good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and dan walker. our headlines today: marcus rashford says he won't give up the fight as more mps back his campaign to provide free school meal vouchers over the summer. this comes after the premier league footballer told breakfast he wants to help people who are struggling to feed their families. former tory leader william hague says lockdown is an "economic catastrophe" as he calls for the two—metre social distancing rule to be scrapped. queues at the shops — people flocked to england's high streets and retail parks with those non—essential retailers re—opened. but will shoppers feel confident

enough to keep it up? a moment of sporting history as royal ascot begins today. the queen won't be in the stands for the first time since world war ii, as flat racing's biggest meeting takes place without crowds. good morning from the hustle and bustle of the flower market open for the first time yesterday since lockdown. it is also british flowers week and we are surrounded by them. today once again there will be sunshine but there will be some heavy, under the downpours which could lead to some flash flooding. i'll have all of the details at 20 seven a.m.. “— i'll have all of the details at 20 seven a.m.. —— 6:27am. it's tuesday, june 16. our top story. the prime minister's under growing pressure to extend free school meal vouchers into the summer holidays in england. it comes after premier league footballer marcus rashford called on the government to reverse its decision to stop the scheme. borisjohnson is also facing calls to reduce the two—metre social

distancing rules after thousands of shops reopened yesterday. these shops were in england. john mcmanus reports. as non—essential shops begin to reopen in england, shoppers rushed to fill them. wales and scotland haven't been given a date when they could do the same. the pandemic is not over though, and precautions we re not over though, and precautions were taken. and, shoppers were asked to keep two metres apart. but one retail boss said that rule must be scrapped. economically unviable with that distancing in place you cannot just allow a sufficient number of customers in store to give it an economic chance. another measure on the agenda may be the cabinet meeting to discuss its regular review of covid—19 precautions. it's also coming under pressure from the hospitality sector, which says 1 millionjobs are at hospitality sector, which says 1

million jobs are at stake at less —— u nless million jobs are at stake at less —— unless the two metre rule becomes one metre. and restaurant chains have called for tax breaks and financial support until social distancing has ended. marcus rashford. .. manchester united's marcus rashford has continued his fight for free meal vouchers over the school holidays in england. he says he relied upon similar help as a teenager. parliament debated the matter today. some conservative mps are rumoured to be unhappy at downing street's refusal to change course. and as those summer holidays approach, a warning from our most popular tourist destination on what might happen if the uk doesn't drop two weeks' quarantine for overseas arrivals. we decided the best way is to do away with the quarantine measures. we will have them instilled during 22, onjune 20 do we will them. should the uk want to

keep them beyond that day which have to do with their own view of health, we will respect this. —— we will have them untiljune 22, and onjune 22 we will remove them. john mcmanus, bbc news. we're joined now by our political correspondent, jonathan blake. jonathan, good morning to you. since marcus rashford was my comments put the prime minister under —— since marcus rashford's comments put the prime minister on more pressure, what else is happen? there are so many people who feel very strongly about this issue, and after you say, marcus rashford broke so openly about his own experience and his own family's reliance on free school meals, there are plenty of people who feel very strongly that the government should change its mind on

this. and we will get a sense on this. and we will get a sense on this later on about how many conservative mps willjoin with labour in trying to persuade the government in changing tack. yesterday the prime minister said he would respond to marcus rashford's letter, which he wrote, calling for the government to change its policy. but that it understood struggles that families were facing. the government has pointed out it is spending £63 million, giving out to local authorities in england to allocate to the poorest families who have been hit hardest by the measures put in place to slow the spread of coronavirus. but it is likely to be perhaps an uncomfortable hour or so in the house of commons chamber, when mps debate this later on. and we will be speaking to rebecca long—bailey, shadow education secretary and grant shapps, who is on the programme in the next couple of hours. so the

former leader lord hague calling on the government, adding his voice to many on scrapping the two metre rule? lord hague has been very clear, writing in the daily telegraph, along with many other government ministers, it has to be said, saying reducing the two metre rule to one metre could help save many sectors of the economy, which plays a very difficult few weeks and months ahead of that metre rule remains in place, particularly because the hospitality industry. william hague has also criticised the quarantine measures put in place for travellers coming to the uk from abroad, not exactly a ringing endorsement of the government's steps that it has taken from the former tory leader. we will get an indication later on ofjust how destructive, as william hague has put it, the lockdown has been for

the uk, when unemployment figures are published for the three months up are published for the three months up until april as well as an indication of how many people have been claiming unemployment benefits during may. jonathan, thank you so much. we will speak to you soon. there have been two new confirmed cases of coronavirus in new zealand, ending a 24—day streak of no new infections. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil is in sydney. thank you forjoining us in the programme. what we know about these cases? we know these two women are in their 40s cases? we know these two women are in theirli0s and cases? we know these two women are in their 40s and 30s and they came to new zealand from the uk through brisbane here in australia onjune seven. we know they were in managed isolation, in auckland in new zealand, and they were given exceptionally on compassionate grounds to go to wellington onjune 13 to see a dying parent who actually died that night. so they we re actually died that night. so they were on their way, in a private

vehicle to make funeral arrangements. we understand from the director of health in new zealand that they didn't come into contact with any members of the public on the way, they were in a private vehicle. now we know that one more family member is at risk. we also know one of these women was showing mild symptoms, the other was asymptomatic. but they were not tested before they left isolation from that hotel in auckland. 0ther points of contact of course, the health authorities are looking at now, are those in the isolation hotel in auckland about also the fourin hotel in auckland about also the four in the brisbane plane on the way to new zealand. as you say, it brea ks way to new zealand. as you say, it breaks that streak of 2a days with no covid—19 cases and authorities in new zealand say despite the lifting of restrictions, people must remain vigilant. shaimaa khalil, thank you very much. that is the latest new zealand from sydney for us this morning on breakfast. 10,000 families are to be given free internet access to the internet

for six months to help with online learning. with the majority of children still out of school, there are concerns about poorer children missing online lessons because their families can't afford an internet connection. the schools minister nick gibb says the government will do everything they can to prevent children falling behind as a result of the pandemic. next year's oscars have been pushed back by two months from february to april because of the coronavirus pandemic. 0rganisers of the 93rd academy awards have also agreed to extend the eligibility window for nominees to the end of february. considerations will be extended temporarily to films that are released on streaming platforms rather than solely in cinemas. it's 6:09am. remember the last time you went to the cinema? er, probably to see the last star wars film. that was a long time ago. did you go to the drive-in cinema? because time ago. did you go to the drive-in cinema ? because i time ago. did you go to the drive-in cinema? because i think we are allowed to do that. think the

atmosphere would be perfect, but if you don't have a convertible and the sun isn't shining... but when they do the drive—in in grease, that would be the perfect time. when you have three kids screaming in the back stop date night, dan. "we aren't beaten yet" — that's the promise from the manchester united and england striker marcus rashford after the government rejected his calls for a rethink on free school meal vouchers. yesterday on breakfast, the footballer talked to sally about his own experiences of relying on free school meals during his childhood. he wants ministers to reverse the decision to end free school meals for children in england during the summer. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been speaking to some of the people who rely on the scheme. you've never been in a situation like this before, have you? no. i have worked my entire life since i was 18 and i find have worked my entire life since i was 18 and ifind myself have worked my entire life since i was 18 and i find myself unemployed for the first time ever. and it's a really difficult situation. these

are the conversations sparked by 22—year—old marcus rashford. are the conversations sparked by 22—year—old marcus rashfordlj are the conversations sparked by 22-year-old marcus rashford. i wake up 22-year-old marcus rashford. i wake up in the middle of the night and think oh my god, i have nothing for the children to en in the morning or to have the time —— all my children to have the time —— all my children to eat. marcus rashford has asked mps do not stop school meal vouchers. the striker said i understand because i've been there. when you're growing up, do you remember being hungry? yeah, of course. but i also understood stop my mum did the best she could within the circumstances. i just my mum did the best she could within the circumstances. ijust knew how ha rd the circumstances. ijust knew how hard my mum was working. you know? if there's food on the table, there is on the table. if there wasn't, i had friends who understood my situation. now i'm in the position i'm in, it's very important for me to help the people who are struggling. at this charity food depot, they say there is plenty of evidence that people really are

struggling. this unprecedented situation. we have had to double outputs, we have distributed 430 tons of food in the last 12 weeks. where are you off to? after the food bank stop going to help this junior school —— bank stop going to help this junior school — — after the bank stop going to help this junior school —— after the food bank to help some junior scores. a busy day? a very busy day. thank you. demand for schools since lockdown has exploded. in that time, marcus rashford has helped channel 20000000 pounds do this charity to help feed over 400,000 children. ian is here to collect, to make the puzzles for 120 families. there are have been a number of times where i have had pa rents number of times where i have had parents ring up and they have said i really need this week, i won't ask every week. i'm sorry to be asking, but i really need help this week. but that — that need to explain is

what breaks my heart. they wouldn't ask for it if they really didn't need it. and right now, they really need it. and right now, they really need it. and right now, they really need it. back at school, teachers unload the food that will make up parcels, the same teachers will deliver the next day. buses which will help alongside the government's own voucher scheme to replace the school meals. but despite marcus rashford's intervention, that scheme will end this summer. at the very bottom of the pile economically, those people are suffering economically. a 5—6 week holiday with nothing, and a few parcels are most no food voucher from the government, it's a bit of a disaster. when these gates close at the end ofjuly, so too will the voucher scheme. marcus rashford tweeted to his 2.7 million followers, we a re tweeted to his 2.7 million followers, we are not beaten yet.

and with support expressed by labour last night, there will be a full debate in parliament later today. the voucher is £15 a week per child. cathy and sara tell me that has become essential. it's a lifeline, it really is a lifeline for me. the universal credit only covers my rant and the council tax. there is absolutely nothing left for us add i —— and i...just absolutely nothing left for us add i —— and i... just don't know how to feed the family and pay the bills. what impact without avenue? i'm terrified. i really am. —— what impact will that have on you? you say you will be lost without it? and so say you will be lost without it? and so will they. since he appeared on breakfast yesterday, marcus rashford's campaign has received widespread support. his united teammate danieljames congratulated him, saying the response has been "amazing." former england cricket captain

michael vaughan tweeted to say all of us need to be like marcus rashford. radio 2 presenter zoe ball called him an "inspiration". while comedianjohn bishop said the issue is something everyone should agree on, and that he has the utmost respect for rashford for what he's doing. and gary lineker said "a young footballer shouldn't have to be imploring our government to do this, but it's great that he is. what a fine young man." the government says it won't be offering free school meal vouchers over the holidays, but is pledging extra money for local councils to help provide food for those most in need. there will be, i think marcus rashford's letter will be quoted in the debate in the commons today and also i think he is holding out hope there will be some kind of discussion with the prime minister's offers about potentially what will happen. we will keep a very close eye on that over the coming days and weeks stop and we will be talking about it on the programme today. let's take a look at today's papers. the mirror leads with more

on what premier league footballer marcus rashford told us on breakfast yesterday, that he has vowed to fight on after the government said free school meal vouchers in england will not be provided during the summer. in the daily telegraph, former conservative foreign secretary, william hague, predicts an economic "catastrophe" as a result of the lockdown. he says it has led to "increasing inequality, social tension and unaffordable debt", and advocates a policy of mass testing. the times leads with a study that suggests two million children have done "little or no schoolwork at home" during the pandemic. the paper says it threatens the "educational development of a generation of children". the belfast telegraph leads with changes to lockdown rules in northern ireland, after the stormont executive confirmed hotels, bars, restaurants and cafes can start to reopen from 3july, on the condition that the spread of the virus remains low. marcus rashford is all over the papers this morning. they have a nice picture here if you would like

to see one. i always like to see a nice picture. this was taken by an amateur photographer. you can see down here, this is the international space station. it is passing the sun. if you want to see a slightly larger. this was taken by a guy called david. he has used a standard camera, all he had was a solar filter and managed to take this perfect picture of the sun. he said it would be too bright without the filter. he has come to the space station which is travelling at over 17,000 mph answer because the earth every 90 minutes. captured going past the sun. i'd take your picture and raise you. a high wire walk behind and erupting volcano. this is a man, 28—year—old alexander schilt setting a world record, 284 yards he

walked across and erupting volcano ona walked across and erupting volcano on a one inch wide webbing. that is...i on a one inch wide webbing. that is... i think i get on a one inch wide webbing. that is... i thinki get that on a one inch wide webbing. that is... i think i get that one. on a one inch wide webbing. that is... i thinki get that one. how is your garden? i have been enjoying it. any problems? i have been concentrating on grass. we are there as well. 0bviously concentrating on grass. we are there as well. obviously we are not the only once struggling with guarding. you have a radio show with amateur horticulturalists calling up. who calls up having problems plotting her lavender? it is camilla from scotland. just happens to be... the duchess of cornwall, calling in from aberdeenshire. she says she is a passionate gardener and loves listening to the programme. 0ne passionate gardener and loves listening to the programme. one of her favourite lenses english lavender which does not have the

best reputation for surviving in the highlands. you are welcome to have her come in anytime. you can get in contact with us as well. the last time we saw sean he was struggling to get some cars into a car park — but sean it all ended well. did they get the gate open eventually? eventually is a bit harsh. it was minutes later. because we we re harsh. it was minutes later. because we were alive at the end of the programme looking at the gates being opened, we will see it in a moment. what you want to call it, a fumble, a stuckey in a padlock? it was a shame because they had been there all morning and anyone who works in retail knows that anybody on the frontline is passionate and yesterday was a big day, store managers told me it felt like christmas, not just the managers told me it felt like christmas, notjust the customers flocking but the gearing up for a period of the year. it was a big

moment for lots of shop keepers right across england. 0ne moment for lots of shop keepers right across england. one of the figures people watch very closely, particularly when we start to look at the economy and how we are really getting through all of this, is foot fault, it's called, the number of people hitting the shops. if we look at the numbers from yesterday, high streets in england, particularly, they saw the biggest change in that number. they were up on last week, maybe not a surprise as they were closed last week. up by more than 50%. big jumps in wales and northern ireland to where restrictions are slowly being eased as well. it shows working to shop. more people headed to retail parks as well. they have not been as badly hit as may be the high streets, because we have had home and food shops been open for longer, but the question is, how much closer to normal are we? compared to the same date last year, the number of shoppers was down by about one third. make of that what

you will. is that not as bad as you would have thought? it is different in different parts of the country. but all in all, of anybody opening a shop yesterday it was quite a day. there is the moment. no pressure. no pressure but you have to find the right key. it might not have been the best start. i have to ask you about key gate, what is happening there? this has been escalated, i think. but if you minutes later they managed to get the gates open and the shoppers came in their droves. it was the same picture right across england. images of cues sneaking around shops were replicated on high streets, retail bile, outside shopping centres, everywhere from bristol to bishop auckland. shopping centres, everywhere from bristolto bishop auckland. don't shopping centres, everywhere from bristol to bishop auckland. don't be shy! the first shoppers through the door got a warm welcome in selfridge's in london. top of the

shopping list, children's clothes, shoes, kitchenware, new pieces of techno. a good shopping spree is not the same as online shopping. just as long as you use your disinfectant, your hand sort of thing, keep your distance, it is absolutely fine. think this will be the way of life for a long time. love it. love it! think this will be the way of life fora long time. love it. love it! i haven't been on lockdown because they work for the nhs, but it's so nice for the shops to finally be open. but not everyone was pleased. packed queues outside the nikkei store in central london led some to complain social distancing was incredibly difficult. meanwhile, large crowds at the shopping village mr village led to a petition calling on it to close until it could stop shoppers being squashed together. shops have put all sorts of measures in place to try to make their business secure, from the signs, screens, and 1—way systems we are used to in supermarket to disposable cove rs used to in supermarket to disposable covers for furniture people sit on

and quarantining covers for furniture people sit on and quara ntining stock covers for furniture people sit on and quarantining stock if it is handled but northport. —— not bought. the number of people hitting the shops might be up on monday. the test for retailers now is giving their customers feeling safe and a business is feeling more sustainable. there we go. lots of people back at it. before 8:00 i'm speaking to the boss of debenhams. we know they have had issues before the coronavirus crisis. they are starting to reopen now and we will see how that will go for them and what their plan is in the weeks to come. good stuff. employment figures will be out at seven as well. a busy morning. you're watching breakfast from the bbc this morning. for some children, lockdown has meant quality time with theirfamily, and a welcome break from school. but there's a warning that the pandemic has severely affected some young people's mental health. new research from the university of oxford says primary school children have been most badly impacted. it comes as the charity childline says the number of children visiting its website has quadrupled. hannah gray reports.

