the funeral of george floyd — whose killing by us police triggered anti racism protests around the world — has been taking place in houston, texas. delivering the eulogy, the civil rights leader al sharpton called forjustice. mr floyd is being alongside his mother. the united nations is warning that coronavirus restrictions in north korea are pushing some people into starvation. north korea closed its border with china among other measures. it's yet to confirm a single case of the virus, although the true situation is unkown. the russian capital moscow has started easing its coronavirus lockdown. there are fears its too soon, as the city is recording thousands of new cases every day.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster, henry bonsu and the defence editor for the times, lucy fisher. let's look through some of the additions we've already got in. a picture of the statue of slave trader robert milligan being taken down in london's docklands earlier, is featured on the front page of the times — which reports that ‘dozens of statues could topple over slavery links‘. ‘toppling the past‘ reads the front of the daily mail, with another photo of that statue dangling from jcb — it has stood in the area for 200 years.

on the front page of the guardian, mps warn that an ‘urgent plan‘ is needed to get schools ready by september. it‘s after the government u—turned on reopening schools to more children ahead of the summer holidays. ministers have said they may not be open until september at the earliest. ‘take the rest of the year off‘ on the front page of the i — which reports on the potential knock on effect that schools being closed could have on parents‘ work and children‘s education. the daily express also leads on the impact of months of coronavirus, with news that the nhs could now have a general waiting list of up to ten million people by the end of the year. and finally on the front page of the daily telegraph, a photo of the queen and duke of edinburgh, to mark the duke‘s

99th birthday tomorrow. this official portrait was taken last monday at windsor castle. are isolating with a skeleton staff. so let‘s begin... the guardian and now lucy, the photograph obviously of george floyd‘s funeral. alongside that uk police still racist says neville lawrence the father of stephen click next event lawrence. what you make of this? i think he‘s a very powerful voice in the uk context of the debate over prejudice suffered by the bme community in the uk. and that‘s been awoken all over the world following the murder of george floyd. i think it is important that we listen to what he says. his son

brutally murdered as a teenager in an unprovoked racially attack in 1993. bungled police inquiry which was later found in the public inquiry to have resulted from incompetence and institutional racism. he‘s now saying more than 25 yea rs later racism. he‘s now saying more than 25 years later that the police have not lived up to their promises to reform and improve. and saying that in britain black people are still treated as second—class citizens. and that henry, is why the death of george floyd and this perceived sense of institutional racism with the police has been behind so many of these black lives matter demonstrations. which have been largely peaceful but of course marked by several dozen people taken violent action against the police. do you think that the british police asa do you think that the british police as a whole is still institutionally racist as well? most police officers let alone observers like me will acce pt let alone observers like me will accept that there are more than just accept that there are more than just a few bad apples. that was the

theory before. so william mcpherson of clu ny came theory before. so william mcpherson of cluny came up with this conclusion in 1999. then he concluded later that it was a collective failure of the institution. and we haven't seen enough evidence that has reform. you have to look at the statistics on stop and search and the use of pretty lethal tools like tasers, people say tasers are less lethal by 50,000 volts in your body going through your body, especially if your taste two or three times like some black men have, some of had died from successive taser in. sometime ago. we see disproportionate use of the tools that police have been given over the years. and that is why neville lawrence and others say the police are still institutionally racist. notjust that also, are still institutionally racist. not just that also, the recruitment and retention. the disproportionate use and retention. the disproportionate use of sanctions against black police officers come up of asian

caribbean and other senior officers for doing things or already delete mac allegedly doing things that white officers also did sort of expenses, etc, accused of fraud and then later acquitted. but the white office rs then later acquitted. but the white officers were not sanctioned and investigated in quite the same vigorous way. so we see this disproportionality both in terms of what happens to the staff but also the peaceful but not people who are supposed to receive quality service was up that's right neville lawrence is angry and feels there's been a betrayal by the police and the promises they made. promises they made by successive commissioners over the years. now we've had several police commissioners since 1999 and the picture although better in some areas overall is not what it should be. we are still way behind. let‘s go on to the mirror, lucy, a

picture on the top they‘re all roads lead to change. a reference to sasso roads, his statue in oxford with a call to have that removed because of his imperialist past. a modern figure really, to have so much controversy figure really, to have so much c0 ntrove i’sy over figure really, to have so much controversy over his statue. but a figure of hate for many people. also suppression of black. it‘s interesting what follows on what happened in bristol on sunday. the mayor of bristol said that that toppling was a piece of historical propellant. poet. is that how you feel that that‘s what‘s happening with other statues now? i'm glad to see reviews launched across the country. 130 labour lead councils have pledged to look into certain memorials, plaques, even street names. i think that's right. there

