this is bbc news with the latest headlines. foreign travel to dozens of countries is possible from today without needing to self—isolate for two weeks on return to the uk. now we don't have to quarantine coming back in it's a big help. we can just go out there, we can stay in the hotel, obviously taking all the precautions. as the requirement to self isolate when returning from dozens of countries is lifted, the travel industry hopes more people start booking their holidays. i am at gatwick airport to find out what the new travel experience will be like for passengers. outdoor shows, team cricket, beauty treatments and tattoos are all coming back in england

in the next few days. northern ireland is becoming the first of the uk's nations to allow gyms to reopen today. in scotland — people must now cover their faces when they go into shops. in hong kong, all schools are closing again after a spike in coronavirus cases. and on the 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of britain — the story of the 13—year—old girl who helped design the spitfire so crucial to the raf‘s victory. hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. i am annita mcveigh. from today, travellers arriving in england, wales, and northern ireland from many popular holiday destinations are no longer required

to quarantine for two weeks. restrictions have been lifted for arrivals from 59 countries, including spain, france, italy and germany, as well as 14 british overseas territories. but passengers who arrived in the past two weeks still have to see out their 14 day self isolation period. the new rules don't apply to scotland, who will continue to quarantine travellers from countries that have a higher prevalence of coronavirus than their own. john mcmanus reports. spain's tourist industry is keen to say hola to british holiday—makers as soon as possible. paul is heading there tomorrow. now we don't have to quarantine coming back in, it's a big help, knowing that we can just go out there, we can stay in the hotel, obviously taking all the precautions — social distancing and masks and everything, hand sanitiser and everything. the hotel seems to have it mostly under control.

more of us are likely to venture abroad now that the uk's travel quarantine has been relaxed, but it's not straightforward. take europe. if you arrive from most places, you now don't have to self—isolate for two weeks, but some of these countries have restrictions when you arrive there. people travelling from anywhere else — including, controversially, portugal — do still have to follow the quarantine rules. and people arriving into scotland from spain will, too. liz's package holiday to croatia tomorrow is still booked, but her flight has been cancelled. from what i understand, although some countries have opened up to tourists, a lot of flights aren't currently running. so although the accommodation is available for tourists, there are no flights to get there, and i think that's where the confusion is. airports will become a bit busier

again in the coming weeks. they and the airlines which use them are desperate to get paying passengers through their doors and into the air. but the return of international travel won't be plain sailing. the foreign office is advising all britons not to travel on cruise ships at the moment — instructions which it says are based on advice from public health england. john mcmanus, bbc news. let's get the picture at gatwick airport, katy austin is there. good morning to you. as we would expect, it looks incredibly quiet there right now. what does it feel like to be at an airport in this situation? you are right, it is very quiet, very strange and one thing you will notice immediately, i am wearing a mask. that's because the requirement here is everybody wears a face covering around the airport. in terms of it being quiet, you are

quite right. in june, in terms of it being quiet, you are quite right. injune, for example, there were only 17,000 passengers who departed from gatwick, that co m pa res to who departed from gatwick, that compares to 2.2 million injune last year, the drop off during the pandemic, the travel restrictions, has been really quite severe and now, things might start ramping up at something near normal. things are at something near normal. things are a bit different, when you're right there's lots of hand sanitising stations, signs telling you to maintain social distancing, markings along the floor in some backdrop areas, keeping people apart. and when you go to security, the process is the same, you've got to wear the mask, that will stay on during a flight. mask, that will stay on during a flight. some flights are already taking off from gatwick, easyjet is running flights from the level beneath us, it's a bit quieter appear, for a norwegian is running flights, tui doesn't start until tomorrow. three departures, there aren't many restaurants open, the

departure lounge experience still feels quite different. i've got passengers here taking flights today. good morning, just introduce yourself. you are off to turkey, is that correct? yes, for a working holiday. you are going for work and pleasure as well but how are you feeling about travelling? very confident, you know, i've waited quite a long time before i went out. everything was coming down, slowing down. i'm quite confident. turkey is one of the countries on the list, a lower risk a country so you felt happy? yes, yes, i've been following it for the last couple of weeks before i bought my ticket, 15 a day, the infection rates are very low. but mainly, in turkey, i am not going to a major city. but mainly, in turkey, i am not going to a major citylj but mainly, in turkey, i am not going to a major city. i am quite confident. of course, now you won't have to self isolate. thank you for

your time. we've got stephen, stephen, good morning. and for you after? i am going to visit my partner. denmark was one of the first countries to take drastic action. everything over there it's back to normal. death rates under 500. i was quite pleased to go over. spend time with my partner and family. 0bviously, spend time with my partner and family. obviously, you are looking forward to not having to isolate when you get back. my partner was planning to come back with me. i am pretty ha p py planning to come back with me. i am pretty happy about not having to do that. really we about the airport being this quiet. itjust feels really weird. you must have flown out to denmark quite a bit. what is it like normally? totally packed,

