an interstate bridge near downtown minneapolis, about 150 people were arrested and this particular scene, this particular spot when i have been for the past five hours also, really not any sort of tension at all. there were rumours that police would show up and clear this, but i doubt that would be a picture that they would wa nt to would be a picture that they would want to have on television. yet we know some people have been really upset and angered by the president —— presents and the profile of the national guard on the street over the weekend. there was a worry that that might have inflamed things, made it worse? certainly there was a concern, there is big concern about the militarisation, about national guard soldiers walking down the street or driving down the street with rifles. it certainly made a lot of people uncomfortable. but at the same time, many people in minneapolis were going to see those soldiers because of the knights of

rioting, burning and looting, particularly along lake street and in other places. we were mentioning there will be a police officer in court this morning charged in connection with the george floyd ‘s death. what kind of, what could be the impact of that court appearance? because clearly it is going to be a very tense moment in minneapolis in particular. well, the court system here, it isjust particular. well, the court system here, it is just his first appearance, so they will really not be much happening there in terms of the legal process. it is just a hearing where he is formally told what he has been charged with. i suspect it should take just a minutes, as those hearings typically do here. but obviously they will be tight security in quite a bit of attention paid to that particular hearing. we appreciate you talking to us this morning, live from

minneapolis here on bbc breakfast. thank you indeed for your time. you are quite welcome. it is 6:25am stop we've been talking about it already. it was the most glorious weekend for lots of people. carol has the details on that and what will happen in the next few days. on friday, the warmest day of the year so far, income dale in the highlands it reached 28.3dc. yesterday, porthmadog and wales was not far off that. and tomorrow, somewhere could also reach 88, but then things do change. it turns cooler and a bit more unsettled. some of us will see more rain. dry and mostly sunny, it will feel more as “— and mostly sunny, it will feel more as —— feel warm as temperatures rise in thejune as —— feel warm as temperatures rise in the june sunshine. as —— feel warm as temperatures rise in thejune sunshine. we have got low cloud, mist and just offshore across eastern scotland and north—eastern england. but will tend to lift, and as you can see, lots of dry weather and lots of sunshine. a weather front is not too far away

from the north—west. light and variable breezes, the odd shower, but it will be isolated if we see it across parts of scotland and northern ireland. those are temperature values, widely from the low 20s to the mid—20s. as we had on through the evening and overnight, a weather front starts to make inroads, bringing a bit more cloud with it, because the northern and western isles and into the far north of mainland scotland. we could see some spots of rain from that before the end of the night, but lots of dry weather and clear skies, and it is not going to be a cold night. these temperatures represent what you can expect in towns and cities. in ruralareas, you can expect in towns and cities. in rural areas, temperatures will be that little bit lower. there has been moved from tuesday until wednesday, our weather front continues its descent. it is a cold front, so behind it we will start to see a change in the wind direction and also the temperature. so first thing on tuesday, lots of dry weather and lots of sunshine. but as that weather front come south across

scotland, and northern ireland, it is going to introduce more cloud and shall be breaks of rain. we could even see the odd shower in cumbria and northumberland before the end of the day. temperatures behind that, lower, 10— 17 degrees. we have said goodbye to that, and the wind will start to veer to more of a northerly direction. further south we assigned a very one category. 26, 27, and parts of the far south—east could hit 28. so as we continue our journey through the week, tuesday into wednesday, here comes the weather thinking steadily south. this is what we call a waiting front. it is doing a bit of this. it is difficult to forecast exactly where the rain will be. a fair bit of cloud around. we will see that rain coming south on the weather front, not much if any getting into the south—eastern corner, and if we do see and it isn't going to be particularly heavy. in fact,

anywhere, really, the rain isn't going to be particularly heavy. look how we have got different temperatures. we have got 1017 in the north. just clinging onto the milder conditions as we push the south. and then as we had on into thursday there are still going to be a lot of dry weather around. variable amounts of cloud, still the chance that we could see some spots of rain from that weather front before it clears away from the far south—east. before i go, it is also worth mentioning if you have an allergy to grass pollen well, today, the levels are very high or higher across england, wales and northern ireland. they are low or moderate in scotland. for everybody who suffers from that. thank you, carol. you're watching breakfast with jon kay and louise minchin. coming up on this morning's programme. back in business: outdoor markets and car showrooms reopen in england, but what can you expect

when you visit one? sean's at a market in barnsley to find out. how do you get thousands of singers from around the world and a full orchestra to perform in perfect time over the internet? we'll talk to the man that made it happen to help raise money for those affected by the pandemic. and horse racing returns — but not as we know it. we'll be in newcastle where today's action gets underway behind closed doors. our main story: more than 2 million primary school children in england will be able to return to lessons from today. some businesses, including car dealerships and outdoor markets, are also reopening and groups of up to six people can now meet outdoors. some scientists are warning that lockdown restrictions are being lifted too fast, but the government says the plan has been carefully designed to keep the rate of infections low.

it's time now to check in with a gp. joining us from nottingham is drjamie parker. thank you forjoining us on brea kfast thank you forjoining us on breakfast today. can we start with the story would be talking about, shielding, the changes to vulnerable people who have been shielding? who are we talking about and what is the change? those clinically extremely vulnerable group, written to by the nhs to say the last 12 weeks, they should have been isolating, not allowed to go out, people who are particularly high risk of getting seriously unwell if they got coronavirus. their own personal protection, they've been advised to stay indoors the last 12 weeks. and this change seems to have happened quite suddenly. it's a very slight

changes well. the messages still to extremely cautious. and you hear the words relaxation of the rules. opportunity to get out once a day. you have to be extremely careful. you have to be extremely careful. you are not allowed to meet by people in other countries are, in england. this is a specific slight increase in the freedoms they have. absolutely. i would just be extremely cautious because any sort of relaxation in the social distancing rules increases the risk

it's hard to understand the people who are not in the clinically vulnerable group, one of the main reasons that social distancing is in place, and it is so key, it's reducing the risk of the spread of coronavirus. while you may feel at home you are fine, it might be a mild illness that you get but what you are doing by following social justice in guidance, you are protecting those extremely vulnerable people. are you co mforta ble vulnerable people. are you comfortable with this change in those freedoms that vulnerable people are now getting. is it the right time? for some, it's going to be very difficult to stay indoors for 12 weeks. we've seen mental health be of acted, we've seen loneliness increase. i think this provides an opportunity for people

to improve their mental health by getting out once a day, and looking at the risks and benefits of that. and i think it's ok. but i think the message has to be taken very cautiously. let's talk about children as well. there are a lot of children as well. there are a lot of children who can go back to school today, reception, year 1, year 6 to primary school. there will be some pa rents primary school. there will be some parents switching on this morning. it is strange putting my child out there in a way i haven't had to do for the last seven weeks. what are the risks to child primary school at age of getting it themselves if they contract coronavirus. there is lots of evidence now the children, especially younger children, are unlikely to become especially unwell if they contract coronavirus. the

key m essa g es if they contract coronavirus. the key messages the children, especially younger children are seriously unlikely to become unwell. we're looking at pictures of a classroom it's been according to the new rules, the desks have been separated and crosses on the floor for them. it's going to be a very different way of educating very young children, isn't it? do you have worries about the practicalities of that, if a child needs to be comforted or get first aid? it's hard to provide complete social distance in a situation like that. or children going back to school, it's going to be a different experience. i have children going back to school is. it's going to be a very different world. it's one west social distancing isn't going to be possible all the time. so your kids go back today, do they? what is

the mood in the parker household this morning? we spent the week camping in the garden. a mix of excitement but also unhappy that the holiday is over. as a parent, how are you feeling? does just about the fa ct are you feeling? does just about the fact you're not going to see them but for your safety, their safety? personally i'm very happy they are going back to school. i'm not going to ask you any more questions because i think it would get you into trouble. thank you forjoining us into trouble. thank you forjoining us this morning. he will be getting a wake—up calls shortly. lots of you have children who might or might not be returning to school, get in touch with us with your concerns. something else that vaguely gets back to normal today, we have some normality and sally joins back to normal today, we have some normality and sallyjoins us with the sport because sport is kind of dark. we are taking a big step

forward. it's full like a really long time. it's felt like a long time since we've had live competitive sport here in the uk. today is the day that changes. horse racing and snooker in england are both back later on. and obviously both will look very different for now. alex gulrajani reports after ten weeks, racing is back and it begins here at gosforth park in newcastle. four days after the cheltenham festival in march, racing in britain was suspended and when it returns today, it will look a lot different. no crowds, no owners and no bookmakers. the industry looks after 70,000 people who work within horse racing. that's why we are so keen to get moving again and there is big support for us and it would be nice to get under way stop a bit of pressure? yes, but we can deal with that. the essential view allowed on site will have the temperature checked on arrival. they will follow a one—way system and

jockeys will prepare in a socially distant dressing room. it's totally different, i'd never experienced before. the waiting room will be different because it got to stay away from other jockeys. different because it got to stay away from otherjockeys. i'm not sure what to expect but i'm sure we will get used to it after a couple of days and it will become normal, you know. sparse tables await snooker plays in the championship in milton keynes. those will be tested throughout. judge trumper showing his experiences of that on social media. this event has always been one of the smaller ones on camera but now it's on terrestrial tv and leads to other ones that follow. we will be the first one back which for snooker is great. for snooker in general. i don't play until thursday but we have to world championships which is scheduled for the 31st of july, all things considered, if everything goes well with what's going on at the moment. with the green light given to professional sport to resume, it won't be long before more of our favourite events start returning to our screens. alex

gulrajani, bbc news. and while racing and snooker start up again competitively today, in under three weeks we're set to have the return of the premier league and now the championship after a three month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic. leeds united currently top of the championship table, with the efl announcing last night that the season is set to resume onjune 20th, subject to government safety guidance being met. all games will be behind closed doors, with the aim to have the remaining matches and the play—offs completed by the end ofjuly. the german bundesliga is already back, and england internationaljadon sancho scored the first hat—trick of his career yesterday for borussia dortmund in their 6—1 win. he became the latest high profile sportsman to support anti racism protests across the world after the death of george floyd. he took off his shirt to show a hand written message after scoring his first goal. he'd written the words "justice for george floyd"

and it's understood formula 1 has been given the go—ahead by the uk government to hold two races at silverstone this summer. people involved in elite sports events are set to be exempt from a requirement on international travellers to self—isolate for 1a days. the government is expected to confirm the move later this month. and it could be good news for other events hoping to get started again including the champions league and england's test series against west indies. that does give a little bit of a glimmer of hope. we are talking of course about what is starting up today. can i give a special mention today. can i give a special mention to the very first sport starting today at around ten o'clock and that is pigeon racing. from leicester to barnsley. that is the first competitive sport today. thank you, sally. get sean an umbrella in that case. it could get messy.

it's a big day for many pupils across england, as they prepare to return to school for the first time since march. but as we know, there'll be differences in how it works across the country. john maguire is at a school in northampton, which is following the government advice to allow more pupils to return. and kathryn stanczyszyn is at a school walsall, which is open only to vulnerable children and those of key workers. let's talk to john first. john, how are things working where you are? should we give you a look around the classroom? this should we give you a look around the classroom ? this is should we give you a look around the classroom? this is a year1 classroom, one of the two bubbles. bubble is one of those look down words would become so used to using. this is the year1 class. a maximum of 15. we think 11 and this year1 classroom. it looks fairly normal.

the desks are spaced out. quite interesting. each chart has their own personal pack. it will stay in school. that sort of thing, the hard surfaces won't be going home and coming back again. lots of hand sanitiser in this area of the room here with all the books and lots of toys and learning aids. they are all sort of locked the back of the classroom. the other thing they are going to do at this school and all the other schools, is to use the outdoor space. this school is blessed with a lot of outdoor space which means that children will be able to spend as much time outside as possible because we know the virus doesn't spread as effectively outside. mark, how are you. we've invented a virtual hug. you can't high—5 anymore so it's going to be a

virtual hug. we have a friend here to remind children to keep two metres apart. back to school is another stay for many people. normally children but as their teacher, are you nervous today? we are nervous. we are confident in what we set up. we are confident the zones are what we set up. we are confident the zones are in place, the bubbles are in place, that we can we feel we played our part in preparing the school as well as we can. there are nervous because it is a strange time and we are not aware of everything so we would just like to think we've done all that we can hear. you've got about half the children coming backin got about half the children coming back in those three—year groups. what is the dialogue been like between you and parents? presumably asa between you and parents? presumably as a school you been trying to reassure them. we've been very open all the way. one of the features of the last ten weeks has been the communication and the contact with community. we are very, very blessed that this is a very fantastic

community where people have come together and have talked about this. as upfront and honest as we possibly can be. we set out documentation to give parents the choice an option so they know what is coming up. you would know better than most how a group of children are different in the way they interact. how can you possibly keep children apart? the way they interact. how can you possibly keep children apart7m will be more or less impossible. we've up our bubble so that when people are set down, spaced out as much as we possibly can, children of that age do not stay sat down. they explore and pay play and work collaboratively with others —— explore and play and work collaboratively with others. all the very best for the rest of the day,

mark. we wish you very good luck indeed. we go to kathryn stanczyszyn up indeed. we go to kathryn stanczyszyn up in warsaw. good morning. —— worsall. the classrooms here will stay virtually empty because the safety first not during the first. down the road in birmingham we know that several schools will be opening to people's today. similar picture here but also the unions locally warning since there was a spike in infection rates, they've advised schools to think very carefully about what they we re think very carefully about what they were going to do today, huge decision for parents, many sleepless nights and the head teachers because lots of local authorities including this one have left it up to

