this is bbc news, i'mjane hill. the headlines: the uk's economy shrank by 20% this is bbc news. in april, because of the headlines: the coronavirus lockdown. it's worse than the uk's economy shrank by 20% economists predicted. in april, because of the coronavirus lockdown. we have always been in no doubt this it's worse was going to be a very serious than public health crisis, economists predicted. but also have big, big economic knock on effects andi am not surprised we have always been in no doubt this by the figures we have was going to be a very serious public health crisis, but seen. the uk will not extend also had the post—brexit transition period. big and economic logon effects michael gove says the eu has and i am not surprised by the been left in no doubt of the government's figures we

have seen. —— big economic knock on position. i made it clear to maros sefcovic, effects. the vice president of the uk will not extend the brexit transition period. the european commission, michael gove says he's we would not be extending. been clear to the eu. that is it. we are leaving the transition period i made it clear to the vice on december the 315t. president of the european commission borisjohnson says it is "shameful" we would not be extending. that statues are having to be that is boarded up because of concerns it. we are leaving they'll be vandalised. the transition period on december the 315t. families of more than a00 people who've died with coronavirus demand borisjohnson says it is "shameful" that statues are having to be an urgent public inquiry into the government's boarded up because of concerns they'll be vandalised. handling of the pandemic, families of more than 400 people who've died with coronavirus demand to try to prevent more an urgent public inquiry into the government deaths. handling of the and the paralympian who's pandemic, the only black board member to try to prevent more of britain's major deaths. and the paralympian who's the sports tells us only black board member of britain's much more needs major sports tells to be done. us much more target does not mean anything. needs to i think, to me, what is important be done. is bringing the black people on board target does not mean anything. and giving them a voice and i think what is important is bringing listening to them. the black people on board and giving them aim then a voice and listening

to them. —— giving them a voice. the uk economy shrank by more than a fifth in april, the biggest monthly contraction the uk economy shrank by more on record, as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. than a fifth in april, the biggest monthly contraction new figures from the office on record, as a result for national statistics show almost of the coronavirus lockdown. all areas of the economy new figures from the office were affected, with house builders for national statistics show almost and car manufacturers all areas of the economy particularly badly hit. were affected, with house builders the chancellor rishi sunak has said and car manufacturers the fall is in line with many other particularly badly hit. the chancellor, rishi sunak, countries, which are suffering the impact of the pandemic. has said the fall is in line with many other 0ur economics correspondent, andy verity, has been countries which are suffering the impact of the pandemic. looking at the figures. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has been this is the scale of looking at the the economic plunge in april. figures. this is the scale of ten times the size of any previous dive, much larger the economic plunge in april. than the global financial crisis and much faster than the great ten times the size of any depression of the previous dive, much larger than the global financial crisis 1930s. this gym in altrincham and much faster than the great near manchester is among depression of the thousands of businesses that thrived before lockdown, part of a chain 1930s. this gym in altrincham with 100,000 members and 700

near manchester is among thousands of businesses that thrived staff. before lockdown, part of a chain but now, most of them are on furlough and the gym with 100,000 members and 700 staff. is eerily quiet, as it but now, most of them has been for months. are on furlough and the gym so we have huge super scale facilities is eerily quiet, as it here... has been for months. so we have huge super scale facilities here... its boss, like many others its boss, like many others across the economy, has somehow got to find a way to pay the company's across the economy, has somehow got bills when its income is zero. to find a way to pay the company's bills when its income is zero. we have had no revenues coming in since we have had no revenues the shutdown on the 21st of march coming in since the shutdown on the 21st of march and, of course, considerable recurring cost in the interim, and, of course, considerable and so it has been exceptionally recurring costs in the interim, challenging to manage the cash and so it has been exceptionally reserves that we have on the way challenging to manage the cash through, while protecting our teams reserves that we have on the way and making sure that we don't build a creditor wall on the other side through, while protecting our teams that is too difficult and takes too and making sure that we don't build a creditor wall on the other side long to unwind. that is too difficult and takes too among the hardest long to unwind. hit sectors were accommodation among the hardest hit sectors were accommodation and food, with activity down 41% and in the three months to april, with food, with activity down a1% education and transport and storage in the three months to april, with education and transport and storage also badly hit, each down by more than 18%. also badly hit, each down by more than 18%. this is completely unprecedented. this is completely unprecedented. the size and suddenness of the economic downturn the size and suddenness is without precedent of the economic downturn in economic statistics

or the experience of the uk is without precedent in economic statistics economy. what is most extraordinary or the experience about this record slump we are in is of the uk that, unlike previous recessions, this was economy. the what is most extraordinary direct outcome of deliberate about this record slump we are in is government policy. that, unlike previous in ordering lockdown, recessions, this was the direct outcome the government, like other of deliberate governments around the world, was requiring and requesting a big drop government in economic activity on a scale policy. and at a speed we have never in ordering lockdown, seen the government, like other governments around the world, was requiring and requesting a big drop in economic activity on a scale before. and at a speed we have never seen before. construction was also hit harder construction was also hit harder than other sectors where than other sectors where home working was possible. home working was possible. down a0% in april alone. down 40% in april i'm not, i'm afraid, surprised by the figures that we have alone. i'm not, i'm afraid, seen. surprised by the figures that we have seen. the uk is heavily the uk is heavily dependent on services. we are a dynamic, creative economy. dependent on services. we depend so much on human contact. we are a dynamic, creative we have been badly hit economy. we depend so much on human by this, but we are contact. we have been badly hit also amazingly resilient and by this, but we are creative and we will bounce back. also amazingly resilient and the economic slump, like the virus, creative and we will bounce back. is notjust a national, but an the economic slump, like the virus, international crisis. there was a report that is notjust a national, but an

came out a couple of international crisis. days ago from the 0ecd, that group there was a report that came out a couple of of industrialised nations, and it days ago from the 0ecd, that group suggested that the drop in gdp for this year for the uk of industrialised nations, and it would actually be worse suggested that the drop in gdp than for every other industrialised nation, for this year for the uk so we are in a very, would actually be worse very difficult situation than for every other as industrialised nation, a country and we will need strong so we are in a very, action to help us to climb out of very difficult situation as this as quickly as a country and we will need strong possible. action to help us to climb out of remarkable in the midst of the economic shutdown this as quickly as possible. was the modesty of the drop remarkable in the midst in retail sales, down only of the economic shutdown 8.9%, as consumers ordered was the modesty of the drop online like never before. in retail sales, down only 8.9%, as consumers ordered the habit of spending dies hard, even when all online like never before. the shops are shut. the habit of spending andy verity, bbc dies hard, even when all the shops are shut. news. the governor of the bank andy verity, bbc of england, andrew bailey, has given his reaction news. 0ur economics editor, to the figures faisal islam, says these figures are even in the last hour. worse than well, obviously it is a dramatic and anticipated. big number, but actually it is not we have simply never seen a number a surprising number. the economy like this and people would never clearly closed down substantially

have drained of seeing a number like at the end of march into april, so it this. a fall in one month is not surprising. it is actually of 20% of the economy, a fifth at the entire pretty much in line with what economy, a quarter if you include we we re pretty much in line with what we were expecting. now, the big the end of march. just to be question of course is what absolutely clear, we normally talk happens next? we monitor a lot of very of big movements being a fraction of high frequency data these days, we have a a percent, but this is a fraction lot of access to that data, which is why we had a reasonably good read on of the entire economy. perhaps it is no surprise when you see as what was going to happen in everyone april. saw empty streets, and offices, we see signs of the economy empty factories and empty skies now beginning to come back into life in as the high frequency data. we do well. the challenge here is, yes, see that. it is early days we know about the decline, but how and obviously quickly can be recovery de? the hype i don't want to over emphasise at the beginning of all of this was that too much, it is a gradual coming that the because we would be as back into life, but we do see those rapid. that is not going to happen signs. so i think that is evident now, but what will that thing starting up again, but the really big question that goes contribute to it beyond that is not only how quickly again possible is a safe lifting of and at what pace and at what the lockdown without triggering a second wave, but also government sequence parts of the economy are going to come back to life, but this support packages. we have whole question about how much had a huge rescue package in terms of the long—term damage is there going to be? that is the thing that we have jobs market, but further rescue packages to be very focused on because that had already been announced in other is wherejobs get to be very focused on because that countries, such as germany, is where jobs get lost and that is where damage is done to

subsidies and buying cars, hand—outs of cash to families and people's livelihoods. we hope that will be as also massive small as possible, but we have to vat cuts. that is where be a number ready to take action, notjust the such as this, bank of england, but more broadly on totally unprecedented what we can do in many decades, that is where to offset those things are left. so a challenge, longer longed to an damaging yes, but the real challenge now is effect. looking forward as to how andrew bailey, the still relatively new governor of the bank of quickly it can be recovered. that is our england. he took overfrom economics new governor of the bank of england. he took over from mark carney. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, says these figures are even editor. worse than anticipated. we have simply never seen a number the cabinet office minister, like this and people would never michael gove, has confirmed the uk have dreamed of seeing government will not extend a number like this. the post—brexit transition period, a fall in one month of 20% formally rejecting a request of the economy, a fifth from the scottish and welsh governments, saying "the moment of the entire economy, for extension has now passed". a quarter if you include ministers have been holding talks the end of march. with their eu counterparts today just to be absolutely clear, we normally talk and the prime minister will talk of big movements being to leaders on monday. a fraction of a percent, let's find out more of the entire economy. about all of of big movements being a fraction this from our political of a percent, but this is a fraction correspondent. we keep talking about of the entire economy. brexit now again after a perhaps it is no surprise considerable lull, that these are when you see, as everyone saw, empty streets, important times with important and offices, empty factories deadlines. bring us up—to—date with and empty skies as well. the challenge here is, yes, what michael gove we know about the decline, but how

has said. yes, quickly can the essentially two things. first, as recovery be? you were saying and this is no big the hope at the beginning surprise that he would not be of all of this was that the recovery would be as rapid. extending the transition period, but that is not going this becomes official today because to happen now, he to the vice president of the but what will european commission. the prime contribute to it minister will be speaking to the eu being as rapid as possible is a safe lifting of commission and the the lockdown without triggering a eu parliament and second wave, but also government support packages. the eu council that represents the we have had a huge rescue package in terms of the jobs member states on monday, and the market, but further rescue packages message will be much the same. but have already been announced in other what michael gove was also countries, such as germany, subsidies for buying cars, hand—outs saying was that in effect, the of cash to families and also massive vat cuts. that is where a government would have to take some pragmatic number such as this, and flexible measures at the end of totally that transition period and that amounts to not actually doing some unprecedented customs and border checks on goods in many decades and centuries, that is where things are left. as they come into britain for so a challenge, yes, a but the real challenge now is further x months. they are looking forward as to how also announcing that today they are quickly sorting out the infrastructure it can be on recovered. the border. they might need more 0ur economics editor and will customs infrastructure, there might be talking a bit later about the impact have to be new facilities in land if on business of all of this and they couldn't cram it into how businesses are trying to cope, and

existing british ports. so michael gove how many of them can. let's was talk about brexit as well though. asked whether, in fact, as somebody the cabinet office minister, who had advocated brexit and had michael gove, has confirmed the uk beenin who had advocated brexit and had been in charge of preparations for a government will not extend new deal brexit, whether there really was a failure the post—brexit transition period, period — which lasts to prepare. in until the end of the year. 0pposition mps and the scottish an in the 1st ofjanuary next and welsh governments have been really was a failure to prepare. in an in the ist ofjanuary next year we will be outside of the customs pushing for an extension because of the impact union and outside the single market, of the pandemic. ministers have been holding talks so union and outside the single market, so it is appropriate we will have checks and product coming into the with their eu counterparts today and the prime minister will talk uk, but it is also appropriate we to leaders on monday. ta ke uk, but it is also appropriate we take account of what has been happening with the coronavirus and earlier, i spoke we want to make sure that to iain business has an opportunity to adjust in a watson in pragmatic and flexible way to the westminster. first, as you were saying new arrangements that we have. it will be the case that goods that and this is no big surprise that he would not come into the uk from the eu may be be subject to tariffs and those extending the transition period, terrorists will has to be paid. but this becomes official checks will be carried out, but it today because he spoke to the vice president is important they are of the european commission. the prime minister will implement it be speaking to the eu ina is important they are implement it in a pragmatic fashion. when you say commission and the eu a pragmatic fashion, parliament and the eu council that represents you are accused the member states on monday, and of doing this in a the message will be much the same. dogmatic fashion. but what michael the first minister of scotland and wales say there is an easy way to