i'm scared about the coronavirus. they get really afraid that my family and! they get really afraid that my family and i might get it. because a lot of people die from it. it's really scary because everyone is talking about it and people are sharing stories every day on social media. i don't know how to cope. i'm really scared for my dad. especially when he has been drinking. sometimes he gets really angry and throws things at my mum. these are examples of the kind of calls helen has been hearing since march. she works for childline and she is really concerned about children's well—being. she is really concerned about children's well— being.|j she is really concerned about children's well-being. i think children's well-being. i think children are the hidden victims of this coronavirus and, for many children, home isn't a safe place. and, you know, we haven't got community eyes and ears, schools,

health services, looking out for children, so that is a real worry. people are dying, people are getting ill, and you can't see your friends, your relatives. sarah is 11 years old. during lockdown she has done a survey asking 160 to children in south yorkshire how they have been coping. lots of people are actually worried, scared, and concerned about coronavirus. that was 82%. it was a very big thing to go through as a child. and it affected me quite a lot because i was worried what it could do to my family. her dad is a doctor at the local hospital and he inspired her to talk to others about their feelings. it's very important that we, as children, get our voices heard so that we feel calm and we know that it's safe, because when you are very young you can get very worried about things that completely change your life. a new survey from the university of oxford asked 10,000 families across england to report on their child's mental

health. secondary school aged children say they are less stressed and bea children say they are less stressed and be a better out but primary school aged gordon sim to be finding it more difficult. parents are reporting that over the course of lockdown children's emotional difficulties, being clingy or worried or unhappy and behaviour problems, so having tantrums, getting into arguments, or maybe not doing what their parents are asking to over that month, those things have actually got worse. i'd even before the pandemic the children's commissioners that the current system is far away from meeting the needs of all the children who have mental health conditions. psychologists now suspect there will be an even greater number of children will need support after being isolated for so long. it's our job as professionals, government, schools to make sure there is enough support available. you know, these effects don't have to be lifelong and is important that we all take account of what children and young people are telling us, believe them, and give them the right support to emerge from this intact and able to go

emerge from this intact and able to go on and enjoy their childhood and aduu go on and enjoy their childhood and adult lives. in the meantime, children like sarah try to find their own ways of coping as they watch the adults around them deal with the biggest change to our world ina with the biggest change to our world in a generation. hannah gray, bbc news. 27 minutes past six is the time. along with all shops in england this week, the new covent garden flower market has reopened, and just in time for british flowers week. sounds like the perfect time to send carol out on an outside broadcast. good morning. i bet she will have fun this morning. as lovely a new garden flower market. it may look a bit behind me and that's because it only opened to the public after lockdown for the first time yesterday. and, of course, normally provides lots of flowers to restaurants, hotels, weddings, corporate events, that kind of thing, and nobody has been open so they have been —— haven't been providing flowers for them either. these are british flowers in honour of this flowers week. homegrown roses, beautiful perfume

coming from them. you can tell they are homegrown because they have multi— buds on one stem. some thistles there, think that is in honour of me. if you come around here, a lot more flowers. look at those hydrangeas, look at the pretty colours! have you ever seen such a dainty pink before? the purple is comedy lose, the chrysa nthemums dainty pink before? the purple is comedy lose, the chrysanthemums in front? we will look at my as we go through the course of the morning. they are beautiful, the weather is not quite so beautiful again today. yesterday for some we had 10—20 millimetres of rainfall which led to some flash flooding, there was a flood warning and parts of north—east england it was at the moment. the focus for the next few daysis moment. the focus for the next few days is one of under a heavy downpour is and is also going to be warm and humid. there will also be some sunshine in between. what we have this morning as we have had the last few days is a lot of cloud and some low cloud at that, some mist and also some fog. that has been coming in from the north sea through the course of the night. what you'll find is it will start to retreat

back to the ghost with some of it will linger. we have showers already, especially in the west, they will get going as we go through they will get going as we go through the course of the day. some of them heavy, thundery downpours, also with some hail. by the time we get to 4pm in scotland you can see it as the west that will really have the heavy, thundery downpours, north scotla nd heavy, thundery downpours, north scotland think some sunshine, but still the higher across the east coast. northern ireland and england have heavy thundery downpours. legally across north—west england, we will have some sea fret across north—east england. coming south, wales, the midlands, lincolnshire, again, heavy, thundery downpours with hail could lead to flash flooding locally. in between there will be sunshine, showers in the south—west, and some getting into southern and south—eastern areas. most of them will be in the west. temperatures 15 in the north to 23 in the south. through this evening and overnight many of the showers will tend to fade. we will hang onto a few across the north—west of scotland, some drifting into

northern ireland at times. we will see that low cloud come rolling in from the north sea once again. across eastern scotland and also parts of eastern england. it will be a muggy, oppressive parts of eastern england. it will be a muggy, oppressive night, temperature —wise not falling too low, down to double figures for most. tomorrow we have a repeat performance where we have all this low cloud, mist, and fog around, it pushes back to the east coast where it will linger and it will hold the temperature down and we see the showers flourish once again, heavy, thundery downpours. again the risk of flash flooding. and with the lack of flash flooding. and with the lack ofa of flash flooding. and with the lack of a breeze they will be slow—moving. temperatures tomorrow ranging from 15 in the north to about 23 as we push down towards the south. interestingly, yesterday as well as reports of flash flooding, there were reports of some final clouds, unconfirmed reports of tornadoes as well in parts of yorkshire. it looks marvellous there and they know you will have a lovely morning. thank you so much. the rain

has been dangerous so people need to be careful driving up and down. eye experience that yesterday. i'm glad you are here safely. —— eye experience. how much you mean that? to help provide food for those most in need. a lot. hello this is breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. it's 6:30am. the latest news and sport is coming up injust a moment, but also on breakfast this morning... we'll be live in hollywood in the next half—an—hour, as next year's oscars becomes the latest celebrity event to be delayed by the pandemic. no crowds, no dress code, and no queen. it's royal ascot, but not as we know it. we'll speak to one of the jockies who'll be racing this week. and as army of shopaholics are finally set free, we'll ask if their spending will be enough to save some of the biggest names on the high street. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: there's growing pressure on the government to provide free school meal vouchers for children

in england during the summer. a number of conservative mps have now backed a call from the footballer marcus rashford to support vulnerable children. the manchester united and england striker wrote to the mp5, explaining his own childhood experiences of poverty. the department for education says it won't change the policy, which will be debated in parliament later today. the former leader of the conservative party, lord hague, says unemployment figures, which will be released in half—an—hour — are likely to represent "a personal catastrophe" for hundreds of thousands of people. we will bring them to you here on bbc breakfast. the figures will give a picture of the first full month of lockdown and are expected to show the economic impact of the restrictions. writing in the telegraph this morning, lord hague describes the lockdown as a "disaster for our society". spain could still impose quarantine restrictions on travellers arriving from the uk, despite officials there saying that it wouldn't happen. the spanish foreign affairs minister

says that the measures could be introduced, unless the british government agrees to lift its quarantine rules on people arriving from spain. the uk foreign office is also still warning against all but essential international travel. there have been two new confirmed cases of coronavirus in new zealand, ending a 24—day streak of no new infections. the two women are from the same family and had been given special permission to travel from the uk for the funeral of a parent. new zealand declared itself virus—free last week, and lifted all its domestic restrictions. it is 6:33am. i do like this point in the morning when we have a regular appointment with a gp. because there is nothing wrong with me. well, it doesn't hurt to ask. this morning we're joined from south london by doctor rosemary leonard. thank you for being with us. some of our viewers may have seen this about

some human trials on a possible second vaccine. how encouraging is that? how might that work out? it's very, very encouraging. this is such a new disease, it is a new virus. scientists are working incredibly ha rd scientists are working incredibly hard to try and find a vaccine that will work stop they don't know if we need the first vaccine was second vaccine, the more we have in the pipeline, the better. because in the end, it is the only way we're going to defeat this virus and get rid this pandemic. one of the other things we have seen, particularly yesterday on the programme as well in england, a lot more people now are going out shopping after that using of restrictions in england, slightly different in scotland and northern ireland and wales at the moment. do you fear from what you saw yesterday, some of those pictures we can see there, i think this is in birmingham where they are queueing up to the market in birmingham yesterday. are you worried about potential risk of another outbreak, given what we have

seen? yes. the marchers we have had in the big cities, that is going to be the first test. clearly people weren't social distancing them. then seeing people gathering outside shops, i gather inside the shops, the two metre distancing, the problem was outside. —— people gathering inside the shops. we know that this virus transmits less easily outdoors, but it is worrying to see crowds of people gathering around shops. and also i noticed discontent among people saying i can't get together with my own family, yet i can go get together with them in a shop, in a queue for a shop. yeah, that's an interesting point. and yesterday when we show those pictures of people outside markets, there seem to be a split of people who are keen to get out, inside for a long time and they want to go shopping and take advantage of that opportunity, and other people who look at those pictures and are sort of, oh, i can't imagine ever going anywhere near a shop at the

moment. it would take a long time to get back to normal. what sort of advisory giving to patients who were really worried about taking that first that and first about in a long time? —— that first step. first that and first about in a long time? -- that first step. we do have patients who are more vulnerable and they are incredibly anxious about getting outside. but now is the time to do it. this virus is going to be with us for a long, long time stop we are now in the summer weather, it is all outside, and when we don't have thunderstorms, it's actually nice, sunny and warm. you can't stay locked inside forever. it is not good for your mental or physical health. you need to get out there, get some vitamin d, get some exercise. we have people with wasted muscles who are more prone to osteoporosis for instance, who are incredibly unfit, physically unfit, because they have been cooped up indoors. so you need to get outside. do it safely. go to an open space, whether or not there are going to be

crowds of people, and go out for a short time. put your toe out, go for a short walk. it will be ok. if you put a face mask on, unfortunately you are —— you are protecting yourself and others around you, and that may give you some reassurance. yes, there has been talk about face coverings. as a gp i'm sure you get asked out a lot was the beauty of the guidance on the use of face coverings is clear for some the guidance on the use of face coverings is clearfor some people? —— you must get asked that a lot, about the utility and guidance on face masks. people still have these apprehension, this misconception that it will protect them, face masks protect those around you if you sneeze or cough. the main thing is it should be a snug fit around your nose and chin. and i have seen

a lot of people going out and about with a face mask on and they have pulled down and it is sitting under their chin. there is also not clear guidance even in healthcare settings because of the government advice for hospitals and hospital workers, you should be wearing a face mask but there is no guidance about whether you should put a face mask on to go toagp you should put a face mask on to go to a gp surgery. we are asking our patients if they can to wear one or we will provide one for them. but it really isn't clear at all. one other question as well, i'm not sure if you saw marcus rashford's interview yesterday, it has been covered in a lot of papers. about free school meals being extended over the summer. we are awaiting a government response on that. i'm sure you have seen a lot of people come into your surgery, for whom this would be a really important subject which they will be interested to see what the government will say about it? yes. 0ur surgery acts as a centre for a

food bank. and we give out food bank vouchers. unfortunately, our feedback boxes i nearly always empty and we are crying out for more food. —— food bank boxes are nearly always empty. this issue has been really divisive. the ones that have been really, really ha rd est divisive. the ones that have been really, really hardest hit are the poorest in society. that obviously includes children, they are not getting education, and it is those young, young children, often with young, young children, often with young parents who are furloughed or made unemployed, who are really suffering the hardest. and i support anything that can be done to try and ease the burden on them for as long as possible. doctor rosemary leonard, it is always a pleasure to speak with you. thank you for talking with us on bbc breakfast. we will see see you later. it's so interesting, so many views when it comes to school meal vouchers. they needed to be brought to the fore so people could benefit from those £120

million worth of school meal vouchers over the summer holidays, but also when marcus rashford or someone like marcus rashford does something like that, it is the impact it has on people. the impact of this tweet from jimmy, he is a proud dad, he has a nine and five—year—old daughter, he saw what marcus rashford was seen yesterday. instead of having their swedes, they decided to use pocket money to buy a homeless couple a coffee —— instead of having sweets. and sally did that interview with him over the weekend. good morning to you, sally. i think it's safe to say that he hasn't given up on the government making that change and providing those free school meals over the summer? my goodness. he has definitely not given up that we are in touch with him late last night —— we were in touch with him late last night and

the government basically restated their policy about free school meals and the vouchers, that they would not be continuing into the summer. that was the policy we already knew about. i think some people interpreted that as boris johnson turning down marcus rashford's appeal. i really don't think that is what happened yesterday. i can tell you this, marcus rashford doesn't think that is what has happened yesterday. he wrote in the papers about it, a really interesting essay about it, a really interesting essay about why he is so passionate about this and why he has the authority to talk about this. this is his childhood, you know, she was a kid who had to have those vouchers. his family was struggling and he quite simply doesn't want other children to be in the position he was in, perhaps for an extended length of time over the summer holidays was that of course the summer holidays are different to any one we have had before because of the coronavirus pandemic. and he is doing a really importantjob pandemic. and he is doing a really important job in highlighting pandemic. and he is doing a really importantjob in highlighting guard. anyway. let me tell you a little bit about what is happening in the world

of sport today. it's one of the highlights of the british sporting summer, royal ascot. we would normally be there. but flat racing's biggest meeting will look very different as it gets under way this afternoon. due to the pandemic there will be no crowds, jockeys wearing face masks and for the first time in 68 years the queen won't be watching on from the stands. laura scott has been finding out what lies in store over the next five days. first race! nothing epitomise the sport of kings quite like royal ascot. traditionally one of the society events of the summer, it blends high—class racing, glamour and of course royalty. but behind closed doors, the 2020 version will be like no other, even down to what people wear. there is actually going to bea people wear. there is actually going to be a formal dress code this year. we have no actual royal enclosure taking place, it would be appropriate for people to dress up in top hat and coat tails in the parade room, where most of the people will be. face masks are still

pa rt people will be. face masks are still part of the regulations. this does not set a precedent for the future, we will be back next year with top hat and tails, all of the formalities, but for now it will be an unusual royal ascot. temperature checks, separating jockeys in their changing rooms and masks are all pa rt changing rooms and masks are all part of raising's new normal. 0nly 500 people will be allowed in the course each day and owners are not permitted, meaning the queen will be absent for the first time in her 68 year reign. this grandstand is one of the most iconic views in raising, with the royal box behind me. but this year it will be largely empty. the hope is many of the 300,000 people who would have been here over the course of the week will still join in from home. for those missing getting into their finery, join in from home. for those missing getting into theirfinery, a charity campaign has been launched encouraging you to do this at home and share photos. in this hallowed pa rt and share photos. in this hallowed part of berkshire, the performances on the track will take centre stage

