where we couldn't do a single liver transplantation, and it was worrying times for us, because we knew there were so many patients waiting for transplantation. i was really, really worried that i wouldn't make it. i probably should have been preparing to speak to my family, and i couldn't bring myself to say goodbye. it wasn't something that i could do. i think you're accepting it then, once you say it. and i wasn't ready to accept it. she was in an extremely critical condition, and if she didn't have a transplant operation, i cannot say how long she would have survived. not for more than a few weeks. but then, at the darkest time, some incredibly welcome news. the coordinator and the surgeon himself came up to see me and said that they had just had an offer, and the donor was a match. itjust felt like the weight of the world had been

lifted off my shoulders. she was the first patient to be transplanted when we were about to restart the liver transplantation programme. i didn't have to think twice, because ana is a patient almost on the edge of her life, so for me it was a no—brainer. after a nine—hour operation, ana—rose now has a fully functioning liver — and a hefty scar. i'm very proud of it! from a near standstill at the height of the pandemic, transplants are now on the rise. we still do not do the same frequency that we used to. i'm glad that it is picking up now, but this is only the high—risk patients. there is an organ shortage at the moment, and that is going to affect patients who are on the transplant waiting list. and the impact of coronavirus on donations and operations will have cost lives among those waiting for a new organ. not every patient was as lucky as ana—rose. i'm just so happy and i'm

so thankful for the doctors and nurses and surgeons and my donor. they are my heroes and i wouldn't be here without them. dominic hughes, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. in a moment, i'll be looking at the front pages here in the uk and around the world first, let's get some other news.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is former fleet street editor, eve pollard. good editor, eve pollard. to see you. the washington post reports atlanta's top prosecutor will decide this week whether to bring charges against the police officer who shot rayshard brooks, a black man whose killing outside a restaurant on friday sparked a fresh wave of protests against police violence. as france lifts a number of covid—i9 lockdown restrictions, le figaro carries a picture on its front page highlighting an outbreak of over 100 cases of coronavirus in beijing, most of them, it says, related to the wholesale food market supplying the chinese capital,

the largest of its kind, in asia. the metro says mile—long queues formed as shops across england reopened today, following three months of lockdown. it's after government pleas for shoppers to help put the economy back on track. according to the new york times, as poor countries around the world struggle to beat back the coronavirus, they could be unintentionally contributing to fresh waves of illness and death from other diseases, ones that are readily prevented by vaccines. the international edition of the financial times says bp will slash up to $17.5 billion off the value of its oil and gas assets after a more downbeat view of longer—term oil prices in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which it expects to hasten the shift away from fossil fuels. according to the daily express, a brexit trade deal could be sealed

next month after eu leaders indicated that they will drop their hardline demands. the daily mail reports that a uk government minister has admitted he knew he was saving a tory party donor tens of millions of pounds — in approving a £1 billion property scheme, saying all the rules were followed. and the daily mirror says england and manchester united footballer, marcus rashford has vowed to fight on after borisjohnson refused his plea to give 200,000 vulnerable children free school meals this summer. so let's begin. had can't see you at all, so... did you go out shopping after the

lockdown was eased on nonessential shops today? a lot of the front pages here are focused on that including the metro.|j pages here are focused on that including the metro. i did not because i am an ancient bird and probably never go out again the way lam probably never go out again the way i am feeling. but actually i think it was a great great start to the economy, let's hope opening up, doing well, making money again. i think all the people who said nobody would go don't understand women and shopping at all. a lot of men pictured here as well actually! of course, i worry slightly about the social—distancing of some of these pictures but i imagine shops will get that right and i think we're probably going to be doing this for quite a while but i think it's great. we do not want the economy to go down any further, it shrank by one fifth in april and we need the economy to get back up again and it was a lovely day. what a perfect day to go out and buy something new or something you needed. a lot of these

people are buying for me to, that's what i always told my husband. i really need this. in my experience people have been able to do that for the last three months online as well. the caption says... under lockdown, people have had more disposable income which they haven't used. correct. i have saved money. i should think everyone has. and it is burning a hole in some people's pocket but it will be able to go into shops, it will be lovely. buying presents online is not always the same. see if it is absolutely right for someone else, let's attribute this to kindness, a lot of this. i think a mooching around the shops even know it won't be the same, you can't try everything on, you can't touch everything, is one of the great hobbies of my life. final thought on that because a mile