gove was also lift the burden from companies. saying you simply asked to extend was that in effect, the government the would have to take some pragmatic transition period. well, we don't and flexible measures at the end believe extending the transition period is the right thing to of that transition period and that do. today in the joint committee that amounts to not actually supervises relations between the eu doing some customs and border checks and the uk i need clear to the on goods vice president of the eu commission we as they come into britain would not be extending. that is for a further six months. they are also announcing it. that today they are we are leaving the transition period sorting out the infrastructure on the december at the on the border. they might need more customs 315t. that infrastructure, there might provides clarity and certainty to have to be new facilities in land business and our announcement today if they couldn't cram it into existing british ports. allows business to plan and in an so michael gove was asked whether, appropriate and flexible way for our in fact, as somebody departure from the european union as who had advocated we take back control. some brexit and had been in of these measures and customs will be charge no—deal brexit, whether delayed there really was a to potentiallyjuly 2021, so six failure to months after the transition period ends. michael gove was also asked prepare. if the eu were reciprocating. he said from the ist ofjanuary next year, they would have to make their own we will be outside a customs union and outside the single market, so it decisions, which i took to mean no. is appropriate that we have checks in addition to that, he was on products coming into the uk, but asked about a specific criticism by it is also appropriate we take account of what has been happening the scottish and welsh first minister is

that it was reckless and not to ask with the coronavirus and we want to make sure that business has an for a transition extension, which the uk is permitted to do. but he opportunity to adjust in a pragmatic and flexible way to the new said actually it would be back as arrangements that we have. it will not to take advantage of the be the case that goods that come opportunities of leading the into the uk from the eu transition period to create may be subject to tariffs. those tariffs new trading relationships around the will be have to be paid, checks will world and we would be outside the be carried out, but it was important customs union and the regulatory they will be intimated in framework of the eu by the end of december. he felt it was a pragmatic fashion. is a wrong for snp or in the labour party figures pragmatic fashion. some say you are actually to suggest that staying doing this in a dogmatic fashion. inside the the first minister of wales and structures and rules of the eu, even the though we are no first minister of scotland say there is an easy way longer a member. to help companies. thank you di much. that is you simply asked to extend the our political correspondent, iain transition period. well, we watson, with the latest on all of that. we will stay with those beans don't believe that extending the on brexit, but we will talk about the transition period is the right thing to do. today in a joint gdp figures josh hardie is the deputy director general of the conderation committee that supervises relations between as well. josh hardie is the deputy director the eu and the uk i made clear to general of th the eu and the uk i made clear to the vice president of the european commission we would not be conderation of british industry. extending. that is it. we are he joins us leading the transition period from south london. on december the 315t. that provides clarity and certainty to business

we know, of course, we all expected tough times on the economy given and our announcement today allows business to plan in an appropriate and flexible way for our departure lockdown, but what is your take on that extraordinary figure, more from the eu as we than 20%? the figures are shocking, but take back control. asi ina 20%? the figures are shocking, but in a sense they are not a shock. from the eu as we take back control. as i say, some of these measures on they are an accurate reflection of customs, for example, will what businesses and employees have potentially be delayed tojuly been dealing with on the ground 2021, since lockdown and that is why the so six months after the transition cbi have been working so closely period ends. michael gove was also with government on schemes like the askedif period ends. michael gove was also asked if the eu are reciprocating and he said they will have to fellow scheme, on the civil loan scheme for businesses, which really make their own decisions, which i took to mean no. in addition to that, have actually supported the economy he was in the best way possible, but there asked about the specific criticism is no escaping the impact, by the scottish and welsh first notjust in the uk, but around the world. it minister is that it was reckless is absolutely right that the focus not to ask for a extension to the now is on what we do next transition period, which the uk is because thatis now is on what we do next because that is what will determine the permitted to do. he said it would long—term impact. how do we be reckless not to take advantage of make sure the three areas that really the transition period to create new matter take care of. one is how do trading relationships with other we evolve the current support countries around the world and we mechanism so they move in lockstep would be outside of the customs with any changes to lockdown? union and the regulatory framework of the eu by the end of december and because good fans still can't open in some cases. how do we support he felt it was wrong them? the second is how do for snp or indeed labour party figures to

we turbo—charge our domestic economy? suggest that we stay inside the if this recession is sadly going to structures and rules of the european be characterised by unemployment, union, even though we are no how do we make sure longer a member. that was we have resilient, dynamic local labour our political markets that we deploy people into correspondent. we are talking a jobs, train them out and do lot about brexit today and we that, critically, in a way that will talk toa is inclusive on gender, race, age and about brexit today and we will talk to a member of the conservative party later on in this hour, but we region. how do we make sure that are reflecting on business and the we are building infrastructure for the state of business is all tied in future? digital, renewables, with those gdp figures, sustainable homes? they must great that massive contraction, job now and set us up for the the biggest contraction on the future. the third area is how we record. let's get a sense of make sure we get those deals on the business and how it is coping and table done, starting managing all this. to help with brexit. us, kirsty saddler is the sustainability let's not accept no deal for an & values director option. businesses are in no state at leon restaurants, to deal with no deal. let's get that which turned some of its deal and get it over restaurants the line. 0k, into shops in march, selling meals via both there is a lot there. i will come click—and—collect and delivery. to brexit. in terms of everything you shejoins me now. talked about in because way, explain what you have building for the future and all of been doing that sort of thing, people watching during lockdown. yes, we took a will be thinking that makes absolute sense, but that his long—term decision early on to actually keep open and keep a number of the strategy, which is important, but restau ra nts open and keep a number of the restaurants open. we catch 12 of for the rest of this year aren't we them open, even through lockdown,

going to have a very difficult and that was really period? the fellow schemes will for delivery and taper down and taper out. takeaway. but also, actually to what on earth is a business owner watching respond to what we saw happening in today saying to you about what the areas around the restaurants, they need, just to get through which was because obviously we are in city centres and there were just 2020? well, it is very challenging out lots of challenges getting basic there. this idea that businesses are groceries, so we also cut open and starting to operate at full brought to the front of house a capacity, well, for the vast lot of grocery supplies, just to try to majority of businesses that is some support people in the way we way in the future. so felt they needed to be supported. we the government schemes have helped. the following also kept open because quite a lot is obviously tapering in now. for of our transactions are actually from nhs many fans, there actually staff as well. yes because a is manageable, but different support mechanisms will be needed for those lot of your chains and who can't manage it. that staff as well. yes because a lot of yourchains and a staff as well. yes because a lot of your chains and a lot of your properties are near hospitals as is where well because that all ties in. managing the packages going forward has is really important. at the same the firm been able to use this time, there are ways of stimulating period to do any planning? what is demand. we have seen in germany, your game plan for the coming vat and heel we could do more with weeks? there was uncertainty for all of business rate cuts. what us, of course, but business needs to are those plan. what are you things that actually oiled the economy and get things moving? aiming to do? yes the point about long—term plans is actually we have found there is a yes, it may take years to build real benefit to staying open and keeping a level of momentum within the

infrastructure, but they also create the business. that meant we jobs now and that is what still had team members out on our site and is going to be you can do both at the same a number of ourteams time. and in terms of brexit in had team members out on our site and a number of our teams in support of everything we are hearing today, you his, so it has actually allowed our touched on some of this, teams to maintain the business we but there are familiar with, but accelerate a will be no extension to the lot of other aspects of our transition period. we are hearing business, so thinking about the that allow them clear. what obvious channels of digital, so how is your response to that? get do we launch? we launched a deal. very an e—commerce business within three simple. i think it is common weeks to get some of our meals to sense. with businesses facing the shock other people's doorsteps. we have that we just talked about, stepped up and accelerated the use that cash of smartphone ordering, so reserves a re that we just talked about, that cash reserves are often gone. sorry, let mejust stop smartphone ordering where you can reserves are often gone. sorry, let me just stop that either order ahead orjust smartphone ordering where you can phone! you are in either order ahead or just as smartphone ordering where you can either order ahead orjust as you are entering the restaurant. some of demand! they their thatis are entering the restaurant. some of that is because it is actually something that any business that is stockpiling is gone, they are under immense in development will be looking at pressure and they are not in a doing that, but we took the position to really deal with the opportunity to accelerate those shock of no deal. so that is not channels and are learning around acceptable. you have got a them. as far as planning goes, i government that has all that extension, so that is not a think we have definitely learned by possibility. so the only thing left staying open, by accelerating the on the table is a deal, and development of those and we just need to continue to do so. i clearly the negotiators are stuck at the think the planning really is as much about moment. so politicians need to step m, what we think the direction of moment. so politicians need to step in, break that deadlock. it is good

to hear that the prime minister is travel is, as well as just being responsive to customers. we are planning to turbo—charge talks getting a lot of indications around, because that is what we need. not only the type of food they want get a dealfor because that is what we need. get a deal for services, because that is what we need. get a dealfor services, for because that is what we need. get a to see on their menus, but the types deal for services, for goods and then let's focus of ways they will feel more or less on the recovery. co mforta ble of ways they will feel more or less comfortable about buying from us. 0k,josh hardie, thank and can we talk about the wider then let's focus on the recovery. 0k, josh hardie, thank you very much for india. we will let you back that hospitality industry? it is such a to your other callers. where huge part of the uk economy things have happened in the last 11 weeks, and sadly some business and going to let me tell you! thank make it, are you very they? the mathsjust much, josh hardie, the deputy director general of the doesn't add up with social business organisation, the cbi, talking about distancing. —— they aren't going brexit and those gdp to make it. yes, it doesn't add up figures today. the gdp figures are our main and we knew it was bad, but to headline here on bbc news. see the evidence today of a 20% contraction the headlines on in april. it is tough to read, bbc news: and on top of that in our industry we the uk's economy shrank by 20% in april, have actually seen a contraction because of the coronavirus lockdown. it's worse than of at- have actually seen a contraction of at - 90%. we economists predicted. have actually seen a contraction of at — 90%. we are seeing about 2 the uk will not extend millionjobs at risk at — 90%. we are seeing about 2 million jobs at risk as a result of the post—brexit transition period. what the industry has felt and the michael gove says he's been clear to the eu. effects and just not getting a borisjohnson says it is foot "shameful" that statues fall. there has been... the fellow are having to be boarded up because of concerns scheme has been good and supportive, they'll be vandalised. but i think sadly we are going to need a lot more. because

there are businesses that are at the moment high street stores and shopping looking at how they might progress centres have begun opening out of this situation, but a certainty about whether they will in northern ireland, as coronavirus restrictions survive at all is still begin to ease. definitely not fair. 2 million jobs is in england, nonessential shops will be allowed staggering. that is a terrifying to re—open on monday. figure, isn't it? is no date has been set for scotland or wales. 0ur ireland yourfeeling that hospitality is looking correspondent, chris page, has at essentially in a takeaway service more. for, what? for the rest of this the coronavirus closure is year? the notion that restaurant over. retailing is being unlocked. can be open and again, make the all shops in northern ireland now have maths add up... is that possible at all? permission to open ahead of the rest of the uk. is that part of for people working in the sector, the problem here? it is a hugely important day. yes, any retail food is that part of the problem here? yes, any retailfood businesses going to have to lick a lot more excited, nervous. at we have been closed for 12 blended sales channels. no longer can any of us rely on the weeks, so all of us footfall are feeling just that little bit that we had before, of course not. emotional as well because we so that is one thing and that love victoria square, we love what we do and to be given the is why i think services like delivery and opportunity again to start welcoming recognising the different behaviours from people around how they might be back our customers is an cooking at home, how they might emotional day. some buyers were out early and said they felt the actually be, for many people, able to invest a bit more in the food

difference straightaway. i think it is great, that they bring home and there is a bit of an eat. to atmosphere back in the town your point about footfall, one of as well, so it is buzzing. the challenges we are the shopping experience isn't the same as it was seeing is that before, though. with the social distancing current hand sanitiser stations, one—way systems and social measures currently being two metres, distancing notices are that means that we currently have prominent additions. in the number of shoppers isn't an open restaurant two or three members of staff in the kitchen, massive and the weather is probably not helping which is what is safe. previously to bring people out. they would have been eight. in front nonetheless, the fact that the shutters are up again in the high of house we are looking at to street and people are browsing tell the shelves does feel is operating as opposed to six. like a significant moment. even in some of our sites it is like it is the beginning in railway of the end of the ghost stations, for example, where if ever we are going to see a faster town feel. it might seem like the last few increase in football it would be months have belonged in the there, they are smaller sites, so pages of a novel, there, they are smaller sites, so the ability to service that footfall but real is limited and that is of easily taking into account that we are life centred a new era. naturally a fast food business and ——entered a new era. we therefore do very well this book seller wants to retain as much of in his shop's character as possible. takeaway. there is therefore a whereas restrictions may be huge volume of the industry that relies lessening, i think we have all been on people sitting in and that is affected by this so deeply and in so many different a ways, and i think whole other question that is fully a u na nswered lot of people will be whole other question that is fully unanswered at the moment. yes, reticent and cautious about going to places where well, fascinating to hear your take they are going to be meeting people and things like that.

