this is bbc news with the latest headlines. the government defends the decision to extend its "don't travel" advice to include the canary and balearic islands after spain's prime minister called the uk's decision "unjustified" — and warns tourists about the risks they face. by all means go on holiday, but understand that it is a chance that you might be asked to self—isolate upon your return. jet 2 becomes the latest airline to cancel flights to the islands, and advises people not to go to the airport. at 9.40 this morning we'll be putting your questions to two experts on what the changes in uk quarantine rules might mean

for you and your holiday. please do get in touch — i'm on twitter @bbccarrie or you can use the hashtag bbcyourquestions. also this hour... the foreign office's response to repatriate 1.3 million british nationals stuck abroad at the start of the pandemic was "too slow", according to a report by a senior group of mps. china says it has extended its extradition rose to the uk. a £50 bike repair scheme begins in england as ministers push on with plans to help people become more active. the outgoing head of the uk's equality watchdog says the government is ‘dragging its feet‘ over plans to tackle racial inequality. and, coming up this hour, we meet the six—year—old girl who has launched her own magazine for black children and to teach

others about black culture. good morning. the government is facing growing criticism of its decision to include the balearic and canary islands in its advice to avoid all but essential travel to spain. anyone arriving from the islands, orfrom mainland spain to the uk, must now quarantine for m days at a registered address. spanish prime minister pedro sanchez said the uk's decision to impose a blanket quarantine was an "error" and "unjust". he said the upsurge in cases is focused in two regions, and that tourists in most spanish regions would be safer from coronavirus than in the uk. after initially saying it would still go ahead

with its holidays, tour operator jet2 cancelled its flights to all of spain until the middle of next month. keith doyle has this report. britain's decision to extend its don't travel advice to all of spain dominated the spanish news bulletins. the advice now includes the balearic and canary islands. anyone returning to the uk from anywhere in spain will have to self quarantine for 14 days. thousands of britons have booked to go on or are already on spanish beaches, but the requirement to self—isolate when they return has caused anxiety and confusion. this family should have been unpacking their suitcases in spain, but they cancelled their holiday as they couldn't take more time off work. some people might think, well, let'sjust go, damn it all, we will come back and take two weeks of work, but we just felt we couldn't do that to our employers. the spanish by minister pedro

sanchez said britain's decision to impose a two—week quarantine on eve ryo ne impose a two—week quarantine on everyone arriving is from spain was unjust and that the popular tourist islands where coronavirus cases where law should be exempt from the uk quarantine. translation: take the case of the canary islands, the balearic islands, the regions of valencia and andalusia, which i insist have a cumulative instance of the virus inferior to that right now registered in the uk. it would be safer to be in those destinations than in the uk. mr sanchez said he was hoping to convince the british government to rethink its strategy. that is too late forjet 2 passengers, as the airline has suspended flights to the balearics, as well as mainland spain, from this morning until august 16th. it has also suspended flights to faro in portugal. flights home to the uk will operate today. it says it has taken the decision because of the government's updated advice. keith doyle, bbc news.

and keith doyle has been at gatwick for us this morning and he sent this update on what's happening with the airlines now that the government is standing by those quarantine rules. this is normally peek spanish holiday time. 18 million britons took a spanish holiday last year, but of course these are not normal times, but for those who have chosen this year to take a holiday, the new government guidelines and advise against all but essential travel to spain means that many of those holidays are cancelled or curtailed. jet 2 the airline has already cancelled all its flights to spain and has warned passengers not to turn up at the airport this morning because those flights will not take off. for anyone in spain due to fly back to the uk today those flights will operate. the airline says it will operate. the airline says it will give more information to passengers today and over the next few days. tui have already cancelled holidays to spain and other airlines operating, british airways, ryanair

and easyjet, they are offering but easyj et has and easyjet, they are offering but easyjet has cancelled a lot of its holidays. when it comes to refunds and insurance, because the official government advice is against all but essential travel to spain refunds and re—bookings should be available, but when it comes to insurance if you travel against that government advice that your holiday insurance may not be valid. clearly there is a lot of uncertainty and a lot of questions to be answered. for many people this is not quite the relaxing spanish holiday they were hoping for. keith doyle at gatwick. so what is the rate of infection in spain in comparison to the rest of europe? the latest figures from the european centre for disease prevention and control show that in spain there are 35.1 cases per 100,000 people. that compares to 14.7 cases per 100,000 people in the uk, which is similar to france

at 14.6, and italy, which suffered heavily in the pandemic early, have their cases down at 5.1 cases per 100,000, and germany are doing well also, at 8. luxembourg is the worst country on the list, with 219.4 cases per 100,000 people. gavin lee said this update from barcelona. the spanish by minister pedro sanchez has made it clear he feels this decision is unjust and he spokein feels this decision is unjust and he spoke in a late—night tv programme here in spain and also spoke about incidence rates in the balearic islands, the ca nary incidence rates in the balearic islands, the canary islands, hot spots lots of british tourists go to, saying they are lower incidence rates than most of the uk and therefore you could say safer than on average most parts of the uk, that this is a regional issue. it is the likes of when i am here in

