colleges, which further education colleges, which will be starting from the week commencing the 15th ofjune. as we welcome more children into the classroom, as we welcome more children having the opportunity to learn in different year groups, we will see the real benefit of how the children are able to have that opportunity to be with her teachers, be with her friends once opportunity to be with her teachers, be with herfriends once more. the honourable lady is right to highlight the fact that we do have limitations, while we have a limit of 15 children per class. that obviously does limit the ability to have as many year groups in school as we would like. as this has changed, and as it is modified, this will give us the ability to slowly and cautiously move forward in terms of welcoming more children back to school when that is the right

time. every two months represents more than 1% of a child's childhood and many children will have been out of school for six months and the impact of those from the most deprived backgrounds will be considerable. can the secretary of state look at catch up schemes over the summer and over the next year looks at mobilising the many students who are 110w mobilising the many students who are now delaying going to university, who will find it hard to travel or to get a job to get them to work alongside some of these children in alongside some of these children in a national mentoring scheme modelled on the charity city year. my honourable friend makes an important point and this is what we are looking at, but were looking at something more long—term, we don't believe just purely looking at the summer believe just purely looking at the summer period is enough in order to be able to assist children to get

the catch up they need. thank you. the secretary of state was talking about the availability of lap tops and commuters to disadvantaged pupils. two months ago the secretary of state promised there would be that equipment. having spoken to my schools today, they have not received any. whilst the government will talk easily about a levelling up will talk easily about a levelling up agenda, it is clear where private schools have access to that sort of equipment, as do their staff, it is not available in our state sector. so is it the case that the public rightly believes that the government is failing them? well, i do apologise to the honourable gentleman he had not heard my response i made earlier, where i explained we had take an policy decision to ensure that the lap tops, the first wave of lap tops we re tops, the first wave of lap tops were going to be targeted at those

children who were most vulnerable and had a social worker, the second wave that we have been in receipt of will go to schools and academies. we are on schedule to receive those and get them distributed by the end of the month and i would like to thank commuter serve who have assisted in this. they go on to thank the secretary of state for enabling some children to go back to school, not least because i'm father of a four—year—old who was desperate to go back to school. i'm sure i speak for many parents for that. the teachers in north norfolk have been phenomenal, but what reassurances can he give to the vulnerable children who can't go back, who are remote learning that they're

getting an education so they don't fall further behind. i do want to get everybody in, so quite short questions and short answers would do. secretary of state. questions and short answers would do. secretary of statelj questions and short answers would do. secretary of state. i share my honourable friend's desire to see all children returning to school in that phased way, but as swiftly as possible as we are able to do so. but the honourable gentleman highlights some important challenges, especially for vulnerable children who are not necessarily access education by going to school. i was delighted with the work with the national academy. they delivered over 10 million lessons to children and as pa rt million lessons to children and as part of that package, is lessons and support for children with special educational needs as well. thank you. a decade ago i sat in a cabinet 0ffice briefing room discussing the threat of a then threatened

pandemic and then we were discussing the closure of schools, it beggars belief that the secretary of state has no clear plan for getting out the lap tops. it is late. he shakes his head, but they are late. it is already late for vulnerable pupils and with no clear plan about catch up. ifind myself and with no clear plan about catch up. i find myself in accord with the desire to see a catch up plan for the many vulnerable students, can't he give us more information? there must have been planning, if there hasn't, he has been asleep on the job. the honourable lady is inaccurate in the fact that the lap tops that we promised to ensure that we get out to children, vulnerable children, those who are phasing exams in year10 children, those who are phasing exams in year 10 are on schedule and we said they would all be distributed by the end ofjune and we are on target to be able to do that. we did make the

decision to prioritise those children who are most vulnerable and i still think that was the right decision to make. in terms of kauch, this isn't —— catch up this isn't about something over a few weeks. it is over a full year. that is how we are going to support children into the long—term. all schools and teachers have worked hard, but some schools have managed to deliver whole class teaching live through video teaching, can he, does he agree that sadly not all children in this country have received any online direct teaching and many have received very little. that is because the teaching unions have opposed this practice, often with the support of members opposite. what can we do if the return to school is going to be delayed to ensure more children can receive direct teaching. we be setting out

clearly to all schools as to where children are not in a position to be able to return to school, as to what are the basic crick rum requirements that —— curriculum requirements we will be expecting. this is what it to be expected and we hope all schools follow that. it is notjust online learning, it is sharing resources and we want to keep driving up all schools to the highest standards for all children. peter grant. thank you, education authorities in england, the people have to implement the decisions, knew nothing about the planned return to full schooling, until they we re return to full schooling, until they were bounced into it, so what steps had the secretary of state take on the make sure in future local authorities, head teachers and unions are kept informed about developments and that schools are

given time to prepare for each stage of the pupils' returns. we will have regular meetings with them and share our up—to—date plans. regular meetings with them and share our up-to-date plans. thank you, i appreciate the health and safety issues are paramount, and i welcome the flexibility in my honourable friend's statement, however i share the concerns about the serious impact the lack of schooling will have on many disadvantaged children from poor households, i welcome his commitment they will be a priority, will he reaffirm that for me?|j absolutely do reaffirm that and the importance of making sure that they're back into full—time schooling at the earliest possible moment and we want to see and we will be continuing to work with schools to bring more children back into that formal education environment, as swiftly as we

can. thank you. i would like to echo the thanks to the profession for what they have done so far. i would also like to clarify some of the 00:09:11,1000 --> 00:09:12,377 numbers that the secretary of state has been talking about. the chair of the select committee said there were 700,000 select committee said there were 700 , 000 without select committee said there were 700,000 without devices. that is 370,000 children without an internet device. have i got that wrong? if i am can he clarify. if not how does this square with prioritising the most disadvantaged children. this square with prioritising the most disadvantaged childrenm terms of work we have done and the distribution of lap tops, we prioritised key groups that we felt we re prioritised key groups that we felt were most in need of lap tops. there isa were most in need of lap tops. there is a total of 230,000 lap tops that

are going to be going out as part of that programme as well as thousands of routers to help children from some of the most vulnerable families, who maybe have some limited resources at home, but don't have internet access to access the online learning we want to see them enjoy. thank you, many children commute into the hendon constituency to access the high quality education thatis to access the high quality education that is proo pro vieded. —— provided. those children will be required, as they travel by public transport, to wear masks and take other precautions. can the secretary of state outline what precautions he believes should happen for those children who use school transport provided by the local authority? will they be required to undertake the same precautions of wearing masks and when they get to school, will they simplyjust

disregard the masks? so in terms of public transport, people will be followed —— required to follow the same conditions. but the approach we take to bring schools back has had safety at the heart of it, making sure classes are in small bubbles to make sure we reduce the chances of transmission and we believe that this cautious phased approach is the right approach. thank you. i know that the secretary of state is, has spent time in my constituency and he will know that at least one in three children live in poverty in my constituency. and that they are at risk of falling furthest behind from not being in school. it is clear we need a strategic plan, just as the government have had for the economy, with the same focus. but in the meantime, i think it is real important that the secretary of state commits to a major

campaign over the state commits to a major campaign overthe summer state commits to a major campaign over the summer for state commits to a major campaign overthe summerfora state commits to a major campaign over the summer for a catch up for education children for an urgent roll out of lap tops that he has promised and finally and i wish he would address this, the issue about free school meal vouchers carrying on over the summer. think again about that callous decision that was made. we are going to be ensuring that we are notjust looking at the needs of children over the summer in terms of how they can take the steps and work with schools to catch up on the work they have missed if they haven't been able to sustain that learning at home. but we are not just looking at the summer, but longer term. in terms of free school meals, you know... we have never traditionally provided them through the summer. but what the dwp has

been doing has been putting an extra £6.5 billion to support families who are most vulnerable and will continue to work with the wdp and defra to continue to support those families who are most vulnerable. across the country, children of key workers have been enabled to continue attending school. in my constituency we have a large concentration of key workers and in many times schools have interpreted the rules being that both parents have to be key workers before the children will be allowed to attend school. that has necessitated a lengthy discussions with schools. can my honourable friend confirm the position will be that children of key workers will continue to be able to attend full—time education to

enable those key workers to provide the key services that we all need in this desperate time. the key services that we all need in this desperate timelj the key services that we all need in this desperate time. i can confirm that and for collar tishgs it is, if the family has one key worker, they have access to those worker places. thank you. in light of exam canals —— cancellation, gcse and a—levels will be decided by teachers. there are concerns will be decided by teachers. there are concerns for those from bame backgrounds has the secretary of state assessed how predicted grades will further worsen the attainment gap? the honourable gentleman raises a vitally important point and this

was something wre we had taken into account to make sure that people from bame communities are not disadvantaged in that way. children in the communities i used to teach m, in the communities i used to teach in, who will be most disadvantaged over these last few weeks, but it is also the case that to catch up the children need access to qualified practitioners, as well meaning as a summer school may sound, it needs to be longer term, can he confirm it will be delivered by qualified practitioners? my honourable friend makes such a vital point in terms of one it is not something what should be short—term, it must be about people who are qualified and understand the issues and making sure that what they're teaching them fits within the whole, everything they're needing to learn as they move through the school and as they

move through the school and as they move towards their exams. this has to be an evident—based approach. and we are working with organisations, whether it is the education endowment foundation and others, to ensure anything that we do is focus oped the sed on the best interest of the child and making sure they can close that gap. thank you in scotland, shielding has been extended to the end ofjuly, but in england there is still not the same clarity, there is a risk that vulnerable teaching staff may feel pressure to return to work before it is safe to do so. what is the government's plans to ensure that staff who are shielding can work safely. for those who are extremely vulnerable and aren't in a position to be able to return to work, we are asking them to provide the important work in terms of remote learning and supporting the school in what they are doing. it seems

as if it is probably not a dissimilar approach to what is happening in scotland. thank you and i thank the secretary of state for his statement. i have spoken with many heads in the last few weeks and all of our schools across stoke on trents have been able to re—open throughout the pandemic, i have spoken to a number who have seen unexpected costs during this time, particularly gaps in their budget from lost income and many still have to pay exam fees. will my right honourable friend thank our teachers for the work they have done and look at what can be done to plug some of those costs.|j would like to thank my honourable friend and join him in thanking all the teachers in stoke—on—trent and it has been great to see the schools in stoke on trents notjust staying open, for those children who are most vulnerable and those children of critical workers, but so many

of them opening up last week and seeing so many children come back into them. my honourable friend raises them. my honourable friend raises theissue them. my honourable friend raises the issue of unexpected costs as a result of coronavirus. secondary and primary schools have the ability to bid into a fund to recover some costs they have experienced as a result of the pandemic. thank you. i have been shocked and alarmed to be supporting a school in my constituency whose children have endured physical and violence insta nces endured physical and violence instances of racism on their walk home. we have seen calls for our schools to teach the brutal history of the british empire and the racism that continues today to have generational impact. given the systemic and

structural inequality and state—sanctioned racism, will the government assure my constituents by introducing a curriculum that educates young people about the enduring history of racism? i think we would all expect and we all see... respect and tolerance to be at the very much at the heart of what happens in eve ryo ne the heart of what happens in everyone of our schools and every pa rt everyone of our schools and every part of the country. and that tolerance and respect for all, whatever your background, is so incredibly important towards education. the national curriculum already has the ability to make sure that people are able to teach about, whether it is what happened in terms of the british empire, or whether it

is not just through of the british empire, or whether it is notjust through history, but through england and hpse and there isa through england and hpse and there is a range of resources and we encourage all schools to look at the resources to make sure that children have the type of education that is able to reflect truly the rich and diverse nation of this truly wonderful country. recognising that it won't be possible to bring back whole schools until september, can he confirm he will support schools who wish to bring back more than just the minimum number of children and secondly could i ask him to lay out for parents what their child ca re out for parents what their child care options are to enable them to get back to work? what we are doing is we are working to device a priority list so that schools are able to, where they have

extra capacity to be able to welcome back more children into those schools, so they're able to support their learning and their communities and including their parents who of course do need to be going out to work as well. a full physical return seems some way off and may well be subject to further interruptions, so given we know there are still hundreds of thousands of children who can't access education remotely, will the secretary of state redouble his efforts to spread out that electronic means of education, give a date by which he can guarantee each child can access education electronically. we aim to get all the computers out by the end ofjune and we do also recognise the importance of supporting children not just through online importance of supporting children notjust through online learning, but additional learning we can

provide through schools and making sure that we have also supported schools to be able to have microsoft teams and google platforms to help them deliver more learning online and the physical learning that they can deliver by sending resources to pupils directly as well. thank you. attending school supports not only children's education, but their well being and that returning to normal routine will be beneficial. will my right honourable friend also look at reintroducing the schools fruit and vegetable school for schools to ensure that the most vulnerable children get access to fresh and nutritious food? my honourable friend make it is important point of getting children back into routine is important and getting as many children back into the classroom

is all of our top priorities. in term of the fruit and vegetable scheme, that scheme is led by the department of health, i will be in contact with the department of health and get back to my honourable friend on the matter. nurseries and early years centres tell me they're facing losses of up to £50,000 this term alone. if the government doesn't act soon there won't be many nursery left to send our children to. what is the, when the does the secretary of state hope to come forward with a realistic plan to protect essential nurseries and early years provision? within the nursery and early years provision we have had an unprecedented package to support, whether it is the commitment in paying money through local authorities to support them, whether thatis authorities to support them, whether that is through the furlough scheme

or rates relief. we talk with the sector about how we can can do more and how we can can support them more in the long—term to deliver a rich environment for children to be able to learn from those earlily years, but also whether it is a charity sector, or whether it is a commercial sector, to continue to be able to succeed and create a stable environment for all children. lawrence robertson, who is audio only. thank you. a number of schools have a few pupils who are children of critical workers, or the children themselves are vulnerable, and as a result it is making it difficult for those schools to accept other pupils. is there anything the government can do to help those schools, because they're appsing anxious to move on, but