so i think we will manage. on that. kirsty saddler, thank you so our main aim is to make it much, from leon as comfortable for people as restaurants. thank possible to come in. there is one other notable you very much indeed. just a change in northern reminder of the ireland today. the number of people headlines. from different households who are the uk's economy shrank by 20% in april, because of allowed to meet outdoors has increased from six to ten. the coronavirus lockdown. gradually, more aspects it's worse than economists predicted. the uk will not extend of normality are returning. the post—brexit transition period. the cabinet office minister, chris page, michael gove, says he's bbc news, been clear to the eu. belfast. and chris page is in borisjohnson says it is "shameful" that statues are having to be belfast for us now. chris how is boarded up because of concerns they'll be vandalised. it looking this afternoon? yes, the weather has dried up and with that it feels to me that relatives of a50 people who've died there with coronavirus are demanding has actually picked up. this is the corn market, which is really known an immediate public inquiry into how the government managed as the centre of belfast. as you can parts of the pandemic. see, afairfew the families say an urgent review as the centre of belfast. as you can see, a fair few people out and about, we had a basket he had up could help prevent more deaths. until a few minutes ago, so another but ministers insist the priority at the moment little sign of normality that has is responding to the crisis. 0ur correspondent michael buchanan been very much welcomed by people. has been to meet the family not every shop has chosen to of tony brown, who open today, some have left it a little died in march. longer before they do so in order to tony brown became ill in

make sure that they are ready to mid—march. dad was very, very nearly retired. welcome people in a way that will he was 65 years old. comply with the social distancing the father of two had a dry requirements, but lots of the main cough and a temperature, stores are open, people are which nhs111 told him walking around carrying bags laden down with to treat with paracetamol. and at that time, what we were their shopping. so i think there is hearing was constantly this certainly a sense that this is a stay at home message, major moment for northern just stay at home, and protect the nhs. tony woke up one morning ireland. here, we arejust major moment for northern ireland. here, we are just a little with chest pains. major moment for northern ireland. here, we arejust a little bit major moment for northern ireland. here, we are just a little bit ahead of england in the opening shops. an ambulance was called. the moments after he got to hospital stormont executive made that he had a cardiac arrest. decision because they felt that and after 11 attempts the spread of the coronavirus has to resuscitate him, he passed away. sufficiently slowed over the last week or so. the average number of he tested positive for coronavirus after his death. new, contempt cases a day has when you have gotten ill, when is the appropriate been ate, so that is a sign that the time to go to virus has been brought under hospital? control. —— a it wasn't clear, no one knew that. number eight. now we were trying to wait it out, everyone was trying to wait it out of course medics have been warning that and he was trying to wait it out... people must respect the social and if you wait too long, distancing rules and always state it turns you metres apart from each other and out it kills really thatis quickly. you metres apart from each other and that is the way that this progress the group covid—19 bereaved families that is the way that this progress that northern ireland has made will forjustice say an immediate public be maintained. as far as the enquiry will prevent more economy here goes, retail is particularly deaths. they say decisions on everything

important. it is the biggest single from easing the lockdown to a possible second spike will source of employment in northern ireland, about one in six jobs be improved if they are source of employment in northern exposed ireland, about one in sixjobs here are in retail. so it to external scrutiny, as people will understand how is the hope of conclusions are reached. ministers, particularly the stormont one of the real problems economy minister, the first minister is that the government has lost and deputy first minister, that in the trust of the public taking the step in and what that means is people aren't really following the lockdown rules, allowing shops to even if they understand them. reopen well help the economy in a what that means is more transmission real way. chris, thank and more deaths that can be avoided. you very good evening... much. chris page with the latest at the downing street podium each evening, in belfast. ministers have been reluctant the prime minister has said to admit any mistakes, the boarding up of statues but their advisers are and monuments because of concerns they'll be vandalised during reconsidering events. protests is "shameful and absurd." on wednesday, a leading scientist the statue of sir winston churchill in london was covered told mps that with hindsight many in graffiti at last weekend's anti—racism demonstrations. lives could have been saved. it's among several to have had we introduced lockdown protective screens around them. more anti—racism demonstrations measures a week earlier, are expected this afternoon and we would have reduced the final death toll by at least a half. weekend. mrjohnson said defacing monuments was an attempt it's so brutally, gut—wrenchingly to censor britain's painful to hear that past. what makes me sad about what is essentially, you were right, that happening today is that your... that an earlier lockdown would you have got have

a situation in which the stopped so many people dying. statue of it may well have stopped my dad winston churchill, who is a national from dying and, if anything, itjust hero, has had to be makes it feel boarded up for more pointless. fear of violent attack. like, inaction was the reason and that, to that my dad died. me, is both absurd and wrong. ministers say that at you the moment, theirfocus should not have a situation in which is on responding to the people who are crisis. the families argue that that should be possible protesting on one while also learning lessons. basis are violently attacking the michael buchanan, police or public property. i am afraid what has happened bbc news. with these demonstrations is that kathryn de prudhoe lost her father a tiny tony to covid in april minority or a growing minority, and is a u nfortu nately, have member of that minority or a growing minority, unfortunately, have hijacked then and they are using them as group. a pretext a very good afternoon to you. it to attack the is so good of you to talk police, to cause to us, thank violence and to cause damage to public property. so the you so much. i wonder if uchitel is a bit about your dad. paint a prime minister speaking in the last couple picture of him him of hours. our home affairs correspondent, for us. my dad tom symonds, is here. was the most solid and dependable as we are edging into the person i had ever known. he was like weekend, some demonstrations are expected or planned. what are you a foundation that our family was

built on. and it hearing? there has been very isa planned. what are you hearing? there is a demonstration right now in difficult adjusting to the fact central london and the interesting thing is that was moved from that he has gone now. of course, and tomorrow to today because of we concerns among the organisers, are so sorry and that is why it is really good of you to talk to us. i part of the black lives matter am struck that he was only organisation, that there were going to be counter 60 years old, so what happened in contact contest —— your family's instance. yes, protests on the right and it was he was only clear it was going to get violent and they wanted to move from the 60 and as far as we were saturday to the friday because of aware he was healthy. he played golf that. we have spoken to people who regularly, he went to the gym, he monitor groups on the right. they think that will take some of the didn't have any underlying health issues that we knew about. he tension out of the situation, they think the numbers might be much flew to the uk on the 13th of lower tomorrow and there might be march from a rural area to the uk on the 13th of march from a ruralarea in to the uk on the 13th of march from some people around today. it is a rural area in france. and he died interesting that the statues a rural area in france. and he died a month later. to continue to be the centre of the potential point of clashing, really. this day, that the concern is there are groups who rural area of france that he came will want to come out and from is has no cases perhaps even use violence to defend statues of covid—19 and that they perceive might be he started to suffer with flu—like attacked by protesters in the way that we symptoms a couple of days after saw the lockdown. all the adults in my last week. so it is the statues that are the issue at the moment. the family did. the rest of us were police are aware of all this. they lucky enough to recover, but after

have not said they will strike try two weeks of being in to stop the protests. they say that bed and a people have a right to protest, just couple of as much as base calls, one must stick to the to the coronavirus regulations. also, to be fair they accept that if they did gp... try to stop some of these big his condition really dramatically deteriorated and he was taken into protests taking place there could be more trouble. tom, our hospital in an ambulance. by the home affairs time he got there, he had correspondent, thank you very much. suffered a coronavirus infection rates heart attack and a bleed on his are continuing to fall in england, according to the office for national brain, caused by statistics. but the new figures also show the virus. and that the most deprived areas have his suffer a far higher death toll breathing continue to deteriorate from covid—19 than wealthier parts of the over three days. they were very relu cta nt to over three days. they were very reluctant to put him on to a country. i spoke to robert cuffe our head ventilator because they couldn't assess the amount of damage that had of statistics earlier. been done to his heart, but in the we know already that poorer end they decided to do people do die younger, and i think if we that, but it can show that to the audience with only given a 20% chance of these bars. if you take a look at survival and after a few hours he these bars. if you take a look at the death rate in the most deprived went on areas in england and wales and renal failure and after a few hours he went on compare them to how much higher they renalfailure and and after a few hours he went on renal failure and his organ started to shut down and we were asked are as we move down to for permission to withdraw the the least deprived areas, you will see life—support. permission to withdraw the life-support. and that is so that relationship. with covid—19, it is even worse. if we add in shocking, in a relatively short

space of time and for someone the covid—19 that is, you can who, as you say, was fit and see that relationship is even sharper. active and pulling it apart is hard. some of it like playing golf, that is such... is going to be the chance of getting i infected and we have seen higher mean my heart goes out to your family, at the speed death rates in and around big cities, especially earlier in at which events is so shocking. you are part of this the academic, where a respiratory virus group that wants to see past the fastest. but also, the a public chances of dying once you are enquiry. what would you hope to learn from that? infected are increased and we know i do... from that covid—19 hits those vulnerable almost people harder, the elderly, those as soon as my dad died, i who are already sick, ethnic felt a minorities and hear the poorest in huge sense of response ability to tell my story, to try to society. you have been looking at spread this infection rates as message to raise awareness of the risks of the virus, well? yes, there that my dad was is better news on that score and relatively young and fit and healthy consistently infection rates are and that seemed to be in coming down. if you look at the number of people who are infected contradiction to the messages that we we re in england, this is back before the contradiction to the messages that we were receiving, which was, you 10th of may, before we moved from know, it was only affecting people stay at home to stay alert. you can who were over 70 see it or already had moved from underlying health conditions. so i felt a huge response ability to try 30,000 people... to share what had happened to that number has come down consistently over time and is us, so that others would take

maybe now down to 30,000 people. there's the virus rates are much lower very seriously and you know, follow the stay at home and i wouldn't put any message. but i was rates are much lower and i wouldn't putany —— rates are much lower and i wouldn't put any —— too much stock in any single number, but they are going in just one voice and i was at home the right direction. and i felt very frustrated that i didn't really have a platform to the estimates are there about a500 people newly get that message out. and then i saw infected every day and that is the kind of numbers you could manage that this group had been with the content rating system, but established and of course it is a000 ijoined this group had been established and i joined straightaway. i felt people based on this group had been established and ijoined straightaway. i felt a real sort of affinity with what they were a survey, as an estimate. we don't know who they are and either the trying to do, which was about using ha rd pa rt what has happened to all of us, know who they are and either the hard part is finding them. that is which has been the head of statistics there. devastating tragedy, i would like to take a bit of time to to try to protect others, to try talk about a separate story here to stop the same thing happening to this afternoon. otherfamilies... the sun newspaper has been criticised for publishing stop the same thing happening to other families. .. i am sorry to an interview in which interrupt you, but i suppose the the former husband of j.k. rowling defends physically abusing point is your father went the harry potter author. to france campaigners and members in march. perhaps at that of parliament have called the sun's decision to publish the time... no, he flew back from france in interview march. he was already there, he flew dangerous and irresponsible. back from france in 0ur correspondent helena march. yes, i'm wilkinson is with me. sorry, what i meant was he you have been looking at some was in france in march and i'm curious, how of the would he have done things

reaction to all of this. start from differently if there had been an the beginning and explain what has awful lot more awareness and more happened here and why talk about coronavirus? well, is so many people we are so angry now. yes, let's take had gone into lockdown two weeks you back to saturday when this all earlier we he wouldn't have been able to come back to the uk began when the author tweeted a because of the travel restrictions. he number of thoughts, her thoughts probably wouldn't have been able to about tra nsgender issues. travel back and he would have been number of thoughts, her thoughts about transgender issues. it is a complex area that is fiercely safely in his holiday home in france in that village where they still debated. she received a huge amount of online abuse and backlash from have no cases. but he was able to some people saying that she fly back to the uk at that time, was transferred back. as a result of just around the time that, jk rowling that the testing was stopped in uk and there decided and she was real handle on has never publicly spoken about her where the virus private life, but she decided to, in was real handle on where the virus was in the community. so he flew pa rt private life, but she decided to, in part to explain her thinking behind to the uk, obviously contracted the those tweets. in that virus, and was dead statement, she said that she had been a a few weeks victim of later. kathryn de prudhoe, this domestic abuse and sexual assault as well, and she it is very good of you to share your story hadn't spoken about it before because she with us, thank you very much, we wa nted spoken about it before because she wanted to protect her daughter, who really appreciate it and we send yourfamily all our is now 27 years old. go to really appreciate it and we send your family all our best. kathryn de today, we prudhoe, who lost her father tony have got the front backin page of the sun newspaper, though her tracked her prudhoe, who lost her father tony back in april two covid—19. he was