barcelona, catalonia, and also madrid, aragon, saragossa, and these are the places of big concern for spain. the reality shows in the figure there is a bit concerned. we have gone from around 200 or 300 cases a day just have gone from around 200 or 300 cases a dayjust a month ago, a steady rise, to this week more than 2000 cases a day. it dropped to about 855, but that incidence rate has been on the rise and it is about three times higher in comparison to the population to the uk. what does that mean? well, that means when you think about 15% of the gross domestic product of spain coming from tourism, and a large proportion of that comes from the millions of british tourists coming here, it is a huge blow. on the streets as well it is clear, and there are two m essa g es it is clear, and there are two messages from the authorities, particularly here in catalonia, that people should limit their contact outside, should be in small groups of no more than ten people, it is mandatory to wear a mask, notjust in public places but on the streets as well at all times, whilst saying as well at all times, whilst saying as well at all times, whilst saying

as well to do as they can come here and enjoy themselves, they are keeping this place as safe as possible. it is two messages to bridge. gavin lee. let's talk to our assistant political editor norman smith. front pages don't make pretty reading for the government, norman? know and i suspect it will probably prompt a bitter laugh from many holiday makers but the government's view is they are trying to keep the simple and clear by not going down the road of making exemptions for for example the spanish islands, just because they have lower levels of coronavirus. the view in government, and it was discussed in downing street yesterday, if you had a regional policy, actually, potentially that will be even more confusing. there is a danger of people travelling from some of the areas of high infection, so around catalonia, and maybe they might travel down to the islands then seek to come back from there to possibly try and evade quarantine. also a fear that if they agreed to a

regional policy for spain then if they have to impose restrictions on other countries, say croatia and belgium, which have quite high levels of coronavirus infections, then those countries with the man, well, we want exemptions for part of belgium and croatia, and you would end up with a sort of patchwork quilt of areas people could go and couldn't —— those countries would demand, "well, we want... it would be absolutely impossible to police. that said, ministers this morning are stressing that all travel is not risk free and —— risk free, and the government are keeping all countries under review to see whether there are any sharp spikes which might necessitate imposing quarantines on other countries, and that was the message from the local government minister simon clarke. all holidays have to be undertaken understanding foreign travel in the midst of a global pandemic which has caused

devastation against the world has to be conducted against the backdrop of the government right to take steps to protect the uk. we have made enormous strides in this country over the last few weeks and we have now got the situation very largely under control. we cannot jeopardise that, we cannot render all the sacrifices we have made redundant by failing to intervene to stop the risk of it being imported from abroad. by all means go on holiday, but understand it is a chance you might be asked to self—isolate upon your return. meanwhile there have been reports in the daily telegraph this morning suggesting the government is looking at reducing the quarantine days from 14 to ten. that has not been officially denied by anyone in government but the latest we have heard from number ten is they are saying they are not expecting any move to reduce the numberof expecting any move to reduce the number of days you have to quarantine. so it sounds to me like nothing perhaps imminent, but it may be an idea that is in the mix of

possible options to try and minimise obviously the destruction and financial pain for many companies if they have to stay away from work for tonight weeks. norman, keep your eyes on that. i know you well. let's speak to the shadow transport secretaryjim mcmahon. what is your position this morning. are you backing the government in these difficult decisions? first of all, i think the government need to make sure they have a robust plan in place, but also that they start to get ahead now. there has been too much of this where we have seen delay, overreaction then retreat in a way that causes huge confusion and risk, and there are manyjobs in the sector already struggling, tourism and aviation. if you bear in mind that the 14 day quarantine came in injuly, but that the 14 day quarantine came in in july, but before that the 14 day quarantine came in injuly, but before that there were no restrictions on incoming passengers in the uk at all, in which time 22 million people had come into the country, and then we have a very blunt 14 day quarantine

that came as a surprise to many in the industry and now we are seeing i'm afraid again where we have been promised with the corridors whereby you have a reciprocal arrangement with another country to make sure you minimise risk but also that you work together in partnership to make sure that where there was a spike in a locality that that can be managed, andi a locality that that can be managed, and i think the frustration now is not all of spain has the same infection rate and a question over whether the islands in some parts are safer than the uk in some areas. . . are safer than the uk in some areas... sorry to interrupt, but are you then saying there should be exemptions, you're saying that obviously despite this counter argument that you can't create a world patchwork? i think what the public expect is there is an evidence—based localised approach. either way, the government have done that here in the uk, with particular spikes in localities and where individual towns and cities are treated differently resulting in

lockdown at a local level. well they might the government to take that localised approach but it does feel as though we have been hampered by the delay in getting in place to make sure we have an effective contact tracing system here in the uk, but also that we haven't worked without significant partners in europe and elsewhere to make sure are working in partnership and making sure we share intelligence, that we localise any spikes as much as possible, and by the way the government where muting at one point that the localisation of data could go down to an individual resort, town or city to make sure that where there was a spike that we manage the impact of people coming back to the uk. that isn't of course what we have now ended up with. so at this point today would you be advising your constituents against travelling or booking to whatever european country, or just to or booking to whatever european country, orjust to spain? i know here in old people have been working hard for a very long time saving up for a holiday and they are desperate to get back to a sense of normality, routine, and to have