. you were originally going to open and you changed your mind. why?|j and you changed your mind. why?” did. it was a really difficult decision. we were going to open tomorrow and have a staff meeting today to prepare everybody, prepare the classrooms. we had a ready put in loads of preparation and we had ordered a marquee for the school grounds, et cetera, so we would have extra outdoor space for the children. we were pleased we were going to open. we have always had some niggling doubts, we were going to go ahead until we saw advice last weekend from the independent sage group and they said the thing that really struck a chord with me, was that if we delayed another two weeks, that the risk to pupils would be halved. and i had already written to parents and everything to say we we re to parents and everything to say we were opening. i told them which groups their children were in. it would mean me writing to them again.

i was really worried. the independent sage group is of course a separate group from the scientists advising the government. the government says it is crystal clear it is safe, that these bubble groups, smaller groups, mean minimal infection risk and negligible risk to children. why don't you trust them? i do trust that. but the sage group also said that the evidence about the transmission of the disease is inconclusive. until i saw the other evidence last weekend we we re the other evidence last weekend we were going to go ahead and open, when i did see it, i was really worried, i had had sleepless nights last weekend. so i rang my chair of governors and said that i was worried about reopening. what is the reaction from parents? some of them we re reaction from parents? some of them were desperate to get back kids back for education and socialisation. we are desperate to have them back as well, but i've only had positive

pa rents well, but i've only had positive parents —— comments from parents. we we re parents —— comments from parents. we were only going to have about a quarter of the children come back anyway. when will you be at -- be happy to reopen millfield?” anyway. when will you be at -- be happy to reopen millfield? i will be happy, well, there is the test, track and trace, one that is fully established, that will be another thing. and if! established, that will be another thing. and if i have waited for two weeks, you know, iwill thing. and if i have waited for two weeks, you know, i will be able to trust that a little bit better. michelle, thank you very much. the school will be open for the handful of key worker children a little bit later. until then, the playground will be pretty quiet today. cath, and before that, john, thank you indeed. kath talking about sleepless nights for teachers and big decisions, and for the kids as well, going back is a big deal. absolutely. lots of people will be waking up this morning and making a decision about what is going to happen. as you have been hearing, they will be changes lots of pupils as they return to school. parents are being warned to look out for signs that their children are experiencing anxiety, distress or low mood as a result. let's speak

to professor prathiba chitsabesan, who is the clinical director for children's mental health at nhs england. thank you so much for speaking to us this morning. they will be lots of people waking up this morning, pa rents people waking up this morning, parents and children, deciding whether or not their children should be going back to school. it is an anxious time, isn't it? it is. good morning, louise. ithink anxious time, isn't it? it is. good morning, louise. i think it is really important to recognise that covid is having an impact on everyone , covid is having an impact on everyone, including young people and parents, and the return to school is going to, i think, increase some anxiety and distress both for young people and parents, but it is really important to remember, there are available services for families, so please do get in contact with the nhs if you have any concerns. what sort of concerns should you be looking out for in your children, for example? i think symptoms will va ry for example? i think symptoms will vary depending on the age of your child. for younger children, you might find that children start to regress with some of their

behaviours, bedwetting, problems with separation anxiety, and for all the children, they may have real problems managing their emotions. you might see that they have got problems with their sleep or eating. they may present with physical symptoms of anxiety, they may present as being quite withdrawn. it is important to stress that these are very normal emotional responses to an abnormal, stressful situation for all of us. i think that is really important to stress. there is quite a lot, as you mention, that parents and carers can do to support young people. again, there is fantastic advice available on the nhs england website stop there is advice there, but what about the people watching this morning? how can you help your children through? is it talking, what should you be doing? there is quite a lot of practical strategies that you can put into place. as a parent or carer you can start by making the time to talk to your child about how they feel. provide some reassurance that

many of the responses they are experiencing our normal reactions to a very stressful situation. but reassurance in itself can be very helpful. so those other strategies that i advise the patients i see, and which i have put into place with my children. very practical things, like having a daily timetable. i think life feels fairly unpredictable and out of control for young people, so just unpredictable and out of control for young people, sojust having a wee kly young people, sojust having a weekly timetable, adding in some positive activities, i think that can really be helpful to improve their mental health and well—being. and we know that physical exercise can also be really helpful.” suppose for some children, they will really be looking forward to seeing their friends, won't they? absolutely. it is really important to remember that the responses from young people and parents are going to be very next. i know, you know, my children are really keen to get back into school and get back into a

routine, but i am also very aware, talking to other parents, but they are more anxious about their children returning to school and the children returning to school and the children themselves are more anxious about that return to school as well stop so the picture will be next. we have talked a lot in this interview about children, but what about pa rents ? about children, but what about parents? again, it is an anxious time for everybody, really, isn't it? absolutely. talking to my friends, parents of children, looking at some of the kind of data we have got from a study from the university of oxford, which again is kind of surveying parents, it has highlighted that some parents are concerned about the return to school. i think they are worried about whether that can be done safely. we have also found that parents of children who have got existing mental health problems, parents of children who have got special educational needs, seem to be particularly worried about how their children might manage that return to school. are you concerned

about the long—term impact that this might have on people's mental health? i think potentially, we are concerned. we know that pandemics, major incidents, including covid, is going to have a significant impact on both young people as well as parents and adults, and i think it is really important that we get support early. there are lots of really helpful strategies that parents and carers and teachers and young people can put into place. it is really important people do not struggle in silence. there is help and resources. speak to your gp. struggle in silence. there is help and resources. speakto your gp. in contact with services if you are worried, because that support is there. thank you for your time. that is the message we have heard from ourgps is the message we have heard from our gps throughout the whole of this. we speak to them at 6:30am every morning. they are there for mental health problems as much as anything else as well. and do let us know this morning what you are doing, if your kids are going back,

what little things have you come to keep it calm and relaxed and fun and is anxious free as it can be. and if you have concerns, what are your major concerns? from today, outdoor markets and car showrooms in england can reopen, but with some changes. sean is at a market in barnsley this morning to find out more. good morning. they are getting all geared up here for the first time in quite a few weeks for some traders, outdoor markets in england can fully reopen from today. so it is notjust food. it is all be non—essential retailers well. but is not the same case in scotland, wales and northern ireland. still waiting for the all clear for traders ireland. still waiting for the all clearfor traders to get ireland. still waiting for the all clear for traders to get to be normal they were used to before. but it isn't normal. an example, joe, one of the social distancing champions here, he has got a fancy new t—shirt on. lots of efforts will be put in place to try to get customers to maintain that social

distancing. it reminds all of the traders, and neil, first day back, cani traders, and neil, first day back, can i have a quick word with you neil? there you go. how much of a difference is that going to make for you and for customers, what are you expecting today? not a lot today, but we have got a stand. like we've said previously, it isjust the start of the new market, yeah.” mean, you have got a fair bit of stock here... we always have plenty, yeah stop do you think you will be selling much of it? maybe not today, but we are here and this is what we do, so we just carry on. how much of this is sort of on your shoulders? do you feel like you are going to have to say to people, hang on, excuse me, don't do that, can you keep your distance mr mike i think everybody knows now that they should be doing and what they shouldn't be doing. i will let you crack on a bit more with be stocking up and we will see later at some customers arrive and if, you know, how busy it might get. an idea, an example of what will be going on in a lot of markets around the country when they open, they have a town centre to deal with

as well. so when all of these shops reopen in a few weeks, when they can, that is another issue. we have maria here from barnsley council, good morning, who is overseeing the town centre and the market and things. i mean, whatare town centre and the market and things. i mean, what are you expecting to have to do really change here, when all of a sudden customers do start steadily coming back to markets and shops? today is the start of that journey for us. we have a two—week period now we have our outdoor market on the street, and in two weeks we will start to see other shops opening. so this fortnight is really a learning period for us. we will have our outdoor traders coming back stop we are at about 50% capacity at the moment for this weeks, and more and more will be joining us next week. this two weeks is all about getting it right so that when we have even more cues for even more shops, and our big shopping centre, we can actually manage the high street for everybody so that shoppers can come back and feel and be safe. we will talk a bit more throughout the rest of the morning about how we will feel when topshop reopens, and you

have prime i can there as well, just to see, because there are many other things having to be put into place as well. one thing we may get used to seeing more of, foot operated our sanitisers. very useful, you don't have to make any contact with anything. and it reminds you all morning of the signs everywhere, this will be the new way of doing shopping. an outdoor market in england today can fully reopen, not just food traders. so you might see a little bit more on your higher streets than you have seen in recent weeks. foot operated, i have not seen that! but is a very good idea. sean, thank you. we can get another demonstration. sean, go on, give it another stab. don't use too much.” mean, i don't want to waste it... quite right. but better to be safe than sorry, isn't it? thank you so much, will be with you through the morning. cheers. we have got some lovely pictures to show you. we're just getting these in now. these are life from the scottish highlands. a beautiful

nest. it shows the breeding ospreys. i don't know which one this is. they are called louis and ayla. a p pa re ntly are called louis and ayla. apparently they have been incubating three eggs, we have seen in the last half hour or so, they are notjust eggs anymore. we have got some fluffy little checks. we will go back to them, they have been feeding a p pa re ntly back to them, they have been feeding apparently in the last half—hour. the woodland trust is streaming images from, and i hope i get this right because carol is listening, lock arkaig pine forest. that was pretty good in my book! carol kirkwood, from our pronunciation unit. the camera is going to be live throughout the 2020 season, apparently, to give a grim sulphurous life. and we will go back in the morning and if we can see them again we go back. —— gives a limbs of forest life. —— glimpse stop good morning, everybody. limbs of forest life. —— glimpse stop good morning, everybodym limbs of forest life. —— glimpse stop good morning, everybody. it is a gorgeous start today across many parts, if you like it sunny. the first sunrise in fraserburgh,

aberdeenshire, off the meteorological summer. we have a lot of dry weather and sunshine which will make it feel very warm. high pressure still very much in charge. if you are heading out today, it is worth mentioning that the pollen levels are high or very high across northern ireland, england and wales. today we have low cloud across eastern parts of scotland, north—eastern england, that will lift, then we are looking at a lot of sunshine on offer and possibly wa nted of sunshine on offer and possibly wanted or two showers across northern ireland and also northern scotland, and as we go through the afternoon we are looking at temperatures of about 12—23 or 2a. as we go further south, again, we're looking at 22 or possibly 25 or 26. the headlines are next. good morning — welcome to breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin.

our headlines today: lessons start again for some primary school children in england as the government begins to ease lockdown restrictions millions of vulnerable people in england and wales who were advised to stay indoors will be able to leave their homes for the first time in ten weeks it's back! professional sport returns in england with horse racing and snooker the first to resume later today after a long wait. in other news, tear gas has been fired by police at protestors during a sixth night of demonstrations in cities across america. it's monday 1st june. our top story. more than 2 million primary school children in england will be able to return to lessons from today. some businesses, including car dealerships, are also reopening and groups of up to six people can now meet outdoors.

but some scientists are warning that lockdown restrictions are being lifted too fast. this morning we'll be looking at the what the lockdown changes in different parts of the uk mean for you. first, danjohnson has been to meet some families preparing for their first day back at school in ten weeks. so you've got your uniform already, jack? yes. time to getjack back to school again. ready! i do feel about going back to school, jack? very, very, very, very happy. i've never known my boy to be so excited. but he has always loved school. he misses his friends and he loves his teacher. so he's really excited to go back, yeah. i'm a bit excited... five—year—old khadija is almost as enthusiastic. i do like maths and i am quite excited about maths. i'm in two minds, but i think it's good for the children to interact

more with their age group and also, they miss their teachers. they will find the playground's been fenced off to keep them apart. we'll start with three classes of five children in each and then slowly increase that. each of the year1 classrooms will have their own outdoor learning area. it feels a bit like you're penning them in? ever so slightly, but i think it's more about keeping them safe. and the classrooms have been spaced in the hope of socially distant learning. their classrooms have changed quite a lot. we are going down from 30 children to five at first, then ten. a lot of children don't understand what a metre is, so telling them to be two metres apart is quite difficult. and they will often show you something in their book that they need help with. as social distancing will be difficult in that way. it'll be strange for them. that is why many parents don't share the confidence on show here.