isa disk names. i think that's right. there is a disk balance and a lack of context around many statues. i don't think they are necessarily all need to be torn down but the black lives matter organisation has come up with a list of 60 particularly egregious examples across 30 towns. and i think we need to desegregate in a way, people like robert milligan who was a slaver, man of commerce built on the backs of slaves and black minority people. in other figures perhaps who may be had more of a mixed record who perhaps we can still look at some of the good works they've done but put that in my contacts. i think there is a difference to be drawn between certain categories. henry, that is a problem, is it? because some were philanthropists, bequeaths huge sums to their cities, to education, to hospitals to other areas as well. is

that something which blurs the issue for you as well? it doesn't really blur the issue because it‘s when somebody becomes a multimillionaire and the 18th century certainly by today‘s standards on the backs of industrial genocidal oppression of people who had been kidnapped from their land and then taken thousands of miles away and worked to death like a beast of burden. then endowing oxford college or a school doesn‘t make them virtuous and wise as the plinth to edward colson said in bristol. i do have some sympathy with the first black professor and scholar who said today if you remove the evidence you remove the deed. and these words or placards to be redrawn and a greater context to be given to the wording on the base of those. but at the same time i think most people walking around most cities have a got a clue how these who these people are. they may be

vaguely aware but they won't necessarily know more than that.- least what‘s happening now is forcing people to look in a 360 degrees way at the people who put the quotes great into britain, look at the legacy and work out where exactly we came from and how we can... and how history is a mixture of good and bad in brutality and of great... as most countries have. i mean, if this is the case, this reckoning, were seeing it all over the world particularly in industrialised countries. which made the bulk of their wealth from the 16th, 17th century onwards. so we are having statues of king leopold of belgium being taken down. a truly parenting series of atrocities committed and what was called the belgian congo in the late 19 and earlier 20th centuries. but people haven‘t really come to terms with that. you see, because the germans,

because it happened so recently and lives in recent memory went through a process of de—ratification. statu res were ta ken a process of de—ratification. statures were taken down in romania and to the communist heroes with the flaw fall of the soviet union in 1991. who chaired when a statue of saddam hussein was taken out in 19 93? we celebrate that but we should bea 93? we celebrate that but we should be a bit more imaginative in our response to what we saw in bristol. in some parts of this former soviet union is still statues to lennon. moving onto the times because that is the main picture in the times. your paper. let‘s move on from statues though and to what‘s can happen next week? nonessential shops to open. we now hear that zeus, safari park not reptiles but not schools. yes, i think a lot of people are glad to see the economy starting to turn on again after the remarkable lockdown measures imposed

since march. but i think there are huge question marks over the governments priorities and getting nonessential shops open. also reconfirming the attention the july four to open reconfirming the attention the july fourto open pubs, reconfirming the attention the july four to open pubs, restaurants, cafes and so—called if it's safe to do so. 9 million pupils may not be going back to school until september or beyond. missing six months of their education in a move that the children's commissioner has said to a lost generation. i'm not surprised tonight to see a lot of call by mps for the government to come up with an urgent plan to try to get people back into education as soon as possible. henry, this will hit the underprivileged note much worse. wouldn‘t? i was staggered by the figures. 700,000 pupils stilljoin zoom lessons because they have a net access to a computer. yeah, we're supposed to have sorted out the digital divide. at least ten or so yea rs digital divide. at least ten or so years ago. if you think about the

percentage the percentage of children who were eligible to go to school during the lockdown because of free school meals or came from disadvantaged backgrounds and actually did take advantage of the opportunity. it was only 25%. that shows you just how poor the planet was when it comes to that. yeah, there is concern about the lost generation. and it‘s real. but my other concern is that the government didn‘t do enough to plan properly when it came to extra capacity. we know what the school buildings are and head teachers will know what revisions they can make. but they could‘ve been supported in making further provision just as the nhs was when he came to those nightingale hospitals. it shows where the governments priorities lie. let's go to the daily express. covid—19 crisis, nhs waiting list could hit 10 million people. this is going to take months, years, isn‘t it? to work through. yes, striking

