using ground penetrating radar, they've been able to look deep into the earth and discovered what could be one of the uk's largest prehistoric sites. a ring of around 20 shafts, dug more than 4000 years ago, around the time stonehenge was built nearby. these are 20 metre diameter, at least five metre deep, sometimes even deeper, we think, shafts or pits that have been dug into the chalk and are oriented in kind of an arc, both to the south and the north of durrington walls. the orientation of them, the spacing of them, would suggest that they have some organised sort of ritualistic reason for being there. the task for historians now is to work out how the newly discovered outer ring of pits is connected to stonehenge itself.

the national trust has described the find as astonishing. what further secrets will it now reveal? jon kay, bbc news, salisbury plain. time for a look at the weather. that's with tomasz schafernaker. loveit love it or loathe it, a heatwave is on the way this week and temperatures, at least across england, are expected to widely reach 30 celsius by wednesday. and you can imagine, the heat coming from the south and spreading across much of europe, notjust us but many other countries will be feeling the heat and the hot air will also reach scandinavia where in the last couple of weeks temperatures have been very high, approaching 30 degrees. talking of the northern climes, this is not the only area in the far north where we have been experiencing high temperatures. all

the way across the other side of the globe in siberia recently, temperatures have got up to 38 celsius, making it a record, within the arctic circle, these extreme temperatures. it's not completely unprecedented to get high temperatures here, they have been 37 in the late 80s but perhaps it's the frequency with which these records are broken that is somewhat concerning, particularly in the arctic. back to the here and now, relative pressure across the uk compared to what will come in the next few days. rain in the north—west of the uk and this is actually a boundary zone, a weather front that separates the pressure at atla ntic front that separates the pressure at atlantic airfrom front that separates the pressure at atlantic air from the hot continental air which is streaming in likea continental air which is streaming in like a blowtorch the south. so that does mean that with the weather being stuck over us at the moment, at least for the next few days, the weather will be stuck in the same place. i'm talking about the heat, but it will not be hot everywhere. across northern ireland and western

scotland, far from it, across northern ireland and western scotland, farfrom it, often cloudy with outbreaks of rain at least from time to time in belfast and glasgow, and this is for tuesday, tomorrow, but notice on the other side of the boundary, between the cool and the hot, you see how very different the weather is, high 20s expected across a large chunk of the country on tuesday and strong sunshine and very high uv tuesday and strong sunshine and very high uv levels on the way. wednesday is the first proper hot day. the onset of the heatwave at least in the south—east and central areas with temperatures in excess of 30 celsius, making it the hottest spell we have had since last summer. a different story in the north west. this is now thursday, temperatures even higher, could be up to 33 and i think peaking somewhere in the south—east. friday is another hot day but then the thinking is that at the weekend low pressure will swing in from the atlantic with russia at atla ntic in from the atlantic with russia at atlantic wind and freshen things up for us. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. at the bbc sport centre. we start with tennis, because the world number one novak djokovic is yet to be tested for coronavirus — despite two players who he's come into close contact with testing positive. it happened at the adria tour — an event set up by djokovic — which had to be cancelled after a player was taken ill. the event lacked social distancing measures — as it's not required in those countries — with thousands of fans in attendance. more now from our tennis correspondent russell fuller. two players have tested positive, with unconfirmed reports that two

other coaches have tested positive. novak djokovic was not tested last night but i am told he will be tested, presumably today. many of these events have taken place safely around the world in florida, germany and the south of france. here, even though the rules are different in belgrade and zadar, social distancing rules were abandoned, players mixing with each other and with supporters, they were playing basketball and football, even with dancing ina basketball and football, even with dancing in a nightclub in belgrade at the end of the first leg of the tour last weekend. replying to the announcement of the test. australian nick kyrigos posted this on twitter. a noose left in the team garage

of an african—american racing driver is a dispicable act of racism. that's how bubba wallace decribed the incident after it was found in his garage stall during the weekend at a race in alabama. wallace is the only full—time black driver in nascar in the us. he had sucessfully campaigned to get the confederate flag — seen by many as a symbol of slavery and racism — banned from races. the sport is investigating. wallace says he was incredibly saddened but insisted he will not give in nor back down. meanwhile formula i have launched an equality and diversity task force to increase opportunity for minority groups. the we race as one iniative will also see the sport take a stand against racism at the austrian grand prix next weekend. well, lewis hamilton says he's extremely positive that change will come in the battle against racial inequality. the six—time fi world champion took part in a black lives matter protest yesterday, in london, and added on social media that he was so proud to see in person so many people of all races and backgrounds supporting this movement. football now and japan have withdrawn their bid to host the 2023 women's world cup — just three days before the vote to decide where it's played.