they wouldn't let us come back, surely, if it wasn't safe to do so, so i'm confident this is the right time for them to come back. if it wasn't safe, it wouldn't be happening, but i'm happy that the school will be doing things the best way they can. so, if they've put certain things in place, i'm happy for it to go ahead. but this is only happening in england and lots of schools won't go ahead. at least, not yet. we think it's currently unsafe. we don't think we should be going to this step. we want to see test, track, trace actually running, actually in place so we can see the number of cases are falling. we are also concerned that there isn't good enough advice about vulnerable parents, vulnerable grandparents or about vulnerable staff. but vulnerability can be defined by wealth as much as health. this is a poor part of london where many families have relied on school support during the lockdown. we're not talking about bringing 700 children back, we're taking it slow and steady and at any point with that plan, if it doesn't feel right, we will halt it, we can reverse it. we can be dynamic about the way we bring children back. and it isn't just a school rules changing. in england, you can now meet

groups of up to six, the same as northern ireland. there is already eight in scotland, but i'm just two households. wales is expected to make this same move today. those who've been shielding across england and wales because of health conditions are now allowed out. social distancing is key, and what difference these changes made to the spread of those will be closely monitored. dan johnson, bbc news. here's how the rules vary across the uk: in england, groups of up to six people from different households can now meet outside. professional sport resumes today, with horseracing and snooker. car showrooms and outdoor markets are also able to reopen. people who had previously been asked to shield at home will also be able to go outdoors.

in wales, people from two households are now allowed to meet outdoors. shielding advice has also changed, allowing more vulnerable people outdoors for exercise. (ani 3)in scotland, groups of up to eight people from two households have been able to meet outdoors since friday. advice for schools, shops and people shielding at home hasn't changed. and in northern ireland, there's no change to the rule that groups of six can meet outdoors. vulnerable people are being asked to keep following existing shielding advice. our political correspondent helen cattjoins us from westminster. helen, we're seeing some major changes in parts of the uk today, but some are concerned it's too much too soon? them to decide yes, just before the weekend, some of the scientists who advised the government say they thought this was happening too quickly. professorjohn edmonds, a

member of sage, said that the levels of coronavirus was still very high. he was backed up byjeremy farrow, another member of that group saying he wanted to see that test and trace system launched on thursday much more embedded before those lockdown restrictions eased. there were others who came out and said similar things. we saw lots of people, that beautiful weather, adding to the beach. that of course gave rise to concerns about how well people would actually reserve the rules of this new system. we got colourful warning from the deputy chief medical officer who warned people not to tear the pants out of the new freedoms but ultimately it's up to ministers to decide what these new freedoms are and they have to weigh the scientific evidence. the chief scientific advisor wrote the evidence is always not crystal clear

and there will be a range of opinions but ministers have to weigh that against the economy, the impact on people's well—being, being in lockdown and make decisions. the government said it will be very cautious but there is no getting away from the fact that this is very risky for the government. we'll bejoined by the business secretary, alok sharma at 7—30. police cars have been set on fire and shops have been looted in a sixth night of unrest across the united states. cu rfews are in force in nearly a0 cities, including the capital washington, as protests continue over the death of a black man, george floyd, in police custody. our north america correspondent, david willis reports. shouting this country is walking a fine and dangerous line. as a large and angry crowd gathered

outside the white house, it emerged at one point at the height of the protests here on friday, president trump was ushered into an underground bunker by members of the secret service in the interests of his own safety. on several occasions, in the last few days, demonstrators here have attempted to scale the walls. and many were reluctant to conform with a newly imposed overnight curfew. as the president hunkered down, his presumptive democratic presidential opponent tweeted a picture of himself at the scene of one of last night's protests. joe biden promised to listen to the demonstrators and help shape the movement for reform.

many protests have been peaceful and in minneapolis, where all this began a week ago, there was a moment when protesters and a national guard officer came together. shaking the hand. thank you. coronavirus elbow! nonetheless, george floyd's arrest on a minneapolis street corner and his frantic pleas for help have given rise to one of the most turbulent periods in recent american history. the white police officer pictured holding his knee to mr floyd's neck is due to appear in court later today. derek chauvin is facing charges of murder and manslaughter, but three other officers involved in mr floyd's arrest are still at large and there are growing because for them to be brought to justice as well. donald trump has described these riots as domestic terrorism and blamed them on far—left anarchist groups, but there are those who believe in a potentially pivotal moment in the struggle for racial justice here that without violence, their voices will not be heard.

the president has called on state officials to deploy the national guard in cities where the violence has grown increasingly out of hand, but such is the extent of the crisis, he is facing growing calls to address the nation from the oval office. thousands of people gathered in manchester, cardiff and london in solidarity with demonstrators in the united states. protestors walked to the american embassy in london — and crowded together despite social distancing restrictions. they chanted "black lives matter" in reference to the civil rights campaign group. five people were arrested. the first american astronauts to travel on a commercially—built spacecraft have arrived on board the international space station. the two crew members were welcomed by a fellow nasa astronaut and two russian cosmonauts.

the spacex rocket blasted off from the kennedy space centre in florida on saturday. it marks the start of a new era in which nasa will buy space transport services from the commercial sector. the queen has been photographed riding in the grounds of windsor castle — in one of her first public appearances since the coronavirus lockdown began. she's pictured on one of her ponies, called balmoral fern. the queen, who's 9a, has been living at windsor castle during the lockdown with prince philip. so, the other changes in england today include the return of competitive sport and businesses including car showrooms and outdoor markets have reopened. but a number of scientists are warning the rules are being relaxed too quickly. let's speak now to professor devi shridhar from the university of edinburgh. thank you forjoining us. what is your hunch? when you see these restrictions on the lockdown

changing right across the uk. are we doing this too quickly. everyone wa nts doing this too quickly. everyone wants the lockdown relaxed and to get back to some semblance of normality. right now, the latest survey suggests there are roughly 8000 cases a day in england. estimates are it is very close to one, so it's a fragile situation. you want to have one opening up measure at a time. opening schools but keeping everything the same. you can actually monitor it. you can understand the impact of each intervention alone. you are thinking today there is too much happening on the same day. we talk about schools, car showrooms. does that confuse things? i think it confuses it and

makes it hard to monitor it. you wa nt to makes it hard to monitor it. you want to detect quickly if there are cases. because the testing and tracing any isolating system not up and running, it becomes very difficult to detect that. it feels there is this hope the virus will go away and there is hope there is broad—based immunity and it won't be as bad as we anticipate. the problem isi as bad as we anticipate. the problem is i guess, we rely on data until there is no data we need tread cautiously. having taken the scientific advice right across the uk, they admit these are anxious times and! uk, they admit these are anxious times and i convinced what they are doing is cautious and incremental and will be manageable. they are in and will be manageable. they are in a really difficult situation, aren't they, at this moment? it's incredibly difficult and i think the problem with this virus is that where you are today is because of

what you did eight weeks ago or ten weeks ago so the countries that reacted very early on, locked down very drastically, aggressively, went through testing and tracing, australia, new zealand, denmark, norway, even germany was tracing to its up. obviously the nations of the uk want to be in that position. we wa nt to uk want to be in that position. we want to be opening our schools and getting back to that state of normality. we are in a very different position. the real mystery now the scientist is trying to figure out how after so many weeks of lot down we have so many cases. it's incredibly depressing and it is people not following the rules and ta kes a people not following the rules and takes a small number of people not to follow the rules and you can set up to follow the rules and you can set upa chain to follow the rules and you can set up a chain of infections. the government is suggesting not to make international comparisons too readily because it is very complicated comparing what different countries are doing but in terms of easing the lockdown, is it possible

from a global perspective to look at what we're doing here in the nations of the uk and what other countries have done when their reproduction rate has been up or down?” have done when their reproduction rate has been up or down? i take the point about international comparisons, especially things like testings or deaths, because every country counts of slightly differently. but one thing you can be doing, because of the way this country moves, it started in china and moved to east asia and then went to australia and new zealand, and then moved out to other parts of the world, you can look at the countries that are a little bit ahead of you and learn from them. and what we have learned from these countries is that the virus keeps coming back. even south korea, which had a really good handle on it and was ready to reopen schools and managed to contain it through a very aggressive testing programme is struggling with this virus because of the cluster of infections but it seems to set off. so you have to have a place where we would have to be, i would think, having community transmission really brought down to the low hundreds, when you can have monitoring systems in place and take schools that

protect schools, test in and teachers to try to catch these asymptomatics, the people who are passing it on without knowing they have it, and that is how you detect, but school, weather as a cluster of cases, you can shut down the school a local level and make sure the virus has gone away, you break the chains of transmission, and then you can reopen safely. these need to be local level decisions and i guess for scientists it is a bit nervous because we don't yet have those systems, we are flying blind. flying blind, that is a worrying phrase for some people. we will have seen those pictures across the country over the weekend of beaches pact and pa rksville weekend of beaches pact and parksville —— beaches pact and parksville. should we be worried this week i think such a change?” mean, i don't think worry or panic really help anyone. this is what i have been trying to get across from january. the point is not to make people scared, the point is to get prepared. people have been hoping since january this virus would

disappear, first in china than in east asia. it hasn't. it has stuck around and it has actually turned out to be quite a dangerous virus because of how it spreads, and how easily the growth sets off. and so i think the message to people would be, you know, do a bit of research, if you can come on your local authority, of how many cases are there, try to get information about your part of the country, what does transmission look like? this is available from public health england. based on that, make sensible decisions. obviously it is a lot to ask of people, but ideally, other countries have this kind of system. they have a red, amber or green system where people understand a bit about how it might affect them in their daily lives and their communities. so i think the best thing to do, if people are worried, is to just read up a thing to do, if people are worried, is tojust read up a bit more thing to do, if people are worried, is to just read up a bit more about this. risks are generally low, the younger you are, but are not non—existent, so it is worth learning a bit more about it so you can make informed choices. thank you very much indeed forjoining us on brea kfast. and just to let you know, will be

speaking to the business secretary, alec sharma, in about 15 minutes. —— alok sharma. —— alok sharma. for more than 200 million vulnerable people across the uk, it has meant not leaving home at all. —— 200,000. but from today, anybody who has been shielding and had outside and meet other people for the first time in ten weeks. but it is not as many people as others are allowed, it is just one person. let's talk right now to cancer patient angela statham and cancer specialist professor carol ‘s ago. thank you forjoining us. angela, first of all, was a bit about yourself and you have been shielding for some time, haven't you? yes, iam yes, i am on day 79, and yes, iam on day 79, and i yes, i am on day 79, and i am counting. i have chronic leukaemia, so my immune system would make me catch in are very, very risky. so when you hear that you would be able to go out, what you think? no, i am

not going anywhere. i think it is incredible that they have decided to, well, first of all, they put shielding on in a sort of blanket way, so, it was not specific to individual situations or cases or locations. and they seem to be lifting it in the same way. on the very day that they have decided to allow more people to go out and about, i live in a village in wales which has a waterfall, which is a beauty spot, and this weekend we have been inundated with people, none of them following social distancing rules, and therefore i am not going to go out in that situation. professor, what do you say to angela? what advice would you give her in this situation? is she right to stay in? i really sympathise. it is very difficult, and it has to be a personal decision. obviously we don't know all the circumstances, but she is wise, probably, to avoid all crowds, not to go to supermarkets or

anything like that. but i would say probably she can begin to come out and go out in the sun, avoiding people, maybe with one friend, family member, socially distancing and so on. she has to be very careful, and the trouble is with any form of cancer or its treatment, it suppresses the immune system. that means they are more likely to get the coronavirus, if they pick it up somewhere. the good news, of course, is that the severe reaction but causes the lung damage and therefore admission to intensive care can be avoided if you are ill. it is a strange paradox. and on the whole cancer patients are not doing badly with coronavirus. when we look at what happened in china, they have written all this up. but going back to angela, good luck. i would start coming out of very slowly. and only you know how best to handle the situation. carol, would that be your advice to other people as well? that at the end of it, these are all really personal decisions? they are.

