this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines... the prime minister defends the decision to quarantine holiday—makers returning from spain, saying the situation called for a swift response. let's be absolutely clear about what's happening in europe, amongst some of our european friends. i'm afraid you are starting to see, in some places, the signs of a second wave of the pandemic. the spanish prime minister calls britain's response "unjust" and "disproportionate". translation: take the case of the canary islands, the balearic islands, the regions of valencia and andalusia, which i insist have a cumulative incidence of the virus inferior to that registered right now in the united kingdom. tougher restrictions are introduced in oldham following an increase in the number of cases of the virus.

biking on prescription — the government wants more of us to cycle and will pay you £50 to get your old bike road—worthy. scientists in australia say nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by the wildfires that ravaged the country last summer. my name is faith and i'm the editor of cocoa girl. and meet britain's youngest magazine editor, who spotted a gap in the market. the prime minister has defended the government's decision to reimpose quarantine measures on people returning from spain, leaving the travel plans of millions in chaos. borisjohnson says there are signs of a second wave

of infections in europe — and the government has to take swift action. but the decision has been greeted with dismay in spain, which says outbreaks there are confined to only a few regions in the north, with much of the country safer than britain. and here, travel agents have called on ministers to change their blanket approach. richard galpin reports. already, several holiday companies have been grounding planes which would have taken thousands of passengers to spain. this unsurprising with the foreign office now advising people against all but essential travel to the country. for this family, the government's decision to impose a two week quarantine for anyone returning from spain brought an abrupt end to their holiday plans. their cases being unpacked. it's devastating not to go, but i think we have to follow what the government are saying, and we are doing that. some people might think, well, we're going to go,

we'll come back and have two weeks off work. me and my wife just felt that we just couldn't do that to our employers. there are, though, still thousands of british holiday—makers in spain. many more are planning to head there, even though the government has now announced that anybody holidaying in the canary and balearic islands will also have to go into quarantine on return to the uk. all this to try to prevent the virus being brought back into this country. i'm afraid, if we do see signs of a second wave in other countries, it is really ourjob, our duty to act swiftly and decisively to stop reinfecting, to stop travellers coming back from these places seeding the disease here in the uk. the statistics show why the government is so concerned about tourists returning from spain. the country currently has 35 cases of coronavirus per 100,000 people.

while the uk has less than half of that at 14.7. last week's figures show the number of covid cases in spain rose by 75%. there are, though, big variations across the country. over the past two weeks, catalonia has had 8500 new cases compared with just 92 in the balearic islands. meanwhile, the way the uk government has handled the situation in spain is coming under increasing scrutiny from the labour party. i think, first of all, the government need to make sure that they have a robust plan in place, but also that they start to get ahead now because there has been too much of this where we have seen delay, overreaction and then retreat in a way that causes huge confusion and risks by the way many jobs in the sector which is already struggling, whether it is tourism or aviation. for many in the travel industry, the measures put in place by the government are a disaster, just when there had been hope of a surge in business. we've never seen anything like it. the past few months have been very, very difficult for the industry and will continue to be.

i think this change recently has showed that it will be uncertain, but also, you know, there is demand for holidays. people want to go on holiday. and the big concern is that spain mayjust be the first of many countries where quarantine will be needed. spain's prime minister has called the quarantine ‘unjust' — and has urged the government to think again. pedro sanchez said the new flare—ups of coronavirus were concentrated in two areas, and treating the whole country as a risk was ‘an error‘. guy hedgcoe reports from madrid. majorca, a magnet for british tourists. but like the rest of spain, it has been included in the government decision to quarantine those returning to the uk. that is despite the relatively low rate of covid—i9 in the balearic islands.