are having problems doing so. my honourable friend highlights an issue that many schools are facing and we are looking at working with them to add extra flexibility, so they can maybe use different facilities and different resources that may be available to expand their provision within that school. i noted the secretary of state's throw away criticism of my honourable friend regarding the national education union. ifind regarding the national education union. i find that ironic when he didn't even consult the head teachers association for the june restart date. we all want to get our children back to school, but many pa rents children back to school, but many parents don't regard it as safe. that is understandable and hardly surprising when in my region, the north—east, parts of the north—east, the instance of covid—19 is five times greater than parts of south west. 0ne—size—fits—all policy

should never have been considered. will the secretary of state consider that when moving forward? this is why i stated we want to work with local authorities that do have concerns to make sure that they're ina concerns to make sure that they're in a position to be able to open all their schools and where they face practical problems, or where they have issues, how we can discuss that with them to ensure that all their schools are open. if we are in a position where we have to close schools, well, then, we will be doing that in conjunction with public health england. but it is important that we get all schools open for these year groups, as... but also recognising there may be clusters of schools that we have to face closing for short periods. clusters of schools that we have to face closing for short periodslj would face closing for short periods.” would like to get everybody in. that means short question and short a nswe rs. means short question and short answers. when the children's commissioner appeared before the

education committee last week, she said if in further children go back to school before september eight million children will have missed six months of learning. given what happens over the summer holidays, does my honourable friend agree that is too long and any school that can open should do so? i want to see all schools open and this is why we are going to continue to work with all schools to continue to look at how they can accept more and more pupils. making sure that all children have the amazing opportunity of learning from their teachers and i'm very optimistic that we will be able to see more children returning to school, the number attending school, increasing week upon week. thank you, he mentions colleges in his statement, but does he recognise the important role that universities are providing in providing additional support for young people, such as the summer

school run by the university of glasgow which has been rated noi by the complete university guide. what support is he making available to that sector in order to respond to the whole range of challenges that edge xags, covid is presenting to education. i would congratulate the university of glasgow on that great success and i know the leadership there is outstanding. we will continue to work with the university seconder, not just to continue to work with the university seconder, notjust to see how they can support us in our response to covid and you have seen work in testing and the development of vaccines and supporting nhs workers who have had accommodation provided. that is why we brought out the stabilisation package. we continue to work with the sector as to how we can do more and support them. my right honourable friend is conscious of the detriment to this

extended period from school, educational and for mental and physical health. can we have maximum flexibility for those schools that could welcome back more children, for example rotas and use of suitable additional premise or having year sixes doing extended transition time if and where schools believe they can? my honourable friend is correct, we wa nt to honourable friend is correct, we want to give school it is maximum flexibility to get as many children through the doors before the summer holiday and so we can maximise their learning opportunities as a result of going back to school. thank you. the end of may, the respected director of public health in sheffield wrote to schools and advised against opening, because among other issues, he had concerns about the availability of ppe

and he was not convinced about the effective of the test, track and trace system. does the secretary of state agree that schools, as they have done on this occasion, should follow the advice of the directors of public health locally based and not seek to second guess that advice and think they know better about public health issues? well we would encourage all schools to be returning and opening their doors to pupils, as we all recognise that the benefits that children gain physically and mentally and in their learning are so vast by children being able to return and we would encourage sheffield city council to engage with us to ensure they're opening supporting schools to open their door and get children learning once again. the children continue

to enjoy virtual lessons. what will the secretary of state do to make sure all children have that as well? my honourable friend is absolutely right to highlight the work of the school in terms of supporting pupils in my constituency, and we want to see that being replicated across all schools. this is why we will set minimum expectations in terms of curriculum delivery for the remaining weeks of this term and also work with schools to make sure the bar is set as high as possible for those children who are not able to come back to school, may be because they are shielding, in terms of minimal expectations in terms of what we expect them to learn at all times. many people are living in multi—generational households and they are not planning to send children to school because they are

afraid of them bringing the virus to their grandparents. how was the secretary of state and a performance persuade parents from disadvantaged backgrounds and from the black, minority and ethnic community to send their children to school? of course, the best advert as to why your children should go back to school is when we see those powerful images of children returning to school for the first time. the joy you see across their faces, their passion for learning, the fact they are so pleased to see their teachers and friends once more, and what they come back from school, having had the opportunity to learn, is the best advert for what we are doing, but the honourable lady highlights an important issue of black and ethnic minority communities and we continue to work with public health england and sage to make sure we do everything we can to assuage the concerns in our communities and the best place for children is back

at school. i know my right honourable friend has tried to get as many children back into school as possible, particularly vulnerable once. does he agree with me the education support is not only social and well—being factors but it is immensely important for those in non—accessible areas like rural communities to get them back to school as soon as possible when it is safe? my honourable friend hits the nail on the head about how we need to get every child back to school. we should not stint on our ambition to see all children back in school having the opportunity to learn at the earliest possible opportunity. i do not want to see this return to school delayed, and thatis this return to school delayed, and that is why, picking up on the points made by my right honourable friend about the importance of looking at different ways that we can bring more children back so they have the opportunity to learn

and be set new tasks and new learning goals by their teachers before the summer. the education secretary there. announcing the plan for all primary school children to go back to school before the end of ten has been dropped. not the demeanour of a secretary of state who has just announced a major u—turn? secretary of state who has just announced a major u-turn? the issue here is that at the beginning, when the government put forward its guidelines, saying children had to be in groups of 15, they also said theiraim was to be in groups of 15, they also said their aim was to make sure that all children could come back for at least four weeks, but anyone who has stepped foot inside the school would have realised at that point that if you are going to halve the number of kids ina you are going to halve the number of kids in a class, you will run out of rooms and teachers. the problem was, by allowing schools to do things in different ways, that ambition was never going to be realised. a lot of people have been waiting for this to

be confirmed. some parents are very anxious about sending children back to school because they don't think it's safe enough and there are others who think it is time that children did go back because of the issues there will be with learning and we heard that a lot from some mps, particularly on the conservative side and that children's commissioner, they are very worried about children falling behind and taking years to catch up. when it comes to senior schools, the ambition is for senior schools to reopen in september. the government saying it is an ambition, they want to do that, but of course with the six weeks left of the school term, senior schools now have to plan about how they would do this in september, so this has been a massive issue for the government, the structure of schooling in england means there are different kinds of schools being run by different authorities, some by local authorities and some by academies, and there is a real disparity

between what children are being offered in terms of teaching, not just between the private and state sector but within the state sector itself, some children are getting online teaching to one standard, others are not, so this is a real headache going ahead into next year as well when lots of children will be doing exams. i didn't rocket science at school, but if there is no vaccine and the social distancing rules continue, you will need extra space in schools and they don't have it. the points of these bubbles of 15 as they are accepting you cannot socially distance to her time in school and guidelines accept that, particularly for the younger years, so it feels a bit is that they are crossing their fingers and hope the guidance will change by september but again this is a problem of planning because there is a summer holiday coming up, children —— teachers will not be around or they will have to

work and sort this out of the summer so logistically this has been a major problem, but there's another side of this as well. the conservative chair of the education select committee on the children's commissioner are worried that there has not been enough anxiety and campaigning from people to make sure that children are being taught, they think there is a lot of emphasis on shops reopening, howjust as coming back, pubs reopening, but no one is making the case vociferously for children's education, and they are arguing that actually they have been forgotten in all of this. some teaching union bosses may echo we heard from rebecca long—bailey, we knew this weeks ago so why is it taken the government so long to make this announcement? that's a good question. it is obvious that under those guidelines it could not happen. 0ther those guidelines it could not happen. other schools are doing it differently so some schools are

dividing a class between two but the same teacher is teaching them partly in the morning and then the other half in the afternoon meaning that eve ryo ne half in the afternoon meaning that everyone can get some kind of scowling in school before the end of term, but that has been done differently in different areas and that's without even thinking about the differences in wales and scotla nd the differences in wales and scotland where it is differently yet again, so the other issue here is, what is the governmentjudging the sun? when will they deem it to be safe to return? are they looking at the number of cases, there are great? how will they charge when they will say to schools, right now is the time when you must go back and we can change the social distancing rules and the bubble of 15? none of that at the moment is clear which does leave a huge question mark over what happens not just his temper in september. there was no sense of gavin williamson

saying, we got this wrong and we have had a rethink. no, there wasn't. he was suggesting was an ambition and that's what they are emphasising, an ambition to make sure all children came back for four weeks, but they are saying it was not a target in that sense. but he has not had a high profile during this pandemic, he has done one preference conference we have seen daily, he has done question time in the house of commons, but we have not heard a lot from him during this time man behind the scenes the government had been working closely with teachers and unions trying to find a way through all of this that could work, but still the overriding picture here is of different things happening in very different ways depending on a head teacher's individual decision and the area you are in and that does become a real problem when it comes to inequalities in the different kind of service that children are getting. so we will have the daily

news briefing later today, no doubt this will come up. we got sent there in parliament that there is still a lot of money is on the government's and benches about this issue. and particularly with the agenda that the government has put forward since the government has put forward since the election of what they called levelling up, making sure the chances and opportunities for people all across the country are the same, there is a real concern to actually this is exactly the kind of thing that will put back that objective. there were lots of calls from conservative mps to think about some scheme running over the summer to try and use students who might not be able to go to university or may not travel in the usual way, trying to get them to maybe help out, to pay them to teach children, mentoring schemes, and the response was gavin williamson saying they have a longer term objective because

they think this will need notjust have a longer term objective because they think this will need not just a summer catch up but may be even longer than that, but no details on exactly what they want to do to try and make sure that happens. which makes life very difficult for pa rents. makes life very difficult for parents. the point about going back to work of course means schools are not open for a lot of parents they will not be able to go to work, particularly if they have had primary school age children, but for a lot of parents you need the wraparound ca re a lot of parents you need the wraparound care that goes with it so brea kfast clu bs, wraparound care that goes with it so breakfast clubs, after—school clubs, none of those have been running even for key worker children, so there is an issue there about that and as we look forward to the possibility of shops reopening as early as week, you still need people to go there to work in them, and of course all of that complicates factors when the government is talking about trying to get the economy back up and running again. is there anything else we should talk about?” running again. is there anything else we should talk about? i think we have

covered it all. let's bring you some figures that have come in. we bring you the figures at this time of day for the last 2a hours and the latest casualty figures for coronavirus. a further 129 people died in hospital. that brings the total number in england to the 27,000 sent 600. -- 20 7618. of those who died, two macro were aged between 20 and 39, two macro were aged between a0 and 59, 38 of those who died were aged between 60 and 79, and in the aged 80 and above category there

were 87 deaths. the virus particularly proving fatal in the older categories, reinforced by those figures. we have also had figures for northern ireland and on a more positive note they have recorded no deaths for the third day ina recorded no deaths for the third day in a row. no deaths linked to covid—19 for that third day coming from the stormont department of health, the total their remaining at 537. this figure mainly comprises deaths in hospital and include some but not all deaths in other settings, but as i say that figure suggesting a more positive picture coming from northern ireland. and moving on to a wider basis, we are hearing that less than a fifth of deaths registered in england and wales in the last week of may involved coronavirus, the lowest proportion since the week the lockdown was

imposed. earlier our head of statistics, robert cuffe, told me that these latest figures from the office for national statistics, show the situation is improving. scotland, wales, northern ireland and every region in england, deaths are falling, the number of coronavirus are falling, the number of coro navi rus tests are falling, the number of coronavirus tests are falling in ca re coronavirus tests are falling in care homes, hospitals, the same picture is happening. the red line at the top of the graph is the total number of deaths we are seeing each week and the blue line at the bottom myth is the number of covid—19 registered deaths and they have both been read —— falling steadily. but we are not quite back to normal, that grey line across the middle of the chart is the number of deaths we would expect to see at this time of year each week can see at the peak of april we were seeing 13,000 extra deaths above and beyond what we would expect to see in a single week in the last week of may, down to 2000, so far better than where we we re 2000, so far better than where we were a couple of weeks ago but not quite where

we would hope to be. a funeral service for george floyd — whose death at the hands of police officers sparked protests across the world — will take place in a few hours — in houston texas — where he grew up. thousands have paid their respects at a memorial service, queueing for hours in sweltering heat to file past the open coffin. jane 0'brien reports. for several hours, a steady procession of mourners filed past the coffin of george floyd. the vast majority never knew him, but they all felt a deep connection to the man who has become a catalyst in america's struggle with race. it doesn't really hit home until you really see it for yourself. just to see his senseless body sitting in a casket, you know, knowing he was helpless, no—one was there to help him with the police knee on his neck, it'sjust... it's horrendous.

to witness a person who went through a situation that was, you know, unfairly his life was removed from him, just being a part of the history meant a lot to me. this is the last public gathering in honour of mr floyd before the private funeral. thank y'all so much for coming out to support us. and all the families that are here with me today — michael brown, eric garner, ahmaud arbery — itjust hurts, breonna taylor, everybody. thank y'all, we will get justice, we will get it. we will not let this door close. former vice presidentjoe biden has met with the family but won't attend the service. in minneapolis, meanwhile, the city where george floyd was killed,

the white police officer charged with his murder appeared in court via video link. derek chauvin was remanded in custody and bail was set for $1.25 million. and in washington, lawmakers took a knee as they discussed legislation that would make it easier to prosecute police officers accused of misconduct. a majority of americans, black and white, now say that police reform is an essential first step towards social justice for african—americans. there is certainly momentum and, as george floyd is laid to rest, real hope that change will come. jane 0'brien, bbc news, houston. the mother of a nine—year—old boy who was killed in a dog attack, after she left him alone in a caravan, has beenjailed for two years. frankie macritchie died from multiple dog

bites in april last year at a holiday park in cornwall. the owner of the dog was jailed for three years. coal has been powering britain since the industrial revolution, but tonight the switch to greener energy sources will reach a significant milestone. it will be two months since any of britain's electricity was generated from burning coal. the change has been rapid. just a decade ago, more than a0% of the country's electricity came from coal. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, reports. it's these guys' jobs to make sure your lights stay on. this is the control room at the heart of the national grid. the screen behind me shows where britain is getting its energy from right now. it's a mixture of gas, nuclear, biomass, hydro, wind and solar. but no coal. and as of midnight tonight, britain won't have burnt any of the black stuff for two months, smashing the previous record. there are nowjust four coal—fired power stations left in the country.