heaving, it's quite surreal. i was caught thinking, when will things get back to normal? it is the big question we need to ask ourselves. thank you so much for your time, have a safe flight. not every country on the world on a low flight risk, some you will have to still self isolate, the usa. check the details before you become a check the requirements in the country you're travelling to. good advice. thank you very much. we can speak now to julia lo bue—said, chief executive at advantage travel partnership — the uk's largest independent travel agent partnership. good to have you with us this morning, thank you. taking everything into consideration, especially customer confidence, are you expecting to see trouble picking up you expecting to see trouble picking up from today, quite quickly, or are you expecting a more cautious return? good morning. ithink

you expecting a more cautious return? good morning. i think to date marks a more significant change for the industry, something we have been waiting forfor a for the industry, something we have been waiting for for a very long time. clearly we are all learning a new normal, the travel experience is likely to be very different so i think from our perspective, we see a cautious return, we see lots of travellers who really are looking forward to travelling again. but what we need to do is make sure we can educate them and provide the guidance they need so they understand what they can expect when they get to the airport but as part of theirjourney, they get to the airport but as part of their journey, what are the requirements. again, really positive in terms of the restrictions that had been released. however, what we would urge everyone to make sure they understand, just because there isa they understand, just because there is a list of 60 countries, you no longer need to quarantine to return to the uk, it doesn't mean they don't have restrictions themselves in the local country so we urge eve ryo ne in the local country so we urge everyone to make sure they check with their travel agent before departing, what restrictions are in place, the local areas they are travelling to. what are the main

concerns and questions that the travel agents are hearing from customers? the main concern is are they going to be able to enjoy the holiday with a enjoy the holiday they expected, what are the restrictions, the local restrictions that are being put in place? will they be able to enjoy the facilities as they would have expected? a lot of questions are customers are asking and what we are trying to do is really built up as much information as we can as an industry, so we have all the information to be able to guide our customers so we can give them the most up—to—date advice which is changing and changing constantly. most up—to—date advice which is changing and changing constantlylj guess changing and changing constantly.” guess there's never been a more complicated time to be a travel agent so how challenging is it for the agents to keep on top of all the advice and make sure they are giving customers the absolutely up to date, best advice they can? it is very complex. unfortunately we don't get the information ahead of consumers.

we are making sure that we are up to date with the latest fco advise and all the information that we need but it's very complex. what i would urge anyone to do is make sure they are speaking to their professional agents who are best placed to be able to guide them, it's ever so complex and what we don't want is consumers who didn't realise in advance, local restrictions that had been placed upon them on arrival. julia, thank you. and coming upjust after 9.30 here on the bbc news channel, we'll be answering your questions on the easing of travel restrictions with rory bolland, travel editor of which and personal finance expert, felicity hannah. that's in your questions answered. you can email your questions to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag bbcyourquestions. the government has announced the latest easing of lockdown restrictions in england,

with some leisure facilities and beauty services allowed to reopen. from tomorrow, outdoor swimming pools can reopen, and performances can take place in outdoor theatres, while some sports, such as cricket, will also return. from monday, customers can return to beauticians, tattooists, spas and tanning salons — but they will be subject to some restrictions. and on the 25th ofjuly, indoor pools, gyms and other sports facilities will reopen. let's go to our political correspondent, leila nathoo, now, who joins us from westminster. a lot going on today and in the next few days in terms of this reopening so what is the government saying about this new phase and how it's going to measure whether this has any impact on the incidence of coronavirus in the uk? clearly there is now a balance for the government to strike, this is the last wave in the major reopening of the sectors

that have been shut for many months. not all sectors are reopening but the vast majority are now under is a balance clearly to strike between and amassing the risk of the virus spiking but also paying attention to the fact that these sectors need to get back and people need to be encouraged to simply spend their money again. you heard from the chancellor earlier this week, announcing more measures to try and stimulate the economy, that furlough bonus scheme, the eat out discount august, all trying to stem the tide ofjob august, all trying to stem the tide of job losses. but august, all trying to stem the tide ofjob losses. but the background picture is looking quite bleak. we had big high street names yesterday, john lewis, boots, potentially announcing thousands of job john lewis, boots, potentially announcing thousands ofjob losses and smaller businesses struggling under the radar. there is a big reopening coming again, another wave in england. but, for many businesses, the question will be is it too late, can they operate safely, can they be profitable with social distancing measures in place and will people want to go back to

those businesses, to those sectors, in the same numbers as they did before? i think that is going to be a crucial issue in the coming weeks and months, the issue of confidence, getting people confident enough to go to public spaces, gems again, despite social distancing measures they will come into contact with plenty of other people and other households. 0ur plenty of other people and other households. our people confident enough now to go out and do that, spend the money in the way the government wants us to do? thank you very much. face coverings are mandatory in shops in scotland from today, and those who don't comply could be fined £60. it's one of a number of changes to lockdown restrictions coming into force this morning. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon has more. she is wearing one, they are wearing them too. and from today, most people, with the exception of young children and those with certain medical conditions, will have to wear a face covering while shopping in scotland, or they'll be breaking the law. i think it's something that we'll alljust have to get used to,

