good morning welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: a billion pounds to rebuild dilapidated schools in england — and millions more for repairs. but critics say it's a fraction of what's needed. air bridges, or travel corridors, to allow us to go on holiday abroad are set to be confirmed by the government later today. good morning, i made a near deserted liverpool airport where they are desperate to learn where we will be able to fly to and when from. interest over the weekend for what oui’ interest over the weekend for what our holiday will look like and will

be definitely be insured? should a local lockdown should be introduced in leicester? there has been a spike in coronavirus cases in the past two weeks. watford will continue investigations this morning after leaving three players out of their team which lost to southampton — for appearing to break lockdown rules at a house party. they may not be live championship tennis from wimbledon here in the next two weeks but you can still get your fix next two weeks but you can still get yourfix on next two weeks but you can still get your fix on the bbc, next two weeks but you can still get yourfix on the bbc, looking next two weeks but you can still get your fix on the bbc, looking at past yea r‘s your fix on the bbc, looking at past year's highlights. looking at the forecast, mostly dry. forthe year's highlights. looking at the forecast, mostly dry. for the north and west, showery outlets of rain, some of which will be heavy, but for some of which will be heavy, but for some of which will be heavy, but for some of us, windy. i will have all the details at 6:26. it's monday 29th june. our top story: schools in england are to receive one billion pounds of funding over the next ten years in a programme of major building projects being launched by the prime minister today.

he's also announcing a further 560 million pounds towards repairing crumbling school buildings this financial year. unions say the money is welcome, but is only a fraction of what is needed. here's our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. some editor branwenjeffreys. school buildings in englan some school buildings in england are ina some school buildings in england are in a shocking state. now a promise of money for rebuilding. plans for more than a billion pounds over ten yea rs. more than a billion pounds over ten years. that stretches beyond the next election. the first few should start next year with 50 projects getting approval this autumn. but the extra cash for repairs will make a difference first. £560 million more for next year, an increase of about a third on the repairs budget. but still, nowhere near the almost £7 billion needed. the true cost of getting england's school buildings to an acceptable standard. we're joined now by our political

correspondent helen catt. helen, this is part of a wider plan to kickstart the economy isn't it? yes, this billion pounds for schools is part of what number ten hopes will be a building boom to try and boost jobs. that is will be a building boom to try and boostjobs. that is because the pandemic and lockdown will have a massive impact on the economy was up the fears are massive unemployment. the labour party miss —— released analysis that it could return to numbers seen in the 1980s. the government is looking to this longer—term idea of building more infrastructure projects and they are going to set up a task force to try and speed up building projects schools, hospitals, other infrastructure. of course, this isn't just the infrastructure. of course, this isn'tjust the response to the pandemic was not if you think back to the election, it seems a very long time ago now, i know, but if you think back to that, the conservatives‘ big pitch was about

levelling out increasing connectivity and making things better across all areas of the dob this sort of infrastructure build does play into that idea as well. today we have this announcement on schools. we could expect to hear more of this over the course of the week was up tomorrow, the prime ministers expected to give a speech on how he to get the country to recover economically after the pandemic so we would expect to hear more about these infrastructure projects over the course of this week was not they will be a lot of scrutiny on the government to deliver on this. helen catt, for the moment, thank you very much indeed. we will be speaking to the education secretary gavin williamson just after 830 this morning. many of you have been in touch about school, reopening, how that might happen and how that might work. wales is reopening all of its schools from today for the first time since the lockdown restrictions came into force in march. pupils will be able to return for limited periods during the week but only a third will be allowed into school at any time. new measures will also be put in place to stop the spread

of the coronavirus. from today, high street shops in scotland will be able to open their doors for the first time in three months. it only applies to those with street access, and shoppers will still be encouraged to maintain social distancing and cover their faces. the housing market will also reopen and scottish premiership football clubs can resume contact training. the government is expected to confirm today that travel corridors, also known as air bridges, will go ahead. it‘s the beginning of plans to relax restrictions on non—essential overseas travel in the uk. the final list of countries that we‘ll be able to travel to, without having to quarantine, will be announced this week. nina is at liverpooljohn lennon airport this morning. nina, what can we expect? it is almost entirely mti flight leaving for the isle of man a little bit later. 0ne present a bit early for that. grant chaps the transport

secretary is expected to confirm to the house of commons that these travel corridors or air ridges will come into effect from today. —— air bridges. you can flow freely between them without having to quarantine for 14 days was up there a list of nations that are and are not on there, which will be able to tell you, but that won‘t be able to be said the week. this name, greece, france, italy, they will be on the list. not on the list we think will be sweden and portugal in where they have had recent spikes and shorthaul flights —— long haulflights because there are stopovers. also a surge in bookings for holidays but lots of questions around that especially after priti patel, the home secretary yesterday, said this will not happen overnight. they will have to negotiate with each individual country and that will take time and this really matters, notjust

because people want to get abroad but we have a ready seen the announcement of tens of thousands of job losses in the aviation industry. thank you very much indeed and we will be with you throughout the day. people will want to know whether or not they will be able to go on holiday. thank you. government officials will meet the mayor of leicester later this morning to discuss how to deal with a spike in coronavirus cases in the city. yesterday the home secretary, priti patel, suggested the first local lockdown could be imposed in the city. 0ur reporter navtej johal is there for us now. navtej, how big a problem is this outbreak? the department of health has said that lester is an area of concern but it has also stopped short of saying that a localised lockdown is necessary and that would be the first in the country —— leicester. it was about 1.5 weeks ago that matt hancock said there had been an

outbreak in the city. figures show there had been more than 650 cases reported in leicester in the first half ofjune which accounts for roughly a quarter of the total number of cases so far. in recent days, we have seen several schools have to temporarily close after reporting cases and also it has affected businesses, too, including affected businesses, too, including a supermarket and a big local sandwich maker. as you say, yesterday, there has been more talk about this. peter salisbury, the mayor of leicester, said there was no immediate prospect of a lockdown coming but priti patel said it was a move the government was considering. today, we are hoping for more a nswe i’s. today, we are hoping for more answers. there is a virtual meeting taking place between the mayor, public health england and department of health and that may provide more clarity which is something residents here are desperate to hear. they wa nt to here are desperate to hear. they want to know whether a lockdown is on the way and if so, when that might be the case. the latest live

in leicester this morning. more than 500,000 people worldwide have now lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to johns hopkins university. since the virus emerged in china late last year, there have been more than 10 million cases — half of which have been in the us and europe. 0utbreaks are still spreading in many parts of the world, with one million new cases recorded in the last six days. the number of mobile covid—19 testing units in the uk will more than double over coming weeks, with the military staffing many facilities. an extra 1,700 armed forces personnel and 140 vehicles are going to be used to set up the mobile units which increase access to tests in more remote areas. swabs are collected on site and taken to one of three mega labs to be processed. it is just it isjust coming up

it is just coming up to it isjust coming up to 6:10. good morning to you for. let us talk about what is going on in america. with more than 2.5 million coronavirus cases, the us has the highest number of confirmed infections in the world and there are concerns that the numbers are going up. several southern and western states have recorded a surge after lockdown restrictions were eased. we can speak now to saskia popescu who is a senior infection prevention epidemiologist in phoenix, arizona. good to talk to you this morning. thank you very much for speaking to us on thank you very much for speaking to us on bbc breakfast. give us an idea, take us through the numbers was not how concerned are you by this? we are extremely concerned. we had a recent high of 3800 cases reported in arizona in one day. texas has seen a spikes, california and florida as well. the biggest concern right now is notjust that the numbers are not showing, they won‘t be decreasing anytime soon. hospitalisations are increasing and they are having to increase capacity. we are starting to hit that redline in terms of having to look at how we can try and decrease the pressure on hospitals and the

public health system. do you think that, do you get the feeling this is being taken seriously enough? based on some of the images i saw at bars over the weekend, i am not quite sure that the public is really taking it as seriously as we would like. unfortunately, the government has had to intervene. the governor of texas had had to close bars and california had to close bars but we are not seeing that in arizona which worries me a little bit because our numbers are not looking very good and we need to start looking at wider community—based efforts like that. what sort of restrictions are in place at the moment and what sort of things would you like to see? in place at the moment and what sort of things would you like to seam arizona, of things would you like to see?m arizona, right now the only restriction is community based mask wearing. there has been no stay—at—home orders in place. i would personally like to see some closures of bars simply because we really need to try and avoid people going out in large groups without masks to try and help hospitals build up capacity and decrease the

stress that they are experiencing. build up capacity and decrease the stress that they are experiencinglj noticed that mike pence has cancelled events in florida and arizona as well. i suppose it is a question about political will, really. does that send out a good message and is that a strong enough message, do you think? advocate is a good message because we know that rallies indoors with that many people who tend not to wear masks are very dangerous environments for transmission that unfortunately we need stronger messaging, especially when it was only about a week ago that the president said we don‘t need to keep doing testing and we could actually drop down our testing capabilities. we need to be doing a much betterjob at a higher level of communicating the seriousness of this and they need to continue testing and investing in public health efforts. i know it is hard whatever country you are in to try and map out how things will happen but there are well over 2 million cases of coronavirus in the us now. how do you think things will develop in the coming weeks and months?”

how do you think things will develop in the coming weeks and months? i am concerned we are going to see states that didn‘t have severe surges, like new york city, but states that didn‘t anticipate this, having large surges of covid 19 like arizona and california. i‘m worried we don‘t have the testing capabilities, our hospitals will be stressed and as we move into winter, flu season. i am concerned that collectively the us has become very lax about their approach to covid—19, where that —— whether that is masks, distancing, avoiding places like bars and busy restau ra nts. avoiding places like bars and busy restaurants. i am concerned because we have kind of assumed that covid—19 is over and that is definitely not the case. really good to talk to you. louise said there are over 2.5 million cases in the us right now, according tojohns million cases in the us right now, according to johns hopkins university. 3591 new cases in

arizona recorded on saturday. let‘s take a look at some of today‘s front pages. today‘s metro warns that we‘re on the "knife edge" of a second covid—19 wave — that‘s the warning from a senior scientific adviser to the government. it also features a lovely picture of a nurse called charlotte cole being reunited with her son george for the first time in three months. she‘d been living apart to avoid the risk of passing on coronavirus. the daily mail also has that picture of charlotte and george. its main story is that nhs patients needing hip and knee replacements will have to wait a year because of new infection controls. the guardian leads on the resignation of the uk‘s most senior civil servant, mark sedwill. the paper says his departure is a victory for the prime minister‘s advisor, dominic cummings. and wales 0nline focuses on the fact that welsh schools are re—opening today. it says parents have been left "angry and confused" by what it calls "bombshell" announcements

and mixed messages. we will be looking at that specifically today, what is going on in welsh schools over the next couple of weeks and now, the inside pages. a lack of cash means a third of us have not seen the new £20 note. if you have not seen it, can you see? it is maybe a little bit too little. there you are. there it is, 37% of us have said we have not used one of the new polymer £20 banknotes, according to nationwide. the notes featurej m w turner and issued by the bank of england on february 20, about one month before lockdown. this is related, we know that last year, lockdown. this is related, we know that last yea r, co nta ctless lockdown. this is related, we know that last year, contactless have been raised from £30 to £115 and the big issue is sellers will return to work this week using are you all right? i have a £20 note. i want to see what it is like. using card

machines and wearing face coverings and gloves. they will return from july six. have you got one? there it is! i have one! mrturner on the bank —— back. is! i have one! mrturner on the bank -- back. have you spent any money recently? no! it has been in my wallet for about four weeks! i have £120 note there! lucky you! -- one £20 note. do you make a shopping list? yes. quite a few people do. one £20 note. do you make a shopping list? yes. quite a few people dolj have list? yes. quite a few people do.|j have friends list? yes. quite a few people do.” have friends who make lists in the aisles, according to the aisles. you need to have a serious word with them! planning what you need to buy ahead of a visit to a shop can save you hundreds of pounds a year. on average people spend 20% less if they make a list. they did a series of studies, this is based in canada,

262 participants. they spent between 40 262 participants. they spent between a0 and 20% less so a list saves you on average £600 a year.” a0 and 20% less so a list saves you on average £600 a year. i am not saying i stick entirely to my list but at least i start with one. remind me later, chris 0‘dowd, he got bitten by a dog. remind me at some stage. will do! testing for coronavirus is one of the key measures in tackling the outbreak, and now an extra 1,700 armed forces personnel and 1a0 vehicles are going to be used to help expand the programme. since beginning their work in april, servicemen and women have carried out over 500,000 tests in over 1,000 locations, focusing on remote and hard to reach areas. we‘rejoined now by brigadier lizzie faithfull—davies, commander of the 102nd logistic brigade. good morning to you. about six months ago you would not have imagined that the army would have to be involved in all of this. how has it gone? firstly, good morning and thank you for inviting me on today.

certainly i think all of us, none of us certainly i think all of us, none of us would have imagined what was going to happen six months ago and i was not even doing the role i was six months ago so i have moved into a new role but i think one of the real strength about the british army is we are flexible and used to going to unusual situations at short notice and i think that is why we have been able to help deliver support for this national crisis. for people doing the test, are they medics or how does it work? there are two types, assisted tests and self—administered tests. we first started supporting the department of health and social care, the first role of some of our military personnel was to help with the assisted testing. a non—military medical personnel but they are trained by some brits practitioners who have done the clinical training to administer those tests but the mobile testing units that i have been working really closely with the development and rollout of, both are

self—administered tests where an individual turns up to be tested and they administer the test themselves within their car or as they walk into a site, in their own little area “— into a site, in their own little area —— boots practitioners. soldiers are on hand to provide advice and guidance a mobile phone to make taking the test a bit easier. we know there will be more of these mobile testing units so how quickly can they get into action and get to a town or city, for example? really quite flexible, and that was the whole purpose in designing the mobile testing units was be able to get to somewhere quickly, specifically when there is an urgent requirement or to get to somewhere thatis requirement or to get to somewhere that is less than six volt less accessible. so the big regional test sites which others drive through facilities and the mobile units were designed to fill the gap geographically and conceptually, really, so you could get testing to where it was needed. 0ur troops are on 12 hours notice to move so we can relocate to a new location or deploy a new mobile testing unit within 12

hours normally the night before they will know where they are going and they can turn up the next day with a new task if there is an urgent requirement. we know there has been an increase in leicester so they could go there? absolutely, and these are the outbreak plans that these are the outbreak plans that the dpa has been developing across the dpa has been developing across the country. and when they feel they need additional assistance over and above mobile testing unit they already have in their region, they can request assistance or indeed redeploy some of those in the region to support a certain region.” imagine some of your top priorities is to keep the people doing this testing say. absolutely. we have worked really closely to get the cynical guidance on how to run these facilities and of course we have full health protection measures in place to make sure that our soldiers and military personnel, it is not just soldiers in fact, we have royal marines and reservist supporting us in this endeavour, health safety is

paramount in all that we do so everything is done in line with nhs guidelines. thank you very much for speaking to us this morning, brigadier. 20 minutes past six, monday morning and while lockdown has been difficult for many of us, it has provided some light relief and some people with facial markings say staying at home has given them respite from stairs and insensitive comments but as restrictions ease going back into the world can present new challenges. graham satchell reports. school was pretty horrendous, bullying at school was relentless pretty much every day i was getting shouted at names across the playground. ridiculed in class. i have been attacked physically, verbally attacked, because of the way i looked. physically attacked? physically attacked, yeah. what happened? some guys come over and took the mickey and started pushing and shoving me about. philpott

birthmark covers one third of his face and has have a lifetime of stairs, whispers and abuse. —— phil‘s. stairs, whispers and abuse. —— phil's. i got to a .10 years ago where i did not want to be stand anymore and i did not want go out so lockdown has given me the freedom to stay at home and not go out but, like you say, it can be dangerous because at some point you have to go back out into society and face it all over again. in glasgow, jude has also been abused for the way she looks. she has psoriasis, a skin condition. lockdown has brought back some uncomfortable memories.” remember days when i was younger where i did not leave the house u nless where i did not leave the house u nless necessary where i did not leave the house unless necessary because i was ashamed of how i looked. i could not handle the stairs or the comments. and i almost, even if people were not staring or commenting ifelt like they were so for me, lockdown felt very familiar that way. and it

