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are at greater risk from covid—19. the annual hajj pilgrimage to mecca begins but is dramatically scaled back because of coronavirus. this is the scene live in mecca... international visitors have been banned from making the journey to try to curb the pandemic. authorities in hong kong warn the city's hospital system could face "collapse" as it grapples with a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. a review calls for an extension of free school meals in england, warning that poor eating habits are a "slow—motion disaster". and prince william meets peter crouch. the duke of cambridge talks football and mental health and proves the perfect host. i've made some curry for you all. laughter. and i believe it's the samrat, which is, like, your local favourite, crouchy?

good morning. hello, good morning, and welcome to bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the government is coming under increased pressure to introduce coronavirus testing at airports in order to shorten the 14—day quarantine period. airlines and travel industry leaders say tests are vital to the uk's post—covid recovery. one idea is for passengers to be tested twice — once on arrival and again a number of days later. this could free passengers who tested negative from the quarantine and allow them to go back to work. airport testing is already used by germany, dubai, iceland, russia, austria, and the netherlands. in a couple of minutes we'll be talking to the boss of heathrow airport, but first, this report from greg mckenzie.

on any given day injuly, heathrow airport sees over 200,000 passengers daily. but like most airports in the uk, most flights are grounded, because less people are travelling in these uncertain times. the airport's boss is calling on the government to help ease quarantine restrictions on passengers arriving from higher—risk countries, with a scheme for coronavirus tests on landing. heathrow was one of the first to pilot body temperature scanners. testing on arrival is a good start, and we've been working with collinson group for a few weeks now so that we can start a trial, which we need government support for. his call comes after the prime minister warned further european nations could lose their exempted status amid signs of a second wave of covid—i9, following a spike in cases in some regions of spain.

let's be absolutely clear about what's happening 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. and we all remember what happened last time. the prime minister reimposed a warning against all but essential travel to spain, and insists travellers arriving in the uk from there spend 14 days in quarantine. the latest figures from the european centre for disease prevention and control show, over the last 14 days, the number of covid cases in spain were at 47 per 100,000 people. elsewhere, luxembourg saw 222 cases, croatia saw 27, belgium 29, france 16, and germany eight cases per 100,000 people. and what we have to do all over europe, and indeed all of the world, is to stop these spikes from developing into big

outbreaks, really quickly and efficiently everywhere. but as for testing at uk airports, well, the jury is still out. government sources have told the bbc there are no plans to introduce testing at airports at the moment. greg mckenzie, bbc news. culture secretary 0liver dowden says the government is keeping all options under review, but at the moment there's no viable alternative to the 14—day quarantine for people when they return from spain. we have to act in a way to keep the virus under control in this country. it was rising in spain. we had to ensure that we didn't import cases. that is why we are advising against all but essential travel, and that is why we are asking people to quarantine for 14 days. if it is the case, and it isn't at the moment, and all the evidence is not that we can simply test people once and tell you you can return to the community.

of course, we will continue to work through this and if there are ways that we can ease the burden, we will do that. but at the moment as safest thing for people to do is to quarantine for 14 days if they are returning from spain. the reason for thatis returning from spain. the reason for that is to ensure that the disease does not spread from spain into the united kingdom. and that is why... you know, we want to keep our economy open and keep the disease under control. so we must take these measures. let's speak to the ceo of heathrow, john holland—kaye. thank you very much forjoining us this morning. no viable alternative, says 0liver dowden, at the moment, for people returning from spain. do you think they're is a viable alternative? yes, there is and u nless we alternative? yes, there is and unless we test and learn some of these alternatives, we will not get beyond the blanket 14 days of quarantine that is currently in place. we can see that other countries have gone to other ways of doing this. france at the beginning

ofjune where doing trials of testing on departure and on the rival. then they went down to a single test. —— and on arrival. we are calling for a double test, once on arrival and a second after five oi’ on arrival and a second after five or eight days, where people would remain in quarantine until they had had two match that show they did not have the disease and then they would be allowed out, earlier than otherwise would be the case. 50, otherwise would be the case. so, reducing the 14 day period of quarantine which currently stands? exactly. so that people can get out of quarantine four, five, six days earlier than would be the case. that would make it easierfor earlier than would be the case. that would make it easier for people caught up in the situation, with many people in spain and the weekend, to get them back to their everyday lives. as they are at a country that has been turned red. it