for the foreseeable future. anything that's going to help stop the spread i absolutely agree with. so wearing a mask into a shop or a confined space — yeah, i'm completely happy to do that. you've a mask with you just now, so you'll be wearing it in the shop? yes, homemade mask, yeah. as this new measure comes in, other restrictions are being eased. up to 15 people are now allowed to meet outdoors, as long as physical distancing remains. that will also apply to limited indoor gatherings, which are now allowed, and which can include overnight stays. and the two—metre rule is being eased on public transport and in retail, as long as strict conditions are in place to lower risk. many shops have already put in mitigating measures to protect their customers and staff. in this children's shoe shop, there are now protective screens in place. they're hopeful people will get on board with these latest changes to the way they shop. 0bviously for children under five, we wouldn't be asking them to wear a mask. for an adult, we would pretty much be insisting on wearing masks,

and i do have a spare mask in the shop. and they're not in here for a long time. i think it's quite an airy environment, so i'm hoping that — yes, i'm hoping that they will adhere to the guidelines. scotland's first minister has warned that anyone not complying risks a £60 fine. wearing a face covering on a bus, train or in a shop should, for the foreseeable future, become as automatic as putting on a seat belt in a car. it should not need to be enforced, but the police can issue fines for anyone not complying. as restrictions ease and normal life resumes, the risk of the virus spreading will increase. the scottish government believes face coverings are an important part of the measures to try and make sure that doesn't happen. lorna gordon, bbc news. the first minister, nicola sturgeon said she was "pretty nervous" about how the changes would affect suppression of coronavirus. speaking to the bbc, she was asked why she was being more cautious in the easing of lockdown, compared to the uk government —

and whether she was sending a confusing message. if you look at scotland right now, putting the pandemic to one side, we've got different rules on the drink—drive limit, for example. we have different rules on the price of alcohol. you know, the scottish parliament takes a whole host of decisions. we have free prescriptions and free tuition in scotland which don't exist elsewhere in the uk, so, you know, the people of scotland are used to having a parliament that takes its decisions and the law in scotland, as relates to the tackling of the pandemic, is what people in scotland, whether they live in scotland or are visiting scotland, have to comply with. and i would say... and, please, iam not complacent about this, things can change in the course of this virus very quickly and that is why i am pretty nervous about the next few weeks, as we come, in a much more significant way than we have to date, out of lockdown, but i would say that the virus is at lower levels in scotland than it is in the uk as a whole, which says to me that we're maybe, you know,

doing things reasonably well and getting things, at the moment, reasonably right and people in scotland understand the rules pretty well and are abiding by them. and it is down to people across the country that we have got infection rates as low as we have just now, because people have been complying with the laws and with the guidance. the big challenge for us now, and it's not going to be easy, is to get our lives back to some kind of normality, where we keep the virus under control — and there are, as i say, many parts of the world right now where it is surging out of control again, and that should be a warning to all of us. gyms in northern ireland are reopening today, becoming the first in the uk to welcome people back after the easing of restrictions. there isn't a set date for reopening in scotland and wales but indoor gyms in england can welcome people back from the 25th ofjuly. to follow social distancing rules, fitness centres in northern ireland have spaced out machines, put in place one—way systems, and limited the number of people exercising. well, let's get more

on this from niall mchugh, the owner of crossfit belfast. and also sol gilbert who is the director of underground gym in newhaven, east sussex. welcome to both of you, thank you very much for your time. nile, how relieved are you to be back up and running today, literally, i guess. very relieved. still a little bit apprehensive about how the day is going to go. i'm excited, hopeful that this is going to be a new dawn for us, moving forward. what preparations have you had to make to ensure its a safe environment, tell usa ensure its a safe environment, tell us a bit more detail about that, niall. as a business owner, my main concern is minimising the risk environment, for us, that starts with an app —based booking system, we can't control the flow of clients

in and out of the business, we do appointment —based training only. each client must select an available time before they come to the gym, when they arrive they wait outside, we had socially distanced markers outside, a member of staff will bring each client in, check them in at reception, ask them to sanitise their hands. each client will receive a large plastic storage tub, just like you would if you're going through an airport, all their belongings are placed that box and any time they need to take a t—shirt for anything, if they are working out and getting warm, they place all their belongings in the box. they are guided by the coach into the work—out area, each client has a training pod marked out with white tape and the client spends the whole session in that area. in the area they have all the equipment they need for the work—out, the actual work—out itself is coach led, when the work—out is completed, a coach will take a group led, supervised group clean of all the equipment with hygiene products stop then the

coach will guide them back out to a members area, they can have tea or coffee. it's been very well thought out, sounds very controlled. to my too, iam out, sounds very controlled. to my too, i am sure you will be watching very carefully to see what the experiences in northern ireland before you reopen on the 20 fit but how do you feel about the fact gems are shot in england while pubs, restau ra nts are shot in england while pubs, restaurants have been able to reopen? i am bitterly disappointed. it seems the government is putting beers and burgers before physical and mental health. when we look at the nhs situation, prior to lockdown, obesity rising, year on year, becoming quite a big problem. we, asjames, we are the solution to this. a large proportion of the public, don't feel confident going into general practices are speaking to doctors about health issues they have come up weight issues, and to be honest, a lot of gps don't have