it depends on your personal risk. getting up in the morning is a risky business. if you stayed in bed all day and kept the door shut, you are less likely to have a road accident, you are less likely to get involved in problems out there. but obviously we can't do that. we have got to get out and about. and it is the personal acceptance of risk stop the guidelines are good. i read them this morning, about people who are vulnerable, coming out. who received the letter on it. at the end of the day, it is not going to be policed. it is up to you to make the decision. with the advice of your doctors, why not ask, why not call up doctors, why not ask, why not call up yourgp, why doctors, why not ask, why not call up your gp, why not speak to the oncology nurse specialist, if you have cancer, at the hospital. they can advise you how risky you are putting yourself if you go out the door. but the sun is shining and as long as you can avoid crowds and keep socially distanced and wash your highlands before and after you get back, why not get out there and

enjoy it? —— wash your hands. reassured, angela? you are shaking your hand at —— shaking your head a little bit. is there anything anybody could say to persuade you? firstly, i have a nice garden, iam very lucky, i have sunshine so i have no reason to go outside of my property. i think the point is well made, however, and that is that it is individual. and, you know, we should have patients involved in these decisions. unfortunately, this was announced yesterday in the news with no consultation. i know that blood count uk were completely shocked and surprised by the announcement, and therefore i don't believe that it is based on evidence of science. and therefore i still will not be going out. you are entitled to make your own decision, aren't you. also, could ijust ask you, has been so much written up over the weekend about government advisers talking about this easing of the lockdown, particularly in england, we are seeing today, we

know that some schools are taking in more pupils. this is one example, professor callum semple, one of those sage members, he says essentially we are lifting the lid ona essentially we are lifting the lid on a boiling pan and it isjust going to bubble over. i know that you have a more optimistic view, don't you? how and why?m you have a more optimistic view, don't you? how and why? if we don't don't you? how and why? if we don't do something quickly, cancer patients will die, because they are not being diagnosed at the moment, because the service is difficult and people are frightened. so this is the critical phase. i mean, today is probably the most critical day in the whole pandemic. we are coming out of it. we are coming out of it slowly, carefully, we don't have the best testing system in the world, it is there, and it is getting better every day, but as we monitor it, we monitor the number of cases and so on, we can see what is going to happen. and i am an eternal optimist. i think we're going to be 0k. optimist. i think we're going to be ok. i think we are coming out of it. i don't believe in a second wave. epidemiologists are doomsayers. well, when you think about it, when

they predict disaster and it happens, they say, told you. if it doesn't happen, they say, i saved you. so you can see that they are bound to predict the worst—case scenario. i would like to think there is a better case scenario is going to come. but we do need to monitor it, we do need to go carefully, just for the sake of patients like angela, we cannotjust have a free for all. and as we move forward i hope it really works well. thank you both very much indeed. i am afraid we will have to leave it there. i wish, am afraid we will have to leave it there. iwish, you am afraid we will have to leave it there. i wish, you could have seen angela's face, she was shaking her head as he was speaking. she is not entirely convinced right now, but maybe the weeks ahead will change that. thank you both very much. and we'll be talking to the business secretary, actually, we will ask and particularly about track and trace and what is going on with that as well. that's coming up at about ten minutes. another night of clashes in cities across the us following the death in police custody of an unarmed black man, george floyd. the police officer accused of murder

will appear in court later today. we joined now from new york the black lives matter activists, deray mackinson. thank you forjoining us in on the bbc this morning. how are things overnight in the us? we see more pictures of violence and clashes. it has been another night when we have seen the police continuing to chase and should protesters, with rubber bullets, to inflict violence, and in so many cities across the country, remember, the police have killed a00 people this year alone. in march and april of 2020, the police killed as many people in march and april of 2020 as they did in march and april of 2019. it is still live it up and that is why people are still on the streets. you are in new york. there are clashes on the other side of the country in california. this all began in minnesota. can you explain to audiences here in the uk wide at one incident, a tragic incident, but

why that one incident has sparked such a huge number of protest in such a huge number of protest in such pain? it starts, actually, six yea rs such pain? it starts, actually, six years ago, when michael brown was killed. protests swept the country and stayed for a while. we were promised things would change. then there was a killing most recently in minneapolis, which are referenced. not only was it egregious, the way the police treated him, but the city took a long time to do anything. it took a long time to do anything. it took a long time to buy those police officers, a long time to rest one officers, a long time to rest one officer who killed him, and think people got fed up, and all of a sudden protests spread across the country again. but it is rooted in the idea that we know where we can live in a well better please don't kill people, but it will require local leaders to step up and actually rein in the police departments. how much of this now is about the death of george floyd and how much of it is about other things, about inequality, about

economics, about coronavirus? so, i think it is a reminder that not only is it about the death of george floyd, it is also a reminder that so many people have died at the hands of the police in cities all across the country. it also is on the heels of the immense inequity that covid has reminded people of as well. you think about the unemployment rate, it is ata think about the unemployment rate, it is at a historic high in the country because of the lack of leadership with trump and so many other people. i think it is a lot of it. but it is also rooted in this idea that the police have killed so many people all across the country. we are looking out some live pictures from new york city, probably not far from where you are right now. we can see the police on one side, we can see running battles and flowers. it is hard to work out from these aerial pictures exactly what is going on, but it doesn't look good. and these kinds of pictures are being repeated right across the uk. what would it take right now from the top to try to calm things down, to try to make

things better? most police departments are local, it is or a city council or a governor that the most. since the protest began we have seen no concessions. we have not seen a change in policy and any major cities. we haven't seen any of that. we did see some cities like atla nta, that. we did see some cities like atlanta, they fired some police officers who overreacted and were really violent towards people the other day. but leaders will have to step up and really show us that they are willing to hold the police accountable. we have seen that yet. thank you forjoining us on bbc brea kfast thank you forjoining us on bbc breakfast from new york, as we saw, more development is happening there. it must be 2:30am or something in new york at the moment, so curfews are in place but still the trouble continues. good morning to you, you are watching breakfast. many of you probably saw a glimmer some sunshine this weekend. carol, it was beautiful?

yesterday there was plenty of sunshine, the warmest day of the year so far. the temperature reached 28.3 in the highlands. yesterday porthmadog and wales was not too far away, and tomorrow we will also see away, and tomorrow we will also see a temperature of 28 somewhere in the south. today we are not doing too badly either. sunny and very warm. if you are after rain, today you are not going to be very lucky at all. high pressure still in charge, keeping this one the front at bay. this will eventually make inroads and some of us will see some rain, but again, not today. problem levels high or very high across england, wales and northern ireland. low or moderate across scotland. as we go through the day, we will lose the local mist and fog lapping ashore from the north sea, parts of eastern scotla nd from the north sea, parts of eastern scotland and north—east england, they will be lots of dry weather and lots of sunshine. gentle breezes and the outside chance you could catch a shower across parts of scotland or

northern ireland. lots of dry weather coming south across england and wales, you can expect 25 or 26 somewhere in wales, the midlands or indeed the south—east corner. shipped far as we head on through the evening and overnight, a lot of dry weather within the weather front sta rts dry weather within the weather front starts to make inroads across the northern western isles and the north—west of scotland, introducing cloud and rain. temperatures not cold, slightly lower in rural areas. tomorrow we start off with a lot of dry weather and sunshine. the cloud and rain will continue to move across scotland and eventually we will see some of that getting into northern ireland. also northumberland through the afternoon. in the highlands on friday, we reached 28 .3. pushed by the south, we are still in the very

warm category. our weatherfront will be sinking southwards taking cloud with it in some outbreaks of rain but nothing particularly heavy. it may well stay dry in the south—eastern corner. any rain here will be light. look at the drop in temperatures. likely to be about 20 degrees. by the time we get thursday, we say goodbye to that weather front. a new thursday, we say goodbye to that weatherfront. a new one thursday, we say goodbye to that weather front. a new one coming across the north—west will introduce more cloud and spots of rain and we still have this northerly wind. images nine degrees north to 16 degrees in the south. change is afoot. it is indeed. the garden will be happy, carol. there's not been enough rain from this. you are right, as always, carol.

hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. more than two million primary school children in england will be able to return to lessons from today. some businesses, including car dealerships and outdoor markets, are also reopening and groups of up to six people can now meet outdoors. some scientists are warning that lockdown restrictions are being lifted too fast, but the government says the plan has been carefully designed to keep the rate of infections low. let's talk about that. we're joined now from westminster by the business secretary, alok sharma. thank you very much indeed for joining us. scientists on your very own advisory board on sage saying it's too soon to start easing lockdown. your response? what i say is this is not a dash. these are very cautious steps we are taking, it's phased and as we said this morning, we have primary school children in certain sectors going

back, we are reopening in a cautious way. reopening car showrooms and we set out the terms of other retail outlets which were quietly closed, they will not be open until the 15th ofjune so they will not be open until the 15th of june so it's they will not be open until the 15th ofjune so it's right and proper we do this in a cautious way. in terms of the scientific advice, this is an issue that is come up over the last few days and we heard from one of the deputy chief officers in the nhs was made the point that scientific advice does differ but the key point is what is the overall view from sage? the overall view from sage which advises the government, their overall view is you must do this course is the, that's precisely what we are doing. if people comply with the rules, the test and trace system is up and running which it has been since thursday, there is a good likelihood that we will not reach

the r factor above one.” likelihood that we will not reach the r factor above one. i will come back to test and trace. the deputy chief medical officer also said this isa chief medical officer also said this is a very dangerous moment. would you agree? this is indeed a sensitive moment and it's worth thinking about how we got to this point. it's because people across the country have made sacrifices. they have indeed followed the guidelines. we've managed to pass the five tests we set out a few weeks ago. the r value is below one and that's why we can make these very cautious steps in terms of lifting certain elements, this restrictions we have in place but absolutely, this is a really sensitive time and that's why it's important people continue to imply —— comply. the last thing any of us wa nt

—— comply. the last thing any of us want and it will really sap confidence of the public and businesses for there to be a second peak. keep doing what you've been doing, follow the guidelines and ensure we stay safe. what do you say to people who are concerned that public health has been sacrificed for the health of the economy.” don't think that is the case. i think the health of the nation in terms of protecting the economy as well. i talk every day. my collea g u es well. i talk every day. my colleagues talk everyday to businesses and organisations and they all understand that we're doing all of this in a cautious manner because we wouldn't want to be in a position where there is a second peak because it would do damage business confidence, we would have to reverse the gains that we've made a nobody wants that. i want to make sure business opens up. we are seeing a lot of the businesses we have across the country have not been quietly closed, you are seeing

them coming back, your sing construction coming back. as i said this morning, we will now have car showrooms being able to open and outdoor markets. this is being done ina outdoor markets. this is being done in a cautious and fazed way. we'll continue to protect the economy as we've done with the unprecedented measures were put in place. but we will continue to be cautious and continue to make sure we protect the health of the nation. let's talk a bit about what you would be prepared to do. if infection rates went up and assert part of an industry or town or city, would you be prepared town or city, would you be prepared to shut things down again? we talked very briefly about the test and trace very briefly about the test and tra ce syste m very briefly about the test and trace system which has been operational since thursday and we have 25,000 people who are doing the tracing of those 6000 people, they are clinicians and what they are

able to do is to trace the people have come in contact, up to 10,000 people a day. and i think we want to make sure that is a system that works. what it will allow us to do thatis works. what it will allow us to do that is to make sure that we are not looking at a lockdown across the country. isolating people and yes, there are certain parts of the country where you're seeing a higher risk can take action. the whole point of this is to build it when we got a testing capacity of over 200,000, allied with the test and trace system. on that figure, you just said it is capacity per £200,000 a day, or 200,000 people to be tested. at the moment, for that nine days in a row, the government has not actually said how many people have been tested. can you tell us how many have been tested every day? i think it was around

115,000. i'm so sorry to interrupt you, we don't have a figure on actually how many people are being tested. we know what capacity is but how many people. if you could give me that ago, we would appreciate it. i was under the impression that figure was set out. i'm happy to come back to you on that. the important point here is anyone who has symptoms now in england can be tested. we have ensured the test and trace tested. we have ensured the test and tra ce syste m tested. we have ensured the test and trace system is up and running. that coupled with the capacity we have in place makes us confident we have a system that works going forward.” think it is nine days that the figure has not been published. you think you have that ego? i'm very happy to come back to make sure we can provide you that information. let's talk about the tracing as

well. so many scientists have talked about how important it is to have in place. how many people have been traced so far? the system started on thursday. we will publish figures later on this week. the system is up and running, people are being contacted and traced. we will make sure people are aware of it. and we talk about parents? there will be lots of people waking up this morning. we know more children should be going back to school under government guidelines. what do you say to parents who are concerned? what i says, i completely understand. with every parent wants to keep the child safe and that's precisely what government wants to do and ensuring schools are safe places to return. around 80% of schools have been open throughout this period and i want to thank all the teachers who have been there,

who have been teaching, the children are critical workers throughout this whole phase. it's vital we keep the tourists say. how you can do that in a school setting. this is about smaller classes, ensuring you stagger break times, ensuring you stagger break times, ensuring you stagger drop collection times, making sure that there is much more cleaning which is going on. and washing much more regularly. i understand parents will want to make sure that is what we are committed to as well. for me, it's been safe. workplaces are safe and my team and i have worked over the last few weeks with businesses, organisations and unions to set out our framework of guidance about how you keep safe

in the work lease. so i hope what we're seeing here and what people will be appreciating is that there isa will be appreciating is that there is a very clear commitment to ensuring workers are safe across our country and i'm confident that of guidelines are followed, people will stay safe. are you nervous about getting this right? it's a delicate balance. absolutely it is in this is a really sensitive time. the reason we have managed to get to this point is because people have followed guidelines. we heard the community secretary talk about those people who are shielding, many of whom have not been outside their homes for many weeks. it is precisely because of that that we've met the five test and managed to get the r value to below one stop what you are right, this is a sensitive time and that's why we need to continue to comply.” just want to go back to those figures we were talking about. you

said 115,000 tests carried out yesterday and the figure, you said you would agree, is how many people. that's what we would like to know. would you be able to get back to us on that. how many actual people were tested ? on that. how many actual people were tested? louise, if the department of health has that information, i will get back to you but the key information here we talk about capacity is the number of tests. on saturday, it was a capacity of over 205,000 tests. as i said earlier, 115,000 205,000 tests. as i said earlier, 115, 000 tests 205,000 tests. as i said earlier, 115,000 tests were carried out. we have the information up on there. thank you very much for your time. there is another area of life which is getting back to some kind of normality. sally, telus, what is starting again? it's progress, yes.