only 60 down —— tracked down her ex—husband years old. with the headline quoting him the time saying, i slapped jk rowling and now it i am not sorry. and some more current is 320 pm. we will comments on her first talk a bit more am not sorry. and some more current comments on herfirst husband. now, the paper's treatment of this story about coronavirus after 3:30pm, but has been criticised by a number of we will just about coronavirus after 3:30pm, but we willjust now take a few minutes people and many people feel it has to talk about another main story here today because we have been given a voice to an alleged talking quite a lot about brexit perpetrator of domestic abuse. just here today to give you a couple of bits of as well. reaction, jess phillips, the mp, who back to the official confirmation from michael gove is well—known for her work that the uk will not be extending to do domestic violence, she has said the brexit that the headline is awful, the transitionperiod. perpetrator more awful let's speak now to the still. and conservative mp theresa villiers, member of the scottish who is a :london parliament, has tweeted that mp and who campaigned for the sun's headline brexit. so michael gove absolutely emphatic quotingjk has tweeted that the sun's headline quoting jk welling's abusive today that they will be no ex—husband is beyond triggering for many abuse survivors and extension. what is your take on enabling two abusers. it is irresponsible and that, given coronavirus and the dangerous, she says. i could weep situation? i think it is for the way women are treated by the right decision. the government made it

the tabloid press still in 2020. so clear the right decision. the government made its clearest possible commitment to this in its a huge amount of criticism for that general election manifesto and so i front page of the newspaper welcome confirmation from michael gove today at the uk will today. how has the newspaper responded, leave the given the amount of anger here? some transition period on the 31st of people have asked for the paper to december. you will know there are apologise. they haven't apologised, lots of voices calling for him to but they have issued a statement and have done otherwise, the welsh and in that statement they say, we are scottish governments, other mps in disgusted the common saying given the pandemic we asa by the common saying given the pandemic we as a country will need more time. are those people the just wrong?|j we as a country will need more time. are those people just wrong? i feel comments very strongly that we have... we won a landslide election victory with ofjk the strongest possible mandate to get brexit done rowling's ex—husband and branded him sick and unrepentant in our coverage. it goes on to say, it was certainly not our intention to enable or glorify domestic abuse. our intention was to expose a perpetrator‘s total lack of remorse. 0ur sympathies are always with the and that includes victims. it goes leading the transition on time. it on to talk is the law of the land, about it is in how the newspaper has a long history statute. we can be ready for the of standing up for abused women and 3ist statute. we can be ready for the 31st of december and i think it is campaigning against domestic violence, but i don't think this issueis really important for the violence, but i don't think this issue is going to go away and it just shows you as well, a number government that it engages very extensively of with the business community to help tweets about a different issues by them get ready for the 31st the author on saturday has ended up of with this on the december as well. but that that came front page of the before we even knew about coronavirus. look at what it has sun newspaper. thank you very much

done to the economy, the biggest for that. much fall on record in more coming up gdp. well, there after will be important opportunities, 2:30pm, a busy afternoon, but we will pause as we approach the once we leave the transition period, weekend and catch up with the in terms of trade agreements with weather prospects. now it's time for other countries, in terms of a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. regaining control over how hello there. we're expecting some fairly lively we regulate our economy, so there are weather over the next few days. considerable opportunities that for some of us, there'll be some sunshine around, come but as those temperatures rise with the end of the and humidity builds too, expect some heavy and some transition thundery downpours at times. period and the full you won't all see them, but could be some big showers, implementation of the brexit process that people with hail and gusty winds too. voted for, both in the all down to this area of low pressure currently across the bay referendum and then again, strongly, of biscay that will be pushing its way northwards across the uk, bringing those pretty during the unsettled conditions over general election. possibly reduced the next few days. checks, though, as a result of this afternoon, heavy showers the for the south—west of england. pandemic. is a into wales too, also a bit of rain for parts of northern england. concern?” quite warm and humid as we head checks, though, as a result of the pandemic. is a concern? i was initially concerned when i heard the through this evening and tonight announcement, but it appears that and heavy showers pushing their way this is part of a phased further north and north—westwards so sitting across parts of northern ireland and south—west implementation of a fully scotland early tomorrow morning functioning border. in those with a warm and humid night, circumstances, as long as in fact, temperatures holding we have, you know, proper preparations into the teens for many of us. to for saturday, then, spells move to the appropriate enforcement of sunshine but also some heavy, of checks in the longer term, i

thundery showers, don't see that as a problem. but particularly for the south—west it is vital that the government works really ha rd to is vital that the government works really hard to make sure that our of england borders are ready for the into wales, the midlands as well. those temperatures, 31st of december and that we though, somewhere between about 15 to move to full 2a degrees. enforcement in terms of goods coming from the eu in the months to follow that. we need to make sure that we hello this is bbc news. the headlines. stick to the timetable that we are elected on. i take your point the uk's economy shrank by 20% in april, that you reiterate that he were elected because of the coronavirus lockdown. it's worse than on that, but these are such economists predicted. different times. i was talking to the cbi earlier. we all the uk will not extend the post—brexit transition period. the cabinet office minister, know business is facing unprecedented michael gove, says he's demands and challenges and they make been clear to the point that now they have got the eu. borisjohnson says it is "shameful" brexit planning is part of that statues are having to be that. it boarded up because of is almost too much for some business owners, surely? concerns they'll be vandalised. well, the families of more than a00 people covid-19 emergency has created a very who've died with coronavirus demand an urgent public inquiry significant economic hit, which is into the government one of the reasons why i can handling of the pandemic, understand that pragmatically to try to prevent more deaths. the government has decided not to go for and the paralympian who's the only

black board member of britain's full enforcement in terms major sports tells of incoming goods from the us much more european union, a degree of pragmatism is needs to needed here. but we be done. will have significant opportunities from leaving the eu. if we were still a member, if we were sport now... drawn into, for and for a full example, the next multi—annual financial framework which starts in round up, from the january, that could have a bbc sport centre, significant impact on the exchequer, here's holly. make as potentially liable for paying for eu programmes which we would get limited benefit from, so good it is important that we stick afternoon. to what we were elected to we start with some bad news for formula 1 — do, to get three more races have been axed brexit done, to leave on the from this season's calendar. transition period on the 31st of the grand prix in azerbaijan, december and to ensure that we singapore and japan have all now been cancelled. have theyjoin an increasingly a fully functioning border as soon long list which includes the curtain—raiser in australia — as possible thereafter. the cbi said all scrapped due to the pandemic. in fact, 10 of the original 22 races businesses in this country simply cannot cope with a new on the calendar won't be deal taking place this season. scenario. it isjust cannot cope with a new deal scenario. it is just too cannot cope with a new deal the only black member on the board scenario. it isjust too much in the current circumstances. do you have of uk athletics is calling for greater representation at senior sympathy with them in levels across britain's 12 biggest sports. that regard?

paralympic racer, anne wafula strike well, i can provide you the says says the current reassurance that it isn't a state is new deal scenario because we already have appaling. how come i'm the only black the withdrawal agreement. that doesn't person on one of these big cover all trade matters, admittedly, but it means that boards? i think itjust really we don't have the shows that we really need dislocation of a complete break to be doing something, you know, as a sporting community. with the eu without any kind of it is treaty agreement to oversee that break. wrong. now, in the event that can you imagine all the black young we don't have people who represent this country, a free trade agreement by the end of when they look around these big the year i am sure that the boards they cannot see any versions parties will eventually agree one because it is in the interests of both sides, of but it is, there themselves? is still i think the premier league's back next week real hope that the negotiations — and more plans for how that between the uk and the eu will will work safely have been revealed. there'll be no ball boys deliver a free trade agreement by or girls attending matches. the 31st of the players have also been asked to avoid spitting and to stick december. after all, to social distancing guidelines when they celebrate goals. no facemasks will be required, the commentators said that there is no but the clubs also say way the prime minister could that they will wear heart shaped badges on their shirts in a tribute get a withdrawal agreement negotiated by to front theresa may reopened at amended, and line nhs he did that and he did that in the space of about eight weeks, so there

staff. this season's fa cup final is still everything to play is going to be renamed the "heads up" fa cup final. for in these negotiations. yes, but it's to support the season—long mental health campaign that's the being led by the duke of cambridge — countries we are negotiating with who is president of are also trying to deal with a pandemic, so there is rather a lot the football association. the final is currently due to be played on the 1st august on every country's plate, and the duke says it's isn't there? which means that it is an opportunity to promote positive mental health for everyone. absolutely in the interests chatting to some of the arsenal of both sides of this negotiation that we squad, he also tried to do a bit reach a free of transfer business for his team trade agreement to aston villa. i just want to say to pierre, facilitate continued high levels of i hope you are at aston villa trade. we will still continue next year, pierre. laughter whatever our formal trading relationships of millions of pounds i've got to put that in there just in case. of business with one another, mikel and i but at a time of economic uncertainty and will have severe economic damage, this is some words another reason why it is very much later! in the interests of both the eu and the uk that we conclude the draw‘s been made free trade forjamie murray's chairty agreement. thank you very much tennis tournament — the battle of the brits, due to take place next month. for now, theresa villiers, a 0ur tennis correspondent conservative mp. russell fuller has the details. sport now. well, for a full round up from the bbc russell fuller has the details. this will be a fairly h sport centre, here's holly.

profile well, this will be a fairly high profile event when you consider what good afternoon. is possible at the moment, formula 1's confirmed it's been forced to scrap three grand prixs this season. because it involves the top eight british 0rganisers say the japanese, azerbaijan and singpore races singles players, they are all going weren't possible in the current uncertain global situation. to be in the draw, and also 0ur formula 1 andy murray who is going to be reporter jenni gow has playing his first match since november when he first picked up an issue with his more. bruised pelvic bone well, it looks like formula which kept him 1 in 2020 certainly won't be an off tour at the start of this year easy logistical feat. another three and even though he was thinking of coming back to stay perhaps the races have disappeared. we expected japan miami lockdown kicked injust before to maybe go, that is an entry that and his plans were scuppered. restrictions problem that means that he has been grown in a people just can't get in and out of group with kyle edmonds, liam verity, and the country. suzu james ward. the other group will ka people just can't get in and out of the country. suzuka is one of the make most fantastic race tracks and that up... jack draper isa most fantastic race tracks and that is a big loss in singapore and ward. the other group will make up...jack draperand dan ward. the other group will make up... jack draper and dan evans. as well, socially distance group... conducted that night race, and azerbaijan by mori, look took which has seen some spectacular races since place at the national tennis centre in london it's in where they were all spaced inception a out on the courts and each pair had few yea rs races since it's in inception a few years ago, both of those are street a nickname. andy murray's was races which take up to 16 the one hip wonder. weeks for all of the planning for those

that's all races. they're going to have to make the sport lasting decisions before they for now. go into formula 1. 0rganisers are still confident in getting these important 16 or 17 championship races just to bring you the latest figures away this year but have to look in places that often come through around elsewhere though, may be coming back coronavirus at this time. we are to europe for more of the racing. hearing that the latest figure is there will be plenty of circuits that a further vying for 200 and two people that opportunity. have died of covid—19 which is up to 0n golf. date as of five o'clock yesterday it's day two at the first pga evening, so a further tour event to return since the coronavirus pandemic, 202 people and world number one rory mcilroy dying of coronavirus and a number has made a solid start to his second round. starting the day five shots off of people who have tested positive for the lead, mcilroy has moved to four coronavirus across all under par thanks to settings out back to back birdies. the first coming on his of that number, a1,581 have fourth hole of the day. american xander schauffele died, thatis is the current leader of that number, a1,581 have died, that is the latest figures just on eight under par... three from justin rose, who led overnight, starts his second the nhs round later this there. now, let's evening. talk a little bit more about the only black member on the board of uk athletics is calling for greater representation at senior brexit. more now on the uk government confirming they will not ask levels across britain's the eu for an extension to the brexit transition period. 12

this morning the scottish and welsh first ministers wrote biggest to borisjohnson requesting a delay. sports. the cabinet office minister, michael gove said "the moment paralympic racer, anne wafula for extension has strike says the current state is appaling. how come i'm the only black person now passed". on one of these big boards? if we extended the transition i think itjust really period, we would be shows that we really need paying the eu more to be doing something, money. you know, as a sporting community. millions of pound that we can spend on our nhs. it if we extended the transition period we would be subject to new eu laws is that might not be in our interests, and if we were to extend wrong. the transition period, can you imagine all the black young we would not be able to take people who represent this country, advantage of the opportunities when they look around these big of new trade relationships, boards they cannot see any of a new approach to supporting versions of themselves? british industry, and new laws the premier league's back next week that will help — and more plans for how unleash that will work the potential of the uk economy. safely let's speak to michael russell, have been the snp's cabinet secretary for the constitution, revealed. there'll be no ball boys or girls europe and external affairs. attending matches, and the players have also been asked very good to avoid spitting and to stick to social distancing guidelines afternoon tea. when they celebrate goals. afternoon. but the clubs also say that they will wear heart—shaped so scottish and welsh government badges on their shirts in a tribute asking for this but you are not to front line nhs staff.