the solutions to those problems whereas us, especially here, we focus on getting underneath, the root of the problem, making sure and ensuring the member who comes through the door goes through a journey and we find out what the solution is and we make sure we guide them along the pathway. sol, do you feel you have been given, or you have heard what the science is behind the continued closure of gymnasiums in england at the moment? not at all. that's the general consensus across the whole fitness industry. we are absolutely in the dark, as niall said, we are going to be looking to northern ireland, to see what the response is like, the u pta ke see what the response is like, the uptake is amongst the general population. for us, our members are loyal we 've population. for us, our members are loyal we've had a good response on instagram yesterday when we said we we re instagram yesterday when we said we were reopening on the 25th, members are very supportive of that. i guess, a lot of our members, they

love lifting weights, they like doing cardio work, some of the stuff that cannot be done at home so for us, asa that cannot be done at home so for us, as a brand, we focus on delivering that side of things. and i guess, you know, it would be nice for us to have clarity so we can pass that on to our members but we have been left in the dark. one thing that we have all been told to do during the last few months, albeit outside, is to exercise for the good of our physical and mental health. niall, have you been able to interact with your client through online coaching or outside over the last few months? and are they eager and most importantly confident about coming back inside to exercise? yes, so when lockdown happened, we very quickly made a sideways shift into creating a youtube page and putting out free content for our existing client base and anybody who wanted to use it. i think, our gymnasium is

a community based service, we miss that interaction especially, its been a difficult transition but communicating with our members, they are very eager to communicating with our members, they are very eager to come communicating with our members, they are very eager to come back. we have classes on today. we have had three classes on today. we have had three classes through this morning, people are coming back but i think our clients know our professionalism and how seriously we take the precautions, as i said earlier. the confidence level seems very high, they are willing to come back in and get going again in the facility. sol, from the business perspective, do you think it would have been possible to go much longer without actually getting back to business? myself and my business partner, alan, we factored in the worst case scenario which was september, october. and we planned for that, when the lockdown happened. but as the absolute worst case scenario. we don't know how we are going to be coming back out of this process

right now, we don't know what response is going to be with the members of though, through social media, it has been great thus far. are people going to be apprehensive? based on that we have set up an outdoor training facility as well and moved a lot of our offering online as well. whereas we used to do everything internally in bricks and mortar, now we have an on demand page, redesigning the website, we have a new facility outdoors as well. we are trying to cover all the bases and hopefully we will provide something for the user in a confident environment. sol and niall, good luck to both of you with the reopening. thank you both very much. the bureau of education in hong kong has announced that all schools will be closed from monday because of a spike in locally transmitted coronavirus cases. the asian financial hub reported 42 new cases on thursday, of which 3a were locally transmitted, marking

the second consecutive day of rising local infections. from the outset, hong kong has been praised for its success in managing the virus — recording only 1,365 cases and seven deaths in total — despite its close proximity to mainland china. let's get more on this from our correspondent in hong kong, martin yip. martin, why have schools closed now? there have been all sorts of suggestions about why this has been happening, not necessarily linked to the virus. well, there is plenty of reasons from the health site, to close it. like wejust reasons from the health site, to close it. like we just mentioned, there is a spike that came out yesterday. 42 cases in one single day and there are two clusters identified locally, without knowing the hand of transmission, where

these clusters came from. at the same time, these cases also involve pa rents same time, these cases also involve parents and students, or even teachers, that's why people are getting quite panicked and the education bureau has decided to close the school. this is not actually an exact shut down right away, i will read you more details of the orderfrom away, i will read you more details of the order from the education bureau, they are giving quite some leeway to many aspects including schools, primary schools, that are holding a primary five examinations. why is that important? that they let these exams continue? because they need these marks from these exams to determine the students entrance for secondary school and also, make a classes for senior secondary school students, will also be given some leeway, they might continue if they

can't manage it safely. it is a bit ofa can't manage it safely. it is a bit of a chaotic situation here as well, but it seems the government is knowing people are panicked, they had to do something to make people think they are acting on it, to be seen as trying to control this, possibly, the third round of outbreaks in hong kong, that's why there are school closures now. do we have any specifics on why there has been this spike right now? as we mentioned in the introduction, hong kong has been incredibly successful so far in managing this virus, controlling this virus? well, health officials are still trying to look for possible causes of these clusters but there may be

explanations. one is from local restau ra nts, explanations. one is from local restaurants, that's why some other measures are being announced last night, before the education bureau talked about school closures. as to reimpose some sort of restrictions on restaurants. and the other one is from care homes, they kind of know the answer, but also some people from outside the government are suggesting could this be the cause of people being exempt from being checked because among the cases yesterday, there were at least four cases from the aviation industry, three cargo plane employees plus another aeroplane crewmember testing positive for the virus. it might be seen as some sort of loophole among

all the performance from the government, that they need to improve. they are now looking into possible ways to fill all these holes. martin, thank you very much. the policing watchdog for england and wales is launching a review of cases where racial discrimination may have been a factor. figures show that stop and search powers are nine times more likely to be used against black people than against white people. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello. well, after a couple of days of gloom and rain, it is turning brighter today but it's not going to be a completely dry day. in fact, farfrom it. showers scattered today across scotland and also eastern counties of the uk. in fact, anywhere, say from newcastle and yorkshire down to lincolnshire down to east anglia, even the south—east,