local business owners say the decision is having an immediate impact on the economy. for the island itself, i can look around me and there are four hotels closed. they are not going to open at all. they are not going to open at all. the british not coming is going to affect everybody, and ifeel sorry for the bar owners and workers here. the spanish government has been trying to persuade the uk to alter the policy. it has been asking travellers from some areas of spain to be exempt from the quarantine. the prime minister said that the ca nary islands, the the prime minister said that the canary islands, the balearic islands, regions of the lancia and andalusia all had lower rates right now than the uk —— valencia. this is one of the biggest tourist hotspots in the city. right now, it is virtually empty. that is because of

the covid—i9 crisis. but the fear is that in the wake of the uk government's quarantine decision, it is going to be even more difficult for the tourism sector to recover over the coming weeks. barry is temporarily living in madrid and knows many british people who have been affected by the quarantine measure. friends, colleagues, coming into spain, family who are going to come and see us well we are here, it has thrown all of that completely out of whack. it is very disappointing. but as we have seen, things may change in an instant with the british government. new figures show that over i million jobs were destroyed in spain for the second quarter of the year. while the country tries to bring the resurgence of coronavirus under control, its economy is becoming another huge worry. let's talk to our political

correspondentjessica parker. there is quite a lot of confusion out there. what is the situation in scotland? we were hearing today and scotland, nicola sturgeon somewhat reflecting borisjohnson‘s words about the fact that there is clearly an issue in parts of europe. boris johnson, starc red's today saying there were signs of a second wave in parts of europe, —— stark words. the prime minister was asked this morning, should people have ever been given the impression that it would be ok to go on holiday to europe? what should families do now? he said it is a decision for individuals and families as well, but the first minister of scotland being a little bit more cautious, in fa ct, being a little bit more cautious, in fact, much more cautious on that issue. right now, be very, very cautious about booking foreign travel

that is not essential, because you don't know that when you are in a country they may change their regulations, and so you might find yourself restricted in that country, and then when you go to come home, you might find that the quarantine rules have changed here. unfortunately, that is the nature of what we are dealing with right now. so, i want to be really blunt and clear with people, that i wouldn't. .. if you are asking me, i wouldn't be booking a foreign holiday right now, because of these reasons. i would be choosing, if i had time to go on holiday, i would be choosing to spend it here in scotland. 0ne one of the criticisms that has been levelled at the government over the past 48 is or so is whether they should be taking a more nuanced approach to this. so, in areas of spain —like canary islands where coronavirus is lesser, should people be able to go there? but the government went the other way and put the advice on nonessential

travel on bases like the canary islands, and majorca. the transport minister has been speaking in the house of lords this afternoon, and she says that the approach is by country for now, but they could look at regions in the future. maybe, a more nuanced policy could emerge, but the government saying they want to look at it on a country by country basis, probably for simplicity, because there has been quite a lot of confusion. the ba roness quite a lot of confusion. the baroness talking about the reports we saw in the telegraph, the idea that ministers are looking at whether people could come out of quarantine if they come from a risk country in ten days instead of 14 they said they are looking at a range of options, looking at whether people could be tested on certain days, but she said it would be inappropriate to test on arrival at the border. the reason is that somebody could be harbouring the virus but not showing symptoms and therefore it could test negative

evenif therefore it could test negative even if they do develop the virus later. it looks as though there could be some movement on that issue. well, we can speak now to lee hunt — the owner of travel agents deben travel. he has already received calls from customers concerned about travel in september. that's right. customers travelling in september and october, it has cut through the confidence that the travelling public had about travelling public had about travelling overseas at the moment, with the very last minute and blanket approach decision that the government made. did you see this coming? i think you cancelled and decided not to but any more overseas trips any team. we took the decision and wejust trips any team. we took the decision and we just felt we couldn't take our customers' money not knowing if they were going to get the holiday they were going to get the holiday they were going to get the holiday they were paying for. that was the decision we made back injune and it obviously does look like it was the right decision, albeit my business and the travel industry is on its

knees at the moment. what is the reaction from customers? are you getting calls asking what is going on? there is a lot of confusion because the government did backtrack on the decision that was made regards to the decision on saturday evening. there is a lot of confusion out there. a lot of confusion around the blanket approach. there is a lot of, shall we say, customers travelling to other destinations, not necessarily just travelling to other destinations, not necessarilyjust spain, as to whether that quarantine is going to be introduced or the travel corridor closed completely. your heart must sink because it seems like there's going to be light at the end of the tunnel and then it is taken away. millions of people will be unsure of what to do? this is a peak travel time with school holidays only having just broken up. with spain representing such a large proportion of uk outbound tourism. the whole