going to get it. what this season's fa cup final do you make of is going to be renamed the "heads up" fa cup final. it? it is regulus it's to support the season—long mental health campaign that's jupiter t and being led by the duke of cambridge — michael gove's for mac so not true. who is president of the football association. iama michael gove's for mac so not true. i am a trade minister and i have the final is currently due to be been involved in this for several played on the 1st august yea rs. and the duke says it's been involved in this for several years. michael gove is not saying an opportunity to promote positive anything it is accurate, in fact it mental health for everyone. is untrue. in terms of money, there chatting to some of the arsenal squad.. he also tried to do is untrue. in terms of money, there is an arrangement within the withdrawal of raymond to continue a bit of transfer to play at roughly the present level business which would not change anything, and for his team aston villa. i just want to in terms of the new trading arrangements, the new trading say to pierre, obviously i hope you are at arrangements, the new trading arrangements would be worth vastly less tha n aston villa next year, pierre. arrangements would be worth vastly less than the previous trading laughter i've got to put that relationships. this is ideology gone in there just in case. mikel and i com pletely relationships. this is ideology gone completely mad, endlessly damaging, and will be a damage piled on top of will have what we now know is some words the worst recession we have ever experienced. later! i think it is culpable and there are looking a little bit uncomfortable there! people who will lose theirjobs and the draw‘s been made forjamie murray's chairty will lose their businesses and will suffer because of this decision today, which is inexplicable for anybody who is outside the magic circle of which mr the draw‘s been made gove is part. for jamie murray's charity

anybody who is outside the magic circle of which mr gove is partlj tennis tournament, mean, one of the things michael gove the battle of the brits, said is that if the period due to take place next month. 0ur tennis correspondent was extended the country was subject to russell fuller has the details. well, this will be a fairly high eu laws which might not be in our profile event when you consider what interests. is that one of the things is possible at the moment, you are saying is not because it involves the top eight british singles players, true? well, they are all going because the situation is that to be in the draw, and also there andy murray who is going to be is no likelihood of massive new playing his first match since november when eu laws in the period of extension and he first picked up an issue with his he knows that. he knows that europe bruised pelvic bone which kept him off tour at the start of this year is focused on recovery from covid and even though he was thinking of and are spending money on that so coming back to play perhaps they would be very, very substantial the miami lockdown kicked in just before that and his innovation, if you look at the money plans were scuppered. they're spending on new health he has been drawn in programmes in terms of research, a group with kyle edmonds, those are things we could benefit liam brody, and james ward. from. he is conjuring up bogeyman in the other group will make up... jack order to try to get his way. he should not be allowed to do so. draper this is simply the wrong thing to do, and but it is not the wrong thing that has dan no consequences, it is the one thing evans. that has desperate consequences for people who are already suffering socially distance draw conducted and to do this is utterly unforgivable. by murray took place at the so what you say to people, national tennis centre in london perhaps where they were all spaced out on specifically to business owners who the courts and each are trying to plan, who are trying pair had a nickname. andy murray's was to work in the circumstances that we the one hip wonder.

are all familiar with at the moment. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for what you say to them that they you in the next hour. the sun newspaper has been should be doing now? they should criticised for publishing an interview in be saying at the top of their voices that it which the former saying at the top of their voices thatitis saying at the top of their voices that it is not possible for them to husband ofj implement the changes he wants. michael gove also announced today k rowling what he said would be helpful to business which would be a reduction on checks on impulse. that would be physically assaulting the novelist. damaging to businesses because what campaigners and members of parliament have called the sun's it would be doing is encouraging decision to publish the interview dangerous and irresponsible. materials to come in that a 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson is with me. substandard, cheap imports, it would helena, what's this all about? encourage things to happen that it is moderately complicated if you would damage business and actually have not been keeping up with all of damage food safety and he would be this but it is doing so because he cannot put in a very shopping from place the arrangements that need to page. —— shocking. be put in place in a short period of time which we have been saying for this but it is a very shopping from page. -- shocking. this all follows the very complex, fiercely some period of time. i applaud debated their idea of brexit because scotland comments jk rowling knows it's the made wrong thing, but the very complex, fiercely debated commentsjk rowling made about transgender issues commentsjk rowling made about tra nsgender issues and commentsjk rowling made about transgender issues and she then went even if you support brexit, to false on to talk about her own private life in a long essay in which he it now will mean chaos, one in revealed that she was a complete chaos, and at the end of the day it victim of domestic abuse and sexual assault will mean businesses will shut and and today the sun newspaper on jobs will go. that is what gove has its first front page has decided today and that tracked down

is what will her ex—husband and has matter. —— i abhor interviewed the idea of him and had this headline. this brexit. snp mp has prompted a huge amount of criticism over the way it has dealt who is on the trade with this story. many people saying it committee there and has been involved in the socks. is giving a voice to an alleged perpetrator of a let down that ministers have been holding talks domestic abuse, it is giving someone with their eu counterparts today like the oxygen, and the prime minister will talk to leaders on monday. we have had negotiations step up next month — but will that be enough? a lot here's our reality check of reaction. correspondent chris morris. jess phillips tweeted... gillian the whole point of the transition period was to give both sides a bit martin of breathing space to negotiate new agreements after brexit, and avoid an abrupt and possibly tweeted... damaging change in the way this complex relationship works. but so far negotiations haven't gone well. and now the government has confirmed formally to the eu that the transition won't be extended beyond the 31st of december, planning for the prospect of no deal and a number of charities, is going to have to jane, as well, for example women's aid be stepped up again. talking about the headline that doesn't mean quite the same

having negative impact, headlines matter thing that it did last year, because brexit has now actually happened: a withdrawal they say, and refuge as well, agreement was ratified and — legally speaking — another charity, they say at a the uk is no longer part time of reported increased rates of of the eu. but on a practical level almost domestic abuse and terrifying nothing has changed, yet. uncertainty for so many women in the sun has chosen to amplify the voice so, this time no deal would mean ofa leaving the transition period sun has chosen to amplify the voice with no trade deal in place, of a perpetrator. has there and potentially no agreements been a formal response from the paper given on for example police cooperation, all the anger that aviation, nuclear safety and other is out there now. matters that were the house and it is unusual covered by eu for a newspaper to respond. the sun membership. let's look at one obvious example. newspaper to respond. the sun newspaper has not said sorry, they will not apologise what they have even with a deal the management of a new trade border with the eu printed but they have released the would be a big logistical challenge. following without a deal, well, many export businesses who trade with europe say they don't know what to plan for. statement... so the government has changed course on introducing new border checks on goods straightaway — instead they will be phased in over the first six months of next year. the newspaper goes the government says it will eventually need 50,000 on to say... new customs officers to handle but a huge amount of anger about how a new bureaucracy —

the but most of them haven't yet been sun newspaper has dealt with recruited, let alone trained. this story. then there's the added the prime minister has said complexity the boarding up of statues of trade between the and monuments because of concerns they'll be vandalised during eu, protests is "shameful northern ireland and the rest of the uk — and how border and absurd". checks will operate there. the statue of sir winston all this just deals with the trade churchill in london was covered in goods, negotiators have also in graffiti at last weekend's anti racism demonstrations. it's among several got to sort out the hugely important cross—border trade in services, to have including financial services. uk service exports to protective screens the eu increased to £72.6 billion around them. in 2018. all of this was going to be a massive task even before the coronavirus pandemic began more anti—racism demonstrations are expected this afternoon and weekend. mrjohnson said defacing to dominate the attention monuments was an attempt to censor britain's past. of ministers, what makes me sad about what is business happening today is that you have got leaders and civil a situation in which the statue of winston churchill, servants. who is a national hero, the government says businesses has had to be boarded up forfear who are complaining about a of violent attack. lack of preparation time have just got and that, to me, is to get used to a new reality. both absurd and wrong. and negotiations in are now going to intensify next month, you should not have a situation so some kind of deal could still emerge, covering in which people who are protesting at least some of these on one basis are violently attacking

issues. but time is really short and either the police or public property. way, the uk and the eu are going to have to be negotiating i am afraid the detail of their new what has happened relationship, for with these years to demonstrations is come. that we will, as i say, a tiny minority or, actually, talk more about a growing minority, unfortunately, have hijacked them and they are brexit after three o'clock. right now, though with the time 17 using them as a pretext to attack the police, to cause minutes to three let's turn our attentions violence and to cause damage to three let's turn our attentions to one of the story. it is an element of the coronavirus story but to something we have not perhaps public touched on that much. property. the nhs must instruct mental health hospitals to let families visit boris johnson speaking just young people with learning disabilities and autism, a couple of hours ago. amid concerns their conditions our home affairs correspondent are worsening due to isolation, tom symonds explained why some of the protests a report are taking place today... the interesting thing is that that said. young inpatients' was moved from tomorrow, supposed to happen tomorrow, to today because of human rights were already concerns among the organisers, part of the black lives matter being breached organisation, that they were going to be counter protests from groups before the pandemic, thejoint on the right and that it was going committee on human rights found, and it believes to get violent. they were quite the coronavirus lockdown has put clear they wanted to move from them at greater risk. saturday to friday because of that.

labour mp harriet harman is the chair of thejoint committee we have spoken to on human people who monitor groups on the right, they think that rights. let's find out what the situation is will take some of the tension out of and what should be done. harriet the situation, they think the numbers might be much lower harman, good tomorrow, there might be some people afternoon. good around today, but it is interesting that the statues continue to be afternoon. you have had a lot of the centre of the potential point of evidence in this regard. explain clashing, really. the what the situation is for young people in the situation and why are concern is that there are groups that will want you so concerned ? people in the situation and why are to come out and perhaps even use you so concerned? there are about 600 people under the age of violence to defend statues that they 25 in about 100 units which are called perceive might be attacked by protesters in the way that we assessment and treatment units which are there for young saw last week, and so it is the statues people with that are the issue at the moment. autism and or learning disabilities. now, the police are aware of all now, sadly if you said in this, they had not said that they the introduction to this report that will try to stop the protests, they already a0 of those institutions said that people have a right had to protest just as been declared unsatisfactory of said that people have a right to protestjust as much as they must stick to the coronavirus regulations failing by the government regulator, that also i think, to be fair, they and one of the things we found in our report before the covid accept that if they did try to stop some of these big protests taking lockdown was that these young place there could be more trouble. that was our home affairs people were vulnerable to abuse, to cover is abundant. let us neglect, to force restraint, to solitary return to

confinement, and one of the things coronavirus. —— home that we decided was the affairs correspondent. the coronavirus reproduction number preventing visits were incredibly important — referred to as the r number — because the parents across the uk remains between 0.7 and 0.9. know the best the scientific advisory group for emergencies which advises ca re the government also because the parents know the best care “— because the parents know the best care —— the pair rental visits, because the parents know the best published regional values for ca re because the parents know the best care about the most and were able to say if things were going on. what r in england for the first time, happened is as soon as there was the and this new data tells us covid lockdown parental visits so the south west having these young people, without their the highest range at 0.8—1.1. pa rents 0ur head of these young people, without their parents being able to visit, simply got worse and then they have been statisitcs robert cuffe is subjected to even more restraint in here. solitary confinement, and there is you are far better with a this then i vicious circle, so we are saying am so please explain this to us. pa rental vicious circle, so we are saying parental visits must be allowed this is my happy place sitting again, there must be a reporting there of with my excel spreadsheet. i could the amount of solitary confinement read out the rest of the regions one and physical restraint that there by one and it is not has been used and that very different, must be it is pretty much published, and they must crack on between not by with the discharges into the nine and one and everywhere in community of these young people that england, with a loose of changes may we re community of these young people that were halted when the covid lockdown be in the north—east it might go happened. what were down to not .7 and in the south—west the reasons it might go up to 1.1, will talk given for instantly stopping about that in the second because