will open up trading partners, important partners with canada and singapore. vital partners for us to build our economy. with the us also. we need an alternative to 14 days of quarantine if we are living with covid for the foreseeable future. quarantine if we are living with covid for the foreseeable futurelj am curious if you have had direct conversations with government ministers about this. yes, we have, i cannot be too specific about them, but we know that from the work that the government has done, that testing after eight days gives a confidence level in the high 90s that people do not have covid, testing after five days gives you a confidence level of the mid—80s that people do not have covid. these are good test, they are using the pcr tests. as it is good enough for the nhs, it should be good enough for travellers as well. what with the cost of the test he and who would pay for them? at the moment we are setting up a trial with swissport and we have been working with them for the last three, four weeks and

we can get it up and running within the next few weeks. that is if we can get the government support to allow us to avoid the 14 day full quarantine if people get the second test. the initial test cost £150, not cheap, but for many people who have been affected by the spanish situation, they would be happy to pay that rather than the extra time in quarantine. it is a relatively small part of the total cost and would allow more travellers to go about their normal business. of course, in time, the testing will get better and cheaper, and this may become more of the normal way in which we all live our lives in the coming years. why, then, do you think that the government has not moved more quickly on this. from your perspective you see a clear way ahead. why do you think the government is slightly more relu cta nt, government is slightly more reluctant, if that is the right word to use, to go ahead with this? well, ican to use, to go ahead with this? well, i can completely understand the government's need to keep people safe, which we share, we do not want

to do anything to risk a second wave in the uk. we have all paid the price of the first wave. but we need to start planning ahead to keep our economy open, get it open and protect jobs. already we economy open, get it open and protectjobs. already we are seeing millions ofjobs being lost across the uk and even more will be lost u nless we the uk and even more will be lost unless we can get our aviation sector up and running again. because it is the lifeline of the uk economy, carrying exports and have a supply chain, bringing in tourists and sending them out. if we do not see that over the next few months, many morejobs see that over the next few months, many more jobs will be lost in the uk. i think that message is being understood in government now, they are trying to grapple with the balance between protecting jobs and keeping people safe, and i think this five or eight day testing, that could be the way forward. we know in some parts of government that is being looked at. the prime minister has to take a lead on this, it is up

to him. but we could start with some countries like singapore and canada, get comfortable with that and then extended to other countries if we feel it is safe. but we have to start by testing and learning. heathrow airport are living —— announcing pre—tax losses of £1.1 billion for the first six months of the year, that was announced this morning. if the situation continues as it is, do you envisage those losses growing at that sort of level over the remaining six months of the year, and what impact will it have for the people employed at heathrow, and also, if i can add into that, what impact is the spanish quarantine having on the airport? so, let me deal with the first part of that. what we have seen happening over the weekend is that some people have been returning from spain a little bit early. people that were planning to travel to spain have switched to places like greece and italy so that they can still get some summer sun.

italy so that they can still get some summer sun. but the overall impact on passenger numbers over the last few days has not been great, but we do not have many passengers, only 15% of our normal demand at this time of year. people wanting to get away are still doing that. in terms of the impact on a business, yes, the first half of the year, it has been absolutely devastating. we have acted quickly to cut costs and reduce our capital spend so that we can keep going. we have a very strong balance sheet and good cash reserves , strong balance sheet and good cash reserves, so we will be able to survive at least until the end of 2022. that is a good position to be in compared to where many other companies are. but we are clearly in uncertain times and of the 75,000 people employed at heathrow before this epidemic, i think the third of those jobs are at risk from cuts that the airlines or handlers or even ourselves need to make. but i am doing everything i can to protect

jobs at the airport. we are a big local employer and as the chief executive, i feel the responsibility to my team to keep that team together, keep people in employment. but we are facing really difficult choices. we pay less or have fewer people? it is as blunt as that, i'm afraid, because we absolutely have to cut our costs back to be able to survive the impact of this terrible epidemic. obviously, the key, as you said, to changing the situation, is this regime of airport testing. you have said that some ministers in government are pretty enthusiastic about that idea. what sense do you have that there is a movement in government that it will come round to this report testing regime, and how quickly do you think that might happen? and just clarify for us how quickly could heathrow airport set up quickly could heathrow airport set up the system with the people available to test passengers coming in from abroad? well, we have been