something to look forward to after months of lockdown here in the uk so it isa months of lockdown here in the uk so it is a very human thing to want to go away and to enjoy the time with your friends and your family. and go away and to enjoy the time with yourfriends and yourfamily. and by the way in mainland spain and ireland is there are of course many ex pats ireland is there are of course many expats who are there and there will bea expats who are there and there will be a yearning for people to see theirfamily be a yearning for people to see their family members living abroad as well. so we need to understand that, but let's be honest, it is not without risk. and at the moment, because we have not kind of seen the end of the pandemic we all are fea rful of end of the pandemic we all are fearful of a second spike, so where there is a localised outbreak the government of course need to take action, and with that it does become an inherent risk. jim mcmahon, thank you. let's discuss some of those risks now with an epidemiologist at the university of oxford, professor hunter. i know you were sceptical about the air bridge idea in the beginning. what is your position today? many of us predicted exactly this would happen. it was

predictable that is countries in europe opened up, the lockdown east and mass tourism started again there would be spikes. and then people would be in a very difficult situation, and the government would be in a very difficult situation —— as the lockdown eased. with people booking a holiday or already abroad, very difficult situation. of course we know the government's position is a blanket for mainland spain and ireland and we have just heard from the opposition there, suggesting that there could be some exemptions that there could be some exemptions that mainland spain and the islands. suggesting an exemption for a more localised targeted strategy, that that would work. what is your view? in theory, it works. but it is the practice that the problem. sol in theory, it works. but it is the practice that the problem. so i come back from spain, and how do you know which part of spain i came from? i could have been travelling broadly ori could have been travelling broadly or i could have beenjust in one location with a low rate. i can see why the government wants to do a sort of one size fits all policy for a particular country, but it doesn't

make a lot of epidemiological sense. what does make epidemiological sense? would you be saying to people, just stay at home? this is a pandemic. it hasn't happened for 100 years. when things like this happen, rarely, i think it is very reasonable to do things very differently. we have a domestic tourism industry. i know people want tourism industry. i know people want to take a vacation where it is warmer, but this might be the one year where, as warmer, but this might be the one yearwhere, asa warmer, but this might be the one year where, as a nation, we don't do that in order to avoid reintroducing the virus back into the country. in fa ct, the virus back into the country. in fact, i would go further and say we should be shutting down pretty much all nonessential travel, and really putting all of our efforts in the next 2—3 months before the winter into trying to get covid are essentially to zero in the united kingdom and ireland and taking advantage of our island status. that would be a significant move and obviously there would be cries of

pain, notjust from obviously there would be cries of pain, not just from individual holiday—makers, but from the travel industry. what would be your answer to them? so i am not an economist. i understand that we britons spend more money abroad than people from abroad spend here, orat more money abroad than people from abroad spend here, or at least from europe spent here. so keeping that money in the country would be good for the domestic tourism industry and if it is a matter, i completely understand, that the airlines are desperate to get back to work. but it might be much, much more effective just to pay the airlines to keep their staff, keep their equipment and not have to go through the huge economic destruction that a second lockdown would cause. professor hunter, thank you. thank you. mps have criticised the way the foreign office handled the repatriation of more than a million britons at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. in a report, the foreign affairs committee said the response was too slow,

communications were inadequate and there was too much reliance on commercial flights. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. when lockdown began in march some 1.3 million britons were travelling the world. the government advised them to return in a massive repatriation. but for a lot of people it wasn't easy. many countries shut their airports, closed their borders and banned internal travel. the foreign affairs committee said "many fco staff went above and beyond to help people get home in extremely difficult circumstances. " but the mp said: "too many uk citizens were not provided with the support that they should reasonably expect to receive from the foreign office."

the mps said communications were poor, with many britons unable to access information and others not treated with empathy or compassion. they urged the foreign office to improve its communication methods and its contingency plans. the committee chairman said there were clear failings in the foreign office response. the answer phones were not able to be fixed in embassies and couldn't be done remotely. so they were giving out mistaken messages, sometimes we found that social media was not being used appropriately, and we could have seen many more people informed much more accurately, earlier. so we will be giving a very, very close eye on how the foreign office handles this latest round of emergencies in spain. the foreign office spokesman said it had taken unprecedented steps to help people and it had not been realistic to charter more flights. james landale, bbc news. the head of the trade union, unite, has warned british airways that it plans to move towards industrial action against the airline with immediate effect". in a letter to ba s chief executive alex cruz, seen by the bbc, unite general secretary len mccluskey says he is staggered and offended by your arrogance . unite and ba have been at loggerheads for several weeks. in april, ba's parent company warned that it could cut up to 12,000 jobs

as it tried to cut costs in the wake of the covid—19 pandemic. a range of measures to get people cycling and walking in england have been announced by the government. it's promising thousands of miles of new protected cycle lanes, changes to the highway code, and bikes made available through the nhs — as part of a £2 billion investment announced earlier this year. a delayed scheme offering 50—pound vouchers towards the cost of fixing a bike will also go live today. heidi alexander is deputy mayor of london for transport and deputy chair of transport for london. thanks forjoining. are you a keen cyclist, and if so do you welcome these moves? i do cycle. i must admiti these moves? i do cycle. i must admit i am a fair weather cyclist, but i would cycle into work before the pandemic perhaps two or three times a week and i try to get out at