fa ct it? to work through. yes, striking fact and that story that already before the coronavirus crisis really took grip of the nation in march there were already for .5 million people on the waiting list for hospital operations 4.5 million cataract removals, hernia repairs etc. that has more than doubled to 9.8 million they think so far. joe shows yet again huge —— huge diversion from the pandemic. very concerning to see how that will be remediated, how they will work through that list and what the long—term damage will be for people who have had to wait for diagnostic and surgery and so forth. henry, this doesn‘t even take into account the potential second wave. this autumn and winter. yeah, look what's happening in other countries including the states where they have been rushing to unleash the economy

and end the lockdown. and we are seeing a spike in some of the states we re seeing a spike in some of the states were most gung ho. this can happen here in this country. notjust because a black lives matter and mass gatherings down at the beach, it‘s, the way the government strategy here it seems to be we mount must unleash the economy at all cost. and it could be of great concern if we have a second wave. to think about the statistics would have to watch. we can have to look at cancer statistics, would have to look at statistics for heart disease and time sensitive illnesses. which somehow people have forgotten about. but they are there and heart attacks kill more people than any other single health event in this country. okay. telegraph lucy, studies seem to contradict each other when presented with this bowl of bewildering flurry of information. who disagreeing with other reports of asymptomatic people but not quite

clear if they transmit as bad as before. telegraph scott a quite punchy headline, lightning is a bigger risk to pupils than covert. covid—19. they want a rational debate. this is a group of scientists from cambridge and oxford. yes, their contention, the seat thesis is that people after the age of 15 are more likely to die from a lightning strike or be hit by lightning than to die from coronavirus. i think it slightly misses the point. i think the suggestion was that pupils and young people should go back to school because they might be at a risk. it's more about their ability to carry it and pass it on to you. and their own parents and other people in the community may be elderly or have any out underlying problems that put them at risk. i do think the same time it shows these balance

that ministers and decision—makers have to make here. young people are the most at risk but the ones paying the most at risk but the ones paying the price in a way because they are missing out on their education as we've just spoken about. the government today has dropped plans for primary school children to go back before the summer. even now the previous suggested that all secondary schools would go back in september seems to be up in the air. whether they would all go back or whether it will be some. so clearly young people are missing out. two people who are elderly and managing to self—isolate still with quite a lot of space around them, perhaps more than other people. the queen and prince philip. who‘s been at windsor castle sent lockdown. prince philip, 99 tomorrow. and they are going to have, they are going to have a lunch with the queen, video chats from the rest of the family. it is extraordinary, is in a? how in the past three for monst the world

has just the past three for monst the world hasjust gone the past three for monst the world has just gone upside down. the past three for monst the world hasjust gone upside downm the past three for monst the world hasjust gone upside down. it really hasjust gone upside down. it really has but those who are certainly to theirfans has but those who are certainly to their fans symbols of great british continuity. you can consider the queens rain every ten years we celebrated all these jubilees. yet she still there on the throne. i think she‘s the longest lived monarch in the world. her reign as the longest of any monarch in the world now. she was in for a while i think it was the king of thailand was up and now he‘s passed away, she is. married for 72 years. the queen still rides every day. that's probably that‘s probably one of the reason beyond the genes that she‘s in sucha reason beyond the genes that she‘s in such a fine fellow. every so often we get a bit concerned about the duke but he is still there, ramrod straight. and looking as cantankerous as ever. he's looking quite serious. he‘s probably thinking my goodness, 99. lucy, you‘re not a picture of a toppled statue on the front page of the

times. but it‘s a nice picture, isn‘t it? as henry saying, in terms of leading from the front of the royal family it‘s a perfect picture for the telegraph in particular. yes and good to see the duke out and about. i believe that's the first image we've seen of him since he was seen leaving a private hospital on christmas eve. which wasjust before christmas, was in a? that seems a long time ago. henry and lucy thank you very much indeed for taking us through the first editions of the papers. that is it for the papers review. thanks again to henry and to lucy. coming up next we have some sport. hi there, good evening with your

sports news. clubs in league1 hi there, good evening with your sports news. clubs in league 1 and lead to formally voted to end the season early. both tables have been settled on points per game with promotion allegation and the playoffs all remaining. there are mixed emotions tonight. the coventry city, the joy of being promoted to the championship as champions for peterborough though, the agony of missing out on the league 1 peterborough though, the agony of missing out on the league1 playoff places by a point. you will hear from barry fry about that in a moment. first here‘s the coventry manager. we would've preferred the conventional way. wasn‘t the case, we can do that. and so many leagues it‘s been a very very difficult. the way we were there we were going in all fairness i‘ve never heard anybody say anything other than got god that we got it. which is nice. we felt that way but i don‘t think anybody in coventry or this title will be diminished. i've been in the