pa rental given for instantly stopping thatis parental visits? was it that the about that in the second because that is the one you would worry institutions felt that they had to about but the big picture is that be on institutions felt that they had to beona institutions felt that they had to be on a par with every other... i there's not much variation within there's not much variation within mean we have talked a lot about care the regions and if you look at the homes, we know all the restrictions number of the infections they have that were on people trying to visit been falling by about a third week patients in hospital, for example, across all the regions and so there was their argument that, you know, is not much regional variation to we have to be the same as everyone see here and it is interesting else doing a coronavirus pandemic? across that you say because what went on that he figured it's time to source talk here? well, nhs about if you do not want it going england above1.0. when they said all visiting was about if you do not want it going above 1.0. so suspended, they did give an depending on where exception for young people with you live in the autism and learning disabilities, country, explain. the recognising somewhere in hq that actually these visits were incredibly important and that range for the south west is without this visit young people between not .8 and 1.1 so become more anxious and their balance of probability it is still below one. condition really deteriorates, so that exception was built in the south west are very look of it from the they have had the lowest number start, but the institutions at operational level, these 100 or so of infections throughout the epidemic and the lowest number of deaths we institutions did alljust do a have low numbers like that small blanket ban and what we are saying banks can to nhs england is get onto them, make a make sure that your guidance big difference is actually put into practice, because the amount of suffering of these and, and whenever i talk to anybody in

young people... i mean, it the south—west they say it is is absolutely untold, and we heard from because of an outbreak in a two mothers of young people hospital in weston—super—mare that can have in the situation and one said immediately an impact on the whole southwest that the lockdown happened and her region so we need to be a little bit child was told there was careful before we jump and say that going to be the south—west region is going no visits, immediately there was a to suicide attempt. i mean we are see infections increasing across the whole area. it is just a possibility talking about such levels of misery that the number might be slightly and suffering and the parents need higher but broadly it is looking to be able to go to those kids. pretty similar to everywhere else. we need to know what is actually thank you very much. i think i get happening in terms of solitary that. more on that confinement and forcible this to come. that was straight. i mean, ifa young the bbc‘s confinement and forcible this straight. i mean, if a young person is held down physically on the floor and then locked up for 22 hours a head of day that is likely to make statistics. them worse rather than better end of the in recent days, misleading information surrounding sign that really things are not the black lives matter protests has been circulating online. going well at all. —— forcible bbc news has spoken exclusively to 23—year—old mohammed who received restraint. so they need to be discharged home if they possibly racist abuse after false social media claims accused him can. the government have said to of desecrating a war memorial during protests. their local community that they do twitter has said the false not want young people in these claims do not violate their sites' policies — institutions and they have actually some still remain online and he's had a programme for discharging them still but that programme has been receiving frozen. we need the parental visits reinstated immediately, we need the abuse.

pa rental reinstated immediately, we need the parental visits reinstated immediately, when either reports of these forcible restraint in solitary let's try and confinement, we need a helpline for pa rents confinement, we need a helpline for unravel parents so they can be an immediate this with our flagging when things are going specialist wrong, and we want these discharges reporter marianna spring whojoins me now. to be under way. i think a marianna, tell us a bit more lot of people watching will be astounded by about what happened here and how you came across some of the descriptions you have been given there. i don't even the story? understand why some of the physical so mohamed's then got in touch with restrictions you are talking about a me and she was incredibly worried reason happening. nothing to do with about the abuse he was receiving on coronavirus. why is this social media, as you say, going on? if you have got a crisis that racist abuse, threats, as avis happens at home or in the wants to these totally false claims which local community, which is often because suggested he was the person in a there isn't and support for the viral video who had seemingly families looking after these young people are these young people in climbed up onto the cenotaph giving protests in london. we spoke to the community, if some sort of crisis nellie and he expend a little bit hits they go for what is supposed about how he felt when he realised to be temporary assessment and these claims were treatment into one of these units and it is supposed to be for no more circulating.” about how he felt when he realised these claims were circulating. i got a message from a friend telling me than a couple or so weeks. that my face has been shared 0n multiple times telling me that i average, though, they have been there 11 months, those that are have been accused of trying to there, and many have been there for burn the unionjack yea rs, there, and many have been there for years, and what happens is that have been accused of trying to burn the union jack flag have been accused of trying to burn the unionjack flag in have been accused of trying to burn the union jack flag in whitehall. have been accused of trying to burn the unionjack flag in whitehall. i found out from often in these units they get another person that worse, and therefore it is more difficult

to discharge them, and therefore one my picture has been shared on of the things that actually helps twitter and that had over like identify when there is thousands of shares, and that is when i realised, like, 0k actually abuse going on, because obviously thousands of shares, and that is when i realised, like, ok this is serious, this is actually quite most of the carers are amazingly dedicated and we have to be big, andl enormously grateful for the work serious, this is actually quite big, and i did a quick twitter search as that they are doing, but some well to see if i could find anything actually do criminal abuse and else and i just well to see if i could find anything else and ijust sort like, so many in other pictures, you know, a these closed institutions, as the bbc has shone a spotlight on this lot of with your report racist abuse, people telling me that they were trying to name and shame on... hall, in me and they were going to these closed institutions it is very find me, easy to cover up abusive and you get and, yeah, it was quite scary at the some people who are reallyjust beginning to be honest. it that has had, not right to be like, quite a massive effect in the care service on my family. they first are so, at all, so ink closed institutions so worried. they do not want me without parental visits and to leave the house at all. they are inspections have been suspended anyway, the inspections were good so worried that they might find my enough, you know it is only a small name, but they might find my group of young people, it is only address, so i am tired of living my about 600, but my goodness me life in fear. i am tired of the depth of suffering and the absolute living my life in fear. i am suffering on behalf of their parents exhausted. is absolute least profound and they this movement is only getting bigger could sort this quickly by right now and it is beautiful how saying to big it has become. i the nhs england say, you have got to think it is

allow parents to visit unless there only a matter of time that people isa finally here, you allow parents to visit unless there is a really major reason not to, and you have got to crack on with the know, like people, discharges and you have got to and hitting the black report to the minister. the minister lives matter should have on their desk the movement. —— finally number of young times young here black people and he let the people have actually forcibly restrained black lives matter movement. or locked in solitary shocking. how confinement. they are in theircare locked in solitary confinement. they are in their care and certainly if i does was a minister i want would this fit in with the want to bigger picture know institution by institution how of misinformation you have been often this is happening because when saying? throughout the pandemic there is an increase in how much this is happening that is telling we have seen misinformation about coronavirus and misinformation like you something is going wrong. we this is just as coronavirus and misinformation like this isjust as harmful and coronavirus and misinformation like must leave it there but harriet this is just as harmful and as you have heard that it has really harman the chair of the joint affected mohammed and his family and committee on human rights there and in factjust to has resulted in him receiving racial committee on human rights there and in fact just to tell you that a spokesperson for the nhs in terms of abuse and threats. it is important when it comes to misinformation in a pa rental spokesperson for the nhs in terms of parental visits has issued a setting that we really think about statement saying our national guidance sent to hospitals and other what it aims to do and in local health services has always many cases it seeks to divide, it seeks supported visits across all to encourage targeted harassment of individuals, and it is a lot inpatient settings when local organisations agree that it is safe about polarisation, and this weekend we and appropriate to do can expect to see

so. we have more posts online, stated that there must be possibly misleading posts about protest that i going on, so it is no blanket ban. that is the nhs vital that people to stop and think statement on when they are swirling on social that. so saying that visit should be media and make sure they think about allowed when it is safe to why a post has been shared do so, so and also that... that is what the nhs whether it is true. —— strolling on are saying on that, and that was harriet social media. in this case, harman, of course, the interrogating the video that was allegedly mohammed showed very labour mp. quickly that they were not the same relatives of a50 people who've died with coronavirus are demanding person. although they were waving a an immediate public inquiry into how the government managed similar analyte, they had parts of the pandemic. the families say an urgent review different builds, different physical could help prevent more deaths. appearance and in fact the person in but ministers insist the viral video actually had been the priority at the moment identified as a woman. the only is responding to the crisis. thing that they appear to have in 0ur correspondent michael buchanan common is that they were black and has been to meet the family of tony thatis common is that they were black and that is at the centre of the brown, who abuse that is at the centre of the abuse that muhammad has been receiving. died in that is at the centre of the abuse that muhammad has been receivingm is awful. we talk about individual response ability, what are the march. social media site saying tony brown became ill in mid—march. as well? facebook took down the space that dad was very, very nearly retired. he was 65 years old. was targeting mohammed with false the father of two had claims and racist abuse but twitter a dry cough and a temperature, which nhs111 told him has not removed survival tweets to to treat with paracetamol. and at that time, what we were make the same allegations because they say they do not break its

hearing was constantly this stay at home message, just stay policy with regards to hateful at home, and protect the nhs. content so i think it raises a lot tony woke up one morning with chest pains. of really important question is not an ambulance was called. moments after he got to hospital just about misinformation and what he had a cardiac arrest. social media companies are doing to and after 11 attempts protect those using platforms from to resuscitate him, he passed away. false claims was also what they're he tested positive doing to protect users from basis abuse because that wheat is still for coronavirus after his there and it is still being re—shared and mohammed is still death. being threatened with abuse in the when you have gotten ill, when is the appropriate comments on those tweets on twitter time to go to hospital? are deciding not to remove it and i it wasn't clear, no one knew that. we were trying to wait it out, think, yes, it everyone was trying to wait it out raises the questions. and... —— protect users from racist abuse and if you wait too long, it turns because that tweet out it kills really quickly. the group covid—19 bereaved families is still there. forjustice said immediate public a paralympian has called enquiry will prevent for there to be greater more deaths. representation of black people on the boards of major they say decisions on everything sports in the uk. from easing the lockdown to a wheelchair racer anne wafula strike is the only black board member possible second spike will be across britain's 12 biggest sports — improved if they are exposed to external scrutiny, as people she works with uk athletics. will understand how conclusions she's been speaking to our sports are reached. correspondent laura scott. sport has been undergoing a period one of the real problems of self—examination, with some of our biggest stars speaking out is that the government has lost about differences in opportunities the trust of the public and what that in opportunities and racial means is people aren't really injustices in the wake of george floyd's death.