over the next five days. the occasion will be simplified and surreal, but there will be no forgetting this royal ascot. laura scott, bbc news, ascot. so ascot begins today, then tomorrow it's the return of the premier league. but if we think back to three months ago, the arsenal manager mikel arteta was one of the first people in the league to test positive for coronavirus. it led to the first full round of fixtures being postponed completely, and arteta was asked if he thinks that decision might have saved lives. i think about it, and the severity of my symptoms. i knew it had to be reported because i didn't want to risk a lot of people. i love this game, but there are bigger responsibilities than that. so i think i made the right goal and the right decision —— right call. and

the authorities as well. it could have been much worse. when play does resume tomorrow, players names will be replaced with ‘black lives matter‘ on the back of shirts in support of the anti—racism protests. all tops will also feature badges showing support to nhs staff who have worked through out the pandemic. it's really important to have black lives matter at this point in time, particularly in sport and hand—in—hand the message that the nhs will be promoting on those shirts as well. i think anyone that thinks the players are trying to deflect away from the pandemic as pa rt deflect away from the pandemic as part of our ongoing lives of the past three or four months well, the joint messages there are so important. so 99 days since the premier league stopped and it is all due to start tomorrow. here we go! i am ready for my piped crowd affects. your what? sound effects. you can choose what you without the fake sound or you

can have the fake sound. also, also, also in most of the stadiums they will put fans onto the big screens for the footballers to see a little bit of crowd, basically. there will also have special cameras around the pitch so that when a player scores a goal they can go and celebrate in front of the camera, kind of late get a bit of a moment. it will be very interesting to watch. a very much like the way you put your hand up much like the way you put your hand up there to speak. it's the only way ican up there to speak. it's the only way i can you now. normally they was next ui would be waving. normally she just plugs in elbow. you can speak, sally, thank you. she just plugs in elbow. you can speak, sally, thank youlj she just plugs in elbow. you can speak, sally, thank you. i am so grateful. it has just gone a quarter to seven. a report which has advice for the government on how to protect people from black, asian, and minority ethnic communities from coronavirus is expected to be published this week. the review by public health england was leaked at the weekend, and says that racism and social

inequality may contribute to increased risks. the foreign secretary dominic raab says more research is needed before it can be published. we're joined now by the former deputy chair of the british medical association, dr kailash chand. good morning to you. thank you very much for talking to us today. where do you think we are in terms of getting practical solutions and making sure that there is a comprehensive review into all the fa cts ? comprehensive review into all the facts? good morning. thank you for having me. any recommendation we will work with, but the whole problem being the process, the process being totally shambolic, chaotic, confused, and, as a matter of fa ct, chaotic, confused, and, as a matter of fact, they have lost the trust with the bame community and with the bame health workers as well. we actually want a few things, very, very simple, if proper communication, spoken and written language of being a community, the

essential public health messages that includes diet, lifestyles, and even this shambolic test, trace and isolation, that to go out to bame communities. the second thing is to reduce the further infection or transmission to the bame communities, we know they live in bigger houses, so we need something to be done, hygeine to start with, but then f alternative accommodations are needed i think that ought to be done. the third thing is i am very keen the universal risk assessments, not only of health workers, but all bame communities, whether they are taxi drivers of transport or railways should be done and implemented. in the fourth thing, which i think is terribly important, is covid virus is not racist, but it has definitely shone a light on the structural and systemic racism in the society. i think that needs tackling. just setting up this kind of commission

is not good enough, what's needed is action, action now. enough is enough. and the truth is, i think this government had one big aim when they came to power, they came to power on that kind of idea of bread that done, but after that, believe me they have been bankrupt of ideas full downing street should be renamed, in my view, as the street of controversies. your views are very clear. we will be talking to grant shapps, the transport secretary later in the programme and we will put some of these views to him as well. when you say risk assessments need to be properly carried out, that was the third point you made, that eyes be clear, do you thinkjust for workers for ethnic minorities orfor do you thinkjust for workers for ethnic minorities or for everyone? do you thinkjust for workers for ethnic minorities or for everyone ?|j think everyone, yes. we live in a society. everyone who is in the risky situation, yes, 100%. why you are talking about bame is because

the disproportionate that is in the bame communities. that is the reason we emphasised on that, but otherwise anybody who is literally in the front line should be risk assessed and then proper action be taken. i know the bame organisations, they have done services with doctors and health workers and would you believe it, we are now four or five health workers and would you believe it, we are now four orfive months into this pandemic and 14% of doctors say that the risk assessment has not been done. so we want implementation, action, enough is enough, for god ‘s sake, let's save more lives, let's save the people who are dying unnecessarily. i think thatis who are dying unnecessarily. i think that is what should be the aim of the government now so that... pardon me for interrupting. as the former deputy chair of the british medical association, you, and having been in the nhs for 40 years, you have experience of how governments behave

and take on medical advice and take on research and you know the importance of having all the information before things are done, you have named some very practical approaches that arguably could take place, we will put this to grant shapps later on, but do you appreciate, also, that the importance of making sure that what is presented to the public is absolute or as absolute as it can possibly be, which is what the government is saying, it wants to ta ke government is saying, it wants to take a full look at the picture and present concrete findings? you are spot on again. but look at the way it was set up. how much confusion. the recommendations, but was amputated. the government has looked into it, they have got to come with coherent policies and win back the trust that they have totally lost. the trust is broken. that needs to be restored if they think they are

going to face if the second wave comes in, which i really worry we are not working on preventing a second phase. it has been interesting talking to you, dr kailash chand, thank you very much for your views this morning. former deputy chair of the british medical association. as a separate that interview, we will be talking to grant shapps, france was accurate, thatis grant shapps, france was accurate, that is one of the many things we will be discussing with him. and rebecca long—bailey from the labour party will be here at 7:20am. grant shapps is 7:30am. something else we're talking about today, the oscars have been pushed back by two months. they were supposed to be held at the end of february, the ceremony is now going ahead in april. alonso duralde is a film critic who joins us live from los angeles. thank you very much for talking to us and bbc breakfast this morning. we know that the pandemic has had an impact on so many

industries, so many businesses and individuals all around the world, what about this sort of cinema industry and hollywood, how big an impact as it had there? well, enormous, pretty much every tv show and movie that was in production has had to stop and there has been nothing filming for several months. only last friday did the major unions, the directors guild and the actors guild and the tea msters and the actors guild and the teamsters get together and put together a sort of white paper of what resuming production would even look like, but we are nowhere near that. so there has been nothing in the pipeline. obviously all the movie theatres have been closed, so theatrical distribution, as we know, is pretty much ground to a halt with the exception of a handful of drivers. as a good thing that so many of the studios have really been investing a lot and streaming in the last couple of years because that is now where all the action is and you are seeing movies that were intended to be theatrical releases, like disney's artemis fowl going instead to disney plus because there are no

theatres to open it in. i am sure disney as may be happy they dodged a bullet. in any event it is maybe happy they dodged a bullet. in any event it has pretty much disrupted the entire entertainment industry as we know it. does that mean, bearing in mind what you just said about quite a few big movies being held back, does that mean 2021 will be a bumpy year for cinema? it will be kind of a mixed thing. you have already had huge franchise entries like the ninth fast and the furious movie. they lived directly to 2021 from the get go whereas other films have been moving up a few months and moving upa have been moving up a few months and moving up a few months and still hoping to open in 2020. they may also win up in 2021. certainly a lot of the big movies that were ready to go and they didn't want to unleash onto streaming, they still wanted to have that big theatrical presence, those will be opening later on. at the same time, you will be dealing with i mentioned when nothing is filming or maybe filter to interrupt in the middle so they had to resume

shooting and figure out how the post—production is going. so is anybody‘s guess, frankly. it will be feast and famine at the same time. there is always controversy, the ba ftas, there is always controversy, the baftas, the grammys, the oscars, and, of course, the times we are in, many issues are at the four, what kinds of films do you think will be recognised, because political films, particularly socially conscious films now, are coming out, we are seeing them on various streaming services, how much more recognition you think they will get? you know, it's hard to say. sometimes when things get really bad audiences are flocking to escapism. so i think we area flocking to escapism. so i think we are a while away from seeing movies that are directly about this moment as we are experiencing it. but, certainly, think what has been great about streaming is the way theatrical distribution works in the united states is films that are considered more sort of arthouse or certainly for a lot of

foreign—language cinema they will get smaller releases in big cities and if they happen to become sort of, you know, phenomenal, something like parasite last year from south korea, then it will get into the smaller markets, but now you have this amazing array of foreign film and arthouse movies being available on multiple streaming sites and so if you live somewhere in the country that maybe doesn't have an arthouse edit ora that maybe doesn't have an arthouse edit or a dedicated arthouse or a theatre that would show foreign films, you now have access to these titles at the same time that people in los angeles and new york. so i think that is probably allowed for films that might have fallen between the cracks otherwise to get some impacts going with mainstream viewers. as far as academy voters 9°r viewers. as far as academy voters go, it's hard to say. this is going to bea go, it's hard to say. this is going to be a complicated year, particularly since in announcing they are pushing back the ceremony they are pushing back the ceremony they also extending the eligibility period through the end of february

2021, which is something they haven't done since the 1930s and no wonder how that is going to affect the calendar later. alonso, really interesting to talk to you. that is alonso duralde talking about the effect of the pandemic on the cinema and hollywood industry, speaking to us and hollywood industry, speaking to us live from la this morning. i think there are a lot of people watching today desperate to go back to the cinema at some stage.|j watching today desperate to go back to the cinema at some stage. i am. i found a couple of really fine lovely cinemas, big sofas and things. needs to be plush. never mind. royalascot today. sally and carol would usually be there with the big hats. instead, carol has a bunch of flowers that she will make into a lovely address for us this morning, showing us her horticultural skills. aren't you, carol? that's right. good morning, everybody. we area we are a new covent garden flower market in london celebrating british flower week. it may look a

wee bit empty because it only opened yesterday after lockdown. the summit was closed and is 800 year history. and, of course, those who would have received your body flowers, hotel, restau ra nt, received your body flowers, hotel, restaurant, headdresses, have all been closed as well, but there are magnificent ones. and british flowers particularly. with the pennies, cornflour, you can see them here. a lot of these were grown in cambridgeshire. you can tell they are british because some of them are inboxes. that's one way when you come to the flower market you can tell. british flowers week is in a safe consecutive year. we are encouraged to enjoy a british flowers. buying them, picking them in yourgarden, flowers. buying them, picking them in your garden, drawing them and sticking them in your window for passers—by to enjoy. the weather, like yesterday, we are in for some thundery downpours. that is the down for —— forecast for the next few days. some sunshine, but it will also be warm and humid. we have a

lot of low cloud that has rolled in through the north sea to the cause of the night, across parts of scotla nd of the night, across parts of scotland and eastern england. that will push back towards the coast for the day. some of it will remain and hold it averages back. we're looking ata hold it averages back. we're looking at a lot of showers developing, particularly in western areas. like yesterday, heavy, thundery downpours with the mild which could lead to some localised flash flooding. you can see some of the showers across parts of western scotland, particularly the southwest, brightest guys in the north—east, heavy, thundery downpours for northern ireland and north—west england. north—west england saying that sea fret coming in and remaining on the coast. as we come further south, wales, the midlands, lincolnshire, you are not immune to some of those heavy, thundery downpours as well. so many south—west. fewer about the risk of some across southern and south—eastern england. in between there will be a lot of sunshine and it will feel warm and also humid with temperatures raising —— from 15 andy north as we push down towards the south. through the evening and overnight many of the showers will

ease. we will hang onto some across northern scotland, some of those drifting into northern ireland through the night. once again, all that low cloud, mist, and fog will roll in from the north sea across scotla nd roll in from the north sea across scotland and eastern parts of england. as a result, is not going to bea england. as a result, is not going to be a cold night, a mild, oppressive and with temperatures in double figures. for tomorrow, oppressive and with temperatures in double figures. fortomorrow, like today, we will have all this low cloud to push back to the coast were some of it will linger. further showers will develop, some of those, like today, will be heavy and thundery with some hail. could be some localised flooding again. sunshine in between and temperatures ranging from about 15 andy north to about 23 as we push down towards the south. so if you are travelling, bear that in south. so if you are travelling, bearthat in mind south. so if you are travelling, bear that in mind there will be a lot of surface water and sprayed on the roads. that is it from me. the headlines are next. good morning. welcome to breakfast

with naga munchetty and dan walker. our headlines today: marcus rashford says he won't give up the fight, as more mps back his campaign to provide free school meal vouchers over the summer. it comes after the premier league footballer told breakfast he wants to help people who are struggling to feed their families. i wake iwake up i wake up in the middle of the night, and you think, oh, my god, i have nothing for the children ce in the morning or to have for tea time tomorrow, you know? former tory leader william hague says lockdown is an "economic catastrophe" as he calls for the two—metre social distancing rule to be scrapped. the effect of the virus on jobs — out of work, furloughed, or claiming benefits — official figures out shortly will tell us more about how the hit to the economy has affected our daily lives. and a moment of sporting history as royal ascot begins today as the queen won't be in the stands for the first time in her 68—year

reign, as flat racing's biggest meeting takes place without crowds. it's tuesday, june 16. our top story. there's growing pressure on the prime minister to provide free school meal vouchers into the summer holidays in england. it comes... no, idid no, i did turn for you to continue. ..after premier league footballer marcus rashford called on the government to extend the current scheme. there are also calls for borisjohnson to reduce the two metre social distancing rules after thousands of shops reopened yesterday. john mcmanus reports. as non—essential stores began to reopen in england, shoppers rushed to fill them. though wales and scotland haven't yet been given a date when they can do the same. the pandemic‘s not over, though, and precautions were taken. and, shoppers were asked to keep two metres apart. stand back. but one retail boss said that rule must be scrapped.

it's economically unviable with that distancing in place. you cannot just allow a sufficient number of potential customers inside a store to give it an economic chance. the measure may be on the agenda as the cabinet meets this morning to discuss its regular review of covid—19 precautions. it's also coming under pressure from the hospitality sector, which says1 millionjobs are at stake unless the two—metre rule becomes one metre. and in a letter to borisjohnson, restaurant chains including itsu and pret a manger have called for tax breaks and financial support until social distancing has ended. comentator: marcus rashford. .. meanwhile, manchester united's marcus rashford has vowed to continue his fight to have free meal vouchers in england funded over the summer holidays. the striker says he relied on similar help as a teenager. knowing what families are going

through now, i'd know it's hard going through that system and finding a way out. but now i'm in this position i mean, it's very important to me to help those people who are struggling. labour plan to hold a parliamentary debate today on the matter. there we go, sweetheart. and some conservative mps are rumoured to be unhappy at downing street's refusal to change course. and as those summer holidays approach, a warning from our most popular tourist destination of what might happen if the uk doesn't drop two weeks' quarantine for overseas arrivals. we've decided the best way is to do away with the quarantine measures. we will have them untiljune 22, comejune 22 we will remove them. should the uk want to keep them beyond that date, for reasons that have to do with their own view of health, then we will respect this. but we will probably reciprocate. even if the issue is resolved, advice to travellers remains the same: avoid all non—essential journeys. john mcmanus, bbc news.