meant i spent 52 days in the house by myself and it was really does make it felt easy because i had done it before almost. what is wrong with your face? such a shame about that birthmark! you? you don't look like a woman. i face only a mother could love. this is a campaign video by the campaign changing faces, more thana the campaign changing faces, more than a million people in the uk have a visible difference and many are used to hiding themselves away. people with visible difference experience this daily grind so the stairs, the comments. the pointing. so because of that, for some people, lockdown has almost been the easy pa rt lockdown has almost been the easy part —— stares. it is a relief not to have to go out into the world and experience that every day. so what people are saying is it is not necessarily lockdown that has been hard, although it has been for some, but it is looking ahead and saying how will i prepare myself for the

world again and what i know is coming when i have had a breakfor some time? over the years, jude has developed a series of coping mechanisms but is worried as we leave lockdown they may not work.” usually try and, you know, take the awkwardness away with a smile which isa awkwardness away with a smile which is a nice, human thing to do but coming out of lockdown and the need to wear masks, that initial human interaction has kind of taken away soido interaction has kind of taken away so i do worry that those are two and, you know, whispers are going to become more because you cannot disarm it with a friendly, it is a case file. —— it is ok smile. disarm it with a friendly, it is a case file. -- it is ok smile. phil is also worried stop it has taken him years to come to terms with how he looks to be comfortable in his own skin. only the other day a little girl was looking at me and i smiled, it is a coping mechanism, and she kept staring and i kept

smiling and in the end i stopped because she said what is that on yourface? i because she said what is that on your face? i said because she said what is that on yourface? isaid it because she said what is that on yourface? i said it is a birthmark, i was born with it, it does not hurt, it isjust i was born with it, it does not hurt, it is just the colour of my skin, and that is the first time i have had a conversation with a child andi have had a conversation with a child and i have not had that turning in my stomach and that we‘ll sort of feeling of embarrassment. so it has taken 53 feeling of embarrassment. so it has ta ken 53 years to feeling of embarrassment. so it has taken 53 years to come to the point. it was literally two weeks ago it happened. what both phil and jude wa nt happened. what both phil and jude want is life returns to a new normal is some understanding and acceptance. what i want you to do is to smile and say hello and talk to me normally. that‘s what we want. just normality. just because my skin isa just normality. just because my skin is a different colour does not mean to say i‘m going to do anything differently than you might do and still enjoy my gardening, stroking my cat, watching telly, riding my pushbike. i‘m just a normal bloke. thank you to everybody for taking

pa rt thank you to everybody for taking part in that film with graham satchell. there is no tennis at wimbledon but! carol is there. it is blustery there? that is one of the warnings for the week, a bit of wind about. good morning. morning, you are quite right, it is blustery here today, dan. some lovely sunshine first thing this morning. and it is the first time since world war ii but the wimbledon championships have not actually taken place here. you can see around me, how deserted everything is. normally sally and i would be in court 18 and you see the commentators box above but that is not there this year. 13ath wimbledon championships will instead take place next year. now what we have is the forecast for today is blustery conditions, as dan rightly said, and also some rain. as we go through the course of the day some of it will ease but it will remain fairly blustery and we‘re also looking at pressure once again being in charge

of our weather. it has been with us for the last weekend and it has produced a lot of heavy rain. it will produce heavy rain in the north once again today, a flood warning in force actually around the keswick area. first thing this morning the northern half of the country is seeing some rain and it will be on and off through the day, easing through the afternoon, some of it will still turn showery and be heavy and potentially thundery. further south, we are back into brighter skies, some cloud around, the funniest conditions in the south—east, but wherever you are we gusty winds today, dusting up to a0 miles an hour widely. you certainly will notice it. temperatures below parfor will notice it. temperatures below par for the will notice it. temperatures below parfor the time of will notice it. temperatures below par for the time of year, roughly between about 15 in the north, maybe 18 or 19 as we come further south. through this evening and overnight, dominating our weather pushes out into the north sea, heading towards scandinavia. the winds will ease but it will be breezy across scotland and tonight as well there will be

some showers around, fairly cloudy, dry during the day, and it will not bea dry during the day, and it will not be a cold night, most of us in double figures, temperature—wise. that leaves us into tomorrow. 0ne area of low pressure will be over scandinavia but we have another one coming in. tomorrow we will start in the south with a lot of cloud, some showers, some drizzle, but for the rest of the uk sunshine, but also some showers developing and temperatures are, if anything, i‘m not sure what we saw today. then as we head into wednesday, most of us again having a drier day but still some showers developing, particularly as we go through the course of the afternoon, but a weather front in the english channel is moving north and east and just how fast north that goes depends on how fast north that goes depends on how much rain we will see but eventually, it will pull away the rest of the week dan and lou is looking fairly unsettled. i think you may be having problems hearing us so we will come back to you a

little bit later stop i will not expect you to answer any questions now but give us a wave. bless her, she cannot hear us. i‘m looking forward to seeing what is going on at wimbledon when the tennis is not even there. you see henman hill behind carol with nobody on it. or murray mound, whatever you want to call it. it is strange. i'm looking forward to seeing, i watch a lot of glastonbury this weekend and i am, wimbledon. adele was watching adele. i was also watching adele! not a big a story. very important though! hello this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we‘ll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: as the government considers bringing in a local lockdown in leicester, we‘ll discuss how it could work, and why the city has seen such a rise in coronavirus cases. celebrity photographer rankin will be telling us why he‘s turned his attention to nhs staff

during the pandemic. and we‘ll speak to singer songwriter ellie goulding about the challenges of releasing new music in lockdown. good morning, here‘s a summary of today‘s main stories from bbc news. # you get me # schools in england are to receive one billion pounds of funding over the next ten years in a programme of major building projects being launched by the prime minister today. that money will be spend on 50 projects, which will start from september in 2021. he‘s also announcing a further 560—million—pounds towards repairing crumbling school buildings this financial year. unions say the money is welcome, but is only a fraction of what is needed. wales is reopening all of its schools from today for the first time since the lockdown restrictions came into force in march. pupils will be able to return for limited periods during the week, but only a third will be allowed into school at any time. new measures will also be put

in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. from today, high street shops in scotland will be able to open their doors for the first time in three months. it only applies to those with street access, and shoppers will still be encouraged to maintain social distancing and cover theirfaces. the housing market will also reopen and scottish premiership football clubs can resume contact training. more than 500,000 people worldwide have now lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to johns hopkins university. since the virus emerged in china late last year, there have been more than 10 million cases, half of which have been in the us and europe. 0utbreaks are still spreading in many parts of the world, with one million new cases recorded in the last six days. it‘s time now for our a daily discussion with a gp. today, dr zoe norrisjoins us

from east yorkshire. good morning. lovely to talk to you, as ever. and speaking a lot today about these local lockdown, potentially in leicester. give us an idea of what the benefits of that might be. well, the idea is that having additional restrictions in place or being able to contact trays very specifically, will enable us to know more about the spread and reduce that. so this is much more the kind of model that we normally see. particularly if there is an outbreak of measles, for instance, and then we would do contractual tracing. and then if there is a school or a care home involved, that thatis school or a care home involved, that that is in operation and then they liaise with local health teams. that is in operation and then they liaise with local health teamsm somebody is watching this nice and early this morning in leicester, should they be worried? what should they be thinking about? the main

thing is to go back to all the advice to stop we still have the advice to stop we still have the advice in place about washing hands, face coverings when appropriate, social distancing, it is really back to basics and not taking any additional risks, especially if you are ina additional risks, especially if you are in a more vulnerable group.” additional risks, especially if you are in a more vulnerable group. i am sure most people are aware, this could potentially happen over the coming weeks. from a medical perspective, is this something you feel will work? it feels a little bit like the horse has bolted already. i think. bit like the horse has bolted already. ithink. medically. the question is whether or not we should be in the situation of dealing with local lockdown and actually, is this a reflection of the fact we might have been too premature in reducing some of the restrictions. and i think without wishing to be political, it is just a bit of a nightmare for the nhs to deal with on the ground. where does the lockdown potentially start or end?

what are patients allowed to do, what can we as medics do? i think there is still quite a lot of confusion. i know this is difficult to talk about it as it hasn‘t actually happened yet, but what sort ofa drain actually happened yet, but what sort of a drain on resources with that be in the acro to area and i imagine the surrounding area, if it was to be quite serious? —— the leicester area. secondary care and hospitals area. secondary care and hospitals are looking at the waiting lists that have accumulated and are trying to prioritise patients to get things moving and get surgical lists operating again. that would need to stop so patients are likely to be told yes and then know with treatment for things like cancer stop in general pratt is, we are seeing patients on video and phone —— general practice. that would need to go back as well. it is trying to manage all those expectations as well as the fact that our performance targets are coming back in soon because they were suspended

and inevitably staff being involved because staff will live in those areas and we will see risks of staff sickness going up again. just a logistical nightmare would be my summary, i suspect, for my collea g u es summary, i suspect, for my colleagues in leicester. looking at expectation levels, have you seen a change in that as well? i think all of us have understood the situation that we have all been through over the last 3— four months. when people are still being told that they will still be longed —— long delays, using frustration as to why it can‘t happen sooner? yes, quite a lot of frustration. i think those initial few weeks, the general public totally understood and were absolutely brilliant but now, quite rightly, they are wondering if things are coming out of lockdown, if we are getting back to normal, if we might be able to take a holiday, why do i have to be waiting a year to be seen, why do i still have to

wait for my surgery. that message and the reality of what‘s happening on the ground is really tricky at what we don‘t want to do in general practice is writing around and working out what is happening because they are trying to get the system going. most operating lists are taking 2— three times longer than usual because of all the safety precautions and there is a big backlog. patients will be key for lots of people even though lots of people keen to get the treatment they need and require at the moment. —— patience. you have been really helpful and some of the main advice we are talking about at the moment. we are also live at liveable airport, looking at that potential ofair airport, looking at that potential of air bridges opening up and links with other countries. people will be nervous about travelling, i am sure these questions are coming up in your surgery as well. what is your main advice on that issue this morning? first thing to do is to think very seriously about whether

you are the individuals or the family you are travelling with, need to go on that holiday. how much do they need to be abroad. we would all love to have some time away in the sun. i would love to as well put up i was meant to be going away in a couple of weeks‘ time. but you need to balance the risks. it might be that you feel very differently if you are a young family who perhaps have already had coronavirus and you are going somewhere very familiar to you know everything, perhaps you have family there, as opposed to going to a country for the first time where you might not know the resort. it is really important to know what the healthcare system is there, to know what insurance arrangements are, to know what they covid approach is there, because they would have the same restrictions and advice that we have here but they would obviously be different. so while i completely appreciate people‘s desire to get away from a mental health point of view and just to really have a break, i would say think seriously about it and about people who may be more vulnerable that you might come into co nta ct more vulnerable that you might come into contact with. doctor zoe

norris, always a pleasure to talk to you. thank you for being here on access to this morning. i think that is where people are, desperate to get away but trying to balance the concerns. we should know where these air bridges will actually be soon so we will give you information as we come to it. sally has the sport now but it is actually about social distancing, isn‘t it? but it is actually about social distancing, isn't it? yes and probably partying. watford will continue investigations this morning — after they had to drop three players for their game against southampton — due to what they say was health and safety reasons. it‘s after a post on social media, which has since been deleted, appeared to show andre gray, nathaniel chalobah and domingos quina at a house party. reports, which manager nigel pearson, refused to confirm say gray held the party at his home which he shares with fiancee leigh anne pinnock from little mix. the club said the players weren‘t included to "ensure the safety" of those involved in the match.

well, they were missed. watford lost 3—1 with 2 goals from danny ings. saints are now all but safe, but watford are just a point above the relegation zone. unsurprisingly, their boss wasn‘t keen to talk about his three missing players. iam not i am not prepared to make any further comment about that point until i have all the information. it goes without saying that in our own position at the moment, it would be better to have as many people available as possible. they might have lost the premier league title but manchester city boss pep guardiola has challenged his team to retain the fa cup before taking on real madrid in the champions league. they set up a semi final against arsenal at wembley by beating newcastle united 2—0. raheem sterling and kevin de bruyne with the goals. arsenal booked their place in the last four for a 30th time thanks to a 91st minute winner from dani ceballos as they won 2—1 at sheffield united.

and chelsea complete the semi final line up — after a 1—0 win at leicester. ross barkley, who was one of three half time substitutes with the only goal. they‘ll face manchester united for a place in the final. substitutions crucial there. england bowler stuart broad says he‘s worried he won‘t be able to produce his best form without a crowd against the west indies. the three—test series begins next wednesday at southampton behind closed doors. already spoken to our sports psychologist about creating a bit of a mindset around making sure i can get my emotions up to where they need to be for me to perform my best i need to make sure that my emotions are where they need to be for an international test match and that is something i started working on in earlyjune. today would‘ve been the start of wimbledon — and while many of us will be disappointed it is off due

the pandemic — not many will be as disappointed as british number one dan evans who‘s in great form. after beating andy murray in the semis, he won the battle of the brits exhibition tournament with a straight sets victory against kyle edmund. he was the only player to win all five matches at the event organised by jamie murray. and of course carol is at wimbledon for us this morning which looks very quiet and very different butjudy murray is coming up on the programme at about 7:30 this morning to how to keep tennis alive and keep encouraging people back onto the courts. allan i am looking forward to looking through the schedule and booking in watching some of the because they are going to show some really classic matches, aren‘t they? some of the fantastic matches of year —— years go by, some of the

whoppers. that is something to look forward to. the best of wimbledon, how brilliant! 0f forward to. the best of wimbledon, how brilliant! of course i would like to see the real tennis as well but brilliant. what about that game that went on for about three days. it literally did go on for three days! no it didn‘t. it literally did go on for three days! no it didn't. the bbc office overlooks that court and it is not still on, is it? it went on forever! holidays abroad could be possible this summer, as the government is expected to announce that quarantine rules will be relaxed for some countries. nina is at liverpooljohn lennon airport for us this morning. good morning. a very good morning to you. it is always exciting walking through airport doors and i have come through these many times in the past but it has never looked like this. hand sanitiser on arrival.