why burn coal when you can get power from these? just one rotation of this giant turbine can power the average home for a day, and these days building new renewables isn't just about the environment, it's also about hard cash. the falling price of renewables is part of a fundamental shift in the economics of energy. what we've seen is essentially a halving of costs in a very short timescale in the last, you know, five years or so. britain's biggest power plant, drax in yorkshire, will stop burning coal completely next march. these days, most of the electricity a plant produces comes from these, compressed wood pellets imported from america. now, because trees take up carbon dioxide when they grow and because new trees are planted

when the forests are harvested, it means drax's net emissions have been reduced dramatically. we here at drax decided that coal was no longer the future. today, we get about three ships a week that bring wood pellets into the uk, we use about 7 million tonnes of wood pellets a year, it's been a massive undertaking. the result of all that is we've reduced our c02 emissions from more than 20 million tonnes a year to almost zero. the coal era is not yet over, mind you. elsewhere in the world, particularly in china and some other developing nations, governments actively support the industry. but here in britain, the last coal plants are expected to close within five years. justin rowlatt, bbc news, yorkshire. joining me now is bethany mclean, expert on fracking and oil. she's the author of saudi america:

the truth about fracking and how it's changing the world. shejoins me from chicago. are you a surprised as many people here are at that fact, that we have not used to call for two months? i'm not used to call for two months? i'm not surprised because the us had seen that same transition in part as a result of fracking is natural gas became cheaper and more plentiful a lot of plants have shifted away from coal towards natural gas, and we all know the world is moving towards renewables. that fracking is not cheap,is renewables. that fracking is not cheap, is it? my criticism of the industry has always been, there is plenty to criticise environmentally, but it has been a financial one, the industry simply does not make money. so it relies on the continued inflow of capitalfrom so it relies on the continued inflow of capital from outside sources to keep going, it's

not internally self—sufficient. keep going, it's not internally self-sufficient. you literally pouring money down a whole, aren't you? yes, you are pouring billions into the ground that they have yet to come back up. at some point, does someone say, hang on a minute, we will lose? no, because they have been lots of ways to win. lots of ways to win, up until recently, because in the us publicly traded fracking stocks were valued like internet companies, valued on how much oil and gas they were producing regardless of whether that was profitable or not. so if you were paid based on production. if you we re paid based on production. if you were an executive or a private equity firm able to sell the company and front it to a publicly traded company or take your company public you could make a lot of money even though the underlying business was not profitable. that has changed as investors have become more sceptical, even before

the pandemic. but hasn't that changed everything in terms of how we view energy and our need for green energy?m in terms of how we view energy and our need for green energy? it has. it's unclear yet how. the obvious impact of the pandemic is that the colla pse impact of the pandemic is that the collapse in demand for oil com pletely collapse in demand for oil completely created the price but you have had some resurgent of march and april and some sceptics... given increased scepticism of china, particularly in the us, if we stop importing solar panels from china some costs might go away, and oil is likely to be cheaper than it was, which in the past has not been a great thing for renewable energy when fossil fuels became cheaper, so i described it to somebody else's multivariable calculus rather than a linear equation to figure out what will happen next. do they understand

what you were saying because you just lost me? i am wondering about the role of politics and all of this. because as all fluctuate so dramatically, where do politicians stand on this? green at the moment seems a lot cooler than oil ever was. for sure it is and it is the way the world is going so here in the us, if we had any national strategy, you would think it would be oriented around the transition to renewable energy, but the us has never had an energy policy so you can blame president that or you say thatis can blame president that or you say that is the way the us has always been. but it seems like that's the way the world should go. -- president trumper for that. and the suspicion is america is still

sitting on the largest reserve of oil without telling anyone else about it. it's not so clear we are sitting on a reserve of oil that be extracted in a way that is financially viable so then the question becomes from a political point of view does the government choose to support this industry because of its importance to america strategically? and oddly enough especially in election year you would think the politics around that would think the politics around that would be obvious, that the trump administration would support the industry, but oddly enough they have not, there has been no explicit oil and gas industry bailout despite calls from the industries for that very thing. and i thought that would bea very thing. and i thought that would be a fascinating thing to understand the politics behind that because it is not what you'd expect. looking at what we have just been reporting is not what you'd expect. looking at what we havejust been reporting on, this change has been so dramatic compared with a0 years ago, who is ahead on this, the us with the uk? it sounds to me like the united

kingdom is ahead, it's a bit beyond my expertise, but the us is certainly not head. if anything, i think the administrations round the table are energy dominant thanks to the amounts of us oil and gas we produce thanks to fracking has been negative because it is not as a leader as it was rather than looking to the future and say, how do we be a leader in a world where fossil fuels are irrelevant? its really good to talk to you, thank you very much. i want to bring you some breaking news. this is coming from rotors in tokyo saying their honda motor company suspended some of its production globally as the car giant grapples with the suspected cyber attack. it affected honda's production globally forcing some pla nts to production globally forcing some plants to stop operation as the company needed to ensure its quality

control systems were not been compromised. hunter suspects the companies —— company's internal servers. production resumed by now but its main plant in ohio as well as brazil and turkey remain suspended. as the band somewhere disrupted the compa ny‘s suspended. as the band somewhere disrupted the company's production. we are hearing that swindon has also been affected by this attack. more on this when we return in a few minutes but in the meantime let's look at the not much change in the weather front. 0ften cloudy weather with spells of rain and a few sunny spells. it's very difficult to describe what the weather will do for the rest of the week because it will change from day to day, but broadly speaking there is no real return to summer weather on the horizon, we will be under

the influence of low pressure and weather fronts which will bring spells of rain and in fact one weather front moving into the north—west of the uk so wet weather across scotland, northern ireland and some of that wet weather will actually move into the north west of england, the lake district and parts of yorkshire as well. at times, it could be heavy but to the south of that it would be a mostly dry night, around 10 degrees the overnight low tonight. wednesday itself sees weather fronts moving across the uk. generally speaking, cloudy most the time and then occasionally we will see bursts of heavy rain probably not lasting long, maybe a couple of hours at most. temperature 16—17d and later in the day we will see the weather improving across western areas. then come thursday that weather system will sink south, the wind directional change, and it looks as though it is england and wales that gets most of the cloud and spells of rain on thursday where

scotla nd and spells of rain on thursday where scotland and northern ireland gets the best weather on thursday. and the best weather on thursday. and the low pressure which will dry allah weather for the rest of the week and into the weekend will be stuck into the bay of biscay meaning the weather fronts will circle around in towards the centre of that low, and one such weather front of an almost come back in on itself and sweep into southern parts of the uk, so on friday the south could have heavy rain where is the best of the weather will be in the north, but also what will happen with this low pressure spinning around here is it will draw up wealth, a current of warm and humid air, and push that in the direction of the uk, so often cloudy and the threat of rain and no sunny spells but those temperatures are expected to rise over the coming days. goodbye.

this is bbc news i'm simon mccoy. the headlines: the education secretary confirms that plans for all primary school children in england to go back to school before the end of term have been scrapped. while we are not able to welcome all primary children back for a full month before the summer. we continue to work with the sector on the next steps. it is a longtime

and without that structure a lot of families will struggle. i think children should start coming back to school. we have got to get back to some sort of normality. the mother of nine year old frankie macritchie who was killed by a dog after being left alone with the animal in a caravan has been jailed for two years. around 6a,000 more people than usual have died in the uk since the coronavirus outbreak began but the weekly figures are improving. remembering george floyd the funeral will take place in a few hours time in textas of the man whose death sparked protests across the world. four members of national action are jailed and the director of public prosecutions warns about the threat of the extreme right. honda said it is dealing with a cyber—attack affecting its operations around the world.

the government has abandoned plans to get all primary pupils in england back to school before the end of term. ministers had hoped to get children back for at least a month before the summer holidays, but now admit it won't be possible for everyone. schools will be given flexibility to make their own decisions about how and when to restart. teaching unions have welcomed the news, saying social distancing meant the plans were never feasible. but there are concerns many young children will miss more than a third of their school year. dan johnson reports. when these children return to the classroom, the intention was their primary school mate would follow. but in small, normally crowded buildings, where to put them and how the keep them apart were questions that hadn't been answered. the government are going to have to think about what that

social distancing measures looks like w two metres we will struggle with the size of our classrooms. they're small. some of our rooms are bigger, but i think we are going to need to think about is it two or one metres. now from the government a change of direction. while we are not able to welcome all primary children back for a full month before the summer, we continue to work the sector on the next steps, where we would like to see schools who have the capacity to see schools who have the capacity to bring back more children in those smaller class sizes to do so if they're able to do before the summer holidays. we will be working to bring all children back to school in september. so that means parents are facing more time home schooling. september. so that means parents are facing more time home schoolingm isa facing more time home schoolingm is a longtime facing more time home schoolingm is a long time to try and re—create the structures schools give you.” think children should start coming

back to school gradually, we have got to get back to normality. back to school gradually, we have got to get back to normalitym back to school gradually, we have got to get back to normality. if we hold on for another few weeks, it will be different to the situation now, but in a few weeks' time, we are hitting school holidays, a few weeks from now, becomes a few months. space in classrooms had helped keep children apart in the group that are back. but not all schools have managed that and the prospect of dealing with more children was posing challenges for head teachers. it was never the case that schools on their current sites, because we have small schools, it was never the case they were going to be able to accommodate all the pupils with the current guidelines. 0pposition politicians have welcomed recognition the time scale was not realistic. i wonder whoo

-- why government has not listened to these voices. the important thing is to provide reassurance and the government has failed on this. but in balance it is anxiety about the virus and concerns over what children will miss out being on. we worry about the coronavirus and we need to do everything we can be to be safe, but there could be an epidemic of educational poverty and a safeguarding crisis, with vulnerable children affected by mental health. there are calls for more online teaching and for schools to expand by taking over other buildings. latest figures show only half of schools and nurseries took more children last week and only around a quarter of eligible pupils we re around a quarter of eligible pupils were in class. this decision only applies in england, but it

illustrates the challenge of providing education in the meantime. so, is the decision to abandon plans to reopen schools driven by fears over increasing the infection rate? 0ur health correspondent, anna collinson, has been looking into this. (tx sor) we have touched on it, but that r number, so it estimate it is number of people an infected person pass it is virus on to and if it goes below one it is a good thing. but if it is above one, it means cases are on the rise. the r number is between 0.7 and 0.9, but a rise. the r number is between 0.7 and 0.9, buta model rise. the r number is between 0.7 and 0.9, but a model suggested in the north and south—west it is over one. now, the government's group of advisors have disputed that, but they have admitted that a lot of areas are close to one and we are seeing people moving around and interacting more, we are very close and there is little room for

manoeuvre. there had been concerns about sending all pupils back to school before the summer holiday from head teachers to parents, to councils and space is a big issue. having kids in the classroom, they cannot follow the social distancing rules and there were warnings from the scientific community, including a study that warned if all children returned there could be a second wave of cases. add that in with the warnings around the r number, today the government have said they don't wa nt to ta ke the government have said they don't want to take any risks that might increase the risk of infection. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster. a lot of criticism of the way this has been handled. yes the government said it was an "ambition" to get children back, but it was obvious from the start it wouldn't

be possible under the guidelines the government issued to schools, that you would have bubbles of 15 and they have one teacher each n almost every school you can think of, you're going to run out of classrooms and of teachers very quickly before you get to the point where everyone can come back. now, really i think the government today accepting the inevitable on that. but what is interesting is the tone from some conservative mps, from the children's commissioner, concerned that actually there has not been enough strategy, maybe enough creative thinking, that in some ways it has been given up a bit too easily when we have heard talk of what businesses might be doing, or pubs or restaurants may do to work around the rules, that more needs to be done with education, because they're concerned be done with education, because they‘ re concerned about be done with education, because they're concerned about the attainment gap and the effect it will have on all children's

learning and the disparity between what the private sector is offering and within state education, how some sools are offering much —— schools are offering much more online and others are not. far reaching implications here which i think lots of mps are extremely concerned about. unions welcoming this decision, many of them, but they're the ones who for ages have said this will never work any way. yes, now i think everyone looking to september, because this school term has six weeks to run, the thought that gavin williamson saying he wants all senior schools to come back from september, but not guaranteeing that that can happen. and so senior schools are going to have to start thinking about all of that, thinking too about exams next year, if you have lost this amount of teaching, can you have exams to the same level next year? all of that is up in the air, as people look to what they can do in september, but

if you are insisting on two metres, although the guidelines in suggest in primary schools children will not social distancing at a young age, unless that changes, it is hard to see how schools could come back to full capacity even in september. but i think there is an interesting thing as well about we have heard a lot, lots of reports about the easing of lockdown, what will happen in the retail sector and in the hospitality sector, talk of trying to push to make sure people won't have to quarantine, so we can go on holiday, that will be difficult to do, if you accept that schools are not going back before the end of the summer term. some people would say the priorities would be wrong if you concentrate on those things and of course the other point being if pa rents course the other point being if parents have to lock after children, they won't be able to go back to work themselves. what is the prime minister doing on days when we don't hear anything of him? if i could a nswer hear anything of him? if i could answer that, simon! i hear anything of him? if i could answerthat, simon! i don't hear anything of him? if i could

