good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. our headlines today: a $2 billion fund to help young unemployed people back to work, and a stamp duty holiday for home buyers. the latest measures aimed at boosting the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. we're in downing street, as the chancellor rishi sunak prepares to make a statement to mps later today. and i'm on a construction site in central manchester, where they are building everything from hotels and offices to retail and leisure. they will all be under pressure at the

moment and businesses will be keenly watching to see what the chancellor has to say today. a damning review into three medical treatments for women in england says that many lives have been ruined because safety concerns weren't listened to, and often dismissed as "women's problems." the return of test cricket. no crowds, but no excuses from captain ben stokes who calls england's match with west indies today a "massive occasion." and i've been chatting tojimmy anderson about returning to the game for the first time this summer, and how they're honouring nhs workers. good morning. today we've got a north— south split with the weather. north is looking at by spells, sunshine and showers, in the south, and wet. i will have all the details at 6:27am. it's wednesday, 8thjuly. our top story: the chancellor is set to announce a £2 billion fund to create more jobs for young people, as part of plans to boost the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. rishi sunak is also expected to confirm a temporary stamp duty

holiday for homebuyers in england and northern ireland, as our political correspondent helen catt reports. the economy has started to open up again, but things are very different to how they were before. there are warnings that unemployment could run into the millions. so when the chancellor delivers his update in the commons later, his focus will be onjobs. there are particular worries about young people, in hard—hit worries about young people, in ha rd—hit industries like worries about young people, in hard—hit industries like retail and hospitality, they make up one third of the workforce. as of may, almost 500,000 under 25s were claiming universal credit. so the chancellor wa nts universal credit. so the chancellor wants companies to create job placements for 16—24 —year—olds who are receiving the benefit. the treasury will pay their wages for 25 hours a week at the national minimum wage for six months. it has set aside £2 billion for the scheme, which it is thought could create more than 300,000 placements. the

policy has been welcomed by business groups as a step in the right direction. labour, two, says the scheme should help, but says the government will need to do more for hard—hit areas and older people who lose theirjobs. the chancellor is expected to make other changes, including to stamp duty, to boost oui’ including to stamp duty, to boost our sales, and there is speculation that could also be cuts to vat. ministers have previously said they cannot protect everyjob, but the pressure is now on the chancellor to save as many as possible. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in downing street this morning. good morning, jonathan. good to see the bbc news umbrella in early use. the issue of stamp duty will be very interesting to anybody in the house buying process at the moment. what more do we know? good morning, yes, the umbrella is essential this morning, i'm afraid. when it comes to stamp duty we are expecting the chancellor to announce some changes.

it seems likely threshold will rise to £500,000 before any stamp duty needs to be paid. now, that is a devolved tax, so this will apply in england and northern ireland. it will be up to the other devolved administrations to take decisions there. but the hope is that by widening quite broadly the range of properties that fall into that under £500,000 bracket, people will be more inclined to carry on with their homebuying process, move house, which may have been put on hold throughout the coronavirus pandemic, or nudge people into buying and selling homes in the next few months. so, as i say, raising that threshold to up to £500,000 is what we expect the chancellor to do. they may also be other moves to take into account higher value properties as well. in terms of what else we are expecting from the chancellor today, one of the other things that has been talked about is a temporary cut

in the 80, which could again nudge people to spending some money. —— cut in vat. particularly in the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors, which have been so badly hitting the pandemic, particularly through the lockdown, which was put in place to slow the spread of the virus. so, all eyes from the chancellor when he emerges from the door of number 11 downing st behind me in door of number 11 downing st behind meina door of number 11 downing st behind me in a few hours time and heads to the house of commons. labour critical, but the government is not yet rising to the challenge of this economic crisis. —— that the government. we'll be speaking to the conservative peer, baroness morgan, at 7:30am. a review of three medical treatments for women in england says many lives have been ruined because officials failed to listen to safety concerns, and often dismissed them as "women's problems." it heard from hundreds of families affected by the hormone pregnancy test, primodos, the anti—epilepsy drug sodium valproate and pelvic mesh surgical treatment. the report says much of their suffering was entirely avoidable. here's our health

correspondent anna collinson. daniel mason has to work far harder to do the simplest of tasks. he was born without hands, and other life changing injuries. like many women between the 19505 and 19705, daniel's mother used the hormone pregnancy test primodos. the drug was removed from the market in 1978, but its manufacturer denies there is a link between primodos and babies being born with birth defects. hundreds of families disagreed and have campaigned for recognition for decades. the more we found out about this, the more it has made us actually really quite angry. not ju5t actually really quite angry. not just for ourselves, but as a family, but just just for ourselves, but as a family, butjust thinking of just for ourselves, but as a family, but just thinking of the trauma just for ourselves, but as a family, butjust thinking of the trauma that so many people have gone through.- well as primodos, the long—awaited bonus come belligerent review also looked into the antiepileptic drug sodium valproate, which increases

the chance of birth defects if taken during pregnancy, and pelvic me5h repairs, where thousands of women have experienced chronic pain likened to splintered glass. it ta kes 270 likened to splintered glass. it takes 270 pages to detail the failings, the missed opportunities and the pain inflicted on tens of thousands of people. the review has also made several recommendations to prevent a —— prevent future harm. also made several recommendations to prevent a —— prevent future harmlj wa nt to prevent a —— prevent future harmlj want to issue a full apology to the, to those who have suffered, and theirfamilies, for the to those who have suffered, and their families, for the frustration, for the time that it has taken, that they have taken, to get their voices heard. and now their voices have been heard, it is very important that we learn from this report. in the case of primodos, baroness cumberlidge says it should have been stopped three years before daniel was born, in 1967. the world health organisation has acknowledged, for the first time, that covid—19 might be spread

through tiny particles that linger in the air. it says the new findings need further assessment, but could not yet rule out airborne transmission in crowded, closed or poorly ventilated areas. if confirmed, it's thought advice on how to prevent the spread of the virus might have to change, including the more widespread use of masks and greater social distancing in public places. president trump has begun the formal process of withdrawing the united states from the world health organisation. the president has previously accused the organisation of mishandling the pandemic and being under the control of china. three million cases of covid—19 have now been confirmed in the us. five million people living in the australian city of melbourne have been told to stay at home for six weeks, after a surge in coronavirus cases. they can only leave home for work, food or exercise. the state borders between victoria and new south wales have also been closed and are being patrolled by the army. our correspondent shaimaa khalil joins us from albury in new south wales now.

thank you very much indeed for joining us this morning. tell me the reaction to the news of this latest, very strict lockdown? good morning, sally and daniel. yes, melbourne is getting ready for its lockdown in a few hours, because of that covid—19 spike. but the precautions actually extend beyond melbourne. i am now in aubrey, as you say, on the new south wales border, and up until last night, this was actually an open road. —— albury. now it is a chat point manned by police and military personnel. the night, they have been manning this checkpoint and others along the border, stopping cars, checking people's permits, making sure they do have them before they cross from victoria into new south wales. now, isay cross from victoria into new south wales. now, i say the word border. what it means, actually, for tens of thousands of people who have been

crossing here for years, is essentially driving from one end of a highway or a bridge across the river into another, for work or school or to visit family, for hospital appointments, so this is very, very different. and it shows the kind of nervousness among the leadership about what is happening in victoria. but there has been a great deal of confusion here as to these changes. for example, this morning we have seen very, very long queues of cars and massive delays, as they have been checking those permits. we have spoken to local business owners who say that if their staff work on the other side of the border, in victoria, they could not cross to new south wales, which means there is uncertainty about what that means for local businesses here. but all of this, really, is an indication of the seriousness of the situation back in victoria, the fact that there is a spike of covid—19 cases in melbourne, and authorities are saying that unless they get a handle on it now, it could spiral out of control. shaimaa khalil, thank you very much indeed.

the brazilian president has said he is not surprised that he tested positive for covid—19. jair bolsonaro compared the virus to "rain" and said that eventually everyone would "get wet." he has repeatedly downplayed the risk of the virus, despite brazil having the second—highest number of cases in the world. the president said he tested positive after suffering from a high temperature, but is now feeling fine. italian brides to be who are upset they cannot have the wedding of their dreams because of the pandemic have staged a flash mob at rome's trevi fountain. where there wedding dresses, as you can see, they protested against italy's lockdown measures, which prohibit large gatherings. —— wearing their wedding dresses. couples were given the green light to tie the knot again backin green light to tie the knot again back in may, but ceremonies have to be small, and you have to wear a mask, even the newlyweds, and you are not allowed to throw confetti. what a picture. there is a place to stage a protest, but is personally

at. most parasols, as well stop to think everybody bought the parasols? it makes for a more dramatic image, doesn't it? it does, and in downing street this morning we definitely need that big umbrella. carol is here with the weather in a few minutes, but before we talk to her, let's look at the papers. the guardian leads on the chancellor rishi sunak‘s summer statement later today, reporting that the government is planning a £2 billionjob creation scheme for the under—255. online, and the huff post also leads on the youth unemployment scheme, saying it is part of a wider coronavirus recovery package to help boost the economy. the i reports that free hospital parking for nhs workers in england could be scrapped. the paper says that charges will be reintroduced after they were paused by the government at the start of the pandemic. and the high court libel case betweenjohnny depp and the sun newspaper features on the front of the daily mail. it says the claims of violence, drug binges and "bizarre bedroom pranks" add up to a

"hollywood blockbuster." certainly an insight into quite a volatile relationship. yeah, i think volatile relationship. yeah, i think volatile is the word. shall we have a look at the inside pages? i have the daily mail here. and noticed this yesterday on social media. you remember, the chappie had to make way for ringo starr? he was sucked by the beatles to make way for ringo starr. that was pete best, the original drummer. —— sacked by the beatles. he thought about it, he thought, why not, happy birthday, ringo. have a good day. 58 years after being sacked. do you think he is over it? six decades, nearly. but thatis is over it? six decades, nearly. but that is a complicated one. imagine being in that line up and then not making it with the rest of them. just unthinkable, isn't it? you were

talking about the i newspaper and healthcare workers possibly losing free parking. it is basically £3.80 per hour, if the government withdraws that support. they have a lwa ys withdraws that support. they have always said it will would —— will happen at some stage. there is free parking in scotland and wales, so quite a few people are asking about will be extended in england. we will be speaking to nicky morgan about at 7:30am. and what time are we running thejimmy 7:30am. and what time are we running the jimmy anderson piece? just after 6:30am this morning. i had a great chat with him, on zoom, obviously. the england cricketer who is in the bio bubble at the moment, we spoke to him inside the hotel, talking about the pitch tomorrow, and how tricky life is inside the bubble. also, what cricketers are doing to pay tribute to the nhs workers who have been working during the pandemic. they will have the names of workers on their shirts of various points in protest. and we will also be having a chat with former england captain sir alistair cooke a little while later. the bbc

has a highlight series, and he is pa rt has a highlight series, and he is part of that. so he will be here later on. cricket on normal telemetry. i know. who would have thought it? also in the papers, lewis hamilton's dog has gone vegan. i can hear eve ryo ne dog has gone vegan. i can hear everyone going, what? he is now fully vegan. his coat is much softer, his swollen paws have healed up, he is no longer limping with arthritis and his breathing has opened up, super happy with the results. and of course, lewis hamilton is big in himself and very committed to promoting the vigor lifestyle. carl lewis said he actually got quicker switching to a vegan diet. you would imagine you would need stake... but that isn't old—fashioned way of isn't it?

roscoe is now part of modelling agency. each time they need a bulldog to sell a product. do you know what you had get —— do you know you get paid if you have a model dog? £560 a day. that's good! we have both got model dogs! surely this is what we need to be doing. have you ever had a professional photo shoot with your dog? not yet? is that one of the things that you have said that you think, oh, i wish we hadn't said that. we have the same conversation in ourfamily, during lockdown, we will be making our way through the star wars films and our eldest daughter, we were sitting down for dinner the next day and she said, dad, how you —— have you ever tried to move something using the force? have you? i think she spent the whole entire night

trying to move her toothbrush with the force. she has to keep practising! as we've been hearing this morning, the chancellor will unveil a range of measures later to help the economy recover from the pandemic. it's thought many of the policies will be aimed at helping young people who are often among those hardest hit at times of economic crisis. our business correspondent, sarah corker reports. before lockdown, eva was working in a coffee shop, now, she is making face masks. i lost my job in hospitality pretty much straightaway because i fell through the gap because i fell through the gap because i fell through the gap because i had just changed jobs. i wasn't eligible for any money whatsoever, any help from the government. i was out of work for 2.5 months and i had to move back in with my parents but i still had rent to pay here so i was just frantically looking around for a way to pay rent. history shows young

people are often the group whose incomes and prospect are hardest hit during recessions. ijust don't think i can make any long—term plans, ijust think i can make any long—term plans, i just feel think i can make any long—term plans, ijust feel really lost. olivia and lily have just graduated from manchester university and are entering into one of the bleakest job markets for decades. entering into one of the bleakest job markets for decadeslj entering into one of the bleakest job markets for decades. i have just literally been applying for everything, i just can't afford literally been applying for everything, ijust can't afford to be fussy. i have gone on indeed everything today and applied for everything today and applied for every singlejob i can everything today and applied for every single job i can find, everything today and applied for every singlejob i can find, going around my local area with cvs, handing them out, just really desperate and have not heard anything back, no—one is hiring. desperate and have not heard anything back, no—one is hiringm isjust quite worrying, anything back, no—one is hiringm is just quite worrying, really. anything back, no—one is hiringm isjust quite worrying, really. i am scared nothing will come up and i won't be able to pay my rent and i am scared this will be a long—term thing. what could the government do to help graduates like yourselves? we need real investment in graduate schemes. notjust investment financially but a commitment from

the government that young people will start being a priority, and we need a government that start putting young people first and sees us at a —— as young people first and sees us at a ——asa young people first and sees us at a —— as a long—term investment for the economy of this country and we haven't seen that in a very long time. there will be more detail later on the government's kickstarter scheme, the £2 billion fund scheme to create newjobs for unemployed young people. youth unemployment is predicted to soar to over1 million by the end of the year and the hospitality set the, the workforce of the young, has already shed tens of thousands of jobs and the challenge for the government is reassuring businesses that they can hang on to staff. john ru ns that they can hang on to staff. john runs a small chain of branch restau ra nts runs a small chain of branch restaurants in manchester.m runs a small chain of branch restaurants in manchester. if it wasn't for the furlough scheme, there is no chance we would be here, our business would be closed. the big challenge for the fur logs —— furlough scheme is is it a job retention scheme or is it simply

delaying the inevitable job losses that are coming? the government is promising young jobs revolution but the fear is, this pandemic could start the long—term prospects of those whose careers are onlyjust getting started. as well as creating jobs for young people, the chancellor will also lay out his plans for steering the economy through the rest of the coronavirus crisis. sean is on a construction site in manchester this morning. what are we expecting to hear, sean? morning, we are expecting a variety of announcements to help a lot of set is that you can see are supposed to be filling these buildings in the months and years to come. as you can see across this construction site here, they are building offices. there are more than 600 apartments being built. there is retail space, lots of as —— shops, leather —— leisure, almost anything you can

name. a lot of those sectors are struggling right now, of course they are, we have just struggling right now, of course they are, we havejust come out struggling right now, of course they are, we have just come out of lockdown and we have talked about it so much over recent weeks. we can see a few of the big numbers the chancellor is having to deal with today when he is trying to come to conclusions. let us have a look at thejobs conclusions. let us have a look at the jobs market. the conclusions. let us have a look at thejobs market. the furloughing scheme. the scheme, the government has been subsidising up to 80% of people's wages who are on payroll around the country. 9.4 million people have been helped out on that scheme now. more than £27 billion has been claimed already on the furlough scheme. this costs amounting for the chancellor. many look at what is to come. we have had indications that the unemployment rate will spike a lot higher than it has for some time because of the aviation sector reckoned 70,000 jobs are at risk. the hospitality sector

