we take their manes off for safety reasons because when they're in harness, it could all get all attached and tangled up. units like the king's troop royal horse artillery exist to take the lead in big ceremonial and state occasions. prepare to walk! all of which have been cancelled since march due to coronavirus. in normal times, trooping the colour would be one of the high points of the year. we march past her majesty the queen first. out of all the mounted regiments, who is our captain general, so it's a huge honour, the opportunity to present not only our own guns but the guns of the entire royal regiment of artillery to her majesty is a great privilege. a great privilege which new recruits like emma will miss out on this year, at least. she has spent lockdown on site, looking after the small number of horses who've been stabled here throughout. i'm looking forward to going to the parades and just getting out

there in front of the public eye. i think that's really important to show off what we can do, and i want to be a part of that. here at the barracks, they are champing at the bit to get back out on parade with humans and horses ready to resume their official duties as soon as it's deemed safe to do so. sarah campbell, bbc news, woolwich barracks. time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith lucas. hello. we've already had a fair bit of rain around over the last 2a hours, particularly across parts of northern england and for many of us, more rain on the cards over the next few days. this is the picture out there at the moment in surrey, cloud increasing during the morning and we could see some heavy showers later. over the next few days, many of us, there will be a mixture of sunny spells, quite warm and as the humidity rises, that's going to spark some heavy and thundery

showers. the areas most likely to see thunderstorms today across the south—west of england come into south wales, tomorrow that risk pushes across wales, the north west of england and by the time we get to sunday, thunderstorm risks across northern ireland but nowhere immune to seeing a few of those heavy downpours as we move into the weekend. all courtesy of this area of low pressure sitting across the bay of biscay, pushing north across the uk bringing us unsettled weather. for the rest of the afternoon some heavy downpours across much of southern england, pushing towards the midlands. pretty worn out there, temperatures round about 20 degrees, cooler where you have cloud and rain, especially across the north—east of england. this area of rain easing as we head into the ceiling and night, pushing across the east of scotland, heavy showers pushing north across england and wales. quite blustery winds, you may well hear the odd rumble of thunder overnight. quite a muggy night out there, temperatures holding up between ten and 13 degrees. the weather tomorrow will bea degrees. the weather tomorrow will be a day of sunny spells and

scattered showers. claudia for parts of scotland, a few showers in the east, a brighter, drier day for northern england and northern ireland compared to today. further south, heavy showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon, about apm, we see some thunderstorms pushing across the south—west of england, into wells, across the midlands and east anglia, likely to stay dry for most of the day, much of northern england and northern ireland, some spells of sunshine. cloudy skies for scotland tomorrow, compared to today. one or two showers especially in the north and east. some of the heavy downpours with hail and thunder pushing their way northwards as we head through saturday night come into sunday, we expect a similar date. some sunshine, feeling warmer, humid, thatis sunshine, feeling warmer, humid, that is going to spark some thunderstorms, especially later in the day towards the west and with lighter winds by the time we get to sunday, if you catch one of these heavy showers or thunderstorms, they are likely to be quite slow moving. going to feel quite warm and humid,

you may well have to dodge some of the heavy downpours for the next few days. sarah, thank you. a reminder of our top story. the british economy shrank by a fifth in april — more than expected — as result of the first full month of lockdown. that's all from the bbc news at one so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. enjoy news teams where you are. your weekend. goodby good afternoon. i'm holly hamilton with your support this lunchtime. we start with some bad news for formula 1 — three more races have been axed from this season's calendar. the grand prix's in azerbaijan, singapore and japan have all now been cancelled. theyjoin an increasingly long list which includes the curtain—raiser in australia — all scrapped due to the pandemic. in fact, 10 of the original 22 races on the calendar won't be taking place this

season. the only black member on the board of uk athletics is calling for greater representation at senior levels across britain's 12 biggest sports. paralympic racer, anne wafula strike says says the current state is appalling. how come i'm the only black person on one of these boards? i think itjust really shows that we really need to be doing something as the sporting community. it is wrong. can you imagine all the black young people, even those ones who represent this country, when they look around these big boards they cannot see any versions of themselves? the premier league's back next week — and more plans for how that will work safely have been revealed. there'll be no ball boys or girls attending matches. the players have also been asked to avoid spitting and to stick to social distancing guidelines when they celebrate goals. no facemasks will be

