anger in the commons as the prime minister is accused of a lack of leadership in easing the coronavirus lockdown borisjohnson is accused of failing to take responsibilty for his failures in

getting children back to school. it's no good the prime minister flailing around trying to blame others. he can't have it both ways, mr speaker. it's one brief one day, another brief the next. we'll have reaction from westminster. also this lunchtime: councils under pressure to act as other controversial statues are targeted by protestors. a dire forecast for the global economy — the biggest downturn in peacetime in a century — with the uk hardest hit of developed countries. escape from lockdown — human beings will be allowed out to visit zoos and safari parks from next week. and calls to celebrate the nhs's 72nd birthday and thank key workers for their support during the pandemic — with a nationwide clap next month. and coming up in sport on bbc news: the merseyside derby a week on sunday — which could see liverpool win their first premier league title — will take place at everton‘s

goodison park — despite police concerns. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. boris johnson has been forced to defend his plans for reopening schools — in tetchy exchanges during prime minister's questions. after the government's u—turn on getting primary school children back before the summer break — labour leader sir keir starmer told him he needed to take responsibility for a mess — and accused him of flailing around and blaming others. borisjohnson hit back — saying he acknowledged parents want to get their kids back to school — but the government had to be extremely cautious. he said he would be announcing further measures on relaxing the lockdown later today. jessica parker reports.

the way out of lockdown always looked difficult, but decisions have to be made and explained. we come two questions to the prime minister. in prime minister's questions labour claimed the government's plans for getting schools back lie in tatters. it is no good the prime minister flailing around trying to blame others. a month ago today he made the announcement about schools without consulting the relevant parties, without warning about the dates and without any scientific backing for his proposal. it is time he took responsibility for his own failures. the prime minister labelling labour‘s approach is inconsistent. he cannot have it both ways, mr speaker. it is one brief one day, won the next. what the public want to have is some

consistency, and what i hope you will agree with me is that it is a good thing we have got 37% of kids in yearsix in good thing we have got 37% of kids in year six in our primary schools coming back and that is increasing the whole time. the scrapping of plans for a primary school children to return for a month before summer in england has caused deep concern. i think we need to see the government bringing forward a proper strategy for how children and young people's education is going to get started again. they have been out of school for months and they simply cannot continue without a plan to make sure they can kick start their education. he moved to open up nonessential shops are set to go ahead on monday. zoos can start taking visitors next week as well. careful, cautious, ministers' watchwords when it comes to easing the lockdown. it is a matter of what sectors open up and went but the

situation around schools has led to questions about the government's priorities. borisjohnson will questions about the government's priorities. boris johnson will take the downing street press conference later to talk about what will come next and perhaps also those decisions taken so far. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. when it comes to schools the prime minister is on the back foot. curious thing, borisjohnson must have known going into prime minister's questions the labour leader would attack him over schools. it has caused widespread dismay and yet he came with no a nswe i’s dismay and yet he came with no answers or ideas or suggestions or proposals forgetting schools back, and that is the central charge against borisjohnson. and that is the central charge against boris johnson. here's and that is the central charge against borisjohnson. here's a man without a plan. there is no clear strategy for ensuring schools are backin strategy for ensuring schools are back in place open by september the ist and that is a view notjust of the labour leader and the teaching unions but also a good number of

tory mps who detect a of candour and they say if classrooms are the problems why is the government not putting porta kabins problems why is the government not putting portakabins in playgrounds? why not requisition empty office space? use libraries or theatres, as they do in denmark? if it is a problem about getting enough teachers because they are self isolating or shielding, then like they did with the nhs, appeal to retired teachers are private tutors oi’ retired teachers are private tutors or teaching graduates? not on these over the lack of a plan is coupled with the fear that for some reason schools do not seem to be a priority and when it came to the nhs we had nhs nightingale wards set up in a fortnight but no one is talking about nightingale classrooms and that chinese has been compounded by this decision to open zoos with

critics saying why is it ok for children to go and look at hyenas but for some reason it is not ok to get them back into school looking and learning from teachers? thank you. there's been a warning the uk economy is set to be the hardest hit among the world's developed countries because of the pandemic. our economics correspondent, andy verity, is here. what i have saying? this is pretty dire. yes. we have a global economy shrinking by 6%, the biggest decline they have had in the whole 60 year history they have predicted for the world economy, and within that the uk economy is not looking good. they are predicting growth will be -11.5%, are predicting growth will be -ii.5%, the are predicting growth will be —ii.5%, the economy shrinks by 11.5% in 2020 and rises not so much in a v shape but it is a lot slower so it will not get back up by the end of