the tournament — which usa won last year — will now be played in either colombia or across australia and new zealand who have a joint bid. japan didn't feel they had enough support to win and doubted they'd be awarded the event soon after holding the olympics too. one line from the premier league — defenderjan vertonghen and keeper michel vorm have signed short term deals to stay at tottenham until the end of the season. their contracts were due to end next tuesday. spurs have also extended the loans of danny rose who's at newcastle and kyle walker pieters at southampton. frankie dettori will ride the derby favourite english king at epsom next saturday. dettori was leading jockey at royal ascot last week and is looking for a third derby win. the 49—year—old's last came five years ago. and england's cricketers will honour key workers from the coronavirus pandemic during their test series against the west indies next month. players will wear training shirts with names of doctors, social workers, carers and teachers.

captainjoe root said the team wanted to honour those who went into bat for the country in the toughest circumstances. the first of three matches starts in southampton onjuly the 8th. that's all the sport for now. there's build up to tonight's premier league match as manchester city play burnley and all our other stories on the bbc sport website. more now on our top story. two minute's silence has been held for the victims of the stabbings in reading on saturday night. three people were killed in the attack. at holt school in wokingham where one of the victims, james furlong, worked students and staff stood in silence to remember him. afterwards they paid this tribute. we are sad to report that our inspirational head of history and politics was tragically killed at the terrorist incident at reading.

james was a very kind and gentle man. he had a real sense of duty and cared for each and every one of our students. he truly inspired everyone he taught through his passion for his subject and dedication. he was determined that our students will develop a critical awareness of global issues and in doing so become active citizens and have a voice. in our whole community, we have to absorb the sad news. counsellors are available for our staff and students. words cannot describe our shock and sadness at this time. our thoughts are with his mum, dad, brother and family, and his friends and colleagues. he was a cherished colleague and he will be very sadly missed. there have been no new deaths in scotland of patients who tested positive for coronavirus in the last 2a hours, according to the latest figures. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has warned against complacency though, and urged people to

continue observing social distancing measures. at her daily briefing, she also announced recommedations put forward by the scottish government's advisory group on rebuilding the economy. there is one significant item that i wa nt to there is one significant item that i want to update you on today and it relates to the economy. 0nce want to update you on today and it relates to the economy. once i finish my remarks i will hand over to ben higgins. he is the chair of the advisory group on economic recovery. scottish government appointed the advisory group back in april to provide recommendations on how best to restore the economy to sustainable and inclusive growth following the pandemic. we did that because we knew then that the pandemic and what we had to do to tackle it would cause significant economic harm. 0ur tackle it would cause significant economic harm. our initial tackle it would cause significant economic harm. 0ur initialfocus has had to be on protecting peoples lives obviously and providing immediately lifeline support to keep businesses afloat and people employed. as the pandemic does come

under more control our efforts must increasingly focus on how the economy recovers and renews itself for that long term. i am grateful to the advisory group for all of their effo rts the advisory group for all of their efforts and also grateful to all of the businesses, business organisations and others who engaged so fully in the work of the group. the advisory group's report which i have received to date includes 25 substantial recommendations. these are wide ranging in scope. alongside areas such as investment, employment and skills they cover areas such as the relationship between government and business, the future of the care sector, the importance of culture, and the role of the third sector. the scottish government will produce a detailed response to the report before the end ofjuly so i will not comment in detail today on all 25 recommendations, although benny higgins will expand on some key points stop what i want to do this