answer that, simon! i don't have a webcam in downing street. but of course there is lots of things that prime ministers do which do not involve speaking to journalists or doing things publicly. we heard from him about the protest last night. there are endless meetings that go on, notjust in large organisations like ours, but in government as well. where you know you have a lot of work to do among departments. i'm sure we will be hearing from him tomorrow at prime minister's questions and i think we have be told he will do at least one press conference a week. don't worry, you will be hearing from him soon. vicky, you can take me off for that later — in private. thank you. less than a fifth of deaths registered in england and wales in the last week of may involved coronavirus — the lowest proportion since the week the lockdown was imposed. earlier our head of statistics, robert cuffe, told me that these latest figures from the office for national statistics, show the situation is improving. scotland, wales, northern ireland,

every region in england, deaths are falling, the number of coronavirus deaths are falling. in care homes, in hospitals, the same picture is happening. we can show that overall nationally here. the red line at the top of the graph is the total number of deaths that we're seeing each week, and the blue line at the bottom is the number of covid—,registered deaths and they've both been falling steadily since they hit a peak. but, as you say, we're not quite back to normal. that grey line across the middle of the chart is the number of deaths that we would expect to see at this time of year each week, and you can see at the peak back in the middle of april, we were seeing 13,000 extra deaths above and beyond what we would expect to see in a single week. in the last week of may, that was down to 2,000, so far better than we were a couple of weeks ago, but not quite where we'd hope to be. a funeral service for george floyd — whose death at the hands of police officers sparked protests across the world — is taking place in houston texas —

where he grew up. thousands have paid their respects at a memorial service, queueing for hours in sweltering heat to file past the open coffin. jane 0'brien reports. for several hours, a steady procession of mourners filed past the coffin of george floyd. the vast majority never knew him, but they all felt a deep connection to the man who has become a catalyst in america's struggle with race. it doesn't really hit home until you really see it for yourself. just to see his senseless body sitting in a casket, you know, knowing he was helpless, no—one was there to help him with the police knee on his neck, it'sjust... it's horrendous. to witness a person who went through a situation that was, you know, unfairly his life was removed from him, just being a part

of the history meant a lot to me. this is the last public gathering in honour of mr floyd before the private funeral. thank y'all so much for coming out to support us. and all the families that are here with me today — michael brown, eric garner, ahmaud arbery — itjust hurts, breonna taylor, everybody. thank y'all, we will get justice, we will get it. we will not let this door close. former vice presidentjoe biden has met with the family but won't attend the service. in minneapolis, meanwhile, the city where george floyd was killed, the white police officer charged with his murder appeared in court via video link. derek chauvin was remanded in custody and bail was set for $1.25

million. and in washington, lawmakers took a knee as they discussed legislation that would make it easier to prosecute police officers accused of misconduct. a majority of americans, black and white, now say that police reform is an essential first step towards social justice for african—americans. there is certainly momentum and, as george floyd is laid to rest, real hope that change will come. jane 0'brien, bbc news, houston. and we can just show you now, what's happening at the fountain of praise church as the mourners prepare for the funeral. that is where mr floyd lived before moving to minneapolis. people forming long queues to view his body, that is on display in the hours before the funeral service gets juntd way for him hours before the funeral service getsjuntd way for him —— under way for him. the world of

politics never far away during the continued anger at the death of george floyd, the democratic us presidential candidate, joe biden, saying that the late george floyd will change the late george floyd will change the world. he had a private meeting with mr floyd's family. he said his death was one of the great... inflexion points in american history. he said the killing of george floyd at the hands of a white police officer had fuelled global protests a nd police officer had fuelled global protests and that the repercussions would be felt for generations to come. joe biden has criticised president donald trump, accusing him at the weekend of making despicable remarks about mr floyd and president trump has been continuing his comments on twitter on a various number of issues and continued anger in the united states at

the response of their president. but as you can see, a much more personalfeel there in houston as mourners prepare to pay last respects to george floyd, whose death, for many, marking a moment where the world has changed. that is the hope being expressed by many. we will have a look at what is happening in houston and will bring you pictures of funeral later. the headlines on bbc news... the education secretary confirms that plans for all primary school children in england to go back to school before the end of term have been scrapped. the mother of nine—year—old frankie macritchie — who was killed by a dog after being left alone with the animal in a caravan —

has been jailed for two years. around 6a—thousand more people than usual have died in the uk since the coronavirus outbreak began — but the weekly figures are improving authorities in germany have said they have ‘some evidence' that madeleine mccann is dead. police have appealed for more information, after a german man was identified as a suspect in the case. 0ur correspondent, gavin lee, sent this update from praia da luz in portugal, where madeleine went mising 13 years ago there has been some clarity in this case, according to the regional prosecutor information that indicates that madeleine mccann is dead. he wouldn't give a sense of disclosing why they know that. he said they don't know where the body of the british tolder is. we heard there is circumstantial evidence that links this convicted sex offender in germany, and we heard they haven't yet interviewed the suspect. first they're appealing for information to do with his whereabouts in if 12

years from 1995 to 2007 before madeleine mccann disappeared. his two vehicles, including the camper van and the jaguar and associates he may have had and there was an appeal from the prosecutor saying there might be other victims that didn't come forward in the 90s. he acknowledged they haven't enough information to bring this suspect to court. we have spent the last few days here trying to get a accepts of movement of —— sense of the movement of this suspect and went to up with village where a number of people said they remember him and he was strange and intimidating, two people said he carried a gun. we're getting a sense of this man and a property said to have been used by a german couple, a foster home where it is claimed he stayed. the appeal continues and we are told they have between 600 and

7oo are told they have between 600 and 700 calls between the british and german police. the mother of a nine—year—old boy who was killed in a dog attack, after she left him alone in a caravan, has beenjailed for two years. frankie macritchie died from multiple dog bites in april last year, at a holiday park in cornwall. the owner of the dog, was jailed for three years. joining me now from truro is our correspondent, sarah ransome. a very disturbing case? yes it was and it is now hearing the details in court. we knew that frankie mac—ritchie has been left alone in the caravan when the bull dog cross type dog attacked him. no one knows why that happened. he had multiple bites to the body, mainly to the head and neck. he had gone to the site actually with his mum for a short break in the easter holidays a

year past april. he had gone hoping to spend a few days with familiar will and friend —— family and friends there. on the evening that he died, it transpired the mother and herfriends he died, it transpired the mother and her friends had he died, it transpired the mother and herfriends had gone to the social club on site and had been drinking and went to a caravan near by where they were drinking and taking drugs. his mother admitted she was taking cocaine and frankie was left in another caravan with this dog, that was about seven stone, just slightly heavier than franky himself. it wasn't until the early hours when his mother tawney willis went back to see her son that she found the horrific scene in the caravan. 5a bites to his head and neck, as you were saying, she screamed, ran to get her. frankie's grandmother was staying there with

another group. she ran across the site to try and help frankie. but with those bites and the loss of blood it was too late. he was the most sweetest, funniest... strongest, bravest little boy that i had the pleasure of calling grandson. anybody who met frankie, it was a pleasure... he just made a difference in eve rybody's pleasure... he just made a difference in everybody's life. he wasjust the most happiest... little boy, regardless of what he went through, where he was or who he was with. he was the most happiest, funniest, cheekiest little boy i can see him dancing and singing.

we had nine beautiful, beautiful years with that boy. and we treasure every single moment we had with him. you can hear the emotion in his nana's voice. she was one of the first on the scene at the caravan. she said that scene will haunt her for the rest of her life and there were emotional scenes at court as family and friends came with banners and hoping the banners saying they wa nted hoping the banners saying they wanted justice for frankie and in court today the judge said that tawney willis had admitted her guilt to neglecting frankie and sentenced her to two years in jail and the dog's owner, 29—year—old sadie trotterdell was given a two

year sentence. thejudge said trotterdell was given a two year sentence. the judge said the dog's strength and power should have been obvious to anyone that it would have been neglectful to leave a nine—year—old with that kind of dog. he said it was the height of folly to do so. thank you. honda has confirmed it is dealing with a cyber—attack that is impacting its operations around the world. in a statement, the japanese car—maker said that the problem was affecting its ability to access its computers servers, use email and otherwise make use of its internal systems. joe tidy, our cyber—security reporter, joins me now. it is affecting uk plant, north america, turkey and italy and japan. it is huge. yes it is a global company, already badly affected by the covid—19 and now this. we don't know when this struck. it is expected we will find out later today. but i understand it was in the last few day and things

are moving fast according to honda, they're trying to restore functionality to the swindon plant at some point this week and they hope production won't be affected too much. already it has been closed down by lockdown, but they are scrambling to get things ready. we don't know whether they're possibly negotiating with the hackers or whether they're restoring their systems from back ups that they have already got. but it is all moving fast. 0n already got. but it is all moving fast. on sunday they said it only affected a few systems in japan, fast. on sunday they said it only affected a few systems injapan, now they say it has affected the whole world. they say work is being undertaken to restore full functionality of sales. we experienced difficulties accessing servers and e—mail. 0ur internal servers and e—mail. 0ur internal server was attacked. for security reasons we are not disclosing further details. they say

no data has been breached, so no data has been stolen, which is potentially quite comforting for the millions of customers who may have detailed on the compa ny‘s systems customers who may have detailed on the company's systems and the employees, who have lots of data, 220,000 employees employees, who have lots of data, 220 , 000 employees around employees, who have lots of data, 220,000 employees around the world. already it is a difficult time for car makers and honda is included in issues around whether production can restart a nd issues around whether production can restart and now a cyber—attack affecting the company, not a good look. thank you very much. places of worship in england will be allowed to open next week to allow individuals to pray. though full services aren't yet possible, minsters say finding ways to reopen is a priority, because their ‘contribution to the common good is clear‘. one of the largest sikh temples — or gurdwaras — in the country has responded to the lockdown by reinventing itself

as an emergency food operation — delivering thousands of meals each day to nhs staff and those most in need. jim reed has been to see how it works. in the kitchen of a sikh temple, or gurdwara, volunteers are preparing hot meals. this part of life hasn't changed. chickpeas and rice and kidney beans and rice is what we are making at the moment. but places of worship are still shut to the public, so the volunteers here have had to reinvent the langar, or community kitchen. one thing that's phenomenal about langar is that it's never stopped, in 550 years, it's never stopped. pandemics, no pandemics, and so for us, we've had the opportunity, instead of people not being able to come in to us, that we can take the food out to them. the temple is now working with councils to send food out to the local community, to try to reach the people most affected by lockdown. my husband is a 90—year—old, he is terminally ill, i feel nervous to go out

there and stand in the queue, not knowing who in front or behind me has actually got the virus. but what started in one small room has grown quickly, now reaching 6000 hot meals and hundreds of food parcels every day. this is what will be going out to one household. bags of tea, about 20 to 25 bags of tea. from the day that we began, the demand grew. either people... income being affected or more people in isolation. that's why the project is now seven days a week, 2a hours a day. meals are also delivered to nhs hospitals and homeless projects like this one. the government says it has taken action to protect those affected by the virus, including an increase in universal

credit. but demand for food banks hit a record high in april, and there are worries that as emergency support is wound down, the situation could get worse. i wouldn't say i'd be relieved or happy when the food programme is over. i would be relieved and happy that people don't need food any more from us, but until that time comes, until our resources are completely finished, we're going to carry on. in england, the doors of gurdwaras like this will reopen to the public next week, but for private prayer only. a consultation on reopening is now taking place, but that's unlikely to happen before july at the earliest. jim reed, bbc news. a lot of you why i don't ask tomas about his hair, i can't because it is recorded and this what is is going on. broadly speaking not a lot of change with our weather pattern. meaning a lot of cloud, always the

threat of rain. but a bit of brightness from time to time as well. that is what is happening today and into this evening. however in the north west there is a band of more persistent rain moving in, so that does mean that across western and northern scotland tonight it will turn wet and breezy and some of that wet weather will move into north—west england, certainly the la ke north—west england, certainly the lake district and yorkshire. to the south, you can see it stays dry and some clear spells tonight. 0ver night lows around 10 degrees. through wednesday, always that threat of rain. some of the rain could be heavy. but it shouldn't last very long. in fact by the second half of the afternoon, wit turn brighter in western parts. but a cloudy day and take your brolly just in case.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the education secretary confirms that plans for all primary school children in england to go back to school before the end of term have been scrapped. the mother of nine—year—old frankie macritchie, who was killed by a dog after being left alone with the animal in a caravan, has been jailed for two years. around 6a,000 more people than usual have died in the uk since the coronavirus outbreak began, but the weekly figures are improving. remembering george floyd — mourners gather for the funeral in texas of the man whose death sparked protests across the world as four members of national action are jailed, the director of public prosecutions warns about the growing threat from the far right in britain. honda says it's dealing with a cyber attack that's affecting its operations around the world.