you could catch one or two showers, maybe even the odd heavier one. but, other than that, the weather is going to be mostly bright or sunny. the winds are light, it will turn pleasantly warm enough, with temperatures between 18 and 22 degrees. now, the showers continue for a time in the east during the evening. then they fade, we've got clear spells tonight. morning temperatures will hover around about 8—11 celsius and this is the start of a fine spell of weather this weekend. high pressure is building so that means that both saturday and sunday, at least across most of the uk, the weather is looking dry and turning pleasantly warm. bye— bye. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... foreign travel to dozens of countries is possible from today without needing to self—isolate for two weeks on return to the uk. outdoor shows, team cricket, beauty treatments and tattoos are all coming back in england

in the next few days. this northern ireland is becoming the first of the uk's nations to allow gyms to reopen today. in scotland, people must now cover their faces when they go into shops. and coming up, on the 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of britain, the story of the 13—year—old girl who helped design the spitfire who helped design the spitfire now to sport with holly hamilton. today, holly is at a swimming full, very today, holly is at a swimming full, very eager today, holly is at a swimming full, very eager to get back to business there, iam very eager to get back to business there, i am sure. good morning. yes, it feels like an apt place to start the sport. we are talking about the news that swimming pools and gyms and leisure centres will all be reopening in england in just over two weeks' time. a lot of people very excited about that. not necessarily fitness fanatics, but families and older people who really make gyms and leisure centre is part

of their routine. for swimming pools, it is worth remembering that there will be a lot of rules and regulations in place before they are allowed to reopen on the 25th of july. i have come to a swimming forla n july. i have come to a swimming forlan leisure centre in east manchester, roxanne is the general manager. you are going to talk me through exactly what will need to be in place when you open the doors on the 25th ofjuly. i am here and in my swimming costume ready to go, what happens first? one of the major differences as you have to pre—book for every gym session, fitness class orswimming for every gym session, fitness class or swimming session, you have to pre—book before you arrive at the centre. when you do arrive, you will be greeted by one of our receptionists, who will speak you through our one—way system and there will be a cleaning station when you arrive, so we will encourage all customers to sanitise their hands on arrival. as you can see, on the ground, we have our one—way system marked out. we are all getting used to these one—way systems now. i will let you go on ahead. so coming through here into the changing

rooms, what has changed in here? our hair dryers rooms, what has changed in here? our hairdryers are no rooms, what has changed in here? our hair dryers are no longer in use. you will see the one—way system ta kes you will see the one—way system takes us all the way around into the changing area and here there are some changes as well. changing rooms and lockers, will they still be in use? every other cubicle will be available and lockers will be available and lockers will be available but spaced out. but we are requesting that customers come beach ready for the pool. so swimming costu me ready for the pool. so swimming costume or trunks on underneath your clothes. and bring your towel with you, almost ready to jump clothes. and bring your towel with you, almost ready tojump in, essentially. bearing that in mind, there will be a lot of people worried they had to go home in their wet swimming costume, i take it that is not the case. now, there will still be cubicles available for people to use after being in the swimming pool but only one person in the changing rooms at any one time. you can smell the chlorine, it is nice to be back and there will be rules and regulations in place in

the water for people to adhere to, too. yes, the lanes will become double width and the reason behind thatis double width and the reason behind that is purely to reduce the amount of swimmers in the pool that each time. we are requesting that the swimmers are very aware time. we are requesting that the swimmers are very aware of their surroundings, maintaining social distance whilst in the pool as well as in the changing area. in terms of that distance, is that going to be quite difficult? i know myself sometimes i'm doing my lengths up and down the pool and i'm not looking where i'm going. it will be new for all of us but i think we have all adapted well to social distancing, and the wider lanes in the pool will make it easier but we just ask customers to be careful. i'm sure you are looking forward to getting people back in and a lot of people will be excited to get back into the water again. if you can't wait that long, i do have some other good news. there will be other sport taking place again and includes cricket, you can play as part of your own club now. you may have been inspired by a bit of cricket happening yesterday between england

and the west indies, it is the first test—macro. if you are looking for inspiration, look to the west indies captain, jason holder. he claimed six wickets for 42 runs as england we re six wickets for 42 runs as england were bowled out for 204. in reply, the tourists were 57—1 at close, trailing england by 147 runs. there were three matches in the premier league last night and the league themselves have told the bbc that there were incorrect penalty decisions made in all three of them. they admitted that manchester united's bruno fernandes shouldn't have won a penalty for this challenge — he appeared to foul the villa defender. but fernandes went on to score it himself as united beat aston villa 3—0. southampton were also wrongly awarded a penalty afterjames ward—prowse appeared to fall into

everton defender andre gomes, but he did go on to miss the penalty as the sides drew 1—1. and finally, totte n ha m sides drew 1—1. and finally, tottenham should have had a penalty for this shove on harry kane against bournemouth. it wasn't given, so the match finished 0—0 and it is fair to say that spurs managerjose mourinho wasn't one bit happy about it. holly, thank you very much. good to see holly at a swimming pool. now on bbc news, it's time for your questions answered. you've been sending in your questions about the new easing of travel restrictions. let's get some of them answered now. joining me to do so is rory bolland, travel editor of which? and felicity hannah, personal finance expert. good morning to both of you. we have