following the lockdown rules, even if they understand them. many have highlighted what that means is more the lack of ethnic diversity in the hierarchy of transmission and more deaths that can be avoided. major sports. and for the only black board member, good evening... at the downing street anne wafula strike, podium each evening, the situation is ministers have been reluctant deflating. to admit any mistakes, but their these statistics are just really appalling. they are... advisers are reconsidering you know, they are shocking. it's so... events. on wednesday, a leading scientist how come i am the only black person told mps that with hindsight many lives could have on one of these big boards? it's... been saved. i think itjust really had we introduced shows that we really need lockdown measures a week to be doing something. earlier, we would have reduced the final death can you imagine all the black young toll by at people, even those ones who represent this country, least a half. when they look around these big boards they cannot see any it's so versions of themselves. brutally, what does this tell us gut—wrenchingly painful as a nation, as a country? in the 130 sports bodies funded to hear that essentially, by uk sport and sport england, you were right, that your... that an earlier lockdown the proportion of black, would have stopped so many asian and minority ethnic board people dying. it may well have stopped my members is around dad from dying and, if 5%. anything, itjust makes when you don't see anybody it who is representing you or somebody feel more of your version, you sort of have pointless. to ask yourselves like, inaction was the reason are we so that my dad died. irrelevant? ministers say that at you know? the moment, theirfocus is on

responding to the crisis. the families argue we need to have people who can be that that should be possible while also good mentors, you know, learning lessons. michael like people that the black and ethnic women growing buchanan, up can look up to. anne wafula strike, bbc who was awarded an mbe for her disability campaigning, is not in favour of news. targets being introduced. target doesn't mean anything. i think, to me, what is important is bringing the black people on board and giving them a voice and listening to them because otherwise we will end up with so many black people sitting on boards, but with silent voices. so then it ends up being a box ticking we will be talking more exercise. the nfl has changed its stance about that after three. uber has announced that it on athletes taking a knee to support the black lives matter movement. will make face coverings mandatory and the displays of unity are likely to continue next week, for drivers and when the premier league kicks off. passengers across the uk from but athletes are looking to the corridors of power for progress. monday. until now the minicab app firm has laura been urging people to stay home scott, for their safety and the safety bbc of drivers who've been making essential trips. today the company says measures have news. been introduced to ensure that every much more coming up from driver can access the ppe. and from monday anyone fourth. len using the uber app will be required brown to take you through the next

few hours. i will leave you with to wear a face covering. a just before the weather — look at the i want to show you these pictures weather. of cuban health care workers getting hello. a heroes' welcome home the team it is a very mixed picture weather—wise out there for the rest arrived back this week of today. after spending two months in italy for some of us, there is a bit the 52 medics were stationed of warm sunshine around and a in lombardy, the worst fair amount of cloud out there too. affected region in this was the picture taken italy. earlier on in east sussex. cuba's president has paid tribute we have some big downpours to what he called intense, and thunderstorms and over the next risky and few days there will be some sunshine breaking through but as those heroic work. temperatures turn increasingly warm, over 3000 of the country's doctors humidity rises too, we expect some thundery downpours. were sent abroad to 27 countries the areas most likely to see thunderstorms today to help are across the south—west of england into wales, and by tomorrow the thunderstorm risk with the pushes further north, particularly through parts of north wales, the midlands as well, pandemic response. and by the time we get to sunday it now it's time is north wales and northern ireland are most prone to seeing heavy for a look showers and thunderstorms. at but nowhere immune to a few heavy the weather with showers over the next few days, sarah keith lucas. 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 hello. it is a very mixed picture so temperatures this afternoon quite weather—wise out there for the rest widely around 17—21. of today. a little bit cooler around for some of us, there is a bit

of warm sunshine around and a the east coast where we have fair amount of cloud out there too. more cloud and also some rain that's been this was the picture taken earlier on in east sussex. persistent across northern england. we have some big downpours this evening into tonight, the rain pushes across eastern scotland. and thunderstorms and over the next further south, heavy, few days there will be some sunshine thundery showers pushing across southern england breaking through but as those temperatures turn increasingly warm, and into wales and by the early humidity rises too, we expect some thundery downpours. hours of saturday morning those the areas most likely heavy showers will sit to see thunderstorms today across the north west of england, are across the south—west of england south—west scotland into wales, and by tomorrow and northern ireland. the thunderstorm risk pushes further north, drier to the south of that, particularly through parts of north wales, quite a warm and humid night the midlands as well, with a bit of mist and murk around and by the time we get to sunday it first thing tomorrow. is north wales and northern ireland tomorrow there will be are most prone to seeing heavy sunshine across the bulk of england and wales, showers and thunderstorms. but nowhere immune to a few heavy a little cloudier for scotland showers over the next few days, and northern ireland for a time. later in the afternoon, that's down to the fact that this area of low pressure centred around when we start to see the heavy and thundery showers developing, the bay of biscay at the moment particularly heavy showers and is pushing its way northwards thunderstorms for the channel isles, the south—west of england, across the uk. southern england, wales, the north pretty warm out there west of england seeing some so temperatures this afternoon quite of these fairly hit and miss widely around 17—21d. a little bit cooler around but potentially thundery downpours. the east coast where we have more some sunshine between the showers, drier day tomorrow for northern cloud and also some rain that's been persistent across northern england. england compared to today. this evening into tonight, the rain northern ireland and pushes across eastern scotland. further south, heavy, thundery showers pushing across southern england much and into wales and by the early of scotland as hours of saturday morning those well, heavy showers will sit particularly towards the north—west, across the north west of england, it could be quite warm south—west scotland with temperatures in the mid 20s. and northern ireland. drier to the south of that, into saturday evening we will keep

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this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines: the uk's economy shrank by 20% in april because of the coronavirus lockdown — worse than economists predicted. he we have always been in no doubt this was going to be a very serious public health crisis, but also have big, big economic knock on effects andi am, i'm afraid, not surprised by the figures we have seen. the uk will not extend the post—brexit transition period. michael gove says the european union has been left in no doubt about the government's

position. i made it clear to maros sefcovic, the vice president of the european commission, we would not be extending. that is it. we are leaving the transition period on december the 315t. borisjohnson says it is "shameful" that statues are having to be boarded up because of fears they will be vandalised. families of more than a00 people who've died with coronavirus demand an urgent public inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic. and the paralympian who's the only black member of a board with britain's major sports tells us much more needs to be done. target does not mean anything. i think, to me, what is important is bringing the black people on board and giving them a voice and listening to them.

good afternoon. the uk economy shrank by more than a fifth in april, the biggest monthly contraction on record, as a result of the coronavirus lockdown. new figures from the office for national statistics show almost all areas of the economy were affected, with house builders and car manufacturers particularly badly hit. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has said the fall is in line with many other countries, which are suffering the impact of the pandemic. here's our economics correspondent, andy verity. this is the scale of the economic plunge in april. ten times the size of any previous dive, much larger than the global financial crisis and much faster than the great depression of the 1930s. this gym in altrincham near manchester is among thousands of businesses that thrived before lockdown, part of a chain with 100,000 members and 700 staff. but now, most of them are on furlough and the gym

is eerily quiet, as it has been for three months. so we have huge super scale facilities here... its boss, like many others across the economy, has somehow got to find a way to pay the company's bills when its income is zero. we have had no revenues coming in since the shutdown on the 21st of march and, of course, considerable recurring cost in the interim, and so it has been exceptionally challenging to manage the cash reserves that we have on the way through, while protecting our teams and making sure that we don't build a creditor wall on the other side that is too difficult and takes too long to unwind. among the hardest hit sectors were accommodation and food, with activity down a1% in the three months to april, with education and transport and storage also badly hit, each down by more than 18%. this is completely unprecedented. the size and suddenness of the economic downturn is without precedent in economic statistics or the experience of the uk economy. what is most extraordinary

about this record slump we are in is that, unlike previous recessions, this was the direct outcome of deliberate government policy. in ordering lockdown, the government, like other governments around the world, was requiring and requesting a big drop in economic activity on a scale and at a speed we have never seen before. construction was also hit harder than other sectors where home working was possible. down a0% in april alone. i'm not, i'm afraid, surprised by the figures that we have seen. the uk is heavily dependent on services. we are a dynamic, creative economy. we depend so much on human contact. we have been badly hit by this, but we are also amazingly resilient and creative and we will bounce back. the economic slump, like the virus, is notjust a national, but an international crisis. there was a report that came out a couple of days ago from the 0ecd, that group of industrialised nations, and it

suggested that the drop in gdp for this year for the uk would actually be worse than for every other industrialised nation, so we are in a very, very difficult situation as a country and we will need strong action to help us to climb out of this as quickly as possible. remarkable in the midst of the economic shutdown was the modesty of the drop in retail sales, down only 8.9%, as consumers ordered online like never before. the habit of spending dies hard, even when all the shops are shut. andy verity, bbc news. this afternoon the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, has been giving his reaction to the figures. well, obviously it is a dramatic and big number, a dramatic and big number, but actually it is not a surprising number. the economy clearly closed down substantially at the end of march into april, so it is not surprising. it is actually pretty much in line with what we were expecting. now, the big question of course

is what happens next? we monitor a lot of very high frequency data these days, we have a lot of access to that data, which is why we had a reasonably good read on what was going to happen in april. we see signs of the economy now beginning to come back into life in the high frequency data. we do see that. it is early days and obviously i don't want to emphasise that too much, it is a gradual coming back into life, but we do see those signs. so i think that is evident that things are starting up again, but the really big question that goes beyond that is not only how quickly and at what pace and at what sequence parts of the economy are going to come back to life, but this whole question about how much long—term damage is there going to be? that is the thing that we have to be very focused on because that is where jobs get lost and that is where damage is done to people's livelihoods. we hope that will be as small as possible, but we have to be ready to take action, notjust the bank of england, but more broadly on what we can do

to offset those longer—term damaging effects. joining me now is rupert harrison — from 2010—2015 he was chief of staff to chancellor, george osborne, and chair of the uk's council of economic advisors. he is now a portfolio manager at blackrock. thank you very much for being with us. the prime minister said he was not surprised by the that these figures, were you surprised? sadly not. we should be surprised as they are ten times worse than any number we have had before this covid—19 outbreak, but we all knew in april the economy was deliberately shut down by the government, we knew we we re down by the government, we knew we were staying at home, people weren't going out and loads of businesses we re going out and loads of businesses were closed, so we shouldn't be surprised by these numbers. really bea surprised by these numbers. really be a big uncertainty is about how quickly this bounces back and crucially as andrew bailey was saying, how far it bounces back and how much of that 20% is going to ta ke how much of that 20% is going to take a long time to get back.

what would you recommend? what are the key measures in order to see a quick bounce back? the most important thing and the biggest setback to another recovery would be another wave of the virus and we have seen markets around the world sell off very dramatically over the previous days because they are getting concerned about a second wave of the virus in some states in the us and they are not concerned it might not concerned about that yet in the uk, but i think the best thing would be to carry on reopening, but to do it very carefully and very slowly and continue to monitor the virus because a second wave would set back all the progress that has been made since april and probably more. the chancellor is probably going to continue to air on the side of doing too much, rather than thinking about how he is going to pay for it. at the moment, the fellow scheme is absolutely crucial and he needs to make sure he faces that out very slowly and i think we're going to hear more from the chancellor about that injuly hear more from the chancellor about that in july and hear more from the chancellor about that injuly and about investment in

jobs. crucially, the fellow scheme can't last for ever and we are going to see further increases unemployment, so that is going to put pressure on retraining and schemes for things like that to get people back into work. and the prime minister is being urged to cut the social distancing rule from two metres to one metre, which could make a big difference to quite a lot of the hospitality sector and so on and getting a kick start to the economy in the short term. would you go along with that?” economy in the short term. would you go along with that? i think it is very delicate and you have to be led by the experts and the scientific advice because yes, it would help some sectors of the economy, particularly hospitality and restau ra nts. particularly hospitality and restaurants. we all understand how difficult it is to run a restaurant while keeping to be to metre rule, but as i said before, the holder the economy would suffer if we are careless and allow a second wave of the virus to take hold. that really would be a terrible setback. i think it would be more than two times

worse than just one lockdown because a lot of businesses that have survived this far, a second lockdown i think survived this far, a second lockdown ithink might survived this far, a second lockdown i think might push them over the edge and a lot of the banks that have been willing to keep lending to businesses might start to think, hang on, if we have got a second lockdown, might we get a third or a fourth? and they will start to pull the plug, so it really is this issue of we must on the side of caution, let's ta ke of we must on the side of caution, let's take things a step at a time and look at it each week to make sure we haven't gone too far with the easing the restrictions. people are talking about a recession that could last seven or eight years or maybe even a decade. is that too pessimistic? i think that is a bit pessimistic? i think that is a bit pessimistic and i think we can be optimistic that may be some time next year we can get back to some sort of life that is a bit more normal. that is not to say they won't be permanent damage, but a decade is too long. we will see some scarring, what economists say is dying at the economy from people being out of work for too long, businesses going bust that maybe

could have survived otherwise, but it is more on the scale of one or two or even three years in which we can get that back because unless we get a second wave i think we will get, perhaps not a the shaped recovery, but i have been calling it a solution like the brand nike. thank you very much for talking to is there, rupert harrison, who was the chief of staff to the child previous chancellor george osborne. the cabinet office minister, michael gove, says the government will not extend the post—brexit transition period beyond the end of the year. 0pposition mps and the scottish and welsh governments have been pushing for an extension because of the impact of the pandemic. ministers have been holding talks with their eu counterparts today and the prime minister will talk to leaders on monday. here's our political correspondent, iain watson, at westminster. first, as you were saying, and this is no big surprise that he would not be extending the transition period, but this becomes official today because he spoke to the vice president of the european commission. the prime minister will

be speaking to the eu commission and the eu parliament and the eu council that represents the member states on monday, and the message will be much the same. but what michael gove was also saying was that in effect, the government would have to take some pragmatic and flexible measures at the end of that transition period and that amounts to not actually doing some customs and border checks on goods as they come into britain for a further six months. they are also announcing that today they are sorting out the infrastructure on the border. they might need more customs infrastructure, there might have to be new facilities in land if they couldn't cram it into existing british ports. so michael gove was asked whether, in fact, as somebody who had advocated brexit and had been in charge of preparations for a no—deal brexit, whether there really was a failure to prepare. from the ist ofjanuary next year,