morning as be clear that the scottish government sees this as a serious and substantive piece of work and we agree with its basic principles. many of its themes, the importance of education and employment in tackling inequalities are employment in tackling inequalities a re clearly employment in tackling inequalities are clearly going to be critical to our economic recovery. the report is also very strong in highlighting the regional dimension to growth. its specific recommendations are significant and constructive. the importance of digital infrastructure, investment, has been emphasised once again by this crisis and is rightly eight major issue in the report. in addition the scottish governance agrees with the advisory group about the importance of working with the uk government so that our fiscal framework has enough flexibility within it to enable us to support investment for recovery. we also support the advisory group's prioritisation of a green recovery and its recognition of the vital importance of the new scottish national investment bank. the report recommendations for youth employment and a jobs guarantee including the

essential contribution that businesses can make are potentially very significant as we seek to ensure that young people get the opportunities they deserve in the wa ke opportunities they deserve in the wake of this pandemic. the headlines on bbc news. two minutes‘ silence is held in reading — as the town comes to terms with saturday evenings terror attack that left three dead. two of the three are named — one was a popular local history teacher. the second an american man who'd lived in the uk for 15 years. down to one metre — the government is expected to announce tomorrow that the two metre social distancing rule in england will be cut. it's almost a month since george floyd was killed in minneapolis after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. since then, black lives matter protests have taken place in over 2000 towns and cities around the world.

in the texas town of dripping springs, one 20—year—old student has adopted a unique approach. nifa has been going out from noon until dusk with a sign reading, ask me anything — make yourself uncomfortable. my colleague victoria derbyshire spoke to him earier... if you look at my side, i have side panels with a bunch of questions. why are people so angry? why is everything about race? those kind of questions are the same questions that i saw on social media. i thought it would be an easier time reaching people one on one rather than having fights on social media. i think everybody, not everybody, a lot of people are tough on the internet, and having those one—on—one conversations in real life i feel it is a way to talk about those things and make it

personal because it is uncomfortable to talk about these kind of issues but that is why i did it. it is what i saw on social media and trying to reach those people and have a genuine conversation. what kind of response that you get from people? for the most part it has been very positive. a lot of people just come to listen to what i have to say. a lot of people just come to share their stories. a lot of people just come to share their support. it has been very positive, the past few weeks. you mentioned a couple of the questions that you have seen on social media. what sort of uncomfortable questions have people asked you in question? a lot of people ask me about my experience as a black person in america. for a lot of people, it is hard to understand

where this black lives matter movement is coming from. if you do not know what black people go through and why we want to change for the country, not even just for black people, for everybody as well. i think that is one of those uncomfortable questions that white people are afraid to ask black people. what is your experience? i wa nt to people. what is your experience? i want to be that resource and tell people about my experience and tell people about my experience and tell people about my experience and tell people about this that i have been through, just so it broadens their perspective a little bit.|j through, just so it broadens their perspective a little bit. i do not know if anybody has asked you, this particular question that the number of people have raised, in the face of people have raised, in the face of the black lives matter protests some people say, all lives matter, what do you say to that? yes, i feel like for the most part people have

intentions when they say that, but it is just intentions when they say that, but it isjust a intentions when they say that, but it is just a matter of perspective. we do not go to breast cancer rallies to say, all diseases matter. we do not say, look at all these tombstones. nobody has said that only black lives matter. it is paying attention to a specific issue. it is an issue backed up by data. it is focusing on that one issue. that is not to say that nobody else's issues matter. it is just that black lives need help now and there needs to be acknowledgement of the stuff that is going on because america has a long

history of oppression of black people, harsher than any other minorities in america, and that needs to be talked about. saudi arabia has lifted its nationwide curfew and finally reopened mosques in mecca — the holiest city in islam — after they were closed for three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. but amidst an uptick in cases there's still no word on whether the hajj — the annual muslim pilgrimage which attracts millions will go ahead. reged ahmad reports. markings on the floor, temperature checks and hand sanitiser, just a few social distancing rules and restrictions in mecca as the city's places of worship, some 1500 mosques, finally open up after three months of coronavirus lockdown. translation: thank god, social distancing was implemented. masks are mandatory and everyone has