game for 60 years and without doubt this is the biggest, biggest disappointment. i feel my club beat have been cheated out of the chance of going into the championship. i really do. this points per game, i just don't see what's fair in it. while the chairman of the efl called a tough decision that he feels the sides are disappointed but feels ultimately clubs had little choice. the virus has really made the decision because it was extraordinarily difficult for clubs to carry on in reality. for a whole series of different reasons. if you look at the voting figures division by division in total the decision to curtail they were pretty much overwhelming. it wasn't a marginal decision. at the end of the day there are tough calls at the end of there are tough calls at the end of the season. do you get to the end of the season. do you get to the end of the season, teams are recko doing

that relegated they missing on the playoffs on goal difference. it's a game of find margins by definition. southgate says he‘s extremely proud how his players have spoken out on racism and campaign for charities during the coronavirus pandemic. the england manager said footballers have an opportunity to make a difference and he‘s been impressed with the actions of his players in recent weeks. i think i'm tremendously proud of the maturity so many of the players have shown. throughout this period. what rushford has done in terms of programme to get food into kids that need to be fed. henderson leading the nhs plays together scheme. they are moving onto the last few days where tyrone and raheem have spoken so eloquently about the situation that we are currently in. i think we have a group of players who understand they‘ve got an opportunity to make a difference.

that their voices are heard. but they do that with some responsibility as well. you sort of ta ke responsibility as well. you sort of take a step back and watch them with great admiration for the maturity that they are showing. next the west east cricket team has arrived in the ukfor east cricket team has arrived in the uk for the first international sports team to fly into brighton since the start of the pandemic. they landed at manchester airport this morning out of their test series for england which starts next month. all the players were tested for coronavirus before they left there were no positive results. the tea m there were no positive results. the team will spend three weeks in quarantine and hotel which is one of two bio secure grounds being used for the series. you know, it's really struck by the significance of those images of the west indies players arriving. they're in their team issued kids with their suitcases wearing face mask. what they will face is an initial two week period of quarantine and the cricket ground where they will be living in training. really in effect

they are everybody england is can be in quarantine. when they finished up their move down to southhampton 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. what they're doing is unprecedented. the fact that those tests were negative before they left the caribbean as a standard they will be tested today. that's no real surprise. because covid—19 has had such a limited impact on those islands compared to here in the uk. ithink for impact on those islands compared to here in the uk. i think for that reason alone you have to have respect for the players who've agreed to come on this tour. and england rugby union international says the pulling down of a statue of slave trader during the black lives matter protests in england was warranted. the bronze figure was torn down in bristol and thrown into the harbour on sunday. he grew up in the harbour on sunday. he grew up in the city also says the sport of by the city also says the sport of rugby need to do more to tackle inequality and to develop black

coaches. there's not many black coaches. there's not many black coaches are ethnic coaches. especially up here in england. i mean the only one of them actually aware of was paul howell. bristol who actually played bristol himself. other than that it started dominated by white males. in the game in general. obviously, not a problem but that'sjust the general. obviously, not a problem but that's just the foundation debate game is built on. i love to see black coaches in this game. i think me and marrow spoke about before. but it'sjust not hungry for it at the moment. more from that on the bbc sport website. for me and the bbc sport website. for me and the team that is all your support for now. good night. hello, we will look at the uk unsettled weather in a moment. but first one place that has seen high temperatures is the arctic circle, with temperatures reached 30 celsius on tuesday.

amazing to think can get that high. but that could be a june record. looking at our weather, it unsettled, we saw rain in the north—west yesterday. that was associated with an area of low pressure that is moving over the heart of the united kingdom. we are looking at an unsettled day. often cloudy with spells of rain that could be lengthy and heavy at times. some of the heaviest rain in the west. wales and north—west england. there will be some areas that don‘t see much rain. but i think they‘re be the lucky few. for most of us very wet with temperatures between 14 and 18. once the rain has moved south, this particular area of low pressure will deepen and move back and influence our

weather for six days. we have rain moving into england and wales. some of the heaviest rain could be in north—east england. it could turn very wet here for a time. and increasingly as we go through the next few days, when the rain does come, it will become heavy. thursday is a windier day and will feel more humid as well. for friday, we have got further bands of rain pushing north. probably the heaviest coming into the south. a chance of thundery down pours and may see some localised flooding. t less rainy weather in the north—west. that continues into the weekend. saturday, is a day of sunshine and heavy thundery showers. the showers could be intense and the he heaviest in wales and south—west england. humid and highs up to 24.