virtually deserted. they have gone from 500,000 passengers every month until less than 1000. have a quick look at the departure board. 0nly until less than 1000. have a quick look at the departure board. only a handful of flights leaving today. and over here because obviously face masks are essential at the moment if you are going to fly even within the airport, there is a vending machine if you didn‘t bring your own was not good news if you are excited about getting to get —— getting away, later today, we will find out more about those there ridges or travel corridors to other countries. this is how they will work. there is a planned traffic light system. amber it is slightly higher but safe to travel to and read 1‘s is where you won‘t be able to travel without having to quarantine on your return. —— red ones. the expectation is places like france, greece, italy, really popular destinations, will be

on the green list but notable in their absence we expect to be sweden and the really popular holiday destination of portugal. in these because they have had recent spikes and we think long haul destinations will be exempt from the mix as well. when will these kickin? a week from today. we expect announcement later today. we expect announcement later today without specific detail. there has been a surge in people inquiring and booking holidays. there has been reports of massive spikes over the weekend. we are all keen to know what it will be like. tracy has just come back from the falklands. keep your distance, tracy! what was it like on the flight? we are dying to know. oh it was interesting to stop it was quite a large plane, and

a300. you don‘t have anyone sat next to you. a window seat, nobody next to you. a window seat, nobody next to you, just one person on the whole four seats and one person on the window seat at the other side. that sounds glorious! it was, actually. face masks need to be used to the whole time and the cabin crewjust being extra cautious with things like, because they were bringing food for us so they were bringing it, leaving it on the tray and not reaching over. you are leaving for the isle of man later this morning. sometimes you go on european trips from there, don‘t you? would your experience getting here from the falklands put you off or do you think it willjust be a bit different? i think it would just be a bit different. for most people, i think it will be very unusual, depending on the destination. and i think maybe also for some people, i think maybe also for some people, i think the actual flying is the thing

that might put people off rather than the destination. i think if people have been used to social distancing in the uk, it won't feel unusual doing that in spain or greece. tracy, thank you so much. lots of people will be watching, thinking i am not comfortable travelling yet and we know the inquiries to travel companies have been from younger people and the over 60s and 70s film 0relac went to travel and also concern about insurance as many of the providers will say they will wait until they know what is within the details this week before the update their cover —— feel reluctant to travel. priti patel said yesterday this will not be clear overnight so perhaps hold tight for a few days until you know exactly what your rights will be. nina, thank you. it is still weird seeing an airport at this time of the day with nobody behind her. it is unfamiliar. it is but it is

hopefully, as we will find out later, going to change shortly. the changes could be hugely significant for business owners who rely on british tourists. but how will they cope if quarantine rules aren‘t relaxed for their country? we can speak now to bex and john seabrook who own a restaurant in the algarve in portugal. good morning to you both and oh my goodness it looks lovely there! you could understand why people would wa nt to could understand why people would want to holiday there but as far as we understand portugal may not be on the list. what do you both know? good morning and thank you for having us. at this stage we know as much as you do. we are hoping for an air bridge and we would be surprised if portugal did not get one. but we know at the moment the algarve is a wonderful place to be and we have been open for six weeks and we have all of the safety measures in place and we are ready, we think it is a safe environment. john, what kind of things do you have to change?‘ safe environment. john, what kind of things do you have to change? a lot of social distancing in the

restaurant. all of the tables are two metres apart. we have got —— we have a lot of sanitisation going on and anytime someone comes back from the tables they are sanitised and cleaned before they are sent out again and all of the tables are two metres apart. everything is as safe as it possibly can be to mitigate risk. bex, you say you have been open for six weeks so how much of your trade relies on actually having british tourist? in excess of 50 to 60%. we are very lucky, we are a destination restaurant on the beach and we have very loyal clients who stand by us. but it would be a blow for the summer should those tourists not be allowed to travel without the quarantine restrictions. how many tourists do normally have, for example? at this time of year, we expect 200 covers a day. at the moment it is more like 50. we are delighted to have those 50. they are

very, very loyal customers coming down. but we need, yeah, the air bridge. we need the aeroplanes to be flying in. at the moment i think there are three flights in today from the uk and normally they would be 30. we are very limited in what we can do. that is a huge difference, isn‘t it? how much of an impact is going to have to you think on the long—term future of your business? i'll answer that. we basically have a three month season here. from mid june basically have a three month season here. from midjune to mid—september. and we spent the last six weeks getting ready to open for july and august tourists from the uk and it is essential that we get some business injuly and it is essential that we get some business in july and and it is essential that we get some business injuly and august. because if we wait any longer we will be into septemberand then if we wait any longer we will be into september and then who knows when people start coming. bex, it has got to be a tough time for you both. it has but to be honest, we

are the lucky ones. we are opened and we have some business coming in and we have some business coming in and we have a team of 20 which is fantastic and we can support them and we have since we have reopened and we have since we have reopened and normally we would employ a0 people so that wider implications of the algarve economy are more than our personal ones. when we first heard about air bridges, portugal seemed to be one of the first places that might be able to have one so what has been the reaction in portugal, the fact that it may not be? a huge surprise! to be honest with you. it came out of the blue last week that we might not be on the agenda for the air bridges. and yes, there has been an increase in cases, i am yes, there has been an increase in cases, iam not yes, there has been an increase in cases, i am not denying that. we‘re living with the virus at the moment, u nfortu nately, living with the virus at the moment, unfortunately, and portugal is too fantastic track and trace system and the numbers have gone up that is because the testing levels have gone up because the testing levels have gone up and we are isolating those people and isolating the cases which is a huge positive and the authorities here have been brilliant. they

really have worked closely with eve ryo ne really have worked closely with everyone and it is a shame the fact that we are being honest and doing a track and trace system is working against portugal. you do not have to sell it to us because we can see! we can see the sand and the sea and hear the waves and you know, it is just quite frustrating, sitting here in the uk. when people can return, you think it will be a safe place to be? 100%, as safe you think it will be a safe place to be? 10096, as safe as it can be. as i said, we are living in new times and living with the virus but all of the measures are in place to offer a safe environment, as safe as it can be. both for the tourists and also for the residents who live here. the last thing we want is a spike in imported cases but we reckon with the procedures that are in place, eve ryo ne the procedures that are in place, everyone can come and enjoy a great, fun, in the algarve. in the meantime, it sounds like the are enjoying it! —— fun summer. it

sounds like the birds are enjoying it. thank you so much, john and bex. those waves there, just tickling the sand. i think we need one of those apps that just sand. i think we need one of those apps thatjust plays wave noises. we should use that for five minutes or so this morning when we need a little bit of a rake, just have the waves lapping at the sand in the algarve —— a bit of a break. pubs, museums and galleries are all preparing to re—open, but one activity has not yet been given the go ahead to restart — singing. when a number of choirs were identified as coronavirus hotspots, there was a complete ban on communal singing. the government is now being urged to help find out if singing is any more dangerous than speaking. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito reports. singing. wells cathedral, and an activity that is these days considered dangerous — singing. it‘s not the voice that‘s

the problem, it‘s what might be carried on the breath and how far that travels. it breaks my heart to know that that‘s dangerous and that could actually hurt people. there has to be some science. there has to be something concrete to actuallyjustify the decision to ban singing. all: # hallelujah! communal singing has, in recent months, become an online—only activity. all sing. housemates singing in the garden has been the closest to a public performance in three months. there‘s been a lot of work put into working out how pubs and cafes and restaurants can be safe for people to go and enjoy themselves and yet, the arts just don‘t seem to be receiving the same treatment. put this down here. that‘s three metres there, is it? so, what would a safe and socially—distanced choir be like? one set of proposals

being considered is to have three metre gaps and to limit the number of singers to six. and so, we tried it out, in the safety of the open air. singing. standing well back, it sounded beautiful to me, but the singers? i‘m going to say it‘s going to be very difficult. you are spending too much time trying to listen out for everyone else. will it work? i don't think so. so what is a safe distance? and the answer to that is, no—one really knows. so, is it one metre plus? maybe we go back to two metres? or maybe three metres, which is pretty much what we think the guideline is going to be.

well, the question is, what does the science say? the answer to that is, we have no idea. i spoke to declan costello, a consultant who specialises in the singing voice. there‘s been no documented studies, there‘s been no significant research studies looking at this in an objective way. so what you need to do is just measure the droplets coming out of the mouth and how far they go, isn‘t it? that‘s right. so we are measuring the amount of aerosol that comes out of the mouth or instrument, and therefore, how does that compare with speaking or shouting, calling somebody over a canteen. the hope is the go—ahead will be given soon work to begin and allow —— the hope is the go—ahead will be given soon for work to begin and allow us to once again sing and listen together. david sillito, bbc news, wells. some waves on the beach in the algarve, singing in wells cathedral.

algarve, singing in wells cathedral. a wonderful day! i am ready for the week. and now, wimbledon! no tennis but carol is there. it is, glorious, the sun is shining so let‘s take an aerial look at exactly where we are. from this shot you will be able to see court number one, henman hill and how well—groomed it is, and if you look right behind me here, the iconic wimbledon sign, of course, saying 2020. sadly there will not be any live championship tennis here in the next fortnight but i have been joined by one of my old friends, head gardener here martin. what has been like for you this year, preparing the courts and also all of the beautiful flowers around and about, knowing that the championships were not going to take place and half a million people plus would not see them? extremely different, obviously. it is a shame we're not making this site wonderful for everyone but still az acres to look after so we have great team out

there taking sure everything is surviving and looking well and ready for next year, hopefully. normally we see lots of hanging baskets behind us and in the atrium down centre court. what has happened to them this year because there is not one. we don't have any in the ground but fortunately we still supply the local street and surrounding borough so local street and surrounding borough so there is 400 baskets outside of wimbledon for everyone but cannot get into enjoy it still so hopefully it brings a bit ofjoy. get into enjoy it still so hopefully it brings a bit of joy. every outside broadcast i have been on i have been saying that the flowers this year seem to be in abundance. have you found that as well? 10096, the early lovely spell of weather got everything ready to go so the same on these grounds, everything looks amazing so unfortunate, unfortunate no—one will see it! martyn, you are not wrong, you have done a sterling job with your team has always and thank you so much for being with us and in fact if you have any pictures of your hanging baskets, send it into us and show us and we would be delighted to see

them. today‘s forecast is not fantastic, depending on your point of view. looking at blustery conditions and also some rain at times. what is happening is the low pressure that has been in charge over the course of the weekend is still very much with us, already depositing rains across scotland, northern ireland and england. there is still a flood warning in force around the keswick area. today, the northern half of the country is still under the influence of the low pressure, still going to be wet. heavy rain this morning, may be easing off this afternoon to sunshine and showers but some could be heavy and potentially thundery. further south, claudia started the day but a sunnier one in the far south—east. like yesterday wherever you are it will be blustery, looking at gusts 35—a0 miles an hour so certainly you will notice it, particularly if you have long hair. temperature—wise, roughly from about 12 degrees in the north, 19 as we

sweep towards the south, temperatures below average, certainly a lot lower than the 33 we saw at heathrow last week, last thursday. heading on through the evening and overnight, the low pressure pushes off into the north sea, heading in the direction of scandinavia, wind is coming in from the west so tonight it will be largely dry, bar a few showers, fairly cloudy and it is not going to bea fairly cloudy and it is not going to be a cold night for most of us, staying in double figures for most of us with a few showers sneaking around. so as we head through tomorrow, low pressure affecting us today will be in scandinavia and the next one is coming in and what it will do is introduce thicker cloud, drizzle and possibly showers across the south for the rest of the uk, a mixture of white spells, sunshine and showers with temperatures up a degree or so than today. by wednesday, most of us will have a mixture of sunny skies and also some showers but the weather front in the english channel will be pushing

north through the course of the day, it has a wave in it so how far north it has a wave in it so how far north it goes is open to question but temperatures closer to where they should be at this time of the year. that is it from me for now. headlines are coming up next. good morning welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: a billion pounds to rebuild dilapidated schools in england and millions more for repairs. but critics say it‘s a fraction of what‘s needed. air bridges, or travel corridors, to allow us to go on holiday abroad are set to be confirmed by the government later today. good morning. iam good morning. i am at and near deserted liverpool airport where they have seen a 99% drop in footfall. where will we be able to travel to from the sixth ofjuly and what will our holidays look like?

and crucially, will we be ensured? —— insured. should a local lockdown should be introduced in leicester? there has been a spike in coronavirus cases in the past two weeks. watford will continue investigations this morning after leaving three players out of their team which lost to southampton for appearing to break lockdown rules at a house party. it‘s monday 29th june. schools in england are to receive one billion pounds of funding over the next ten years in a programme of major building projects being launched by the prime minister today. he‘s also announcing a further 560 million pounds towards repairing crumbling school buildings this financial year. unions say the money is welcome, but is only a fraction of what is needed. here‘s our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. some school buildings in england are in a shocking state.

now a promise of money for rebuilding. plans for more than a billion pounds over ten years. that stretches beyond the next election. the first few should start next year with 50 projects getting approval this autumn. but the extra cash for repairs will make a difference first. £560 million more for next year, an increase of about a third on the repairs budget. but still, nowhere near the almost £7 billion needed. the true cost of getting england‘s school buildings to an acceptable standard. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. we‘re joined now by our political correspondent helen catt. helen, this is part of a wider plan to kickstart the economy isn‘t it? the first of these projects the government wants to actually start being built from september 2021. the idea being that they will get signed off this autumn. and it is part of

what the government sees as a building boom that it links could help the economy recover after the impact that it will see from the pandemic and from the lockdown. and crucially, the government, number ten is hoping it will help to boost jobs. it is a huge concern, what happens with people‘s jobs and unemployment. 0ver happens with people‘s jobs and unemployment. over the weekend, the labour party released analysis that without the right steps being taken, we could see unemployment back to the same levels of the 1980s. we know the government is setting up a task force to try to speed up delivering these begin to structure projects. things like building schools, hospitals, other infrastructure, to try to get that moving very quickly but of course this isn‘t just moving very quickly but of course this isn‘tjust a response to the pandemic. if you think back to the election last year, the kurt —— conservatives big pitch was about levelling up. we heard a lot about that before the pandemic hit on this idea about increasing chances across the country. a big part of way the

government was planning to do that was investment in infrastructure. it is going back to that pledge as well is going back to that pledge as well is not of course the pleasure will be on the government on whether it can deliver on that. helen, thank you very much. we will be speaking to the education secretary evan williamson. that is just after 8:30 this morning. get in touch if you have any questions for him. so keir starmer will also be here. wales is reopening all of its schools from today — for the first time since the lockdown restrictions came into force in march. pupils will be able to return for limited periods during the week — but only a third will be allowed into school at any time. new measures will also be put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. from today, high street shops in scotland will be able to open their doors for the first time in three months.

it only applies to those with street access, and shoppers will still be encouraged to maintain social distancing and cover their faces. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow this morning. lorna, this marks a big change doesn‘t it? what has happened to our summer weather? it is pretty dreary here in glasgow. i am weather? it is pretty dreary here in glasgow. iam here weather? it is pretty dreary here in glasgow. i am here in the centre of glasgow. i am here in the centre of glasgow. plenty of shops here getting ready to reopen. people putting in place the markings outside the shop because of course there are still pretty strict restrictions here in place. it is only the shops with outdoor entrances and exits that can reopen so shopping centres now stay shut until the 13th of july. so shopping centres now stay shut until the 13th ofjuly. there are markings outside the shops. the two metre social distancing remains in place here in scotland there is also an advisory that people coming in and out of the shops, this store has and out of the shops, this store has a maximum cassidy of 81 people. the

national clinical director here in scotla nd national clinical director here in scotland says it shouldn‘t feel like it is returning back to normal today. this is not boxing day sales because of course remember that the 5—mile restriction on travel also remains in place in scotland so people should still shop local. 0f course, as you mentioned, the most important thing of all, the strong advisory that you wear a mask when you go shopping when it isn‘t possible to keep your physical distance. lorna, thank you very much indeed. the government is expected to confirm today that travel corridors, also known as air bridges, will go ahead. it‘s the beginning of plans to relax restrictions on non—essential overseas travel from the uk. the final list of countries that we‘ll be able to travel to — without having to quarantine when we return — will be announced this week. nina is at liverpooljohn lennon airport this morning. nina, what can we expect?

