no one. the pause in shielding makes no difference to some people. the government says nhs volunteers are still there to help. the duke and duchess of sussex have denied contributing to a new book about their life in the royal family. the duke and duchess, who now live in california, made their last public appearance as working members of the royal family earlier this year. the book called finding freedom — which is being serialised in the times newspaper — claims the sussexes and cambridges were barely speaking by march. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben. it's a rather changeable weekend,. hello, the weather we've got across the uk today is a far cry from what we had a year ago. the 25th ofjuly 2019 was the day when we set the uk's new temperature record, 38.7 celsius.

but nothing like that today. these are the best temperatures you can expect, 19 to 23 degrees and quite a few heavy downpours drifting through. some thunder and lightning mixed in with some dry, bright spells in between. i think the emphasis will be on more dry weather as we go through tonight, many of the showers will fade, we'll keep some going up towards northern ireland and western scotland. not as mild as last night. tomorrow, a lot of fine weather around with some spells of sunshine, a few showers here and there and some more persistent rain into north—west scotland. it is going to be quite a windy day tomorrow, those are the average wind speeds, gusts will be a little bit stronger than that, and it is going to feel fairly cool and fresh out there with top temperatures between 17 and 23 degrees.

hello. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines: gyms and swimming pools reopen in england, but there's a warning up to a third may stay shut because of financial troubles. it comes as experts warn being overweight or obese brings a greater risk of serious illness or death from covid—19. further restrictions introduced in spain's catalonia region, amid fears of a second wave of the virus. british grime musician wiley is dropped by his management following a stream of anti—semitic comments on his social media accounts.

and peter green, influential blues guitarist and co—founder of the band fleetwood mac, has died aged 73. now on bbc news... in a talking movies sport special, the programme will explore how sport and cinema have come together over the decades. hello from new york. i'm tom brook, sitting on a bench in central park not far from my home. welcome to our talking movies sport special. had they not been postponed because of the pandemic then right now we would be in the midst of olympics games madness. over the years, many

celebrated film—makers have documented the games. this time around, the distinction has fallen to an acclaimed japanese film—maker. from tokyo, carmen roberts sent us this report. today, tokyo station is very quiet. it should be heaving with commuters and tourists eagerly awaiting the upcoming olympic games. in the midst of a global pandemic, the events are on hold until next year. but not for everyone. i'm on my way to meet japan's most awarded and celebrated female director, naomi kawase. who has been chosen as the official documentary maker for the tokyo 2020 olympic games. now, this interview took weeks of negotiations and planning and i'm quite excited but also a little nervous. kawase lives in nara, around 500km away from the capital.

the walls of kawase's office shows she's a highly acclaimed film—maker. she was the youngest director to receive the cannes d'or award at the cannes film festival for her debut feature, suzaku. she is known for emotionally intelligent films with often bleak and sorrowful themes. so how could a director famed for low—key intimacy turn her hand to chronicle a $25 billion sporting event? translation: the olympics 56 years ago wasn't as televised as it is now. and for the key moments, people will already be watching it on their tv. so for this documentary, i wanted to focus on the behind—the—scenes bits and how these athletes pursue their goals. it's notjust about how they go after their gold medal but how the athletes respect each other and there is a lot of beauty in that as well. a beauty she is still trying to capture. despite the global pandemic, kawase has continued to film albeit through different means

and with new themes. after the official postponement on march 24th, i conducted an interview with the ioc president remotely. i also conducted an interview remotely with the kenyan athlete who is leading the refugee team. we are documenting things as they happen and you have to be flexible towards it. and because of this new connectivity and technology, the theme is connectivity of the world. she is one of only five women to direct an official olympic film. in general, there are a lot more male directors than female directors. and i think the olympic committee liked my idea to show the inner emotions of the athletes and getting close to these athletes which is one of my strong suits and i hope that my directing of such a high—profile film will lead to more female directors in the future. but it's not always the female

directors that have influenced kawase over the years. growing up, i wasn't a hard—core cinema fan. i was focused more on basketball during my younger days. but when i went to film school, the movies i encountered didn't use many words but used deep emotions to depict emotional scenes. my favourite film—makers are the russian andrei tarkovsky and victor erice from spain. so, it's these small art—house directors i was most influenced by. no female directors? in english: female? laughter. translation: as for female directors, i really respect jane campion and i like directors who tried to dig deep into their identity wherever they come from. i also want to make films that are aspirational for the younger generation of film—makers. drawing on her own identity and childhood experiences of being adopted, kawase's latest feature film, true mothers, tackles the sensitive subject