2021 to where it was in 2019 and that has big implications for unemployment as well. we are looking ata unemployment as well. we are looking at a rise from 3.9% at the start of this year, the lowest in 45 years, up this year, the lowest in 45 years, up to 11.7%, predicting in the third quarter of this year. they are saying that is on a good scenario if we only have one wave of infections. if we have a second wave it looks a lot worse and we have 14.8% unemployment predicted. thank you. many councils are reviewing statues and landmarks with links to the uk's colonial past. last night a statue of a former slave owner was removed from outside the london docklands museum. charlotte rose reports. faces from britain's past. but for how much longer? the future of statues and icons which have for centuries stood public places across the uk are now under scrutiny in the wake of the

black lives matter protest. 130 labour councils will review controversial monuments in their towns and cities. but in some places, that will come too late. in now infamous scenes, protesters in bristol pulled down a statue of 17th—century slaver edward colston over the weekend. whilst in london's docklands, the council took the decision to remove that of robert milligan, an 18th—century merchant and slave owner. i know a lot of people said that coulston's removal was a degree of thuggery, but i'd compare the removal a symbolic gesture very similar to when the berlin wall was pulled down in 1989. that was seen as the start of a new exciting germany and maybe this should be the start of a new exciting bristol. after a n u nsuccessful campaignfouryears ago, protesters in oxford are now

hoping to convince the university to remove a statue of the 19th imperialist cecil rhodes which they believe is a symbol of the oppression of black people. the university's chancellor disagrees. there is a bit of hypocrisy in oxford taking money from 100 scholars a year, about a fifth of them from africa. to come to oxford and then say we want to throw the statue in the thames. and it is notjust in the uk that such monuments are under debate. in antwerp in belgium, a statue of king leopold ii who was responsible for the genocide of ten million people in the congo was defaced and has now been taken down. many more could be consigned to the scrapheap of history. the hollywood epic gone with the wind has been dropped from us television because of its depiction of slavery. media organisations — including the bbc — are reappraising some

of their content in the wake of the protests over george floyd's death. our media editor, amol rajan, is here. some are saying these are the opening shots in a culture war. this was based on a 1936 novel by margaret mitchell and it shows sleeves who are not on the content with their lot but continue to be obedient after abolition. as a film it was very successful. the highest grossing film of all time, it won ten oscars. it is notjust about one film or statue, it is about whether you apply modern standards to history, even while recognising that those modern standards are fluid and will one day itself belong to the scrapheap of history. whether it is statues of long dead men, it does a lwa ys statues of long dead men, it does always seem to be men, or whether it

is firms like gone with the wind or programmes like little britain, it isa programmes like little britain, it is a global movement emerging saying we should reappraise our heritage. of course it is fraught with difficulty because where does it end? i have the collected works of tintin which i am reading with my next heritage son. you can apply this to lots of different aspects of our culture but this is the culture war powered by digital media which william faulkner said the past is never dead, it is not even passed. thank you. ten million people in england could be waiting for medical treatment by the end of the year, because of the backlog caused by coronavirus. the nhs confederation, which represents hospital trusts, says the health service is facing an uphill battle to restart normal treatments while still dealing with the pandemic. richard galpin reports. for months, staff in many hospitals

have battled to save the lives of tens of thousands of people infected by coronavirus. but now increasingly they are also under pressure to treat people with other serious illnesses such as heart disease, stroke and cancer. capacity to treat then is around half of what it should be. staff burn—out and the need for social distancing measures in hospitals part of the reason. we are trying to rebuild services as covid—19 is still around within our hospitals and within our communities. and it will take time and it will take patience to try and build up services to where they were before the outbreak. and it will take even longer to try and deal with the huge backlog that has built up during this crisis. seventy—year—old marion is frustrated and in pain. the operation she needs for a knee replacement keeps being rescheduled.