the weekends as well. i do welcome this initiative today. i think it is high time we do more to enable people to cycle across the uk and indeedin people to cycle across the uk and indeed in london where we have made a lot of progress in recent years. in order to do that, you do need to invest in safe cycle ways, so people feel confident when they are out on the road. you do need to enable people to access things like cycle training, perhaps when people haven't been on a bike for a number of years it is really important before you get that —— important you get that confidence before you go back out on the road. so i do welcome it, i think it is a very positive thing. do you think it is somehow a different moment post—covid in relation to cycling? somehow a different moment post—covid in relation to cycling ?|j do. i think people are starting to think about how they return to their lives and get back to a little bit of normality, but i think people are

wondering, "do i really want to go back to a crowded rush—hour train?, " for example, and nobody wants to go back to that. i think people are giving more consideration to their own health. we are seeing reports andindeed own health. we are seeing reports and indeed the prime minister talking about how people who are overweight are more likely to suffer more severe symptoms if they get covid. and i also think that what people saw in lockdown was a different way to live their lives, and perhaps people were enjoying the cleaner air, the fewer cars they we re cleaner air, the fewer cars they were seeing on the road. a cleaner environment, and so i think a number of those factors are coming together, leading to people thinking, "actually, perhaps cycling is for me", when perhaps they haven't done it previously. one of the key concerns, and you touched on it earlier on, is about safety. cycle lanes, speed limits and so on,

but doubt you need local council cooperation to achieve all of that. even in london it is apparent some councils are really getting on board with the cycling momentum and others less so. that is completely right, and you're right that in london it is quite a complex picture because transport for london as the strategic transport authority is responsible for 5% of the roads, the red roots, the busiest roads, and the 33 london boroughs are responsible for the other 95% of the roads so we have to work hand in glove with local authorities if we are going to get strategic routes m, are going to get strategic routes in, say routes, where cyclists are separated away from that other traffic, which then cross a number of borough boundaries, so we need eve ryo ne of borough boundaries, so we need everyone to come to the table and be pa rt everyone to come to the table and be part of this effort, because the worst thing for a cyclist is to be ona worst thing for a cyclist is to be on a safe cycling track then for it to stop and to feel threatened

because they are in a sort of environment where there is a lot of traffic around them. so in london we in the last four years have trebled the amount of segregated space there is for cyclists, and we have also introduced a number of quieter routes on roads whether it is not so much traffic, and we are also seeing some local authorities come forward and introduce low traffic neighbourhoods, which means all parts of london start to feel much safer for people who are wanting to make those short journeys safer for people who are wanting to make those shortjourneys by bike or on foot. let's hope so. heidi alexander, thank you. thank you. this tit—for—tat moved from china on the extradition laws, it follows similar moves from other countries. the foreign office correspondent in beijing said the decision to suspend

the treaty with hong kong constituted a gross interference in chinese foreign affairs. this is our chinese foreign affairs. this is our chinese correspondent stephen mcdonnell. fairly predictable? yes. imean, mcdonnell. fairly predictable? yes. i mean, once britain, canada, australia and now new zealand stopped extraditing people to hong kong it was always going to be the case it would be the same the other way around, and so china's foreign ministry has announced from now on people, suspected criminals, will not be extradited to britain from hong kong, and nor will they be sent to canada, nor australia. the new zealand announcement only came today so reciprocity in its case has not been put into place yet. i guess it has to go through the machinery of government here. but it is also kind of inevitable that britain, canada, australia and new zealand would stop extraditing people to hong kong once this controversial state security law was put in place. i mean, the legal conditions are now completely

different there. once you have a situation that somebody can face serious criminal time for protesting, for wearing a certain t—shirt, for chanting certain slogans, and even in certain cases being extradited to the mainland to in the most extreme possible cases face a death penalty, well, those governments had to rethink extradition to hong kong. although it is different to the mainland with the independent judiciary, i the independentjudiciary, ithink that independence is now again being questioned with the new state security law. and so really it was kind of a matter of once per state security law came in all these dominoes were going to fall and they have pretty much all fallen down now. just bring us up to date with the effects of that security law on the effects of that security law on the ground in hong kong. a huge amount of uncertainty at the beginning, four weeks ago, and a huge amount of the year when the move was past four weeks ago. just

what effect is that having for the citizens of hong kong now? well, i think if you're just going about your daily life it doesn't necessarily have such a huge effect but once you want to protest in any way, well, it is having an enormous effect. for example, when demonstrators turn out, if they were to say something like, "liberate hong kong", or call for more autonomy for hong kong, the police there are holding up the special banners saying you are potentially in breach of the new state security laws, then if they keep chanting out those slogans are singing certain songs they can be grabbed and taken away, and as i say face serious prison time. of course that has changed that city, it has changed freedom of speech in hong kong. the government there has tried to reassure people, don't worry, you will still be going before the courts, but in the case of state security it is in front ofjudges, by hong kong's leader carrie lam, a