important news this morning? unsurprising, really, there are only five flights leaving from here today and that is because from the eighth ofjune, there has been a quarantine in place for anybody returning to the uk. they will have to stay at home for 1a days under strict rules for top that is being reviewed today and it looks like it will be set to change with so—called air bridges. travel corridors. reciprocal agreements between two nations that means you can travel freely to and from them without having to quarantine. we expect that to be announced to the house of commons by the transport secretary later today. what we don‘t we will learn is the specific details on which nations will be on the list. the expectation is places like france, spain, italy, greece, where the r number has diminished significantly, will be on the list. consent will be around portugal where they have seen a spike in lisbon and also sweden which has a higher r number. this

has significant implications for holidays. there has been a surge in bookings over the weekend, but yesterday, a warning from the home secretary priti patel. these are going to take some time. in her words, the agreements will not be overnight. also a warning from insurers to wait and see the details are before you book. thank you good to talk to you. more than 500,000 people worldwide have now lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to johns hopkins university. since the virus emerged in china late last year, there have been more than 10 million cases, half of which have been in the us and europe. 0utbreaks are still spreading in many parts of the world, with one million new cases recorded in the last six days. coronavirus infections across the united states have passed 2.5 million, with record numbers of cases reported in the states of florida and texas. the surge in cases in southern states comes after businesses were allowed to re—open in recent weeks. on saturday, florida reported more

than 9,500 new cases. the number of mobile covid—19 testing units in the uk will more than double over coming weeks, with the military staffing many facilities. an extra 1,700 armed forces personnel and 1a0 vehicles are going to be used to set up the mobile units which increase access to tests in more remote areas. swabs are collected on site and taken to one of three mega labs to be processed. those are some of the main stories around this morning. it is now approaching 7:10. the first local lockdown is being considered by the government after a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in leicester. the city‘s mayor and public health director will meet government officials today to discuss 658 new cases of the virus which occurred in the first two weeks ofjune. that accounts for almost a quarter of the total number of cases recorded there during the pandemic. we‘ve been to find out what people

in leicester had to say. my my nerves are really going and i can‘t do it again, i couldn‘t stay in again. if they are going to do a lockdown for leicester, what about people in the community? what about people in the community? what about people that work outside of leicester live in leicester. the lockdown, it is likely to be u na cce pta ble by lockdown, it is likely to be unacceptable by a majority of people in the city stopped i would be gutted, to be completely honest with you. people are looking forward to starting to getting their lives back to normal and a lot of people can‘t do that if we have got to go back into lockdown. very interesting to hear those opinions. we‘rejoined now by the labour mp for leicester east claudia webbe,

who‘s in westminster, and leicester—based gp dr mayur lakhani. tell us about how concerned you are about what appears to be the rise in cases in leicester? i am absolutely, deeply concerned about what i‘m hearing in terms of the increase in coronavirus cases in the city. and like so many residents you have heard this morning, it is a worrying time because of course we have all had to enjoy this lockdown in order to keep, you know, to protect lives and keep everybody safe. the reality is is that we have had this announcement from the government of announcement from the government of an outbreak on national tv 11 days ago when matt hancock used the government‘s daily media briefing to announce that leicester had an outbreak. now, the reality is that 11 days on, we are not hearing about the progress, we are not hearing

that there is improvement, we are not hearing that we are in recovery, so there is a significant issue. in a city where the minority make up the majority, wearing a constituency like mine, there are levels of african asian minorities communities, significant levels of poverty, a2% of children in my constituency are living in poverty and that is obviously quite concerning. and then you have got theissue, concerning. and then you have got the issue, you know, a the average wage is £160 less than the uk average. there are problems in terms of inequalities and high levels of poverty that i am particular concerned about and what that means in terms of coronavirus increase. that is the context in which this covid—19 is operating in. so i am

very very concerned. we need to engage in services that protect lives and i think we need to go into, therefore, more localised lockdown to protect lives and ensure that we can address this virus because the government has not we should —— reassured us thus far. the communication from the government has been unclear and it has been difficult. i really don‘t understand what communities are meant to follow. i want to come back to you on the localised lockdown before we bring in the doctor. what would the localised lockdown look like? what measures? what im indicating is very clearly that in terms of protecting lives, we have got to begin to getting back to some of the lockdown measures that the government put in place way back in march. that is going to be difficult, of course it will be difficult, but if there is no other way to protect lives, if 11

days on since the government announced that there was an outbreak and we‘re not seeing an improvement, we need to look at that data, the government needs to provide the analysis and ensure that we have the postcode clear and then need to put in measures that begin to look like people retaining within their own households, people maintaining two metres‘ distance. we‘re talking about a situation where we are hearing about need for a lock down. this is what the government briefed papers over the weekend. the need for a lockdown on july papers over the weekend. the need for a lockdown onjuly the papers over the weekend. the need for a lockdown on july the fourth, almost a week on, we‘re going to have more opening of society. more easing of lockdown. i think this is reckless when you have got a situation in leicester where 25%, a quarter of the cases in leicester, are now in situation that has happened in the last two weeks is not we have a significant problem and we need to look at a serious set

of measures to keep community safe. let us speak to dr mayur lakhani, a leicester gp, former chair of the general college of practitioners. have you seen the impact of what seems to be this increase, this surge in leicester? we have been made aware of a spike ina numberof we have been made aware of a spike in a number of cases ina numberof we have been made aware of a spike in a number of cases and we have had one third more cases than we would expect which is obviously concerning so expect which is obviously concerning so while the rest of the country have shown a downward, seen a downward trend, in leicester we have seen an increased number of cases. however, reports from local practices do not necessarily report an increase in activity but we are monitoring the situation very closely. so this is concerning but i wa nt closely. so this is concerning but i want to reassure everyone listening, particularly from our area, which is the local nhs, gps and hospitals are well prepared and we are putting in plans to deal with any surge in

activity, for example making sure that we have enough ppe. from what you are saying, you feel like you wa nt you are saying, you feel like you want to wait to see what will happen in the coming days before you sort of into a lockdown in leicester? because there may be an increasing cases but you are not seeing an increase in need? so i think we have to monitor the situation very carefully. i want to reassure people that they must not be any precipitous action. i do not send any imminent sense of what down. i think the key strategy here is testing. tracing. and isolating. i think through that, we can achieve a lot of good. my biggest concern here is that obviously, leicester has a large population which is vulnerable through their ethnicity or poverty or diabetes, which is widespread in leicester. we know that patients like that get more infection and

severe infection and they have complications. so we want to protect both communities as much as possible so both communities as much as possible soi both communities as much as possible so i think data monitoring at a local level will drive this decision—making. i do want to reassure people but i think we can doa reassure people but i think we can do a lotjust reassure people but i think we can do a lot just through sensible precautions like only going out if it is essential. by keeping the two metre social distancing, through hand washing and through wearing face coverings. can i ask, we will speak to a virologist in a moment so briefly, claudia webbe, people in leicester have said there is a sense of some people really finding it difficult, the health and safety things and people are concerned about that, but concerned about the impact of having to go into lockdown again so do you accept it is a difficult balance? it is incredibly difficult. of course, for communities. because of course not all communities have been helped

through this lockdown. there have been gaps in the government‘s support and safety net, if you like. people have fallen through that safety net. and when you think about people whose immigration status, for example, they have no recourse to public funds, they have nothing to fall back on and they need to go to work in order to survive, essentially. that is what they are saying because they are not able to rely on universal credit. and the government really needs to remove the no recourse to public funds. many in the hospitality sector, medium—size businesses, that have not been able to be assisted through this and many people are self—employed who have not equally been able to be supported so many people have not been supported by the government in terms of resources , the government in terms of resources, in terms of being able to survive and protect their livelihoods. and of course when we talk about the need for saving

lives, we must also talk about the need for saving livelihoods too and the government needs to balance the protective factors in terms of saving lives with disability, to save livelihoods in order that people do not feel the pressure, if they are ill, to go to work on the pressure, if they are suffering, to kind of like be able to seek that help and that support. the data is a problem as well. i'm so sorry to interrupt but we want to speak to a biologist about exactly this so thank you indeed, claudia webbe and also dr mayur lakhani. thank you both for your time. we‘re joined now from cambridge by virologist chris smith, who you may know as the naked scientist. thank you very much for being with us this morning. i know you have been listening carefully to our two previous guests so what is your take on the situation we are seeing in leicester? well, this is an

outbreak. in other words we have gone from a few cases to lots of cases. and lots of cases all of a sudden. and that means it has to be taken very seriously because it could mean when you are going to get a lot of cases you will get more cases and we have never been in this situation before with a virus doing this and we are having to work out how best to control this and manage this also as we go along but we can fall back on history because we have got a track record of having dealt with red diseases all over the world in years gone by. —— read. things like lockdown is unnecessary under certain circumstances that under others, you do things like with dealing with bobo, what you do with you go in and you act decisively and one area you find out whether cases are you isolate the cases and you break the train of transmission —— ebola. i do not think any cars off the table in this which is why priti patel said to andrew marr yesterday a lockdown is a possibility but i think that is one end of the spectrum —— cards off the table.

information gathering is the most important thing to find out where the outbreak is and what has caused it and who is giving it to whom, who is most at risk and then you know who to focus your attention on. you talk about the fact that we are learning all of the time how to deal with this outbreak. could it be then, what one of the reasons they might use this in leicester is to learn from it, to see if something like this may work in other places going down the line. quite. because at the moment it is really early days. we have just at the moment it is really early days. we havejust come at the moment it is really early days. we have just come out of the national lot down. we are in the process of easing the national lockdown. the amount of virus in circulation is low, probably less than 0.05% circulation is low, probably less than 0.05 % which translates into one person in 2000. but as we ease restrictions and there are more people movements and interactions between people, and people make more mistakes, i mean, we are human and make mistakes, there will be more opportunities for transmission to occur between individuals so we will

see more cases of coronavirus cropping up. rather than an enormous great surge we will probably see a sequence of rebels all over the place. it is, so we have an advantage, we are in the eye of the storm as it were but wind is coming and therefore, we have to have a plan in place of how we will cope with it when winter comes so a learning opportunity now and work out why it happens, when it happens, how it happens and how we deal with it when it happens, this is a good learning opportunity to do that. bit of a game of thrones reference there as well! we are hearing about some of the specific things in leicester that may have added to this sort of increase in infections. those sorts of pockets, what things are you seeing that may cause a spike in certain areas? 0ximetry? use face masks? what else may we need to consider when looking at this? —— proximity. need to consider when looking at this? -- proximity. i am reassured we know about this because it is

better to know about a problem because what it tells you is your surveillance system is working and things are being picked up and if things are being picked up and if things are being picked up and if things are picked up they can be acted on. one of the crucial things is information. knowledge is power in this sort of game. going in and finding out where this is coming from and what has triggered this is going to be critical because history repeats. not just going to be critical because history repeats. notjust in this country, all over the world, and we are learning from other countries as well. ageing had their own outbreak centred on a food market so they went in and shot the neighbourhood where the market was and they created one of those caught on solitaire by shutting ten of the adjacent neighbourhoods by bearing down on the virus and stopping it from moving any further so where are the cases, it has caused them, who is giving it to who, who is most affected and can we establish what the chain of transmission is because if you can find that, you can give more people information and give them reassurance of who is and is not at risk and put in place a plan

so it does not happen again —— cordon sanitaire. i suppose the other element to this is all about the implementation as well. speaking to the mp they‘re talking about the effect on mental health, the effect on then seeing other people elsewhere in the country that are not facing the same lockdown measures as you , not facing the same lockdown measures as you, all that i suppose is taken into account as well when you are talking about what to do in these specific areas. absolutely. this is all about compliance and having people onside and there is only so much you can ask people to do before people begin to repel. quite frankly we all fed up with this and we want our lives back and asking people to go back to square one is going to be an enormous psychological debt for them but at the same time if they can shown what the same time if they can shown what the plan is, what the end point is, what the measures are at which point you say there we go, this proves we dealt with it, it will give people information and reassurance because it will not go on forever and they can see where they are starting and ending but crucially we have to have

a good testing process here and make sure that people can access tests and be isolated complete and that will break the chain of transmission andi will break the chain of transmission and i think people understand that. doctor chris smith, really good to speak to you this morning. that is doctor chris smith speaking about the potential localised lockdown which may happen in leicester where there has been a spike in cases. we do know that today of course should be the start of tennis at wimbledon. but it is not going to start because of course of coronavirus. but still, we have sent carol that you have a look around because it still looks ready to go, everything is prepared, isn‘t it? ready to go, everything is prepared, isn't it? it certainly does. it would have been the 13ath championships but instead it will ta ke championships but instead it will take place next year. you can see from the panoramic shot we have gone past centre court and this is court number one and we are onto henman hill. it is empty here at wimbledon at the moment, of course it would be at the moment, of course it would be at this time of day anyway apart

from the staff netting ready for the day‘s play in normal years, and getting ready for the courts —— preparing for the day in normal yea rs preparing for the day in normal years and preparing those courts. if you had a ticket for this year it has been refunded so next year you have the option to buy the same ticket for the same day if you so desire. it is fairly blustery here this morning and chile as well and in fact the forecast for all of us todayis in fact the forecast for all of us today is a blustery one and also some rain in the forecast so a lot of rain through the course of the weekend, particularly across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england and this morning there is still a flood warning in fourth for the keswick area. low pressure has been driving the weather and it will again today, centred across parts of scotland and if you look at all of the isobars around it, it shows how blustery it is and where we have the rain. northern half of the country sees that rain, some of it heavy. further south, drier and brighter conditions and the south—east is seeing some

sunshine but it will be on and off as we go through the day with the cloud cover coming across. through the afternoon the rain will ease off but there will be showers and some could prove to be heavy and thundery. take your umbrella if you are heading out. gusty winds, gusting like yesterday, up to about a0 miles an hour widely, with height and exposure it will be higher than that. temperatures lopar for this time of year, looking at roughly 12-15 in time of year, looking at roughly 12—15 in the north but as we come further south, 19. —— below par. the temperature —— but whetherfront pushes into the season things required in and the wind will ease but it will be breezy north—east scotland, drier, cloudy tonight with one or two showers. temperatures for most staying in double figures. tomorrow then, the next area of low pressure starts to come in from the atla ntic pressure starts to come in from the atlantic so tomorrow across southern areas, afair atlantic so tomorrow across southern areas, a fair bit of cloud, some drizzle, also some showers. further

north, writer than today and drier than today, still some showers and temperatures will increase by a degree or two. heading on into wednesday, for most, again, dry with some bright and sunny spells and some bright and sunny spells and some showers but in the south, we do have a whether front which is coming up have a whether front which is coming up from the english channel. it has a wave on it so just how far north it gets is still open to question but it will bring some rain. temperatures again closer to where they should be, at this time of year. that is how it is looking, u nsettled year. that is how it is looking, unsettled this week, it may not be until the end of next week that we start to see something a bit more settled. lou and dan. thank you, carol. it is nice to be at wimbledon but strange that there is no tennis this time of year. i know, and as i saidi this time of year. i know, and as i said i am looking forward to noting down what i will watch over the next couple of weeks because lots of it will be on tally, won‘t it? couple of weeks because lots of it will be on tally, won't it? judy murray will be here i think in one hours‘ time talking about how she

will try to get people to take up tennis. that is in ten minutes! don‘t come back in one hour, it is in ten minutes! she is probably watching and thinking i will go back to bed! things like golf have been increasingly popular during lockdown but tennis has said they need that boost as well so judy murray will talk about that in ten minutes! not in an hour! carol has been talking about lovely in an hour! carol has been talking a bout lovely flowers in an hour! carol has been talking about lovely flowers this morning and you sent us some of your creations and look at these lovely hanging baskets. bobby in yorkshire has ascent in this one. elaborate and or nate. very striking and beautiful, this one from kristin. vince‘s attempt stretches the meaning... he said he

certainly puts a smile on people‘s faces, as it would! how has he managed to do that? it is 29 minutes past seven. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. schools in england are to receive one billion pounds of funding over the next ten years in a programme of major building projects being launched by the prime minister today. that money will be spent on 50 projects, which will start from september next year. he‘s also announcing a further £560 million towards repairing crumbling school buildings. unions say the money is welcome, but is only a fraction of what is needed. from today, high street shops in scotland will be able to open their doors for the first time in three months. it only applies to those with street access, and shoppers will still be encouraged to maintain social distancing and cover their faces. the housing market will also reopen and scottish premiership football clubs can resume contact training.