required. but the clubs also say that they will wear heart—shaped badges on their shirts in a tribute to front line nhs staff. this season's fa cup final is going to be renamed the heads up fa cup final. it's to support the season—long mental health campaign that's being led by the duke of cambridge — who is president of the football association. the final is currently due to be played on 1st august and the duke says it's an opportunity to promote positive mental health for everyone. chatting to some of the arsenal squad, he also tried to do a bit of transfer business for his team aston villa. i just want to say to pierre, i hope you're at aston villa next year, pierre. laughter i thought i'd put that in just in case. mikel and i will have some words later. laughter i think he looked a bit nervous there! the draw‘s been made

for jamie murray's charity tennis tournament — the battle of the brits and is due to take place next month. our tennis correspondent is russell fuller — there may be no wimbledon next month — but we will have some tennis. tell us more about the battle of the brits? a fairly afairly high a fairly high profile event when you consider what is possible at the moment, the top eight british players will be in the draw and andy murray will play his first match since november's davis cup finals where he first picked up an issue with his bruised pelvic bone which kept him off tour at the start of this year, and even though he is thinking about coming back to play perhaps in miami, lockdown began just before that and his plan was scuppered. he has been drawn in the group with kyle edmund, liam broady and james group with kyle edmund, liam broady andjames ward. group with kyle edmund, liam broady and james ward. the other group will make up jack draper, jay and james ward. the other group will make upjack draper, jay clarke, cameron norrie and dan evans and there was a socially distanced draw conducted byjenni murray and it took place at the national tennis centre in london where the event

will take place from during the 23rd and they were all spaced out on the court at the national tennis centre and each player or doubles pair had and each player or doubles pair had a nickname. andy murray's was the one—hit wonder. a nickname. andy murray's was the one-hit wonder. i see what you did there! slightly cruel. ——janie murray. there is no wimbledon next month but the bbc has announced what it will do to fill a pretty significant hole. there will be lots of tennis on bbc television during the fortnight, clare balding will have highlights from years gone by every weekday afternoon, sue barker will be on air from every weekday afternoon, sue barker will be on airfrom eight every weekday afternoon, sue barker will be on air from eight o'clock in the evening with a bit more of the same and chat and analysis, tim henman will be with her. also, boris becker and martina navratilova and john mcenroe and at weekends lots of feature material, andy murray's greatest hits, countdown of the best singles finals of all time over what should have been finals weekend and on the sunday nightjust after the men's final should have finished, they will be the chance to see the

documentary the one day taking us back 12 months to see the amazing day when of novak djokovic beat roger federer and england won the cricket world cup at lord's. russell fuller. thank you. that is all your support for now but i will have more for you in the next hour. thank you, a bit more from you later. good afternoon, you're watching bbc news, i'mjane hill to ta ke watching bbc news, i'mjane hill to take you through the next hours of coronavirus news and much more besides. we will start with the gdp figures because they are figures for april which saw the economy shrink by a fifth. the prime minister has been giving his reaction to the numbers, and was also asked about calls from his own mps to reduce the social distancing guidance to one metre, and about the recent wave of anti—racism protests across the uk. let's hear from the let's hearfrom the prime let's hear from the prime minister.

we have always been in no doubt this would be a serious public health crisis but also have big, big economic knock—on effects. i'm not, i'm afraid, surprised by the figures we have seen. the uk is heavily dependent on the services, we are a dynamic, creative economy, we depend so much on human contact. we have been very badly hit by this. but we are also amazingly resilient and creative. we will bounce back. and i think one of the things that the uk has got right in this crisis has been the way we have tried to handle the workforce, tried to make sure people are protected with the furloughing scheme and many other schemes we have put in place. but what i want to do now is work slowly to get the economy back on its feet. you will have seen the measures that we announced for monday. there will be more coming, as you know, onjuly 4th. and i think slowly confidence will return and you will see a bounce back in the uk. but what we are going

to do as government going beyond is really, very simply, and i'll be saying a lot more about this obviously in the next few weeks. but we are going to be doubling down on our agenda of uniting and levelling up infrastructure, technology, education, investment in our future, building the platform that business needs for growth. that's the programme that the government is embarked on. but we will be saying an awful lot more in the next few weeks. so from monday it's shops, a lot more on hospitality from the beginning of next month, and then really trying to get things moving again. at the moment, the guidance is that two metres is right. clearly, once you get the numbers down, so the number of infections in the community is right, right down. for instance, at the moment, probably one in 1,000, maybe one in 1,600 actually have coronavirus amongst us all.