some areas of sport are approaching... i'm not going to say get back to normal but it feels like a long time since we've had competitive sport here in the uk. today is the day that changes. snooker and horse racing in england are both back later. racing returnsin newcastle this afternoon after 10 weeks away, we'll be live at the racecourse later in the programme. and things will look a lot different. no crowds in the grandstands, no bookmakers there either with only limited essential personnel allowed on site. everyone will have their temperature taken as they arrive. the dressing rooms have been changed to make them more spacious too, all to ensure that racing can go ahead safely. never experienced before so it will be different. we will keep away from the other jockeys. i be different. we will keep away from the otherjockeys. i don't know really what to expect but i suppose we get used to it after a couple of days and it's normal. well, racing isn't the only sport back underway today. snooker‘s championship league starts in milton keynes,

again behind closed doors. the scene awaiting the players looks a little bit eeriejudging by this picture posted by the organisers a few days ago. players are tested on arrival, and current world champion judd trump shared his experiences on social media. and while racing and snooker start up again competitively today, in under three weeks we're set to have the return of the premier league and now the championship following a three month suspension. leeds united are currently top of the championship table, with the efl announcing last night that the season is set to resume onjune 20th, subject to government safety guidance being met. all games will be behind closed doors, with the aim to have the remaining matches and the play—offs completed by the end ofjuly. the german bundesliga is already back, and england internationaljadon sancho scored the first hat—trick of his career yesterday for borussia dortmund in their 6—1 win. he became the latest high profile sportsman to support anti racism protests

across the world after the death of george floyd. he took off his shirt to show a hand written message after scoring his first goal. he'd written the words "justice for george floyd". and it's understood formula 1 has been given the go—ahead by the uk government to hold two races at silverstone this summer. people involved in elite sports events are set to be exempt from a requirement on international travellers to self—isolate for 1a days. the government is expected to confirm the move later this month. and it could be good news for other events hoping to get started again including the champions league and england's test series against west indies. so that is something we are expecting to hear a little more about in the coming weeks. sally, thank you very much indeed. thank you. it is 7:45am. let's talk

now about a sports event which happened many weeks ago but is still the subject of some controversy. just days before football was halted, thousands of athletico madrid fans travelled to liverpool for a champions league match. at the time spain was the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, and many questioned whether the game should have gone ahead. richard mawson, who was at anfield that night, died weeks later after contracting covid—19. his family believe he caught the disease at the match. let's speak now to richard's wife mary and sonjamie who join us from formby. thank you so much for being with us. cani thank you so much for being with us. can i ask you just to start, tell us about richard? what was he like? well, me dad was a loving person, a caring person, a funny person as well, to be fair. you know, he was loved by a lot of people. he

dedicated his life around this small family, which was myself, my mom, my wife christine and my daughter nicole. —— mum. he had been watching liverpool for about 62 or 63 years. and he has been doing the same journey from his home in kirkdale to the grounds, which is through sta nley the grounds, which is through stanley park, around the anfield road end, and to the centenary stand. now, on the night of the game, on march 11, he made the same journey again, you know? obviously liverpool, you know, we got knocked out of the cup that night, but that's another story. anyhow, two weeks later, he started to develop symptoms of the covid, you know, it

would high temperature, high sweats, and one or two days later he was starting to become completely breathless. it was then that my mum had to phone an ambulance, who came very, very quickly. he went into aintree hospital in liverpool, and u nfortu nately we aintree hospital in liverpool, and unfortunately we didn't see him again, you know. he died on april 17. we are so sorry, we send you our condolences from the team here. mary, how convinced are you, because you will never know for sure, will you, but how convinced are you and why are you convinced that he picked it up at the game that night? he was fit and healthy. he went to the gym twice, three times a week. he looked after himself. he never, he never sort of went out... what is it that

lam sort of went out... what is it that i am saying? it's ok. he was fit when he went. he said, i don't feel well. we thought it was the flu. he told his gp, he didn't have a cough, but he had a chesty cough. and his gp said, no, you haven't got the cough, which everyone was under the impression you had to have this cough and you had to have that, but there were further aspects no—one knew about at the time. and he was later tested in hospital, wasn't it? it was confirmed as coronavirus? he was it was confirmed as coronavirus? he was tested in hospital. sorry, there isa was tested in hospital. sorry, there is a little bit of a delay, and i know it is a really difficult thing for you to talk about. mary, did he have any concerns going to the match that night? was he worried about coronavirus then? well, no. obviously the coronavirus was going

on. but when you've got your government standing up and saying, it is fine, go ahead, and you are a lifelong supporter and you're so passionate about them, you go with what your government tells you. and then cheltenham was on, so everything was all right, according to the government. which, the following week, they said we are going on lockdown. the government acted two ways. they knew all this was acted two ways. they knew all this was going on but they didn't do nothing about it. everything is fine, everything is great, but it wasn't. i was on the bus coming home from town the following day, and there was two women sitting in front of me and i was fairly concerned than when! of me and i was fairly concerned than when i heard the woman talk, telling her friend, she went to a bar in town and she was saying that this city is going to be hit with this city is going to be hit with this virus, because she said all

these places that were on lockdown at the time, they were all obviously all around the city, in pubs, restaurants, public transport, shops... i mean, the government said at the time, didn't stay, before the game the government said there was no reason at that point for people not to attend but. and they have said since found that the number of cases there have been of coronavirus could be done to all kinds of different things. they are not necessarily pinpointing that much. they are talking about population density and age and general health. jamie, how convinced are you? will you always believed that he picked up you always believed that he picked up the infection there? 10096, to be honest. how can you be so sure? because at about that time, we know it was also elsewhere in the country. could he have been on a bus or in country. could he have been on a bus orina country. could he have been on a bus or in a supermarket? no, and i will tell you why, because my dad didn't

go out very, very much, because he seldomly went out, really. he would maybe have gone to pick my daughter up maybe have gone to pick my daughter upfor maybe have gone to pick my daughter up for work, but that was about it. given the time when he developed the symptoms, and then, obviously, he became really ill, and then obviously two weeks later, after that, he passed away. i am 99% certain that he did pick it up from the game, because as i said, he did have to walk past the away fans. obviously that night it was the atletico madrid fans. he has walked past united fans, arsenal fans, through the years, but that night it was the ateltico fans. and i am 99% certain he did get up from that game. —— atletico. for us as a family, it is so difficult to take, because a fit and healthy man, ok,

he was 70 years of age, but he was a fit and healthy 70 years of age, you know? he had no symptoms, no underlying health issues, nothing. and then for him to deteriorate in such a fashion, it is just very, very ha rd such a fashion, it is just very, very hard for us to you know? and i suppose that's not knowing how he got it makes it even harder, does it, mary? yes. it is a few weeks now since he passed away, how are you doing? how is the whole family doing dealing with all of this? well, i was on my own, dealing with all of this? well, i was on my own, at first, because i abided by the rules and stuck to them. i isolated myself in my own home. i stuck by the rules, and the doctor said, if you are not showing any symptoms, after two weeks, you all right. so my family, it is only all right. so my family, it is only a small family, but not only that, it is notjust... there were people in liverpool, and the city is rife

with this corona, and people could have picked it up in a shop, anyway. so it is notjust the match we are concerned about, it is the people of liverpool, how many have died. so it is everybody. it is everybody. they should never have been allowed to come into the city. when they were on lockdown in their own country, and then you have got the government standing up and telling you, o, everything is fine. today, this monday morning, in some parts of the uk, restrictions are being eased a bit. we have kids going back to school and some primary schools in england. you see pictures of people on beaches over the weekend enjoying the sunshine. after what you have been through over the last few weeks, what goes through your mind when you see things beginning to get back to some thing approaching what we had before? well, to be honest,

it really worries me. because where we live, informed be, you know, we have got our coastal area, the beach area stop —— in formby. and i can honestly say that the thousands of people who have attended in the last couple of weeks to that beach worries me significantly, you know? there seems to be a complete relaxation about this coronavirus. i can relaxation about this coronavirus. i ca n always relaxation about this coronavirus. i can always speak on behalf of what i can always speak on behalf of what i can see, myself, you know. and i am worried, to be honest with you. and iam worried, to be honest with you. and i am worried for the fact that if we get a second hit of this, and i am sure it will come, and people are not taking the right advice, you know, and the right precautions, it is going to be another, u nfortu nately, is going to be another, unfortunately, sad ending, in my eyes. mary, i hear you saying. yeah.

ijust don't believe that this government really and truly, you know, what they are doing that i wouldn't listen to them. i mean, i am not talking politics or nothing, but they stand there, and they tell you can do this, can't do that, i just don't trust what they are saying. and i will tell you about. so basically, why we are on today, we are hoping that... an enquiry. a full enquiry will be reached, to why this game went ahead. the atletico fans, they were incomplete lockdown in their country, you know? and 13 plays iron closed doors the ea. they we re plays iron closed doors the ea. they were allowed to travel to the city, to go on public transport, to be in bars and restaurants, to be in hotels, and what some people forget now is that some of them actually

stayed for a couple of days to make it like a holiday type, you know? obviously someone term the following day. so we are trying to reach out now to the government ‘s to request a full independent enquiry to this incident. we are going to have to leave it there, jamie and mary. thank you forjoining us. thank you. and for remembering richard. thank you very much indeed. and the government, of course, we heard the secretary say earlier on the programme about the lockdown and how they are convinced, they are hoping to change as they are making with the lockdown being eased will be done at the right time, with the right signs, and will get the right results. and we will have more on that at eight o'clock. for now, let's catch up on the weather. it was lovely, carole! yes indeed. lots of sunshine through the course of the weekend, but today, no different. look at this picture from london this morning, and another one from bridlington. lots of starting off with sunny

skies. the forecast for today is a very warm one once again, and it is going to be mostly sunny and dry, mostly because there is an outside chance you could catch the odd shower across parts of scotland and northern ireland. but really, depending on your point of view, you will be lucky if you do. for most, it is dry and sunny. i will qualify that, because of course a lot of us have not seen much rain, and we do now needed. we have a well—defined just being held at bay for now through the afternoon. gentle breezes and temperatures up to 25, 20 six degrees in the south, but will feel quite warm. widely, we are looking at temperatures from the low 20s to the mid—20s. now, through this evening and overnight, still lots of clear skies around. this weather front makes a bit more progress, taking its cloud and eventually its rain across the north and west of scotland, and topping off temperatures, while we are looking at, generally speaking, low double figures. so it is not going to bea double figures. so it is not going to be a cold night. in rural areas,

temperatures will be slightly lower than this. as you pick up the forecast for tomorrow, but weather fronts will continue to slowly slip south. it is a cold front, and behind it, be able to turn that bit colder and the wind will start to veer into more of a northerly component. so we will start to see a change in the weather. on tuesday it is going to be mostly across scotland, but we will have lots of cloud in some spots of rain. later in the day, after a sunny start, that cloud will encroach into northern ireland with an odd shower. one shower possible across cumbria and northumberland. the top temperatures tomorrow will be 26 or 27, possibly 28 somewhere in wales, the midlands or the south—east. but note temperatures across the north and central and central parts of scotland. as we had on from tuesday into wednesday, a weather front continues to slip south. this is what we call a waving front, so it is doing that, it is hard to pinpoint exactly where the rain is going to be. it will be a cloudy day on wednesday. but weather fronts

will be roughly where you can see it on the charts. it is not going to be petite will be heavy, it may well stay dry in the far south—east. temperatures again coming down, and by then our top temperature is likely good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. our headlines today... lessons start again for some primary school children in england as the government begins to ease lockdown restrictions we are able to make these really cautious steps in terms of lifting certain elements of restrictions in place. yes, absolutely, this is a really sensitive time. millions of vulnerable people in england and wales who were advised to stay indoors will be able to leave their homes for the first time in ten weeks