we will be outside a customs union and outside the single market, so it is appropriate that we have checks on products coming into the uk, but it is also appropriate we take account of what has been happening with the coronavirus and we want to make sure that business has an opportunity to adjust in a pragmatic and flexible way to the new arrangements that we have. it will be the case that goods that come into the uk from the eu may be subject to tariffs. those tariffs will have to be paid, checks will be carried out, but it is important they will be intimated in a ——implemented in a pragmatic fashion. you say a pragmatic fashion. some say you are actually doing this in a dogmatic fashion. the first minister of wales and the first minister of scotland say there is an easy way to help companies. you simply ask to extend the transition period. well, we don't believe that extending the transition period is the right thing to do. today in a joint committee that supervises relations between the eu and the uk i made 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 315t. that provides clarity and certainty to business and our announcement today allows business to plan in an appropriate and flexible way for our departure from the eu as we take back control. as i say, some of these measures on customs, for example, will potentially be delayed tojuly 2021, so six months after the transition period ends. michael gove was also asked if the eu are reciprocating and he said they will have to make their own decisions, which i took to mean no. in addition to that, he was asked about the specific criticism by the scottish and welsh first ministers that it was reckless not to ask for a extension to the transition period, which the uk is permitted to do. he said it would be reckless not to take advantage of leaving the transition period to create new trading relationships with other

countries around the world and we would be outside of the customs union and the regulatory framework of the eu by the end of december and he felt it was wrong for snp or indeed labour party figures to suggest that we stayed inside the structures and rules of the european union, even though we are no longer a member. that was our political correspondent. let's speak now to the conservative mp, marcus fysh. thank you very much for being with us. not going for extension on the day we had had these horrendous economic figures, is that sensible? it is absolutely right that we shouldn't extend the transition period. we will have traders ready. they will be able to use the systems and michael gove was quite right to say that we will be pragmatic and flexible to help them, but there is plenty of time for them to prepare, to use the intermediaries, to prepare the data that they are going to need to get them to make

a compliant return of the declarations that are required. it isn't rocket science, it just that are required. it isn't rocket science, itjust requires a bit of preparation. you'll have heard of what the thirst ministers of scotla nd what the thirst ministers of scotland and wales have said, that this is extraordinarily reckless. no, i don't accept that at all. it is what the british people voted for, to leave the european union, and we are doing that and we can have a great future outside of it and they obviously have a different point of view, and have done throughout the process of arguing about that, but we are leading and we will be prepared. it is how the people voted, but at the same time economic circumstances have changed dramatically with the cabinet virus pandemic, surely? a former conservative treasury minister has said, talk about trying to get ourselves even more challenges as we try to get the economy

to bounce back! there are great opportunities from the outside of the eu. we will be able to do our own trade deals, we are working onjapan, australia and new zealand, we have got the us going. 0f and new zealand, we have got the us going. of course we want also to have a good deal with our eu friends and partners, and i hope that we will be able to have that in place as well. we absolutely need to keep our trade channels open and efficient and the eu does as well, in order to bounce back out of these economic times that we find ourselves in. what do you think are the chances of reaching a deal by the chances of reaching a deal by the end of the transition period? there are only eight few months to go. i think people will increasingly focus on what is good for both sides. there is an enormous amount of trade between both sides. the eu economy is really in no condition at the moment tojust economy is really in no condition at the moment to just say, well,

economy is really in no condition at the moment tojust say, well, that doesn't matter. and we want to be positive and constructive and make a properly sovereign to sovereign deal. the issue thus far is they haven't really wanted to recognise that we are leaving and are going to be sovereign and the prime minister's eu negotiator has that made that very clear. i think david frost is doing a fantasticjob of that. marcus fysh, conservative mp, thank you forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news: the uk's economy shrank by 20% in april because of the coronavirus lockdown. it's worse than economists predicted. the uk will not extend the post—brexit transition period. the cabinet office minister, michael gove, says he's been clear to the eu. borisjohnson says it is "shameful" that statues are having to be boarded up because of concerns they'll be vandalised. high street stores and shopping

centres have begun opening in northern ireland, as coronavirus restrictions begin to ease. in england, nonessential shops will be allowed to reopen on monday. no date has been set for scotland or wales. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, has more. the coronavirus closure is over. retailing is being unlocked. all shops in northern ireland now have permission to open ahead of the rest of the uk. for people working in the sector, it is a hugely important day. excited, nervous. we have been closed for 12 weeks, so all of us are feeling just that little bit emotional as well because we love victoria square, we love what we do and to be given the opportunity again to start welcoming back our customers is an emotional day. some buyers were out early and said they felt the difference straightaway. i think it is great, there is a bit of an atmosphere back in the town as well, so it is buzzing. the shopping experience isn't the same as it was before, though.

hand sanitiser stations, one—way systems and social distancing notices are prominent additions. the number of shoppers isn't massive and the weather is probably not helping to bring people out. nonetheless, the fact that the shutters are up again in the high street and people are browsing the shelves does feel like a significant moment. it is like it is the beginning of the end of the ghost town feel. it might seem like the last few months have belonged in the pages of a novel, but real life's entered a new era. this book seller wants to retain as much of his shop's character as possible. whereas restrictions may be lessening, i think we have all been affected by this so deeply and in so many different ways, and i think a lot of people will be reticent and cautious about going to places where they are going to be meeting people and things like that. so i think we will manage. our main aim is to make it as comfortable for people as possible to come in. there is one other notable change in northern

ireland today. the number of people from different households who are allowed to meet outdoors has increased from six to ten. very gradually, more aspects of normality are returning. chris page, bbc news, belfast. the prime minister has said the boarding up of statues and monuments because of concerns they'll be vandalised during protests is "shameful and absurd." the statue of sir winston churchill in london was covered in graffiti at last weekend's anti—racism demonstrations. it's among several to have protective screens put around them. more anti—racism demonstrations are expected this afternoon and at the weekend. mrjohnson says defacing monuments is an attempt to censor britain's past. what makes me sad about what is happening today is that you have got 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. i am afraid what has happened with these demonstrations is that a tiny minority or a growing minority, 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. that was the prime minister talking earlier on today. let'sjust show you the latest pictures we have from our helicopter. i think we can show you these, just over one of the demonstrations this afternoon in hyde park. you can see a couple of the police vans there, quite a lot

of police vans intact and a number of police vans intact and a number of police vans intact and a number of demonstrators, not a vast amount. that is the latest picture from hyde park, as those demonstrators are on the move we will bring you more of those pictures a later on. relatives of a50 people who've died with coronavirus are demanding an immediate public inquiry into how the government managed parts of the pandemic. the families say an urgent review could help prevent more deaths. but ministers insist the priority at the moment is responding to the crisis. 0ur correspondent michael buchanan has been to meet the family of tony brown, who died in march. tony brown became ill in mid—march. dad was very, very nearly retired. he was 65 years old. the father of two had a dry cough and a temperature, which nhs111 told him to treat with paracetamol. and at that time, what we were hearing was constantly this stay at home message, just stay at home, and protect the nhs. tony woke up one morning with chest pains. an ambulance was called.

moments after he got to hospital he had a cardiac arrest. and after 11 attempts to resuscitate him, he passed away. he tested positive for coronavirus after his death. when you have gotten ill, when is the appropriate time to go to hospital? it wasn't clear, no one knew that. we were trying to wait it out, everyone was trying to wait it out and he was trying to wait it out... and if you wait too long, it turns out it kills really quickly. the group covid—19 bereaved families forjustice say an immediate public enquiry will prevent more deaths. they say decisions on everything from easing the lockdown to a possible second spike will be improved if they are exposed to external scrutiny, as people will understand how conclusions are reached. one of the real problems is that the government has lost the trust of the public and what that means is people aren't really following the lockdown rules, even if they understand them. what that means is more transmission and more deaths that can be avoided.

good evening... at the downing street podium each evening, ministers have been reluctant to admit any mistakes, but their advisers are reconsidering events. on wednesday, a leading scientist told mps that with hindsight many lives could have been saved. had we introduced lockdown measures a week earlier, we would have reduced the final death toll by at least a half. it's so brutally, gut—wrenchingly painful to hear that essentially, you were right, that your... that an earlier lockdown would have stopped so many people dying. it may well have stopped my dad from dying and, if anything, itjust makes it feel more pointless. like, inaction was the reason that my dad died. ministers say that at the moment, theirfocus is on responding to the crisis. the families argue that that should be possible while also learning lessons. michael buchanan, bbc

news. a paralympian has called for there to be greater representation of black people on the boards of major sports in the uk. wheelchair racer anne wafula strike is the only black board member across britain's 12 biggest sports — she works with uk athletics. she's been speaking to our sports correspondent, laura scott. sport has been undergoing a period of self—examination, with some of our biggest stars speaking out about differences in opportunities and racial injustices in the wake of george floyd's death. many have highlighted the lack of ethnic diversity in the hierarchy of major sports. and for the only black board member, anne wafula strike, the situation is deflating. these statistics are just really appalling. they are... you know, they are shocking. it's so... how come i am the only black person on one of these big boards? it's... i think itjust really shows that we really need to be doing something.

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. what does this tell us as a nation, as a country? in the 130 sports bodies funded by uk sport and sport england, the proportion of black, asian and minority ethnic board members is around 5%. when you don't see anybody who is representing you or somebody of your version, you sort of have to ask yourselves are we so irrelevant? you know? we need to have people who can be good mentors, you know, like people that the black and ethnic women growing up can look up to. anne wafula strike, who was awarded an mbe for her disability campaigning, is not in favour of targets being introduced. target doesn't mean anything. i think, to me, what is important is bringing the black people on board and giving them a voice and listening to them because otherwise we will end up with so many black people sitting on boards, but with silent voices.

so then it ends up being a box ticking exercise. the nfl has changed its stance on athletes taking a knee to support the black lives matter movement. and the displays of unity are likely to continue next week, when the premier league kicks off. but athletes are looking to the corridors of power for progress. laura scott, bbc news. the sun newspaper has said it did not intend to "glorify" domestic abuse, following criticism for publishing an interview in which the former husband ofj.k. rowling defends physically abusing the harry potter author. campaigners and members of parliament have called the sun's decision to publish the interview dangerous and irresponsible. the former chancellor, george osborne, is being replaced as editor of the evening standard by david cameron's sister—in—law. emily sheffield writes a column for the free london newspaper, which is in financial trouble. earlier she tweeted the paper "has

survived this crisis and it "will survive many more" adding it "has been a core part "of my daily life since i moved to london aged 18". now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello there. we're expecting some fairly lively weather over the next few days. for some of us, there'll be some sunshine around, but as those temperatures rise and humidity builds too, expect some heavy and some thundery downpours at times. you won't all see them but could be some big showers, with hail and gusty winds too. all down to this area of low pressure currently across the bay of biscay that will be pushing its way northwards across the uk, bringing those pretty unsettled conditions over the next few days. this afternoon, heavy showers for the south—west of england. into wales too, also a bit of rain for parts of northern england. quite warm and humid as we head through this evening and tonight and heavy showers pushing their way further north and north—westwards further north and north—westwards so sitting across parts of northern ireland and south—west scotland early tomorrow morning with a warm and humid night, in fact, temperatures holding into the teens for many of us. for saturday, then, spells

of sunshine but also some heavy, thundery showers, particularly for the south—west of england into wales, the midlands as well. those temperatures, though, somewhere between about 15 to 2a degrees. hello, good afternoon, this is bbc news with me, then brown. we'll be going live to downing street in half an hour's time for the latest government corona breathing. first of all, our headlines. the uk's economy shrank by 20% in april because of the coronavirus lockdown — worse than economists predicted. we have always been in no doubt this was going to be a very serious public health crisis, but also have big, big economic knock on effects andi am, i'm afraid, not surprised by the figures we have seen. the uk will not extend

the post—brexit transition period. michael gove says the european union has been left in no doubt about the government's position. i made it clear to maros sefcovic, the vice president of the european commission, we would not be extending. that is it. we are leaving the transition period on december the 315t. borisjohnson says it is "shameful" that statues are having to be boarded up because of fears they will be vandalised. families of more than a00 people who've died with coronavirus demand an urgent public inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic. and the paralympian who's the only black member of a board with britain's major sports tells us much more needs to be done. and much more needs to be done. coming up in half ar time, and coming up in half an hour's time, that daily coronavirus press briefing,