leader who let's face it has effectively been installed by beijing, and she won't be putting anyjudges in beijing, and she won't be putting any judges in place beijing, and she won't be putting anyjudges in place who would be even the slightest bit friendly towards the concept of protest there. so the chances of a fair trial are also very limited. one other thing is that mainland state security agents are now operating in hong kong. they have these brand—new headquarters opened up. they operate completely above the law there, well ina ordinary completely above the law there, well in a ordinary police, other agencies, can't stop them from doing anything and can't even question them. you know, they can probably shoot somebody in the street there and nobody in hong kong would be able to say, "what on earth are you doing? " able to say, "what on earth are you doing? so, look, it has certainly changed that city quite a bit. again, it is mostly —— in its most extreme form, carrie lam has suggested attempts to block the

government because my agenda in the local parliament there might be seen as being in breach of the state security law. i think people are scratching their heads —— government's agenda. people thinking, what can we do? how can you challenge the government? the idea, it seems, this is to stop people challenging the hong kong government, and especially the beige and government. just one question from the chinese foreign ministry briefing on a separate topic, slightly puzzling line on north korea saying the united states must show in resolving the stalemate to address north korea's reasonable concerns. what is that about? people will cast their minds back to a time when it was sort of hope that donald trump and his north korean counterpart would be sitting down and netting out a deal whereby north korea would not need nuclear weapons any more. that is all in tatters now and we have even had the north

korean leader coming out and say nobody should us, we have our weapons in place and what have you. china has also been an in between player in all this. china tolerates lot from north korea but in the past it has sponsored talks to try to get rid of nuclear weapons on the peninsula because the problem for beijing's inside nuclear weapons in north korea also meant south korea and indirectly japan need north korea also meant south korea and indirectlyjapan need some sort of nuclear deterrent themselves. china does not want more nuclear weapons in that area so it has a real problem with its traditional ally and weapons and how to get rid of them, sol ally and weapons and how to get rid of them, so i think they are trying to bring the us back to the negotiating table with north korea but at the moment it seems so away. i can't what the next first step will be, given they have had these summits where the leaders of north korea and the us had such an

together, it has not resulted in a breakthrough as donald trump promised and so beijing is looking for some way of getting momentum going again but i think many observers would question the likelihood of succeeding. stephen, thanks much for that from beijing. the actorjohnny depp. his court case and today. —— will see his court case ended today. the actor is suing the sun newspaper for libel over a 2018 article which labelled him a "wife beater" following allegations about his relationship with his ex—wife, amber heard. mr depp denies the claim — a judgement is expected later this year. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. yesterday we had fairly gusty winds across parts of england and wales, today we will have fairly gusty winds across scotland and northern ireland, the strongest in across the

far north—east of scotland, where we have rain, orkney looking at strong to gale. winds. western areas being blown quite quickly in the end no wind, you could catch showers in the east at times and you could catch one at old trafford. a transient ridge of high pressure builds up overnight, killing off many showers. cooler under clear skies, particularly in rural areas where temperatures will be lower than on these charts. with the transient ridge of high pressure, lots of dry weather tomorrow, a fair bit of sunshine, variable close, then this weather fronts will eventually bring rain across northern ireland and parts of wales. lighter winds tomorrow, not feeling as cold, highs of the 223. —— of up to 23. hello this is bbc news with carrie gracie. the headlines: the government defends the decision

to extend its "don't travel" advice to include the canary and balearic islands after spain's prime minister called the uk's decision unjustified. ministers warn tourists about the risks they face. by all means go on holiday, but understand that it is a chance that you might be asked to self—isolate upon your return. the foreign office's response to repatriate1.3 million british nationals stuck abroad at the start of the pandemic was "too slow," according to a report by a senior group of mps. a £50 bike repair scheme begins in england as ministers push —— china says it has suspended hong kong's extradition treaty with the uk as tensions between the two countries escalate. a £50 bike repair scheme begins in england as ministers push on with plans to help people become more active. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's kat downes. we will get to old trafford in a

page, but first some rather unsurprising news from the world of football. jurgen klopp has been named manager of the year by the league managers association. he of course led liverpool to their first league title in 30 years. his win was announced by the great manchester united manager sir alex ferguson, who revealed that klopp had rung him at 3:30 in the morning to tell him that liverpool had won the league. sir alex said he forgave klopp, and praised his achievements. it'll be at least a year before football in england is played in front of full stadiums. that's according to the chair of the government's committee on the return of elite sports. the first test events with smaller crowds are being held at cricket, horse racing and snooker events this week. but professor james calder says capacity crowds are still some way off, and it could take even longer if chanting is proved to increase the spread of coronavirus. the professors who are heading up all the research and heading up the government have said, "well, we're not sure about where we are going to be in a year's time, orfive years' time," which is of real concern.

so i think, realistically, we will be under scrutiny for the next year, and realistically i don't think we are going to be able to get full stadia back, certainly this side of christmas and probably for the rest of the season. fulham took a big step towards the championship play—off final with a 2—0 win against cardiff. it was a game with two fantastic goals — firstjosh onomah opened the scoring after a brilliant run and finish, and then neeskens kebano made sure of victory with a well—struck free kick in stoppage time. the second leg is at craven cottage on thursday. will we get some cricket today? after a complete wash—out at old trafford yesterday, the forecast looks much better this morning. england need to take eight wickets to win the test and series. if stuart broad takes one of them, he will become only the second englishman to reach the milestone of 500 wickets.