good morning. welcome to barnsley market, one of the outdoor markets in england. it's allowed to open from today. traders returning to their stalls but will customers? i will take a look. it's back! professional sport returns in england with horse racing and snooker the first to resume today. we are live at newcastle racecourse in the next half hour in other news, tear gas has been fired by police at protestors during a sixth night of demonstrations in cities across america. it's monday 1st june. our top story. more than two million primary school children in england will be able to return to lessons from today. some businesses, including car dealerships and outdoor markets, are also reopening and groups of up to six people can now meet outdoors. some scientists are warning that lockdown restrictions are being lifted too fast, but the business secretary alok sharma told breakfast the plan has

the health of the public at heart. the health of the nation is entirely in line in terms of protecting also the economy as well. louise, i talk every day and my ministerial colleagues talk every day to businesses, business organisations and they all understand that we are doing all of this in a really phased and cautious manner because they appreciate if we were ending up in a position where there was a second peak, it would absolutely dent business confidence and we would have to reverse the gains that we've made and nobody wants that. here's how the rules vary across the uk: in england, groups of up to six people from different households can now meet outside. professional sport resumes today, with horseracing and snooker. car showrooms and outdoor markets are also able to reopen. people who had previously been asked to shield at home will also be able to go outdoors. in wales, people from two households are now

allowed to meet outdoors. shielding advice has also changed, allowing more vulnerable people outdoors for exercise. in scotland, groups of up to eight people from two households have been able to meet outdoors since friday. advice for schools, shops and people shielding at home hasn't changed. and in northern ireland, there's no change to the rule that groups of six can meet outdoors. vulnerable people are being asked to keep following existing shielding advice. our political correspondent helen cattjoins us from westminster. big changes today, aren't there? and still some concern from some scientists that this might be too soon. late last week that concerns started to be raised about some scientists who advise the government who sit on this group called sage, some of them like professorjohn edmonds said they thought it was

happening too quickly, the spread of the levels of coronavirus was still too high and he put it it was a political decision to ease measures, and other, jeremy ferraro said he wa nted and other, jeremy ferraro said he wanted to see the test and try system that the government launched last thursday more fully embedded before lockdown was eased and over the weekend, with that beautiful, hot, sunny weather we saw lots of people going to the beaches. that led to more concerns about how closely people would actually observe these rules, we got a very colourful morning from the deputy chief medical officer that we should not tear the pants out of these new freedoms. that is the warning we've had. it is of course completely up to ministers to decide what new freedoms and what the rules are. they've had to wait things like damage to the economy, things like the impact of people's well—being of being in lockdown with the scientific evidence and of course the evidence isn't always crystal clear as the chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance said over the weekend so they have to

weigh all of that up, you heard alok sharma say earlier in the programme the overall advice from sage was to do this cautiously and caution really is the word for the government on this, there's no getting away from the fact this is a very delicate moment. helen, thank you. the family of a liverpool fan who died after he attended a controversial champions league match against atletico madrid — just days before football was halted — are calling for an inquiry into the decision to allow the game to go ahead. at the time spain was the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, and many questioned whether the match should have taken place. richard mawson, who was at anfield that night, died weeks later after contracting covid—19. earlier we spoke to his wife mary. obviously, the coronavirus was going around, the government standing up and saying, oh, its fine, go ahead. you are a lifelong supporter, so passionate about this, you do what

eve ryo ne passionate about this, you do what everyone tells you. cheltenham was on. everything was all right, according to the government. cu rfews are in force in nearly a0 american cities, including the capital, washington, on a sixth night of protests over the death of a black man, george floyd, in police custody. there have been violent confrontations in new york, chicago and los angeles. police cars have been set on fire and shops have been looted. police have fired tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse the crowds. there have been violent clashes in minneapolis overnight — we're joined now by local radio reporter, matt sepic. that's where it all began, isn't it? the death of george floyd but how are things overnight tonight? it's fairly calm now, the area behind me is the intersection of 30th st and chicago avenue, where george floyd

died under the knee of a police officer here on monday night. you've seen the television pictures of looting and rioting over the past few days but things have been much calmer here. in fact, tonight and the previous night, yesterday national guard troops came in about two and a half thousand of them to assist local police stop they made many, many arrest. and cleared people away, tried to get inside troublespots before the day became a troublespots. here, there is a group of protesters, a couple of them at the peak. the numbers have dwindled as the hour has gotten later. holding vigil here, they were kneeling in prayer here. they still are for the last few minutes. there was a are for the last few minutes. there was a little bit of a fight that broke out when an infiltrator appeared and tried to break into the gas station. he was stopped by protesters. it's a very disciplined group at this particular location

and they are doing their level best to keep the peace. this will move to the courts today, a police officer charged in connection with the death of george floyd, will appear at court, not far from where you are. how is that likely and how could that affect the mood in the streets because clearly, it is very tense. well, the protesters are demanding that the other three officers who we re that the other three officers who were right here at last monday night and stood by while the officer had his knee on george floyd '5 neck, the protesters main demand as they wa nt the protesters main demand as they want to see those other three office rs want to see those other three officers charged with a crime. as you know, the officer has been charged with manslaughter and third—degree murder here in the state of minnesota, he is due to make his first court appearance which is very early, small step in the process, but significant nonetheless because of the

importance of this case. thank you for bringing us up—to—date. importance of this case. thank you for bringing us up-to-date. you are welcome. thousands of people gathered in manchester, cardiff and london in solidarity with demonstrators in the united states. protestors walked to the american embassy in london — and crowded together despite social distancing restrictions. they chanted "black lives matter" in reference to the civil rights campaign group. five people were arrested. the first american astronauts to travel on a commercially—built spacecraft have arrived on board the international space station. the spacex rocket blasted off from the kennedy space center in florida on saturday. it marks the start of a new era in which nasa will buy space transport services from the commercial sector. the queen has been photographed riding in the grounds of windsor castle — in one of herfirst public appearances since

the coronavirus lockdown began. she's pictured on one of her ponies, called balmoral fern. she was wearing a coat, she must have been boiling hot! the queen, who's 9a, has been living at windsor castle during the lockdown with prince philip. apparently, this pony is one of her favourites! it's a big day for many pupils across england, as they prepare to return to school for the first time since march. this is not a normal back—to—school day. but as we know, there'll be differences in how it works across the country. john maguire is at a school in northampton, which is following the government advice to allow more pupils to return. and kathryn stanczyszyn is at a school in walsall, which is open only to vulnerable children and those of key workers. let's talk to john first. good morning to you. what is

happening where you are? good morning, let's show you round this primary school and how they are preparing to welcome pupils back to school. they've done this, absolutely fantastic, back—to—school booklet which has been sent out to families over the last couple of weeks so they and the children get an idea of what to expect when they come back. the school will look very different. guess the teacher? just in case the regulations change and teachers have to wear ppe for example, pictures of how the classrooms will look different to what they would have been before, we are talking about have the capacity, 15, advice about washing hands and i wa nted 15, advice about washing hands and i wanted to show you this. science like this all around the school. i love that one, don't burst our bubble, please wait here. it's all about social distancing for the children returning. they have these packs here, sealed, with their paper, ruler, pencils et cetera, they will stay within a school for each child to make sure that they

are aren't taking things to bringing them back into school which could transmit the virus and much of what the school will be doing is trying to use the outdoor space as much as possible. look at this, the wonderful willow classroom, will look in there in a moment but it will be a very different day, sally humphrey, good morning, assistant head teacher here, show us how you welcome. i love that, that's how you welcome. i love that, that's how you welcome people here this morning. we talked earlier to the head teacher, i wondered about back—to—school nerves, have you got them? certainly, lots of those amongst staff, parents and children but we are doing everything we can to be people at ease today. one of the big question is i suppose, it's about the safety, social distancing, especially when children are so young, reception and year one. how will you achieve that? we will be encouraging social distancing and reminding the children but equally we know young children find it very difficult, they are used to in school playing with their friends, being close, working with their

friends. we will be encouraging them to stay apart but to build those relationships back up that they haven't had for the last ten weeks. will it beat meaningful learning in those specific earbuds? absolutely, we've put together project work for this term which the children who are in school will be doing as well as the children who are at home learning as well. they will all be doing the same learning. it's a big day. certainly is. good luck for the re st of day. certainly is. good luck for the rest of the day. thank you. around 5296 rest of the day. thank you. around 52% of pupils in those groups are coming back to school today. i said we will take a look inside the willow classroom, look at this, it's grown up over the last few years, remember when you were a kid at school you always wanted to have your lessons outdoors, especially when the weather is so good. wouldn't you love to have a space like this. let's say good morning to amy and islay, back—to—school for you the first time since a couple of weeks before easter. little bit nervous and anxious, really hard

decision to make on whether to send islay or not but we felt for the family and for islay it was the right decision. the school had been really good in providing us with a pack that we have beforehand and we are confident school will do everything they can to keep the children save and we feel really happy with our decision.” children save and we feel really happy with our decision. i don't suppose it was an easy decision. no! i had suppose it was an easy decision. no! ihada suppose it was an easy decision. no! i had a bit ofa suppose it was an easy decision. no! i had a bit of a wobble yesterday about whether to send her back or not but we are going to stick by the decision, stick with the school, we have a lot of faith in them. and the teachers. and what are you looking forward to today about coming back? seeing my friends. seeing your friends. that's one of the most important things. thank you very much. let's say hello to carly and her two boys. you work here at the school. it's your first day back. my first day back. what are your thoughts and what has this decision been like for you? it was hard, i've been like for you? it was hard, i've been very anxious about it but for

me, coming back to work as well, i think they need it, they've had quite a long time off school, the school has been amazing, we've had packs to talk them through how the classroom will be, i've been able to show them photos and they are quite excited about it and i think they will be kept safe. be positive about it, i think. boys, will be kept safe. be positive about it, ithink. boys, what will be kept safe. be positive about it, i think. boys, what are you looking forward to? i'm looking forward to coming back to school. and why? and what are you looking forward to? seeing my best mate and looking at my own desk. getting your own desk, it certainly doesn't get any better than that! enjoy your day. safety is a priority, different schools coming up with different ideas and ways to make this work. some schools deciding they are not quite ready yet in england to open their doors, one of those up in walsall and my colleague is there. good morning. good morning, here at

millfield primary, single chairs are set up at desks, but actually, this classroom was day—to—day as it is, empty, and for the foreseeable future. this school has chosen not to reopen to more today. it has concerns about safety and says safety first not during the first. we know in the waltz aldeburgh about a third of schools, not the majority of schools at all, some of them having those concerns. we now that has a huge impact, it's been left up to head teachers in a lot of cases, a lot of local authorities needing it up to head teachers to make that decision. difficult times and difficult decisions, having a major impact on parents, including becky, her five—year—old son oliver comes here normally. do you support the decision by the school not to reopen? i totally respect and understand the decision not to reopen, i think it was always going to bea reopen, i think it was always going to be a bit ofa reopen, i think it was always going to be a bit of a risk to open,

especially with such young kids. i think the decision has been based on the health and well—being of the kids. i am a childminder it myself, i completely understand the challenges of looking after early years kids in this kind of scenario, in the workplace, the anxiety that brings to the workplace. it is a challenging decision to make. you haven't brought oliver today. you knew how upsetting it would be for him to be here but not be able to come back to school, you must be desperate for him to get normality back? he would love to come back but i think he doesn't understand, as a five—year—old, the impact that could have on him. and we are looking after him at home, he is doing really well, he just misses his friends, as much as he would love to be back at school but all in good time, the right time. ithink because i am at home and by other children are at home, i have the

luxury to be able to say i can't keep him at home. obviously everyone is in keep him at home. obviously everyone isina keep him at home. obviously everyone is in a different situation, other people are working and need to send their kids back. people need to make an individual decision for their family and what's best for them. becky, thank you. the head teacher, also a member of the executive board of the national association of head teachers, shell she he, originally you decided to reopen the school, then you changed your mind, the government says it's crystal clear. you can have bubble groups, the risk is absolutely minimal, with good social distancing this can work but why don't you think it can hear?“ it was crystal clear i'd be very happy, we got everything in place, according to government guidance. ready to open, as you say i was intending to open, we were going to have children back tomorrow but i've had so many doubts because of the independent sage group advice, i wasn't comfortable with making a decision. just to make clear that

independent group of scientists isn't the group advising the government but you're not convinced. do you feel you are depriving the children that you normally look after? i am very worried about the children but weighing it up, i think their health is really important and their health is really important and the health of their families and the wider community. i want to get them back as soon as possible. but i will keep reviewing it and as soon as we are convinced that everybody is saying the same thing instead of having conflicting messages, we will reopen to as many as we can. thank you. the head teacher here. you hear that not everyone is convinced and until that happens, both the classrooms inside and the playground behind me staying quiet. thank you all very much indeed. i guess what it reflects, so many people having different conversations this morning, parents and children, some of them on their way to school now.