more than 500,000 people worldwide have now lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to johns hopkins university. since the virus emerged in china late last year, there have been more than 10 million cases — half of which have been in the us and europe. 0utbreaks are still spreading in many parts of the world, with one million new cases recorded in the last six days. the number of mobile covid—19 testing units in the uk will more than double over coming weeks, with the military staffing —— coronavirus infections across the united states have passed 2.5 million, with record numbers of cases reported in the states of florida and texas. the surge in cases in southern states comes after businesses were allowed to re—open in recent weeks. on saturday, florida reported more than 9,500 new cases. school bells in wales will be ringing for the first time since lockdown began this morning, as pupils begin to make a phased return to the classroom. but it will be a very different

experience for children and teachers, with measures put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan reports. after 1a weeks away, today, children in wales will begin returning to the classroom. that it won‘t be school as they are used to knowing it. we have had to dismantle every aspect of education and rebuild it with a covid—19 element to it. from pupils leaving the house in the morning, making sure they have a packed lunch because we have no catering facilities, through transport where buses have been adapted. the fact we can only get eight on the bus at any one time, through the fact that they won‘t be taught in a classroom. one time, through the fact that they won't be taught in a classroom. when we last visited this boy in may, he was enjoying the last few months being homeschooled by dad, jason. but he missed the interaction with other children at school. if you see your friend, other children at school. if you see yourfriend, mum, other children at school. if you see your friend, mum, dad, other children at school. if you see yourfriend, mum, dad, can! other children at school. if you see yourfriend, mum, dad, can i go play

with him? evan will be going back for two days over the next three weeks as only a third of pupils will be back at any one time in wales and now that school is back on the cards, he is not quite so sure if he would rather be at home.” cards, he is not quite so sure if he would rather be at home. i don't wa nt to would rather be at home. i don't want to go back to school. it is kind of like i want to but i don‘t wa nt kind of like i want to but i don‘t want to. see your friends, playing foot wall. seeing your teacher. but doing homework at home, there is lots of distractions and stuff but doing in school... easy, no distractions. it will be a phased return for students here in wales just like all the devolved nations of the uk. groups at primary level have only been back for fear of four weeks in england. scottish will reopen on the 11th of august with some continue at home learning and some continue at home learning and some northern i pupils be going back in late august. but for all children of any in late august. but for all children ofany age, in late august. but for all children of any age, school will certainly look, feel and be a completely different learning environment by

the next academic year. we will continue to talk about that throughout the programme. we are speaking to the education secretary gavin williams at 8:30 for top we‘re talking about more investment and how it might work going back in september. the —— gavin williamson. so keir starmer is also going to be here. —— keir starmer. we will also have judy here. —— keir starmer. we will also havejudy murray! here. —— keir starmer. we will also have judy murray! she is coming up ina have judy murray! she is coming up in a couple of minutes time for top i know she is hanging on the line right now but first i will tell you about watford. watford will continue investigations this morning after they had to drop three players for their game against southampton — due to what they say was health and saftey reasons. it‘s after a post on social media, which has since been deleted, appeared to show andre gray, nathaniel chalobah and domingos quina at a house party. reports, which manager nigel pearson refused to confirm, say gray held the party at his home which he shares with fiancee leigh anne pinnock from little mix.

the club said the players weren‘t included to "ensure the safety" of those involved in the match. well, they were missed. watford lost 3—1 with 2 goals from danny ings. saints are now all but safe, but watford are just a point above the relegation zone. unsurprisingly their manager wasn‘t keen to talk about his three missing players. i‘m not prepared to make any further comment about that at this point until i have all the information. so it goes without saying that in our own position at the moment, it would be better to have as many people available as possible. today would‘ve been the start of wimbledon and while many of us will be disappointed it is off due the pandemic, not many will be as disappointed as british number one dan evans who‘s in great form.

after beating andy murray in the semis, he won the battle of the brits exhibition tournament with a straight sets victory against kyle edmund. he was the only player to win all five matches at the event organised by jamie murray. well for those missing wimbledon — the oldest and arguably most prestigious tennis tournament in the world — bbc sport will continue to bring the sport to fans with over 50 hours of programming, including a 2—part documentary about the career of andy murray. we are keeping it in the family. we‘re joined this morning by his mum, judy. with mixed emotions this morning, you must be very proud ofjamie with what he has achieved with battle of the brick but normally you and i would be shearling aspect cheering on top of the hill! —— battle of the

brits. yes. that gave the fans something to watch. brought in lots of innovation. i didn‘t have so much stress, i enjoyed watching it. mr tennis at wimbledon. did we get a glimpse of the future with jamie‘s tournament director and andy doing a bit of coaching on the sidelines? anti‘s coaching career could be finished after that one! not good enough. judy, i will let you know we have a little bit of a technical problem with your sound but we are going to keep on going because i know that one of the reasons we are talking to you today is because at this time of year, the start of wimbledon, we see our tennis courts across the land, we see kids on them, people that haven‘t picked up

a racket for a long time perhaps returning to the game. how are you going to try and get people back into tennis and reignite that enthusiasm without wimbledon being on the television all day for a fortnight? well, i think tennis has beenin fortnight? well, i think tennis has been ina fortnight? well, i think tennis has been in a really good position because it was one of the first sports to open up in the lockdown so everybody will be desperate to get home and do something so we have an opportunity to capture, i think, many going into the game and bring people back to the game which may have lapsed but families in particular because families have gotten used to playing together. it isa gotten used to playing together. it is a chance to bring families into clu bs is a chance to bring families into clubs and parks. a couple of campaigns to offer clubs and parks free online systems to help them manage the demand and encourage them to open up their facilities to nonmembers and i think for parks especially, people are not going to

rock up just to try something new so i think for parks to open up free of charge is really important, but it is also not just charge is really important, but it is also notjust the charge is really important, but it is also not just the facility, charge is really important, but it is also notjust the facility, you have got to learn how to play the game and it is a pretty difficult sport compared to some say things that you can do at home, back to tennis programmes, sporty exercises and ten games that can be played at home or done at clubs or parks to get people started. so even if you don‘t have a racket, strokes, things that you can do in small spaces and if you don‘t have a racket, you could always make one. you can do it inside with a balloon. i think it is making sport doable. making it fun and making it accessible and affordable for everybody.” and making it accessible and affordable for everybody. i guess the message is, don‘t be intimidated

if you haven‘t got a tennis racket or can‘t i want to because i know they are sold out in lots of the shops. can‘t afford it. think around it and try and do something a bit more unusual. absolutely. there has been some great innovation. my innovation is the paper plate with a wooden spoon. i absolutely love it, judy. it is it disappointing that wimbledon won‘t be happening this year. the first time that wimbledon has been cancelled since world war i! so we have been very privileged to have the tournament year after year. looking ahead with the us open due to be played at the end of august, do you think tennis has the right amount of rules in place for that to happen safely? i‘m thinking of what has happened with novak djokovic‘s tournament recently and several people testing positive for covid—19 after that. other right rules in place now? well, i think we would expect the us open to have

researched every possible scenario that they can. they are desperate for these events to go ahead. it has got to be safe for everybody and i think having watched what jamie had to put in place for battle of the brits to make it safe forjust 1a players and a small amount of people running it, it was quite an incredible effort. from the testing to the individualised player pods and player lounges and so forth. it was really and of course this would bea was really and of course this would be a big event and with all the different restrictions on life in and out of the different countries and out of the different countries and the quarantine restriction, everybody is at a different stage of their comeback pendant on what country you come from so for there to bea country you come from so for there to be a level playing field, that is a challenge as well. but it is a massive organisation that goes into the us open and they will have researched everything that they possibly can. you can‘t make any

guarantees and my feeling is that it is an opportunity to develop tennis at local and domestic level. smaller. wait until it is safe for eve ryo ne smaller. wait until it is safe for everyone stop i think they will be a lot of people, notjust players, who would want —— who wouldn‘t want to travel so let us wait and see, there is still a couple of months to go. judy, it is fantastic to talk to you this morning to stop a love of the paper plate. best idea i have seen so far. judy murray, thank you very much indeed. i think ithinki i think i have been a little bit inspired. going to be on the tennis court this week. you go for it, sally! see you later on. the full list of countries which will no longer be subject to coronavirus restrictions is expected to be confirmed by the government this week. it‘s likely to include spain, which is the number one destination for uk holiday makers. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticasjoins us now, from torremolinos in southern spain.

it looks absolutely lovely. you can see why people want to go on holiday. how has it been working in spain with social distancing and making it safe? yeah, you can see it is lovely. sunshine every day. they just are not the tourists here yet. if you look at this. take a look at the beach here now. you can perhaps see from the sunbeds, the sunbeds have been spaced apart so they are ready for the tourists to come when the announcement comes. they are a couple of metres apart each and when people come down to the beach when those arrivals, if those arrivals, start coming, they will have to keep a distance, there will be wardens on the beach telling them to keep apart. when you are on the streets behind and anywhere you go in a public place, shop or anything, you have to wear a face masks, that is mandatory. if you cannot keep a

separation in spain, you could be fined 100 euros. many hotels are closed waiting for flights to return but there are limited numbers of people allowed in swimming pools, in the rooms which are all being sanitised, and stripped bare of anything that can be touched and to transmit the virus. so a lot of procedures in place. what there is not in place is the tourists and what they are waiting for is the green light for those quarantine restrictions in the uk to be lifted because this place, it had 10 million visitors along just this cpsta del sol stretch. —— costa del sol. will they welcome british tourists? with open arms! you talk tourists? with open arms! you talk to the business people there and they are desperate for british

tourists to come back. their business at the moment is way down and they say that it is the foreign tourists who come that they rely on at this time of year. the foreign tourists that spend the money here, much more than spanish tourists, so they are desperate for arrivals, really hoping for them, and saying that they are very, very keen to see things start up but it would could ta ke things start up but it would could take a couple of minutes was of the advice is no overseas travel unless thatis advice is no overseas travel unless that is essential, at the moment, and that has to change was not we are expecting details later this week. the lady taking a dog for a walk on the beach. how wonderful. lockdown has been difficult for many of us, but for some people it has also provided some relief. some people with facial markings say staying at home has actually provided respite from stares and insensitive comments. but as restrictions ease, going back into the world can present new challenges, as breakfast‘s graham satchell reports.

school was pretty horrendous. bullying at school was relentless. pretty much every day, i would get shouted names across the playground, ridiculed in class. i have been attacked — physically, verbally attacked — because of the way i looked. physically attacked? physically attacked, yeah. yeah. what happened ? just some guys come over and were taking the mickey and just started pushing and shoving me about. phil‘s birthmark covers a third of his face. he‘s had a lifetime of stares, whispers and abuse. i got to a point about 10 years ago where i just didn‘t want to be stared at anymore, i didn‘t want go out, i didn‘t want that, so lockdown has given me the freedom to stay at home and not go out but, like you say, it can be a bit dangerous because at some point, you have to go back out into society and face it all over again.

in glasgow, jude has also been abused for the way she looks. she has psoriasis — a skin condition. lockdown has brought back some uncomfortable memories. i remember days when i was younger where i didn‘t leave the house unless necessary, because i was ashamed of how i looked. i could not handle the stares, i couldn‘t handle the comments. and i almost, even if people weren‘t staring or commenting, i felt like they were. so for me, lockdown felt very familiar that way. and it meant i spent 52 — over 52 days in the house by myself, and it was really — it felt easy because i‘ve done it before almost. this is a campaign video by the charity changing faces. more than a million people in the uk have a visible difference. many are used to hiding themselves away.

people with visible difference experience this daily grind so the stares, the comments, the pointing. so because of that, for some people, lockdown has almost been the easy part. it‘s a relief not to have to go out into the world and experience that every day. so what people are saying is it‘s not necessarily lockdown that‘s been hard — although, of course, it has been for some — but it‘s looking ahead and saying "how will i prepare myself for the world again and what i know is coming when i‘ve had a break for some time?" over the years, jude has developed a series of coping mechanisms, but is worried as we leave lockdown they may not work. i usually try and, you know, take the awkwardness away with a smile — which is a nice, human thing to do — but, you know, with us coming out of lockdown and the need to wear masks, that initial human interaction is kind of taken away so i do worry that those stares and, you know,

whispers are going to become more because you can‘t kind of disarm it with a friendly, "it‘s ok" smile. phil is also worried. it‘s taken him years to come to terms with how he looks, to be comfortable in his own skin. only the other day, i was in sainsbury‘s and a little girl was looking at me and i smiled — which is one of my coping mechanisms — and she kept staring and i kept smiling. and in the end, ijust stopped because she said "what‘s that on yourface?" i said "well, it‘s a birthmark. i was born with it. doesn‘t hurt — it‘s just the colour of my skin." and that is the first time that i‘ve had that conversation with a child where i‘ve not had that churning in my stomach and that real sort of feeling of embarrassment. so it‘s taken 53 years to come to that point — it was literally two weeks ago that happened. what both phil and jude want as life returns to a new normal is some understanding and acceptance.

what i want you to do is to smile and say hello and talk to me normally. that‘s what we want. we just — we want normality. just because my skin‘s a different colour doesn‘t mean to say i‘m going to do anything differently than you might do. i still enjoy my gardening, stroking my cat, watching telly, riding my pushbike. i‘m just a normal bloke. many thanks to phil and jude for talking to us. the photographer rankin has taken the pictures of some of the world‘s biggest stars but during lockdown, he‘s turned his attention to some less famous faces. he‘s been focussing on the everyday heroes of the nhs in an exhibition that will be going on display all over the country. let‘s take a look at some of the portraits.

we arejoined by rankin and also by ade williams, an nhs pharmacist who took part in the project. ade looks like he is at work already this morning. lovely to talk to you both so we will talk to rankin first, i imagine when you got approached or being involved in a project like this at a time like this you jumped at the chance? actually, it was my original idea because when i was in lockdown for the first couple of weeks, i was

thinking i'm stuck here, doing nothing and i want to help, and i we nt nothing and i want to help, and i went to the nhs with the idea and said i'm happy to pro bono, i will get out there and take is. it took about five weeks to sort out and when i went out he was extraordinary to meet these people and they are incredible. i will come to the photo shoot in a minute but talking to ade, ido shoot in a minute but talking to ade, i do not know if you were told but you are photographed by a world—famous but you are photographed by a world —famous photographer who has photographed the queen. what was it like? good morning! for somebody who kind of values the fact that as an nhs professional you are part of a team, it is kind of narcissistic ideal as well, it is uncomfortable told that but when you start to understand what is behind the project, one of the things they got my attention was why rankin wanted to do this. and it was really to tell the story of the people in the

nhs which particularly those who are not front—line professionals, you know, like laura, like my colleagues in the pharmacy delivery, drivers, these are the people in your community and these other people that make the difference, collectively, together. ithink that make the difference, collectively, together. i think that is what got my attention as something worth doing. ade, we are seeing your picture now on a billboard and you have your arms behind your back, took us through the process of the photo shoot. what was it like? one of the things that is commendable about it was the attention to detail. also, for those who have ever taken part in a photo shoot, it is a few minutes in between two roles that i had, no make up, just as i was to have a picture taken but in a socially distanced and safe manner and i think one of the things that rankin

we re really think one of the things that rankin were really keen to do was to say the lens was medium for a story and it was not about me, it was not about them but it was about the nhs and the idea of community and how we asa and the idea of community and how we as a nation have rallied around those ideals and both people, the diversity of roles and individuals and how do we tell that? i have not seena and how do we tell that? i have not seen a real portrait yet or a real billboard yet but from the mockups i saw, i billboard yet but from the mockups i saw, lam impressed how well you have been able to capture that. we have been able to capture that. we have seen it and you will have to rewind and look at bbc breakfast on your iplayer because looks fabulous. how important was you rankin to know these stories behind the people you are photographing and how important is that to the photo? absolutely, it is that to the photo? absolutely, it is essential to talk to the people you are photographing and no where they are coming from and what they are about so we did not want to take

up are about so we did not want to take up too much of people's time to be had an hour with everyone and i spent 30 minutes chatting away and asking what they had been up to and each of those stories was inspiring, really incredible, and really, you know, every single one of them said this isjust myjob and this is what ido and this isjust myjob and this is what i do and if this isjust myjob and this is what ido and if! this isjust myjob and this is what i do and if i said to them you are a hero they would say they are not and the humility is incredible. rankin, did you think about doing something with ppe on or was it always going to be being able to see people‘s faces ? to be being able to see people‘s fa ces ? fa ces to be being able to see people‘s faces? faces behind the heroes, if you like. yeah, i mean, the original idea was the faces behind the heroes and there were so many great photographs up there with ppe, showing how difficult their lives are facing the virus so i wanted to get behind the ppe and see the eyes and see the humanity and when you ta ke and see the humanity and when you take a photograph of a celebrity or a nurse, take a photograph of a celebrity or a nurse , you take a photograph of a celebrity or a nurse, you get the humanity so i