we have been looking at, so what is happening to the economy overall? it has been hit. when we were shut down in april, we saw the biggest fall on record when it comes to the shrinking in the size of the economy. so there is grand to be made up of people think they will be a sharp answer back but how quick that will be will depend a lot on what the chancellor will have to say today. if you are running at construction like this, things will look a bit different. we have jessica bowles, the director of strategy here. good morning, jessica. thanks for having us this morning. a lot going on already. there is. looking around here, hotels, leisure, retail, a bit of a different world that all these things will be open to the ones you planned when it first started. how does it affect what is going on here? it is obviously a very different world. what we think is, there is still a lot of interest in this site. we are in a terrible

moment but actually as you said in your introduction, we are expecting to see a bounceback and people will still want to go into. we were developing this as a really flexible type of space so businesses could work really flexibly, there are big spaces, small spaces. we are in a very difficult point but i can see this coming back if we all work together. so rishi sunak is stepping up together. so rishi sunak is stepping up today and will be making a lot of announcements, we have heard a few already. what would you need to hear, do you think, to get that bounce back as quick as it needs to be? it is the full package. you have talked about some of the sectors that are going to be particularly ha rd that are going to be particularly hard hit and have particularjob losses was not hospitality, food and beverage, we need to be able to keep those businesses that are really viable going by potentially extending the furlough scheme but also recognising where jobs are not going to exist in the future and helping people move into different types ofjobs, so in this space

here, big creative, digitaland types ofjobs, so in this space here, big creative, digital and tech spaces and what we need to do is train people so they can move from the sorts of roles they were doing before into those kinds of roles and into construction. you can see there is lots going on and we expect a big package around infrastructure and construction. and briefly, finally, the subsidies that are known to be announced to get young people into work, without help you and encourage you to get more people on work spirit —— work experience? you to get more people on work spirit -- work experience? we think thatis spirit -- work experience? we think that is a good thing and we take on a lot of apprentices anyway and we will continue to do that so yes. perfectly brief, thank you, jessica. as to be discussed. i will be talking to retailers in this area. people looking to buy a house for the first time. many other businesses as well about what they wa nt to businesses as well about what they want to hear from the chancellor because of so many of them need to because of so many of them need to be filling these kinds of spaces in the years to come. thank you very much for that, we will be back with

you later for a much for that, we will be back with you laterfor a bit more of a preview on what the chancellor will be sang later. the liberal democrats are urging the government not to forget about the millions of self—employed workers in the uk. the party's acting leader, sir ed davey, joins us now from surbiton. as sally said, you talked about these financial measures being grossly unjust for some. what do you mean by that and who are you targeting? particularly thinking about the self—employed and small businesses, many of whom missed out on the protections in the first stages of the pandemic. and they otherjob stages of the pandemic. and they other job creators, they stages of the pandemic. and they otherjob creators, they other people who really need to get going. we can milk —— welcomed the helpful young people, we just we can milk —— welcomed the helpful young people, wejust don't we can milk —— welcomed the helpful young people, we just don't think it is anywhere near old enough or ambitious enough. the scale of the economic recession we're about to go through, the hiking unemployment we are going to see, unfortunately, this requires a much bigger plan and investment in the future. do you think it is possible, given the

scale of the economic situation at the moment, is it possible to help everybody? i think we just got to get the economy going again and when the economic crisis on one side, you have the climate emergency on the other and what liberal democrats are saying, here is a chance to get the greenjobs of the saying, here is a chance to get the green jobs of the future. when i was a cabinet minister for climate change, we managed to do that. bold schemes investing in renewable energy across the whole country. we created jobs in offshore wind and solar, energy efficiency, and i think the government needs to have that level of ambition because you can provide young people and small businesses with real hope and real jobs. you talk about ambition. i noticed you said you want £150 to be spent on green investment. where would that money come from?” spent on green investment. where would that money come from? i think we're going to have to borrow. it is very cheap to borrow at the moment and if we had a real plan involving local authorities willing to deliver this, as well as small businesses,

over a period of time, you can see these are the short—term schemes the challenger —— the chancellor, but something for the long—term, if we can invest in a programme, a massive —— moving transport to green transport, investing in green power, we really can get the jobs of the future, train our young people for thejobs of future, train our young people for the jobs of the future and get our economy going. is it realistic to invest that amount of money given the current climate? is because of the current climate? is because of the current climate we need to. the scale of this recession is going to be like nothing we've seen for generations. and if you put it aside, the climate emergency, we have got to act. let's remember, the government knew there was a risk of a pandemic and it failed to prepare. we know there's a risk of climate crisis, we should prepare now. if you bring that economic crisis and the climate crisis together, we need to be ambitious, we really need to change our economy. i think the

biggest beneficiaries would be young people, would be small businesses. one know a lot of people will have on their minds this morning is this news of car park charging for nhs workers going back for £3 50 for every hour. what would the liberal democrats do about that? that looks like a slap in the face for the people who have been looking after us. when people have gone out and cla p us. when people have gone out and clap for the nhs and for nhs workers, for care workers, who have been doing an amazing job during this unprecedented health crisis, and for the government now to put these charges on, itjust seems wrong. it is an easy one in some regards for you to answer but would you cancel them, as they have been in scotland and wales, get rid of them? scotland did well have shown what is possible, haven't they? there is no reason why the conservative government shouldn't do the same unless they are reneging on what they have promised stop they promised they would treat nhs and

ca re promised they would treat nhs and care workers properly. they published a plan to show the government needs to do far more for our nhs and care staff. the government, i think, our nhs and care staff. the government, ithink, have really our nhs and care staff. the government, i think, have really not delivered on what they said they we re delivered on what they said they were going to do to stand behind its people who have been the heroes of this crisis. something else we're looking at this morning which the outcome into the drug primodos which i know you have campaigned for.|j was involved in this campaign because a constituent came to me and told me her story. there are many mothers and many children out there who have had an appalling experience because of this home pregnancy test. and i'm delighted that this review has at long last, after decades, brought a sense ofjustice. we're going to be quizzing the minister to make sure that they will respond to these conclusions and deliver them fast for these people who have suffered, often in silence, for many, suffered, often in silence, for any suffered, often in silence, for many, many years. i think this is a real victory for those campaigning

on behalf of those and those people. we have been up against the medical establishment, the establishment in whitehall, and it looks like we might have one. —— won. now let's get the weather with carol. good morning to you. it depends on what you think is good news. because we have a bit of everything in today's broadcast. in the north it will be drier and bright, with some sunshine and showers, but in the south, cloudy and wet. that is pretty much the forecast for the next couple of days as well. you can see all this clouds just romping across england and wales, and northern ireland for a time. in the northern half of the country, clear skies and a colder start. in fact, there is an air frost skies and a colder start. in fact, there is an airfrost in skies and a colder start. in fact, there is an air frost in the highlands this morning, but we do have some sunshine and we will see showers through the day. northern ireland, and you can see how the clouds encroaching from the south.

some rain coming in later, and keeping up across wales. very murky conditions this morning, and misty as well. just really don't. temperatures, highs of 19 or 20 down towards london. this evening and overnight, here comes the rain, moving across northern ireland, england and also wales, but north of that, once again, they will be some cloud around and still one or two showers, but temperatures in towns and cities in scotland, 8—10. in rural areas, they will be in single figures, more like five or six. under the cloud and the rain in the murky conditions in england and wales, temperatures holding up in double figures. so, tomorrow, we begin with a lot of cloud, some rain and drizzle for england and also wales. northern ireland will have a pretty decent day in terms of sunshine. could catch the odd shower, but scotland and north—west england, we are looking up some showers, and some of those could be

sharp and also thundery, particularly in eastern scotland. temperatures, 13 in lerwick to about 20 in london. as we head into friday, we say goodbye to low pressure. but we will have a north—westerly wind or breeze which will make it feel a bit cooler, though there will be a lot of sunshine. higher pressure is also starting to build in. a dry day for most. sunshine, especially coming in from the west. look at all those showers. some of those could be heavy. add the north—westerly breeze, and it will feel cooler then perhaps these temperatures suggest. 12 in the north, 20 in the south. at high pressure will be with us this weekend as well, so things are fairly settled and it will be time to see some rain in the north—west. thank you, carol. we will see you a bit later. it was very wet this morning. very wet! you nearly got drenched wandering in. our live cameras are downing street this morning, and it is torrential.

umbrellas out, at the ready today. you're watching breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. coming up on this morning's programme, it's thought hundreds of thousands of children in the uk have missed out on learning over the last few months because they can't access the internet. we'll look at what's being done to help families in need. later, we'll find out why animal charities are worried there'll be a surge in abandoned pets after lockdown. and cricket is back — and there's a big plan to celebrate the contribution of our key workers during the pandemic. we'll find out more from england's jimmy anderson shortly. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the chancellor will set out plans later to boost job opportunities the chancellor will set out plans later to boostjob opportunities for young people who have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. the £2 billion front will help pay the wages of those at risk of long—term unemployment. rishi sunak is also expected to confirm a temporary stamp duty holiday for homebuyers in england and northern ireland.

a review of three medical treatments for women in england says many lives have been ruined because officials failed to listen to safety concerns, and often dismissed them as "women's problems". it heard from hundreds of families affected by the hormone pregnancy test, primodos, the anti—epilepsy drug sodium valproate and pelvic mesh surgical treatment. a review of three medical treatments for women in england says many lives have been ruined because officials failed to listen to safety concerns, and often dismissed them as "women's problems". it heard from hundreds of families affected by the hormone pregnancy test, primodos, the anti—epilepsy drug sodium valproate and pelvic mesh surgical treatment. the report says much of their suffering was entirely avoidable. the world health organization has acknowledged, for the first time, that covid—19 might be spread through tiny particles that linger in the air. it says the new findings need further assessment, but could not yet rule out airborne transmission in crowded, closed or poorly ventilated areas. if confirmed, it's thought advice

on how to prevent the spread of the virus might have to change, including the more widespread use of masks and greater social distancing in public places. it is that time, isn't it, sally? it is, and! it is that time, isn't it, sally? it is, and i think it is very good timing, considering the story we we re timing, considering the story we were just talking about. it's time now to check—in with a gp. joining us from cheshire is dr farrah sheikh. thank you very much for talking to us this morning. should we begin with that line of news we heard from the world health organization, about the world health organization, about the potential of covid—19 being spread in airborne droplets? and the suggestion that actually, we should be wearing masks much more than at the moment. what are your thoughts? i think it is fascinating information that has come out from the world health organization. we are learning new things about covid—19 nearly every single day. i think the message is clear, but we should really try to wear masks as

much as possible, and keep our distance from people as much as possible as well. because if this condition is lingering within the hour, if you can use something to help, to protect the particles from entering your nose and mouth, because we know that is how the condition can get into your system, then we should definitely be wearing then we should definitely be wearing the masks more than we have been doing at the moment. we know that they are being worn in hospitals and gp surgeries, like your own. is that working? it seems to be working, we have noticed there has been a drop in the number of patients having coronavirus symptoms that we are specifically dealing with. i think overall, if we continue to use these preventative measures, hopefully the number of cases will continue to drop. how do you convince people, walking out and about at the moment, you do not see that many people wearing masks. how do you convince them it is the right thing to do?” think using the media outlets to encourage patients as much as possible to wear these will

hopefully speak volumes, and also, because we have noticed that every single day there has been a drop in the number of cases that we are seeing, that hopefully that will be enough to spread this message to everybody, and i think seeing your doctor wearing a mask will, especially in the gp surgery, it can seem quite strange at first, but as the general public have got used to us wearing masks now, i think they are realising they must be some benefits to it. what do you make of the 0ns benefits to it. what do you make of the ons figures that we had yesterday, which suggest that only one quarter of those who test positive for covid—19 have any symptoms on the actual day that they are tested ? symptoms on the actual day that they are tested? were you surprised by that? i was, actually, are tested? were you surprised by that? iwas, actually, very surprised, that the so—called violent spreaders, they are the people who have covid—19 and they do not actually know about it, so they might be going around spreading the condition to other people, other members of their family, without even knowing, this is why there might have been the rise in their

cases, with the pubs having to close as well, because it might have been that people went to the pub thinking, right, i have got no symptoms so i will be fine, and then actually causing a little outbreak within those pubs, as a result, they have had to close, so, it is difficult to actually try to limit those contacts, because if you do not actually know that you have got the symptoms, you could be spreading it to vulnerable members of society. we have already been live in melbourne this morning looking at their latest lockdown, the really difficult situation they are in over there now, and the second spike. obviously it is their winter. how concerned are you , obviously it is their winter. how concerned are you, looking at that, and looking ahead to our winter, is that something we could be experiencing here in a few months? it is definitely a possibility, considering melbourne is probably having a little bit of a warmer winter than we are expected to have, and we know that during winter, cold, flu, all these kinds of

respiratory viruses can be more prevalent. so it is a worry that covid—19 could come back and hit us really with a vengeance, so it is really with a vengeance, so it is really trying to prepare in getting yourself as fit as you possibly can before the winter period, if you are eligible for a flu jab, those will be initiated soon in the gp community, so making sure you have all of that ready, trying to boost your immune system, by having regular fresh fruit and vegetables, during exercise, trying to get ourselves is prepared for the winter as we possibly can. but it is alarming to see these figures rising in melbourne. researchers say they are concerned about the knock—on effect of this, and the delays perhaps in referrals and treatment for people who are coming into their gp surgeries, or actually, for people who are coming into their gp surgeries, oractually, not coming in, with symptoms that might later on a cancer diagnosis. how concerned are you about that, and how aware of that are you in your own practice? i have been very aware of that since the beginning.

usually, 233,000 of these referrals are done for cancer every month in england, but there has been 300,000 less during lockdown, so what has happened with these referrals is that, are they not coming again, they not being referred properly? there is a real worry that eventually this will catch up with us and they will be people who have missed out on having their accounts are potentially treated at an earlier stage. i would like to stress that of those 233,000 that are done every month, 93% of those do not end up having cancer, which is very reassuring, but it is still very worrying that these patients are not being referred because of delays within the system, or restrictions going into the hospital. so it could be a combination of things. but if you do have any symptoms which could be suggestive of cancer, do contact yourgp so we suggestive of cancer, do contact your gp so we can get the appropriate referrals done for you. wise words. dr farrah sheikh, thank

you very much. you are watching breakfast on bbc news. i don't know about you, but you might be excited about test cricket coming back. throughout the morning will be speaking to sir alistair cooke, and the new presenter of bbc highlights as well. john, in spite of all that, it looks like the weather will be getting on the way? i know! it is difficult. so many interesting talking points around this opening test, because of all the staff and support teams and players living in that bubble, and how ben stokes will get on replacing joe root, who may not be playing. and we may not see any cricket today because there is a strong chance of rain in southampton. all being well, we might see a bit of play is test cricket returns, the long—awaited return of test cricket, england against the west indies. there hasn't been much until now, but it actually kicks off what will be a really busy summer ad for the sport. nojoe root, really busy summer ad for the sport. no joe root, as really busy summer ad for the sport. nojoe root, as we know, attending the birth of his child. ben stokes infourcaptainforthe the birth of his child. ben stokes in four captain for the match in southampton, the first of three test

to come. no crowds, but stokes says thatis to come. no crowds, but stokes says that is no excuse not to rise to what he calls a mystification today. —— mystification. we know we have hundreds of thousands of people watching us from around england who want to see us do well. so, you know, i don't have any issue with anybody using that as an excuse to not give it all in this game. you know, it has been 14 or 15 weeks out of playing, we are out on the field playing for our country. you don't get that feeling just because there is nobody in the stands. we have got the tools to be england —— beat england, but we just have to play cricket. cricket is played on the day, no matter what the team sheet may have wanted. at the team sheet may have wanted. at the end of the day, our guys are ready. we haven't played for quite some time. sol ready. we haven't played for quite some time. so i think we are even come on that front. us playing in the backyard, i guess it gives them a home advantage, but having said that, i think we have what it takes to beat england and play some solid cricket. a pretty grey and dull day

down there in southampton. i think we'll be seeing a bit more about today. one more defeat for norwich and they'll become the first team relegated from the premier league this season, after losing 2—1 to watford. and how about this for a goal to win it? danny welbeck with a spectacular bicycle kick that moves them four points clear of the relegation zone. there was a five—goal thriller, tammy abraham with chelsea's third as they beat crystal palace 3—2, moving them up to third. ahead of leicester, who drew 1—1 at arsenal. jamie vardy equalised late on for them denting arsenal's hopes of european football next season. the women's british open golf championship will go ahead next month, behind closed doors at royal troon in scotland from august the 20th, the first women's major of the year, following the cancellation of the evian championship in france. and look who's arrived. usain bolt and his partner kasi bennett have revealed the name of their baby daughter. these are the first public photos of the little girl, who born in may, and her rather fabulous name is olympia lightning bolt. no pressure.