play it due to get under way at old trafford in the next hour and a half also. there's going to be an organised anti—racism protest before the british grand prix this weekend, after lewis hamilton accused formula 1 and the sport's governing body of a lack of leadership on the issue. the six—time formula 1 world champion was frustrated in the last two races when the protests were badly organised — and therefore poorly covered by the television cameras. there was a shock forjohanna konta on the opening day of the battle of the brits tennis. the british number one was beaten by british number sevenjodie burrage. konta then confirmed she'll be pulling out of the wta event in sicily next week to focus on events leading up to next month's behind—closed—doors us open. that's all the sport for now, more from us on the bbc news channel at 12:15pm. now on bbc news it's time for your questions answered.

we've been receiving hundreds of questions from viewers who are confused about the new quarantine rules for travellers returning to the uk from spain. with me to help answer your questions is independent travel expert wendy haines, who is in rolleston—on—dove, and consumer expert jane hawkes. thank you both very much. just before i put the question to you, a couple of relevant lines of breaking coming in from germany. germany is saying it is warning potentially against travel to some parts of spain over the virus, germany is warning against travel to parts of spain over the virus, that is just a one line at the moment, and also the ki health institute saying we do not

know if we are seeing the beginning ofa know if we are seeing the beginning of a second coronavirus weighs in germany, it is possible, so obviously concerned. let's move on to the discussion on travel in the context of that. wendy, masculine company says i booked a flight, separate to barcelona, leaving on the 15th of august —— wendy, matthew says. the hotel has cancelled my booking that easyjet say they are still flying. my travel insurance is invalid. does easyjet have to give mea invalid. does easyjet have to give me a refund and, if not, do i have any rights? they don't have to refu nd any rights? they don't have to refund at the moment because the flights are operating, although that situation could change. two weeks in travel tents is a long time away. i would approach easyjet and ask if you could move yourflight would approach easyjet and ask if you could move your flight rather than potentially lose your money at this stage if you think you are not

wanting to travel, that would be my best advice. jane, andrew shaw says due to the nature of my front—line key workerjob, i have had to fight covid—19 tests, these involve strict procedures as a centre. —— i have had five covid—19 tests. on each occasion i have had an e—mail within 24 hours which clearly and reassuringly state cited not have the virus. if these tests are accurate, why can't i arrive home, isolate for as long as needed to get a test and then return to a non—isolated life is the test comes back negative? yours frustratingly, and you.jane, i back negative? yours frustratingly, and you. jane, i would say we have had a question from so many people, ifi had a question from so many people, if i have a test can i notjust get on with my life? i share the frustration but fortunately quarantine as quarantine, it does not matter, testing is not taken into account at the moment, it does

not matter if you have had testing, you have antibodies or whatever, you will be subject to the same rules and will have to do quarantine. it depends like you are going to, so keep an eye on the fco website, because there are exceptions so there are some countries you can come back and not have to quarantine. unfortunately key workers are not exempt from quarantine, which you would imagine they might be. that is probably not they might be. that is probably not the answer and you wanted, but thank you for the straight answer. wendy, scott on twitter says i am a foster carer going to menorca in a week. cani carer going to menorca in a week. can i be exempt from the quarantine on my return? i think at this stage u nfortu nately on my return? i think at this stage unfortunately there is a very good chance he will not be going on your holiday, to be honest, to answer the question, i believe the quarantine restrictions advise that key workers do not travel if there are quarantine restrictions in place

anyway, i would quarantine restrictions in place anyway, iwould be quarantine restrictions in place anyway, i would be looking at changing or cancelling your holiday u nfortu nately. changing or cancelling your holiday unfortunately. more bad musical. amelia asks, i am due to go to the balearics soon but i have coronavirus antibodies. too high still need to self—isolate when i get back? again, this links into the previous question and the fact that this is not taken into consideration at the moment, you can't go to the islands at the moment either. the spanish government are appealing that, it could be that that changes. where we stand at the moment, keep a close eye on what is going on, you may not be able to travel anyway and you will have to go down the lines of trying to get a refund or rebooting, whether you have a package or you have to think separately, and if you go and it is a country where you had to isolate when you come back, that is what you will have to do regardless of testing or antibodies that you have.

thank you. pamela asks i have a slight boot from friday 31st ofjuly until the 10th of august, can i still go? ——i until the 10th of august, can i still go? —— i have a flight booked. ican still go? —— i have a flight booked. i can isolate when i come back. ryanair have i can isolate when i come back. rya nair have not i can isolate when i come back. ryanair have not cancelled the flight. ryanair have not cancelled the flight. another viewer asks if my flight flight. another viewer asks if my flight to majorca still takes place andi flight to majorca still takes place and i travel on it, what other potential consequences? you need to keep an eye on the airline website, there is a chance that your flight could be cancelled and that very short notice, you need to check your travel insurance. if you are travelling anywhere against foreign office advice then your travel insurance is likely to become invalid and we would not recommend you travel anywhere without valid travel insurance. this one also on insurance from jackie baker, will my insurance from jackie baker, will my insurance except my claim for slight refunds to tenerife if the government has said not to go but my