a private prayer mat. many mosques outside mecca have already reopened but worshippers here will be relieved to be back and finally able to pray in the holiest city in islam. the country has also lifted its nationwide curfew with people wasting no time in taking to the streets as restaurants and hair salons welcome back their customers. translation: we are taking appointments and every client comes on time. there must be a 30 minute difference between each client so there is no wait. but there are still some restrictions, large gatherings are not allowed and there is a ban on international travel too. saudi arabia has been the hardest hit gulf state when it comes to covid—i9. and there's been a reported uptick in case numbers in recent days. that may be one of the reasons why the kingdom is yet to announce whether the much

anticipated annual hajj pilgrimage will take place in latejuly. but as saudis emerge from lockdown, authorities will be considering their next move as they keep a watchful eye on the coronavirus case numbers. reged ahmed, bbc news. this was supposed to be a summer of celebrations for sandra and allan teasdale, but like millions of us, their plans were dashed by the coronavirus pandemic. instead of marking their 70th birthdays with a trip to spain, the couple from fleetwood were left fighting for their lives after both contracting covid—i9. jayne mccubbin has been hearing their story. true love came late to sandra and allan. they were 5a when they married. and when the country went into lockdown, they had been planning a huge summer of celebration in spain for their 70th birthdays, just days apart. i can honestly say i've never loved anybody as much as i do sandra. it's... she's just the love of my life.

never been so happy, and we're still happy. and you've come so close to losing it all? absolutely. very much so. the scariest moments of our lives, wasn't it? lives, absolutely. spain fell by the wayside as they spent sandra's birthday in isolation, and a week later, they both suddenly fell ill. text messages between sandra and her daughter over the following day show how quickly they both deteriorated. yeah, it was... it was heart—wrenching. "hi, how are you both doing?" "the last couple of days we don't seem to know what's going on. "we are just light—headed, tired, dizzy, don't want any food or drink. "just don't know if it's the virus or not." and i put, "i'm sure it's nothing to worry about. "just chill out and try not to do too much. "let me know if you need anything." "really can't do this anymore. "i fainted again and allan has been hallucinating. "we can't even walk about. "we really need some help." "i'm getting dressed and coming around." do you remember that moment? yeah, absolutely. when she sent that to me

on saturday, that's not my mum. my mum doesn't do things like that. does that bring it all back? yeah, it does. "yeah, i really can't do this any more. "i'm really serious. "we need help." their daughter dialled 999. they were taken to hospital in the same ambulance. they were both taken straight into icu. their chances of survival were 50—50. a final text message read... "be strong, mum. "you will get through this — i know you will. "we all love you very much." "keep that mask on. "just keep thinking that the mask is going to make you better." both: "i love you so much and look forward to seeing "you when you get better "and get out of there." love you loads and loads and loads. hard. hard to read it again, yeah, very difficult. you could see each other? we were next room. we could see each other through the blinds. you could see other fighting for your lives? through the blinds with the masks and everything on. yeah. i cried and cried and cried. it was awful.

ijust thought, "i'm not going to make it." did you? "i'm not going to get out of here." you are thinking you are going to lose everything. both had completely different symptoms, both had been in isolation for six weeks when they fell ill, so neither really knew how they caught the virus. for two weeks, it was touch and go but slowly, they started to recover and by allan's 70th birthday, they turned a corner. then they said, "we've got a surprise for you. "we're gonna let you come and have..." a meal together. .."a meal together." and then they brought this birthday cake in which was a caterpillar — chocolate caterpillar cake. all sang happy birthday. and sang happy birthday. i think for me, it wasjust so special because when they brought the cake in for allan — i'm gonna cry now — hejust got, like, really, emotional but he was really laughing and smiling and it was the first time that i'd seen him for a long time just smiling. applause. two days before sandra was given the all clear to go home,

allan was cheered off the ward. all of the doctors, nurses, everybody just lined up. well done! they walked me down the corridor and sat me on a chair at the end so that allan could be, like, wheeled past me. as soon as allan came up, we had a bit ofa hug, didn't we? a bit of a hug, yeah. you know, and i said, "i'll be home soon, hopefully". i cried. she cried, yeah. as usual, i cried! it wasjust... bye — bye! do you remember taking those vows, in sickness and in health? 0h, absolutely. yeah. and you could never have dreamt... you couldn't write it. no, we couldn't, could we? no, you couldn't have made it up. we did actually say "70 is going to be our year. "we're going to do this and do that." covid came. whoomp! wiped it all out. 71 is going to be your year! 7i — it'd better be! 70.5 if we've got any chance! 70.5, yeah! now you do have the rest of your life to look forward to, what would you like to say to each other?