major cuteness alert. i can't imagine hussein bolt being a particularly pushy dad, though. he has missed a relaxed, isn't it? isn't that just a brilliant name? olympia lightening bolt. isn't that just a brilliant name? olympia lightening boltm isn't that just a brilliant name? olympia lightening bolt. it had to be done. exactly. you have got to give the people what they want. well, you either give the people what they want or you give your daughter a name which is going to la st daughter a name which is going to last a lifetime. you're not going to be confused by are you? showers gorgeous. isn't she? lovely to see you, john. the wait is over. cricket returns later as england take on the west indies. and there'll be a special celebration of those who've gone above and beyond during the pandemic. before the game, england's players will wear training shirts featuring the names of some of our key workers.

one of those to feature will be nurse tom field. i've been chatting to him and got the chance to introduce him to an england legend. music. congratulations on your name being picked for this fantastic honour, to be on the back of one of the cricketers' shirts. yeah, it's amazing, thank you very much. now, you've been working really hard during a pandemic. what have you been doing?

during a pandemic, a lot of covid—19 patients was a it has been difficult. i think the most difficult. i think the most difficult thing about it is it has been completely brand—new, whereas, when we are dealing with patients normally, we're quite used to the presentations, whereas this is com pletely presentations, whereas this is completely so we have had to deal with it head—on and literally daily we would have new advice from the experts and that was the most difficult thing but actually, i think everybody pulled together really brilliantly and we were surprised at how positive everyone was it was working in the hospital. i don't know if there is a technical problem here, and a set, i'vejust got a message on my screen. oh, hello, jimmy anderson. laughs. how's the body? not too bad, thanks. been going well. fingers crossed albia right. —— iwill going well. fingers crossed albia right. —— i will be all right. going well. fingers crossed albia right. -- i will be all right. we are all hoping you can't because we

are all hoping you can't because we are hoping for a 3—0 win. two same here, same here. tom's one of thousands of people who have put their own health on the line to help other people. all that sort of added up other people. all that sort of added up and allowed us to get to where we are now and that is to play some live cricket which we are all really excited about. cricket is being held up excited about. cricket is being held up as potentially the way forward for many different sports. in your experience so far in the last two weeks, how well do you feel it's going and how do you think people will cope with this type of lockdown, in essence, going into this bubble? we still have distancing as much as possible in the hotel, wearing ppe as we go out to dinner. some of the guys are changing their own best —— bed sheets and in the dress room, we have got to keep that distance, no saliva on the ball, no big celebrations, no hugging, things like that, just a bit different.

what emergency rations did you bring with you into the bubble? not a lot, really. sparkling water is the big one for me. sparkling water and a green tea which makes me sound like a health freak but i'm not. there is a health freak but i'm not. there is a golf course at the back so a lot of the lads, pretty much all of the lads have got the golf clubs to exercise and keep fit so that has been the main thing for me. and before all of this, how has lockdown been for you? i know it has meant lots of great time with the family, the kids, it was your wife's birth they, what has it been like?m the kids, it was your wife's birth they, what has it been like? it has just been different. —— birthday. everybody is trying to get through as best they can. not great for the kids not being at school, trying to get their work done at home. not being able to see their friends and things like that, it has been difficult. but i guess you just try and get through the best you can. obviously a lot of people have suffered through this period in time

and we try to stay healthy throughout all this and come out the other side as best we can.” throughout all this and come out the other side as best we can. i know he had spoken before about making cricket more diverse. —— i know you have spoken before. and with black lives matter, trying to increase black and minority ethnic participation and all sorts of types of sports, do you think there has been any progress made? what more would you like to see? the big thing for me is giving people opportunities and i certainly think in cricket we can do that a lot better. i'm sure that's something that will be looked at over the coming months and years. and as players, i think we can do more as well, getting on the back of things and we are in a position where we have a voice and i think we should use that a bit more than we have been doing. so hopefully in the coming, as! been doing. so hopefully in the coming, as i said the coming months and years, they will be things that we can do as players to try and push

inclusivity. cricket is for everyone and we want to make sure that cricket is readily available for eve ryo ne cricket is readily available for everyone who wants to play full top how is ben stokes doing as the new captain? he is excited about the challenge ahead and we are all excited to be led by him as well. he has had a couple of good years on the field and i'm sure that form with the bat and ball will come with his captaincy as well. what a great chap he is. i love him. he spoke so widely about some of the big issues facing sport and his own particular sport, cricket, going forward. as long as the weather sorts itself out, it should be great. really wise words from jimmy anderson, great to hear from words from jimmy anderson, great to hearfrom him. for most schoolchildren, the lockdown has meant staying away from the classroom and learning online instead. but research shows hundreds of thousands of children in the uk are being left behind

because they don't have access to the internet or to a computer or tablet. fiona lamdin reports. the holgate family from swindon, six children sharing mum's phone to homeschool. but six weeks ago, a viewer donated a tablet. what difference has it made having another device in the house? we have been able to do loads of home work and we have been sharing so it's made a big difference because now i can produce that work. when there wasjust a phone, they can produce that work. when there was just a phone, they were always arguing, its my turn next, its my turn. before they didn't know they we re turn. before they didn't know they were going to have their slot at the end of the day because there was not enough time, before bedtime, kind of thing will stop now there is too, it makes it a lot easier. the department of education has promised 200,000 laptops to children most in

need and today glosses stuff fire service are out delivering some. —— gloucester fire service. takes a lot, it is appreciated. access to it is an issue for a number of our stu d e nts is an issue for a number of our students when we have looked at the way students are accessing work and we know about 50% of them are using their phones. they have been given seven but the reality is that there are hundreds of students that need them. so members of the public are now donating databases they no longer use. so far this company has refurbished 150. this would have the data on it so we're replacing it with this one to —— so there is no possibility of rank details. almost three quarters of a million students have missed out on schoolwork because they don't have a computer. iam finding because they don't have a computer. i am finding it very, very stressful

and to be honest, ifind it too much soi and to be honest, ifind it too much so ijust don't do any and to be honest, ifind it too much so i just don't do any work at all. 14—year—old charlie he was doing his gcses next year is doing all his work on his own. i am worrying a lot about going back to school, having detentions after detentions are not doing the work. his foster carer chris is worried he is slipping behind. talks about it a lot, his stresses and worried —— and he is concerned because it is an important yearfor him next concerned because it is an important year for him next year concerned because it is an important yearfor him next year and he concerned because it is an important year for him next year and he was to fulfil his dreams. the government said it is committed to reopening schools in september. but many families are worried that by then, they will be too big. —— the gap will be too big. if you have a device you'd like to donate, you can find out more by visiting bbc.co.uk/makeadifference. this morning we've been hearing about some of the measures the government is preparing to unveil to help the economy recover from lockdown.

let's get reaction from the shadow chief secretary to the treasury, bridget phillipson, who joins us now from westminster. good morning to you. it is a big day for decisions in westminster this morning and you say the government is playing down the urgency of decisive action. there is quite a lot of it though, isn't there?m decisive action. there is quite a lot of it though, isn't there? it is vital the country sees it brought forward to get the economy going once more that is why we have been consistently calling for it with a focus onjobs consistently calling for it with a focus on jobs because we know the crisis we face is unprecedented and the kind of response we will need to see from the government is really ambitious because unemployment‘s rising, we know many businesses are finding it really tough to get through this climate. we have seen it, the shutters come down onto many viable businesses and within the government should change its approach to make it more flexible so that more businesses can get through this crisis, we stop people losing

their jobs, this crisis, we stop people losing theirjobs, keep people in work and we see a much greater focus on creating jobs, too. could you give us some concrete examples on what you would do. we would use the labour government's future job scheme as an example of what action can be taken by government to create jobs within the economy. we also think that when it comes to the furlough scheme, it needs to be much more targeted. for example, visitors have told me that had baby able to bring some stuff back some of the time, it would help them get orders to keep going. we also know other parts of the economy will be hit for longer as a result of the government's guidance, so what that will mean is bigoted —— bigger support, targeted support. but we are expecting the government today to announce a scheme that would get hundreds of thousands of people into the workplace. you must welcome that. that sounds like exactly what we have been calling for with a focus onjobs we have been calling for with a focus on jobs and making sure young

people get support to go back into work. we also see —— need to see hand—in—hand with that is that targeted support to keep people in jobs every day. we see fresh announcements around people losing theirjobs and waves of redundancies. that is a tragedy for every person and every business and it also has a really big knock on a faint on public finances. —— knock—on effects. the lack of an effective track, trace and isolate strategy from the government is making it hard for people to trust that it making it hard for people to trust thatitis making it hard for people to trust that it is safe. we want people back supporting the businesses but the government has tojoin supporting the businesses but the government has to join up its health response and economic response was not they were slow on the health side, they cannot be slow now on the economy. you are calling for the furlough scheme to be extended. how would you pay for that type of support? we would need government to ta ke support? we would need government to take that action because if more people lose theirjobs, we know that comes at a real financial cost of the country. apart from the mash of social impact it has —— the massive

social impact it has —— the massive social impact it has —— the massive social impact it has on people, theirfamilies social impact it has on people, their families and wider society, we have seen in the past what happens when we have large spread mass unemployment for years. i was in it area that it hit us hard for years and it took us a long time to recover. we also need to see that growth in the economy as well because without that growth, you won't be able to see that kind of support. but the government, of course, will also need to set out how their plans are consistent with their manifesto commitments around making sure that income tax, doesn't rise. we need to make sure that they deliver, too. we are hearing this morning, reporting on a story that nhs staff are going to at some point, we don't have a date, at some point, we don't have a date, at some point have to start paying again for car parking at their place of work. what is your reaction to that news? it is just not good enough for us to

be out clubbing for our staff, to rightly recognise the amazing work of nhs staff and then not give them the support they need coming through this crisis. —— clapping. we also need to see the government working with trade unions to get a new pay dealfor the nhs with trade unions to get a new pay deal for the nhs staff and recognise the amazing contribution they made. our gratitude for their work simply doesn't pay the bills. would you give them free car parking for their working life? it is hard to see whether that will work for the longer term that right now we're seeing that people need to avoid public transport so if that is the case, i don't want to see nhs staff out so they are —— because they are doing what the government is telling them to do. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. for some parts of the country, it is like this to start with. a lot of rain, as you can see, in london. at the other end of the

country, it is like this. beautiful blue skies but it is cold where we have the clear skies at the moment. today's forecast is the north—south split. cloudy and wet in the south, not great for the cricket and dry and bright in the north. this system is producing cloud and rain and then it will be rejuvenated by another one bumping into it by the afternoon across parts of england and wales. moved north and we're back into the sunshine. sunny to start with across scotland, one or two showers here and there, but a cold start. frost in the highlands. sunny start, too, northern ireland and england. then we run into all this cloud and then the murky conditions and the rain as become a bit further south into south wales, the midlands, the southeast and counties, generally. that will continue through the course of the afternoon and then it is pepped up by this second front coming in, introducing more rain across wales and then that will move further east for the rest of the

reasoning. —— evening. a lot of dry weather and sunny spells and highs between 12 and 19 degrees. through this evening and overnight, here comes the rain living through parts of northern ireland, parts of northern england, the midlands, wales, towards the not south—eastern corner and still clear skies to the north of that and this is where it will be cooler. in rural areas, once again, temperatures will be into lower single figures. tomorrow we start off with a lot of cloud, some dank conditions, some drizzle, some spots of rain, across england and wales. for northern ireland, a decent day with sunshine. we will see some showers across north—west england, especially eastern scotland, where they could be thundery with some sunshine, too. headlines are next. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and sally nugent. our headlines today;

a £2 billion fund to help young unemployed people back to work, and a stamp duty holiday for home buyers. the latest measures aimed at boosting the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. we're in downing street as the chancellor rishi sunak prepares to make a statement to mp5 later today. iamona i am on a construction site in central manchester this morning, where they are building everything from hotels and offices to shops and nightclubs. all sectors under pressure at the moment, and i will be speaking to businesses about what they want to hear from the chancellor today. a damning review into three medical treatments for women in england says that many lives have been ruined because safety concerns weren't listened to, and often dismissed as "women's problems." good morning. the return of test cricket. no crowds, no excuses from england captain ben stokes. england against the west indies today, and

ossification. —— a massive occasion. it's wednesday 8th july. our top story: the chancellor is set to announce a £2 billion scheme to help young people get back to work, as part of plans to boost the economy after lockdown. rishi sunak is also expected to confirm a temporary stamp duty holiday for homebuyers in england and northern ireland, as our political correspondent helen catt reports. the economy has started to open up again, but things are very different to how they were before. there are warnings that unemployment could run into the millions. so when the chancellor delivers his update in the commons later, his focus will be on jobs. there are particular worries about young people. in hard—hit industries like retail and hospitality, they make up one third of the workforce. as of may, almost 500,000 under—255 were claiming universal credit. so the chancellor wants companies to create job placements for 16—24—year—olds who are receiving the benefit.