also from today outdoor markets and car showrooms in england can reopen. but of course with some changes. and sean is at a market in barnsley. good morning. good morning. some people might have seen markets reopen over the last few weeks, non—essential retailers stop clothing stores being set up this morning. they can reopen in england today. that's not the case in scotland, wales, northern ireland. still waiting for the all clear for outdoor markets. it means these traders who'd been waiting for weeks to be given the all clear have now been able to. i've got suzanne joining me, if i can bring the socially distance microphone in. we we re socially distance microphone in. we were chatting to you earlier she was setting up, about customers. yes, very surprised. my first customer before 8am. you had a cell? yes, quite impressed. first day, you just don't know. how did that work for

you? she was stood over there looking at my duvets and asked about sizes and prices. we arrange something, she stood over there. i got them out. then she put the money over there. and then we took it from there. it was brilliant! worked brilliantly! the new world is working all right for now. people are already, their mindset is already there. we don't seem to be having two you know, tell anybody what to do. it's already there. good start. brilliant start. thank you. one of the things that we were talking about there is science, please only touch items you are buying, we accept contactless payments, that's been a big one, we've seen lots of retailers talk about that, market traders across the country having to get used to this, joe is with us this morning. good morning. you represent market traders right across the uk. that's

right, i traders right across the uk. that's right, lam traders right across the uk. that's right, i am a member of the national market traders federation, we look after at the traders throughout the uk. that's right stop including northern ireland. what is the situation like in reality for traders. here you see them setting up traders. here you see them setting up but they've had no income like this for weeks, many aren't looking to openjust this for weeks, many aren't looking to open just yet. art many on the brink? it's fair to say people have found it extremely tough. that's why it was really important that we have a date where we can make a start, this isjust the beginning of what will happen over the next month or so, markets are able to get going again. the emphasis has got to be on hygiene and safety. and as you can see here, barnsley is ahead of the curve, they've got themselves ready. many will take a few more weeks to get there. but we will get there. what is important to us is looking after the shopping public and the markets. in terms of traders getting through the next few weeks, are you

optimistic that things can return, back to normal, will they have the income they were used to be fought lockdown happen?” income they were used to be fought lockdown happen? i really think that will take some time, i really do. this will be a slow process and i think the traders are aware of that, one said to me this morning it's about making a start. we know it's going to take a bit of time but we've got to get the people back, they've got out of their habit of coming to the market for ten weeks. thank you very much. if i can ask you to get that bike while i head down there, that would be great. joe has been with us this morning. let me chat to matt, he's been browsing around the stores this morning. good morning to you. madison with you. camera shy. she all right? yes, she is she is all right. you are from barnsley, are you? how does it feel to start to see this happen on your high street? it's good they are getting back to normality, it's what barnsley and the rest of the country needs, bit of normality back into

our lives. start as we mean to go on, start reading this thing for good. you work in a business in the area around here, do you? yes, we own a few bars, the one just behind you. we are making plans to reopen that the first few weeks in july. and we've just got a new one over the road. we are just finishing off, it's going to be up in the middle of july as well. that's fully stc compliant, socially distance prepared. fully virus free! how are you feeling about opening the doors ain? you feeling about opening the doors again? getting customers back into trading? optimistic, positive. and no doubts. no doubts at all. we will be flying. the people of barnsley can't wait to get back into normal life. good stuff, good luck with all of that, thank you both very much, madison thank you. they are there, selling stuff already, two cults

sold and barely gone 8am. long way to go before they are back to the levels of income they were getting before lockdown but measures are in place, the foot operated hand sanitiser, it's about i had one more! there we go. takes a bit of getting used to. that's what everybody is doing right now. you are navigating it like a true professional. and i love the colours as well! sean, thank you so much. we are going to show you something lovely. take a look at these beautiful pictures from the scottish highlands. it shows breeding ospreys, louis and aila, incubating three eggs in their nest. the woodland trust is streaming the images from loch arkaig pine forest. we could see one check and we think there might be a couple of eggs left. this was earlier.

this is streaming live images. there we go. the first egg hatching. how wonderful. the camera will be live throughout the 2020 season to give people a glimpse of forest life. it's so wonderful to watch. and i was watching sean simultaneously! they were both there, the parents come on the nest, feeding the cheque, tidying up. i've been trying to work out which of the birds that is. i cannot see the neck apparently thatis is. i cannot see the neck apparently that is the way you tell, the bid, which one it is. the bib necklace marking on the spacer chest, adult females tend to have quite a pronounced brown necklace, males have a lighter marking, sometimes fading virtually do nothing but luckily for me, we cannot see. i

expect an expert would be able to tell. i think that is mum. i do. a p pa re ntly tell. i think that is mum. i do. apparently the female ospreys bigger. so wonderful to see that. if use think you want to see a little bit of outside, then take a look at that. what a great view. carroll, that's curious, so many people enjoying the lovely weather over the weekend but people wanting rain as well? you are quite right. this morning, looking at such a lovely start, sunny and quite warm, the picture in bridlington here. the forecast for today, another try one. going to be sunny, it's also going to feel warm, a little bit of fair weather cloud moving around through the course of the afternoon. some low cloud not far off coast of scotland, north—east england, tending to disperse. lots of dry weather, that sunshine also. the chance you could catch an isolated

shower across parts of scotland and northern ireland, that will be it. as you see from the wide circles, these numbers indicate gentle breezes. temperatures still in the warm or very warm category, widely looking at the low 20s up to the mid 20s, as we come further south across parts of wales, the midlands, the south—east, we could hit 25 or 26. heading through this evening and overnight still a lot of dry weather, clear skies. with a front coming across the north west introducing cloud and by the end of the night we started to see some rain across the far north—west of scotland. these are the temperatures in towns and cities. not going to be a cold night. rural areasjust a little bit lower than this. the front coming in across scotland will sink south as we head through tuesday, not making a huge amount of progress, this cold front so the air behind it turning colder. for most of the uk on tuesday a lot of dry and sunny weather. it will cloud

overin and sunny weather. it will cloud over in northern ireland through the course of the day after a sunny start. the same across southern scotland, this front advancing taking rain through. the odd shower across cumbria and northumberland. cooler conditions followed behind, as we come further south we are looking at 27 or 28. as we move into wednesday the front continues south, waving front, basically doing this, harder to pinpoint exactly where the rain is going to be but it's heading south. may well stay dry in the fat south—east. it will a fairly cloudy day with a little bit of brightness, more of a northerly wind so feeling cooler. that will be represented in the temperatures. as you can see by then the top temperatures likely to be 20 degrees. as we move into thursday, still a fair bit of cloud around, the odd spot of rain clearing away from the south but we see more coming to the north, one thing you will notice is temperatures going down. just before igo,i temperatures going down. just before i go, i want to tell you about this.

the weather watchers picture of the season. we've spent a lot of time indoors for the past few months because of the lockdown restrictions but some of our weather watchers have been sending us in pictures from their daily exercise. this is your chance to vote for your favourite. how do you do that? go online. you will find the terms and conditions and privacy notice here, voting closes this sundayjust before midnight. i hope you are going to do that as well. carol, of course, is an absolutely fabulous pictures. yes, absolutely. wejust love them. every single day. they are so useful. showing what the weather is like up and down the land. thank you carol. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. the warm weather over the weekend meant many of us took a trip to the seaside. but after a number of incidents, lifeguards and lifeboat crews are reminding us about the importance

of staying safe by the coast. in dorset, two people had to be airlifted to hospital after jumping off a 70—foot cliff. one other person was seriously injured. de boerfor a on the beach to make a space for the emergency helicopters to pick them up. joining us now from poole is ross mccloud from the rnli. first of all, take us through what happened at double door. i'm sure many people are familiar with the images that were going around online but it appears a group jumped from the top of the door, which is around 20 to 30 metres and they were left with severe injuries, so it's a very visual reminder about the dangers of tombstoning, if you jump from anywhere at that height, if you get the take—off or landing wrong, you could easily lose your life or be left with life changing injuries.

the dangers of things like cold water shock and strong currents at the bottom could lead to drowning. in that example, really urging people to think twice about tombstoning because that moment of madness could lead to a lifetime of regret just in madness could lead to a lifetime of regretjust in that split madness could lead to a lifetime of regret just in that split second. than what happened was, two helicopters had to come to help with the rescues, and everybody obviously had to be in the safe place away from helicopters. that's my understanding, two helicopters came m, understanding, two helicopters came in, a couple were airlifted out, i know our crew were involved in some of that crowd control, which was some of those pictures that were circulating online, so quite an extraordinary incident. especially in these times of global pandemic, quite worrying for those people who are penned up so close together on the beach. we could see them huddled together, it must have been very worrying situation. for the people and the emergency services. what is your current advice to people, what would you be saying? what should do?

the rnli and the coast guard are warning people around the dangers are on the coast and urging people to think twice about coming but if you do come, think twice about going to the water. we are here to help you but we are keen that you help us as well so think about the risks, don't take any unnecessary risks at this time of year. if you find yourself in difficulty in the water, remember the advice around floating to live, leaning back in the water and extending your arms and legs. if you see someone in trouble in the water, our lifeboat crews are out a huge amount of times for lots of different incidents including things like title cut off, rescuing a fisherman up to 100 miles out at sea at whitley, and even things like rescuing an inflatable unicorn! just remember, if there is a problem, dial 999 and ask for the coast guard. did you notice over the weekend, the weather was lovely, there were more people than normal out on the beaches, what was it

like? i think it's fair to say it was a very, very busy weekend. collea g u es was a very, very busy weekend. colleagues in the coast guard on saturday alone tasked over, coordinated over 200 incidents and launched around 100 lifeboats. and we know that other organisations are putting out volunteer lifeguard patrols across the south—west particularly fulsome so it's a real tea m particularly fulsome so it's a real team effort. it is understandable with weather like this people coming to the coast but the plea is don't ta ke to the coast but the plea is don't take any unnecessary risks because it is putting our emergency services under increased pressure at what is already a very busy time. and one brief question, i go to a beautiful beach where there is normally a lifeguard during the summer, a life —— are the lifeguard is going to go back and beaches? from this saturday, the rnli rolled out close to 20 beaches and we are looking to steadily wrap up that lifeguard cover over the next month or two. hopefully after fairly close to the

levels you would normally expect during a busy summer, but we have been affected quite seriously by the pandemic in terms of our preparations for that roll—out service so we are working hard with local authorities and landowners to provide the best service we can given the situation we find ourselves in. we appreciate all your work. thanks very much for your time. over the weekend, firefighters have been dealing with dozens of incidents linked to the warm weather. in lancashire, crews are still trying to put out two huge fires, one of which is believed to have been caused by a disposable barbecue. we can speak now to simon fryer from lancashire fire and rescue service. he's in darwen, the scene of one of those fires. da rwen darwen is one of the places where there have been fired, how are things looking? good morning. we still have a significant number of firefighters and fire engines on the more here. we have ten fire engines committed to this incident and we

will later have ten fire engines committed to the other incident. just panning the camera around so you can see, the fire dies down overnight and then as the temperature rises during the day, the humidity drops, the fire builds back up. there is still an awful lot of fuel around, and it's very, very easy to ignite. we now know this mire has been started by a barbecue. —— this farfus that we believe the fa yya d —— this farfus that we believe the fayyad language was caused by people causing the pass, so it is clear it was the careless disposable of material. we saw a car and the driver threw a cigarette out of the window as we were driving along. i generally believe people do not understand the risks and just how easy it is to start a fire at the moment. it is incredibly dry, the

wind causes the fire to spread incredibly quickly. and it's incredibly quickly. and it's incredibly dangerous and risky for people to be out and about. when you see someone throwing a cigarette out ofa car see someone throwing a cigarette out of a car window or a barbecue left and not get rid of, how does that make you feel as a fire officer? so, it annoys me, if i'm honest, but i generally believe that people are not doing it deliberately, the majority of the time we know people do like the deliberately but the majority of the time people simply don't understand the risks. it's not just the disposable barbecue bar the incident that happened here was caused by a small group of individuals letting a barbecue, not realising that a spark from that barbecue could very, very quickly start a significant fire, a fire thatis start a significant fire, a fire that is some three or four square