the thing that concerns me is that as time goes on my condition is probably worsening. and in my bleakest moments i think is it going to get to the stage where it is inoperable? there is criticism now that the nhs should already be back on course to treat patients with a range of different illnesses. there's always this worry about a second wave, winter pressures, all sorts of things that could happen. but if we don't deal with cancer and heart disease and mental health now we are going to have far more problems than covid ever caused this year. but the nhs confederation says it won't be possible to switch on all nhs services immediately. instead, it says, we should manage people's expectations. richard galpin, bbc news. the scottish government has given its first update on the strategy to trace contacts of people infected with coronavirus.

our correspondent, lorna gordon, is in glasgow. what did they say? test and trace has been running in scotland and england forjust has been running in scotland and england for just under two has been running in scotland and england forjust under two weeks and today we got the first figures as to how it has been operating in scotland. the first minister telling msps in the scottish parliament between the 28th of may and sunday just passed, the 7th ofjune, there we re just passed, the 7th ofjune, there were 681 cases where people tested positive and who have gone or are going through what he is called the test and protect system. contact tracing has been completed for 481 cases, that is texting, e—mailing or affording the contacts of those who have tested positive and asking those people who have tested positive for the ad they have been in contact with and 481 people were traced. those individuals

in turn told to self—isolate for 1h days evenif told to self—isolate for 1h days even if they are not sick. these are relatively small numbers at the moment because the number of people who are testing positive is relatively small but this test and protect system aims to break the transmission of the virus and of course that is really important as lockdown eases, and we expect of the reduction in the number of deaths here in scotland is sustained to see further easing of long—term measures towards the end of next week. thank you. our top story this lunchtime. the labour leader, sir kier starmer, has accused the prime minister of failing to plan properly for the safe reopening of schools. the prime minister said labour's position on the issue was confused. and we talk to the west indies captain , about cricket after a fortnight in quarantine. coming up on bbc news.

in sport — 20 time tennis grand slam champion roger federer won't play again this year after having another knee operation. it's notjust the coronavirus itself which is proving fatal around the world — but also the measures to deal with it. in india 300,000 children could die from severe malnutrition — after millions of daily wage earners were laid off during the lockdown — and are now struggling to feed their families. divya arya reports. too much hunger, too little food. withjobs gone, it's a fight for survival. hunger was always an issue here. but this desperation is new. for these children just outside the capital delhi, even one meal a day now feels

like a triumph. shiva is just one—month—old. his parents rely on daily wages to buy food, and like millions of others, they lost work after the government announced a lockdown in march. translation: we used to cook rice, rotis and vegetables before the lockdown. our children ate well. now they remain hungry because we have no money and no work. these children are too young to understand why this is happening. children under five are vulnerable to severe malnutrition. india is the worst in the world, with one in five children affected. and that might have become much worse. so this is almost a perfect storm for this region,

with a very vulnerable population, the declining quality and quantity of diets and without the access to the essential services that children need to prevent and treat malnutrition. for more than 45 years, the indian government has run a child development scheme to provide essential vitamins and nutrients to children up to the age of six through centres known as the anganwadis. but during the coronavirus lockdown, most of the more than 1 million anganwadi centres such as this were shut down. now some of them are trying to home deliver a much smaller quantity of food supplements at a time when they are most critical for young child ren‘s development. now it's ordinary citizens who have stepped up, like this man who has been distributing one hot meal a day to 500 children for the past two months. but that is hardly enough. translation: i can provide one or two meals but children need