and that will continue, that number will continue to get, that proportion will continue to get smaller and smaller. as that happens, the risk of any of us being next to someone whether two metres or one metre, or one centimetre away from somebody else who has the virus, that risk becomes much, much lower. so what we are looking for is the moment where we have got the numbers down, i won't give you a figure. but i want to see, and we are working with the scientists, to work out a moment where the numbers are down so far that we can really say that the two—metre rule is no longer necessary. what i can tell you is we are doing a review right now, or keeping it under review, and obviously as we make further progress i hope to say more. but i must stress, the way for us all to get there is for us to continue to drive down the virus, and you know how to do it, wash your hands, follow

the rules, isolate if you have to get a test. to and get a test. one quick follow—up on that. the r number in england today is estimated between 0.8 and 1. it is not going down, it is stubbornly staying where it is. so at the moment it's just not conceivable, do you think, that we can move from two to one in the near future? well, dan, i don't want to... the r is governed largely by... there are three epidemics, in care homes, in the nhs and in the community. and at the moment the vast proportion, probably 80% of the infections or the epidemic, are really in care homes, or nosocomial infections in the nhs. so, there are complex issues there are about the risks that the whole of the community faces with the r. so the r can be at, or slightly below, or close to one. but the crucial thing... let mejust...

but it needs to come down for you to reduce it from two metres? the crucial thing is the overall rate of infections that we're seeing, the overall rate of infections in the country, in the community, the rates of new hospital admissions are very important, and that's where we will make the judgment. and if i could ask you about the protests we saw last weekend. yes, of course. we are expecting more this weekend. what is your message to those people who want to go and protest, who will inevitably break social distancing rules to do so, and also the small number of people who are content on doing damage and destruction? well, what i would say to everybody thinking about this issue is, i totally understand why people feel outraged, certainly about what happened in minnesota and the death of george floyd. everybody understands people's legitimate right to protest against discrimination, against racism in our society. i think this is a country that has made huge progress in tackling racism.

and you know, we should look sometimes at the positive stuff. we have more young black and minority ethnic kids going to university than ever before, more black kids doing the toughest subjects at school, doing better than ever before in school but we don't hear enough of this positive stuff. what makes me sad about what is happening today is that you have a situation in which the statue of winston churchill, who is a national hero, has had to be boarded up forfear of violent attack, and that to me is both absurd and wrong. you should not have a situation in which people who are protesting on one basis are violently attacking the police or public property. and i'm afraid what's happened with these demonstrations is that a tiny minority, or a growing minority, actually, unfortunately,

have hijacked them and they are using them as a pretext to attack the police, to cause violence and to cause damage to public property. so unfortunately my message to everybody is that, for all sorts of reasons, they shouldn't go to these demonstrations. and whatever our feelings about the cause, we should not support a demonstration that is in all probability, looking at what's happened before, going to end in deliberate and calculated violence. so, i'm afraid that is my message. but we will continue to make progress as a society in tackling racism, and that is the substance of the issue. a very quick question on those that do commit disruption and violence, lots of people watched what happened last weekend were appalled by what they saw and didn't feel the authorities came down hard enough on those people, so what are you going to do if people do commit disruption going into this weekend, are you