long queue in some places and selfridge‘s in manchester a p pa re ntly places and selfridge‘s in manchester apparently laid on a musician although there was some worry about his choice of song. he sang fever by peggy lee. i think shops they will learn to put stuff that covers you in the rain, i think the other good thing about covid—i9, let's say one good thing. we have all become nicer to one another. i'm sure there will be conversations in those cues that would be set up where people talk about what they are buying, where people are genuinely nicer to one another. as i say the economy has to get going, we need to get going and this is a good start. of course trying to draw something which is positive because so many people have lost their lives. let's move on. the

row continues. we had dominic raab going solo today in the press conference questioned about the two metre distancing rules. the telegraph has that on the side bar and then a piece by william hague. talking about the disaster for society. let's start with the two metre rule because once again another, oxford and dundee, scientists disagreeing about how important this to me to realise. scientists disagreeing about how important this to me to realisem does seem to be very important and of course they say there are ways you can help because if you are back—to—back, it doesn't matter if you are closer to the person because if you sneeze or whatever, that won't go that way and if you are side by side it seems safer but of course one of the problems of this entire, it has of course been a terrible pandemic, i was being funny

about shopping, and terrible loss of life, is that number one i do not think scientists know all that much about it yet. secondly, people are trying to be cautious. some people are trying to be cautious. some people a re naturally trying to be cautious. some people are naturally cautious, some doctors perhaps less cautious. i think what the government trying to do is to see what has happened in different countries, some countries have got two metres, some have one metre, one or two countries have 1.5 metres. in fa ct or two countries have 1.5 metres. in fact the who stipulated one metre right from the outset. absolutely. i think what the government are doing i assume is to see what the results are and when the results come through, they can tell us. but i still think this virus is really not well—known. we don't know whether it isa well—known. we don't know whether it is a hot day it will retreat, if it is a hot day it will retreat, if it isa is a hot day it will retreat, if it is a colder day it will come forward , is a colder day it will come forward, but what they are definitely trying to do is and this is what william hague says in his

speech, he says another lockdown would be a disaster. but of course it would be, economically, but we don't want more people to die. and so another lockdown, we might get a spike later in the year, and we will have to have a lockdown. and maybe we have to say that all these like me will have to very careful. because it seems —— oldies, under 40, some have died, but very few people have died because unless they had underlying causes. there was that report that said 95% who died had underlying, didn't have who survived, didn't have underlying causes. on that speech by william hagueifs causes. on that speech by william hague it's interesting because it is normally boris johnson hague it's interesting because it is normally borisjohnson who is talking about churchill and using war metaphors. william hague is talking about the lockdown being a disaster like at dunkirk. heroic but

the result of massive failure. and not actually criticising the government specifically for that. just a failure internationally around the world. but i mean, to be frank, don't you think in a way, one of the good things as we have all pulled together and we're slowly seeing the cases going down and certainly deaths going down and if thatis certainly deaths going down and if that is that the only way to beat this virus, that's the only way we can beat it so we willjust have to do it. he says it should never be repeated. well, i don't think we wa nt repeated. well, i don't think we want any more deaths and if there is another spike, we hope this is, we're coming to the end of this particular stage, and we hope in the autumn there isn't another spike. again, look at china. they said they got rid of it and here we are, peking, beijing has many more cases today. interact they are doing much more mass testing in the last three days though because of that outbreak

in beijing than we seem to be here. and and again william hague is saying to the tories swallow your pride and take tony blair's advice on mass testing which is something tony blair has been advocating for many weeks now. and he is right actually. i think that if our system is not working as well as it should, go to the best system that already exists and get it as fast as we can. let's move on to the washington post. atalanta killing sparked outrage. yet another black african—american being shot by police. the da's office trying to work out what charges to bring against the police officer alleged to have been the officer to have shot him, garrett rolfe, what do you make of this? also in terms of what the audio seems to show, garrett rolfe saying after rayshard brooks was shot. he says, "i got him.",

doesn't he? it's appalling. i think it's interesting that the terrible death that happened in minneapolis and the death in atlanta have come ata time and the death in atlanta have come at a time again when i think people have realised we all work together and life is better together and what was great about those demonstrations istew 77 was great about those demonstrations isjem many but together, - stronger will—f— | will; is i horrific so after killing of coming so soon after the killing of george floyd and | think. the m-