breakfast, lunch and dinner. they're not getting the nutrition they need. despite a surge in coronavirus cases, the lockdown is easing. the government has a huge dilemma. how to stop the deadly spread of the disease and protect the most vulnerable, particularly children, from hunger and even starvation. they haven't yet found all the answers. divya arya, bbc news. swedish prosecutors say they have finally solved the mystery of who killed the country's prime minister, olof palme, 3a years ago. they say a graphic designer called stig engstrom — who died 20 years ago — was the likely assassin. the centre—left statesman was shot dead in stockholm in 1986. the case has now been closed. one of the country's top drama schools — where dame judi dench and sir laurence olivier studied — has admitted

to institutional racism. the bosses of the royal central school of speech and drama in north london are meeting a group of actors from ethnic minorities who say they were subject to racist abuse and discrimination. colin paterson reports. danny. danny, no, we're mates. we videophoned. shaniqua okwok has just been in the itv hit, van der valk. but she was left angry last week when the royal central school of speech and drama in north london where she studied posted online support for black lives matter. for shaniqua, the school was the place she had experienced racism for the first time. it started during a movement lesson. you were meant to comment what you think you see from the body and you're meant to give it a movie title. and his response was "chain gang". and that was something i thought the teacher would stop, however the teacher decided to...

..over analyse why the student had come to that conclusion. that really diminished me. rhys weathers was appearing onstage with david mitchell in the olivier nominated upstart crow when lockdown began. his experience at central was similar. at that particular moment in time there wasn't any prop guns available at central, for whatever reason. and the person directing that sort of scene, their reaction was well, i'm sure you know how to source those, don't you? and i sort of looked at them with a deadpan face and that turned into an awkward laugh. what happened this month to stop the payments? elliot barnes—worrell, who worked with stephen spielberg in ready player one, and was also in van der valk,

graduated from central in 2012. i'm trying to edge away from anecdotes of black trauma and black pain because i don't think this is what this is about. but there is a culture of racism and bullying currently at central. where they assume that you don't know things. now former students have worked together to write a reform plan which they delivered to the drama school. they have a meeting today with staff to discuss their proposals. we want to hold central accountable and that means that we think there should be an external body that can regulate and really see if the school is matching the requirements of this document. ensuring that the students who are coming in are safe within their learning. since people have been speaking out it has become apparent that it is a universal problem within the institution, so i guess those changes need to be implemented top—down. i just want everyone to feel like they can go to drama school, and currently drama school isn't a safe place for a person of colour to be at. central have apologised for institutional, systemic and overt racism and say they will learn from shared experiences and act upon them

to effect transformational change. colin patterson, bbc news. zoos and safari parks in england will be allowed to reopen next week. the return of visitors after nearly three months will come as a huge relief to those in charge of looking after the animals — amid warnings that some faced financial ruin. holly hamilton reports from chester zoo. after weeks of fearing for its future, a huge step in the right direction. the government's latest easing of lockdown restrictions will allow the reopening of outdoor attractions in england and that includes zoos. we're not out of the woods yet. as you said, we've lost £5 million worth of income and when we do open our doors on monday, we will be on limited capacity. so it's going to be a long struggle over the rest of the summer and into next year as well. just last week, chester zoo was told it would have to remain shut indefinitely during lockdown. which is bad news for a place that relies on 97% of its funding from ticket sales.

now, in the last week, the zoo says it has been overwhelmed by the support from the public. in fact, a justgiving page set up last week has raised over £2 million. with even a major supermarket chain offering to adopt the zoo's colony of penguins. from individuals, schoolkids, care homes, even to local businesses as well. just yesterday, i was picking up animal bedding from a local company and the support has been... ..has been huge and overwhelming, really. chester is not the only zoo which has been struggling to stay afloat. last month, london zoo said it faced a perilous future. and the head of knowsley safari park in merseyside has been speaking of the ongoing challenge ahead. it costs us about £400,000 a month to run the safari, even in the lockdown stage. and by this stage we probably... we're about £3 million behind what we were this time last year. the reopening of zoos and safari parks is on the condition that