a question from andy gray... we have a party of 11 due to fly to a greek island on the 16thjuly, but we're still unclear if we can go without quarantine, since greece is not allowing uk in up to 15th july? yes, it is a little bit risky. i would be hopeful that that holiday should go ahead. as you say, the review date is the 15th ofjuly, thatis review date is the 15th ofjuly, that is when the greek government is said it is the earliest that uk residents can come, but as long as our infection rate continues to go down and continues to go in the right direction, then, hopefully, that decision will come through. what i should say is that when you get to greece, you may be required to self—isolate for a short period, so the greek authorities are talking about carrying out coronavirus tests at the airport. so you then go to your hotel and, shortly afterwards, hopefully ours rather than a day or anything longer, you will be told that you are clear and can leave self isolation and enjoy your holiday. so andy needs to keep a

very close eye on what is going to be an evolving situation. felicity, another question. i am currently trying to get money back for my holiday that has been cancelled. if the government say you shouldn't travel, then does that not mean you are entitled to a refund? yes, and what people are entitled to and what people are getting are quite separate in this crisis. so if your brake is cancelled, if you booked a package holiday, booked a flight booked a package holiday, booked a flight and it can't happen and it is cancelled, so you don't make the cancellation, the company makes the cancellation, the company makes the cancellation because of the government's policies, you should be entitled to a refund and you should be able to get that in cash back into the account you paid from. a lot of companies are struggling to make refunds for everybody who booked and, sometimes, they are trying to give people vouchers, asking them to rebook for a future date. you are entitled to a refund and you simply have to persist, keep asking for it, keep talking to them, put it in writing if they are still trying to fob you off. you can even

complain to the competition and markets authority if you are not getting anywhere, they are keeping quite a close eye on whether companies are doing all that they can. having said that, if you know that you want to rebook in the future, you might want to consider seeing if you can push back your booking and help them out by not accepting a refund, but you are legally entitled to it, it is your money. keep insisting you should get it back. i question now from stephen, rory. please can you identify when the government is considering updating restrictions to travel to other european countries, for example, portugal? yes, i have been inundated with worries about portugal, whether those holidays will go ahead. one of the most popular uk destinations. and there are other countries as well that people were surprised were left off the list. bulgaria, for example, is also a popular package holiday destination. there is no definitive date from the government when it will review the list, it is saying it is well continual —— it is

continual, and we are seeing that today, even as the list launches, serbia has been taken off the list because of the rise in infections there. portugal didn't come in at there. portugal didn't come in at the start because the government was concerned about the infection rate there, a couple of outbreaks, although it is relatively small, so i would expect, i would hope, that portugal will be back on that list and you will be able to take that holiday to portugal, in the short term, in the next couple of weeks, but unfortunately impossible to give a date just yet. another one that is very much evolving and could change. i question for you felicity, from matthew, considering insurance. i am due to go on a family holiday to spain in late august. all of the holiday insurance i have looked at is currently not covering coronavirus, unless the policy was taken in advance of the pandemic. is that right? yes, so this is a real problem. lots of people are wanting to book their brakes, wanting to get overseas and enjoy what is left of the summer and

it is much harder to buy travel insurance that will cover you for the covid risk. when this crisis first started happening, lots of travel insurance dropped out of the market, they weren't offering policies that gave any protection against covid—19 disruption. we are seeing a few more coming back onto the market. so there are too sort of ends you need to look at. you need to see whether a policy will protect you if you fall ill with covid—19 before you travel and therefore can't travel and, also, whether the policy will protect you if there is disruption in the country you are travelling to and your holiday can't go ahead or is very severely disrupted, or if you fall ill overseas. now, there are some policies that are covering elements of that but most of them still have restrictions, so go online, look up which policies are including some sort of covid—19 cover, but then make sure that you understand what the additional restrictions are, because it is almost impossible to buy a policy at the moment that will

cover you for absolutely every kind of disruption that you could face in a very, very changeable pandemic situation. so there are policies out there that have much better cover for coronavirus than other policies butjust make for coronavirus than other policies but just make sure for coronavirus than other policies butjust make sure you know for coronavirus than other policies but just make sure you know what the restrictions are, so you know you are happy with the level of risk you are happy with the level of risk you are being asked to take. and i thought, felicity, on whether, if you have a policy taken out before the end back pandemic, an annual policy that still has a few months to run, are you covered or if there is any disruption at your destination? you could be but don't rely on that, just pick up the phone to your insurerand rely on that, just pick up the phone to your insurer and double check with them. and on the annual policy note as well, if you haven't taken out an annual travel insurance policy, it is worth looking around at where the you have a packaged bank account, for example, that includes family travel cover in that bank account as a perk, as an extra, because you might not have consciously ta ken

because you might not have consciously taken out a travel insurance policy but you might have one and it might cover you for this, but check, check, check before you fly because make —— you have to make sure the small print is not ruling out cover if you are overseas and one more thing, if you are travelling in europe, the european health insurance card is still valid until the end of the year despite brexit so make sure you have one, it is free, you can apply online, don't pay anything for it and that will entitle you for medical help in the country you are travelling on on the same basis as anyone who lives there. good advice. rory... can uk citizens book a short leisure holiday to the usa injuly or august 2020 without needing quarantine in the usa? as we know, the usa has had another day of a record high. yes, i must say, i haven't heard many enquiries about going on holiday to the united states because of those very high infection levels. i think it is really unlikely that this summer, we