travel industry really did sing on saturday. we don't know what travel corridor the government is going to block next —— did sink. and cruises? it is only in the second year of trading, and since february, we have had no new business coming in at all, all cruises cancelled, no cruises until the end of october, and part of that is because of the uncertainty around the foreign 0ffice advice that was originally issued. the foreign office originally issued advice against all cruising, and then it made backtracked and said all but river cruising. that planted ac then our customers' mind and they were just unsure, it resulted in a lot of

cancellations. -- a seed. if there are concerns of another wave, what choice do they have? the health and safety of people travelling overseas is paramount. we need to get back into a position where we get rid of covid—i9, and we need to do all we can to sort that. the blanket approach is a wrong approach. it needs to be a more targeted approach based on the scientific data we have got. if we used a more targeted approach, it would not be all of mainland spain and that was on the list. we would be able to travel to the canary list. we would be able to travel to the ca nary islands list. we would be able to travel to the canary islands and balearic islands. like the prime minister said himself, the spanish prime minister, a lot of those places are actually safer than in the uk. we talked about the light at the tunnel, but there doesn't seem to be any of that at the minute. how will your business get through the next few months? it is a long tunnel and there is a glimmer of light at the end of it. before this happened, we

we re end of it. before this happened, we were a successful business and so we did have money in the bank. we do have a scattering of bookings now coming infora have a scattering of bookings now coming in for a 2021, but it is going to us and a challenge for the whole industry and i do fear we are going to see more challenge for the whole industry and i do fear we are going to see more businesses in the next months —— a challenge. tougher coronavirus restrictions are being introduced in oldham, to try to prevent a local lockdown after the greater manchester borough saw a spike of more than 100 cases in a week. these are the figures coming out about how many cases there are 100,000 people. there is a list, and at the top of that list at the moment is still darwin and blackburn at the moment with something like

75.2 cases per 100,000 people, but that rate is dropping as is the rate in leicester as we have heard a lot about in recent these are the figures coming out about how many cases there are 100,000 people. there is a list, and at the top of that list at the moment is still darwin and blackburn at the moment with something like 75.2 cases per 100,000 people, but that rate is dropping as is the rate in leicester as we have heard a lot about in recent weeks. 0ldham, there has been a sudden growth. two weeks ago, they had 11 cases per 100,000. they are now looking at 48 cases 0ldham, there has been a sudden growth. two weeks ago, they had 11 cases per 100,000. they are now looking at 48 you live in the 0ldham area, you must not have any social visitors to your home, and if you are outside, your home, and if you are outside, you must keep two metres apart from other people. if you are somebody who is older or a vulnerable or has been shielding for the past two or three months, you have got to shield for even longer now, for it to more weeks until the end of the month. that will take you into august if you are shielding and live in the 0ldham area. community spread seems

to be an issue. this is not like where we saw in herefordshire, where there was a 100,000 people with hundred and 14 new cases. they are bringing in new restrictions from now and are saying from today, if you live in the 0ldham area, you must not have any social visitors to your home, and if you are outside, your home, and if you are outside, you must keep two metres apart from other people. if you are somebody who is older or a vulnerable or has been shielding for the past two or three months, you have got to shield for even longer now, for it to more weeks until the end of the month. that will take you into august if you are shielding and lived in the 0ldham area. community spread seems to be an issue. this is not like where we saw in herefordshire, where there was a, factory, where we saw a spike. this is a community. they are saying the worrying thing at the moment is they are seeing a number of cases in particular in houses with this is a worry for public health officials. how is it monitored and enforced? it is always a difficult issue because when these things happen, you often have the local police force saying that they simply do not have the resources to start policing it. the encouragement

is that people have two self police this and do this, and that has worked in other places. in blackburn where people were told they had to wear facemasks where people were told they had to wearfacemasks much where people were told they had to wear facemasks much earlier than the rest of the country and public places, they were told not to visit each other‘s homes, not to have handshakes, and people took that on board. and as the figures show, the rate of infection there is dropping off. it is a self policing thing, really, people have to do it themselves and take on the responsibility to do it. how long are the new set of restrictions in place? the shielding of the elderly and people who are vulnerable in 0ldham is for it to weeks from the end of this month. the new restrictions on having people from outside your home into your home, which isn't allowed any more, and keeping two metres apart when you are outside, that starts today and will be reviewed in the next two weeks. it is usually 80 week period

before it is reviewed. it will go indefinitely until that rates are chopping off again —— a two—week period. german investigators are searching a garden in hanover in connection with the disappearance of madeleine mccann. madeleine was three when she went missing while on holiday with herfamily in praia da luz in portugal in 2007. police began work at the site in hanover yesterday. german detectives believe she was killed shortly after being abducted. the headlines on bbc news. the prime minister defends the decision to quarantine holiday—makers returning from spain, saying the situation called for a swift response. tough restrictions are introduced in oldham following an increase in the number of cases reported.