we're joined now by our political correspondent, jonathan blake. he is in westminster. jonathan, pressure mounting on the prime minister to reverse his decision on free school meal vouchers over summer? yes, certainly after marcus rashford spoke so openly yesterday here on brea kfast spoke so openly yesterday here on breakfast about his own experience growing up in child poverty. he and his family having to rely on free school meals. he is continuing his campaign, writing in the times newspaper this morning, sang at the moment he is focused on a trophy so much more important than football —— saying, that furphy being combating —— that being combating child poverty. he calls on mps to put their allegiances aside and stand in solidarity to break what he calls

"the cycle of hardship." there are many people who feeljust "the cycle of hardship." there are many people who feel just as strongly as marcus rashford does on this issue, and they include a good number of conservative mps who would very much like the government to change its mind and continue giving our free change its mind and continue giving ourfree meal change its mind and continue giving our free meal vouchers to some of the poorest families in england over the poorest families in england over the summer holidays. so, we will see a debate on this in the house of commons later. labour will call on the government to make what it describes as a small step and change policy here, and it could well be at the very least an awkward few hours for the government. ok, we will keep an eye on that. we will be speaking to grant shapps on that and a few other issues. and jonathan, if anybody looks at the front page of the daily telegraph this morning, they will see "lockdown a disaster for society, says lord hague." strong words this morning. lord

hague adding his voice to many others, calling for the two metre rule to be reduced to a one metre rule, arguing as others do, to save jobs and allow many businesses, particularly the hospitality industry, to carry on trading in the weeks and months ahead whereas otherwise if the rules day as they are, they will struggle. he also has some strong words about the quarantine system put in place, asking travellers, requiring them from abroad, to stay in isolation for two weeks after they get here. he says that should go as well. and he says the lockdown has been at a strophic and something that is so damaging it should only happen once. we will get a sense ofjust how damaging it has been to the economy in terms of the number of people who have lost their jobs in terms of the number of people who have lost theirjobs in the early pa rt have lost theirjobs in the early part of the lockdown, when the unemployment figures are released later on today. thank you, jonathan, and sean will be here to clarify those figures with us and go through

them a little bit later on. after 24 days with no new infections, there have been two new confirmed cases of coronavirus in new zealand. the country's prime ministerjacinda ardern declared new zealand virus—free last week, and lifted all its domestic restrictions. the two women with the virus are from the same family, and had been given special permission to travel from the uk for the funeral of a parent. 10,000 families in england are to be given free internet access for six months to help with online learning. with the majority of children still out of school, there are concerns about poorer children missing out because their families can't afford an internet connection. the schools minister nick gibb says the government will do everything it can to prevent children falling behind as a result of the pandemic. next year's oscars have been pushed back by two months from february to april because of the coronavirus pandemic. organisers of the 93rd academy awards have said that they'll accept films that have been released on streaming platforms only, and the window

for nominations will be extended. scientists in the uk have decoded sounds made by queen honeybees — and listen in because it might not be what you'd expect. chittering that was a quark. —— quack. ‘quacks' and ‘toots' were picked up by researchers using highly sensitive vibration detectors. the sounds are known as duets which are used by queen bees in the hive to make sure that colonies successfully reproduce during the swarming season. have you been watching spring watch recently? don't ask me things i don't know? i'm obsessed with chris pakenham, and his love of wasps, i've been trying to embrace it. after watching the programme. you probably know this, you could tell

me, i thought there was no purpose for the wasps. can we get chris packham on as a guest, please? he moves “— packham on as a guest, please? he moves —— wasps move i around packham on as a guest, please? he moves —— wasps move : around the garden stop —— move pollen around the garden. he had a piece of paper ona the garden. he had a piece of paper on a door and he gradually watched wasps make their nests out of it. i'm not sure how practical the advice is. in the last few minutes, we've had the latest uk unemployment figures. they're the first set that reflect a full month of the lockdown, and they show a big drop in the number of people on businesses payrolls. we'll have more details from sean injust a moment, but first our consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker has been to meet some of the people who've been hit hard by the pandemic‘s impact on the economy. yeah, you just sort of start crying

and it's emotional because you just think, why? why couldn't we get help? why would nobody help us? when the travel company holy worked for went bust, she lost herjob overnight. the 23—year—old was a tea m overnight. the 23—year—old was a team leader at ts and holidays in wigan, and at the start of dream career. what were the emotions you went through when you heard the company would collapse? went through when you heard the company would collapse ?|j went through when you heard the company would collapse? i think i cried for the rest of the day. it was just devastating. i felt gutted and i'm getting upset now because it was just a and i'm getting upset now because it wasjust a bit like, it and i'm getting upset now because it was just a bit like, it was a bit more like, oh, my god, this actually happened. financial support, being able to help my mum, me and my boyfriend had butted saving for a house. it was like, start all over again. we will be there in no time. shearing has long been associated with the golden age of coach travel. at the branch offices you can buy five shilling holiday saving stamps. it was part of the specialist

leisure group, but they struggle to pay out refunds for covid—19 cancellations and collapsed with a loss of two and a half thousand jobs. and they may not be the last. there are more in the pipeline, that is guaranteed. there are a lot of companies really struggling. our industry is struggling more than most, it really is. it needs report specifically for the travel industry or there will be many, many morejob losses. it's notjust the levels of unemployment have risen dramatically, and alice's from the institute of employment study shows that at the same time the number of job vacancies has plummeted, so trying to find new work during this pandemic is a huge, huge challenge. after 12 weeks of lockdown, restau ra nt after 12 weeks of lockdown, restaurant owners peter and elaine now have one quarter of £1 million of unpaid bills, they only have one option to stay afloat. if we didn't close one of our three sides, the

whole business would collapse as soon as we open, literally as soon as we open. those 3—4 weeks we posit cash would dry out. so they will never reopen. 31 people are losing their jobs, never reopen. 31 people are losing theirjobs, including never reopen. 31 people are losing their jobs, including restaurant manager isiah, who knows thejob hunt will be tough. the reality we are facing now here in london, it has been replicated in other places with other talented managers. we need to understand the combination is difficult. a big part of our life is difficult. a big part of our life is gone or is about to go. yeah, nothing prepares you. no. we have really close relationships with the star. the staff are notjust names, they are people we have grown really close to. it brings you to tears? yeah, lots. the figures suggest it will be the young who are hit ha rd est by will be the young who are hit hardest by this economic earthquake. holly plans to do some work while

she waits for the travel industry and her career to come back to life, but it could take years to recover. i can't pursue my dream anymore because everything is on hold. i guess that is just the way it is now. so many people would resonate with holly this morning. she was recently let go from herjob. sean is on hand to talk us through those unemployment figures. these are quarterly numbers and they include one full month of lockdown, but obviously there are two months that were not stop yes. so, as ever, there are a lot of statistics that come out at the same time. the unemployment rate we often talk about, the period you are speaking about, from february, march, april, looking at that period where we had locked out of the whole of april and a small amount of march, the unemployment rate has stayed at 3.9%. that hasn't moved at

all, really, and that is because of thejob retention all, really, and that is because of the job retention scheme, all, really, and that is because of thejob retention scheme, the furloughing scheme, people are staying on company payrolls, not being made unemployed, but the government has been subsidising their wages. that has been a major factor in that. due down into some of the other data today and that gives you a picture of what is really happening. the claimant count is the figure where it is the number of people who are claiming benefits, either unemployment benefits of people who are in work on low incomes or not working very many hours and are unable to claim benefits, that figure has spiked in the month of may. last month we talked about it going to over 2 million people claiming that, that has now gone to 2.8 million people in the month of may. that is a good example of how people are being affected by this crisis, whether it is incomes falling or along the way, they are losing theirjobs. those figures are taken from may, whereas the unemployment rate is february to april. other things that have come out this morning, vacancies and may

have got to a record low, nearly half a million fewer in the water, in the three months to may, than there were in the previous quarter. so those people who were losing theirjob are looking for other work didn't have anything like the choice they had beforehand. and if you look at the payrolls, the number of people who are on payrolls across the country, we do get some figures for that today. the number of people on payrolls in may, that was down 600,000, fewer people on payrolls in may. so that gives you an idea that those people are no longer being paid by companies that they were being paid by in previous months. so when we start to get those unemployment figures coming through and they start to include the month of may, that is where we're going to start getting the hit because 600,000 fewer people in may were on a payroll than they were before. that is when it is really going to hit home. the evidence is there. we'll be talking a lot this throughout the morning. sean, thanks

very much. it goes to the hospitality industry, you are speaking assay on the programme about impact social distancing measures have had and of course lockdown has had on them. pubs, restau ra nts, lockdown has had on them. pubs, restaurants, and hotels can reopen in northern ireland on the third of july, which is a major move out of lockdown. businesses had originally been told they could re—open on the 20th ofjuly, but the tourism sector pressed for an earlier date. our ireland correspondent, chris page, is at the merchant hotel in belfast this morning for us. chris, how are people reacting to the news there? it must be nice walking into a hotel at the moment that is looking forward to opening. there has been so much discussion around this. how are people reacting there? they are certainly very pleased that this is another major step out of lockdown, it's medically important to people who work in the hospitality sector. they must say, i'm not quite used to being somewhere quite so luxurious at this time of morning, the merchant hotel, something of a

landmark here in belfast, it has been converted into a 5—star hotel. it is all about the sumptuous splendour. it is feeling pretty empty at the moment. in just over a fortnight that is set to change with gas coming back. i'm pleased to say iamjoined by gas coming back. i'm pleased to say i am joined by bill who owns the hotel and plenty else besides here in belfast, bars, hotels, restau ra nts. in belfast, bars, hotels, restaurants. thank you for speaking to us this morning. you are able to open on the third ofjuly, how significant is that news for you? very significant. it gives us a dated to aim for and lets us bring our staff back and lets our customers know when they can book and it puts us on a more even keel against the republic of ireland, who already had their data few weeks ahead of us, so hugely significant. that's right. the hospitality businesses in the republic opening on the 29th ofjune. the bar behind you, there are no seats beside it stop that is one of the changes you are bringing income you can't sit at the bar having a drink. what other

changes are you making to ensure that people still have some kind of special, luxurious experience while they come while adhering to the social distancing rules? as you can see, we are only able to take about one third of the people we would normally. and we have other costs, we have security to make sure that when they come in we stick to those rules, hand sanitisers, there has beena rules, hand sanitisers, there has been a full risk assessment done. what i'm hoping upon hope is that this weather, which is very un— irish at the moment, stays as it is and we are able to put more seats outside and we will be able to bring our numbers up in some ways. but that's what we have at the moment. you employ more than 1000 people and you and the industry have been pushing for a change to the two metre rule on social distancing, how manyjobs metre rule on social distancing, how many jobs potentially metre rule on social distancing, how manyjobs potentially could be affected if that rule stays in place? 52 metre rule stays rather

than the one metre, and stays for some time, i'm looking out, think will be not only with my business, but in the whole hospitality industry. something like one third or 25%. somewhere in or around those figures will lose theirjobs. the difference between two metre and one metre is not one is safe and one is unsafe, we are hoping that the politicians will look in the coming weeks, the latter r number will continue to go down and we will open on the one metre ruling. thank you very much indeed. let us speak to colin from hospitality oldster. your members now have a date for reopening the challenges still lay ahead. absolutely. this is positive news for us. it has given hope to the industry and those who work in it, but as bill has said, we still don't have —— have our doors open only to metre rule is a huge challenge. we are going to be responsible, we make sure the

industry as it can be, but to be viable we really need to be one metre. ok, thank you both very much indeed. politicians and the devolved government meeting on thursday to think about easing more restrictions, though that two metre rule is under review. they said it will be guided by the science. it is worth saying in northern ireland there have been no deaths linked to covid—19 for two days in a row, six of the last nine days have been like that. every body hoping that things are improving. chris, thank you for the update this morning. it is just nice to be inside a hotel. last week holly was inside a pub. it is nice to see them for the first time in a long time. i had visions of me, chris won't be allowed to do it, but i had memories of a lovely barstool and... it is very early... it is 20 minutes plus seven, five o'clock somewhere, in fact... the issue of free school meals will be debated in parliament today,

after marcus rashford urged the government to rethink its decision to end a voucher scheme for children in england over the summer holidays. the manchester united and england forward's been praised for his campaign, and spoke to breakfast yesterday about his own family's reliance on free school meals when he was growing up. what families are going through now, i want had to go through that same system and it's very difficult to find a way out, but now that i'm in this position that i'm in is very important for me to have the people that are struggling and that was the main reason why the letter was written and, you know, whether the outcome doesn't change or it does change i know that they have done the right thing in trying to help these people. you know, there are some families out there like me who have four or five kids, some families out there like me who have four orfive kids, so is literally impossible to take control of the situation. this is all going on ata of the situation. this is all going on at a time my kids should be concentrating on schoolwork and stuff like that and it's just crazy to think that this is still going on, we are in 2020 now and it is

just something go do not believe should be happening. we can speak now to the shadow education secretary rebecca long—bailey. shejoins us live she joins us live from not too far away in salford. thank you for being with us this morning. what do you make of marcus rashford's campaign, which has gathered a lot of momentum of the bus 24 hours and the response to that campaign as well?|j of the bus 24 hours and the response to that campaign as well? i think marcus is one of the best of us, really, and it has been fantastic to see the widespread support for this campaign, because there are 1.3 million children currently eligible for preschool meals and, at the moment, when it gets to the summer holidays, that entitlement will drop and there's a huge concern as to what will happen those children over the summer holidays. now, the government has said that they have provided an additional 63 million for local welfare assistance programmes, that is nowhere near enough and it is not ring—fenced for meals. we estimated the cost for

providing school meals for those children who are eligible as 150 million. throughout this crisis we know there will be countless people losing theirjobs and pushing families into poverty. as this crisis has brought out the best in many of us, it is only right for the government to fund school meals to look after those children so they are not hungry and they can spend their time over the summer building up their time over the summer building up their academic basis so they are ina up their academic basis so they are in a position to start learning properly in september.” in a position to start learning properly in september. i should just remind our viewers we are talking about preschool meals in england. at the end of this interview i will remind our viewers of the situation is in wales and scotland and northern ireland. you talk about that money not being ring—fenced, but that £63 million is more, isn't it, and the government would normally commit during school holidays. it is for a local welfare assistance programme and that is not typically ring—fenced for food, local welfare assistance could be anyone who goes to their counsel

asking for help to pay their bills, people in dire financial situations, so there is no guarantee that families would receive the money,. they would have to apply for it, and there is no guarantee that would be provided for food. that's why we are asking for the government to discontinue the free meal voucher programme. you scotland and wales. they are going to do this over the summer holidays for their children, so why can't the government in england to do the same? what you think the outcome of all this will be? we will speak to grant shapps in a moment of biggest ever ‘s. this is one premier league bowler, putting pressure on the government, it will be interesting to see what the prime minister's response to this is, in essence, the conservatives have got this huge majority in parliament and, unless a significant proportion of tory mps decide they feel this is the right thing to do, it won't happen. well, as marcus said in his beautiful letter, it is not about politics, it's about humanity. and there will be many conservative mps