the treasury will pay their wages for 25 hours a week at the national minimum wage for six months. it has set aside £2 billion for the scheme, which it's thought could create more than 300,000 placements. the policy has been welcomed by business groups as a step in the right direction. labour, too, says the scheme should help — but says the government will need to do more for hard—hit areas and older people who lose theirjobs. the chancellor is expected to make other changes, including to stamp duty, to boost house sales, and there is speculation there could also be cuts to vat. ministers have previously said they cannot protect everyjob, but the pressure is now on the chancellor to save as many as possible. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in downing street this morning. we heard there about potential changes to stamp duty, what can you tell us? good morning. well, there is nothing

particularly summery about the weather in downing street this morning, but this summer statement the chancellor will make in the house of commons later is hugely important, and there is a lot of pressure on him to take action to further soft and the economic blow of the coronavirus crisis. so that stamp duty, the cuts that helen mentioned in her report, what we are expecting is for stamp duty to be exempt from any property purchase onto the value of £500,000. at the moment it kicks in at £125,000. that is in england and northern ireland, which is where this change will take effect. and the hope is that it will prompt people into buying and selling their homes, moving house, which they may have been putting off throughout the coronavirus pandemic in the hope that that will kickstart one sector of the economy at least, and similarly, with a cut in vat, which may apply only to certain sectors, perhaps retail or hospitality industry, again

encouraging people to go out and spend some money. all eyes on the chancellor later, to see whether those expected moves will be confirmed. as you heard as well, the details of that kickstart a scheme, the aim being to create jobs for young people in particular, because the chancellor's action so far has been about keeping people in their jobs and protecting industries, but from here on, the shift will be towards creating jobs which are perhaps a bit more future proof and preventing what everybody is worried about, mass unemployment. jonathan, thank you very much. we'll be speaking to the conservative peer, baroness morgan at 7:30am. free hospital parking for nhs staff will end once the coronavirus pandemic begins to ease, the government has confirmed. health workers in england have been allowed to park at their workplace for free since the start of lockdown, but the department of health says it will end in all but "certain circumstances", although no further timeline has been given. the world health organisation has

acknowledged, for the first time, that covid—19 might be spread through tiny particles that linger in the air. it says the new findings need further assessment, but could not yet rule out airborne transmission in crowded, closed or poorly ventilated areas. if confirmed, it's thought advice on how to prevent the spread of the virus might have to change, including the more widespread use of masks and greater social distancing in public places. president trump has begun the formal process of withdrawing the united states from the world health organisation. the president has previously accused the organisation of mishandling the pandemic and being under the control of china. three million cases of covid—19 have now been confirmed in the us. five million people living in the australian city of melbourne have been told to stay at home for six weeks, after a surge in coronavirus cases. they can only leave home for work, food or exercise. the state borders between victoria and new south wales have also been closed and are being

patrolled by the army. earlier, our correspondence told us our lockdown would be enforced. melbourne is getting ready for its lockdown in a few hours because of that covid—19 spike. but the precautions actually extend beyond melbourne. i am precautions actually extend beyond melbourne. iam now precautions actually extend beyond melbourne. i am now in albury, as you say, on the new south wales border. up until last night this was actually an open road, now it is a checkpoint manned by police and military personnel. overnight, they have in manning this chap point and others along the border, stopping cars, checking people's permits, making sure they do have them before they cross from victoria into the new south wales border. now, i say the word border, but what it means for tens of thousands of people who have been crossing here for years is essentially driving from one end of a highway or bridge across the river

into another, for work or school or to visit family, for hospital appointments. so this is very, very different, and it shows the kind of nervousness among the leadership about what is happening in victoria. but there has been a great deal of confusion here as to these changes. for example, this morning we have seen very, for example, this morning we have seen very, very long queues of cars and massive delays as they have been checking those permits. we have spoken to local business owners, who said their staff work on the other side of the border and they couldn't cross to new south wales, which means there is uncertainty about what that means for local businesses here. but all of this, really, is an indication of the seriousness of the situation back in victoria, the fact that there is a spike of covid—19 cases in melbourne, and authorities say unless they get a handle on it now, it could spiral out of control. the brazilian president has said he is not surprised that he tested positive for covid—19. jair bolsonaro compared the virus to "rain" and said that eventually everyone would "get wet." he has repeatedly downplayed

the risk of the virus, despite brazil having the second—highest number of cases in the world. the president said he tested positive after suffering from a high temperature, but is now feeling fine. italian brides—to—be, who are upset they cannot have the wedding of their dreams because of the pandemic, have staged a flash mob at rome's trevi fountain. wearing their wedding dresses, they protested against italy's lockdown measures, which ban large gatherings. couples were given the green light to tie the knot again in may, but ceremonies must be small, masks are mandatory — even for the newly—weds — and throwing confetti is banned. so it does make the traditional wedding a bit difficult. it must be so difficult, because lots of people would have planned for months, and to abandon it, or change change your plans, very tricky. i think for many

reasons, health reasons and otherwise, these interruptions to life have been hard. hard for lots of people, i think. we are all trying our best to get used to it, aren't we? a review of three medical treatments for women in england says many lives have been ruined because officials failed to listen to safety concerns, and often dismissed them as "women's problems." it heard from hundreds of families affected by the hormone pregnancy test primodos, the anti—epilepsy drug sodium valproate and pelvic mesh surgical treatment. the report says much of their suffering was entirely avoidable. here's our health correspondent anna collinson. daniel mason has to work far harder to do the simplest of tasks. he was born without hands, and other life—changing injuries. like many women between the 19505 and 19705, daniel's mother used the hormone pregnancy test primodos.

the idea of saying, we think you should get rid of your child, to a dumping ground, in effect, it... by 1970! it isjust dumping ground, in effect, it... by 1970! it is just quite, dumping ground, in effect, it... by 1970! it isjust quite, um, it takes the breath away. like many women between the 19505 and 19705, daniel's mother used the hormone pregnancy test primodos. if they bled after taking two ta blets, if they bled after taking two tablets, it meant they were not pregnant. the drug was removed from the market in 1978, but its manufacturer denies there is a link between primodos and babies being born with birth defects. hundreds of families disagreed and have campaigned for recognition for decades. the more we found out about this, the more it has made us actually really quite angry. notjust for ourselves, as a family, butjust thinking of the trauma that

so many people have gone through. two medicines and one medical device, all designed to improve the lives of women over six decades. but many were not warned of the risks. now, baroness cumberlidge's review is recommending ways to support victims. as well as primodos, the long—awaited baron cumberlege's review also looked into the antiepileptic drug sodium valproate, which increases the chance of birth defects if taken during pregnancy, and pelvic mesh repairs, where thousands of women have experienced chronic pain likened to splintered glass. it takes 270 pages to detail the failings, the missed opportunities and the pain inflicted on tens of thousands of people. baroness cumberlege says all families affected deserve an immediate apology from the authorities, and financial support. she has also made a list of several recommendations to prevent future harm, and is adamant they will happen. i am with this for a very

long time, i recognise that. i have heard these stories. i will take them to migrate. i abandon these women. “— them to migrate. i abandon these women. —— my grave. i want to issue a full apology to the, to those who have suffered, and theirfamilies, for the frustration, for the time that it has taken, that they have taken, to get their voices heard. and now their voices have been heard, it's very important that we learn from this report. this is a huge moment for the many women affected and their children. jonas cumberlege says criminals should have been stopped three years before daniel was born in 1967. there has been much debate over the drug's linked with birth defects, but the review says there is a possible association. an awful lot of mothers are still out there who feel really guilty. it wasn't their fault that they were prescribed this. but they still have a guilt

complex that they inadvertently caused this to happen to their child. and they have had to live without whole lives. let's speak to the chair of the association for children damaged by hormone pregnancy tests, marie lyon, who was prescribed primodos when she was pregnant with her daughter. and professor carl heneghan, who is the director of the centre for evidence—based medicine at oxford university. good morning to you both. marie, if i could come to you first, you took the drug when you are pregnant with your daughter. what effect did not have on you and on her? when sarah was born, her left arm had not formed from below the elbow. what was there instead was just a tiny little pad at the end of, you know, where the arm finished, with five digits, which obviously should have been the rest of her arm and her

hand and fingers. i was told that these things happen, there is no explanation for it, and we basically had to get on with life. when sarah was 13 months old, she had to have those digits amputated, to make sure she could use an artificial arm. and that was quite traumatic, actually, for us. not for her, shejust that was quite traumatic, actually, for us. not for her, she just sailed through it. and then it is a case of, you know, she is young, she is growing up, she hasn't got the mobility, to a degree, that other children have. and she gets reject it at school because when her arm actually was fitted, it was a very, very heavy, what they call like a doll's arm, so it meant that was quite difficult at school, when she was very small, to actually blend in with the rest of the children. what

has happened to her and to you has become a campaign and now all these yea rs become a campaign and now all these years later, talking to us, how do you feel looking back about having been told to take it and then being told that there wasn't a problem with it? i think it is a relief. it isa with it? i think it is a relief. it is a relief that finally there has been an acknowledgement that it is a great sadness as well because we started after 1978 with this campaign and quite a lot of our original members have died. they're not here now to see the results of this review. which i will have to say, baroness very brave lady. to have truthful review of what is a ptly have truthful review of what is aptly happening to women. it is incredible and i do hope that somewhere along the line she is recognised recognised. —— baroness

cumberlege. it is amazing that so many women have been fighting for such a long time and will back into the 19705 and importantly, those complaints and concerns and worries we re complaints and concerns and worries were not listen to for such a long time. i think there are two things there. first to say that the tenacity and ability of women like marie to keep fighting has been utterly amazing and if what —— if it wasn't for that, we wouldn't be here today. but the key issue across all three of these treatments is when harms were first recognised, action was not taken and there were many yea rs was not taken and there were many years intervening where these harmful treatments kept being made available, women were not informed and then when they raised concerns, they have literally been ignored and that has been a huge problem now and

it has carried on for, as you have seen, over 50 years. what we need now is with the apology, is to take forward action now to implement these recommendations of the cumberland review. —— the cumberlege review. and how much support have you had over the years in other campaigns? how much help and support have you had from people who are perhaps in a similar position to you but for a different reason? well, u nfortu nately but for a different reason? well, unfortunately it has been three separate campaigns. and i think our focus has always been on, because it isa focus has always been on, because it is a historic problem, we have not had a great deal of interaction with some of the other groups, but that does not mean we don't support them. we absolutely do. we have tried, particularly with the group, to share information, to make sure that they understand that if they were actually looking through archives,

there is a huge amount of evidence in their which i think did help them. in the day to day, to get someone to listen, we have been focused basically on trying to get people to understand about the home pregnancy tests. it has been very difficult because even gps, the medical profession have actually said, oh, come on, i don't believe our doctor gave you two tablets. it just seems incomprehensible to people. we have had the challenge of trying to open up the subject. with the other two campaigns and luckily, the other two campaigns and luckily, theissues the other two campaigns and luckily, the issues are current, it means there is evidence that it actually show that harm has been caused with ourcampaign the show that harm has been caused with our campaign the more difficult the area has been, the refusal to accept the evidence but notjust the

refusal to accept it, it is the absolute denial by the current regulator. even with previous regulator, there is no excuse, they knew that this drug was dangerous and it wasn't a therapeutic drug, it was just something that actually made money. so today to find with all of their evidence that the current regulator has tried so hard, it is even worse of an insult to us and harder to bear. it was lovely to see your nod of acknowledgement when we heard the professor say that it is down to your campaigning and the campaigning of others that this has changed over such a long period of time. just to come back to you, professor, because this review has honedin professor, because this review has honed in on these three particular treatments of primodos, the pelvic mash and the sodium balfour weight.

—— —— sodium valproate. mash and the sodium balfour weight. -- -- sodium valproate. there is a need to really think about how we treat women. how we educate and inform particularly, how we have let some of these interventions get on the market with no evidence whatsoever and i think there is an important point that marie made there, i think these women have been abandoned. they have had very little support. when they turned for help, there has actually been nobody there and that is why we do need this patient safety advocate to take forward when people have concerns, ta ke forward when people have concerns, take them seriously and act much, much quicker in the future.” take them seriously and act much, much quicker in the future. i really appreciate your time this morning, professor and marrow line, take you for telling us of it about your story and many other people have been through it as well, really

appreciate it. —— —— marie lyon. patients need to be present did in the future. as we've been hearing this morning, the chancellor will unveil plans later designed to help the economy recover from the lockdown. sean's at a construction site in manchester for us this morning. what can we expect to hear, sean? allan things that —— you can see on this construction site in central manchester, they are building offices, leisure, retail, huge amount of sectors that are under pressure at the moment. on the

ground level, there are 600 apartments being built. a nightclub builtjust behind me that will open at some point in the coming months. all of those places will be thinking, hang on a minute, what is going on with the economy? what can i expect from the chancellor? the chancellor has a few big numbers to deal with. if we have a look at some of those numbers, letters look at thejobs of those numbers, letters look at the jobs market first. of those numbers, letters look at thejobs market first. a of those numbers, letters look at the jobs market first. a lot of it is aboutjobs at the moment. furlough scheme. this subsidy for wages that the government has implemented. 9.4 million people now are on that scheme and nearly £30 billion has been claimed already. then if we drop down into the different sectors that have been affected and the companies, the raft of announcements we have had from airways announcing job losses, thousands and thousands ofjob losses in the retail sector. a long list of companies announcing losses, if you ran that up across the sectors, aviation, 70,000 jobs at

risk, retail, all thejobs that sectors, aviation, 70,000 jobs at risk, retail, all the jobs that have gone already and the hospitality industry that we have focused on so much, 300,000 jobs could potentially go. lots of businesses will be watching closely what rishi sunak has to save it up i have got nicola here who has travelled from east manchester to talk with us this morning. you run a vintage shop, cafe, a wine bar, how has it been? it has not been great. it is trying to find the balance between bellowing half at the moment. obviously the weather has not been great so they can't eat outside so not brilliant. i know that feeling.

when you look at what rishi sunak might be saying later, what could help you? what you want now?” might be saying later, what could help you? what you want now? i think the furlough needs to be extended. that for the next 3— six months, i don't feel that we are going to be able to get through this without further assistance, if i'm perfectly honest. the things we have had so far, we have managed to get defendant —— 10,000 rent relief, that has gone already so if there is any more assistance out there from the government, we are going to really, really need it. the next six months will be make or break for small and big businesses alike, i think. lots of restaurant chains had to make decisions. pete, you run delhi '5? —— delis.

to make decisions. pete, you run delhi 's? -- delis. we closed one restau ra nt delhi 's? -- delis. we closed one restaurant permanently because of the cost of operating being untenable. the restaurants were closed. we traded through our deli online. we kept a certain degree of momentum amongst our staff. we opened our two remaining sites on saturday and had a good start on saturday, sunday, monday and yesterday. we have lost half our cove rs yesterday. we have lost half our covers but interestingly we did more than what we expected to do in terms of trade. it means every month we are accumulating an extra £83,000 of debt because we haven't been able to pay landlords or funders so now we area pay landlords or funders so now we are a quarter of £1 million and we we re are a quarter of £1 million and we were three months ago and we're still accumulating the £83,000 of debt. if you have had to close a restau ra nt debt. if you have had to close a restaurant already because of the state of the economy and the hit your business, did everything that

has been put into the furlough scheme, all the money that has been around —— already, what would what the set chancellor says today it make a difference? the thing that could happen today is long—term support so our decision to close is based on three restaurants making losses. it would bring the whole company down, taking one out, we think we could manage in the short term and hopefully trade increases and we get some support. the biggest help i think would be a cut in vat. a5% help i think would be a cut in vat. a 5% cut in vat would like be giving us 125 —— hundred 25,000 pounds grant. —— £125,000. i don't beat the government can afford to do it with any other small business to go out of business because they need all the tax they can get. you are not the tax they can get. you are not the only person calling for that vat cut today. it is in a long list of things. we have heard some announcements already but a lot of

people will be watching to see whether vat will be mentioned by the chancellor today in any way. sean, thank you very much, it looks quite clear in manchester at the moment. lots of people are excited about the return of test cricket. there is coverage on the bbc, highlights, the first time in a long time and sally has been speaking tojimmy anderson. there is the return of test cricket. you say supposed to be happening and i think the person we need to talk to right now is our carol.” i think the person we need to talk to right now is our carol. i am going to burst that bubble a bit, i'm afraid! the cricket today is in looking pretty wet in southampton. they will be a lot of cloud around. they will be a lot of cloud around. they may even be some issues with light later or tomorrow. tomorrow is looking like it will be cloudy, some drizzle, so slightly better, but then on friday, the high—pressure

exerts its influence and things settled down into the weekend as well. i would settled down into the weekend as well. iwould imagine settled down into the weekend as well. i would imagine in southampton todayit well. i would imagine in southampton today it would look rather like it does from this weather watcher 's picture taken in london earlier this morning. lifted other end of the country, completely different. a cold start with just some frosting parts of the highland but look at the blue skies, a lot of dry weather with just a few showers. you can see all the cloud crossed england and wales and even through northern ireland. it will melt away at times in northern ireland and clear skies as we push further north. huge difference in temperatures. below freezing in the north and plus 15 as we pushed down towards the south coast. that is what it is like at the moment. we have all this cloud and also the rain weaving across southern areas. later on, more rain will come in across wales. that will be heavy rain and that will push eastwards through the rest of the afternoon and into the evening and overnight. in scotland, we will see some sunshine and bridges getting up

to about 17 degrees in glasgow. they will also be some showers. after a dry start in northern ireland, you will see the rain moving later on. through the evening and overnight, the rain taking a swipe. some southern counties as well. in the north, some clear skies and in sheltered glens and rural areas temperatures will be lower than this. temperatures tend to indicate what you can expect in towns and cities. we start off with cloud across england and wales and the heavy rain will move away but we will be left with patchy rain and also some drizzle. northern ireland, you can have a dry day and mostly some isolated showers but that would be it. a lot of sunshine for you. and for scotland, sunshine and showers but some of the showers in the east could be heavy and potentially thundery, as they could be across north—west england as well. temperatures 13 in the north and 20 is a push down towards the south. for friday, we say goodbye to

that area of low pressure and that opens the gates to a north—westerly which will feel cooler but high—pressure starts to build in and thatis high—pressure starts to build in and that is what will settle things down, not just that is what will settle things down, notjust on friday, but the weekend was not it starts off from the south—west so you can see where we have the sunshine we can also see where we have some showers and some of the showers will be heavy. in the north—westerly breeze, it will feel a little bit cooler. temperatures 12 to about 20 degrees. let's take a quick look at the weekend. high—pressure across our shores with not much of a breeze but this could prove to be a fly in the ointment for parts of western scotland and northern ireland. set of fronts in that it may introduce a bit more cloud and also some patchy rain. through the weekend, there will be a lot of dry weather and temperatures are on the up. i know you said you are on the up. i know you said you are going to burst our bubble, but you did it so nicely. very nice bubble bursting. i can always rely on you for a compliment. thanks, carol.

hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. the chancellor will set out plans later to boost job opportunities for young people, who've been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. the £2 billion fund will help pay the wages of those at risk of long—term unemployment. rishi sunak is also expected to confirm a temporary stamp duty holiday for homebuyers in england and northern ireland. we will talk about that and get a bit more information from former conservative education secretary and peer nikki morgan. thank you for joining us. there are a lot of measures in here today, we have heard about young people who have suffered most, during a pandemic, in terms of employment. we have already spoken to the labour party today, questioning whether these measures go far enough. what are your thoughts? obviously we will need to wait for the actual announcements, but i do think £2 billion in a fund, particularly focused on young people, is absolutely the right place to be. there may well be other

measures. of course this comes on the back of over £127 billion spent so far by the government on deployment support schemes, on loans to businesses, and all of this is obviously about building confidence, both in terms of young employees but also existing employees, and it ties m, also existing employees, and it ties in, obviously, would the slow reopening of our businesses and our retail outlets, because we are reliant on consumer spending in this country. —— with the slow reopening. and that confidence is very important to rebuilding. it comes on the back of the prime minister's announcement about infrastructure spending last week. you touch on an interesting point about the young employees, along with existing employees, along with existing employees, trying to balance that. look at the figures. there is expected to be 700,000 young people who will enter the workforce this year alone. how can the government provide for all those young people, added to the thousands of people who

will be left unemployed and trying to find work once the furlough scheme comes to an end? i mean, the numbers are staggering. the numbers are very numbers are staggering. the numbers are very high, and this has been an extraordinary crisis that are literally, sort of, nobody would have predicted, when we were all busy fighting the general election at the end of last year. so as you say, it is about supporting those who are leaving school and college, or those who have been on universal credit, supporting them to get their first job, because we credit, supporting them to get their firstjob, because we all know that the longer a young employee spends away from the labour market or from training, the harder it is for them to get in. but also, the furlough scheme, and the loans to businesses, many of which will not have to be repaid for sometime, again, all of thatis repaid for sometime, again, all of that is encouraging businesses to keep existing employees. the furlough scheme obviously starts to unwind but carries on until october, and again, but has been unprecedented in its scale, in the

support that it has offered, by which point, i think, we all hope, that the economy will be in a stronger shape, services and manufacturing will have come back, that employers can be confident about keeping on the people they have already got. it is not the promise of a job, though, is it, for young people? it is that work experience placement. what happens at the end of the six months? that is the key question, about getting thatjob. is the key question, about getting that job. of course, absolutely. and i think that job. of course, absolutely. and ithink in that job. of course, absolutely. and i think in many cases the employable thing, actually, i have a great person here whom i have trained, they have shown that they are willing to work, but if for whatever reason that is right, that young person has got that experience on their cv, i mean, what we have also seen over the past two years has been the success of the work coaches in thejob centres, been the success of the work coaches in the job centres, and been the success of the work coaches in thejob centres, and more of those are going to be, obviously, recruited again, to help people, to make sure they do not get too far away from the employment market and they are able to use the skills and give people the training skills they

have got comedy introductory skills, to get back into further work. but all of this, it is a whole package, but has been announced, so the first phase was way back during the crisis, particularly, the second phase now, and obviously they will then be an autumn budget, at which point i am sure the chancellor, the chancellor will be looking and calibrating the support all the time. the expected stamp duty announcement has caused quite a flurry of interest. i suppose the criticism of that, baroness morgan, is that it is for a very specific type of person, the person who is interested in buying a house at the moment, and doesn't actually help the poorest in society, those who cannot afford to buy a house? well, there have been other measures as well, over the years. the prime minister has talked broadly about building, in his infrastructure speech last week, that will include housing for those who would not be looking for a house that would benefit from any stamp duty changes. but i don't think we should forget that it

but i don't think we should forget thatitis but i don't think we should forget that it is notjust about the houses, it is about people wanting to make changes and improvements, wanting to buy things, to go in that particular property. all of this keeps the economy going, keeps money flowing through, and therefore it does help provide the employment opportunities for other people who might not themselves, necessarily, be thinking about any kind of house move or property move. we will have to see what the chancellor announces about that, and whether there are other changes as well. it is all a package to keep our economy moving and to return us to grow as soon as possible. i understand that, but wouldn't something like a vat holiday be more effective than a stamp duty holiday? well, i do not know what will be in the statement today. there has been talk about a vat, talk about particular sectors. we should forget we also saw a £1.5 billion package and support for the a rts billion package and support for the arts and culture sector earlier this week, which, again, all that flows through into other jobs.

week, which, again, all that flows through into otherjobs. so i think the treasury will be watching, as well everybody, to see what happens in terms of the reopening is, in terms of the confidence that returns, how people are spending money, whether people are in fact spending money, what kind of economic recovery that is going to lead to. how would you feel this morning if you are an nhs worker in england, waking up to headlines that car parking charges are going return, having heard the government praise you and clap you on a thursday night, but who are now going to reinvestigate those charges for parking your car at work? my understanding, and having just been asked about this in another interview, is that those stories are not, there is no foundation in them, and that no decisions or anything about that have been taken. so i would hope very much that somebody waking up this morning and hearing that would realise that no decision has been taken and therefore it is not something that people need to focus on. you are absolutely right, we are very

focus on. you are absolutely right, we are very grateful to all healthcare workers who have worked so hard over the past few months. but you would appreciate that is an important distinction. you said there is no decision being taken. does that mean it is not going to happen? i am obviously not involved in the stop at my understanding is that the government asked the nhs to lift the charges and nothing has changed in relation to stop we have spoken to the leader of the liberal democrats, so as david, this morning. and to the labour party. sir ed davey said it was a slap in the face for care workers. can you understand the point of view, given what has been happening over the past few months? of course, and the wider government, in the first place, to the charges, that is why, because we were asking so much of our health workers and in them keeping all of us save, and those who were in hospital, helping people to recover, and that is why the charges were listed in the first place. and as i say, i think we are all reacting to a decision that is not even on the table, as far as i am aware. so i think we should be

focusing on the things which are actually being decided, and obviously today is very much about supporting the economy and helping to return it to growth. again, i understand that, but you are saying it is not on the table, and it sounds like you would be as surprised as anybody if these charges are not reinstated in england? what i know is that car parking charges at hospitals has been updated for a long time. when i was an mp we had lots of debate about patient parking charges, for example. there are always going to be tricky decisions that have to be taken in relation to budgets by hospital trusts, by the government and others, but i think reacting to and others, but i think reacting to a story that has no foundation to it is something that i hope people are not going to be worrying about today. baroness morgan, we appreciate your time. thank you for talking to us. john has been waiting patiently for us. because it is time to talk cricket. it is actually happening! good morning, john. we have been waiting a while, and we could be waiting a little while

longer. because the weather is not looking too good down in southampton at the moment. england against the west indies. we will see how the players and staff welfare after living in that bio bubble for two weeks. ben stokes coming in to replace joe rita's captain. weeks. ben stokes coming in to replacejoe rita's captain. it is hoped that extra responsibility would prevent him from producing those match—winning performances we so often see from him. no crowds — stokes says that's no excuse not to get up for the massive occassion. no saliva on the ball, no handshakes as well. those are just a few of the changes the players are having to deal with in southampton. obviously we have still not distancing as much as possible in the hotel, wearing ppe when we go to dinner, all the staff are wearing ppe. a few of the guys are changing their own bedsheets. trying to keep your room clean, stuff like that. so they are the main things. and similarly, in the dressing room, we have got to keep that distance. and

on the field, you know, again, it is stuff that we have got to adhere to, so, yeah, those other regulations we have to adhere to, not putting saliva on the ball, no big celebrations, no hugging, anything like that. just a bit different. certainly not the 5—star treatment, is it, changing your own bedsheets? the champions league dream remains alive for leicester afterjamie vardy earned a draw at arsenal. the gunners went down to 10 men, allowing vardy to equalise five minutes from time, which keeps leicester in the top four. they've slipped below chelsea, who came out on top in a five—goal thriller, tammy abraham capping off their 3—2 win over crystal palace. and how's this for a winner? danny welbeck with a spectacular bicycle kick that gave watford a 2—1 victory over norwich, who will be relegated if they lose to west ham on saturday. watford are now four points clear of the drop zone. look who's back. two—time world champion

fernando alonso retruns to f1 next season with his old team renault, at the age of 39. what do they say? class is permanent. he quit f1 two years ago and will make a third attempt to win the indy 500 with mclaren next month. it will be great to see him back, he is one of the best drivers in the sport. and we will wait to see whether we will see any action done in southampton today is test cricket returns. as carol has been saying this morning, it is not looking too great weatherwise. lots of clouds and rain expected, unfortunately, in southampton. as sally said, carol did tell us that news with a smile on herface. did tell us that news with a smile on her face. thank did tell us that news with a smile on herface. thank you. we look forward to the return of test cricket. hopefully we will get some play today. highlights from seven o'clock tonight and of course the test match special team will be in full flow on the radio as well. and as we have in saying this morning, all the players and members of the media have been kept in what they call a bio bubble for the entire three game series. let's talk now to

broadcasterjonathan three game series. let's talk now to broadcaster jonathan agnew, who joins us from southampton. what is it like in your bubble? welcome to my bubble! yeah, it is a bit alien. it is very necessary, and i think what the board has done, they are aware that this is about more than simply this game, or this series, but i think all around the world, cricket administrators will be looking at this, the commentary box is just here, be looking at this, the commentary box isjust here, by be looking at this, the commentary box is just here, by the way, and be looking at this, the commentary box isjust here, by the way, and my bedroom is right next to it. very handy. they will be looking to see how this works, and can this possibly, well, save the game? that is not putting too big a thing on it. we're talking about £380 million being at stake here the ecb. but is not profit, that is money being used to keep the game going, kids' cricket, recreational cricket, women's cricket, every type of cricket that is played in the uk is dependent on this money, which of course comes from broadcasting deals. but is why there is no crowd,

0k, deals. but is why there is no crowd, ok, people accept that for the moment. this is about getting the game broadcast and for that money to come into the england and wales cricket board to fund the game in this country. so although it is very tight, very strict, and we are co nsta ntly tight, very strict, and we are constantly monitored, we are checked, our temperatures are checked, our temperatures are checked all the time, obviously there is social distancing so the commentary box looks very different to how it normally would, we cannot leave the site at all, we cannot come and go. i think everybody accepts, you know, it is odd. the groundsman at the moment are wearing masks, and the players are walking around wearing masks. it is just not what we're used cricket being like. 0f what we're used cricket being like. of course, there are these special regulations as well, that have been brought in. you cannot lick your thumb and rubbed the ball like you normally would in cricket. the ball has to be sanitised, stumps are sanitised. you do not give your cup umpire, he doesn't want it, he is not going to touch it. but, you know, we have a game of cricket, and six weeks ago i didn't think we

would even imagine we would be here today. what and how much are you expecting from the new captain ben stokes who ta kes from the new captain ben stokes who takes over in these very difficult and different circumstances? i'm excited about what we will see from ben stokes, actually, because he is such an positive undertaking cricketer. he's a inexpedient captain. —— experienced. he has played a lot of test cricket now, played a lot of test cricket now, played under some very well respected captains himself. he will bring his own personality, i am sure of that because that is the sort of character that he is. stuart broad isn't playing today and that is of the call. it is an unusual circumstance, of course. basically six test matches virtually all back to back so they will have to protect these fast bowlers but a big call, ona these fast bowlers but a big call, on a day like this when it is dang and overcast and raining, to leave out your second—best —— best wicket

taker of all time. maybe a signal there of possible the end of stuart broad, we shall see. there is a lot of summer to come. he will hate me saying this but it is a big decision for a saying this but it is a big decision fora captain of saying this but it is a big decision for a captain of a 1—off test match to take. lots of changes as we know over the next few weeks but in terms of the actual cricket, what standard are you expect did? ? expect in? neither of these teens have played for a while. we have to take that into account. they had one practice game and one of them hasn't bolted all outside match conditions. they reckoned the rollers have had about 20 overs. —— bowlers. —— he hasn't old. bowled. this is no condition to

enter into a game. stumps blowing out all over the place. i think we just have to be fair, this is, these games could be quick. the rain this morning might extend this one a bit but if the bowlers bowl in the right place, this could be very good match. best of luck. great to see you. a reminder, those tight —— those highlights are coming. a resurgence of coronavirus cases in the australian city of melbourne means millions of people are once again being ordered to stay at home. the local lockdown will last for six weeks, with people only allowed to leave home for work, exercise or food. joining us now is thejournalist lisbeth gorr, who reports for the australian broadcaster abc. thank you very much for coming on

bbc breakfast and telling us little bit about what is happening in melbourne. good morning, dan and sally. as the sun sets on our last day of kind of freedom here in melbourne, i should day of kind of freedom here in melbourne, ishould probably day of kind of freedom here in melbourne, i should probably put it a bit in context, we are in the middle of school holidays here and so normally in this winter break, we victorians, we go up to queensland, we go to warmer climates, but of course because they have banned us from travelling, we were all going to go to the regional areas of victoria, but that is now a no go, too. so today, you have copped us on the very day when everyone has gone on day trips with their kids all around to all of our beautiful sightseeing, up to the mornington peninsula where i am now and to have one last day of fun before we go and hunker down for a long six weeks of netflix and trying to cook. -- trying to cook to lanky. we know the

lockdown is severe but can you still go to the hairdressers? -- ottolenghi. they are still open because that is an essential service. no matter what you think about australians, we are pretty compliant and obedient and we came here as convicts and we had to do what was asked to —— of us in order to make our way in the world and establish us as the beautiful country that we have. we know we're pretty we have still dodged a huge bullet that the rest of the world is dealing with. 100 and forward deaths which we mourn weekly but we have decided as a country that we value our parents, we value our grandparents and we will take the economic hit to shut ourselves down again just economic hit to shut ourselves down againjust to keep economic hit to shut ourselves down again just to keep everybody safe and so while i know it seems a little incongruous but things like

hairdressers are still open. they will be pretty strict in restricting our movement around. for instance, tourism, shutdown. taurian tourism com pletely tourism, shutdown. taurian tourism completely decimated. normally we would go to church —— completely decimated. normally we would go to church -- queensland or a warmer climate for this winter break. the good news was for the victorian regions, all the melbourne people were going to go to daylesford, castlemaine, faces you can go and drink hot chocolate and eat lots of fudge. well, we can no longer do that. melbourne itself will be locked down with another shire that is on the periphery and regional victoria will still be able to move around. thank goodness for them they can have 20 people at a pub as long as they have social distancing, the same with restau ra nts. distancing, the same with restaurants. the rules that apply to us will not apply to the regions which is a blessing, as i said, because they were doing it really tough. they hardly had any corona, they have had a speckle of cases. but unfortunately here, it has just

had a little bushfire outbreak. real pleasure to speak to you, thank you for painting a real clear picture of what is happening in melbourne at the moment. joining us now from melbourne is expat leigh walker and herson, adam. what does it mean for you? yeah, a little bit sad after having experienced a lockdown before, we know what to expect so definitely this time around, we will all be feeling a little bit bad. we were coming close to almost freedom and for it to be pulled away for as —— from us, its a bit sad. we went out to lunch today because cafes and restau ra nts to lunch today because cafes and restaurants are still open today, todayis restaurants are still open today, today is the last day, so we went out just to celebrate today is the last day, so we went outjust to celebrate and we don't have to stay in the house. and adam,

you have some big exams coming out so as! you have some big exams coming out so as i understand, you are still able to go to school. how will you prepare for this at least six weeks ahead of lockdown? it is going to be ahead of lockdown? it is going to be a lot harder but fortunately for us, they have been nicer to us and cut down on a lot of work and it has been eased for us year 12. it is all a big struggle but we are getting through it. are you worried about the amount of school that you have missed? yes, it is a bit hard, the final year, but we are working hard and ploughing through. the schools have been very supportive, the teachers are trying their hardest.