thought they were too simple sometimes but in the end it turned out very well. they look fabulous, ade, you strike me as being very modest so how will you cope when you drive past a bus stop and there is a massive billboard of you?” drive past a bus stop and there is a massive billboard of you? i think the thing that has given me the most sleepless nights is actually trying to cope with that. because i am part ofa team, to cope with that. because i am part of a team, the community pharmacy profession is part of the nhs and we are not usually the ones that are at any point in the spotlight. during the last few weeks people have been givena the last few weeks people have been given a better understanding of us but really, we want to take care of our community and the joy for me at the moment is to see my patients who have not seen for the last few months step back in and i know that they are well and they have coped and we have work to do to help them, to be resilient and stay healthy, and that is what gives me satisfaction so this is going to be

very uncomfortable but i also know this is my kind of way of coping, dedicating it to those nhs colleagues who unfortunately have not been able to go back to their families as we come to this stage of this pandemic. and to say to them, to the country, the community, the profession and they really appreciate those sacrifices and i am simply someone who is representing the sacrifice of a loved one that is their memory but it will now be a memory that is shared across the country. ade, thank you for speaking to us and talking to you today, i think the picture that people see now will mean a lot more when they have heard about the person behind the pit and rankin, think you for coming on and telling us about this project. —— person behind the picture. carol is there with the weather for us this morning. there is no tennis but there is carol and she can tell us about the weather. morning! good morning! last year, over half a million spectators came to watch wimbledon fortnight

and she would see them running up here, moving quickly to get onto henman hill to secure the best spot for the viewing. that is because if you are looking over at some of the screens here on court number one and watching the tennis. you can see court number one and centre court behind me and as you said rizzo championships taking place at wimbledon this year but some of the spectators and club members are still playing here and more especially the club members, not on every single court of course and they never get to play on centre court or court number one anyway but with one exception, and that is just before wimbledon starts, it is the ladies set to warm up centre court for example so it must be a huge thrill. the weather is not thrilling today, the forecast is a blustery one with some rain. you will find as we go through the day is the rain in the north will ease and turn more showery. we have got it because low pressure has been dominating the

weather as we have gone through the course of the weekend, reducing a lot of heavy rain across parts of scotland, northern ireland and also northern england. in fact, flood warning is still out for the keswick area. lots of isobars around that low pressure indicating gusty winds, wherever you are, the rain in the north is turning more showery through the course of the day but some of the showers could be heavy and thundery. further south, some of the showers could be heavy and thundery. furthersouth, looking at drier conditions, still a lot of cloud around, the best of the sunshine will be in the south—east but even here through the course of the day there will be cloud coming and going. talking of gusty winds, dusty through the course of the weekend and today again widely, looking at 35—a0 miles an hour. with exposure, it will be more than that. temperatures as a result, well, not great to start with. add on that wind and it feels chilly, it is chilly here at wimbledon this morning. heading on through the evening into overnight, the low

pressure d rifts into evening into overnight, the low pressure drifts into the north sea, still breezy across scotland, but for most it will be a dry night and fairly cloudy, or to showers. temperatures in double figures. another area of low pressure comes in from the atlantic for tomorrow so for tomorrow, we have a weather front draped across southern england which will be producing a lot of cloud, some showers and some drizzle, and north of it, a brighter day than today. still a fair bit of cloud around mind you and still some showers which could be heavy. but temperatures up a touch on what we saw today. into wednesday, a weather front which will be in the english channel move north, waving which means the northern area is still open to question but it will bring rain in across southern counties as it pushes northward. north of that again, to conditions with some showers and temperatures, well, around about where they should be —— writer conditions. that is it from me for now. the headlines are coming

up me for now. the headlines are coming up —— brighter. good morning, welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: a billion pounds to rebuild dilapidated schools in england — and millions more for repairs. but critics say it‘s a fraction of what‘s needed. we‘ll speak to the education secretary gavin williamson in half an hour. air bridges — or travel corridors — to allow us to go on holiday abroad are set to be confirmed by the government later today. good morning. empty departure holes in airports but for how long? the travel companies have recorded a spike in bookings over the weekend but can your holiday definitely go ahead and will you be insured? should a local lockdown be introduced in leicester? there has been a spike in coronavirus cases there in the past two weeks. it‘s monday 29th june.

our top story: schools in england are to receive £1 billion of funding over the next ten years in a programme of major building projects being launched by the prime minister today. he is also announcing a further £560 million towards repairing school buildings this financial year. unions say the money is welcome, but is only a fraction of what is needed. here‘s our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. some school buildings in england are in a shocking state. now, a promise of money for rebuilding. plans for more than £1 billion over ten years — that stretches beyond the next election. the first few should start next year, with 50 projects getting approval this autumn. what we know from the national audit 0ffice three years ago is that £6.7 billion was needed then, three years ago, to restore the school and college estate. this £1 billion announcement i think is welcome but clearly there‘s a lot to do to make amends for the last ten years of underinvestment

in education. the extra cash for repairs will make a difference first. £560 million more for next year, an increase of about a third on the repairs budget. but still, nowhere near the almost £7 billion needed — the true cost of getting england‘s school buildings to an acceptable standard. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. we‘re joined now by our political correspondent helen catt. helen, this is part of a wider plan to kick—start the economy, isn‘t it? yes, it is. downing street talking about a building boom, trying to build big things quickly to try and help the economy recover after coronavirus. you heard there, for example, the government wants the first of these projects, the school building projects, to start in 2021. it is setting up a infrastructure task force to work out how it can speed up big projects like schools,

hospitals and roads. it is also hoped it will boostjobs because thatis hoped it will boostjobs because that is a huge concern after this first part of the coronavirus pandemic, is what will happen with people‘s jobs. 0ver pandemic, is what will happen with people‘s jobs. over the weekend, pandemic, is what will happen with people‘sjobs. over the weekend, the labour party released an analysis suggesting we could see levels of unemployment that we haven‘t seen since the 19805 if the right things aren‘t done. this is all part of that. however, this isn‘t aren‘t done. this is all part of that. however, this i5n‘tju5t a response to the coronavirus pandemic. if you think back to the election la5t pandemic. if you think back to the election last year, the conservatives big pitch was an idea of levelling up, trying to equalise chance5 of levelling up, trying to equalise chances for people across the country and a lot of that, education huge part of that, but a part of thatis huge part of that, but a part of that is investing in infrastructure project5 that is investing in infrastructure projects across the country. so this i5a projects across the country. so this is a return to that. there will be a lot of scrutiny on the government as to whether it can deliver that but we‘re certainly going to hear a lot more about this idea, infrastructure investment over the week. bori5 john5on investment over the week. bori5 johnson is due to make a speech tomorrow, setting out how he plans

tomorrow, setting out how he plans to get the economy to recover after coronavirus. thank you. we will be speaking to gavin williamson just after 8:30 and sir keir starmer at 8:a0. if you want questions, get in touch. hundreds on education and schools and what happens in september, all sorts of things are gavin williamson. we will get through those in about 25 minutes. wales is reopening all of its schools from today — for the first time since the lockdown restrictions came into force in march. pupils will be able to return for limited periods during the week, but only a third will be allowed into school at any time. new measures will also be put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. from today, high street shops in scotland will be able to open their doors for the first time in three months. it only applies to those with street access, and shoppers will still be encouraged to maintain social distancing and cover theirfaces. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow this morning.

good morning, what is happening? good morning, what is happening? good morning. shops are getting ready to reopen. some have already opened up their doors again. big queue outside prime out in the centre of glasgow. hundreds of people here. the people at the front of the queue told me they have been here since 5:30. it snakes all around the block. what time did you get here this morning? about 7:45. why? to go to primark. what you want to get? some stuff for a trip. shops have opened a little later in scotla nd have opened a little later in scotland to drive down the rate of the virus, what is your thought on that? i think it's good. the virus, what is your thought on that? ithink it's good. it the virus, what is your thought on that? i think it's good. it really helps out with the coronavirus but it's really bad for the economy. the advice is you wear masks inside. have you got masks with you today?”

don't, actually, i don't have one but she does. its guidance and it is about keeping the two metre distance will stop you have a mask? yes. what you are planning to get? clothes. so it is the high street but not as we know it. thank you both very much. there are still strict to me to distancing rules here in scotland. you can see the lines on the ground. people are being counted in and out of many shops. i think you will see a lot of shops in the high street like the centre of glasgow reopen. some other areas might be more phased in their reopening, seeing how consumer confidence, how quickly that returns. the advice is to wear masks inside shops if at all possible. 0ther masks inside shops if at all possible. other big qualification to the reopening of shops here in scotla nd the reopening of shops here in scotland is there is still five mile travel advisory in place, so it really is shop local. thank you very

much for that. we have also been live at wimbledon this morning, lovely weather. a bit wet in scotla nd lovely weather. a bit wet in scotland but it hasn‘t put people off queueing to go into primark. we will be back there later. government officials will meet the mayor of leicester later this morning to discuss how to deal with a spike in coronavirus cases in the city. yesterday, the home secretary, priti patel, suggested the first local lockdown could be imposed in the city. 0ur reporter navtej johal is there for us now. tell us about this. this has been a spike, how are they going to do with it? figures show there have been more than 650 cases of coronavirus recorded in the first half ofjune here in leicester which accounts for roughly a quarter of the total number of cases. and in recent days, we have seen several schools having to close because of cases, local businesses have been affected also. and yesterday, priti patel, the home secretary, said a localised lockdown, the first of its kind potential in the uk, is something

the government was considering here in leicester. that in the last hour orso, in leicester. that in the last hour or so, the mayor of leicester has said that the advice he has received from government officials is not to impose further restrictions are here in leicester but instead to keep the current restrictions in place for an extra two weeks, which would mean the likes of bars, cafe and restau ra nts the likes of bars, cafe and restaurants would not be reopening for another two weeks from the ath ofjuly, which would have a big impact on those businesses. but we are expecting potentially to have more answers later today. there is a virtual meeting taking place between the mayor, public health england and the mayor, public health england and the department of health officials and we are hoping that might provide some more clarity for people in leicester, who of course are desperate to find out what‘s happening and what the next stage of any localised lockdown or restrictions in terms of their reopening is going to be. thank you very much indeed. more than 500,000 people worldwide have now lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus

pandemic, according to johns hopkins university. since the virus emerged in china late last year, there have been more than 10 million cases — half of which have been in the us and europe. 0utbreaks are still spreading in many parts of the world, with one million new cases recorded in the last six days. four gunmen have been killed by police in the pakistani city of karachi after they tried to enter the stock exchange building. the assailants stormed the building after launching a grenade attack at the main gate. latest reports quote police saying they have killed all four heavily armed gunmen and are combing the building. according to police, several people have been killed — including police officers, private guards and attackers. do you remember earlier on i said i was going to read you about chris 0‘dowd? go on then. he has revealed an unusual technique used as a young actor to try make sure he would be memorable during auditions. the idea was that he would lie about the fact

he had been bitten by a dog in the audition. because so many people going for the same so he would my ankle hurts a bit, i‘ve been bitten by dogs. it caught up with him. he said, he mentioned it in it in again in another audition and he said oh no, that‘s so weird, last time you came here you are also bitten by a dog. then he had to try and stylet out by saying, i know, i‘m so u nfortu nate, out by saying, i know, i‘m so unfortunate, double dog bite. that‘s why it‘s important if you tell a lie remember who you‘ve told it to. 0r don‘t tell it in the first place! that is the important bit! after three months of being unable to travel abroad, the government is expected to reveal this week where we could go on holiday without having to isolate when we come back. countries will be given a green, amber or red status depending on how safe they are. travel companies saw a boom in bookings following the announcement made last week. we‘re joined now by the managing director of tui uk and ireland, andrew flintham, along with travel

journalist, alison rice. good morning to both, lovely to speak to you both on breakfast. alison, you have a lovely big smile on yourface this alison, you have a lovely big smile on your face this morning. how excited are you by the potential of this happening and what difference could it make to people? it will certainly make a difference for eve ryo ne certainly make a difference for everyone who has been hankering, stuck in lockdown, waiting for their summer holiday abroad. but it will make a huge difference to the travel industry, who have been sending out an soss to the government, save our summer. because some smaller companies are just hanging summer. because some smaller companies arejust hanging on by their fingertips. companies arejust hanging on by theirfingertips. if companies arejust hanging on by their fingertips. if they can‘t sell holidays this summer, i think there will be quite a few hotels, possibly even an airline, certainly some smaller package holiday companies that won‘t be here next year. and it‘s not just that won‘t be here next year. and it‘s notjust aviation in the hotels and the travel agents and the tour operators, it‘s also the little tavernas, the cafe is, the man who rents you your boat for a day out on the greek island. they are all suffering as well. so long as we do

get news this week that certain of our favourite holiday destinations are green to go, then it is very good news, for those who want to ta ke good news, for those who want to take the chance to travel abroad. andrew, from the point of view of tui, how much difference is this going to make to you, a little certainty? it makes a huge difference. i think alison touched on the really important point, the fa ct on the really important point, the fact customers do really want to go on holiday and as soon as we see any positive news about them going on holiday, we see that interest, we see that spike in bookings. to give you some idea, the traffic to our website since there has been some positive news about the air bridges have been up around 30%, which is a really big movement. what we have seenin really big movement. what we have seen in terms of sales, you had friday's sales versus the week before, doubled. and our saturday sales were four times the previous saturday, which is really positive.

i have to say, these are levels much lower than we would normally be selling at this time of year that it is really good news. i think the other point that is really important is we need to see the list of where we can go. so hopefully on wednesday this will come out. that is really important for us, to be able to plan our programme and make sure we can ta ke our programme and make sure we can take those customers there and also for our customers, so they know what opportunities there are two travel. in terms of what alison said about the impact on the industry and businesses like yourselves struggling with what has been happening over the last few months, how big a boost with this be for you and others in that similar position? i think it is a huge boost. the industry, in its wider sense, our revenues had stopped. we are all big expensive businesses to run. we have aircraft, we have huge amounts of employees. all that revenue has stopped. when the revenue stops, our businesses are in a difficult position. travel is a bit of a confidence gain, if people think

they can travel, we start to see bookings and we start to get some revenue and that is what we need. we need this restart, we need to get going. when we get going, we will start to see the travel industry coming back from hibernation and coming back from hibernation and coming back from hibernation and coming back to life. alison, i don't wa nt to coming back to life. alison, i don't want to bring down here because eve ryo ne want to bring down here because everyone is looking forward to their holidays. but lots of people have missed out on holidays already. lots of people may feel concerned. 0ur people insured, how will it work? that is the question i will try and a nswer that is the question i will try and answer but i have no definitive answer. when the pandemic broke, back in march, a lot of insurance companies stopped selling travel insurance. they are coming back onto the market now. but it is one of those tedious jobs you really have to read the small print as to whether or not you will get any sort of cover should you get the virus and have to cancel your holiday or should you catch it abroad. it‘s difficult one. my

advice would be the cheaper travel insurance policies probably won‘t cover you. the really difficult one is if you are having reservations about travelling abroad but your holiday goes ahead but you cancel because you don‘t want that experience at the airport, the airline and the destination, you know, with all the new regulations. if you choose to cancel, you won‘t get your money back. the only thing ican get your money back. the only thing i can say is we are still in the eu, so you can get a free e111 card which entitles you to the state provided health care that the citizens in european countries get, should they be ill. it doesn‘t replace travel insurance at all but it is worth getting it. if you go on the website and they want to charge you for that card it is a scam, it‘s free. go on the nhs website to get it. but it doesn‘t cover travel insurance. i think if you took out annual travel insurance, say back in