today watching this and having read marcus's letter who will be agonising about whether they support the government or not in this, because they will want what's best for children. so why am asking all politicians, whichever party, it is not about party politics, it's about making sure that children don't go hungry over the summer holidays and whether tory, labour, liberal, hungry over the summer holidays and whethertory, labour, liberal, snp, green, you name it, we all want the best of our children so why can't we come together in this crisis and make sure those children have what they need? there is so much work to be done and the effects of this pandemic are going to be felt for many years right across the united kingdom was reports this morning as well that 2 million children have done little or no work during lockdown. we were speaking to a number of teachers yesterday talk about how hard it will be to catch up about how hard it will be to catch upfor many about how hard it will be to catch up for many of those vulnerable children. how concerned are you about the next six months, the next year, the next two years for those kids who haven't been able to do what others have been able to do

during the last three months of lockdown? i'm hugely concerned and is not, as you say, it's notjust about what happens over the summer holidays to help pupils who have been outside of the classroom, it's about having a national plan for education, if you like, and that's everything from the emotional and mental health support that many pupils are going to need all the way through to targeted tuition, making sure that the curriculum is a streamlined, that we look at next yea r‘s streamlined, that we look at next year's gcse and a—level exams to try to amend them in some way to account for the work that has been lost and look at different ways of assessing them as well in the event that we go into a second look down, so there is a huge amount of work that needs to be done and what certainly myself and others have been asking the government to do is set up a taskforce of experts, trade unions, school leaders across the sector to really pinpoint the principles that need to be put in this national plan for education. we have been asking for education. we have been asking for this for well over a month now and we want the government to do

this because we know that it is essential, not to keep treading water on this, but to make sure that planas put water on this, but to make sure that pla nas put in water on this, but to make sure that planas put in place. another important point to touch on is the provision of digital devices, because one of the things that has certainly become apparent in this crisis are the number of children who don't have a laptop or access to the internet at home and those children need to be given a digital device, particularly... inaudible. they should have one anyway so they can do their homework and learn at home over the summer holidays in the government promised for year ten and in many areas we have not seen those la pto ps in many areas we have not seen those laptops being delivered yet let alone to the over1 million children who also need a digital device. before hoilett yougov, klonowski, quickly, how would you do things differently differently from a legal point of view in terms of getting children back to school? certainly what i would have done was set up a taskforce weeks ago to look at the safety aspects on the principles that needed to be met in every single school so that parents and

school staff were reassured about what they needed to do to make pupils safe. but i would also set up that taskforce to build a very comprehensive national plan for education to provide that targeted support that pupils are going to need. but we are not empowered at the moment of what i'm calling on the moment of what i'm calling on the government to do is to set this taskforce up, and i will support them, because we all want what's best for our children and pupils who are trying to learn and do well in their lives, this time we have all got to come together and i hope the government does listen to our suggestions on this. ok, rebecca long—bailey, thank you for being with us this morning. we are putting some of those points to grant shapps and a few moments ago. i mentioned is free school meals are england. wales, the government there will support children on free school meals with food vouchers, meal delivery, all bank vouchers. in scotla nd delivery, all bank vouchers. in scotland the children are expected to return in august 11, in northern

ireland the payments. at the moment over the course of the summer holidays. that is the picture across the uk this morning. lots of talk about with grant shapps in just a moment. but first, important we know what will happen with the weather. and that you know that carol smells nice even though you can't smell her. she always smells nice. good morning. good morning. thank you! i must say, it is quite noisy here. it is the sweet peas, they smelljust delicious. and gorgeous. these are grown in the uk. we are here at new covent garden farm market celebrating british flowers week and we are surrounded by magnificent flowers. it is nice and toasty in here, 14 degrees, outside it is quite a mild start of the day, the forecast for the next few days is actually quite unsettled. we're at thunderstorms, warm and humid conditions, and there will also be some sunshine as well. what we have this morning is a lot of low cloud,

mist, and fog which is rolled in from the north sea overnight across parts of scotland and also across parts of scotland and also across parts of scotland and also across parts of eastern england. through the day that will tend to burn back towards the coast with some of it will linger and that will hold back your temperatures if it does where your temperatures if it does where you are. a dry start for many, a lot of sunshine, and also, once again, thunderstorms developing. we will see some heavy, thundery downpours across south—western scotland, north east road scotland dry this afternoon. north—west england are prone to see some heavy, thundery downpours with hail, the potential for surface water flooding. north—east england, a few showers, but you will have the sea fret as well. wales, the midlands, lincolnshire, you will see some heavy, thundery downpours with the risk of hail and also the risk of localised flooding. further south one or two showers around, not as frequent as in the west. in between, don't forget the sunshine, it will feel quite well. temperatures north to south, 15— 23 degrees. through

the evening and overnight manager was well tangerines. we will hang onto some across north—west scotland, living down into northern ireland at times. at the same time we will see the low cloud, mist, and fog roll in from the north sea across scotland and eastern england. temperatures, as a result, muggy, roughly 13, most of us are staying in double figures. as we head on into tomorrow we will have all that low cloud, mist, and fog, that will push back to the north sea, where it lingers it will hold the temperature down as well and feel cooler. but then the thunderstorms will get going once again. perhaps a bit more widespread as we go through tomorrow. certainly in the west that is where they will be the heaviest, we will see hail and frequent thunder and lightning and once again the risk of localised flooding. the other thing is, the thunderstorms will be slow—moving because there is hardly a breeze to move them along. temperatures tomorrow, very similar to today, looking at about 13 in the north to 23 in the south. i am off to have a smell of the beautiful

scent of the flowers. you go and have a good sniff. we will see you later on. that sounded a bit weird. sorry. see you later. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. it's 7:32am. there's growing pressure on the government to continue providing free school meal vouchers for children in england during the summer. now, a number of conservative mps have now backed a call from the footballer marcus rashford to support vulnerable children. the manchester united and england striker wrote to the mp5, explaining his own childhood experiences of poverty. the issue will be debated in parliament today. the transport secretary is grant shapps, hejoins us now. good morning. thanks your time this morning. shall we start with marcus rashford's campaign, which has been supported by many people around the country, to make sure that school meal vouchers continue through the summer holidays? he has put a series of

tweets out and has been largely praised by many for campaigning on behalf of these people, saying when you take a shower this morning, think of the people who had their water turned off this morning. when you make a cup of tea with your cattle, think about the people who have had electricity cut off because of them having to default. and when you head to the fridge to grab the milk, stop and recognise that parents of at least 200,000 children across the country this morning are waking up to empty shelving. surely this is a drop in the ocean compared to the overall budget. isn't this about an act of kindness making sure children are fed over the summer holidays?” making sure children are fed over the summer holidays? i have been reading marcus rashford's thread, and it's great to see him getting involved in this and he has written to the prime minister who will dou btless to the prime minister who will doubtless write back to him as well.

it is the case usually over summer holidays free school meals are not available. but in usually in this case available. but in usually in this case “— available. but in usually in this case —— unusually in this case, along with the billion pound package to help families, as well as local authorities helping children over this period as well. there has been additional support and no—one would wa nt additional support and no—one would want otherwise. by the way, i'm not saying it's illegal to cut off —— it is illegal to cut off somebody‘s water, and they should contact their mps if that had to happen. that was pa rents mps if that had to happen. that was parents cutting —— having their electricity cut off because of defaulting. so, £63 million for covering this, is this ring—fenced?

that is up to local authorities to spend, so isn't especially for that? you are right about that, it is not ring—fenced, but there has been other money as well. there is £129 million but has really gone to families and schools as part of the process of helping children in exactly that position. and of course it is much, much wider than that. there are 9 million people currently on the government's furlough scheme, com pletely on the government's furlough scheme, completely unprecedented. we have never had anything like this. so £20 billion paid out to keep people in work where they might have otherwise lost theirjobs during coronavirus and another scheme for 2.5 million people who are self—employed as well. so we are helping parents and making sure they don't fall out of work and the numbers could have been worse were it not for this enormous

government support. it has been like the government is wrapping its arms around people and communities to try and do everything we possibly can. and as i say, unusually, because there isn't usually free school meal support over the summer, we have even put money into ensuring there are additional boards on top of everything else, so it isn't that we are in some way turning a blind eye to this, we are very concerned and are working in every way. the prime minister will be replying to marcus as well before do long. you had to back down on school vouchers over the easter holidays, but because you heard the noise and outrage about this stuff and when you say the government is wrapping its arms around communities to protect people, it's £120 million, why has it got to this point? it's a drop in the ocean when it comes down to the numbers you and the government and we in the media have been talking about in terms of getting us through

this crisis? it is everybody's money, isn't it? the government is just the custodian of it. but nobody, i think, just the custodian of it. but nobody, ithink, nobody just the custodian of it. but nobody, i think, nobody can say this government hasn't been very forthright with supporting people through this crisis. the billions, tens of billions of pounds involved are enormous, enormous sums of money. and the main thing is to try to do things, we have seen unemployment figures this morning, we are starting to see what has happened, the main impact in april of this disease and fighting it, the main thing is to ensure that people have jobs to main thing is to ensure that people havejobs to go main thing is to ensure that people have jobs to go back to, which main thing is to ensure that people havejobs to go back to, which is why things like the much bigger furlough schemes to hopefully keep mums and in work. —— mums and dads.

if you do acts, people will say why aren't you doing —— x, people will say, why didn't you do y? we heard from a member of the hospitality industry safety to meet the rule is keptin industry safety to meet the rule is kept in place now, revenue compared to before lockdown would be down 30%, but if it was now to one metre, it would be at least 65% of previous revenue. we have a members of the conservative party, duncan smith, william hague, they are saying it is enough now, scrap the two metre rule, go to one metre and get business going. when are you going to do it? yeah, and by the way, i don't disagree with those figures on the hospitality industry. it may be 70- 75% the hospitality industry. it may be

70— 75% operating at one metre, and transport, the area i am responsible for, we have a problem in advising people not to take public transport during rush hours because a two metres that is difficult. but, and it isa metres that is difficult. but, and it is a big boat, we need to make sure what we do next doesn't mean we end up in a situation where the virus comes back in a big way again. i think people will be rightly very unforgiving about a second spike caused by a rushing from two metres to one metre or what have you. so what we're doing is right now probably reviewing all of the evidence —— properly, and we are aware that other countries have come to different conclusions. some countries have stuck with two metres and we know that as well. for example, you are much more likely to catch the disease at one metre than a two metres, but we also know as the cases come down and we see them continue to fall, because there are

fewer people around with the disease, then one metre could still be safe. but all of that is being put into the mix and we will be making announcements on this when we are ready to do so. i should just say, context wise, we havejust had this big unlock of non—essential shop yesterday. we know the next big day is not beforejuly for, so not before the fourth ofjuly, but at that time we will be expecting to ta ke that time we will be expecting to take a judgement call on the next phase of things like social distancing rules. i want to look at your role as transport secretary. two issues: quarantine decisions being decided within the week, we have heard from spain, taking a look at reciprocal quarantine and whether or not that will work. do we know, or not that will work. do we know, or do you know yet, how many people have been quarantine who have arrived in the uk? well as you may

recall, with warranty and rules, this is some fully —— with quarantine rules this is something we work on hard, we don't want to be ona we work on hard, we don't want to be on a situation where we import or brits to go abroad bring it back. it is asking, requiring in fact, people to quarantine themselves for 14 days when they get here. how many have done that? sorry, say again? how many have stuck with that requirement? it is required by law and we have people checking up on it. we think we have a high compliance. what is high? about 9096 or greater, and we have people jacking up, so you can end up being

fine, you will end up being fined if you frequently ignore this. ok. but on the relaxation of it, what we don't want to do is go backwards. you won't be getting an answer to this in the next week as you suggested, the actual date for the review is june 29, suggested, the actual date for the review isjune 29, on the 14 day quarantine. we are and i am actively looking at introducing air corridors or international travel corridors, perhaps with reciprocal arrangements with a number of countries. that is something we are actively looking out. but you know, make no mistake, we cannot be in a situation where we have worked as hard as everyone else to get on top of this disease and carelessly allow it to reinspect us. i want to talk to you as well because there are so much to get through on this report from public of england about disproportionate effects of covid—19 on the b ame community and the fact that boris

johnson has announced another review on this. this, before giving concrete suggestions. we spoke to a x deputy chair of the british medical association, he said three practical things that can be done now, you perhaps don't even need to have a review. leaflets to various communities in different languages to help educate and inform more, easing of intense housing or dance housing, perhaps offering some support, and better representation in the medical industry, for example, in the nhs so people are communicated to warily. why can't you take these concrete measures right now while this review is under way? look, they sound like excellent ideas. i'm not sure some of those things that instantaneous things like housing, the housing doesn't just instantly appear. temporary accommodation? we have had huge

numbers of people in temporary accommodation very quickly during this crisis, so some of these things can be put in place, but i do think it is right, though, if we are really going to be a fully equal society in every way, that we tackle this seriously and doing so requires the commission that is being launched by the prime minister to do exactly that. i think it will do excellent work but it isn't that nothing is going to happen in the meantime, to answer your main challenge. already we are seeing over the last ten years or so, much higher numbers of black, asian, minority ethnic 18 —year—olds at universities, we have seen hate crime decrees, we have seen action plans implemented, so is a lot of work to build quality and in government, the top spots in government, the top spots in government, the top spots in government, the home secretary, the chancellor of the exchequer, they

are now positions occupied by bame individuals. so we're seeing this happening in society but we think there is much further we need to go and that is why we are having this commission the meantime. my colleague, the minister working on specific measures as well. there is a huge amount of work going on across government as well and we wa nt across government as well and we want britain to be a completely equal society with zero tolerance to racism. grant shapps, transport secretary, thank you very much for your time this morning. thank you. if you have been watching for the last few moments you will have heard grant shapps responding to marcus rashford's letter this morning in italy to send out today as well. we had marcus on the programme yesterday. he and the rest of the footballers in the premier league will be returning to action this

week, but it is not the only sport where people are getting used to life without fans, that's right, isn't it? that's right. the momentum is really picking up as sport returns from shutdown. of course, tomorrow the premier league restarts. but later this afternoon one of the highlights of the british sporting summer, royal ascot gets under way. it's flat racing's biggest meeting, but there will be no crowds, the queen won't be in the stands for the first time in 68 years, plus jockeys will wear face masks. well, for more hayley turner — only the second female jockey to win a race at ascot after her victory in the sandringham stakes last year — joins us now. good morning to you. how do you feel about racing today, i know you are not racing until late in the week, but how do you feel about going back on these very unusual circumstances? well, i'm actually really excited. it's a very strange, is going to be very strange, obviously, with no—one being there, but i think because

it's only going to happen once, racing behind closed doors at royal ascot, feel quite privileged to be pa rt ascot, feel quite privileged to be part of it. i think for the jockeys, when we get to the races, whether there are people there or not, we get into the waiting room and there isa get into the waiting room and there is a century and we have work to do and we go in there and start focusing on what we have got to do so we don't really embrace the social side of it. looking back to that fantastic wind that i mentioned just a moment ago, how important or how or where were you of the huge crowd watching you and did that help in any way? i think... it's very different to other sports, like football, because when we get on the horse you have to concentrate on the horse you have to concentrate on the horse and keep the horse nice and calm and you don't take in the atmosphere around you. the only time that you really embrace it as if you win the race and then, obviously,

then you just soak up all the glory. but beforehand, and during, don't think it will make any difference whatsoever. how important has been raising to attempt to get back to some kind of normal? oh, it's such a big industry and it is people's livelihoods have been saved by the resumption of it. the racecourses and the british horseracing authority have done such a fantastic job to get us back going. it's safer than going to the supermarket, there is nobody there and they have been so strict about it and it's just wonderful to be back, whether there are people there or not. when you look ahead, perhaps as lookahead a little bit to this time next year at royal ascot, do you think meetings like this will change or do you think this isjust like this will change or do you think this is just a short period of time we're going to get through and you hope that things will get to being the same again?”