flight government has said not to go but my flight is still going with ryanair? if the site is still going then you are ina if the site is still going then you are in a difficult position. —— if the site is still going. travel insurance is very restricted at the moment, very limited cover. if you took that out in early march and potentially there is leeway, but if you are on a package holiday you are cove red you are on a package holiday you are covered by package travel arrangements that would be entitled toa arrangements that would be entitled to a refund if the fco advises not to a refund if the fco advises not to travel. but if people think separately, flights and hotels, i unafraid you are subject to that airline, carrieror unafraid you are subject to that airline, carrier or operator's terms and conditions and you will have to be eight time as to what you can do, that could be rebooking but not a refund. wendy, a very frustrated to usa's for those returning —— a very frustrated usa's houses the government expect people to live

under wages for 14 days and for those wanting to cancel a holiday, they will be penalised with cancellation fees, rya nair they will be penalised with cancellation fees, ryanair not responding flights, more money down the drain, i do not know how the prime minister expects working—class people to adhere to these rules implemented a very short notice without compensation. i would like to know why the pm that holidays go ahead, rush to open the borders and now the working—class public are for it. i feel your now the working—class public are for it. i feelyour pain, to now the working—class public are for it. i feel your pain, to exchange at such short notice, this time last week people are having literary times on holiday and we were seeing green shoots of normality. —— this time last week people were having lovely times. but the does marco zanon advice, that can change by the hour and they have to protectors —— but the government does have to go on advice. the main messages if you plan on travelling anywhere this

year, you have to be prepared that pla nts year, you have to be prepared that plants might change. wendy and jane, thank you for your wisdom and your warnings, we will see you again soon. the government is tracking its details are racism and not making it a priority issue, according to the head of the equality and human rights commission. —— dragging its feet. in an exclusive interview, david isaac asked managers to come up david isaac asked managers to come up with a cohesive strategy to tackle racism and asked ministers to set targets to recruit more people of colour into senior positions. after four years in post, of colour into senior positions. afterfour years in post, mr isaac is due to stand down next week. the government will choose his replacement. sima kotecha has been speaking to him. there are unequal outcomes and black british people in

particular are actually, rightly, concerned that their role, their contribution and their ability to succeed is very constrained. how to use feel the government has handled the fallout, post george floyd? use feel the government has handled the fallout, post george floyd ?|j use feel the government has handled the fallout, post george floyd? i do believe they are dragging their feet. it is complex, they have other issues to consider, the right now this is a tipping point for these issues in our country and ih than to act as quickly as possible to address these concerns —— i urge them to act. we need a coherent race strategy and a real need for leadership. —— for leadership by government, and i implore them to act now, because the country is ready for this. businesses, public sector bodies, and i think the society as a whole has been shocked,

notjust by what's happened in the us, but also by what we've seen during covid, which is real inequality of outcomes. the time for action is now. you mentioned business there. i heard that lloyds bank recently has promised to hire more black people and put them into senior roles. are you urging other businesses to follow suit? setting targets and actually putting in place programmes to support black and minority ethnic staff to ensure that they flourish in the same way that other people flourish is something that the commission has been calling forfor some considerable time. and now, as i've said before, is a moment when businesses must play their part second act. it's all very well for you to sit there and make these calls, urge the government to do x, y and z, said businesses should do this, but as you are leaving your role imminently what would you say you have done to improve equality in britain today? we virtually doubled the use of our enforcement powers, we've undertaken lots of inquiries

in relation to things like racial harassment. you know, i believe that i leave the organisation a more confident organisation, and, you know, ready to proceed to face the ongoing issues that we've just been talking about. david isaac, the head of the equality and human rights commission. a government spokesperson has said: "the government is committed to tackling racism as part of our mission to unite and level—up the country. this new, independent commission is broader in scope in comparison to previous reviews, and builds on the work of the race disparity audit. "we ask that those with strong views engage with the commission." greg has registered a £62 million loss for the 30 months of the year,

compared to a profit last year. sales were down 45% over the recent period. a recent easing of lockdown restrictions has seen sales recover a debt but they are still only 72% of where they were during the same week last year. the company's chief executive says that although expansion plans have slowed the ba kery expansion plans have slowed the bakery chain still wants to increase the overall number of stores in locations are best suited to customers. we have been reducing shop numbers in high street with multiple units typically but opening up multiple units typically but opening up in areas where we are still to open shops, basically end areas must be accessed by car. public transport with one of our targets, that has been put on pause for now while we wait for public transport to get back into fashion, but there any more opportunities for us to open in areas where people want convenient access to food on the go. students have been taking many lessons online but not everybody feels comfortable

with video calls and on—screen conversations can be particularly challenging for those with speech difficulties. 16—year—old thomas has spent lockdown perfecting his basketball skills with his siblings and, like school students everywhere, getting to grips with online learning. i am looking to go into science and do astrophysics or plant science. i really love the david attenborough documentaries, and brian cox, so they're a real... they are a real mentor for me. but his stammer makes communicating online difficult. the challenge i face the video calls is the... ..the unmuting on my microphone, with the co—ordination of my brain and my mouth to speak, and also to make sure that people — i don't interrupt people. it is a common problem for children and young people with speech difficulties. so when the way we communicate

suddenly changed, when lockdown happened, we suddenly were only able to communicate on video. and that has allowed us to stay in touch, which is fantastic, but it does present some challenges for people who have communication difficulties. and one of those is the fact that it only relies on your face, and sometimes only your voice, and you lose a lot of the other ways we communicate using our bodies and our hands. and so, when you stammer, the anxiety around that —— and so, when you stammer, the anxiety around that can be more difficult. it is part of you, and you don't need to worry, and you're joining a very special group of people who have succeeded greatly, like, for example, sir winston churchill and ed sheeran, stormzy and emily blunt. famous faces who have embraced their stammer and followed their passions, just like thomas.