january and february, you would be covered. but anyone who took one out as soon as the pandemic started really needs to read the small print. andrew, can i ask you from a tui point of view, if you have taken a whole lot of holiday—makers to a country, suddenly there was a spark there and a problem, what would you do? would you be able to return them to the uk, how would it work? we will follow whatever the local health advice is. i think the difference from when there is pandemic started to where we are now is clearly every national government understands it and we understand the science and have plans in place to respond when incidences will occur. so... however, we are a very large organisation. the great thing tui has a sweet own hotels and aircraft, we will be able to bring customers home. we repatriated over 45,000 customers when the pandemic broke the first time. clearly we have the

resources to be able to look after our customers. alison, lots of questions from people, we were live in the algarve with a couple who own a resta u ra nt in the algarve with a couple who own a restaurant this morning. places like portugal currently not on the list but there are many people out there taking a chance, booking those holidays and hoping the situation will change in the coming weeks and months? yes, portugal is a really sad one. i think it possibly won‘t be on the list because they have had a spike of cases in lisbon, lovely city, lisbon! buti a spike of cases in lisbon, lovely city, lisbon! but i think that might change. in fact, city, lisbon! but i think that might change. infact, portugal, back in april, was one of the first countries to offer its tourism companies the chance to go for a clea n companies the chance to go for a clean and safe certificate for tourism businesses. it‘s a superb country, very popular with the british. as long as the spike in lisbon is managed, i don‘t know for certain, but it looks like portugal could well come back. the traffic

light system, it would get a green light system, it would get a green light which means we could go out there without quarantining when we came home. andrew, really briefly, we talked about so many other companies who have been very badly affected. is tui safe? we are a big business. we have been out and secured liquidity to make sure our businesses and a great place to be going forward. clearly, the second travel restart helps us all. we will be here for the long term in the future. thank you both. great book shelves, i have to say that! they both look like they are full of travel books. they are intriguing, alison has so many, she has had to pile them up on a desk behind her! thanks very much. we are talking to the education secretary, talking about england, gavin williamson, in a few minutes‘ time. school bells in wales will be ringing for the first time since lockdown began this morning, as pupils begin to make a phased

return to the classroom. but it will be a very different experience for children and teachers, with measures put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan is at a primary school in cardiff this morning. it looks like they might be having some lessons in a marquee? good morning. that is exactly what will happen here at this primary school in cardiff. same but different is how they have been marketing this new school experience. as you can see, the classroom are all set up here outside. as we have a look around, we have six or seven different bubbles for the different year groups that will be having their new learning experience outside over the next three weeks in wales. every pupil in the school will be coming to school at lease one day a week for the next three weeks before they start the summer recess and they start again in september. a completely different learning experience and it‘s been quite a task for you, giles parker, deputy head? it has, we have faced

some challenges but they have been exciting challenges and it's lovely to welcome our children back into school today. learning outside, to welcome our children back into schooltoday. learning outside, i imagine it will be an exciting experience for the children. i know for a fact that my young child, he just wants to be playing outside. is there a danger about the concentration levels learning outside? we are an outdoor learning school anyway. we want to make a space for our children to come back. we we re space for our children to come back. we were struggling with space inside and wanted to open up our school ground. each year group has its own area and our focus is on the well— being of area and our focus is on the well—being of our pupils coming back, we want to make sure they feel happy with their friends, usual teachers. you are quite unique here because you have the largest amount of key worker children of any of the other primary schools in cardiff. how has that made things a bit more tricky for you? we needed to create this outdoor learning village. we have over 80 children coming back from our key workers. that's been difficult because of the capacity

within the school, trying to make sure we make sure we see all the other children coming back as well has been a challenge. but we have had great support from community. 0ur parents have been on board. my staff have been fantastic in setting up staff have been fantastic in setting up the provision you can see today. you have dark clouds this morning, what will happen if it starts raining? we are a school in wales so we always plan for the wet weather! we have contingencies across the school. every outdoor learning part has an area inside with separate toilets. it's all colour schemes. all the children have a safe space to learn in and just enjoyed being backin to learn in and just enjoyed being back in school, back in routine and seeing their friends. and contingency plan for september?- the moment, depending on how many key workers we have in september, we will have different parts of the school, different parts of the key workers and learning. we would love to keep this all year but the weather in wales doesn't always enable us to do this! we want to create a sense of belonging where the children feel at home, somewhere

same but different for them. brilliant, thank you. most schools are reopening in wales. they won‘t be reopening on the isle of anglesey after an outbreak there at a chicken factory last week. one other thing to mention that we might be hearing early this week by the welsh government is that bubbles might be created in wales. people from two different households may be able to meet inside. that is the other major announcement we hope to hear at some point this week in wales. but for the moment, schools returning and a very different learning experience for now. indeed, tomos morgan, thank you. i like the idea of an outdoor lesson in a marquee! unless it‘s really cold! get your big coat on, it will be fine. you will need your big coat. carol can tell us. she is at wimbledon which should have been starting today but it isn‘t but she is still there. good morning. good morning. i can tell you you will need your coat, it is pretty chilly in this gusty wind today. in fact, the forecast not

just for wimbledon but for us all todayis just for wimbledon but for us all today is one of blustery conditions. there is also some rain as well. the rain predominantly in the northern half of the country. it will ease a touch as we go through the day. the driest conditions are the further south and east. the low pressure that has been with us this weekend is still with us today. if you look at the isobars around it, it tells you that it is is going to be windy, they are quite tightly packed. low pressure still producing rain. but in the south, back in the drier conditions. this morning, it is a nippy start if you are exposed to the wind. we have the rain, some heavy still across parts of scotland, northern ireland, northern england, parts of wales. through the day, that will tend to ease and turn to showers. further south and east, a lot of cloud but through the day we will see some sunny spells developing as well. feeling nippy if you are in the gusty wind. the gusts similarto you are in the gusty wind. the gusts similar to yesterday, widely 35—a0 miles an hour, with the exposure a

bit more than that. temperature is a bit more than that. temperature is a bit disappointing that this time of year and if anything, tempered by the gusty winds. we are looking roughly from 12 in the north to about 19 roughly from 12 in the north to about19 in roughly from 12 in the north to about 19 in the south. through this evening and overnight, the area of low pressure goes to the north sea, leaving a lot of cloud, a few showers and it will not be a particularly cold night. most of us will stay in double figures. a few residual showers before the next area of low pressure starts showing its hand, coming in from the atlantic. tomorrow, across southern counties, afair bit tomorrow, across southern counties, a fair bit of cloud. there will be some rain and showers and also some drizzle. move northwards, we are backin drizzle. move northwards, we are back in to sunnier skies. drier than it will be today but nonetheless, there will still be some showers and some of those will be heavy. temperatures also up a notch on what we are looking at today. then by the time we get wednesday, well, we will still have a lot of dry weather. still a few showers and some of them will still be heavy but

there will be some sunshine. in the south, we have a waving weather front in the english channel. it is literally doing that as it moves northwards. still open to question but it will bring in rain from the south, with temperatures closer to where they should be at this time of year. so typical wimbledon weather, even though we don‘t have wimbledon. we have something special for you this morning, though. my lovely friend sue barker hasjoined us. hello! wimbledon wouldn‘t be wimbledon without seeing you here. at least we have something here, even though no tennis. it's lovely to be here. you always asked me a humdinger of questions. here is one for you. i always put the pressure on carol by asking her how the players are doing, like bianca. i like to keep her on her toes now it‘s your turn! like to keep her on her toes now it's your turn! what will the temp temperature be like? cold is all! can say is mcgrath you told me a

funny can say is mcgrath you told me a fu n ny story can say is mcgrath you told me a funny story earlier. you said normally the members don‘t get to play on centre court or court number one except one exception and that is the warm up before wimbledon starts. you have done that but you are banned? i was, yes. you have done that but you are banned? iwas, yes. ithink you have done that but you are banned? i was, yes. i think they made a mistake to start with. they we re made a mistake to start with. they were looking for four genteel ladies. i don‘t come into that category! i went out and was playing in the head groundsman walked on court and said i will have to take you off if you continue to scrape your foot when serving. i said i can‘t stop, i‘ve been doing it for 30 years! i tried but in the end he said, you will never be back on here again. that was it, my one and only time! bless you! you are still presenting in the next couple of weeks, tell us a bit about what you are going to be doing. we are going to try make the best of the situation. very sad we have no live tennis. wimbledon has such an incredible history and wonderful magical moments that have happened over the years. we will be reliving so many of them. tonight, even tim will relive his first match on

centre court. we will look at back at all the great decades, the great matches and will have live links with players and some of the stars of the game, like tonight we have coco gough, the exciting teenager who i think will be a world number one within a couple of years, even though she is only 16. also, john mcenroe. wimbledon wouldn‘t be wimbledon without him! he will be on. he might have to be serious this evening. also billie jean on. he might have to be serious this evening. also billiejean willjoin us, martina, rafael nadal. so many different players. we will be looking back at some of the people who have change the game. features on people like bjorn borg.” who have change the game. features on people like bjorn borg. i love watching some of the older tennis players during the course of wimbledon is welcome having a match together. that is always funny. they get the ball boys and girls involved in that. always good fun! i know, some of the legends of the game, they always love playing. 0nce

some of the legends of the game, they always love playing. once you play tennis, you always want to play it and they love coming back. john mcenroe fits in, he‘s commentating for about five different networks and still manages to play in the seniors as well! you never lose it, you always have that passion for the game. and a special about andy murray? yes, at the weekend we have two days, we will chart his success. what difference he‘s made to british tennis, notjust his two wimbledon titles but two 0lympic tennis, notjust his two wimbledon titles but two olympic gold medals, led britain to davis cup glory as well as being world number one. i think we could probably fill about six weekends but we‘re just going to do it in two days on the saturday and sunday. and on the finals weekend, we will have all the top ten that have been voted for by our esteemed commentators, the top ten ladies finals and then on sunday the men‘s. so much to look forward to. lots to look forward to! you didn‘t do so badly here at wimbledon yourself. how does feel when you are in your dressing room, knowing you are about to go out on court, it‘s a

huge match, how do you get yourself in the zone and your heart must be pumping! especially when you are british and you hear the crowd roar as you come in, what is it like? it's as you come in, what is it like? it‘s terrifying, basically! it‘s going to be interesting because i have heather watson and tim on tonight and they made their centre court debuts against top players. i made mine against maria bueno. i was so nervous and it was a time when you had to curtsy to the royal box. i almost ended up on the floor! laughter my laughter my knees buckled and ijust managed to save myself. i completely got annihilated in the first set 6—1 that came back and won the first two. i think if i lost that match, it would have changed my whole relationship with wimbledon but because i won it it was like, i love centre court i want to play here again. we love you, thank you so much forjoining us! what a treat.” feel like it is wimbledon now because you are here, that is great.

mac right back at you. and what a great question, thank you. i will look very carefully at the tv schedules and work it out and hope for rain so i can keep watching telly. thank you. you have a good weekend of glastonbury and mountainous to come as well. weekend of glastonbury and mountainous to come as weltm weekend of glastonbury and mountainous to come as well. it is 8:31am and you are watching brea kfast. 8:31am and you are watching breakfast. —— tennis to come as well. we will be speaking to gavin williamson shortly. we can speak now to the leader of the opposition sir keir starmer. asi as i said, we will speak to gavin williamson shortly. 0n the subject of education, you have been accused by those on the other side of the commons of being unclear about your views on schools. do you think it‘s safe for children to be back at the moment? yeah, there are children backin moment? yeah, there are children back in school and it is safe for them to be there. the question is, how quickly can we get all children

back into school safely? i think we could have done it by now had there been some leadership on this from the prime minister. it was obvious from the day that schools were closed what would be needed to get them back open. because most of the problems are practical problems. all the head teachers i have spoken to have said if you have a big school with a lot of space it is possible to do it. if you have a small school with almost no spaces is very difficult. had the government put together a task force or something together a task force or something to bring people together and say what needs to be done, risk assessed every school, if you need temporary classrooms let‘s build them, we put up classrooms let‘s build them, we put up nightingale hospitals which was a good thing, could have put up temporary classrooms or used libraries, community centres which at the moment are empty. the problems are practical and could have been solved. it needed leadership from the top from the prime minister and that has been found wanting here. that‘s the core problem here. the thing the prime minister accused you of, and he said this in the commons, is having the

great ox of the education union stood on your tongue when asking you those questions. are the unions focusing too much on teachers rather than pupils? the prime minister is talking absolute nonsense. what he was trying to do was to avoid answering questions himself by asking questions of me. it is an old tactic. but i have said, actually, i wrote to the prime minister weeks before he brought that up in the commons to say i will work with you if you want. this was a confidential letter, by the way, saying let‘s get the unions, local authorities and government departments around the table and get a plan and get on with it and everybody put your shoulder to the wheel. the prime minister didn‘t even respond to me on that. but i have wanted children back in our schools as swiftly as possible andi our schools as swiftly as possible and i have been working towards that so there is no doubt about where i am on this. one more further question on that because i‘d like to talk to you about lots of other things. do you think it would be fine for all children to go back to school in september? 0bviously things can change and there could be

further outbreaks and maybe the virus might come back, so i appreciate this is hard to say at this point, but with the abandonment of social distancing in order to get all of those children back in september? i want them all back in september? i want them all back in september and i will work with anybody to that end. this is not about party politics. i get much more about getting our children back into school in september than i do about party politics because i‘m really concerned about children being out of school for months on end and the growing inequalities that that causes. i offered to work with the prime minister before and i will do it again and i will work with anybody, trade unions, local authorities whether they are labour or tory, and i will work with the government over the coming weeks to make sure we get those children back into school in september. i think if the prime minister actually put his shoulder to the wheel on this and worked with other people rather than just trying to blame other people we could make some real progress. you have had to make a change for your own education brief, the shadow

education secretary has been moved around a little bit because of the sacking of rebecca long—bailey. if she‘d offered a full apology and a full retraction, would she have been able to stay in the post? well, look, when i took over as leader of the labour party i made it clear i would root out anti—semitism and actions are important, more important than words. i took the view that the article that rebecca long—bailey tweeted about was classic anti—semitic in the sense of saying here is something awful that happened in america, point the finger at israel. rebecca didn‘t delete the tweet that she had put up andi delete the tweet that she had put up and i took the action that i did. 0thers and i took the action that i did. others will and i took the action that i did. 0thers willjudge and i took the action that i did. others will judge whether and i took the action that i did. 0thers willjudge whether that was right or wrong. i‘m absolutely clear in my mind it was the right thing to do because i do not want the labour party and anti—semitism to be in the same sentence ever again and i need to ta ke same sentence ever again and i need to take clear action in order to

achieve that and to rebuild the trust that we need to rebuild with the jewish community. once she had tweeted that there was nothing she could have done to reverse your decision to sack her? is that right? iam not decision to sack her? is that right? i am not going to go into the ins and outs that happened and the discussions that were hard or not had. but i took the view that the state of affairs was unsatisfactory andi state of affairs was unsatisfactory and i asked rebecca to stand down from the shadow cabinet, i took that decision. 0thers from the shadow cabinet, i took that decision. others will from the shadow cabinet, i took that decision. 0thers willjudge. i am clear in my mind that that was the right decision and i am equally clear that i will take whatever action is necessary in the labour party to ensure that we do as i said i would do, and that‘s root out anti—semitism. i would do, and that‘s root out anti-semitism. ok. the shadow education minister lloyd russell—moyle published of that article which many will have read and which accused jk rowling of using "her own sexual assault for justification for discrimination against trans people." he publicly apologised for his comments and has

been able to stay in his role. yes, he was wrong, he has apologised, i have accepted that apology. that‘s myjudgment call have accepted that apology. that‘s my judgment call and if have accepted that apology. that‘s myjudgment call and if you lead a political party you have to take decisions and you have to take responsibility for them and that‘s myjudgment call in relation to that case. and as you explained, that's why yourjudgment case. and as you explained, that's why your judgment call came case. and as you explained, that's why yourjudgment call came down to you with rebecca long—bailey and you made a different decision on that one? i did and i believe i made the right decision, i stand by it. 0thers right decision, i stand by it. others will form their own view. but i think as people have reflected on it, most people can see why i took the decision and think it was the right thing to do. you have also been very public in your support of black lives matter. we saw the picture recently of you in the office taking the knee. there has been a growing row over the political aims of the moment. 0ne been a growing row over the political aims of the moment. one of thoseis political aims of the moment. one of those is to defund the police. does that concern you? yes, that's nonsense and nobody should be saying