you hope that things will get to being the same again? i think that they certainly will get back to being the same, but i think everyone will be cautious, may be, for a couple more years, and rightly so. it's been such a big effect on everybody around the world. so do think it will get back to normal, but they don't think it will be, you know, in the nearfuture. but they don't think it will be, you know, in the near future. it is fantastic to talk to you, as ever, lovely to see you this morning. best of luck for this week. thank you very much. hayley turner. they have it, things returning to, if not normal, then certainly edging closer to it. 99 days since the suspension of the premier league season and it all of the premier league season and it a ll starts of the premier league season and it all starts again tomorrow. you and carol would be there at royal ascot with your big froch this week... the big hats. —— big dresses. with your big froch this week... the big hats. -- big dresses. less of that. he means big hats. big frocks,

big hats, fascinators, all the business. i am going away now. ok. sean is taking a look at unemployment numbers that have come through any number of people claiming benefits as well. lots of numbers for you to go through this morning. there have been lots of numbers giving us a better idea of what has happened to the jobs market stop the unemployment rate we so often talk about, the number of people out of work, that stayed at 3—point line %, that is because it looks of the period from february to april —— 3.9%. it is the people claiming benefits, whether in work or out of work that has spiked and is now at 2.8 million people. just a couple of months ago, in march, we would talk about that being more like one million people, 1.8 million people now. and the number of people no longer on a payroll in may fell by more than 600,000. it gives us an idea of how that might filter

through to the unemployment figures in the future. lots of sectors having to deal with all these issues at the minute, retail is a big one, had a big day yesterday reopening, but retailers have been looking at ways to try to survive financially. one of those is a debenhams, they had struggled before the coronavirus crisis and has troubles now. i'm joined by the managing director there, steven cook. good morning to you. good morning. when you look at these unemployment figures and job market figures out this morning, does it say to you that debenhams will have to continue laying off staff and closing stores as it has done? you know, we've made very painful decisions of the last little bit in order to protect tens of thousands ofjobs order to protect tens of thousands of jobs across the order to protect tens of thousands ofjobs across the country. we are going to need to continue to review the numbers and review our employees but right now we are very co mforta ble but right now we are very comfortable with where we are sitting supplies are given the state of the economy right now you don't think it's inevitable morejobs will goa think it's inevitable morejobs will go a debenhams? hours were centred

around store closures and some refinement in our head is. we will have to keep looking at it. none of us know the economy were moving into right now and none of us understand fully how the customer will react locally as we start reopening. no, we don't know how it might be, but these figures gives a good idea, don't they, when you have more than 1 million people claiming benefits now that we're not a couple of months ago and 600,000 people who are now no longer on a payroll, those people don't have the incomes they had before, how do you expect that to affect your business? well, obviously, we have gone with very modest reductions into how we are looking at future. we built a business and a business profile —— projections. we are not looking at expectations well beyond. we have been on a path for several years, refining our customer base, refining our customer offer and pairing down and modelling our stuff appropriately. we're going to have to respond, but the market is shifting and none of us fully

realise how that is going to come out. you so you have been on a path for a few years, but in recent months you have been announcing store closures that one year ago with store openings. that path hasn't really worked, has it? well, we had one store opening within the last several years, which was a long—term contract we had entered into. that said, we did have store closures, we have to look at our estate, we a re closures, we have to look at our estate, we are reopening in excess of 120 stores across the nation, so we still have a very large footprint. you could debate that we had too many stores in a market that was fairly small geographically. so we have gone through and reviewed we re we have gone through and reviewed were stores are profitable where we are located and we have had a very strong growth in our debenhams .com business. let us talk about online and people going back to the shops yesterday. what was the biggest thing you learn from the stores that reopens yesterday? you know what was incredible for me? the really loyal customer came out. we had customers

come out, they were loyal, they were understanding the process we went through, we have a lot of security, markers in place, et cetera, et cetera, and we invested in a lot of ppe and there is a lot of new production to get into a store but they spent time, they were understanding, we had the benefit of northern ireland opening last week, which gave us good indicators of sort of, you know things to learn as we went through it. what was very interesting was the customer purchase. they were beyond our expectations. we were quite modest in what we went out with with an expectation level from sales. they purchased, they purchased apparel which we thought would be a tough area for business, childrenswear, very strong across the home sectors, areas of the business would understand with having understood people spinning a lot of time working at home. we were surprised at the turn—out and the sales. working at home. we were surprised at the turn-out and the sales. the sales were higher than you thought. they were double, actually, what we expected. why aren't you pushing people more instead of coming into store and forming those huge queues

that we have seen around the country yesterday, why aren't you pushing them more online? we're doing both. certainly our online exceptionally well over the last several months doing the lot. our online business represents about 24% of our turnover, so we have a very substantial digital business was are certainly encouraging people to shop at debenhams .com. that will be an ongoing process for us as we continue on... but for safety purposes would you rather they did not do that and say to them at the door newshour app instead, don't come in. we certainly did not have the pictures of craziness that we saw outside certain retailers and we have open very cautiously, so we open 50 stores yesterday, we opened in localised markets where we are often the only destination for retail, where we feel we could really serve the community. we will have that feast of the next week, the balance of our stores. we're certainly not necessarily encouraging people to to stores

versus encouraging people to to stores versus into debenhams .com. but we are open for business cautiously. steven cook, thank you very much for being with us this morning. the managing director of albums they are. a bit of news for people keeping an eye out for greg ‘s reopening. in the coming days 800 of the stores will be available and open for takeaway purposes. so if you like eq that may be a place look out for. and they said the next thousand or so will open over the next month. the balances between what do you prefer, a queue or a sausage roll? that's a tough one. that is the conundrum this morning. it is fast approaching eight o'clock. it is time we went to the new camden flower market, because that's where carol ‘s this morning to bring us the weather. good morning, what a lovely place to be this morning. it is indeed. new covent garden is festooned with flowers, not as busy as it would normally be. it has just reopened after the lockdown. it is british

flowers week this week and you are encouraged to celebrate our produce flowers by maybe picking some or buying some or even drawing a picture of some and putting them in your window for passers—by to enjoy. the duchess of cornwall is patron of the flower angels charity and she has done that very thing with a beautiful display in her window. the charity themselves do lots of good work. one of the things they do that i was bitterly impressed with is if you have a wedding or a corporate event and you are finished with your flowers, take them back here to new covent garden, they will make them into a posy and they will deliver them to hospitals and care homes, for example. so that's a lovely thing. the weather today, you could argue some of it is lovely and some is not so lovely. the next three days it is quite similar. some sunshine and some thunderstorms. heavy thundery downpours with hail. also warm and humid. what has been happening through the night as we

have seen a lot of low cloud, mist, and fog roll in from the nausea sea across parts of scotland and also eastern england. through the day that will tend to burn back towards the coast and where it lingers it will hold the temperature back. dry and sunny weather start with, but a few showers, the showers were really develop as we go through the course of the afternoon. four o'clock this afternoon in scotland, heavy, thundery downpours in the south—west, especially, in the northeast brightness in the sky. north—west england and northern ireland, heavy thundery downpours in the forecast for you as well. north—west england, you have the sea fret coming south, midland, lincolnshire, wales, heavy, thundery downpours view as well, could have hail in them only risk of localised flooding. in between sunshine coming into the south and south—east, fewer showers but there will be some around and there could be heavy and thundery. temperature was today we are looking at about 15 in the north toa high are looking at about 15 in the north to a high of about 23 in the south stop don't forget, it will feel quite humid. through this evening

and overnight, many showers will ease, we will hang onto some across the north—west of scotland, some drifting down into northern ireland as well. once again the low cloud, mist, and fog will roll back in from the north sea across parts of scotla nd the north sea across parts of scotland and eastern england. it will be a muggy night with temperatures not falling lower than 9- 30 temperatures not falling lower than 9— 30 degrees. tomorrow, all that low cloud, mist, and fog that has come in overnight will burn back towards the coast whaling is —— 13 degrees. we'll see further thunderstorms develop. there will be sunshine as well. we will see the potency of those thunderstorms. with a lack of breeze it means some of them will be slow—moving so you could catch a real humdinger. temperature is very similar to today. looking at highs of about 15 in the north to 23 in the south. i will have more later on, but for now the headlines are coming up next. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty

and dan walker. our headlines today: marcus rashford says he won't give up the fight, as more mps back his campaign to provide free school meal vouchers over the summer. it comes after the premier league footballer told breakfast he wants to help people who are struggling to feed theirfamilies. i wake up in the middle of the night, and you think, ‘oh, my god, i have nothing for the children to eat in the morning or to have for tea—time tomorrow', you know? former tory leader william hague says lockdown is an "economic catastrophe" as he calls for the two metre social distancing rule to be scrapped. big hit to the jobs market. and never have to million people have begun claiming unemployment benefits as job vacancies full to a record low. —— another half a million people have begun climbing. and a moment of sporting history as royal ascot begins

today. the queen won't be in the stands for the first time in her 68 year reign, as flat racing's biggest meeting takes place without crowds. it's tuesday 16th june. our top story. there's growing support for the premier league footballer marcus rashford, and his call for the government to continue providing vulnerable children in england with school meal vouchers into the summer. the issue is going to be debated in parliament today. our political correspondent is jonathan blake. jonathan, marcus rashford has been tweeting this morning and pressure is mounting on the prime minister to comment and potentially change his mind? we were told by downing street yesterday that the prime minister accepted marcus rashford's letter, he would reply to him in due course and the government was well aware of the very difficult circumstances many families are in as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, but that is certainly not the end of it. after marcus rashford spoke so

openly about his own experience on brea kfast openly about his own experience on breakfast this morning, he wrote in the times newspaper this morning urging mps to reverse a decision not to continue provision for free school meal vouchers for children in england over the summer holidays. he says he is focused at the moment on hov much more important than football, that of combating child poverty, and he says the effect of the pandemic of what he calls child poverty in the uk will be felt for generations to come if the government does not change its thinking —— he is focused at the moment on a trophy much more important than football. it is the decision to not continue giving out free school meal vouchers over the summer holidays, which ministers point out would not normally happen in any case, is attracting so much attention and will be very much the focus on things at westminster today. this morning we have heard from transport secretary grant shapps defending the government's actions, saying it was great to see

marcus rashford getting involved in this issue but that the government had provided a huge amount of support to families, pointing to the job retention scheme, keeble p —— keeping people in theirjobs, which to some extent had taken the pressure off pa rents. to some extent had taken the pressure off parents. we have been helping the parents in order to ensure people have not fallen out of work in the numbers that would have not been the case where it not for this enormous government support. it has been like the government wrapping its arms around people and communities to try to do everything possible. unusually, because there is not usually female support over the summer, we have even put money into ensuring there is some additional support on top of everything else. —— there is not usually free meal support. the government is allocating £60 million to local authorities to help the

poorest families, but the shadow education secretary rebecca long—bailey says that money is nowhere near enough. it is for a local welfare assistance programme, thatis local welfare assistance programme, that is not specifically ring fenced for food, that could be anybody who goes to the council asking for help to pay their bills, people entire financial situations, there is no guarantee that a family would receive the money, they would have to apply, and there is no guarantee it would be provided for food, which is why we are asking for the government teachers continue the free school meal voucher programme. scotland and wales will continue this over the summer holidays for their children, why can't the government in england? will the government in england? will the government stand firm or change its mind? all eyes on the house of commons when mps debate this issue later this afternoon. thank you, jonathan blake.

more than half a million extra people were claiming unemployment benefits in the uk in may, bringing the total to 2.8 million. sean is looking at how coronavirus is hitting the the jobs market this morning. what are the figures saying? the 2.8 million people now claiming unemployment benefits may be people actually in work on low—income, working fewer hours, having to claim benefits, all those people who are out of work, that has more than doubled over april and may, we were back at around 1.2 million people in march claiming those benefits, now 2.8 million people. looking at figures from the office of national statistics about the number of people and payrolls across the country, that is expected to have fallen by more than 600,000 in the month of may, we have been waiting for this data to tell us how much and april, to lock and intimate, the

economy has been affected, and it seems like with vacancies around the country at a record low as well, thatis country at a record low as well, that is where people are really starting to see what is happening in their real lives play out into the numbers linked to the jobs market this morning. sean has been busy this morning. sean has been busy this morning, he has had the boss of debenhams, these and implement figures. he is always busy. it is about time he put a shift in, sean! authorities in beijing say a new outbreak of coronavirus in the chinese capital is "extremely severe". more than 100 people have been infected in the last five days. the outbreak has been traced to a wholesale food market in south—west beijing. parts of the chinese capital have been fenced off, and people living near to the market have been told that they can't leave the city. after 24 days with no new infections, there have been two new confirmed cases of coronavirus in new zealand. the country's prime ministerjacinda

ardern declared new zealand virus—free last week, and lifted all its domestic restrictions. the two women with the virus are from the same family, and had been given special permission to travel from the uk for the funeral of a parent. "we aren't beaten yet" — that's the promise from the manchester united and england striker marcus rashford after the government rejected his calls for a rethink on free school meal vouchers. yesterday on breakfast, the footballer talked about his own experiences of relying on free school meals during his childhood. he wants ministers to reverse the decision to not to extend free school meals for children in england into the the summer holidays. renewing his calls on twitter this morning, the 22—year—old told his two and a half million followers, "when you wake up this morning and run your shower, take a second to think about parents who have had their water turned off during lockdown." he added: "when you turn on your kettle to make a cup of tea or coffee think

of those parents who have had to default on electricity bill payments just to make ends meet having lost theirjobs during the pandemic. and when you head to the fridge to grab the milk, stop and recognise that parents of at least 200,000 children across the country this morning are waking up to empty shelving." breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been marcus rashford has said the government has not turned down his request, his letter will be discussed in the commons and he is hopeful there will be some sort of decision made on the free school meals in england this summer. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been speaking to some of the people who rely on the scheme. you've never been in a situation like this before, have you? no. i have worked my entire life since i was 18 and ifind myself unemployed for the first time ever. and it's a really

difficult situation. these are the conversations sparked by 22—year—old marcus rashford. i wake up in the middle of the night and think ‘oh. my god, i've got nothing for the children to eat in the morning or to have for tea—time tomorrow,‘ you know? good morning. footballer marcus rashford writes to mps, asking them not to stop free school meal vouchers. on this programme yesterday, man united striker said, "i understand because i've been there." when you were growing up, do you remember being hungry? yeah, of course. and — but i also understood. you know? my mum, she did the best she could within the circumstances. ijust knew how hard that my mum was working. you know? i'd never moan, i'd never do anything. if there's food on the table, there's on the table. if there's not, i had friends that understood my same situation. now that i'm in this position that i'm in, it's very important for me to help the people that are struggling. at this charity food depot, they say there is plenty of evidence that people really are struggling.

this is unprecedented. we have had to double our outputs, we've distributed 430 tonnes of food in the last 12 weeks. where are you off to, duncan? off to congleton food bank, oxford food bank going to help this junior school, another one, and hayes junior school. a busy day? another busy day. thank you very much. bye — bye! demand from schools since lockdown has exploded. in that time, marcus rashford has helped to channel £20 million to this charity to help feed over 400,000 children. ian is here to collect, to make food parcels for 120 families. there are have been a number of times where i have had parents ring up and they have said "i really need this week, i won't ask every week."