scientists in australia say nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by the wildfires that ravaged the country last summer. on your bike — that's the message from the government, and they're offering people vouchers worth £50 to get their old ones repaired. ministers want more of us back in the saddle, as a way to keep fit — as well helping the environment. there are also plans for new cycle lanes in towns, and doctors are being encouraged to prescribe cycling, with bikes even being made available on the nhs. jon donnison reports. borisjohnson has always had a soft spot for two wheels. today, after a brief spin in nottingham, the prime minister argued he's putting his money where his mouth is. you always could spend more. i mean, this is the most ambitious package ever. it is £2 billion. what we will do is create thousands of miles of protected cycle lanes. i really believe that protected cycle lanes are essential to give people the confidence that they need. many people are not very brave or confident cyclists and we need to get them on their bikes

in a confident way. with many people still wary of using public transport, the number of people cycling has surged, especially in big cities. with more people cycling, here in london, they have already put quite a few temporary cycle lanes in place. some of those will be made permanent, but the government say it is notjust a case of slapping a bit of paint on the road. what the government is promising and what cyclists want is cycle lanes that are separate from the traffic, segregated and safe. a new body called active travel england will be set up to make sure cycle lanes meet those standards. some have pointed out that the £2 billion is less than a tenth of the £27 billion the government has pledged to spend on new roads. but environmentalists and cycling groups have broadly welcomed the initiative. it is probably the biggest change that i have seen in my lifetime, because i can see the mechanics

behind it and the set—up with the creation of active travel england to be the overseer and arbiter of delivery of cash and standards, that it is the makings of an incredibly transformative plan. and from today, repair vouchers worth £50 and transferable in most bike shops will be available to encourage people to get their machines back on the road. and in selected areas with poor health rates, patients will be able to access bikes through their local gp surgery. these cyclists in birmingham said they were on board. over the last couple of months, i have seen more and more people on bikes, and that encourages other people to have the confidence to go out on bikes. there is talk of a lot of money going into cycle lanes and whatnot. and it definitely needs that. and labour have accused the government of being too slow to act and questioned how long it will take to get the plans in place, whilst some motoring groups have

expressed concern about changes to the highway code that favour cyclists. jon donnison, bbc news. amazon is ramping up its online grocery service with the aim of serving millions of shoppers across the uk by the end of the year. 0nline food sales have almost doubled during the pandemic, with grocers struggling to keep up with demand. but as our business correspondent emma simpson told me, amazon's move could pose a major challenge to rivals it's been this long burning question in retail. could amazon do to groceries what it has done to books? it is an online juggernaut. but so far, its ambitions in food have been fairly modest. in fact, it has barely made a dent in the uk food market. so, they have got amazon fresh and you can do a weekly shop on it. but it's only available in about 300 postcodes in london and the home counties. you have to be an amazon prime subscriber to get it. and up until now, you have had to pay an extra monthly fee

or delivery charge per order. from today, there are larger orders that are going to be free. and, critically, they are going to roll out this service, they say, a faster, same day delivery service to major cities across the uk, which they say will hopefully mean millions of new shoppers. they say this was planned long before covid—19. they have got the capacity to do it, so they clearly want a much bigger slice of the uk grocery market. how worried should supermarkets be by this? i think they will be worried because, of course, amazon is a big disrupter. and as you say, online grocery sales have nearly doubled during lockdown. the supermarkets have been struggling to keep up with soaring demand. and that is going to be a permanent shift. but it is a lot harder to make money selling online groceries for the supermarkets. remember, amazon have got really deep pockets. they don't mind selling at a loss to grow market share. of course, with amazon prime, they have got a huge platform,