gareth southgate says he's extremely proud of how his players have reacted to the coronavirus pandemic and to the anti—racism protests around the world. the england manager says footballers have an opportunity to make a difference, and he's been impressed with the actions of his players in recent weeks: iam i am tremendously proud of the maturity that so many of the players have shown throughout this period. what marcus rashford has done, the programme to get food to kids that need to be fed, jordan henderson getting the players together, then moving on the last few days, where tyrone and raheem have spoken so eloquently about the situation we are currently in, so we have a group of players who understand they have an opportunity to make a difference, that their voices are heard, but they do that with some responsibility as well. you take a

step back and watch them with great admiration for the maturity they are showing. admiration for the maturity they are showing. league two clubs have formally voted to end their season early with swindon, crewe and plymouth all promoted. we're still waiting to hear if league one clubs will do the same. efl sides agreed this morning that promotion, relegation and play—offs will all remain in place and that the league table will be settled by a points per game format if the season ends now. in league one some clubs want to finish early but others swant to get games played behind closed doors. john coleman is the manager of accrington stanley. what has got to be done is what is best for the majority and the best for the majority is have the play—offs. 0n eight points per game basis. it's been frustrating as well because this could have been sorted out weeks or months ago, and i

really fell for the players because a lot of players will not be able to work. a lot of these players will not be able to take a job so unemployment with sky skyrocket. adam lallana has agreed a short—term extension to his liverpool contract until the end of the season. the midfielder was set to leave on a free transfer at the end of this month but he'll now be able to complete the campaign that's due to finish on the 25th ofjuly. the west indies cricket team have arrived in the uk — they're be the first international sports team to fly into britain since the start of the pandemic. they landed at manchester airport this morning ahead of their test series against england which starts next next month. all the players were tested for coronavirus before they left and there were no positive results. the team will spend three weeks in quarantine in a hotel at old trafford, which is one of two bio—secure grounds being used for the series. iam i am really struck by the west

indies players arriving in their tea m indies players arriving in their team issued kit with their suitcases but wearing face masks. they will be ina but wearing face masks. they will be in a two—week period of quarantine in the cricket ground in old trafford where they will be living in training but it will affect the seven—week tour in quarantine. when they finish that spell they will move down to southampton and once again they will be limited to the confines of the cricket ground there before they come back to old trafford to finish the tour in similar circumstances. but they are doing is unprecedented. the fact those tests were negative before they left the caribbean, that is no real surprise because covid—19 has had such a limited impact on those islands. and for that reason alone, you have to have respect for the players who have agreed to come on this tour. that's all the sport

for now. with me now is sam ca rtwright—hatton — professor of clinical child psychology at the university of sussex. she has created a guide for parents on how to manage their children's anxiety during this period. 0n on that basis it is the children who will be hit by this, many simply because they missed their friends. i'm really worried about this. i don't think the government has got its priorities right at all. they haven't thought about children at all during this situation and in particular their emotional needs. i'm really worried about children. i was pinning a lot of hope on getting a few weeks back to school summer holidays and that looks like swiped away and if they had been a political will to make this happen it could have happened but the reason it is not happening is because the government are unwilling to allow schools to get kids on the rotor, to have some coming in one

week and some the next and schools cannot just week and some the next and schools cannotjust magic week and some the next and schools cannot just magic up week and some the next and schools cannotjust magic up extra classrooms and extra teachers so the plan has bitten the dust and i worry about the impact that is having lunch. it is not hyperbole to say we're bringing up a child mental health crisis here even more than the one we had before lockdown. what specifically do you mean about the impact? we know that isolating children then. some colleagues at. and their conclusion as it is not good at all. it is very problematic. and more worryingly for some of those children those mental health problems will persist in the long term as well. i don't want to worry pa rents term as well. i don't want to worry parents watching the sun necessarily because most children are robust and resilient and they will be ok when things get back to normal, but there will be a group of children who

don't, where this leaves scars, and one solution would be getting kids back into school now, and that will not happen. it will not happen. so some parents will have told their children, we will get you back to school soon but they now have to explain to them that they are not, and the worry is that will impact the child's relationship with the pa rents. the child's relationship with the parents. hopefully, parents can explain that they are not making the rules, they were also hoping for the best, that will not have too much of an impact. what i hope parents will do is say, this is down to us now, we have got to make this right for our children. children are now allowed to meet in small groups outdoors so if you are lucky enough to have a garden, invite some kids around, think about kids who do not have a garden, get them around and get them playing. if you don't have a garden, are there other ways you can get your child to meet up with some of theirfriends, can get your child to meet up with some of their friends, in a can get your child to meet up with some of theirfriends, in a park can get your child to meet up with some of their friends, in a park or something? it's down to us now,

pa rents, something? it's down to us now, parents, we will have to do it. and we really do have to do it. if children have gone almost six months without any real social contact with their peers by the time they return in september or whenever it is, that is really problematic and i anticipate mass problems. really difficult for parents who themselves are struggling with this, many financially, many unable to get out themselves. how do you reassure a youngster when you yourself probably need to talk to someone? it's incredibly difficult and we know that when parents are struggling with their own mental health it's more difficult for them to be the pa rent more difficult for them to be the parent they want to be, so that's another worry here. when you have got pa re nts another worry here. when you have got parents who are really stressed, they are worried about their child's emotional well—being, they are doing everything on their own with no support, that is not good for pa re nts' support, that is not good for parents' mental health and parental mental health really matters and has

an impact. i can't offer a great deal of advice there other than saying to parents, look after yourselves as best you can, talk to yourselves as best you can, talk to your friends, yourselves as best you can, talk to yourfriends, go yourselves as best you can, talk to your friends, go and yourselves as best you can, talk to yourfriends, go and have yourselves as best you can, talk to your friends, go and have a yourselves as best you can, talk to yourfriends, go and have a chat with your friends at a two metre distance. the problem is that this will hit the most disadvantaged children harder than others. will hit the most disadvantaged children harder than othersm really is. it will absolutely amplify inequalities we already have from an educational perspective but also a social and emotional perspective as well. some schools will doubtless go back, there has been enough flexibility built in, some schools with the resources can go back, and i expect it will be private schools, schools that have more resource and they tend to be better off areas that will back, where schools may find it more difficult to go back in other areas while compounding the difficulties

already facing children and their families. the internet can be a blessing. what are the best ways to use it and television to help children through this? this is really interesting. we are doing a piece of research at the moment looking at it but we do not have the results yet but if you want to come backin results yet but if you want to come back ina results yet but if you want to come back in a few weeks i can talk from an evidence base. what i'm seeing at the moment from families i am talking to is that kids were quite excited about meeting of the internet to start with, it was a novelty, some were doing well with it but others did not like it from the start. what seems to be happening now is the novelty has decidedly worn off, not so much for teenagers but preteens and younger. they are not getting their needs met by meeting online. we do not understand a lot about children's play. it does wonderful things for children's emotional well—being

play. it does wonderful things for child ren's emotional well—being but there's something about playing online that is not hitting that spot. do encourage your child to meet with their friends online and try to help them to find some activities that are engaging to do online that if they really hate it don't force it, try to find ways where they can have face—to—face meet ups with their friends in a park or garden or whatever you can do. it is a bit like parents having a zoom do. it is a bit like parents having a zoom meeting, that novelty may have worn off! in terms of reassurance, however you are feeling yourself, what is the best advice to a youngster who is clearly suffering through this? i know lots are suffering through this. the best thing you can do is try to get in contact with your friends, play with them, play really is a salve for the mind. make sure you are sleeping and eating properly, keeping yourself relatively busy, flopping in front of the tv or day might feel

tempting but i'm sorry to be saying this to a tv channel is not the solution so rash and how much tv you are watching and i would say to parents be careful about what your children are seeing, censor it a bit and make sure they are not seeing some of the more difficult aspects of it. heaven knows what the problem is! and we would like to have you back in a few weeks. perhaps when that research has been done because it's fascinating. four young adults convicted of being members of the banned neo nazi group, national action, have been sentenced to prison at birmingham crown court. it marks the culmination of a series of criminal trials of right—wing extremists. in an exclusive interview for the bbc, the director of public prosecutions, max hill, has warned about the growing threat from the far right in britain, saying it's vital offenders are prosecuted as terrorists. he was speaking to our legal correspondent, clive coleman, before the

rules on socal distancing were introduced. the growing threat from extreme right—wing terrorism. alice cutter, 23, garryjack, 2a, connor scothern, 19, markjones, 25, sentenced today for a total of 1a and a half years for being members of the banned neo—nazi group national action. the brutal murder of mpjo cox in 2016 horrified the nation, but the actions of her attacker, the right—wing extremist thomas mair, who laid in wait before killing her, was glorified by members of national action. it became the first right—wing extremist group to be proscribed by the government since sir 0swald mosley‘s british union of fascists in 19a0. at the end of a series of trials, the director of public prosecutions is clear about why right—wing extremists need to be prosecuted as

terrorists. they are diehards in the way that they think, they hark back to the days of notjust anti—semitism but holocaust, the third reich in germany, and they take their mindset from those extreme nazi groups and latterly neo—nazi groups in germany. they are criminals because all terrorists are criminals, but not all criminals are terrorists. they are doing this for a particular purpose, which is to terrorise the people around them. in march 2017, islamist terrorist khalid masood carried out an attack on westminster bridge, killing four people and injuring 50 before running to parliament and fatally stabbing an unarmed police officer before masood himself was shot dead. but since that time, eight out of 25 plots foiled by police have been linked to those sharing an extreme right—wing

ideology. it is the age profile of those involved in extreme right—wing groups that is perhaps most worrying. usually, it is committed by surprisingly young people. we see people as young as in their mid—teens who are being radicalised. the overall numbers involved in extreme right—wing terror remains small, but the threat remains deadly. clive coleman, bbc news. borisjohnson has acknowledged what he called the depth of emotion which led to more than 100,000 anti—racism protesters taking to the streets across the uk over the weekend. in a video message for the black newspaper the voice, the prime minister said he understood the anger, but he warned that attacks on police or property would not be tolerated. daniela relph reports. taking matters into their own hands. edward colston —

merchant, philanthropist, slave trader — now gone. for organisations raising awareness of britain's colonial past, it was a response to decades of frustration. people have been, for years, trying to get this statue taken down, democratically, with due process and they've got nowhere. and this was a moment when people with passion and anger and righteous indignation took matters into their own hands. debate over landmarks with links to slavery have been reignited. businessman cecil rhodes at an oxford college, seen by some as a white supremacist, more than half the city council now want the statue removed. it's streets, too. in glasgow, many reference slave traders, there are renewed calls for them to be renamed. and in london, there will be a review to ensure diversity is reflected in

many landmarks. nobody is perfect, whether it's churchill, gandhi, malcolm x, there's a conversation to be had about making sure the national curriculum teaches children properly about people's warts and all, some things they have done that we don't approve of but there are some statues that are quite clear—cut. slavers, clear—cut, in my view, plantation owners. nelson's column stands tall on the london skyline, a british naval hero for many. for others, his failure to denounce slavery means he should be taken down. but removed or just explained better? i think the column is quite important as it celebrates the battle of trafalgar. over a third of nelson's sailors were black, you'll see images of black sailors on there, there should be some description to remind us why the column is here, why it was commissioned, but also, recognising his past, his connection to the slave trade, and people can make their own

determination. this is increasingly a debate about the teaching and communication of history. if past decisions were wrong, should they now be erased? i'm against it and the reason i am against it is because i'm a historian and i believe the really important thing is not to make history disappear, but to make sure you have every single context and understanding about it. the demise of the edward colston statue has created a momentum, as cities and towns across the uk reflect on how they remember and honour their past. daniela relph, bbc news. will they, won't they? the question of when or even if pubs reopen has been occupying the thoughts of many during the lockdown. july ath is one date being mentioned but, if that is to be d—day for drinkers, then breweries will have to start making beer now. 0ur north of england correspondent, danny savage, reports from wensleydale. at the black sheep brewery in masham, they've finally started doing something today that they haven't done for

months. this is the first time that we've brewed black sheep best bitter for months, so it's welcoming back an old friend. real ale, to be put in barrels for pubs, has been out of production since march. now with the anticipated partial reopening of pubs onjuly ath, they've got to get brewing now. there's been no cask beer in the country for a number of months, you know, since we've been locked down, and that is unprecedented in these times. so the thought of actually producing some cask beer and getting it back into the pubs is really, really exciting. smaller breweries have adapted too. the malt in buckinghamshire's chiltern hills has swapped pints across the bar for doorstep deliveries. we've redesigned the whole business, really. and, you know, community is at the heart of what we do, so closing our shop and our tasting bar were really difficult for us but the right thing to do. under the circumstances,

we are really happy that we can still serve our local consumers with our online store and home delivery and there's been times, frankly, we've struggled to keep up with demand. what we've done is reorganised all the planters on the patio. and the idea being we are going to serve beer from that window and they are going to move around in a one—way system back into the garden. at the cover bridge inn near middleham, they want guidance about what the rules will be. if it's keeping to the two—metre rule, obviously we're going to have to move some tables out, you can see, we've got them all crushed in too near each other, we are hoping we can have the one metre plan and yeah, we're going to get a lot more people in, keep a lot more people happy, but who knows? they are worried about having to police customers. i'm a landlord, i'm not a teacher. and i don't want to be telling people you can't do that, you can't do that, do not sit there, do not to this. that's not what it's all about. there's still a lot of questions to be answered about how even pubs with gardens will work on the day that hostelries have now

been shut for more days this year than they've been open. now, what do you do if your party is a hot date on the calendar, but no one can come? guernsey's lieutenant governor traditionally hosts a gathering for islanders who've passed their century. so during the lockdown, he has come up with a plan b — the party should go to the guests. euan duncan reports. they were waiting, not for any person, but chocolate cake. less of a vip and more of a vic — that's very important cake, a cake from the queen. discussing this with the head chef here at government house, the suggestion was to go for a refrigerated chocolate cake, which we understand is quite popular in the royal household as well. the first consignment was to go to alderney and, obviously, that presented a particular logistical challenge in trying to get refrigerated chocolate cake to alderney, which wouldn't fare well in a

jiffy bag or anything like that, so we were trying to work out how to do it and, in the meantime, guernsey's airline very kindly stepped in and volunteered to take it for us. just the ten minutes in the air as it covered the 25—mile journey, and the cake was on the move again. handled with care and alderney‘s succession line of help was on hand. 100—year—old patricia was first to get hers. this is to commemorate

the occasion. please expect this small gift with cars. we have a lovely surprise for you. the final recipient was 107—year—old felicity. you. the final recipient was 107-year-old felicity. we have a special cake you bite the lieutenant governor, and it's to celebrate the queen's birthday. a perfectly executed plan, the smile on the face is the icing on the cake. i pointed out the weather was recorded earlier. i was then berated on twitter, lay off him, you big bully! he still carries off the dishevelled look well. this big hairy bloke appears, so you happened to be watching and you are not widely happy, i suspect.