going into this weekend, are you going to do anything extra police was 01’ going to do anything extra police was or with the courts to make sure those people are brought to justice? i saw the police this morning and they have already made hundreds of arrests in the last few days. they will make many more because, believe me, they can see the culprits. the culprits may think that they have got away with it but they haven't because overwhelmingly they are being recorded with body one camera, and will bring them to justice and they will face the full face of the law. —— body war on camera. it is not acceptable to attack a police officer in this country and not a cce pta ble officer in this country and not acceptable to set out in a cath —related way to do damage to public property, let alone to a statue of winston churchill. that is the approach we will take. the prime minister speaking to journalists in the last hour or so talking about lots of issues, the black lives matter protests there at the end, and of course, today's gdp figures. that is our main headline on bbc

news. the uk's economy shrank by a fifth in april because of the coronavirus lockdown. it's worse than economists predicted. less—rigorous checks of eu goods are likely after brexit to help uk businesses struggling with the impact of coronavirus. borisjohnson says it is shameful that statues are having to be boarded up because of concerns they'll be vandalised. during lockdown, the un estimated that domestic abuse had increased by 20% globally. this meant that vital services were not reaching people who were trapped with their abuser. but women all over the world have been setting up their own grassroots efforts to help vulnerable women in their own communities. our correspondent megha mohan has spoken with four women who set up projects to help their neighbours in need.

alone and together, these women in the west bank are banging their pots and pans in protest against domestic violence. the un says cases of domestic abuse during the global pandemic have increased by 20%. so now women all over the world have taken matters into their own hands to help other women in their neighbourhoods. during the west bank's eight—week lockdown, people stood on their balconies in the neighbourhood to let vulnerable women know that their homes were open to them. rabab who's a woman's counsellor has been using instagram and whatsapp to reach out to vulnerable women who may be trapped with their abusers. in own language:

more then 4000km away, in india, women have also set up a local phone line to take calls from isolated women. in own language: the provinces that make up the area have some of the highest numbers of domestic violence in india. by taking dozens of calls a day, organising food deliveries,

see she can check in regularly with these women so they aren't trapped alone. it's impossible to socially distance in built—up, poorer communities. brazil has one of the highest rates of domestic violence. government figures suggest that every two minutes, an act of violence against women is committed in the population of over 200 million people. in mare slum, one of the largest in rio, people can live with more than ten people in one house, sometimes with their abusers. this woman is a community leader in mare, she has employed women who may be in abusive homes to cook for the homeless during the pandemic. in own language: during the one—month lockdown in houston, texas, a group of students used social media and dressed in denim

so women could approach them if they needed help. for a lot of people, staying at home could lead to potentially worse health outcomes and very dangerous situations. these volunteers delivered food to dozens of vulnerable women who had been in touch. inside are messages telling them where they can get help if they need it. although many global lockdowns are easing, the world health organization says countries must be on alert for a second wave of covid—19 infections. coronavirus has shown us the importance of local community and, for these women, the strength that comes from looking after each other. megha mohan, bbc news. rapper stormzy has pledged £10 million to organisations and charities tackling racial inequality in the uk. he said the country continuously

fails to admit that black people have been at a constant disadvantage in every aspect of life. ashley john—ba ptiste has been hearing some of their experiences. four black men from different walks of life, but there's one thing they all have in common — experiences of racism. guys, as black men, what's been your experience of racism in the uk? so this time last year, i was racially profiled by the police. i was coming home from football with a mate of mine and we drove up to my house. a couple of officers, i think six or seven of them, they arrested me on suspicion of arson, and i was so confused. i was locked up for 2h hours and didn't have a phone call for the first, like, ten hours. the case went on for five months and then it was dropped. the ptsd and the trauma that comes with that situation, i still go through it until today. dayo didn't make a formal complaint about his arrest, but in the last financial year over 1,200 black people in england and wales made complaints

about the police, and according to the home office, black men are three times more likely to get arrested in england and wales compared to white men. adam, from birmingham, first experienced what he calls racism at school. it was your teacher asking you if you speak english, that kind of stuff. it was going to play the cello and having cello lessons and then being told that basically your face doesn't fit. will says racism is a regular occurrence, but was especially impacted in the workplace. i run a successful business now, but before that i was working in the city as a recruitment consultant. one of my managers comes up to me one day because i was really hard working and was like, "oh, you're hungry for money just like our nigerian contractors, aren't you?" i'm actually looking with my wife and daughter to completely leave the country. i'm looking to move to ghana in west africa, where my parents are from, because i think the problem is so deep rooted in society that you can't escape it. ric's first encounter of discrimination was as a foster