will be able to take holidays to the united states. at the moment, you are barred entry, is uk residents can't even enter the united states, despite some flights still operating. there has been some discussion of, potentially, we may open up to some individual states. so boston, for example, and massachusetts has a much lower infection rates in florida, where they are really in a very difficult situation at the moment. even if that were to happen, of course, you really would need, to pick up on felicity‘s point, excellent travel insurance because the cost of medical care in the united states is really, really high so even if we we re really, really high so even if we were to open up and we were allowed to go in, and there wasn't a requirement to quarantine, you shouldn't go to the united states u nless shouldn't go to the united states unless you have a bullet—proof travel insurance that will cover you for any sort of medical expenses, including coronavirus, and that is very difficult to get right now. felicity, this question. what measures have been taken by the government for people

who want to change their trip to a calmer time? let's hope we have got, time is coming, that is what i'm thinking as i read that question. that is very true. it is a very good question and, unfortunately, there is no automatic right, no rules in place to allow you to push back your holiday, unless there is some specific reason that you can't travel. so, unless yourtrip specific reason that you can't travel. so, unless your trip is cancelled or government is advising against travel to that country, or unless you have got some sort of personal medical situation that requires you to shield that you could perhaps then claim through your travel insurance, simply "i don't want to travel in this current environment", it is very understandable but it does not give you a legal reason to push back your holiday. having said that, lots of travel companies, they are trying to do their best, particularly for customers that come back to them year after year. it is worth talking to your travel provider and just

saying, is there any way we can move it back? they might be more willing to help facilitate that than you expect but, unfortunately, there is no legal right. we have just about a minute left, rory, i will squeeze in one more question. we have a holiday home in northern spain, but normally fly into porto in portugal pick up a car and travel to spain. can we do this still now? good question. yes, you could do it, but there are a number of reservations that you need to consider. the portuguese spanish border is open, there are flights operating to porto, so you could get there, get across the border and get to spain, and you wouldn't be required to quarantine in spain either, or, indeed, if you then flew back into spain from the uk. however, if you fly into portugal at the moment, you will invalidate any travel insurance you have, and portugal, as we discussed earlier, is not on the exclusion list. so if you do travel and you do have travel insurance and are relying on that, you will invalidate it. so,

possible, but probably not a good idea would be at my advice. so the big message today, check your insurance, check the details. rory and felicity, thank you so much for answering those questions. thank you to all of you for sending in those questions. it was a victory that became one of the defining moments of the second world war, and the nazis' first defeat. today marks 80 years since the start of the battle of britain. the spitfire was one of the iconic aircraft that took part, and now the raf have recognised for the first time that a 13—year—old girl played a vital role in the plane's design. sophie raworth reports. newsreel: way up in the sky, there are messerschmitt, junkers, heinkels or dorniers that are going to get the thrashing of their lives. july 19110 and nazi germany is beginning the first of many bombing raids in what became known

as the battle of britain. but the raf‘s pilots managed to fight off the luftwaffe and defend these shores in their spitfires and hurricanes. it is the most famous plane from world war ii. it played a crucial role in the battle of britain. but what we didn't know until now was that the role that a 13—year—old was the role that a 13—year—old girl played in its design. this new generation of fighter plane had originally been designed with just four machine guns. but this man, captain fred hill, a scientific officer in the air ministry, became convinced that four guns would not be enough. each plane needed eight. he faced stiff opposition — most thought eight guns would be too many, impossible to fit on the planes. but captain hill was convinced he was right, so he turned to an unlikely person for help — his 13—year—old daughter, hazel, a talented mathematician.

together, around their kitchen table, they worked through the night on complex calculations to prove that eight guns firing at least 1,000 rounds a minute was essential for success. they talk about burning the midnight oil and coming into the office late after everybody‘s gone to carry out further calculations and borrow some bits of equipment to carry out experiments, more or less off their own bat, working long hours, because they were really dedicated to these things. and, of course, they were taking their work home. hazel told her sons about her role when they were growing up. it's amazing that history hangs on so fine a thread, isn't it? you know, if she'd got the calculations wrong or she hadn't been asked to help and the decision had not been made to go with eight guns, who knows what would have happened? this graph, presented to the air ministry in 193a, was the result of hazel‘s calculations. with eight guns firing,

the fighters typically had just two seconds to hit their target before pulling away. they had to get incredibly close to the enemy planes — just 250 yards away — to stand a chance of shooting them down. hazel‘s calculations meant the government changed its mind. the battle of britain proved to be a turning point in the war. it was the bravery and success of the pilots which made victory possible, but, without the support of many others, the battle may not have been won. what a great inspiration for young people today, young girls in particular, that can look upon someone like hazel in the early 1930s making such an important contribution. 80 years after the battle of britain, hazel hill is finally getting the public recognition she deserved.