watching and you are not widely happy, isuspect. lockdown hair watching and you are not widely happy, i suspect. lockdown hair is a thing, you know? i never thought in a million years it would, hair has never been a big dealfor me, but you know what? 0h, never been a big dealfor me, but you know what? oh, come on! you can't say hair is not a thing for you, you are the most coiffed of anyone in this building! i have a lwa ys anyone in this building! i have always been envious of your volume soi always been envious of your volume so i thought competition is on! but come on, you're looking forward to a visit to the hairdresser? do you know what? there was a period three weeks ago when i couldn't wait, but now this is going to stay so i will not cut it for the foreseeable future, it will do its thing for the next couple of months, i will see how long i can get it. i was already to pop upstairs! i will let you get on. good sport, and what about the weather? it feels

like we have hit the pause switch on summer recently. it's not that great. we had that weather a couple of weeks ago but now it has all gone cooler and as far as the next few days are concerned it's more of the same. a lot of cloud around, rain at times as well. you can see cloud streaming and of the atlantic and it has already been raining across parts of scotla nd already been raining across parts of scotland and northern ireland and through the course of today and tonight the cloud will thicken across the north and rain will move in possibly as far south as wales and the midlands by the early hours of wednesday morning. some of the ring could be heavy at times. temperatures 8—12d. so tomorrow, lots of cloud in the sky, a bit of brightness here and there, but you can see with the rain is. the rain could crop up at any time both in

the morning and the afternoon so the if you are out where ever it is you are going, i need you can't go far, ta ke are going, i need you can't go far, take a brolly because it could rain heavily for a while. 0n take a brolly because it could rain heavily for a while. on thursday, different weather pattern, the winds blow out of the east and it looks as though it is england and wales that gets m ost though it is england and wales that gets most of the cloud and outbreaks of rain and this situation in scotla nd of rain and this situation in scotland and northern ireland gets the best of the weather so here high teens and sunshine. 0n the best of the weather so here high teens and sunshine. on friday, the low pressure, which is driving our weather of the next few days is stuck around the bay of biscay and these weather fronts are circling into towards it then coming back on themselves again so it does look as though southern parts of the country will get rain. some of this could be heavy infantry so the south of england, wales, the midlands, but the further north you are, it does

look as though the brighter the weather. the temperatures creep up a bit because over the coming days we will see a warmer current of air coming in from the south, and that means that the humidity will also be rising, and of course at this time of year when the temperature rises and humidity rises there is always a threat of thunderstorms. temperatures are creeping up but by no means are we expecting vast amounts of sunshine. that's it from me, goodbye.

this is bbc news i'm ben brown. we'll bring you the latest coronavirus briefing from the government in an hours time. first, the headlines the education secretary confirms the government has abandoned plans for all primary school children in england to go back to school before the end of term while we are not able to welcome all primary children back for a full

month before the summer, we continue to work with the sector on the next steps. it is a long time to try and re—create the structure that schools give you and without that, a lot of families will struggle.” give you and without that, a lot of families will struggle. i think children should start going back to school. we have got to get back to some sort of normality. jailed for two years: the mother of nine—year—old frankie macritchie — who was killed by a dog after being left alone with it in a caravan. around 6a—thousand more people than usual have died in the uk since the coronavirus outbreak began — but the weekly figures are improving remembering george floyd — mourners gather for the funeral in texas of the man whose death sparked protests across the world as four members of national action are jailed —

the director of public prosecutions warns about the growing threat from the far right in britain, and honda says it's dealing with a cyber—attack the government has abandoned plans to get all primary pupils in england back to school before the end of term. ministers had hoped to get children back for at least a month before the summer holidays, but now admit it won't be possible for everyone. schools will be given flexibility to make their own decisions about how and when to restart. teaching unions have welcomed the news, saying social distancing meant the plans were never feasible. but there are concerns many young children will miss more than a third of their school year. dan johnson reports. when these children return to the

classroom, the intention was their primary schools mates would follow before the summer break, so every pupil could have four weeks of teaching. but in small buildings, where to put them and how to keep them apart were questions that hadn't been answered. the government will have to think about how that social distancing looks like. with two metres we will be struggling with the size of our classrooms. some of our rooms are bigger, but we have to think about whether it is two or one metres. so now a change of direction. while we are not able to welcome all primary children back for a full month before the summer, we continue to work with the sector on the next steps, where we would like to see schools who have the capacity to bring back more children in those smaller class sizes to do so if they are able to do before the summer holidays. we will

be working to bring all children back to school in september. so that means parents are facing more time home schooling. it isa are facing more time home schooling. it is a longtime are facing more time home schooling. it is a long time to try a and recruit the structure —— re—create the structure of schools.” recruit the structure —— re—create the structure of schools. i think children should start going back we have got to get back to normality. if we hold on for another few weeks, it is going to be completely to what the situation is now, but we are then hitting school holidays and a few weeks from now becomes a few months. space in classrooms has helped keep kids apart in the year groups that are back, but not every school's managed that and the prospect of dealing with more children was posing difficult challenges for head teachers. children was posing difficult challenges for head teachersm children was posing difficult challenges for head teachers. it was never the case that schools on their current sites, because we have small schools for the number of pupils, it was never the case, given the scale of the pandemic this they were going

to be able to accommodate all their pupils with the current guidelines in place. opposition politicians have welcomed recognition the time scale was not realistic.” have welcomed recognition the time scale was not realistic. i question why the government hasn't listened to these voices before now, despite myself and others repeatedly telling them they needed to create a task force. the important thing is to provide reassurance to staff and parents about safety and the government so far has failed on this. but here there is anxiety about the virus and concerns over what children will miss out on being away from school for so long. we worry about the coronavirus absolutely and we need to do everything we can to be safe, but there could be an epidemic of educational poverty, a growing digital divide and a safeguarding crisis with vulnerable children affected by mental health. there are calls for more online teaching and

for schools to expands by taking over building. 0nly for schools to expands by taking over building. only half of schools and nurseries took more children last week and only a quarter of eligible pupils were in class. the decision only applies in england, but highlights the difficulty of filling schools again and providing education in the meantime. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, says attention is now turning to what happens after the summer. i think now everyone is looking to september, because this school term has six weeks to run, the thought that of course gavin williamson saying he wants all senior schools to come back from september, but not guaranteeing that can happen. so senior schools will have to think about all of that and thinking about exams next year, if you have lost this amount of teaching, can you have exams to the same level

next year? all of that in the air. if you're insisting on two metres, although the guidelines suggest in primary schools children are not going to social distancing at a young age and unless that changes, it is hard to see how schools could come back to full capacity even in september. there is an interesting thing about we have heard lots of reports about the easing of lockdown and what will happen in the retail sector and the hospitality sector, talk of trying to push to make sure people won't have to quarantine, so we can go on holiday, all of that is going to be difficult to do if you're accepting that primary schools aren't going back before the end of the summer term. some people would say the priorities would be wrong if you concentrate on these things and of course the other point being if parents have to look after children, they won't be able to go back to work

themselves anyway. a funeral service for george floyd — whose death at the hands of police officers sparked protests across the world — is taking place in houston texas — where he grew up. more than six— thousand people have filed past the coffin to pay their respects. mourners wore masks against the covid virus. his body, dressed in a brown suit and multi—coloured tie lay in an open, gold—coloured metallic coffin. and we can just show you now, what's happening at the fountain of praise church as the mourners prepare for the funeral. it isa it is a private funeral and will be starting at 5 o'clock our time. among the mourners who will be at that funeral, the mayor of houston. the reverend al sharpton. and the american rapper, slim

thug. well we can speak now to painter and visual artist — eric rieger — who projected george floyd's image across the city of minneapolis on multiple buildings. we can speak to eric now via webcam from minneapolis. thank you for being with us. just tell us what was your thinking with these images? well, what i wanted to achieve was that george floyd's death, you know, it was kind of becoming a serious matter here in minneapolis with the riots and the protesting, and i wanted to bring it back to sort of what his passing meant and what it meant to me was just equal rights for everyone and like the police to treat our race equally. what i wanted to do was to project these images to bring more focus on that, because too much was being diverted to you know the

looting and the burning of buildings. so i wanted to create a positive image that like just remembered his life. and you're in minneapolis, what difference do you think the death of george floyd going to make? is it a moment of history that will bring about a sea—change, as so many people hope? yeah, you know, i can already feel the change here in minneapolis. i have been to the location where george was murdered... 0r killed and you know everyone seems to be like working together, communicating more and just the city council is, has made plans to disband or you know the minneapolis police department. things are definitely starting to change and i hope that in the last... the images you projected in the city, a different way of

remembering george floyd, do you think they have had an impact those |mages? think they have had an impact those images? yeah, you know! think they have had an impact those images? yeah, you know i think so, because you know like i said a lot of people took to the streets and we re of people took to the streets and were looting and rioting. what i wa nted were looting and rioting. what i wanted to do was just create a peaceful image of george's you know photograph and i projected them on you know the governmental building, which is a historic building here. i projected on a very old railroad bridge and on a mirror that is very famous here, along the free way. i chose very iconic places to sort of like highlight george as you know pa rt like highlight george as you know part of minneapolis's history. eric, thank you very much. reverend kevin mccall is a spokesman

for the floyd family and we can talk to him now. tilse how are the family holding up, first of all? this is a trying time for them. the they have been overwhelmed, the brother of george floyd has been overwhelmed and he wa nts to floyd has been overwhelmed and he wants to be answerable to continue to speak peace, because george floyd, he was a gentle giant, they wa nt to floyd, he was a gentle giant, they want to make sure his legacy and his name lives on after this. he wants to continue to be able to keep all the family in prayer during this trying time. thousands have been paying their respects, it is a private funeral, what sort of funeral will it be? it is happening across the country, he has been in minneapolis, he was in north carolina, now he is

being laid to rest in houston, texas. i think that people are definitely want to be able the make sure his name and his legacy is going down in history, but make sure it goes down in history that justice was but make sure it goes down in history thatjustice was made, so, yes, we want to be able to make sure that people who remain peaceful, but we wa nt that people who remain peaceful, but we want to make sure that his name reigns after this. what change do you think his death may bring, a lot of people hoping it could be a really significant moment, a turning point, are you optimistic that it will be a turning point? i'm hopeful it will be a turning point. there is things happening in our country that we seen the legislators to be able to legislate and they're doing a greatjob in terms of that. but

we need them to act on these bills, thatis need them to act on these bills, that is in front of congress, that is in the local areas and to be able to defund the police departments across the countries. we need to be able to see them act now. we have been waiting for so long for stuff to happen and we didn't have faith in the system. if you want us to be able to have faith in the system, you defund the police department, ma meet the demands with the police department and make sure that these officers are held responsible and convicted and arrested and do jail time for the murder of george floyd. have you been surprised, maybe even taken aback by the wave of protest we have seen not only in the united states, your country, but here in the united kingdom and actually in countries around the world after george floyd's death? well, i'm grateful that peaceful protests are happening, because people of tired

of being sick and tired. they have beenin of being sick and tired. they have been in the house for three months. they have been seeing so many things happening. eric gardener happened here. we are tired of being stigmatised. people are rising up like they never rised up before, like they never rised up before, like they never rised up before, like the people of israel when they we re like the people of israel when they were in captivity, they did the same thing. they're rising up and opening up thing. they're rising up and opening up their voice and they're not being silent, because they wantjustice and they if you're killed and there is no justice, there and they if you're killed and there is nojustice, there won't and they if you're killed and there is no justice, there won't be and they if you're killed and there is nojustice, there won't be peace. we support pesful protest and —— peaceful protest. the montgomerie bus boycott didn't happen for a year. they got justice bus boycott didn't happen for a year. they gotjustice then and we are going to getjustice now. thank you very

much. let's talk to our correspondent in houston, jane 0'brien. we gather the family have been meeting joe biden, the presidential contenders? yes, they met privately with them yesterday. he will record a message for the service. he didn't wa nt to a message for the service. he didn't want to disrupt the proceedings by a secret service presence. joe biden is inserting himself into the proceedings here. his insertion welcomed by the family, who agreed to meet him. but he has been talking a lot about the issue of whether or not to defund police departments across the country. he says no, he does not support that. in the last few minutes, the police chief in here in houston has also weighed in and said it is not an either or.

people don't no police, they want better police. so this debate about reform is really sbeps intensifying and people are taking their sides on how to shape the next steps. in terms of what is happening there where you are, this is a private funeral service, who are expecting to be there. what sort of funeral will it be? yeah, a private funeral, if can be called private when the eyes of the world are watching. because this will be streamed. but it is closed to about 500 guests, inviting guests and family members. we seen a number of buses pass that seemed to be carrying some of the guests arriving. it is the final farewell. we have had six days of memorials, public viewings, across three states, starting in minneapolis, where of course george floyd was killed, moving on to

north carolina, where he was born and now here in houston. it will be a service where family members can give their memories of the man that george floyd was and activists like al sharpton can move the conversation forward and talk about the significance of his death and perhaps what comes next. after that his body will be taken to a near by cemetery, the last mile by horse drawn carriage, the expenses paid for by floyd mayweather, the boxing champion. he will be laid to rest next to his mother and this is so point yant, because he —— poignant, because he cried out for his mother while that police officer was kneeling on his neck. his mother was on his mind and he will be laid to rest with her.