social distancing guidelines are in place. something chester zoo has been working hard to establish. but they are reminding visitors to book in advance online to avoid a stampede on monday. holly hamilton, bbc news, chester. the captain of the west indies cricket team has told the bbc he feels assured their tour of england will be safe. west indies will play three test matches within a bubble of bio—security, starting next month. jason holder has been speaking to our correspondent, joe wilson. from the moment they arrived in manchester in facemasks we knew that this was different. west indies cricketers on tour in extraordinary circumstances. old trafford is where they will practice initially and where they will live. the venues to stage test matches both have an on—site hotel and the squad will not leave the grounds during the entire seven week's tour. it is called

by security. this morning the captain told me that he felt safe. if you put yourself in the position of a health care worker by someone who has worked on the front line of this pandemic, they've not had the opportunityjust to pandemic, they've not had the opportunity just to sit pandemic, they've not had the opportunityjust to sit back at home and run from the virus, they've had to be full on and we are fortunate we have not been in that position but having said that at some point in time you've got to make an effort to get back to some kind of normality. a lot of people are crying out for cricket. jason holder is captain of the west indies at a time when the black lives matter campaign is usually significant to many people around the world. his focus is the unifying power of sport. racism must stop, it is not a nice thing no matter what way you look at it. but for us to sit and get completely ta ken look at it. but for us to sit and

get completely taken up by it, it may distract us from what we are looking to do. for us to channel some of it into the right direction, again some people are driven that way and that definitely could be a motive but for me it is all about equality. england players have been practising in isolation scattered around the country for matches, they must have opposition and for those who build their summer around cricket they know that the west indies have saved it. health service leaders are calling on people tojoin in a special day of celebration next month, to pay tribute to nhs staff and other key workers. as well as urging communities to take part in a huge round of applause on sunday the 5th ofjuly — the day regarded as the birthday of the nhs — they want people to light a candle to remember those who've died. mark easton has more. three, two, one... applause. britain is counting down

to what it's hoped will be a national moment of thanks and have a celebration, for the nhs, but also for everyone who supported and protected the health service during the pandemic. at the royal papworth hospital in cambridgeshire, staff have been on the front line. but when it emerged there was a shortage of protective clothing, people in nearby villages responded. a sewing circle got to work, using bed sheets and curtains to make tops and trousers for doctors and nurses. people like dawn, who is shielding from the virus in the fens village of witchford. i was at a loose end and having the scrubs to make has been wonderful because it gives me a sense of purpose. up and down the country, people have been doing their bit. and at pa pworth, like every hospital, they say the rainbows have been sunshine in the rain. without their support some of us might break down, so knowing that the public was behind us, you know, it sort of gave you a strength. it has really kept us going, to be honest. the support from everybody has been fantastic. nhs staff clap the community and the community claps the nhs.

the women of witchford have spent the long weeks of lockdown showing their appreciation with needle and thread. it definitely makes me feel good to be able to do something. and it's been kind of a family effort. my mum has been doing the ironing and pressing and my dad is helping with the cutting out. it has been a lot of work, i would say that. for people like adriana in the linen department of papworth, the weekly clap for carers has been welcome recognition for the work of those who are often seen as the unsung heroes of the nhs. it is makes me feel nice, good. i am somebody, i can help with the stuff i do, it is important. you feel appreciated ? yes. actually, yes. july the 5th is the official birthday of the nhs so this year the hope is for applause to commemorate an extraordinary national effort. the idea is to distil the community spirit that has been flowing throughout this pandemic and strengthen it for the months and

years ahead. with backing from nhs leaders, churches and charities as well as famous and not so famous faces, the hope is for the country to join together to remember, to give thanks, and to learn from the pain of pandemic. mark easton, bbc news, cambridgeshire. the duke of edinburgh is celebrating his 99th birthday. he's spending the day at windsor castle, where he and the queen have been staying during the lockdown. this photo was taken in the castle's grounds during sunny weather last week. time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. the weather story over the next few days is a real mess. a cloudy start for many with some light rain moving to the east. these darker blue areas mean the art

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