"i'm sorry to be asking, it's just that i'm really short this week." and it's that — that need to explain is what breaks my heart. they wouldn't ask for it if they really didn't need it. and right now, they really need it. back at school, teachers unload the food that will make up parcels the same teachers will deliver the next day. parcels which will help alongside the government's own voucher scheme to replace free school meals. but despite marcus rashford's intervention, that scheme will end this summer. those at the very bottom of the pile, economically, are suffering economically. a five or six—week holiday with absolutely nothing, no food parcels from us, no food voucher from the government is a bit of a disaster. when these gates close at the end ofjuly, so too will the voucher scheme. marcus rashford tweeted to his 2.7 million followers, "we aren't beaten yet." and with support expressed by labour last night, there will be a full debate

in parliament later today. the voucher is £15 a week per child. oh, yeah, this is definitely real life. cathy and sara tell me that has become essential. it's a lifeline, it really is a lifeline for me. the universal credit only covers my rent and the council tax. there's absolutely nothing left afterwards and ijust don't know how to feed the family and pay the bills. what impact will that have on you? i'm terrified. i really am. i'm so frightened. what you're saying is, you'll be lost without it? oh, definitely. and so will they. since he appeared on breakfast yesterday, marcus rashford's campaign has received widespread support. his united team mate danieljames congratulated him,

saying the response has been "amazing". former england cricket captain michael vaughan tweeted to say "all of us need to be like marcus rashford". radio 2 presenter zoe ball called him an "inspiration". while comedianjohn bishop said the issue is something everyone should agree on, and that he has the utmost respect for rashford for what he's doing. and gary lineker said "a young footballer shouldn't have to be imploring our government to do this, but it's great that he is. what a fine young man." the government says it won't be offering free school meal vouchers over the holidays, but is pledging extra money for local councils to help provide food for those most in need. we're joined by the conservative mp robert halfon, who is chair of the education select committee, and lindsay boswell from fareshare, which is the food waste charity supported by marcus rashford. gentlemen, thank you very much, lovely to see you both, good to talk to you. robert halfon, do you

support marcus rashford's letter, first of all? yes i do, i think he is an inspiration, a hero of our time. i worry that we face during this pandemic and ice age for vulnerable children in this country, there are 2.5 million children not learning according to latest surveys , learning according to latest surveys, for million have had no contact with teachers, food insecurity has nearly doubled since the pandemic, according to other statistics and families do notjust face health worries but enormous financial anxieties and enormous stress, many of them being made redundant. the employment figures out today show that. i think it would be the right thing to do, it is simple, everybody understands it, they work with the schools to carry on the free school meals programme over the summer on this occasion because of the pandemic. do another of your fellow conservative mps agree with you to put enough

pressure on the prime minister —— do enough? there are mixed views, to its credit the government is providing a £63 million programme to local councils but the problem with these programmes is they are very bureaucratic, people have to apply to the council, whereas the free school meal programme is very simple, families understand it undergoes to those who need it most. there are lots of food programmes across different government departments, if theyjust consolidated than they would almost have the money for the free school meals programme over the summer which would cost roughly £109 million, 110 million plan. lindsay boswell, marcus rashford has supported your charity, helping to raise money for it, i suppose you are one of the few people we talk to who would like to be out of a job? completely. what is so frustrating, marcus is so articulate and

authenticate what he is saying that what he is asking for is a sticking plaster which isjust a short—term solution through the summer holidays. if i look back at our notes as to what we did last summer, shone a spotlight on that film on fareshare greater manchester shone a spotlight on that film on fa resha re greater manchester and lucy and her amazing team, between them and the other fareshare covering the four nations of the uk, we supported 700 holiday clubs providing really important outlets and we provided the food for those. they will not run this summer, so the only option those parents have to go and buy for themselves. as robert halfonjust pointed out, there is the 63 million, but quite how that is divvy to feature by local authorities who in themselves are under enormous pressure, | local authorities who in themselves are under enormous pressure, i do not know. — — are under enormous pressure, i do not know. —— quite how much is divided by local authorities. we are working closely with government

purchasing food for those in lockdown with £10.5 million of taxpayers money, but these are just sticking plasters and there needs to bea sticking plasters and there needs to be a long—term understanding, looking at other business figures, that there will be a long—term, deep—rooted problem. it is not of a political making, it is the result of the pandemic, we need to put systems and processes in place to make sure that nobody in the united kingdom goes hungry. robert halfon, lindsey boswell has made perfectly clear that he wishes he was not in thisjob, but clear that he wishes he was not in this job, but these food banks and charities existed a long time before the pandemic struck the world, we are talking about what is happening in this country, the conservative government, what is its responsibility to make sure that people like lindsay boswell are out ofa people like lindsay boswell are out of a job people like lindsay boswell are out ofajob and people like lindsay boswell are out of a job and should never have had

to have thisjob of a job and should never have had to have this job and offer this support? as hasjust been said, the immediate issue is dealing with the stress and anxiety is caused by the pandemic and the fact that many families are struggling to keep a roof over their heads and feed their families, that is why support, maintaining free school meals over the summer. of course there has to be serious long—term looking at policies, equality of opportunity and addressing social injustice. the government have the good things raising the living way, cutting taxes for lower earners, keeping fuel duty frozen, but the prime minister said when we come out of this we will not be in austerity. if thatis this we will not be in austerity. if that is the case, an important example of this would be to keep the free school meal programme over the summer. it is not a lot of extra money if you added the different government food programme schemes but it is simple, it works, the

public understand it and that is why marcus rashford has so much support. lindsay boswell, on the link up with somebody like marcus rashford, he is an incredibly high profile footballer who has obviously made significant headlines this week, how does that work with a charity like yourself? normally i would imagine yourself? normally i would imagine you would have to approach somebody like that to make sure you are on the same page. who has pushed this, you or him? he approached us, i had never spoken to markets and did not know he was writing this letter. sometimes you hear of charities using a celebrity as a soapbox to make a point, that is not what is going on here. normally my organisation is firmly and violently nonpolitical, we do not get involved in anything to do with politics at all. markets initially, at the beginning of the pandemic, for all of the reasons he has incredibly

well articulated in his letter, major say very well articulated in his letter, major say very generous well articulated in his letter, major say very generous donation and then asked all of his supporters to also come on board and help, and a combination of food businesses donating really large volumes of food, tesco had donated £60 million worth of food, as they came on board, co—op have come on board, around 40 other manufacturers and producers have all donated food as well. —— producers have all donated food as well. — — tesco producers have all donated food as well. —— tesco had donated £16 million worth of food. normally we deal with surplus food, 650 million meals worth of food that goes to waste in the supply chain of the food industry. extraordinary times require extraordinary action, that is what we are in the process of giving up the moment. we have now got into purchasing food as well. marcus approached us and he has really driven this, this is his agenda and we are proud and

delighted to be standing shoulder to shoulder with him and supporting him. really good to talk to you both, lindsay boswell and robert halfon, i think that is the first time we have had the puppet sweep on the programme on a book shelf. we will have to see if somebody can get sooty and soo for us! we are used to celebrities virtue signalling, when it comes to things like... oh, this is such an important cause and i am doing this. sadly, you spoke to marcus rashford, good morning, by the way, you have seen him up close and have had conversations with him, you knew him as a sporting figure, but interesting to hear how this matters to him now and he is not letting it go, you have seen the tweets this morning, he is not letting this go. everybody watching at home, whether you are a politician in power or a family with

hungry kids, i promise you now, marcus rashford is not letting this go. no matter what happens. we know they will talk about this in parliament today, it will be discussed, we will hear quotes from his letter that he wrote over the weekend that was published yesterday morning, that is why he spoke to us at bbc breakfast, he spoke so passionately. the reason he can't do this, of course, it's because he lived this as a child, he is one of five, his mum was a single—parent and cheap struggle to put food on the table. when he was just 11 and cheap struggle to put food on the table. when he wasjust 11 he was taken on by manchester united, one year early, because the club could not provide for him. the club so that, he knew that, they agreed to slightly bend the rules to look after him. let the code could see that. he talks about being on the bus, going round manchester as a child, seeing homeless people and even then saying i will help these people one day if i can. marcus

rashford speaking up about something he genuinely believes in. he is, because, talking about free school meals in england and northern ireland, because the situation in wales and scotland is different, babel continued to get free school meals throughout the summer holidays. we will not let go of the story either. thank you, sally. see you soon. human trials for a potential vaccine for covid—19 will start in the uk this week. 300 healthy people will be given two doses, and if its successful human trials for a potential vaccine for covid—19 will start in the uk this week. 300 healthy people will be given two doses, and if its successful the trial will be widened. it's been developed by scientists at imperial college london, and is separate to the work being done at oxford university. professor robin shattock is leading the research, good morning. lovely to talk to you. let's start with the question, how is this different to the other one we have mentioned? it is a very different technology, we are doing something very cutting—edge but quite new in

terms that it is very simple, we ta ke terms that it is very simple, we take just the small instructions from the genetic code of the virus for that surface protein you see on all the pictures and we use that as all the pictures and we use that as a vaccine, we put it into tiny microscopic fat particles and when it is injected into the muscle, the muscle cells take those particles up and receive instructions to make that protein. they have become miniature factories that start expressing the protein and get the immune system to make protective antibodies. we have been speaking to hep earlier he was very excited about this. how easy is it to get volu nteers about this. how easy is it to get volunteers to take part in this trial? are they queueing up? we anticipate we will be overwhelmed with volunteers. this is the first time this technology has been used in humans, we literally start with a single individual and build up very slowly. we a re single individual and build up very slowly. we are hopeful we will get volu nteers slowly. we are hopeful we will get volunteers but we don't one people to be disappointed when they are not included early into the study

because we start with very small numbers. many of our viewers will be asking for a timescale, i am sure that it's difficult, but what might we be looking at in terms of when we know it is successful and when it might be rolled out? timescales are very difficult to predict, we need to get through the safety part and that we need to test it in a large trial against a placebo vaccine, it isa trial against a placebo vaccine, it is a numbers game. we need to see more infections in the placebo arm to the vaccine and, we do not stop that until october knows that with the number of infections in the uk is low, it will take a long time to getan is low, it will take a long time to get an answer, if we see a second wave we might get an answer very quickly. it is a guessing game to say when we will get that, but when we get the data it is important to get data that shows it works, we will know we have something really worthwhile rolling out across the

uk. again, ignorant question, probably, you deliberately infect them and test the potential vaccine on then? absolutely not, in the first phase we are just giving them the vaccine, looking for safety and checking it induces the type of immune response we think will be protected, and in the second phase they are vaccinated that they go back into their normal lives and we are looking to see if they are naturally exposed to the virus. are looking to see if they are naturally exposed to the virusm will be really interesting to see how it works. again, forgive me for another ignorant question, because what you are producing is so small, you can mass produce it? is that another difference between this and what else we have talked about? the real advantages scalability, we can produce the equivalent of 2 million vote —— 2 million voters of the duct —— of the vaccine in a litre, 80 litre bottle of lemonade which

contain around 2 million doses. —— a two litre bottle of lemonade. some of the competitive technology might need 6000 litres to make a similar amount of material, so we can make enough materialfor amount of material, so we can make enough material for the whole of the uk in 60 litres. something is to get our heads around. ultimately, all these different studies and groups of scientists and professors like yourself trying to work on the vaccine, are we heading towards one that works better than all the others and that is the one that will be rolled out across the world? how is, i suppose, be rolled out across the world? how is, isuppose, the be rolled out across the world? how is, i suppose, the whole medical fraternity working on this? everybody is in a race against the virus and what we do not know right now is how good a vaccine needs to be. it may be that a small amount of immune response is enough to protect everybody, in which case most of these vaccines will work, or it may mean that it requires a specific type of immunity, in which case only

certain vaccines will work. that is why it is good we had so many candidates progressing, there is no guarantee that any single one will work, and by having all these different approaches we can be pretty confident that we will get several or may be many that are effective and can then be made available to the global community. thank you for talking to us this morning and all the best with your study, professor robin shattock. a litre bottle of lemonade, 9 million, did he say? i think that was right. it is too much to imagine. his brain is significantly larger than i was! carol's been at the new covent garden flower market all morning. iamat i am at new covent garden flower market to celebrate british flowers

week. we have a well known florist, good morning, simon. we are being encouraged to put some beautiful floral displays in our windows so passer—by is can enjoy them, what would you recommend it we use? anything you are seeing here, this abundance of beautiful british blooms from dazzling daisies. the lark, look wonderful. sweet peas, evenif lark, look wonderful. sweet peas, even if you haven't got flowers in your garden, do a drawing, find a bunch and a bloom and a bunch in a bean tin would look gorgeous. you can see your passion for flowers, how did this start? i went to a local flower show at the age of seven in warwick where i was born and brought up and ever since then i have wa nted and brought up and ever since then i have wanted to work with flowers. can you talk about the royal family? i have been lucky enough to touch

the hem of fame and glamour. we created the flowers at the wedding reception of the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall and we used all british flowers. it wasn'tjust them? no, we had princesses eugenie and jack brooksbank and that was all british foliage. what are your favourite? i am fickle, it is sweet pea today, tomorrow it might be a dell phone in. the roses i have planted in pots have flourished better than ever before, why is that? the weather has been amazing and roses love the heat and the sun has been glorious. it has been glorious talking to you as well. the weather today, i wouldn't describe it as glorious. what we'll have today will be for the next few days, so sundry downpours, torrential rain and hail stones as well, that will

be warm and humid. we have seen a lot of low cloud, mist and fog rolling in from the north sea. through the day it will burn back to the coast where it lingers but it will hold the temperature back. although many starting on a sunny note, showers already and as temperatures rise they will become more potent. this afternoon, across south—west scotland there will be thundery, heavy downpours and northern scotland is we'll be seeing sunshine. the northern ireland and north west england, some thundery downpours for you with the risk of localised flooding. north west england, there will be perceived threat is still on the kudla. for wales in lancashire, thundery, heavy downpours. the south—west england and the south—east, some heavy and thundery showers but not as many as we are likely to see in more western areas. in the sunshine, temperatures reaching from 15 in the north to 23 in the south. as we go through this

evening and overnight most of the showers will fade but we will hang onto some across north of scotland and some of those drifting into northern ireland and at the same time, the low cloud, mist and fog will roll back in off the north sea across scotland and eastern parts of england. it is going to be a muggy night and temperatures for most of us staying in double figures. we start tomorrow with low cloud, mist and fog and like today it will burn back towards the coast where it lingers. the temperatures will be lower. showers will get going as temperatures rise in the sunshine and there is the potential for them to be heavy, thundery downpours. they will be slow—moving because there is hardly any wind. temperature is very similar to today, which is about 13 in the north to 23 in the south. it has been a joy being here today, wish you could smell the beautiful scent of the flowers. studio: i imagine the sense of the flowers is very lovely and you are

very lucky to be there. sadly, this is television and we cannot smell it. see you tomorrow. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. over the weekend a mass gathering took place in london. it was made up largely of far—right protesters, and some describing themselves as statue protectors. out of the protests came a very powerful image... this is patrick hutchinson, a black, anti—racist protester, carrying a white stranger to safety. he'sbeen widely praised for his actions, and hejoins us now alongside his daughters, kendal and sidena. good morning. enjoying the sunshine, you are getting some good sunshine although there has been no warning of rain. lovely to have you here. patrick, we will talk to your

daughters, who are immensely proud of you, but for those who didn't see what happened this weekend, tell us the situation you found yourself in and how you ended up carrying another man on your shoulders towards the police for his safety? it all happened really quickly. but with my friends that turned up on the day to oversee things and make sure things didn't get out of hand, they noticed there was some trouble further away by the steps, down by waterloo leading up to the embankment. it looks as though there was a clash between some of the so—called statue protectors, as you call them and the black lives matter protesters. after that, it looks like some of the far right protesters dispersed and left one solitary person by himself.