come november, december time, teachers are trying their hardest. come november, decembertime, it could be enough for cramming for his final exams. where has this new rising cases come from? what you think gone wrong? —— rise in cases. my think gone wrong? —— rise in cases. my feeling is maybe a bit of complacency because we had such few cases to begin with and everything seemed fine and under control. i definitely felt when i was driving kids to school or driving around, there was a lot more traffic on the roads, people moving around. once they started easing the lockdown, it seemed like it wasjust they started easing the lockdown, it seemed like it was just there, they started easing the lockdown, it seemed like it wasjust there, back to normal now, we are not as bad as the us or other overseas places, so maybe it is complacency. thank you very much for talking to us this morning. i'm not sure the last six weeks but good to see the biscuit jar well—stocked on the table behind you. limit that is going to get

used. —— that would last a day in my house, just me! i think there were some custard creams in there... you had the same thoughts as i did! the summer is often the busiest time of the year for animal charities, as they deal with a surge in the number of abandoned pets. there are fears that the effects of the lockdown could make this summer even busier. we've sent tim muffett to an rspca centre in surrey to find out more. good morning, tim, who have you got there? we have got nigel who was playful a little bit ago but now a bit shy. good morning from the rspca, rehabilitation and rehoming sent to inside woking. this is the time this animal charity has the biggest number of abandoned animals. not biggest number of abandoned animals. n ot exa ctly biggest number of abandoned animals. not exactly sure why. people are abandoning their animals during hot weather or they had just gone on

holiday, either way, it weather or they had just gone on holiday, eitherway, it is weather or they had just gone on holiday, either way, it is a major problem. right now... the rspca is incredibly worried. dogs barking. many people have bought pets but as long as —— as lockdown eased, many people are abandoning their pets already. the rspca have had 3500 dogs, cats and small animals, hamsters, guinea pigs... this is and who is a two—hour. she was found quite recently here, one of the many animals who had been abandoned during lockdown. the message is we saw these animals and now was not the time to abandon them. they have received about 40 calls a day and there are some heartbreaking stories here as well so this is penny, jack russell. penny was found a couple of weeks ago. she was heavily pregnant and sadly, all the pups she had didn't make it. but she has had an

extraordinary recovery. they thought she might herself die but a real heartbreaking testimony to the problem which the rspca are facing at the moment. we will be talking to some of the people who run this centre and find out what they want people to do. what should people do if they feel they cannot cope with a pet at the moment? we will be talking to them a little bit later and hopefully getting some tips as to what the best things people should do who are facing that very, very difficult situation. and the responsibilities people have when they decide to get a pet. obviously it is not just they decide to get a pet. obviously it is notjust for they decide to get a pet. obviously it is not just for a they decide to get a pet. obviously it is notjust for a short period of time. you really need a long—term commitment. a few quick shots of penny, speak to you in a short while. look at little penny. that was a bit scary and noisy. little penny, she has onlyjust stopped wagging her tail. tim, penny, she has onlyjust stopped wagging hertail. tim, we penny, she has onlyjust stopped wagging her tail. tim, we will speak to you later in the programme. it is wet in places across the uk. here's carol with a look

at this morning's weather. that is right, dan. rain particularly across southern areas of england and also wales. further north, sunny spells and bright spells meaning areas of cloud at times and one or two showers. what is happening is these clutch of fronts coming our way and this one producing rain and later on a bumper from the second front coming in and that will pump it up for wales. further north in scotland, a cold start with some air frost in the highlands but a sunny one. some sunshine to start the day in northern ireland as well, but we hang onto all this cloud in england and wales, with some rain and then more rain coming in from the west. not brilliant news for the cricket in southampton. northern ireland, it will cloud over in the as it will with some bright spells. for scotland, bright spells but a fair bit of sunshine and a few showers. temperatures today ranging from 12

and 17 in glasgow. 17 in cardiff. through this evening and overnight, the rain coming into wales will advance eastwards, pulling in rain across northern ireland, northern england and into the midlands, into the south—east as well. move north of that and under clear skies the temperature will fall away. these temperatures are indicative of what you can expect in towns and cities was up in rural areas and sheltered glens, angle figures. so a cool night in the north. tomorrow once again, the north of the country, scotland, northern ireland and parts of northern england, that see the sunshine. whereas for england and for wales, the rest of england, that is, we're looking at a lot of cloud, some spots of rain and also drizzle. some murky conditions, basically. sharper showers developing in eastern scotland and some will be thundery. we will see if you getting across south—western england as well. bridges 13— 20 degrees was up on friday, a ridge of high pressure builds in. —— temperatures. that

settled things down. a fair bit of sunshine. some sharper showers as well in some eastern and central areas and as well as that, a north—westerly breeze. a cooler direction so temperatures 12 to about 20 degrees. remember that high pressure i mentioned, it is building across us during the course of saturday so saturday looking much drierfor much of saturday so saturday looking much drier for much of the saturday so saturday looking much drierfor much of the uk, much brighter as well. more sunshine. yes again, more areas of cloud with one or two showers getting across the north—west and temperatures 13—21. very similar conditions on sunday. that is it from me. the headlines are coming up.

good morning and welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. our headlines today: a £2 billion fund to help young unemployed people back to work, this and a stamp duty holiday for home—buyers. the latest measures aimed at boosting the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. we're live in downing street as the chancellor rishi sunak prepares to make a statement to mp5 later today. i'm to mp5 later today. on a construction site in central i'm on a construction site in central manchester where they are looking to fill these buildings with workers and renters, and i'm going to be talking to people who want to get on the property ladder and some who have been made redundant in the last few days. good morning. after two weeks in a bio bubble,

how will england and ben stokes fare as they take on the west indies as test cricket returns for the first time this summer? and i've been chatting tojimmy anderson about returning to the game for the first time this summer — and how they're honouring nhs workers who worked on the frontline during the pandemic. all that to come for you. it's wednesday 8th july. our top story. the chancellor is set to announce a £2 billion scheme to help young people back to work, as part of plans to boost the economy after lockdown. rishi sunak is also expected to confirm a temporary stamp duty holiday for homebuyers in england and northern ireland. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in downing street this morning. what will we hear today? it is an important day, isn't it, for many people who will be listening in to see exactly what those plans are, because a lot of it has been talked about in the build—up. has been talked about in the build-up. it is very important day, and as you say, we've heard a lot about what the chancellor is going to announce today already, whether it is loans and grants for making

more environmentally friendly or that big pot of cash for the arts industry. but today rishi sunak will make his summer statement, which is crucial to telling us how far the government is willing to go to further soft and the economic blow of the coronavirus crisis. and the big worry now is unemployment, because so far the focus has been on paying people's wages, keeping them in theirjobs, but over the last few weeks, thousands and thousands of job losses have already been announced in various different sectors, and the big fear is that that could continue. so the shift now from the government is to look into ways to create jobs in the future, particularly for young people. so at the heart of the chancellor's statement today will be this kick—start starter scheme as he has called it, and the idea behind thatis has called it, and the idea behind that is to create jobs for young people. so the government will announce companies will be able to create job placements for 16 to 24—year—olds who are receiving universal credit. the treasury will

pay their wages for 25 hours a week at the national minimum wage for up to six months. how much is this going to cost? the treasury set aside £2 billion for this scheme, and the hope is that it could create 300,000 placements. so that it is a big move by the chancellor, but when you think about the numbers of young people coming out of education and into the employment market this year, that is estimated to be in the region of half a million, so this will go some way perhaps to offsetting that, but as the chancellor has admitted throughout, he cannot save everyjob, and the government is still expecting big job losses as a result of the coronavirus crisis, so a lot of pressure on the chancellor today to go as faras pressure on the chancellor today to go as far as he can to mitigate that. jonathan, thank you very much for that this morning. jonathan is outside number 11. we have points of

analysis as well, so make sure you follow throughout the day. the fashion brand boohoo has appointed a top lawyer to review its uk supply chain, after a series of allegations over the conditions at factories where its clothes are made. the company said it was "shocked and appalled" after the sunday times published claims that workers at a factory in leicester were paid just £3.50 an hour and were offered no protection from coronavirus. boohoo says it takes all allegations "extremely seriously". the world health organization has acknowledged for the first time that covid—19 might be spread through tiny particles that linger in the air. it says the new findings need further assessment, but could not yet rule out airborne transmission in crowded, closed or poorly ventilated areas. if confirmed, it's thought advice on how to prevent the spread of the virus might have to change, including the more widespread use of masks and greater social distancing in public places. president trump has begun the formal process of withdrawing the united states from the world health organization.

the president has previously accused the organisation of mishandling the pandemic and being under the control of china. three million cases of covid—19 have now been confirmed in the us. many lives have been ruined because officials failed to listen to safety concerns about three medical treatments for women in england, according to an inquiry. it heard from hundreds of families affected by the hormone pregnancy test primodos the anti—epilepsy drug sodium valproate and pelvic mesh surgical treatment. the report says concerns were often dismissed as "women's problems". here's our health correspondent, anna collinson. daniel mason has to work far harder to do the simplest of tasks. he was born without hands, and other life—changing injuries. like many women between the 19505 and 19705, daniel's mother used the hormone pregnancy test primodos. the drug was removed from the market in 1978, but its manufacturer denies there is a link between primodos and babies being born with birth defects.

hundreds of families disagreed and have campaigned for recognition for decades. the more we found out about this, the more it has made us actually really quite angry. notjust for ourselves, as a family, butjust thinking of the trauma that so many people have gone through. as well as primodos, the long—awaited baron cumberlege's review also looked into the anti—epileptic drug sodium valproate, which increases the chance of birth defects if taken during pregnancy, and pelvic mesh repairs, where thousands of women have experienced chronic pain likened to splintered glass. it takes 270 pages to detail the failings, the missed opportunities and the pain inflicted on tens of thousands of people. the review has also made several recommendations to prevent future harm. i want to issue a full apology to the, to those who have suffered, and theirfamilies, for the frustration,

for the time that it has taken, that they have taken, to get their voices heard. and now their voices have been heard, it's very important that we learn from this report. in the case of primodos, baroness cumberlege says it should have been stopped three years before daniel was born, in 1967. five million people living in the australian city of melbourne have been told to stay at home for six weeks, after a surge in coronavirus cases. they can only leave home for work, food or exercise. the state borders between victoria and new south wales have also been closed and are being patrolled by the army. earlier, our correspondent shaimaa khalil told us the lockdown would be strictly enforced. melbourne is getting ready for its lockdown in a few hours because of that covid—19 spike, but the

precautions extend beyond melbourne. iam now precautions extend beyond melbourne. i am now in albery on the new south wales border, and up until last night, this was actually an open road. now it is a checkpoint manned by police and military personnel. overnight, they have been manning this checkpoint and other ones along the border, stopping cars, checking people's permits, making sure that people's permits, making sure that people do have them before they cross from victoria into new south wales. this border, what it means for tens of thousands of people who have been crossing here for years is essentially driving from one end of a highway or a bridge across the river into another for work, for school, to visit family, for hospital appointments. school, to visit family, for hospitalappointments. so school, to visit family, for hospital appointments. so this is very, very different, and it shows the kind of nervousness among the leadership about what is happening in victoria. but there has been a great deal of confusion here as to these changes. for example, this morning we have seen very long

queues of cars and massive delays as they have been checking those permits. we have been speaking to local business owners who say of their staff work on the other side of the board in victoria, they couldn't cross to new south wales, which means there is uncertainty about what that means for local businesses here. but all of this really is an indication of the seriousness of the situation back in victoria, the fact that there is a spike of covid—19 cases in melbourne, and authority say unless they get a handle on it now, it could spiral out of control. that was shaimaa khalil talking about the situation in melbourne, where a six—week lockdown comes into place tomorrow. we have been speaking to somebody from abc australia who says today everybody is taking advantage of the fact that this is their last day, they are out, going to restaurants and cafes. you can still get your hair cut, apparently, that is deemed to be essential. i think essential. ithinki essential. i think i agree with that, given that i'm some buddy who still hasn't

managed to get their hair cut! i booked up three and a half weeks ago! i was on the phone, in the queue! as we've been hearing this morning, the chancellor will unveil a range of measures later to try to help the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic. it's expected that many of the policies will be aimed at helping young people — who are often among those hardest hit at times of economic crisis. our business correspondent, sarah corker reports. before lockdown, eva was working in a coffee shop. now, she's sewing face masks. a temp job at a manchester clothing company. i lost myjob in hospitality pretty much straightaway because i fell through the gap with the furlough scheme where i'd just changed jobs. so i wasn't eligible for any money whatsoever, any help from government. so how long were you out of work? two and a half months and i had to move back in with my parents but i still had

rent to pay here so i was just frantically looking around for a way to pay rent. history shows young people are often the group whose incomes and prospect are hardest hit during recessions. ijust don't feel like i can make any long—term plans, i've no idea what's happening, ijust feel really lost, to be honest. olivia and lily have just graduated from manchester university and are entering into one of the bleakest job markets for decades. i've just literally been applying for everything, like, ijust can't afford to be fussy. i have gone on indeed every day and just applied for every single job i can find, i've been going around my local area with cvs, handing them out, just really desperate and have not heard anything back, nowhere's hiring. it's just quite worrying, really. like, i'mjust scared nothing will come up and i won't be able to pay my rent and i'm just scared this will be a long—term thing. what could the government do to help graduates like yourselves? we need real investment in graduate schemes. we need notjust an investment financially but a commitment

from the government that young people are going to start being a priority, and we need a government that starts putting young people first and sees us as a long—term investment for the economy of this country and we haven't seen that in a very long time. there'll be more detail later on the government's kick—start scheme, the £2 billion fund designed to create newjobs for unemployed young people. youth unemployment is predicted to soar to over1 million by the end of the year and the hospitality sector, the workforce of the young, has already shed tens of thousands ofjobs and the challenge for the government is reassuring businesses that they can hang on to staff. john runs a small chain of brunch restaurants in manchester. if it wasn't for the furlough scheme, there's not a chance we'd still be here, our business would be closed. the big challenge for the furlough scheme is, is it a job retention scheme or is it simply delaying the inevitable job

losses that are coming? the government is promising a young jobs revolution but the fear is, this pandemic could scar the long—term prospects of those whose careers are only just getting started. sarah caulker, bbc news, in manchester. as well as creating jobs for young people, the chancellor will also lay out his plans for steering the economy through the rest of the pandemic. sean is on a construction site in manchester this morning. what are we expecting to hear, sean? good morning. we are expecting to hear a lot of policies to boost business across the country, and a lot of businesses who will have a vested interest in this construction site will be watching keenly. here they are building everything from hotels, offices. you can see behind me the darker red —coloured buildings are office space, that they are expecting to fill with small and large businesses that want

small and large businesses that want small and large office spaces. and then you look at the lighter colour building over there, you have got 600 apartments, they need to be filled with renters. all of these things under pressure at the moment because of what is going on with the economy. where i'm standing right now, this is going to be a park, a grassy verge now, this is going to be a park, a grassy verge on now, this is going to be a park, a grassy verge on the steps here, a place for people to come and sit and have their lunch, for performing artists, and all of that requires consumer confidence for us to be paying for things. so there are lots of things today that the chancellor will have to say that will affect what is going on here. speaking to a few people this morning, i have got down here with me. you might in theory with your legal career be one of the workers in an office like one of the workers in an office like one of these. you have been furloughed, and that unfortunately made redundant recently. what has happened with you ? redundant recently. what has happened with you? on thursday after about three months of being furloughed and participating in the furloughed and participating in the furlough scheme, we were informed that our contract tos were going to

be terminated due to a slowdown of work. and does that mean you are not being paid anything at all? we will get statutory pay for the holiday, and a little bit extra as a goodwill gesture, fortunately. so you have had the furlough scheme giving you some income, but didn't keep you in a job. so what would you want from rishi sunak today? the biggest thing hanging over my head right now is probably student loans. the consistent payment that is expected of me when effectively there is no guaranteed work at the end of this payment, and when the furlough scheme runs out. a lot of people wa nt scheme runs out. a lot of people want payment holidays, and that is already in place in a lot of areas like mortgages and carfinance. are you feeling that your finances are the thing that are going to be under pressure in the coming months? yes.