of adoption in japan. the release date has been delayed until later in the year but kawase says it's important to keep delivering art to the people. during the pandemic, i was approached by netflix to direct a five—minute short film and it was a collaboration with 25 directors from different countries. but because of the pandemic, some couldn't get their actors together or camera crew together so some were shot on their smartphones. but even in those short films, the characteristics of the directors were shown. we won't be able to make films under perfect conditions like in pre—corona, but we still will need to push on to shoot films. apart from wars, this'll be the first in history that the olympics was postponed and this time it's due to a worldwide pandemic. so shooting this as a documentary will be a momentous feat. it will go down in history, so i still think that

this should be made. before i met kawase—sun, i did wonder if herfilm would ever see the light of day especially if the olympic games were to be cancelled next year. but now more than ever i think this is an original and an emotional story that needs to be told regardless of the outcome. tokyo 2020 would have been the first of olympic games since 2004 not to have featured the revered jamaican sprinter usain bolt. for those of you who want to revisit his glory years, there is an acclaimed 2016 documentary called i am bolt. in london, matt floyd tracked down the film's two directors to find out what you really need to do to make a compelling sports documentary. you're an olympics three—time running champion, it's a good feeling. two more to go, baby. yeah!

i am bolt is the story of how the greatest sprinter of all time prepared for rio 2016, his final on the olympic games. bolt was aiming to become the first person to win the 100 and 200 metre gold at three consecutive olympics but as he approached his 30th birthday, time and injuries were against him. being undefeated in a championship is everything for me. the film was the brainchild of london—based production company fulwell 73 and two film—maker brothers gabe and ben turner. currently keeping busy during the pandemic filming a talk show for the bbc. they spent almost two years following the sporting icon, taking them from beijing, to jamaica, to rio. you try to find storylines in there and follow your nose as to where the story is progressing when you don't really know until with usain bolt and you have run that race, you didn't know. the difference between him and winning his ninth gold medal

or him losing is quite a different film. i would say that if you're making a documentary, all you are trying to get is the stuff that they are not telling people because all of those sports stars have been media trained and they know how to talk to a camera and they know what to say and they will slip into the same mould no matter who you are unless you try and break that and say to them i am not that person, i want to know something else, it doesn't matter what else it is but i want something else. and then i think it's just about being there and being in the moment with them. it worries me at this point in my career now at a big stage that i still have issues motivating myself. during the film, bolt talks about his self—doubt and struggles with motivation. for the directors, it was important to show this superhuman athlete had very human issues to deal with. as a film—maker, we have to say "you might think you not look great there but actually by keeping that in when we get to the end point of the film, people

are going to be on your side more." trying to explain that the talent is quite hard. some people understand that, bolt understood that quite better. the turner brothers like all film—makers are now having to adapt their way of working because of the pandemic. so, how will the process of making a sports documentary change in the post—covid world? in a way shooting games could be easier because there's no one else there because you can't move the camera presumably in the stadium in empty stands where you want. so i don't think it will stop it. i think it will be challenging but it will be keeping with that. it might mine the archives a bit more. so you have more than single interviews and watts of archived footage where you're following a team or sports franchise for 18 months. interesting times ahead for the genre and who knows? in the future, other film—makers may want to revisit the career of one of the most recognisable athletes in history. until then, thankfully, we have i am bolt.

i'm just happy this chapter is closed. at the olympic games, one of the most anticipated events is gymnastics. at the 2012 and 2016 games, the us women's team won gold medals further strengthening america's reputation as a top competitor but now there's a documentary exploring disturbing aspects of the sport involving sexual abuse. tristan daley reports. with spectacles of death—defying stunts and apparently heroic tumbling routines through career ending injuries, american gymnasts are forever etched into the memories of spectators of around the world. as a former competitive gymnast, the world depicted in this film is very familiar to me. travelling to competitions and training camps and spending hour after hour in the gym perfecting techniques to reach the next level. athlete a shows another side of this life, and alleges that a culture of abuse at usa women's gymnastics puts gold medals and

winning above all else. even the protection of young girls. the documentary takes a look at a sinister problem in usa women's gymnastics, the organisation that trains and chooses which gymnast represent the united states in the summer olympic games. it became widely reported in 2017 that larry nassar, the doctor in charge of caring for these gymnasts, committed decades of abuse against a significant number of them. we wanted to establish that it went far beyond nassar. the film follows three main threads, survivors and speaking out about their sexual abuse, a small newspaper called the indy star working hard to break the story, and investigators and lawyers building a case against nassar and leadership at usa women's gymnastics — that allegedly tried to suppress knowledge of his crimes. what we tried to do is essentially kind of spend time with every person who was a key link in the chain that ultimately led to, you know,