asexual talent and lodged assessed magazine for black girls —— a six—year—old girl and her mother launched a magazine. during lockdown, six—year—old faith and her mother searched for magazines that represented children like her. when they realised there was a lack of diversity in publications for younger girls, they decided to design and print cocoa girl, the first ever uk magazine for black girls aged seven to 14. and they've sold thousands — as amanda kirton reports. hello, my name is faith and i'm the editor of cocoa girl. she's only six years old and is one of the editors for the uk's first magazine aimed at black girls. during lockdown, faith's mother went shopping for magazines to keep her daughter occupied. it was at this point that they realised there was a gap in the market. we decided to do a magazine which reflected her and other girls like her. there's a few mothers that have bought this magazine as a surprise for their daughter. some of them have never seen a black girl on the front of a cover before. this girl looks like me,

because she's got those. leading figures within the magazine industry are aware of the problems around diversity. i think genuine diversity is not just about a cover, it's about a culture, and really using this moment as an opportunity to look at the brands that we work for, look at our teams and take some of the learnings from the past few weeks following the black lives matter movement. but after the tragic death of george floyd in america, it looked like the launch of the magazine was under threat. i didn't think that i could launch a magazine which tells black children that they could be anything they want to be when we had seen such a sad death. a lot of people were asking, what can we do to support the black community? and the response was amazing. there was one time when the magazine was selling a thousand a day. i was somebody that had been trying so hard to get into publishing

from such a young age. i left the industry because there was always that glass ceiling that i couldn't get through. i'm really, really happy and proud. the fact that selena has actually created a magazine for six, seven—year—olds who actually are picking it up and reading it, that's awesome. we are really concerned that, actually, if we don't look at how diversity in content is being tackled now forfuture generations, it means that actually maybe that six, seven—year—old won't pick up a magazine, they won't read that content because it not relevant to them. i knew she was struggling with what she looked like. this journey that she's gone on to love her hair, to love her skin tone, to love everything about herself is the most amazing thing that happened. can ijust say something, mummy? if you are out there, friends, i want to say hi. hi, faith. i hope she will be

editing bbc news. you might remember the 14—year—old fortnite player who won $1 million at the thought might well cap. he promised his man he would buy her house. one year later, because to put in to see what he has been up to. it was a really good feeling to buy the house and keep my word to my mum. all the stress does not have any more, it is a nice feeling. that was the awesome kids and teenagers section of the programme. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. yesterday, most of us had a taste of autumn. on friday many of us will have a taste of summer. but today, well, we're looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers and windy conditions. the strongest winds in the northern half of the country. it will still be pretty breezy in the southern half, not as windy as it was yesterday. but the strongest winds, where we have the isobars closer together, will be north—east scotland, particularly

so across orkney, where we are looking at strong to gale force winds. here too we've got all this rain. now, there'll be showers across western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, parts of wales, and all those strong winds that will blow over to the east through the course of the day, even into the south—east at times. we could see some showers today at old trafford for the cricket. and the winds will take the edge of those temperatures, which at best are 15 to 20 degrees. now, as we head onto the evening and overnight, the transient ridge of high pressure builds across us. that will kill off many of the showers. we will see some clear skies, so it's going to be a fresh night, particularly so in rural areas, where temperatures will be lower than this. these temperatures really indicate towns and cities. so with this transient ridge of high pressure across us, tomorrow, it means things will be fairly settled, but we do have a clutch of weather fronts coming in from the west. and look at the distinct lack of isobars. the winds will fall light tomorrow, so it will feel better tomorrow. so we still have some showers across the north—west of scotland, where it will be a cloudy start,

but brightening up in scotland through the course of the day. for england and for wales, you start off with some sunshine, but the cloud building through the day and we'll see some rain getting into northern ireland and also parts of wales later on. as we move from wednesday into thursday, though, our weather fronts continue to push northwards through northern ireland, northern england and scotland, taking the rain with them. high pressure hangs on for the rest of england and wales. a lot of dry conditions and a lot of sunshine. the rain moving out of northern ireland and pushing across scotland, where there will be a noticeable breeze. the breeze coming up from the south, so the temperatures are going to respond and start to climb. 25 to 27 across much of england and wales, 13 to about 19 in scotland and northern ireland. but it's friday that we see the peak of the heat, 32 quite possible in london. in belfast, temperatures not as high for you because we've got a weather front nearby, but it cools down at the weekend.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british government defends the decision to extend it don't travel advice to include the canary islands and balearic islands after the spanish prime minister called the decision and justified. ministers warned jiras about the risks they face. by all means go on holiday, but understand it is a chunky might be asked to self—isolate on your return. the uk foreign office response to repatriating1.3 million british nationals struck a product the start of the pandemic was too slow, according to a report by a senior group of mps. palatial‘s former prime minister is found guilty on seven corruption charges at kuala lumpur‘s high court in