i think with the uncertainty of everything, it is leading us to be a bit more reluctant to spend any money, and there is a bit of uncertainty on how consistent we are going to be able to keep the standard of life and be able to pay for student loans. lets wait and see whether we hear anything on that today. thank you for being with us. you might be somebody looking to get on the property ladder like patrick and rosa who are with me as well this morning. good morning to you both. you have made some major steps to getting on it. you got an offer accepted? yes, we've got an offer accepted? yes, we've got an offer accepted on a property at the moment, and we are just in the process of going through the survey. we are hoping we are going to be able to pay a 10% deposit, but at the moment the banks are putting the deposit up to 15%, which of course is doable, but it is going to be more of a struggle to pool all our

resources together. so what can the chancellor say today that would help? it would be great if the chancellor could come out and put a little pressure on the major lenders just to get that deposit level back down to 10%, it is going to be a massive help for people like us. fortunately we can sort of get it together and play a little bit more, but i'm sure there are plenty of people out there who can't pay that little bit extra, so it is a real hammer blow for them. and rosa, what kind of different would that make to your lives, talking about a few percent on a mortgage? it is quite a big difference, because we have been trying to get this 10% deposit for a few years actually. now that we have managed, and we found out that actually that might not be enough, it meant that we might have to change our plans. and obviously when you move into a new house, you want to make it your own as soon as

possible, this but that might not be possible, this but that might not be possible for us any more. we would love to be able to put our stamp on our house and make sure that we have money enough to buy furniture and all the necessary things, but at the moment we can't see that happening. so that is our problem. and that is the kind of money that would be boosting other businesses if you could spend it. fingers crossed a lwa ys could spend it. fingers crossed always at this point that it all goes through with that. a lot of people arejuggling lots goes through with that. a lot of people are juggling lots of financial problems at the minute, lots of big financial decisions. and some of those, these guys aren't affected by the stamp duty changes that could well be coming in and announced today because of the lower threshold they are looking to buy out, but a lot of people, that might make the difference, then you are spending money, getting the economy going, and that is what rishi sunak is focused on at the minute, is getting the economy going and

protecting and creating morejobs. shaun, thank you very much. it is really all about the numbers now. it is, so shaw was talking about those numbers and young people and trying to stem the economy. the chancellor is expected to announce a stamp duty "holiday" on properties up to the value of £500,000 to help restart the housing market. currently, homeowners in england and northern ireland pay stamp duty when they buy land or property for £125,000. the amount you pay depends on the price of the property. for people who have bought a home before, stamp duty rates are 2% on properties above £125,000 and up to the value of £250,000. then 5% up to £925,000. it's10% up to £1.5 million. and 12% on any value above that. the rates are different for first—time buyers, who are exempt up to the value

of £300,000 and only pay 5% on any portion between 300,000 and £500,000. if the chancellor does introduce a stamp duty holiday today, someone spending £248,000 — the average cost of a house in the uk — would save £2,460. isaid it i said it was all about the numbers, but the numbers on this story are really important. exactly. let's talk about the changes with estate agent, robert reed. he joins us from hartford in cheshire this morning. i'm sure it is a question you get asked lots, the stamp duty on this property or that property. how do you think this will affect the housing market? in general, the principle of a stamp duty holiday is a very positive change, no doubt about it. we have already had customers phoning up this week talking about it, potential future buyers. it definitely would make a significant stabilising and positive effect on the market. the only

caveat to that is we would need to see it happen immediately. if there is any sense of delay, that would be disastrous, for example if they leave it till october, clearly people would hold off until october to do transactions, so if this were to do transactions, so if this were to be an immediate change, we would absolutely welcome it and it would have a dynamic effect on the market, certainly when you look back at previous times when there has been a fall in stamp duty, it has made a positive difference. so certainly we would love to see it happen sooner rather than later. what was the year been like for the housing market? i seem to remember reporting right back at the start of the year that 2020 started quite brightly, didn't it? that's right, it has been a real roller—coaster for the housing market. if you take the last six months of 2019, july to december, it was quite difficult, all the brexit uncertainty and the parliamentary gridlock. we had the general election, regardless of what your politics is it had a positive effect on the market. the first two months

of the year, it was good, we will putting houses on, prices being achieved were good, transaction levels increasing, it felt really good. then of course we had locked down, and quite literally nothing happened. we couldn't do viewings, valuations, no new stock came to the market, so it completely froze. that was the real high at the start of the year, the low lockdown and now we are in the recovery phase, which has been encouraging so far, but it needs to be sustainable. i think what the stamp duty change will have as it will help sustain what has been an encouraging return from the lockdown, but i think it has been a roller—coaster, and it may yet be a roller—coaster, and it may yet be a roller—coaster, but support of government and support of lenders being sensible as well i do think will make an important difference. obviously we are speculating as to what will happen, but most people seem to be assuming that there will be that stamp duty holiday announced, and it won't be delayed until the autumn but it will come in

now. if that was to happen, would you expect a flurry of activity straightaway? i think if you look back into 2014, george osborne moved stamp duty from a system where it was on the full amount of the property price to graduated system, and it was an instant change, and the day after that, we instantly saw a kick in the market, i do believe if the changes that are anticipated and discussed happen, i believe it will be a kind of quick impact. i think what we will do, it will give people the confidence to do things. the couple you were talking to a moment ago, patrick and rosa, they we re moment ago, patrick and rosa, they were talking about having to put 15% into their mortgage rather than 10%. that is a lot of extra money, and that stamp duty holiday could well allow people like that to put that extra in the mortgage and get the deal done. you might be thinking, shall i sell this year, shall i not? is at the right time quite like this might make people think, do you know

what, let's do it. and then you get the multiplier effect beyond that, so for example if you do buy a house, you then may upgrade it, change the kitchen, the bathroom, redecorate. you may invest in the property, and that puts money into the economy as well. so i think the consequences would be a short—term impact really positive, but i do hope and believe that it would have a much wider multiplier effect if you like in the economy at what is an unusual time. you like in the economy at what is an unusualtime. and going back to the figures we were looking at, i think it was a saving ofjust over £2500 on a house of a value of £240,000, and that is the difference between having a solicitors fees and removal costs covered and not, and that can help make the decision. definitely, and it will catch some people who are maybe slightly caught, so for example there are a good exemptions for first—time buyers at the moment which is great, but if you have a house that is worth £175,000 and you want to move

to one that is £275,000, you would have to pay that extra amount, and thatis have to pay that extra amount, and that is quite a significant amount of money when you consider all the cost of moving, and the further up the pricing point you go, the greater that saving is. so i think it really is quite significant, and there are a lot of numbers in stamp duty, a lot of complicated formulas. it is quite a challenge to work it out on the spot sometimes, but make no doubt about it, these are significant amounts of money to a lot of people, which could well make the difference between moving or not moving. if they do, i do believe it could be to the benefit of all. robert, thank you very much for joining us this morning. that advice helpful to people watching today waiting to see what the chancellor says, and interested to know about the potential purchase of a house that might go through in the next few weeks a months for them. it has been a day for rishi sunak. this is his normal press picture

getting ready for the summer statement. i want to talk to you about that mug or vessel you can see on the edge of the picture. can you see underneath that, that is a charging coaster. that is a present from his wife, it cost £180. and thatis from his wife, it cost £180. and that is a mug on the coaster that keeps a cup of tea or coffee warm for three hours. sally has got her own little version here. if you ever wonder how we keep going on bbc breakfast, this is my secret weapon. this is my special charging coaster, there we have it. look at that? how long does that keep your t1 for? about ten minutes! that is my version. i think that might have been £4 99. £180 is a lot of money, and how many people take three hours to drinka and how many people take three hours to drink a cup of tea klezmer is it a cardinalsin to

to drink a cup of tea klezmer is it a cardinal sin to reheat tea? it needs to be properly, properly hot, you abandon it when it is lukewarm. many mums got in touch this morning and said they regularly leave a cup of tea for three hours! people with new babies regularly drink cold tea, i'm sure, but if you have the luxury of making a new one, make a new one. carol, do you ever reheat a cup of tea ? i have done, but it is not the same, i have done, but it is not the same, i have to say! a nice hot cup of tea makes you feel good early in the morning. good morning, everybody. it is makes you feel good early in the morning. good morning, everybody. it is quite a foggy start to the day in many parts, one of our weather watcher sent this picture early on and it shows what it is like in hampshire, whereas in dumfries and galloway, a different story. that really is how the forecast is today. we have a north—south split, a good day for a cup of tea! you can see all this cloud across england and also wales, that has been producing rain and we have clearer skies further north. temperatures fell

just below freezing in parts of the highlands early this morning, and at the same time, we were in double figures along the south coast. a lot of cloud for much of england, also wales, we have that rain and then the rain will be picked up through the rain will be picked up through the afternoon initially, not good news for the cricket taking place. for northern ireland, a bit more cloud coming your way for the afternoon, rain later coming in from the south, england, some bright spells for you, scotland some sunshine and showers. temperatures stay 13 in the north to 19 in the south. so here comes this rain moving across southern parts of northern ireland, in through northern england, wales, southern and south—eastern parts, some clearer skies in northern ireland and also scotland, so in rural areas, temperatures lower than those you can see on this chart. but still fairly mild further south. tomorrow we say goodbye to the back end of that rain, but we will be left with a lot of cloud, some drizzly conditions, dank conditions, the odd spot of rain as well. northern

england, brighter skies through the course of the afternoon, particularly in the north—west, largely dry and sunny for northern ireland tomorrow, just the chance of a shower, and for scotland, sunshine and showers, most showers in the east where they could be heavy and thundery. we can see some heavy showers across the north west in the afternoon, amidst all that sunshine. as we head into friday, we say goodbye to the area of low pressure, the wind goes more north—westerly, soa the wind goes more north—westerly, so a cooler feel, the wind goes more north—westerly, so a coolerfeel, but high pressure sta rts so a coolerfeel, but high pressure starts to building and will settle things down from the west, so you can see sunshine coming in from the west, still a fair few showers, and some of those could pack a punch, and looking at that north—westerly breeze. feeling pleasant enough in the sunshine, 12—20 will be our number is top to toe. just a quick look at the weekend, high pressure will be established across us, so things fairly settled, but these weather fronts may just things fairly settled, but these weather fronts mayjust produce a little cloud and the odd shower in

the north and the west. temperatures going up, though. we will let you go and get a cup of tea! see you later. if hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. the chancellor will set out plans later to boost job opportunities for young people, who've been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. the £2 billion fund will help pay the wages of those at risk of long—term unemployment. rishi sunak is also expected to confirm a temporary stamp duty holiday for homebuyers in england and northern ireland. the conservative peer, baroness morgan, has denied reports that the government is planning to end free hospital parking for nhs staff. health workers in england have been allowed to park at their workplace for free since the start of the lockdown. speaking to us earlier on breakfast, baroness morgan said she didn't believe there were plans to reinstate charges. those stories are not a... there is no foundation to them and no decisions or anything

like that have been taken, so i would hope very much that somebody waking up this morning and hearing that will realise no decision has been taken and therefore it is not something that people need to focus on. you're absolutely right, that we are very grateful to all the health and social care workers who've worked so hard over the last few months. the wait is over — cricket returns later as england take on the west indies. and there'll be a special celebration of those who've gone above and beyond during the pandemic. before the game, england's players will wear training shirts featuring the names of some of our key workers. one of those to feature will be nurse tom field. i've been chatting to him and got the chance to introduce him to an england legend. music.

congratulations on your name being picked for this fantastic honour, to be on the back of one of the cricketers' shirts. yeah, it's amazing, thank you very much. now, you've been working really hard during a pandemic. hard during the pandemic. what have you been doing? so, i'm a nurse practitioner at st george's hospital in tooting. i work for a team of nurses that work for the hospital overnight, the night service, we review the sickest patients in the hospital. during the pandemic, a lot of those patients have unfortunately been covid—19 patients. it's been difficult. i think the most difficult thing about it is it's been something completely brand—new, whereas, when we're dealing with acutely unwell patients normally, we're quite used to the presentations, whereas this is something that's completely brand new, so we've had to deal with it head—on and the ever—changing things, so literally daily we would have new advice from the experts about what we'd have to do

and that was the most difficult thing, but, actually, i think everyone pulled together brilliantly and we were surprised at how positive everyone was that was working in the hospital. sorry to interrupt you, tom, i don't know if there's a technical problem here, just hang on a sec, i've just got a message on my screen. just one sec. oh, hello, jimmy anderson! laughs. how's the body? not too bad, thanks, yeah, i've been going well. so fingers crossed i'll be all right to get through this week and then hopefully the next few weeks. we're all hoping you can because we're all hoping for a 3—0 win. yeah, same here, same here. tom's one of thousands of people who've put their own health on the line to help other people. all that sort of added up and allowed us to be able to get to where we are now and that is to actually play some live cricket, which we're all really excited about. do you know, jimmy, that cricket is being held up now as an example of potentially the way forward for many different sports.

in your experience so far in the last two weeks, how well do you feel it's going and how do you think people will cope with this type of lockdown, in a sense, going into this bubble? we still have distancing as much as possible in the hotel, wearing ppe when we go to dinner. a few of the guys are doing their own, you know, changing their own bed sheets, and similarly in the dressing room, we've got to keep that distance, not putting saliva on the ball, no big celebrations, no hugging or anything like that, so, yeah, just a bit different. what emergency rations did you bring with you into the bubble? not a lot, really. sparkling water was the big one for me. sparkling water and green tea, which makes me sound a bit of a health freak but i'm not. we're lucky that there's a golf course at the back so a lot of the lads, pretty much all the lads, have brought their golf clubs to try

and also exercise and keep fit so that's been the main things for me. and before all of this, how has lockdown been for you? i know it has meant lots of great time with the family, with the kids, it was your wife's birthday, what was that like? it'sjust been different, hasn't it? i think everyone's just tried to get by as best they can, really. it's not been great for the kids not being at school, trying to get their work done at home. not being able to see their friends and things like that, there's been difficulties there. but i guess you just try and get through the best you can. obviously a lot of people have suffered through this period of time and we try to stay healthy throughout all this and come out the other side as best we can. i know you've spoken before about making cricket more diverse. and with the current climate across the world of black lives matter, trying to increase black and minority ethnic participation in all sorts of types of sports, do you think there's been any progress made? what more would you like to see?