child in bournemouth. when i was seven and i was privately fostered with white parents, they called me the n word behind closed doors. yeah, it was a crazy period. do you think things will change as a result of the black lives matter protests? i think people are more aware, more enlightened than before. i think a lot of people are. i'm still seeing pockets of society that are refusing to acknowledge it's even a thing, it's even a problem. while many welcome the current spotlight that's been put on racism, for dayo, it's uncertain whether real change will take place. i think things can definitely change. will it change? i'm not completely sure. like the guys have said, it's literallyjust like it's ingrained into the dna of the uk. ashleyjohn—baptiste, bbc news. uber has announced that it will make face coverings mandatory for drivers and passengers across the uk from monday.

until now, the minicab app firm has been urging people to stay home for their safety and the safety of drivers who've been making essential trips. but today, the company says measures have been introduced to ensure that every driver can access the ppe. and from monday, anyone using uber will be required to wear a face covering. much more coming up, from tpm we will talk about those economic figures, a big contraction in the economy as a result of coronavirus, and much more besides. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. it is a very mixed picture weather—wise out there for the rest of today. for some of us, there is a bit of warm sunshine around and a fair amount of cloud out there too. this was the picture taken earlier on in east sussex. we have some big downpours and thunderstorms and over the next few days there will be some

sunshine breaking through but as those temperatures turn increasingly warm, humidity rises too, we expect some thundery downpours. the areas most likely to see thunderstorms today are across the south—west of england into wales, and by tomorrow the thunderstorm risk pushes further north, particularly through parts of north wales, the midlands as well, and by the time we get to sunday it is north wales and northern ireland are most prone to seeing heavy showers and thunderstorms. but nowhere immune to a few heavy showers over the next few days, down to the fact that this area of low pressure centred around the bay of biscay at the moment is pushing its way northwards across the uk. pretty warm out there so temperatures this afternoon quite widely around 17—21d. a little bit cooler around the east coast where we have more cloud and also some rain that's been persistent across northern england. this evening into tonight, the rain pushes across eastern scotland. further south, heavy, thundery showers pushing across southern england and into wales and by the early hours of saturday morning those heavy showers will sit across the north west of england, south—west scotland and northern ireland.

drier to the south of that, quite a warm and humid night with a bit of mist and murk around first thing tomorrow. tomorrow there will be sunshine across the bulk of england and wales, a little cloudier for scotland and northern ireland for a time. later in the afternoon, that's when we start to see the heavy and thundery showers developing, particularly heavy showers and thunderstorms for the channel isles, the south—west of england, southern england, wales, the north west of england seeing some of these fairly hit and miss but potentially thundery downpours. some sunshine between the showers, drier day tomorrow for northern england compared to today. northern ireland and much of scotland as well, particularly towards the north—west, it could be quite warm with temperatures in the mid 20s. into saturday evening we will keep those heavy showers, the odd rumble of thunder, particularly across parts of england and wales. heading through into the second half of the weekend,

another warm and humid day with some sunshine and heavy showers. thunderstorms are possible for parts of wales particularly, into northern ireland and temperatures fairly widely between 18—2lid. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the uk's economy shrank by 20% in april, because of the coronavirus lockdown. it's worse than economists predicted. we have always been in no doubt this was going to be a very serious public health crisis, but also had big and economic logon effects and i am not surprised by the

figures we have seen. —— big economic knock on effects. the uk will not extend the brexit transition period. michael gove says he's been clear to the eu. i made it clear to the vice president of the european commission we would not be extending. that is it. we are leaving the transition period on december the 31st. borisjohnson says it is "shameful" that statues are having to be boarded up because of concerns they'll be vandalised. families of more than 400 people who've died with coronavirus demand an urgent public inquiry into the government handling of the pandemic, to try to prevent more deaths. and the paralympian who's the only black board member of britain's major sports tells us much more needs to be done. target does not mean anything. i think what is important is bringing the black people on board and giving them aim then a voice and listening

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