thank you. just hearing a statement that in paris, the authorities are re—opening the eiffel tower. 0n june the authorities are re—opening the eiffel tower. 0njune 25th. the authorities are re—opening the eiffel tower. 0n june 25th. june 25th is when the eiffel tower will re—open as france tries to get back to normal after lockdown. authorities in germany have said they have ‘some evidence' that madeleine mccann is dead. police have appealed for more information, after a german man was identified as a suspect in the case. 0ur correspondent, gavin lee, sent this update from praia da luz in portugal, where madeleine went mising 13 years ago there has been some clarity in this case, according to the regional prosecutor, information that indicates that madeleine mccann is dead. he wouldn't give a sense, or disclose that information of why they know that and acknowledged they don't know where the body of

the british toddler is. we heard how there is a circumstantial evidence that links the suspected murder to christian b this convicted sex offenders who serving a sentence in germany for drugs offences. they're appealing for information about his whereabouts here here from 1995 to 2007. his two vehicles, including the camper van 2007. his two vehicles, including the campervan and 2007. his two vehicles, including the camper van and the jaguar and associates he may have had and there was an appeal from the prosecution saying there may be other victims, americans, irish, british people, who didn't come forward in the 90s. they want to hear from them now. he acknowledged they haven't enough information to bring the suspect to court. we have been trying to get a sense of movements of this suspect. we went to one place about a5 minutes from here, a village where a

number of people said they remember him and he was strange and intimidating and two people claimed he carried a gun. we are getting a sense of this man, also a property said to have been used by a german couple, a foster home, where it is claped he stayed —— claimed he stayed. they now have between 600 and 700 calls between the police and german police. the mother of a nine—year—old boy who was killed in a dog attack, after she left him alone in a caravan, has beenjailed for two years. frankie macritchie died from multiple dog bites in april last year, at a holiday park in cornwall. the owner of the dog, was jailed for three years. 0ur reporter sarah ransome gave us this report from truro we knew frankie macritchie has been left alone in the caravan when the bull dog type cross dog attacked him. no one is clear even now what

happened, or why that happened. he had those multiple bites to the body. mainly to the head and neck. he had actually gone to the site with his mum for a short break in the easter holidays a year past april. and he had gone hoping to spend a few days with family and friends there. it transpired on the evening that he died that the mother and herfriends evening that he died that the mother and her friends had evening that he died that the mother and herfriends had gone to the social club on site, they had been drinking and went back to a caravan, where they continued to drink and ta ke where they continued to drink and take drugs. his mother admitted she had been taken cocaine and frankie with left alone in another —— ca rava n with left alone in another —— caravan with this dog that was seven stone. it wasn't until the early morning that his mother, tawney willis discovered the scene in the caravan. 5a bites to his head

and neck. she screamed and ran to get help. frankie's granny, ran across the site. she was staying there as pa rt the site. she was staying there as part of another group. she ran across the site to try and help frankie, but with those bite and the loss of blood it was too late. he was the most sweetest, funniest... strongest, bravest little boy that i had the pleasure of calling grandson. anybody who met frankie, it was a pleasure, he just... he anybody who met frankie, it was a pleasure, hejust... hejust made a difference in eve rybody's pleasure, hejust... hejust made a difference in everybody's life. he wasjust the most

happen difference in everybody's life. he was just the most happen yefs little boy —— happiest little boy, regardless of what he went through or who he was w he was the most happiest, funniest, cheekiest little boy. i can see him dancing and singing. we had nine beautiful, beautiful years with that boy. and we treasure every single moment we had with him. you can hear the emotion in his nana's voice. she was one of first on the scene at the ca rava n one of first on the scene at the caravan and says that scene will haunt herfor the caravan and says that scene will haunt her for the rest of her life. and there were emotional scenes here at court as family and friends came with banners and hoping, saying they wa nted with banners and hoping, saying they wanted justice for frankie. in court thejudge said that wanted justice for frankie. in court the judge said that tawney willis had admitted her guilt to neglecting frankie. he sentenced her to two yea rs frankie. he sentenced her to two years injail.

and the dog's owner, 29—year—old sadied to del was given a two year sentence. the judge said with the size of dog, its strength and power should have been obvious to anyone that it was, would have been grossly neglectful to leave a nine—year—old with that kind of dog. he said it was the height of folly to do so. here is keir starmer's twitter feed, the labour to do so. here is keir starmer's twitterfeed, the labour party leader, he is taking the knee alongside the deputy leader of the labour party. he said, we kneel with all those opposing antiblack racism. so the leader of the opposition sir keir starmer and the deputy leader of the labour party

taking the knee after senior us democrats on capitol hill taking the knee as well in memory of george floyd. places of worship in england will be allowed to open next week to allow individuals to pray. though full services aren't yet possible, minsters say finding ways to reopen is a priority, because their ‘contribution to the common good is clear‘. one of the largest sikh temples — or gurdwaras — in the country has responded to the lockdown by reinventing itself as an emergency food operation — delivering thousands of meals each day to nhs staff and those most in need. jim reed has been to see how it works. (vt next)) in the kitchen of a sikh temple, or gurdwara, volunteers are preparing hot meals. this part of life hasn't changed. chickpeas and rice and kidney beans and rice is what we are making at the moment. but places of worship are still shut to the public, so the volunteers here have had to reinvent the langar, or community kitchen.

one thing that's phenomenal about langar is that it's never stopped, in 550 years, it's never stopped. pandemics, no pandemics, and so for us, we've had the opportunity, instead of people not being able to come in to us, that we can take the food out to them. the temple is now working with councils to send food out to the local community, to try to reach the people most affected by lockdown. my husband is a 90—year—old, he is terminally ill, i feel nervous to go out there and stand in the queue, not knowing who in front or behind me has actually got the virus. but what started in one small room has grown quickly, now reaching 6000 hot meals and hundreds of food parcels every day. this is what will be going out to one household. bags of tea, about 20 to 25 bags of tea.

from the day that we began, the demand grew. either people... income being affected or more people in isolation. that's why the project is now seven days a week, 2a hours a day. meals are also delivered to nhs hospitals and homeless projects like this one. the government says it has taken action to protect those affected by the virus, including an increase in universal credit. but demand for food banks hit a record high in april, and there are worries that as emergency support is wound down, the situation could get worse. i wouldn't say i'd be relieved or happy when the food programme is over. i would be relieved and happy that people don't need food any more from us, but until that time comes, until our resources are completely finished, we're going to carry on. in england, the doors of gurdwaras like this will reopen to the public next week, but for private prayer only. a consultation on reopening is now taking place, but that's unlikely to happen before

july at the earliest. jim reed, bbc news. in a moment we'll be joined by viewers on bbc one ahead of the daily government coronavirus news briefing. but first, it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz hello, well broadly speaking over the next few days there is not going to bea the next few days there is not going to be a lot of change with our weather pattern. meaning a lot of cloud, always the threat of rain. but a bit of brightness from time to time. that is what is happening through today and tonight. however in the north—west of the country there is a band of more persistent rain moving that, that means in western and northern scotland it will turn wet and breezy and some of that wet weather will move into north—west england and the lake district and yorkshire. to the south, you can see it stays dry. lows of around ten degrees

tonight. through wednesday, always that threat of rain. some of the rain could be heavy. but it shouldn't last long. by the the second half of the afternoon, brighter. a cloudy day and take your brollyjust in case. this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. we'll bring you the latest coronavirus briefing from the government in half an hour, today led by the business secretary, alok sharma. but first, the headlines... the education secretary confirms the government has abandoned plans for all primary school children in england to go back to school before the end of term.

while we are not able to welcome all primary children back for a full month before the summer, we continue to work with the sector on the next steps. it's a long time to try and recreate the structure that schools give you and i think without that, a lot of kids and a lot of families will struggle. i do think that children should start going back to school gradually, because we got to get back to normality. some sort of normality. around 6a,000 more people than usual have died in the uk since the coronavirus outbreak began — but the weekly figures are improving. jailed for two years... the mother of nine—year—old frankie macritchie — who was killed by a dog after being left alone with it in a caravan. and remembering george floyd — mourners gather for the funeral in texas of the man whose death sparked protests across the world.

good afternoon and welcome to viewers on bbc one ahead of the daily downing street coronavirus briefing, led by the business secretary, alok sharma. our main story — the government has abandoned plans to get all primary pupils in england back to school before the end of term. the death toll has risen by 286 to ao,883. the government has abandoned plans to get all primary pupils in england back to school before the end of term. the education secretary gavin williamson made the announcement

in the commons this afternoon. ministers had hoped to get children back for at least a month before the summer holiday but now say schools will be given flexibility to make their own decisions. the government also announced that secondary schools in england would be able to reopen for years ten and 12 from 15thjune. meanwhile official figures show that less than a fifth of deaths registered in england and wales in the last week of may were linked to coronavirus, the lowest proportion since the start of lockdown. and in wales people are being advised to wear three—layer face coverings in situations where social distancing is not possible, such as on public transport. let's get more on that announcement from the education secretary earlier today with this report from dan johnson. when these children returned to the classroom, the intention was their primary school mates would follow before the end of the summer break. so every pupil could have four weeks of teaching. but in small, normally crowded buildings, where to put them and how to keep them apart were questions that had not been answered. the government are going to have

to think about what that social distancing measure it looks like, with the current two metres we will struggle in this school with the size of our classrooms, they're quite small. some of our rooms are bigger so we can have bubbles of ten, but i think we're going to need to think very carefully, is it two metres or one metre? now, from the government, a change of direction. while we are not able to welcome all primary children back for a full month before the summer, we continue to work with the sector on the next steps. we would like to see schools who have the capacity to bring back more children in smaller class sizes. to do so, if they are able to do before the summer holidays. we will be working to bring all children back to school in september. that means parents are facing more time home—schooling. september. that means parents are facing more time home—schoolingm isa facing more time home—schoolingm is a longtime facing more time home—schoolingm is a long time to try and recreate the structure schools give you and i think about that a lot of kids and a

lot of families will struggle.” think about that a lot of kids and a lot of families will struggle. i do think children should start going back to school gradually because we have got to get back to normality. if we hold on for another few weeks it will be completely different to what the situation is now. the only trouble is, in a few weeks it is the school holiday so a few weeks from now becomes a few months from now. the space in classrooms have helped keep kids apart in the year groups that are back already but not every school has managed that yet and the prospect of dealing with even more children was a challenge for head teachers. it was never a case for schools on their current sites, it was never the case given the scale of the pandemic that they were able to accommodate all of their peoples with the current guidelines in place. and opposition politicians have welcomed recognition the timescale wasn't realistic.” have welcomed recognition the timescale wasn't realistic. ijust question why the government hadn't listened to these organisations and

these voices before now, despite myself and others repeatedly telling them they needed to create a task force. the important thing is to provide reassurance to staff and parents about safety and unfortunately the government so far has failed on this. but there is anxiety about the virus are major concerns on what children will miss out on being away from school for so long. we worry about the coronavirus, absolutely. we need to do everything we can to be safe, but there could be an epidemic of educational poverty, a growing digital divide and safeguarding crisis with vulnerable children being affected by mental health. there are calls for more online teaching and schools to expand by taking over of the buildings. latest figures show only half of schools and bursaries took more peoples last week. this decision only applies in england but it highlights the

difficulty of filling schools again and the challenge of providing education in the meantime. we can get some reaction to that decision from the government. with me is emma meadus, the headteacher of coppice valley primary school in harrogate where years 1 and 6 have been going back to school. also i'm joined by mum of three, leyla preston, who is a writer and owner of online magazine — the motherhood diaries. shejoins me now with her children aron, aidan and ayla. good to see all of you. many thanks for being with us. leyla we have spoken to you before on this programme, what is your reaction to this government announcement today? it is nice to have some guidance on this because we have been really worrying, as head teachers about how you're going to get the children back as the government initially wa nted back as the government initially wanted us to do. it is good to know

thatis wanted us to do. it is good to know that is no longer the plan because as the previous report was saying, we cannot fit everybody in. it is no way to do it, as it stands. that is because of the social distancing, principally. if it was reduced from two metres to one metre, how much of a difference would that make? two metres to one metre, how much of a difference would that make ?m probably wouldn't make too much of a difference, because we have still got to do the 15 in a bubble at the moment. if that guidance was relaxed that might make a bit of difference. what about all the education that children are missing? we heard in that somebody said an epidemic of educational poverty. how concerned are you that children are missing out on months of education they will never get back? i think everybody is very, very worried about that. we have to take it into consideration, but as always it will be health and safety coming first. that is the main priority at the

moment. leyla, mum of three, what is your reaction to this government announcement? how does it affect you and what do you think of it? i wasn't planning to send my kids back until september anyway. they are in year three and year four so they were not affected. plus we self isolated a week before the schools shut so we have been in lockdown for 15 or 16 weeks. i work from home and as you can see, i have got a baby and home—schooling is difficult, testing at best. even though i wasn't going to send my kids until september, i am worried about other aspects, like the socialising aspect of it, which is something... as much as i can do with the kids, i find something... as much as i can do with the kids, ifind it something... as much as i can do with the kids, i find it really difficult to educate the kids and give them as much as a teacher would

be able to. this is what i'm worried about. i be able to. this is what i'm worried about. lam be able to. this is what i'm worried about. i am by no stretch a teacher, idomy about. i am by no stretch a teacher, i do my best, i do the packs as much asi i do my best, i do the packs as much as i can but that is the best i can do, i cannot teach them the socialising, classroom rules and etiquette. if they are out of school for six months, it is along etiquette. if they are out of school for six months, it is a longtime and it will be very disruptive for them when they get back, a big learning curve. as a head teacher, how worried are you, we have talked about the educational gap they will suffer, but as we were hearing from leyla, the social gap, they cannot be with their friends. i heard leyla, the social gap, they cannot be with theirfriends. i heard one child earlier saying i miss hanging out with my mates in the playground ona out with my mates in the playground on a very basic level. that is absolutely right and that is what we have seen in the last couple of weeks we have been open for reception, year one, year six and key workers. children are delighted to be with their friends and see their teachers as well. we know they are