the big thing for me is giving people opportunities and i certainly think, in cricket, we can do that a lot better. i'm sure that's something the ecb will look at over the coming months and years. and us as players, i think we can do more as well, getting on the back of things, and we're in a position where we have a voice and i think we should use that a bit more than we have been doing. so hopefully in the coming, as i said, the coming months and years, there will be things that we can do as players to try and push inclusivity. cricket is for everyone and we want to make sure that cricket is readily available for everyone who wants to play. how are you getting on with the new captain, ben stokes, how is he doing? he's doing really well. excited about the challenge ahead and we're all excited as well to be led by him as well. to be led by him this week. he has had a magnificent couple of years on the field and i'm sure

that form he's showed with the bat and ball will continue with his captaincy as well. jamie anderson there. he's a good lad, isn't he. ——jimmy. we were talking about this this week. all the players and media are being kept in a so—called "bio—bubble" for the entire three—game series. let's speak now to isa guha and sir alastair cook, who will be commentating on the games and join us now from southampton. isa, the most important question, what is the weather like outside the window? yes, i woke up this morning and it has been raining but, if i can show you, this is good news, they have started to take the covers off. there is still the hovercraft on the pitch but, hopefully, that will be removed very shortly, there is no rain at the moment. so fingers crossed. alistair, have you ever had a shorter walk to work? good morning. we actually do stay here, i stayed here during the test match as well, so it is a little strange when

you open the window and see the cricket pitch not far away but for this environment, it is fantastic. isa, i can't wait to see the highlights on bbc two, let's hope there are some to see! did you ever imagine that starting the job you are doing, you would be in the situation you are. what is it like and what is like going to be like for the next few weeks are you? yes, to be honest, i'm being able to delete —— enjoying being able to roll out of bed and literally being at the ground. it is a little bit strange but really nice seeing everyone, we've got such a cricket community amongst the broadcasters and it's been so good seeing everyone, obviously from a distance and wearing masks and everything. obviously there will be social distancing on camera as well, but thatis distancing on camera as well, but that is something everyone has gotten used to watching the football, so everything we do, using our own headsets, you have to adapt. anything that happens, you have just

got to be prepared tojust anything that happens, you have just got to be prepared to just accept it and move on, because, at the end of the day, we are getting some action out in the middle and hopefully we will have a good contest, as well.” think there is a desperation from cricket fans and sporting fans in general, alastair, just to see something. i wonder what sort of standard we can expect. none of these teams have played competitive cricket for a while. no, they haven't and i suppose every test series you going to there are questions thrown up before and it will be interesting to see how the players handle it but the talent on show is unbelievable. i think the one thing that might be missing will be that match toughness. you can be in their nets all you want, all the inter—squad matches that you want but that match topless, being in a highly pressurised situation, playing against people you don't know, you can't replicate that —— that match toughness. the guys haven't had that practice, you normally get it from county cricket

or continually playing, so it will be interesting but there is so much experience, especially in this english side and home conditions, i don't think it will affect them that much. i think you will see a fresh, fiery bowling line—up coming down at the west indies today. the west indies also have a fantastic bowling attack. a bit inexperienced with this ball but a really interesting side to watch but if they score enough runs, it will be a really competitive series. and, isa, what are you expecting to see from captain ben stokes? are we expecting some fireworks? always expect fireworks from ben stokes, we know everything about him in terms of batting and bowling but in terms of captaincy, he is a strong leader, leads from the front. obviously he is the stand—in captain, whenjoe root returns, he will take up the captaincy once more but he is tactically astute, he has a great cricket brain and a great pace attack on his hands, potentially. he

has a big decision to make around that, lots of headaches for selectors and ben stokes as captain as well, just to get that 11 out there and may be some tough decisions as well. i think he will come out all guns blazing, no doubt and he will want his side to be, you know, pretty much, from ball one, they want to be on it. i know they have only had one warm up game but it is about starting the series as best as they can because that is something they haven't necessarily donein something they haven't necessarily done in the last two years. alastair, talking about those decisions, jonathan agnew, the cricket correspondent, has been talking about leaving out stuart broad and that decision may have already been made, and that is difficult but that is the captain's job. yes, alongside the selectors, you get that decision and that is your right, you want to lead the 11 behind you. if they do leave out

stuart abroad, and the rumour is true, that shows the position of strength in the english bowlers —— broad. 500 wickets, hasn't missed a te st broad. 500 wickets, hasn't missed a test match at home and him and jimmy anderson have taken over 1,000 wickets together, it shows what a good place english cricket, certainly the seam bowling front is and that is without mentioning chris woa kes and that is without mentioning chris woakes or sam curran, so it is a great headache for the selectors and it means the guys who have got the shirt will have to put in a serious performance, knowing that broad, if he is missing, is waiting in the wings. i think we will see a bit of a rotation of bowlers, six test matches in pretty much seven weeks, so it will be really interesting to see what they do and i think we might be looking a bit to the future of maybe not playing jimmy and stuart broad so much together, to see different combinations, just to see different combinations, just to see what happens when they don't play. isa, i will come

see what happens when they don't play. isa, iwill come back see what happens when they don't play. isa, i will come back to you ina play. isa, i will come back to you in a second just before we go, i have done my share of early morning zooms, you are immaculate up top but have you got your pyjamas on downstairs? i was so tempted to do that, but the fact that i have got to go straight out today's upstairs to go straight out today's upstairs to the commentary box to do another interview, i'm not sure my calvin klein boxers would be appropriate... other plans are available! 7pm tonight —— other plans. other plans are available! 7pm tonight -- other plans. that's right andi tonight -- other plans. that's right and i am here in my pyjamas!” couldn't have asked you, isa, but thank you for showing us anyway! starting work in yourjimjams. i wish i could. for most schoolchildren, the lockdown has meant staying away from the classroom and learning online instead. but research shows hundreds of thousands of children in the uk are being left behind

because they don't have access to the internet or to a computer or tablet. fiona lamdin reports. you want a pen as well? the holgate family from swindon. six children sharing mum's phone to home—school. but, six weeks ago, a viewer donated a tablet. what difference has it made having another device in the house? we've been able to do loads of homework and we've been sharing better, so it's made a big difference because now i can produce that work. because when it was just the phone, they were always arguing, "it's my turn next, it's my turn". before they didn't know whether they were going to have their slot at the end of the day, because there was not enough time, before bedtime, sort of thing. now there's two, it just makes it a lot easier. the department for education has promised 200,000 laptops to children

most in need and, today, gloucestershire fire service are out delivering some of them. wales, scotland and northern ireland are running similar schemes. thanks a lot, it's really appreciated. there's a growing digital divide and access to it is an issue for a number of our students. when we've looked at the way students are accessing work, we know about 50% of them are using their phones. they've been given seven but the reality is there are hundreds of students that need them. so members of the public are now donating devices they no longer use. so far, this company has refurbished 150. so what we're doing here, we've got a laptop, it comes with one of these discs, that would have the data on it from anyone, so we're replacing it with this one so there's no possibility of bank details on here. according to research gathered by bbc children in need, almost three—quarters of a million students have missed out on schoolwork because they don't have a computer. i'm finding it very, very stressful and to be honest, sometimes i find it too much

so i just don't do any work at all. 14—year—old charlie who is doing his gcses next year is doing all his work on his phone. i'm worrying a lot about going back to school, having detentions after detentions for not doing the work. his foster carer chris is worried he's slipping behind. we talk a lot, he talks about his stresses and his worries and he's quite concerned because it's a very important year for him next year and he wants to fulfil his dreams. the government said it's committed to reopening schools in england in september. but many families are worried that, by then, the gap will be too big. fiona lamdin, bbc news. it has been a really difficult time forfamilies, kids it has been a really difficult time for families, kids who don't have access to the internet. we're nowjoined by the principal of passmores academy in harlow, vic goddard, and the chief executive of the charity good things foundation, helen milner.

vic godard, if i could come to you first of all, what is your experience of what is happening to children who don't have access to the internet or two laptops at the moment? i think the obvious reaction from all of us when the lockdown happened so quickly was to reach online, because it is accessible in our heads and quite easy to achieve. the reality was, throughout, was that we already knew 20% of our young people wouldn't have any access at all and, of the 80% but did have access, much of it was done on the phone, as the research has said today, so we moved completely off—line, we don't set any thing online. we sent to work home, so they got it physically through the post every three weeks, everything for the next three weeks' were, just to make sure the playing field is levelled and rechecked with parents and when we surveyed the parents,

70% said the learning tax relieve stress in a house and children could access it —— the learning packs. helen, what sort of stories have you been hearing? well, with this foundation, one of the issues as the devices but it is also the data, a lot of these families can't afford the data or if they have a smartphone, they have a one woman we spoke to, a single mum with two children, actually decided to cut one meal from the day because she had to choose data over food so that the children could actually do their schoolwork. and that is a drastic decision to have to make, simply because you haven't got technology. it is about the technology but it is also about affordability. there are 1 million children that the research shows, but there are 1.9 million households in the uk that don't have any internet whatsoever, no fixed line, no mobile internet and imagine having a pandemic and digital aid

and you can't afford it. vic, you have talked about the packs you have sent home to kids, it sounds like a brilliant idea and obviously helps families that don't have access to the online facilities but it must be incredibly labour intensive for you and teachers, not just incredibly labour intensive for you and teachers, notjust sending them out but getting them all in again. to be fair, it is a connection. it is work, of course, but that is what we are paid to do, that is not a complaint for any of us. it has been lovely, when we send the pack home and we receive the envelope with the completed work and seeing staff sitting around, socially distance, but marking work and giving feedback to stu d e nts but marking work and giving feedback to students has been a joy. we are missing the best part of the job, the students, so it is a connection for us as much as them. helen, there are for us as much as them. helen, there a re lots of for us as much as them. helen, there are lots of parents worried about their children having missed out on school over the last three months but i suppose it is very different when, not only have you missed out

on school, that you have missed out on school, that you have missed out on the learning experiences that otherfamilies on the learning experiences that other families have been on the learning experiences that otherfamilies have been able on the learning experiences that other families have been able to have. i know, it must be awful to be in that situation. they care sending paper home for the children to do but so many of the families online will also be using bbc, youtube, they will be topping up that learning with digital, so even the kids ina learning with digital, so even the kids in a big's school are going to be left behind. we really must fix this and we can fix this. the government, businesses and charities like ourselves, we have been working with a coalition of businesses to create devices dot now and we will create 10 million devices and sim cards for the all—important intranet connection for the end ofjuly. cards for the all—important intranet connection for the end ofjulym has been really interesting to hear your stories. thank you, it is a real example of people thinking on their feet to try and solve the

situation. and you can help as well. if you have a device you'd like to donate, you can find out more by visiting bbc.co.uk/makeadifference. the summer is often the busiest time of the year for animal charities, as they deal with a surge in the number of abandoned pets. there are fears that the effects of the lockdown could make this summer even busier. we've sent tim muffett to an rspca centre in surrey to find out more. good morning and good morning also to storm and penny. they are not the owners, they are suzanne and amy, who work for the rspca. we are talking about the number of abandonments because summer is a typically a time when the rspca would hear about more animals being abandoned, because there are more concerned now because of the lockdown and the easing of lockdown, the number is increasing. tell us

about the problems you are facing as about the problems you are facing as a charity. obviously the pandemic has had a huge effect on everybody and charities are exactly the same. our resources have been extremely stretched when we are expecting to be at our busiest and we are really concerned that the impact everything else had, come a few months' time, when lockdown has been properly used, will be really felt by charities like us. so is your fear that people have bought a pair during lockdown and now they are going back to work, they no longer have the time or can no longer afford to look after the pet? absolutely. every year this time of year, we see a spike in abandonments and we know a lot of people got pets in lockdown, that is wonderful, but i don't know if they have actually thought long term beyond lockdown, when people are going back to work, they don't have as much time and, u nfortu nately, they don't have as much time and, unfortunately, the impact that redundancies and their financial situation will have, can people afford to look after those pets? we met penny a little earlier, and this is suzanne. tell us her story, it is

heartbreaking. it is, she was brought into is one evening, she was abandoned in a box in a ditch, in a total collapsed state. her eyes were glazed over, the staff actually thought she was dead on arrival and we rushed her to the vets who instantly put her on a drip, because she was really dehydrated, her blood sugar levels were really low and to add to it all, she was pregnant, just about to give birth. they managed to stabilise and she gave birth. unfortunately, five of the pups birth. unfortunately, five of the pups were born stillborn and the remaining one unfortunately died very shortly afterwards. very briefly, what is your message for people struggling to look after a pet? please contact a charity, don't just abandon them. we might not be able to help you straightaway but we will certainly be able to give you the advice. penny has a home, we believe. yes, penny has a lovely new home lined up. good to see, a lot of people in touch already wanting to offer a home. a good end to the

story, potentially a heartbreaking one, all of these dogs are behind us and many other animals, cats, smaller animals, guinea pigs, rabbits and what have you, it is a real issue and there are fears it could be a growing issue. thank you, tim, great to highlight that on the programme. from bingeing box sets to re—watching our favourite films and sporting moments, lockdown has given us all the chance to catch up on a lot of tv. tonight, for the first time, bbc, itv, channel 4 and channel 5 will come together to broadcast a celebration of some of the shows that we've enjoyed the most over the past few months. let's take a quick look... this is our story. the future of humanity now depends on us. our tears. our smiles. our truths. how dare you come digging around in my past. this is the story of everything we've done. and everything we could be. that bond, it will last a lifetime. this is us.

this is who we are. and our stories are your stories. lots of great telly in there. we can speak now tojulian norton, who stars in channel 55 the yorkshire vet. you might have spotted him in that clip. give us an idea, there is lots to celebrate about british tv. has your family been one of those watching a lot more tv over the last few months? definitely. for me, as a vet, work has been fairly normal, obviously constrained by all of the regulations, but i've been able to get out and about and my wife is a vet as well, so she's been fairly busy but evening times, we have been having meals as a family for the first time in a long time and television after that, so it has really been something the whole family has been doing, like in the old days, sitting around together and watching the telly. and how has

the lockdown affected the filming of the yorkshire vet. it was difficult at the beginning, in the period of very tight lockdown, film and came toa very tight lockdown, film and came to a halt but after that, the production company based in leeds have been very taxable. we work as a small team, so we have been able to get back in action much more quickly compared to other production companies. i know television has taken a bit of a hit generally but we have been lucky, able to film out and about on the farm and in the fresh air, obviously at a safe distance with a smaller team. we have coped quite well, considering. it is important, television at a time like this particularly, it gives people that sense of comfort and has helped a lot of people threw in the last few months when many people have been in the house on their own for hours on end. absolutely and certainly my experience as part of the yorkshire vet, this week on the farm, people

haven't been able to leave their house so being able to bring the outside and the fresh air of yorkshire into their home has been good and the feedback from the viewers has been really positive, brightening up what might have been a dull day. it must be lovely to help people with television like this and bring the outdoors inside to them. most definitely, yes. as i say, we've been really lucky to be able to keep broadcasting during this period and that is reflected in the viewing figures. there are a lot of very happy fans of animal life, fresh air, able to continue —— when we are able to continue to bring that to them. it is great to hear from you and best of luck with the show. you can see our stories just before 9pm tonight on the main bbc channels, itv, channel 4 and channel 5. that's all from us for today. breakfast is back tomorrow from 6am.

enjoy the cricket, fingers crossed that the weather!

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