the unraveling of the system and the exposure of nassar and the system that allowed him to get away with it. maggie nichols was an olympic hopeful in 2016, her coach overheard her talking about this behaviour of nassar's and urged her to allow the coach to report that to us ge and finally maggie agreed and they did so privately to usa gymnastics. as soon as that reporting happens, she was treated differently at events, the parents were treated differently. of course, simultaneous with that, maggie does not make the 2016 olympic team. now, we can't prove anything about why that happened, and we don't try and do so in the film, but the treatment of that family in the wake of her reporting nassar does make you raise an eyebrow about how this institution was treating their athletes. you are the president of usa gymnastics. if you receive a complaint of sexual

misconduct, do you turn it over to local authorities? no. usa gymnastics has now acknowledged that a subculture did exist within its ranks that enabled the horrific abuse of athletes. but under new leadership, there was a shift in focus to prioritise athlete well—being, they have also implemented what they call a safe sport policy to clearly define and prevent abuse, as well as make reporting misconduct mandatory. jennifer, a former elite american gymnast and producer on athlete a, believes policy is important but real change in the sports will come from a grassroots level. i think this film is prompting a conversation that i've been hoping would happen for many years. i think parents are thinking about what can i do differently to make sure my child has a good experience in the sport? how do i make sure that sport does all the things it should do, build healthy minds and bodies, and that we don't lose sight of that? that's the whole reason our

kids and your support. and i hope that kids and young athletes watch it and say, you know what, i have a voice. i can speak up when something doesn't look right. not just for myself but on behalf of somebody else. we have the power now. in india, one sport has a very close relationship to the movies is cricket in more ways than one. major bollywood figures like megastar shar rukh khan owns cricket teams and indian film—makers have an affinity for making movies in which cricket is a theme. bollywood and cricket bring indians together. bollywood is very, very popular. we love our films and we love cricket more than anything else. those are two things that sort of unites indians, no matter what religion they belong to, no matter what political affiliations they might have.

cricket is the most popular sport in india and bollywood has played a role in glamorising it recent years. the indian premier league founded in 2008 has teams owned by bollywood figures who regularly attend matches. going back years, stars have had a key involvement lending their support to promotional videos for teams like the mumbai indians. music. bollywood stars tend to be a big draw, and so if they are doing something to promote cricket, or cricket in any case, that advertising really picks up. it generates a lot more interest if you have a bollywood star promoting it. cricket, of course, has long been a theme in indian movies. the country has only had three films nominated in what was the oscars foreign language film category, and one of those released in 2001 had a cricket themed story.

if they lose, which they will, they will have to pay the queen three times the tax. it centres during the british colonial period in the region where the british—controlled. they are imposting taxes on these farmers, they are not able to pay the additional tax and so when they go appeal to the british administrator, he makes a deal with them that he says, i will play a cricket game with you. if you guys win, then i will forgive you. the team of 11 villagers coming from different caste backgrounds, different religion backgrounds and how they get together. no surprise, they do win against the british in the end. some of india's cricket—themed films pedal inspirational stories, tales of underdog triumph in which playing cricket enables a life to be transformed. there is a film that is a very inspiring film about a young muslim

boy in a village who wants to become a cricket player. but he's deaf and dumb, so it's something that probably would never happen in real life, i don't know, it would be very very hard, and how he joins the cricket academy and there are all these politics and then he sort of trains privately and manages to eventually join and become part of the indian national team. now, it's, again, as i said, the chances of something like this happening, the plausibility is very slim. but it's done in such an honest convincing way that that film, people loved. the audience liked it and critics liked it also. gully boy, india's submission to the oscars last year. now he's appearing in a forthcoming cricket movie called 83, the story of india's cricket world cup victory in 1983. it was due for release in april but it's been postponed until later this year.

another film that if it's a hit, will prove that india's love affair with the movies and with cricket continues. online streaming platforms have now started to invest heavily in sports programming. with very little live sports on offer during the pandemic, the prevalence of sport docuseries online have helped fans get their regularfix. matt floyd has been looking at their recent rise. go out and win at any cost. while the sports docuseries is not exactly a new phenomenon, the soaring popularity of online streaming platforms has led to an explosion of fresh content. suddenly most big sports teams and star athletes have been sought after by film—makers eager to tell their story. oh my goodness! i am cursed with this mentality of competitiveness. the last dance tells the story of michaeljordan and his chicago bulls team as they dominated

the nba in the ‘90s. it was a huge hit for espn and netflix who co—produced the eight—part series. while beautifully made, it wasn't without some controversy withjordan‘s own production company also heavily involved, questions arose over whether the viewers were just getting one side of the story. kids in particular are aware that all the stuff they see is branded content, which essentially this is. but at the same time, there is a fascinating thing, it's still a work of art and you still see the unpleasant side ofjordan because he is one of the hardest competitors imaginable. not a good day for michaeljordan. pippen is now demanding a trade... the issue of impartiality or lack of it is now one that crops up regularly with more teams and athletes trying to drive the narrative themselves by producing their own series. the big question is, does that mean you enjoy watching it any less?