their teachers as well. we know they a re really, really their teachers as well. we know they are really, really missing that and at my school we are very concerned about that. we have tried to do everything we can by calling terence ona everything we can by calling terence on a weekly or every other week basis to see how they are doing. —— pa rents. basis to see how they are doing. —— parents. to see if they can be any support, if there have been mental health issues but it is very difficult at the moment. what we are hoping is that as social distancing rules are relaxed and as we are moving towards the summer holidays the children will be able to see their friends at the children will be able to see theirfriends at some the children will be able to see their friends at some point. leyla, their friends at some point. leyla, the government have been under pressure from teaching unions, from some parents as well, do you think they have made the right decision today? yes, because i think we rushed into the school starting on the 1st of june. rushed into the school starting on the 1st ofjune. especially the schools my kids go to, they are one form entry so they struggle to have reception, year one and year six in that school anyway. there is too

much emphasis put on getting everything back to normal, but what we should have done is use these few months to put all the preparatory measures in place, social distancing and hygiene measures in place and then for the parents to educate, guide the kids and have some sort of deadline for when they go back to school so that we can encourage them and we can help motivate them until that date. there is a lot of uncertainty and it is difficult for parents like me when the kids are asking these questions but we don't know what to say to them. are we going back in june? know what to say to them. are we going back injune? are we going backin going back injune? are we going back in september? will it be ok to go back in september, will the virus be under control? we don't know, thatis be under control? we don't know, that is the problem. emma, do you think in september things will be back to normal? i would like to think so. we are working towards that, we are looking at plans for september and hoping that we can. we will be looking to the government for more advice and some sort

of timetable or plans we can follow to help with that. great to talk to both of you, all of you actually. thank you to your son for looking after the baby, particularly. thank you so much. the latest coronavirus death toll in the uk has risen by 286 to ao,883. meanwhile, less than a fifth of deaths registered in england and wales in the last week of may involved coronavirus, the lowest proportion since the week the lockdown was imposed. 0ur head of statistics, robert cuffe, is here. so robert, moving in the right direction, but not yet back to normal? yes, in hospitals the number of deaths is going down and the number of coronavirus registered deaths is going down. similarly in care homes,

scotland, wales and northern ireland, every region in england, moving in the right direction. we can summarise that to your audience now. the chart you can see, the red line is showing the number of deaths we are seeing every week. that really spiked in march when the coronavirus started to hit. they have been coming down in the most recent weeks. we say going in the right direction but not quite back to normal. the grey line across the middle, thatjoined the number of deaths we expect to see to it. but that he could leave more we would expect to see in a single week. in the most recent set of figures that is 2000 more we would expect to see. so will a better than it was in the middle of april, but it is still not back to normal. the fatality figures can be quite confusing, because the figures you have just been talking about, unexpected deaths but we

have the government official deaths in terms of coronavirus and they are different. they are telling us slightly different things. look at the numbers we havejust slightly different things. look at the numbers we have just heard, slightly different things. look at the numbers we havejust heard, 286 deaths recorded yesterday. it is up since the previous day but there is a lag at weekends. a week ago we saw 32a so a bit higher. if we go almost a month when the prime minister switched us to stay alert, the long—term that we are seeing every day are downwards. but it is hard to tie these two sets of figures together. we will hear this a0,000 figure again in the press conference. that is the number of people who have died after testing positive for coronavirus. i think we can show three different versions to the the the a0,000 for people testing positive for coronavirus. the ons testing positive for coronavirus. the 0ns figures,

the death include coronavirus on a death certificate, so it is a doctor thinking it contributed to a death. the total number of deaths contributed to the epidemic, the extra deaths we have seen is people who have died either directly because of coronavirus or the strains and stresses that coronavirus has been putting on the health care system, or may be because of undiagnosed covid. different ways of looking at the figures but they are moving in the right direction and heading back down to normal, if not normal yet. robert, thank you very much. dr clare wenham is assistant professor of global health policy at london school of economics and shejoins me now. what would you say about these figures, we have different sets of death figures. what is your view? i think we are going in the right

direction as the last commentator related but i think that we are not out of the woods and should not be complacent. the concern about the falling numbers is people feel that we are over the hill and we can begin to interact more with each other which poses a risk for the future death rates and infection rates. also important to note is the deaths directly caused from covid—19 are still substantial relatively and that would refer to all conditions for which people are not seeking ca re for which people are not seeking care because they are concerned about going to hospital or a doctor forfear about going to hospital or a doctor for fear of about going to hospital or a doctor forfear of transmission about going to hospital or a doctor for fear of transmission or that those services are not provided at the same level as before. it is important to remember that we do not just focus on coronavirus deaths but the wider impact in the health care system. i know you are concerned about the impact on black

and minority ethnic people as a disproportionate number of the victims of covid—19? disproportionate number of the victims of covid-19? the public health report that came out last week told us what we had assumed and what the data had been showing anecdotally which was that there was anecdotally which was that there was a greater risk of mortality for black and minority ethnic groups in the outbreak. what is most concerning about the report as it told us that the problem is but has not included recommendations about how to mitigate this. we really need to push the government to come up with clear strategies for how they will address this and try to make sure that we are not having one particular group more at risk than others. what to make of the new government quarantine rules that have come into force this week, 1a days for people arriving in the uk, does that make sense to

you? days for people arriving in the uk, does that make sense to you ?m would have made sense a couple of months ago, we have seen countries around the world implementing a blanket ban or quarantine for people coming in and that was before we had nationwide community transmission and that is a great strategy, or at and that is a great strategy, or at a level where we have no community transmission here so we can prevent it being reintroduced. my concern is now we already have, we do not have it and now we already have, we do not have itand can now we already have, we do not have it and can —— now we already have, we do not have itand can —— do now we already have, we do not have it and can —— do not have it under control and it is important not to introduce cases but this will not be a catchall to stop the outbreak because it is already here. had it been deployed injanuary or february it might‘ve been more effective you might say and data from other countries are showing that. in terms of the government being this delicate tightrope of whether or when to ease the lockdown and trying to balance the economy against lives, were do you

think i do think the government is getting it right at the moment? i think it is a false friend to think about those as separate, from all other outbreaks and from this outbreak in other countries we can see that countries that first prioritised the health of the population will have less of an economic shock in the long term. countries like new zealand, taiwan, south korea, they prioritised health in the short term and the cost of the economy and went to full lockdown much earlier but now they are coming out of the woods and able to open up sooner. the concern is in the uk we've been trying to straddle both of those, managing the economy and managing health and it has not necessarily been the best approach and has meant greater numbers of deaths in uk and greater economic disruption in the uk. good to talk to thank you.

the question of when, or even if pubs re—open has been occupying the thoughts of many during the lockdown. july ath is one date being mentioned but if that is to be d—day for drinkers, then breweries will have to start making beer now. 0ur north of england correspondent, danny savage reports from wensleydale. at the black sheep brewery in masham, they've finally started doing something today that they haven't done for months. this is the first time that we've brewed black sheep best bitter for months, so it's welcoming back an old friend. real ale, to be put in barrels for pubs, has been out of production since march. now with the anticipated partial reopening of pubs onjuly ath, they've got to get brewing now. there's been no cask beer in the country for a number of months, you know, since we've been locked down, and that is unprecedented in these times. so the thought of actually producing some cask beer and getting

it back into the pubs is really, really exciting. smaller breweries have adapted too. the malt in buckinghamshire's chiltern hills has swapped pints across the bar for doorstep deliveries. we've redesigned the whole business, really. and, you know, community is at the heart of what we do so closing our shop and our tasting bar were really difficult for us but the right thing to do. under the circumstances, we are really happy that we can still serve our local consumers with our online store and home delivery and there's been times, frankly, we've struggled to keep up with demand. what we've done is reorganised all the planters on the patio. and the idea being we are going to serve beer from that window and they are going to move around in a one—way system back into the garden. at the cover bridge inn near middleham, they want guidance about what the rules will be. if it's keeping to the two metre rule, obviously we're going to have to move some tables out, you can see, we've got them all crushed in too near each other, we are hoping we can have the one metre plan and yeah, we're

going to get a lot more people in, keep a lot more people happy, but who knows? they are worried about having to police customers. i'm a landlord, i'm not a teacher. and i don't want to be telling people you can't do that, you can't do that, do not sit there, do not to this. that's not what it's all about. there's still a lot of questions to be answered about how even pubs with gardens will work, on the day that hostelries have now been shut for more days this year than they've been open. we have the latest coronavirus briefing from the government coming up briefing from the government coming up to five o'clock. and also at five o'clock in houston in the united states we have the private funeral taking place of george floyd, the killing of the unarmed african american at the hands of a white officer has fuelled global protests. the funeral service is taking place at the fountain of praise.

the reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. dignitaries and celebrities will be in attendance. george floyd will then be laid to rest at a cemetery next to his mother. we'll carry on keeping an eye on those images of george floyd's funeral live from houston in texas. but meanwhile, let's talk now to the barrister shaun wallace — who's also star of the itv quiz show, the chase. thank you for being with us. just tell us about your own experience as a person of colour in this country? the experience i suffered at the hands of being a

black man happened during my career as a barrister and on the first occasion i was coming out of kingston crown court with a white solicitor and i was approached by two plainclothes unarmed police officers who basically said to me i was the suspect according to the information in relation to a robbery that had ta ken information in relation to a robbery that had taken place and they asked me where i had come from. i told them i'd appeared at kingston crown court and they must have thought that i was a defendant. they asked what i was doing at court and i said to look in my bag and that they saw my gown and wig. and you have had other experiences as well? in the second occasion i was coming home from liverpool crown court and about to change trains at watford junction and the same situation, i was wondering why the train had been delayed and then i had two plainclothes officers coming towards

me who told me to come off the train and said that i fitted a profile of the suspect charged with a criminal offence nearby. the same thing happened, i showed offence nearby. the same thing happened, ishowed him my wig offence nearby. the same thing happened, i showed him my wig and gown and he was taken aback by the fa ct gown and he was taken aback by the fact that i was a barrister as opposed to the idea but i was a criminal. external examples, this is a huge question but after the death of george floyd what did that say to you for one thing and what hopes do you for one thing and what hopes do you have that it will bring about real change in attitudes not only in the united states but around the world where we had seen so many protests ? world where we had seen so many protests? certainly the death of george floyd is symptomatic of what has been happening over the years to black people. we are supposed to be living in a modern society with laws that are supposed to be designed for eve ryo ne that are supposed to be designed for everyone to be equal under the law

but i ask myself what really has changed. and we had protests not just in the united kingdom and united states but around the world by young people and the one thing i am hopeful about is that young people represent the future, they will be the people who will be the next generation of leaders and hopefully they will make the change finally in relation to the total eradication of racist behaviour is in practice. do you think that this could be a turning point? i'm hoping it will be a turning point and not just a watershed because one thing i fear is that whilst we are under lockdown with the summer period coming up that people lose sight of the message in relation to this, that black lives matter and that racial behaviour and practices simply have no place in a modern society. what i'm hoping is that we need to actually press the message

and continues to depress the message and continues to depress the message and people like myself who have this public profile will continue to do so. shaun wallace, thank you so much for your time and for telling us about your own experiences. good to talk to you. live pictures again from texas where that funeral for live pictures again from texas where that funeralfor george live pictures again from texas where that funeral for george floyd live pictures again from texas where that funeralfor george floyd is about to take place. the mayor of houston sylvester turner is attending and the reverend al sharpton, the civil rights campaigner will be delivering the eulogy. at that private funeral service. the procession will go from the church directly to the cemetery and george floyd will be then laid to rest at a cemetery, entombed next to rest at a cemetery, entombed next to his mother at houston memorial gardens. the

internment also private for the family and invited guests. that funeral service just about to get under way in houston in texas. and also about to get under way at the delhi coronavirus briefing in downing street. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is at westminster. i'm sure there will be many questions about schools because we've had that about ten on that? absolutely, some schools have been warning about this for some time. that all primary pupils now will not be going back before the summer as the government had intended for england. the education secretary saying it is just not going to be possible just now. that is something some schools have been telling us for some time, the fact that social distancing was going to have to be brought in and classrooms would be

limited to just 15 pupils that meant that many want itjust limited to just 15 pupils that meant that many want it just was limited to just 15 pupils that meant that many want itjust was not possible and it seems as if it will be september if not major before all primary pupils are back in england. things remember it slightly different in wales, they are looking towards the end ofjune, scotland and northern ireland looking towards august for that sort of thing to happen. the business secretary alec sharma is holding the briefing today and is also facing questions because next week we are supposed to start to see some nonessential shops opening up in england and again we know that businesses have been getting guidance on that from the government but ministers have not been talking about it much in recent days so i will not be surprised if there are also asked about that. the chief executive of the health and safety executive is going to be the press co nfe re nce safety executive is going to be the press conference attendee to date may be suggesting that the government feels they have still some reassuring to do after that

schools announcement. we knowjust 5296 schools announcement. we knowjust 52% of schools will open two more pupils, opened last week when they we re pupils, opened last week when they were able to do so. they may be some reassu ra nces were able to do so. they may be some reassurances that the government thinks it may have to give to workers in those nonessential shops and to all of us to make sure we feel safe to go back and do some shopping. there was talk about the pubs opening? yes, there had been chatter about beer gardens opening up in england to allow some people to sit and have a pint or a glass of wine outside. the signs from downing street at the moment are that plan is not being brought forward, it is seen as the next phase of the opening up plan. that is the one after that is due to start next week, which will not be until the start ofjuly. as things stand, if you are looking forward to having a ring outside a pub, it is probably

still going to