maybe 50 million subscribers. so the interesting thing is how compelling is this going to be? it is going to be fascinating to watch because the uk grocery market is just going to get a whole lot more competitive. uk store selfridges has said it plans to cut 450 jobs from its stores as it faces the "toughest year" in its recent history. managing director anne pitcher said it equated to a 14% reduction in headcount. she said high streets were changing even before covid—19 and the business has now been forced to make "fundamental changes". during the lockdown, six—year—old faith and her mother searched for magazines that represented young black girls like her. when they realised there weren't any, they decided to design and print their own. called ‘cocoa girl', it's already sold thousands of copies. 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 told 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 where 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 serlina 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 and they won't read that content because it's 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. yesterday, we saw low pressure which brought a lot of cloud and rain. and some pretty warm and muggy conditions across the country. today, it is brighter. low pressure continuing to move away, so there will still be fairly strong winds across the north of the uk especially. here, we will see most of the showers, but higher pressure building in across the south. there will be a few showers to end the day across northern and western areas. 0vernight, the wettest of the weather becomes confined to the north and west of scotland. still quite windy and wet

through the northern isles. further south, drier, but with a cooler air mass, slightly lighter winds, it is going to be a chillier night to come. wednesday, a lot of dry weather for england and wales thanks to the building high pressure. low pressure will start to bring more cloud, outbreaks of rain into northern ireland, around irish sea coasts. and it stays quite breezy and cool for the north of scotland, but warming up in the south. temperatures into the low 20s celsius. it turns warmer still, particularly in the south, by thursday and friday, and we are all into the warm air. the peak of the heat, in fact, the low 30s celsius.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the prime minister defends the decision to quarantine holiday—makers returning from spain, saying the situation called for a swift response. let's be absolutely clear about what is happening in europe, amongst some of our european friends, i'm afraid you are starting to see, in some places, the signs of a second wave of the pandemic. the spanish prime minister calls britain's response "unjust"

and "disproportionate". translation: take the case of the canary islands, the balearic islands, the regions of valencia and andalusia, which i insist have a cumulative incidence of the virus inferior to that registered right now in the united kingdom. tougher restrictions are introduced in oldham following an increase in the number of cases of covid—19. biking on prescription— the government wants more of us to cycle — and will pay you £50 to get your old bike roadworthy. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. england are closing in on victory in the third and final test against the west indies at old trafford. it was a frustrating wash—out yesterday. it's been a memorable day for fast bowler stuart broad who's become the second englishman afterjames anderson to take 500 test wickets.

england started the final day needing eight wickets to win the match and the series. the west indies resumed on 10—2 chasing an unlikely 399 to win. they got to 45 before broad struck, pinning kraigg brathwaite lbw. only six other bowlers have taken 500 wickets in tests. chris woakes has taken three wickets today, including shamarh brooks. the windies fell into further trouble when roston chase was brilliantly run out by dom bess. then jason holder went for 12. a few moments ago they were 112—7. they need to bat all day but not looking likely at the moment. but this test match will all be about stuart broad and his former coach peter moore's says broad's sheer dedication is something to be celebrated. it has been a fantastic achievement for him, testament to someone who has kept evolving himself as a player. i loved watching him in the

last test match, what i've seen, because in the break that we had for the pandemic, i think he used it like he has lots of times in his career, as a chance to reset bowling and go again, and he is playing cricket with the sort of enthusiasm ofan cricket with the sort of enthusiasm of an 18—year—old, but with the experience of someone who has played so much test cricket. he is bowling beautifully. it is great to see. footballers across scotland will take the knee before every match this weekend in solidarity with the fight against racism. we saw english premier league players do the same injune to show solidarity with black lives matter. the new scottish season gets under way on saturday and players from all premiership clubs have also put together a special anti—racism video message which will be broadcast before matches. elsewhere today, its four months since a saudi—backed

consortium made a £300 million offer to takeover newcastle united, but we understand the deal‘s being held up because of a lack of clarity over who'd actually run the club. the bids currently being scutinised under the premier league's owners and directors' test, and has also been complicated by tv piracy and human rights issues in saudi arabia. it's understood the league needs greater certainty about the precise links between the consortium and the saudi government. jurgen klopp has been named manager of the year by the league manager's association. he led liverpool to their first league title in 30 years. his win was announced by the great manchester united manager sir alex ferguson who revelaed that klopp had rung him at 330am