obviously, it wasn't a good place for him to be with all of those protesters surrounding him. had it escalated to a violent situation between the black lives matter protesters and this one protester? yes, he was on his own and you know, it wasn't a pretty scene. they grabbed hold of him in the next thing he was making his way down the stairs. i noticed there was a rastafarian, middle aged guy i haven't had chance to mention, he was trying to protect this man. one, single person couldn't do that and it got a little bit too much. my quys it got a little bit too much. my guys are rushed in to help, to try and protect this guy because they knew it wasn't going to be a pretty sight. after they had done that, i went injust after them sight. after they had done that, i went in just after them and all that

was left for me to do was quick thinking, i picked him up and put him on my shoulder and started moving out with people around me protecting. what was your fear at that moment in time that prompted you to run in and pick him up and put him on your shoulders? my fear was he would have probably ended up being killed and then, you know, the stories and the narrative would have switched and changed to black lives matter demonstrators skill white man. i would like to get an idea of what your two daughters kendal and sidena think, you have been across the news channels talking about what happened and your role in that. sidena, we saw the video of you watching your dad on the news over the weekend, give us an idea of what that felt like. what did it feel

like to see your dad being spoken about in that way? it felt really good because my dad has always been one of those people who always helps when he is needed. to see that he was finally getting the praise that he needed was really good. patrick, is it right, originally you had no intention of going to the protest but you and your friends went down there, i think you said earlier, to keep things safe, almost as peacemakers? yes, i had no intention, i was actually baby—sitting my intention, i was actually ba by—sitting my grandchildren intention, i was actually baby—sitting my grandchildren on that day. a good friend of mine was on my case to go there with some of the guys to help and be protective of our young protesters. you know, i did, witha of our young protesters. you know, i did, with a heavy heart, leave my grandchildren and i went with my

friend and i am glad in the end because some good came from it. patrick, how are you explaining to kendal and sidena what is happening in the world right now? ultimately, this is about one person saving another person's lie. if you put aside the differences between ideology and beliefs, there are protests going on and they are important, how are you explaining this to your daughters? it is a difficult one, but basically it is one of those things where you try to explain to them that we are all equal, we are all one race, nobody is superior over anybody else and we all need to get along together. u nfortu nately for all need to get along together. unfortunately for us as black people, we have had the short end of the stick and the quality hasn't been there for all as it should be. you help them understand that but this is not going to be the situation for them, it will be

better for them as they get older and wiser. they have to believe, like i believe, that one day there will be true equality. sidena and kendal, talk to me about what you understand in terms of what is going on when you see these protests on television? what i understand is that it wasn't really good for our race, what was happening. so people we re race, what was happening. so people were fighting and wanting their voices to be had, because if they weren't nothing would be happening today. sidena, can i ask you how old you are? i am ten. kendal, how old are you? i am eight. you have been listening to your dad and your sister, what are your thoughts?” listening to your dad and your sister, what are your thoughts? i am just happy that daddy went and saved

the man, because he would have died and daddy went out there, but he was baby—sitting and daddy went out there, but he was ba by—sitting my nephews and daddy went out there, but he was baby—sitting my nephews and cousins and then he went and saved a man and daddy did such a good job. i am just happy that daddy did that. daddy did such a good job. i am just happy that daddy did thatm daddy did such a good job. i am just happy that daddy did that. it is a beautiful way, kendal, happy that daddy did that. it is a beautifulway, kendal, of describing it. we saw your sister watching your dad on the news, can you tell us how you felt when you saw that picture of your dad for the first time?” felt so excited because daddy might be famous soon. ijust liked that daddy went and saved a man and then he can be famous. i think it is fair to say, patrick, you have two daughters who are incredibly proud of you. the prime minister said of you, patrick represented the best of us. how do you respond, with all thatis us. how do you respond, with all that is going on at the moment, how

do you respond to that? well, you know, i appreciate the comments borisjohnson made know, i appreciate the comments boris johnson made of know, i appreciate the comments borisjohnson made of me, i do. but now, what he can do is show all of us that he is just like my friends and i, what we did and try and help equality in this country. by ending all these reviews and getting down to business and doing stuff. patrick, how important is it that the conversation continues?m patrick, how important is it that the conversation continues? it is extremely important, there are so many other issues, because you have the grenfell situation that is still to be sorted. people in america are still being shot, a man in atlanta has been shot. it has got to stop. in the uk, we can show them that we are not like them and you know,

hopefully everybody else can fall into line. patrick, you are in an interesting position, you have been thrown into the limelight because of a brilliant piece of human behaviour, saving the life of someone else. you are sitting with your two daughters who are amazingly proud of you, and rightly so. ijust wonder how, with this conversation continuing, how you make clear to them that almost despite it feeling like the world is on fire, this is an important moment and we can be positive in the hope that things will improve in the future? because hope and positivity is what you want to transpire to your daughters, i would imagine? yes, exactly that. you have to hope that things will be better and be positive, otherwise what is the point? i have to raise

my daughters to believe that one day they will have just and equal opportunity, just as any other child out there in the world, in whatever they endeavour to do in their futures. sidena and kendal, i know you are listening very carefully to what your dad is saying, do you share that hope about a brighter future? i really do, because what is happening now is impacting my and my sister's future, about what will happen to us. it really does make an impact so we can try and make things better for our own future. sidena, i don't know if you have gone back to school or if you are talking to your friends on whatsapp or xoom, whatever it may be, what have your friends made of what has happened over the last few weeks and what has happened with your dad over the weekend? some people at my school have been saying my dad is a superhero and it felt really good.

because he has always been helping people like that. for him, for people like that. for him, for people to see that as well, it felt really good. patrick, it is good to talk to you. i should ask you, have you heard anything from the man who you heard anything from the man who you carried to safety? no, i haven't heard anything. or anything about him, any information at all?” heard anything. or anything about him, any information at all? i have no idea of anything. at the time, he was intoxicated and he was partly unconscious, so i don't even know if he knew what was happening at the time. but no, i have heard nothing. whatever happens, you did a good thing and your children are proud of you. you look through our social media and! you. you look through our social media and i am sure you have had it because you are trending on twitter, people are calling you hero and you need to take that because people are proud of the example you set to us.

and kendal and two, carry on being proud of your dad, it is a good thing. have a lovely day. —— sidena. watching kendal looking back up at her dad, she is so proud. those moments, you dream of, i imagine when you are a parent, you just want your kids to know you have done the best. and to be so articulate. i will be one proud parent, those two girls are an absolute credit to him. sport is slowly returning, maybe not quite getting back to normal but a version of it and one of the highlights of the british sporting summer. it's one of the highlights of the british sporting summer, royal ascot. but flat racing's biggest meeting will look very different as it gets underway this afternoon. due to the pandemic there will be no crowds, jockeys wearing face masks

and for the first time in 68 years the queen won't be watching on from the stands. laura scott has been finding out what lies in store over the next five days. first race... nothing epitomises the sport of kings quite like royal ascot. of kings quite like royal ascot. traditionally, one of the society events of the summer, it blends high—class racing, glamour and of course, royalty. but behind closed doors, the 2020 version will be like no other, even down to what people wear. there isn't actually going to be a formal dress code this year. with no actual royal enclosure taking place, it wouldn't be appropriate to ask people to dress in top hat and tails. in the parade ring is, of course, where most of the participants are going to be, face masks are still part of the regulations. this does not set a precedent for the future, we will be back next year, top hat and tails, all the formalities but for now, it'll be an unusual royal ascot. temperature checks, separating

jockeys in their changing rooms and masks are all part of racing's new normal. only around 500 people will be allowed on the course each day and owners are not permitted, meaning the queen will be absent for the first time in her 68—year reign. this grandstand is one of the most iconic views in writing with the royal box behind me, but this year it will be largely empty. the hope is that many of the 300,000 people who would have been here over the course of the week will stilljoin in from home. for those missing getting into theirfinery, a charity campaign has been launched encouraging you to do this at home and share photos. in this hallowed part of berkshire, the performances on the track will take centre stage over the next five days. the occasion will be simplified and surreal, but there will be no forgetting this royal ascot. laura scott, bbc news, ascot. of course, that will look very different. before i go i should point out our main story is about marcus rashford appealing to the

government to extend free school meals throughout the summer. expect more news and more talk about that later on today because it will be discussed in the house of commons this afternoon. we will bring you the latest tomorrow morning on the programme. thank you very much, sally. good to talk to you this morning and we will see you a bit later on. we are going to bring you more on that because the conversation is definitely heating up, isn't it? we are expecting a response from the government and the response from the government and the response to school meal vouchers being provided over the summer in england. as lockdown restrictions begin to ease, presenters matt allright and kym marsh will be here on bbc one from 10:00 to answer all your consumer questions. we have these monitors in the studio

and we can see each other on the screen and i am not wearing a stripey top and you are not wearing a dress. good morning. what is going on? we are ready for action. for instance, have you lost yourjob? we are seeing those jobless figures today and are you being forced to change. linda plant, the fearsome face of the apprentice has left team sugarfor face of the apprentice has left team sugar for now. face of the apprentice has left team sugarfor now. she face of the apprentice has left team sugar for now. she will help you with your cv. and scammers beware. have you had anything delivered during lockdown? they drop it, give ita squirt during lockdown? they drop it, give it a squirt and later i bring it in but for many people it hasn't been the case. no, we have had a lot of

people complaining that they cannot complain, the phone lines are down and customer services are trying to work from home. we will show you how to get your message directly to the people at the top. our team is lined up people at the top. our team is lined up ready to sort out what is bothering you. if you have got a question for them or comment on any of our stories, you can e—mail us right now. they might not be listening but we are. we were talking about what is going on with the debate around marcus rashford. the political discourse 2020 and these are the tweets that we read to grant shapps. marcus rashford has tweeted, when you wake up rashford has tweeted, when you wake up this morning, turn on your shower ta ke up this morning, turn on your shower take a thought about the parents who have had their water turned off during lockdown. that was responded

to by the conservative mp in suffolk. she is the work and tensions minister and she responded by saying, water cannot be disconnected. that is all she said in her tweet. marcus rashford has come back to her and said, i am concerned this is the only tweets of mine you have acknowledge, please put rivalries aside for a second and make a difference. he repeats the hashtag he has been talking about, make the u—turn. it is all about trying to get free school meals extended throughout the summer in england. this is the way politics is discussed at the moment, an mp talking to a premier league football alive on social media this morning. this is it, this is what is being said people are obviously bringing up said people are obviously bringing up the fact that people cannot be disconnected. which is true. which is true, but interesting that marcus rashford has a huge following, it is

baffling the government would want to ta ke baffling the government would want to take him on. i would be surprised if the government didn't take on any challenge but the question is this morning is if the government is listening and how they will respond. when it came to school meal vouchers over easter in april over the two—week holiday, the government said it wouldn't stop those school vouchers, sorry it would stop from being distributed and then went back on it. the hope is the government will do the same thing when it comes to the summer in england. the latest we have from marcus rashford is the government have not said no, they have not said they are not going to do, which has been reported in some places. we understand the letter he wrote and you saw yesterday and that we talked about to him on the programme, that will be discussed in the commons today. he is still quite hopeful there will be a decision made. but this morning he is having a live debate on social media with the work and pension is minister. we will keep you updated. we will be talking

about it again. want to take a look at something lovely? take a look at this picture — this is captain sir tom moore alongside amelia who he met on saturday — the two—year—old is living with a rare condition which means she also walks with a frame. the photograph touched the hearts of many, and it seems amelia isjust one of a growing number of children who have been inspired by his achievements — let's take a look. good morning to you all. what an amazing picture, it is lovely to see you all. captain tom and hannah, there are so many people, we have highlighted a lot of them from the younger generation who have been inspired by your walk which has touched so many people, isn't it lovely to see how you have

influenced so many people to raise money for some wonderful causes? your walk has inspired so many people over the last weeks and isn't it lovely how you have crossed generations, everybody from all ages are looking at you and it is wonderful to see how amelia is inspired by your walking? what do you think about amelia walking? inspired by your walking? what do you think about amelia walking7m is absolutely amazing to see lovely amelia again this morning. she is doing marvellously, delighted to see heragain. doing marvellously, delighted to see her again. captain tom, how lovely was it to meet amelia for the first time at the weekend? how lovely was it to meet amelia for the first time at the weekend? it was quite amazing. it was a great pleasure to

see her on sunday. pleasure to see heragain see her on sunday. pleasure to see her again today. lovely to watch them chatting about the walkers. her again today. lovely to watch them chatting about the walkersm course, mickey, tell us about amelia, what is her condition? she has got a syndrome which can affect her mantle and mobility going forward. what made you decide to look forward, where had she seen captain tom, sircaptain look forward, where had she seen captain tom, sir captain tom? we had seen him on the television and the local facebook page from the village because we loved the fact that tom was in our village. we only got amelia's walk in january so it was in our village. we only got amelia's walk injanuary so it is quite a new thing for her so it inspired us to keep at it and use the frame and make it as normal for

heras the frame and make it as normal for her as possible. that was one of the points, seeing captain tom with a frame and walking and smashing his charity targets. showing immense strength and perseverance, that is what you want for amelia? yes, absolutely. we want her to reach her potential, whatever that may be and pushit potential, whatever that may be and push it to where she can with the walker so it will be as normal for heras walker so it will be as normal for her as possible. with captain tom, it makes it easier for her.” her as possible. with captain tom, it makes it easier for her. i know captain tom, hannah and the rest of the family, captain tom, into your 100th year, probably the busiest you have been in a long time, you have an autobiography coming out later and the child ren's an autobiography coming out later and the children's book and these will go to support your foundations, so hannah, how will that work? absolutely, we will be launching officially next month but the foundation, we realised when this wonderful story came back with the

generosity, we had a responsibility to create a legacy. the foundation is inspiring hope where it is needed most. we will be supporting those combating loneliness, combating grief and supporting hospices. i think this has been an incredible experience to be able to shine the light on those people who need help. indeed, hannah will you ask captain tom if he is still walking, captain tom if he is still walking, captain tom are you still walking or are you having a well deserved rest? no rest, no rest. are you still walking? are you walking or having a rest? i am still walking but at the same time! rest? i am still walking but at the same time i am starting to write my memoirs and helping to rack my brains to rememberall memoirs and helping to rack my brains to remember all the things that have happened in my lifetime, which is quite a long time. 100 yea rs, which is quite a long time. 100 years, it is a long time. always lovely to see you. enjoy that

sunshine as well. bringing a lovely sentiment to our morning this morning. have a lovely day, thank you for being with us and we will be back tomorrow from six o'clock. see you tomorrow.

hi, good morning, welcome to bbc news. i'm victoria derbyshire, here are the latest headlines. bad news forjobs — new figures this morning show the impact of lockdown is starting to hit hard. marcus rashford refuses to give up on his campaign for free school meal vouchers for vulnerable children over the summer, putting the government under increasing pressure. we have, unusually in this case, along with a multi—billion package we have put in place, provided 63 million p exceptionally to help local authorities help children over