ijust love you very much and look forward to the rest of my life with you. we're so lucky to have found it so late on, we really, really are, aren't we? yeah. i think it's a once—in—a—lifetime. count our blessings every day. every day, we say, "we are so, so lucky." one of the industries hardest hit by the coronavirus lockdown was tourism. flights were grounded, movement restricted and holidays cancelled. now — businesses are reopening — and tourist attractions are desperate for customers to return. in venice — they've put on something of a show to drum up attention — as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. if you didn't know any better, you'd say life here was pretty much back to normal. the canals and waterways full of traffic, gondolas and rowing boats bobbing along — this, the first such traditional race since the lockdown ended. venice getting back to its roots.

translation: we decided to call it race of the rebirth, because we wanted it to be an opportunity — the first time when venice, which is made of water, went back to its primary elements, which are the boats and oars. but the scars of the last few months can't be ignored. italy has been one of the countries hit hardest by coronavirus, with more than 3a,000 lives lost. applause. this was about paying tribute to the medical workers who fought on the frontline. applause. translation: the objective of the race was to show that the town's alive but we don't pity ourselves. having blisters on your hands is better than simply answering in an interview to thank doctors. now doctors should be thanked with some financial support.

you see how they all stand as they row? this is voga veneta — venetian rowing. an inspiration, perhaps? hopefully, venice itself will soon be back on its feet. tim allman, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. a heatwave looms. during the middle to end of the week temperatures in some parts of the country will exceed 30 celsius. notjust as, a large chunk of the continent will experience this heatwave. it has already been very hot in scandinavia for a considerable amount of time. into the weekend, by saturday,

sunday, we are expecting low pressure to swing in off the atla ntic pressure to swing in off the atlantic and bring fresh atlantic winds, pushing the heat away, so it will be a temporary heatwave, maybe three days of particularly hot weather. in the short term a lot of cloud across north—western parts of the uk, certainly in northern ireland and western parts of scotland, early evening outbreaks of rain, across eastern, central and southern areas it is quite sunny and warm. through the course of tonight and tomorrow this weather front more or less stays where it is. it is travelling from south—west in a north—easterly direction. belfast and glasgow getting a bit of rain, towards the east and the south the weather will be dry. tuesday's weather will be dry. tuesday's weather map, that weather front is still in the north—west of the uk, there will be rain in northern ireland. through the course the week it never does turn hot in the

north—west of uk. no heatwave here. the heat will be central, southern and eastern areas of the uk. 0n tuesday temperatures not terribly hot but high enough, around in london, 27 in the north—east of england. by wednesday even in the north—west of the country that rain and the cloud moves away, there will be sunshine. temperature contrast, i9 be sunshine. temperature contrast, 19 in belfast, up to around 31 celsius in london on wednesday, on thursday temperatures could be higher still, 32, may 33 celsius, and even in the north west of england temperatures approaching 30 degrees.

this is bbc news. the headlines... two minutes' silence is held in reading as residents come to terms with the knife attack that left three dead. two of them are named — one was a popular local history teacher, the second an american man who'd lived in the uk for 15 years. james was a very kind and gentle man. he had a real sense of duty and cared for each and every one of our students. 25—year—old khairi saadallah, originally from libya, is still being questioned by police. it's understood he came to the attention of m15 last year. two becomes one — the government is expected to announce tomorrow that the two—metre social distancing rule in england will be cut. in scotland and wales, more easing of lockdown measures have come into force. 0n the 72nd anniversary of the arrival of the ship