think of who you represent. amazon's the test is a similar case, it chronicles the australian cricket team's road to redemption after three of its players were banned for cheating in 2018. like the last dance, it was co—produced by the main subject of the series, in this case, australian cricket's governing body. strictly speaking, it's can't be described as independent as a consequence of the way it was brought together, saying that it's felt like owing to the fact that they had intersected access for so many hours and so many games and tours that it would've been difficult to whitewashed what was going on with the picture of australian cricket through that two—year period. football teams have also been at the forefront of the rise of docuseries. perennial italian champions juventas and premier league side manchester city are just two of the teams who have let the cameras into

their changing rooms. you must learn to play football with courage. my first—born son, i decided to call niall after niall quinn. perhaps an even better watch is sunderland till i die. it follows the ups and mainly downs of a formerly great football team, and unlike some other series, it feels as though very little is left out in the edits. like any story though, they need to tell you some kind of truth about the people involved and about the character that you can relate to your own life. so if you end up making a show as well as for a club, it's going to like that truth. it's not great to tap into something deeper that's going to make people really engage with what you're making. this football club is going to kill me. while sunderland till i die manages to maintain its journalistic integrity, and entertain at the same time, there are numerous docuseries that don't. however, these very same series are amongst the most popular out there right now.

the moral of the story is if you have a gripping narrative and great access, sports fans will watch. well, that brings our talking movies sports special to a close. we hope you enjoy the show. remember, you can always reach us online. you can find us on facebook and twitter. so for me tom brook and the rest of the talking movies production team, it's goodbye as we leave you with a clip from the 2016 film, race, in which the american sprinter jesse owens has a moment of triumph at the 1936 berlin olympic games. they will love you or they will hate you, it does not matter. either way, when you are out there, you are on your own.

kid, you did it, you did it. 9.3 seconds. that's a record, kid. hello. today may not be a complete wash—out everywhere all the time, but it is a far cry from the weather we were seeing a year ago today because, on the 25th ofjuly 2019, we recorded the uk's highest temperature on record, 38.7. nowhere near that this afternoon. as you can see, there are some further downpours of rain to come as we head on into the evening. this is how we are expecting things to look around 7pm — persistent rain affecting the south—east corner and heavy, thundery showers moving across southern england into the midlands, east anglia. some more showers also into northern ireland, with some thunder mixed in,

but through northern england it's likely to be a little bit drier as we end the day. we will see some further showers pushing into western scotland, and some heavy, thundery rain drifting its way northwards across shetland. as we head through this evening, the showers and downpours will continue for a time. i think they'll tend to fade in most areas through the night, but we'll keep some showers going in northern ireland and western scotland. it stays fairly breezy through the night as well. not as mild as it was last night, but not cold by any stretch — 11 to 14. tomorrow is, on balance, a drier day. there will be some spells of sunshine, but still some showers, particularly in western and northern parts, and we could see some more persistent rain getting into western parts of scotland. it's going to be quite a windy day, unusually windy for this time of year. towards the far north—west of the uk, we could be looking at gusts of a0 mph or more, and a rather fresh feel to the weather, with temperatures ranging from 17 in glasgow to 23 in london.

then we look ahead to monday, and here comes another area of low pressure. this one threatens to bring some very wet weather in places as we start the new working week. this heavy rain ploughing its way in across much of england and wales, creeping into northern ireland and getting into southern scotland, we suspect, for a time. still some uncertainty about the exact track of this wet weather. it will be fairly blustery as well, and certainly on the cool side for the time of year — 14 to 20. but things will change as we head through the week. it looks like things will turn drier and, for some of us, particularly in the south, quite a bit warmer as well.

this is bbc news, the headlines at six: a warning the case for action on obesity has never been stronger after a review finds being overweight greatly puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from covid—19. and all of these extra pressures and strains on the body are likely to be part of the reason why people, when they contract covid, if they're also overweight, have these extra chances of being really sick. gyms and swimming pools begin reopening in england, but up to a third may stay shut because of financial troubles. and for us it's all been about balancing the experience the members had prior to coming, or prior to lockdown and making sure that they feel safe and secure. further restrictions are introduced in spain's catalonia region,