iam i am pleased to say we are joined by robin baker, the son of hazel hill. also, the historian paul beaver, who is the author of spitfire people and spitfire evolution. robin, to you first of all. we heard a brief mention of it in sophie's report but what age were you when you first became aware of your mum's remarkable story? really from the earliest, because we used to go and stay with my grandfather and we knew he worked for the air ministry, so we knew my mother had helped him. i think what we didn't realise until quite recently was the actual implications of it. i mean, in the 19505, implications of it. i mean, in the 1950s, when i was growing up, it was quite usualfor children 1950s, when i was growing up, it was quite usual for children to help their parents. you know, you would go into the grocers and there would be the grocer boy you were at school with wrapping stuff up. so when she

said she had helped herfather with calculations, we took it as a sort of natural thing. that sounds very modest, helping herfather with calculations when, you know, it was so much more than that. well, it was so much more than that. well, it was so much more than that but we didn't really appreciate how much more than that it was until, actually, my brother richard read a book by a guy called colin sinnott, that took very detailed analysis of all this, and we realised that the calculations we realised that the calculations were pivotal, because the specifications for the fighters had already been issued with four machine guns and my grandfather knew he had to get the evidence together to support eight. so they had to work, really, round the clock for a couple of months before they could

get people in the air ministry on board, with concrete evidence. and he was very lucky because, at that particular time in the air ministry, there were some rising stars. squadron leader ralph sorley, who later became an air marshal, who took this up immediately and sir hugh dowding, who became head of fighter command in the battle of britain, was there too and had asked my grandfather to look at some of this, in fact. my grandfather to look at some of this, infact. and, also, my grandfather to look at some of this, in fact. and, also, tedder, who became second—in—command at d—day. so we are very lucky... sorry, robin, finish what you are going to say. yes, so my mother's work was really looked over by some of the best brains and rising stars in the raf and it stood up.”

of the best brains and rising stars in the raf and it stood up. ijust wa nt to in the raf and it stood up. ijust want to get paul 's take on all of this. paul, going into the battle britain and in the year is approaching the battle, talk to us about the relative merits of germany and britain's fighter planes and then, ultimately what difference those eight guns made to the actual battle. it is very interesting, because in the 19305, there was this whole idea that the bomber will always get through. in other words, it doesn't matter what you do, we will always be bombed and there were people like fred hill and dowding who said yes, we can defend the country but we need to have the late5t country but we need to have the latest technology, the rolls—royce merlin engine and the design brain5 of the super marine and hawker and we need to put those together, but, at the time, there was a real relu cta nce at the time, there was a real reluctance to put more than four guns on an aircraft because why would you need to? aircraft like the spitfire and the hurricane were

designed as de5troyer5 are not as dog fighters, so eight gun5 helped with bomber destroying but also with dogfighting. but by 1936, the luftwaffe wa5 dogfighting. but by 1936, the luftwaffe was way ahead of britain and it took people, people like neville chamberlain, then chancellor of the exchequer, to sign a cheque to build the first 310 spitfires and, without that, all of these thing5 and, without that, all of these things come together and it is and, without that, all of these things come together and it i5ju5t an inexorable roll toward5 creating what i would call the most beautiful and most important aeroplane in the history of aviation and i think i wouldn't be alone in that. absolutely, and, of course, the very idea of mentioning at that time that a 13—year—old girl had any hand in these calculations, well, thatjust wouldn't have happened, would it? these calculations, well, thatjust wouldn't have happened, would mm i5 wouldn't have happened, would mm is fantastic, i5n't wouldn't have happened, would mm is fantastic, isn't it? i love history because we keep discovering new things. you might think that, by

now, 15,000 books written on the spitfire, that there is nothing new to say. there is always something new to say in history, which is why it is so important but it is also really lovely to hear the story of a young lady being involved. this fit5 into our current thinking about diversity and inclu5ivity, where, at the time, people would have gone, we ju5t the time, people would have gone, we just don't want to talk about that and we won't talk about that. this i5 and we won't talk about that. this is what is really, really interesting now, is we are, at last, becoming reali5tic about the role of everybody during these things and, particularly, the iconic spitfire. robin, we literally only have time for a sentence, i'm so sorry, but in a sentence, how proud are you of your mum and the fact that her story, her contribution is now out there for everybody to recognise.” think it is fantastic. she was very modest about it. i'm very pleased she's got recognition. robin, thank you very much, i'm sure many people

will be looking forward to reading more about hazel hill, now that we know her remarkable story. and you can see the full documentary about the schoolgirl who helped to win a war on the bbc news channel this weekend. you can see the times on the screen there. i will definitely be checking out. time for a look at the weather. hello. well, after a couple of days of gloom and rain, it is turning brighter today but it's not going to be a completely dry day. in fact, farfrom it. showers scattered today across scotland and also eastern counties of the uk. in fact, anywhere, say from newcastle, through yorkshire, lincolnshire down to east anglia, even the south—east, you could catch one or two showers, maybe even the odd heavier one. but, other than that, the weather is going to be mostly bright or sunny. the winds are light, it will turn pleasantly warm enough, with temperatures between 18 and 22 degrees. now, the showers continue for a time in the east during the evening. then they fade, we've got clear spells tonight. morning temperatures will hover

around about 8—11 celsius and this is the start of a fine spell of weather this weekend. high pressure is building so that means that both saturday and sunday, at least across most of the uk, the weather is looking dry and turning pleasantly warm. bye— bye.

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