kilometres now, it was started by a spark from that barbecue and they we re spark from that barbecue and they were unable to extinguish it. it comes down to, we appreciate that people want to be out and about in this lovely weather, and we're starting to get a little bit of freedom from the lockdown, but ultimately, enjoy it safely. don't like fires. don't dispose of cigarettes out of your car window as you are driving around. —— like fires. the fire service is here to put fires out, but while we are here we are not anywhere else so if there isa we are not anywhere else so if there is a significant house fire we are unable to rescue people or we are delayed. we have a significant commitment from a number of agencies. we have the local and balances, we have united utilities providing agricultural equipment, there's a helicopter flying providing agricultural equipment, there's a helicopterflying into drop water, its a massive undertaking. created by some thoughtless and careless actions. by members of the public out on open

spaces when we have this incredibly dry period of weather. that's a really clear message. simon, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. let's show you some pictures from cannon hill park in birmingham. this is the litter left behind by visitors over the weekend. firefighters stepped in to help locals to clean it up. like simon was saying, they have got enough to do! deb and jonathan bostock are from the local community group and join us from the park now. what did you think when you saw this letter? well, i came up yesterday morning about seven with the dog for my usual walk. i had a little moan in the kaaba, that was nothing compared to when i got into the park itself. —— in the car park. it was

just covered, i mean covered. the whole grass area where people were sitting, and during a walk. kids often come up onto this area. but you just couldn't move, it was absolutely disgusting. i've never seen so much litter. you were saying about barbecues, we sat at a bench at the moment, completely melted both sides due to people having barbecues on plastic tables. barbecue burns all there in the park with the dry weather, obviously very silly, very careless. and possibly dangerous as well if they started a big fire. jonathan, you are trying to do something about it, aren't you? we have been running an organisation, community group called birmingham we are. also sorts of positive stuff that could be coming

from this type of thing. it's fantastic to see so many people out here, clearing up the mess. the next day with some of the coverage on the media etc, there are —— it is a lot better but we can do more. there is so much positivity coming out of these parts. we have joined forces with a these parts. we have joined forces witha numberof these parts. we have joined forces with a number of local organisations, public sector and private sector, and we are running things like art and culture trails, we are going to do a digital trail so we can really promote what's great about our parks. we are doing something called park injos, which is volunteers. it is notjust birmingham, it is every city all across the uk. —— park angels. we have teamed up with a band called ubao. this is the sort of stuff that we are going to be doing and it will just grow. you shouldn't have to pick up anybody else's letter. i do

that, but right now in the middle of a pandemic, you've got to take care as well, haven't you? well, this is it. as i said, i have a dog that loves to have a little runaround, come up here when it's loves to have a little runaround, come up here when its quiet. there is no way i could have let him off the lead yesterday, there was so much rubbish that's contaminated, i don't know and i'm sure lots of us don't know and i'm sure lots of us don't know and i'm sure lots of us don't know if dogs can carry the virus. if they lick you after they have touched something. so it is dangerous. it shouldn't happen, this is the community's garden, there are people who don't have gardens, live in high rises, this is their space to enjoy and they could not have enjoyed it yesterday morning. thank you both very much indeed and i hope you both very much indeed and i hope you enjoy your walk this morning. we are going to have a good walk now! goodbye. lots of sunshine as well. i hope it gets sorted after that

crazy, sunny, busy weekend. we have looked at how some schools in england are reopening and markets in that kind of thing, things are changing, lockdown being eased, and it is sport as well, some changes in sport this morning? it's a big day for sports fans, with competitive fixtures in england allowed to return from today. the first major event to take place is horse racing — but things will be a little different to what we're used to. there will be no showers for the jockeys, no sonars, you will have to come straight from your car to wherever you are going to go, and obviously no fans. our sports correspondent katie gornall is at newcastle racecourse to tell us more. good morning. it feels like we have been waiting a long time for this. it's been nearly three months that elite sport has been on hold but it's back here today at a very sunny newcastle racecourse. but as you say it's going to be far from business

as usual. the government gave the green light for elite sport to go ahead on saturday but plans for today have been weeks in the making. there is a whole raft of social distancing and hygiene measures in place. no spectators, no bookies, no owners allowed in. we are not allowed in either, numbers have been strictly limited. that's why i'm going to speak to martin over this offence here, he has kindly come here to talk to us. martin, you are the biggest racing group in britain, you run a number of racecourses including this one. can you talk us through a number of these measures you have put in place to get this going? it's been a big undertaking. it has. and it has been weeks in the making for that we knew we would only resume in circumstances where there were very strict protocols in place relating to social distancing and other measures. it started before today. every participant including me had to go through an online course, we had to fill out a medical questionnaire and when you

arrive you have to have your temperature checked, you have to show photo id and answer for medical questions. when you are in, there is consta nt questions. when you are in, there is constant messaging, constant social distance monitoring and importantly, where we are inside, because the risk of infection inside is higher than outside, the jockeys have a new changing room we've built at the bottom of the stand, so they all have plenty of spacing in which to change without actually interacting with each other. we heard yesterday that there is a £50 million hole in racing because ‘s finances as a result of luck then, how much of a relief is it to get going and how ha rd relief is it to get going and how hard is the road ahead? it's a massive relief. and it's not a reliefjust for racecourses, but there is about 20,000 jobs that are dependent upon the ecosystem of the industry and it's really important for the protection of those jobs that we are back up and running it's really important the owners have the

confidence that there will be opportunities for their horses to race, to keep them in training. and we face a massive challenge because during the summer months, we are in attendance income led business and we faced a massive challenge in dealing with that but i'm sure we will. martin, thank you for talking to us. one of the few reporters who is allowed into the site later is david, whojoins me now. how exciting is this to get back running and to be back in print as well? it's tremendous. we all feel very lucky. i was one of the few who was at wetherby for the final meeting was that we wanted when we would be back so i think during the first is a good result. also very lucky to be here and to have this to hold in my hand because we've been printing online, but to have a paper we can actually hold, racing isn't racing without the racing post. and how big an opportunity is this for racing itself? we are fit and raring to go, we will have the world of sport to

ourselves for a fortnight and make the most of it. like you very much, david. racing gets under way at one o'clock. it's not only racing which returns today. snooker is also back, with the championship league event getting under way behind closed doors in milton keynes. and it won't be long until football is set to be back. in just under three weeks' time, we're set to have the return of the premier league and now the championship following a three month suspension. leeds united are currently top of the championship table, with the efl announcing last night that the season is set to resume onjune 20th, subject to government safety guidance being met. all games will be behind closed doors, with the aim to have the remaining matches and the play—offs completed by the end ofjuly. it looks like it's all getting a little bit back on track. fingers crossed, as i said, if all the safety guidance is met, all the tests are met, to have the play—offs done by the end ofjuly would be

fantastic. it's interesting with racing starting how much of an impact it will have, because the crowds are so much part of the atmosphere. the crowds, the bookies, the owners, everything, it's going to look very different. you are going to see significant social distancing guidelines but i think racing has been determined to try and come back as quickly as possible stop same with snooker because quite simply they feel like they can do it in a safe way. looking at those pictures of the table covered in plastic in snooker, judd trump having to have his temperature taken, its a whole new world. goodness knows for how long. it is a whole new world. for i 90, long. it is a whole new world. for i go, just remember that there is in fa ct go, just remember that there is in fact one or sport starting today, another sport we need to give a little name check too, that is pigeon racing foot of the first competitive sport to start today, it starts at ten o'clock this morning. and what is the journey today?”

think it is leicester to barnsley. you can watch it in a very safe socially distance way, if you live anywhere reasonably near the m1! they probably won't be following the m1 exactly because they are very good directions, aren't they quite ill actually, i think they do for a little way. —— aren't they? ill actually, i think they do for a little way. -- aren't they? does the bbc have the rights to pigeons? not sure they do. probably not! it would bea sure they do. probably not! it would be a great sport. they are so fast. sally, thank you so much for the good news on the sporting front. we've all missed being with friends and family over the last few weeks, but the two million people in the uk who belong to choirs have also missed the experience of singing together. so, last night, thousands of them got together online for a singalong. we'll find out how they did it in a moment. first, here's a little

look at the performance. # hallelujah, hallelujah # hallelujah, hallelujah # hallelujah # for the lord god omnipotent reigneth # hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah # for the lord god omnipotent reigneth # hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah # for the lord god omnipotent reigneth # hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

# hallelujah... # it is really something! 3500 people social distancing. we're joined now by conductor and musical director, ben england and liz dore, who took part in the singalong. good morning to both of you. ben, you must be exhausted. how did it go? it was amazing, thanks. absolutely exhilarating, and really quite humbling to hear all those people come together and to know that thousands of people from all over the world were joined together in singing this amazing music. how do you put it altogether? it's a massive operation. it really was. every single person in the choir and in the orchestra and the soloists is isolating, just as we are and have been. so it required coordinating people all the world. the orchestra

had to record all of the parts with headphones on, the choir of course had to put their parts over the top, soloists had to record to the orchestra, it was the most... you can imagine the spreadsheets!” don't want to imagine! liz, you have been involved in this, what was the attraction for you? why did decide to get involved ? attraction for you? why did decide to get involved? ijust love singing, i have sung in choirs on my life and i, like many other choral singers, missed doing it. for many people, there were concerts that had to be cancelled, and i think singing just brings you so muchjoy and it just brings you so muchjoy and it just seemed like a fab thing to get involved in. there is one thing, saying in a choir because i'm sure you don't do this but it can hide in a choir, it's quite another singing at home on your own. it is the most bizarre thing. i should say, this

should never have worked, choral singing is about singing together with people in the same room. but this has been the most amazing thing. but to begin, it was bizarre because you are literally standing in your bedroom or your shed or your kitchen and singing to yourself. but the way ben put it altogether and his and his enthusiasm just created this choir across the world that are so connected and so full of love for each other, it's been absolutely amazing. and we should stress, this wasn't just thrown together amazing. and we should stress, this wasn'tjust thrown together in a night, you were taking rehearsals foran hourorso night, you were taking rehearsals for an hour or so every night with all the different voice parts, you couldn't see or even hear the people who you are coaching, but they felt that you could, how did you get that kind of relationship going even though you couldn't actually get a direct connection? i suppose what you have to do when you are doing something like this is, you got to look into the camera and you got to see people or so and when i look

into the lens, i see very clearly the faces of people that i've worked with, the faces of people who i've sung with, and i talk to them. it also helps i got a pair of googly eyes on either side of the webcam! but i suppose it's all about believing that everybody out there who is watching it doing everything that i'm dreaming that they can do, and filling them with that kind of positivity, well done, you've done really well, i'm really proud of you. it has all come together.m sounds great. thank you both very much for your time. wonderful. thank you. another subject that has been... we have talked about the subject quite a lot! we are talking about hair.

taming our "lockdown locks" has been something many of us have struggled with since hairdressers and barbers were forced to close ten weeks ago. but with salons now hoping to re—open injuly, it seems lots of us are already rushing to secure an appointment. some businesses say they've now got thousands of people booked infora trim. let's speak to hellen ward, founder of the richard ward salon in london and hilary hall, chief executive of the national hair and beauty federation. helen, how many people have you got on your waiting this now? -- waiting list. sorry, i need to interrupt you because we can't hear your microphone. how many people have you got on your waiting list? it was all in the press, now i think it will have gone up to at least 2400. so

what are you going to do? just a long spreadsheet? we have had spreadsheet hell as well. the thing is, we got 46 chairs, and if they relaxed the rules down, to the one metre rule, which is what they say they might do, we can use all of those chairs. if they don't, we can only use half of them. so it's going to take is a good three months to get through this background. it's fantastic, but you know, it's not great for the clients that have to wait. i have seen reports of some headdresses may be opening all night long to start with. is that an option? well, we are going to be opening seven days a week from eight until eight opening seven days a week from eight untileight and opening seven days a week from eight until eight and we've never done that in 28 years. some days, that was i was a no—go for us. but that's what we're going to have to do, we will have to put all our team on

shifts and just try and work it through. hillary, we are having a few issues with your line, we talked to you before on the programme, are you clear at this point, when hairdressers are going to be open, our measure is beginning to be put in place? no khaoui... i'm so sorry, so having a few problems. that is all the people trying to contact her to get a booking! helen, we still have a bit of time left. what is your top tip for all of us? what should we be doing with our hair? just don't be empty to use a permanent hair dye. if it's a bad haircut, it'll grow and we can sort it out for you. but if you use a box erudite where you mix two things, you are going to get roots and you

are going to give us far more work to do, for more time, which will push you further down the list. so just use a masking spray or some touch up a pen or something on your roots, do not be tempted. it's interesting you mention timing because in australia, there is a limit, you can only have half our appointment or something. yes, and i think that's a thing for us, we need really clear cut guidelines and at the moment we just don't have them. so we're just going to have to do the best we can. we will have to leave it there. thank you both. hilary, we will get back to you one day when the broadband is better! one last look at the pictures of these breeding ospreys. we have seen them feeding one little chick this morning. the woodland trust are streaming images. i understand a

second one was born this morning at smack ——! see you tomorrow, goodbye.

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