anything about defunding the police, andi anything about defunding the police, and i would have no truck with that. i was director of public and is for five years and worked with police forces across england and wales bringing thousands of people to court. so my support for the police is very, very strong and evidenced in the actions, joint actions i have done with the police. there is a broader issue here, the black lives matter movement, or moment if you like internationally, is about reflecting something completely different. it is reflecting on what happened dreadfully in america just a few weeks ago and acknowledging that as a moment across the world and it is a shame it is getting tangled up with these organisational issues with the organisation black lives matter but i wouldn‘t have any truck with what the organisation was saying about defunding the police or anything else, that‘s just saying about defunding the police or anything else, that‘sjust nonsense. something else lots of people have seen over the weekend was the

photograph of the prime minister showing us his press ups. in his own words, he talked about being —— as for —— as a butcher‘s dog. words, he talked about being —— as for —— as a butcher's dog.” words, he talked about being —— as for -- as a butcher's dog. i was toying with the idea to prime minister‘s questions this week i should use as my first question to challenge the prime minister is first to 50 but i don‘t know how well that will go down. how many can you do? well, i do quite a lot, actually, but i‘m not going to get into a press up war with the prime minister. maybe question one should be that and you can see who lasts longer. be honest, is one of your aides said to you, you need to work on your press up routine just in case? no, they haven't! we haven't had discussions about that. but i must say the sooner i can go back to five aside football the better. i'm sure many people would join you in that. good to talk to you this morning, sir keir starmer, thank you

for being on breakfast. schools in england are to receive £1 billion of funding over the next ten years in a programme of rebuilding being launched by the prime minister today. we‘re joined now by education secretary gavin williamson. good morning and thank you for joining us. the national audit 0ffice joining us. the national audit office said in 2017 there was a backlog of £6.7 billion worth of repairs needed. what do you say to critics who say 1 repairs needed. what do you say to critics who say1 billion is not enough? what we are setting out is a spending review which is a ten year plan of rebuilding schools, this is the first part of it, £1 billion, an extra 50 schools going to be rebuilt, and on top of that £560 million extra going into schools this year to do essential maintenance, repair, extensions and improvements to those schools. so this is a really good news. but we accept this is a really good news. but we a cce pt we this is a really good news. but we accept we want to do more and that‘s why we are setting out a ten year plan to really deliver transformative plan to really deliver tra nsformative change and plan to really deliver transformative change and really improving our schools right across the country. we have so many questions for you and i will try and

be briefed so we can get through. what is really clear as people, teachers, parents really want a nswe rs. teachers, parents really want answers. so let‘s talk about september. are you committed to all pupils returning in september? will that be five days a week as it was before? yes. thank you. how will you achieve that? what we are going to do, and later this week, and i‘m not trying to evade the question, we are going to have the opportunity to set out very clearly as to what our full return plan is for september. i‘d love to be able to break the news as to exactly what it looks like here but you are just going to have to waitan but you are just going to have to wait an extra few days. i'm still going to ask you questions.” totally appreciate that. you will equally understand that i‘m just not ina equally understand that i‘m just not in a position before we finally have concluded the last bits of our consultation with those important stakeholders and we have been really clear we will release this plan at the end of the week. will it include

social bubbles? you know, classroom bubbles? we recognise we want to see every child back into school. we wa nt to every child back into school. we want to see all year groups back into school. we have rapidly approaching 1.5 million children actually going back into school at the end of last week. i imagine those numbers are going to grow this week and grow the following week as more children return to school, pa rents‘ more children return to school, parents‘ confidence about what their children are receiving increases. and as schools get comfortable about what they are offering. but we are going to have to make changes as to how it currently operates. we have seen the relaxation of social distancing rules and we are going to see the return of full class sizes, full primary schools and secondary schools, because we do need to ensure that every child is benefiting from the education that we all so richly value. so you are saying that classroom sizes will be up saying that classroom sizes will be up to 30? we are saying that we will

see a return of full class sizes, yes. lisa wants a really clear answer. she says: will there be social distancing in schools, yes or no? you have just social distancing in schools, yes or no? you havejust told us these social distancing in schools, yes or no? you have just told us these will be full classroom sizes, so social distancing, yes or no? so, effectively there will be an extension of that bubble. what you have already seen as schools operating with bubbles of 15. that will increase up to a full class size but we will be sharing all the details a little bit later on this week. just on that, a science teacher suzanne has asked us... sorry to cut over you, i didn‘t mean to be rude, but to reassure lisa, the most precious thing that any of us have is our children. and their well—being and their safety is every one of ours top priorities and that‘s why we are taking a really cautious, really careful approach.

we have seen, as i say, almost 1.5 million children return to school in a safe way and that‘s the approach we will continue to take. but we do need all children to be benefiting from a world—class, brilliant education that we want to see every child benefit from. this question is from suzanne, science teacher. how will the idea of bubbles work in secondary schools when pupils move between sets, for example, or different options? how will it work? it will be more complex within secondary schools. we will be setting out a clear set of procedures and a hierarchy of controls to ensure the risk of infections are minimised. but you are right to highlight, i mean, i‘ve got two secondary school aged daughters and they crisscross all the way through the school. but we are looking at how we minimise the risk and spread of infection. that‘s what we are going to share details of late in the week. if you have classes of 30, we are all aware that some schools will not have

classrooms that can fit 30 in with social distancing. so will thatjust go? well, what we have always done, and i‘m sure you have read our guidance, that we should back in may, we have always said it is the hierarchy of controls. basically the key elements of reducing the amount of transmission points. it‘s about the actions that are undertaken to sort of reduce the vectors of transmission that can exist within a school that creates the safety for both pupils and staff. it is not about one metre, it is not about two metres, it is about a whole set of different controls and different actions to ensure that schools can operate in a safe and secure environment and that‘s what we want to see. it is what we are seeing right across the school estate. we wa nt to right across the school estate. we want to see it benefit every single child right across the country. and i don‘t know about you but i‘ve got a year ten who has had the

opportunity of starting to go back into school for the first time and you can already see the transformation in them, the benefit they are having in terms of being with other pupils, the benefit of being with their teachers, we have got to have this for every single child. with respect, you say you are being really clear in your advice. we have had so many messages from head teachers and teacher saying it is just not clear. head teachers and teacher saying it isjust not clear. what we will do at the end of this week is setting up at the end of this week is setting up further advice as to what the full return of all pupils looks like and giving clear steers as to how schools should operate. but the fundamental is that every child right across the country will be returning to school in september of all year groups. returning to school in september of all yeargroups. 1.5 returning to school in september of all year groups. 1.5 million are already benefiting from that. every single child will be. sorry to ask you again, once again on the clarity, is two metres needed or not? we have already said is a

government two metres will be moving down to one metre, but we will be taking a different approach in schools, making sure that we reduce the chances and risks of transmission of coronavirus within schools. but recognising the unique challenges within schools that are different to what you would see in a pub ora different to what you would see in a pub or a retail setting. gavin williamson, secretary of state for education, thank you for your time this morning. thank you. i think we are going to go to neenah next because we have ellie golding coming up because we have ellie golding coming up before the end of the programme to talk about her new album. nina is at liverpool airport, john lennon airport, very empty this morning, but talking about the air bridges, which i think a lot of people have been getting in contact about this morning. correct and despite the mask this is nina and not ellie golding, sadly. usually at this time of year this airport would have 500,000 people

coming through the doors every month, since the lockdown it is down to 1000. like you and me and like lots of people they are waiting to see what the announcement is on air bridges. they announce on friday and we expect an announcement later that there will be a reciprocal agreement between the uk and various nations, which means unrestricted travel without having to quarantine. we spoke to the boss of tui earlier said they have seen a spike in bookings over the weekend, eurotunnel‘s website crashed and also last—minute.com, eurotunnel‘s website crashed and also last—minute. com, great eurotunnel‘s website crashed and also last—minute.com, great news for them and also john also last—minute.com, great news for them and alsojohn irving, the chief executive of liverpool airport. lovely to see you this morning. for lots of people that holiday starts the moment they step through these doors. going for a drink, getting some food and doing shopping, what will that look like here? we welcome the announcement today to allow travel for some people to take holidays. it is important for us to see people back. i think here at liverpool we are blessed with the space have a major processing area,

so at check—in, we have social distancing setup and ready to go. of course there will be changes, people will wear masks and we will only allow passengers into the terminal. but after that experience walking through our security hole which is large and allows for social distancing and our normal processing which is very efficient, will mean people can transit through this airport is easily and safely as you would want to. moving into the departure lounge again, lots of space for us, which is great, and we are working really hard to make sure that the bars and shops that people expect to see are open as soon as possible. again, making sure they are safe with all of the priorities in therefore safe social distancing, screens, contactless cards and all the things you would expect. screens, contactless cards and all the things you would expectm screens, contactless cards and all the things you would expect. if i was taking the kids for a bowl of chips and drink it would be very much the same as the hospitality rules which are changing this week across the board? correct, we will work towards those guidelines and recommendations set by the government in all of our areas as

and when we open these restaurants and when we open these restaurants and bars. john, the home secretary said yesterday this isn‘t going to happen overnight and it‘s unclear exactly which countries for a start will accept us as visitors. how difficult is it working with these grey areas perpetually at the moment? it has been difficult over the last few weeks when announcements have been talked about about quarantine, moving restrictions for certain countries and it‘s difficult to plan for us and it‘s difficult to plan for us and ourairline and it‘s difficult to plan for us and our airline partners. we have 70% of rhino capacity back from the 1st ofjuly, which is great news, but it is about passengers‘ confidence and travelling through the airport —— ryanair capacity. we expect might hope to see those flights to spain, italy and greece and all of those major holiday areas announced as part of this announcement today. john told me earlier the expect to survive this as an airport but the economic scarring for them and many other places like this will be long—term. he also talked there about the uncertainty around exactly where you

can travel to and that is putting off some consumers from booking. the advice from insurers we have spoken to this morning as your cover isn‘t necessarily 100% at the moment. things could change overnight. wait and see what the announcements are later in the house of commons and later in the house of commons and later in the week when we know exactly which countries we can travel to and how well we will be covered. but no doubt about it, it is good news for people who want to get a is good news for people who want to geta and is good news for people who want to get a and crucially who can afford to. it‘s not that easy for everyone. nina, thank you very much indeed. sound travel advice today from various gifts, what people are thinking about over the next few weeks and what to do. when a musician launches a new album, you‘d normally expect a headline tour and expensive music videos to promote, but ellie goulding is releasing her latest record in the midst of lockdown. the two—time brit award winner is back with herfirst album in five years — and she‘s had to work a little differently. like all of us. she even had to shoot the music video for her latest single on her mobile phone. let‘s take a look.

# you kept me at a distance # not asking any questions # fingers, pressing # learning, lessons # beautiful lies on a friday night # starting to wonder where we lost the magic # head in the clouds, talking so loud # all i hear is static # i‘m not a material girl # everything in your world just feels like plastic # wearing your crown, it‘s pulling me down # you just want the power # you‘re not really down for love # you just want the power # the power # no, i‘m not chasing paper... # it is nice watching ellie golding rocking out to her own music. it is a bit like watching adele watching adele watching ellie. good morning, i‘m glad you enjoyed

that! on the issue of filming your own video on your phone, i imagine for someone, who normally when you film your video there is loads of people telling you what to do, where to look and how to act, it must be liberating to do it all yourself. it really was, which is why i‘m wearing what i‘m wearing and doing what i‘m doing because it was a first. there was no one around. it is usually a male crew so it was nice tojust be is usually a male crew so it was nice to just be by myself and kind of do what i wanted. the technology side has been tricky. but it was really fu n. side has been tricky. but it was really fun. i really enjoyed it and made the most out of the fact that we couldn‘t really do anything the usual way. so it was good. your own stylist, make—up artist, director, everything. yeah, i did it all my self. good on you, did you enjoy it? i really did. this time has been definitely a time where we have had to experiment a bit more with

technology, use different kinds of things, all kinds of things, this phone has never got so much action. but it has definitely been different. but like i said, we have really tried to make the most. it made me realise how technologically inept i was and that ijust didn‘t know anything about the technology behind all the things that i‘ve done the whole time as a singer. so it made me really appreciate the people scene is and appreciate the people and the lighting, and even also in the studio as well. i‘ve learned more about new —— music technology in the past few months than i have ever. i failed my in the past few months than i have ever. ifailed my music in the past few months than i have ever. i failed my music technology exams. it is all coming out! the idea of releasing an album, the first ina idea of releasing an album, the first in a few years during lockdown, did you think about holding back and waiting a few months and see what happens, or did you think let‘s get it out there and

test the water? it has been about five years since my last album. and i think my fans are very sweet but they are slightly impatient now because it has been a long time. i did think about holding it back a bit but to be honest in these kind of strange times i reallyjust wa nted of strange times i reallyjust wanted to get some new music out there. i feel like it‘s wanted to get some new music out there. ifeel like it‘s quite wanted to get some new music out there. i feel like it‘s quite a hopeful album. it sounds kind of hopeful. i always like to provide some kind of hopefulness and positivity. i did think about it because obviously i can‘t do the usual stuff, go on tour and go and promote the album. so i‘m just putting it out there and hoping for the best and letting it set sail. it's the best and letting it set sail. it‘s called brightest blue and it is two different sides. what‘s the difference? 18 songs. it's a lot of

songs. the first half is very much myself, i wrote all of the album and i played a lot of the instruments. it is very honest and heartfelt and it is kind of my vulnerable side where i just basically it is kind of my vulnerable side where ijust basically write the lyrics and then face the consequences later. and then the second half, i‘d say it is more like my alter ego, in fact i have called it ego. it is the song were i actually kind of got to be some powerful female superhero where i write these songs and a few of them have already been released in america and they have been big hits there. it feels like it‘s me that it‘s like a character, like a very strong, amazing woman who is unapologetic and does whatever she wa nts. unapologetic and does whatever she wants. but the first side is more true to who i really am, which is kind of this shy girl that likes to

talk about my feelings. so i wanted to release the two sides and i thought they were both equally important. yeah. do you still feel that sort of shyness? i remember speaking to lisa stanfield about the issue a few years ago, she always wa nted issue a few years ago, she always wanted to feel like a lion but it took her a few songs to get into it. i can‘t even imagine performing on stage now. i watch my glastonbury performance that was on and i can‘t believe i did that in front of all those people. i think i‘m going to have to build up that courage again. but when i‘m onstage i definitely feel i go into that of a character where i have this confidence out of nowhere. but as soon as come back offstage. i‘ve never been to any of my own after show parties, genuinely, in the whole time i have toured because i‘m a bit too shy. there is always a misconception that if you are proforma and you perform

to all of those people —— if you are a performer and perform to all those people you must be a confident, extrovert person but i‘m actually the complete opposite. this time has also made me even more so, i‘ve spent a lot of time by myself and i think i‘m going to have to build that back up again. whenever i do go back on tour, i am going back on tour next year, so yeah, hopefully everything will be a bit better than. but it‘s going to be quite surreal. i'm sure lots of people will feel the same way. i really quick question, have you been teaching yourself piano? yeah, i've been trying. i am a guitarist by trade, but i‘ve been desperately trying to teach myself piano. it gives me a whole other can i hear my music in a different way when i hear it on piano, so maybe by next year i'll it on piano, so maybe by next year i‘ll be vaguely accomplished. it on piano, so maybe by next year i'll be vaguely accomplished. thank you, ellie.

ellie‘s album brightest blue is out on 17thjuly. what a pleasure. that‘s all from breakfast this morning. we‘ll be back tomorrow morning from 6:00am. have a lovely day. goodbye.

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