working on this for some time. i have been calling for a common international standing on testing for the last few months and we have not seen much action from the government in that time. —— international standard. but we have seen over international standard. but we have seen over the last few days that the government is more actively looking at testing at airports as an alternative to quarantine but they have not committed to that as yet. we have been working with swissport for the last couple of months to work out how we would do the testing at airports. we pushed the button on saturday night to begin to set up that facility in terminal two, so we could be ready to go as fast as possible. we could be ready at the airport within two weeks to be ready to do testing on arrival but the government must come with us on that. we need them to help us to test if you are safe after two test that you do not need to quarantine and we need to tie into their track and we need to tie into their track and trace system, and i am sure there will be other things that we must go through. so that could take

two, free, format weeks to put that in place but i hope by the beginning of september we could have a testing regime as an alternative to quarantine with passengers coming from the red countries. —— two, three, four weeks. thank you for your time this morning. john holland—kaye, thank you. let's speak to our political editor, norman smith. john holland—kaye, the boss of heathrow, he says that the government must come with them on this testing scheme. what do you think on this! it is something the government would be open to and keen to run out if they were utterly convinced that the science supported it, but at the moment, my impression is that they are not sufficiently convinced that you can cut the quarantine period safely. so, yes, you know, of course, they would like to reduce the time period, because

no one is under any illusions, 1a daysis no one is under any illusions, 1a days is a very long time, it means huge disruption and financially it is very, very difficult for many families. yes, of course, therefore you would like to reduce it, but the bottom line is that the prime minister is deeply, deeply cautious, and at the end of the day, although there are some in government who are to press ahead with a more relaxed regime and look at, you know, having sort of a regional policy to quarantine, that sort of thing, mr johnson himself is deeply cautious about the possibility of a second surge in this virus, and we saw that yesterday with his comments about the pandemic bubbling up again in europe. i think in large part, his position has been shaped by his own experience of coronavirus, by the very high death rate we have already had in this country, and also perhaps by a reputational element

that he does not want to be accused, in time, of having failed to protect the country sufficiently against a surge in the virus again. so, yes, we know that the government is looking at introducing a testing regime to mitigate the 1a day quarantine period, but we are not there yet and we will not get to that stage unless they are 100% convinced the science supports, and the scientist and chief medical officers as well are behind it. ok, norman, thank you very much. norman smith at westminster for us. the headlines on bbc news... a call for coronavirus tests at airports to reduce the time travellers spend in quarantine — but ministers say it's not a silver bullet. scientists will receive millions of pounds to investigate why people from an ethnic minority background

are at greater risk from covid—19. a review calls for an extension of free school meals in england, warning that poor eating habits are a "slow—motion disaster". now more on one of those headline stories... uk scientists are to receive millions of pounds of government funding to learn why ethnic minorities are at greater risk from covid—19. six seperate studies will analyse data on social circumstances, health and day—to—day activities, as well as investigating genetic risk factors. the research will also look into whether health care workers are particularly at risk. pallab ghosh reports. rudresh pathak died of coronavirus last month. he was a consultant psychiatrist in boston, in lincolnshire. he was on a ventilator for 70 days. when he was on a ventilator, we were told that in all likelihood he would probably die on the ventilator. however, you know, he battled on, he became better, and he came off the ventilator. mid—june he deteriorated, and suddenly, a week after that, he passed away. a disproportionate number of people

who have died from coronavirus have been from ethnic minorities. the government has commissioned a set of urgent studies to find out why. research shows that ethnic minorities are more likely to die from covid—19. indians are at 1.5 times greater risk than the white population. for bangladeshis and pakistanis, it is 1.8. and the highest risk is with black people, at 1.9. one study will closely follow 30,000 health and social care workers. others will draw on various government databases of the health and lifestyle of different ethnic groups. some of these studies may give us data before the 12 months is up, in which case immediately, as soon as we get any results, we will be hearing about them and seeing if there are any changes that we can make to reduce this risk in ethnic minority populations. ethnic minorities are more likely to have jobs that bring them into contact with other people.

the government hopes that the new research will help them identify the risks and make the changes needed to save lives. pal ghosh, bbc news. ——pallab ghosh. and, at 9:a0 this morning we will be looking at the research in more detail with dr anil gumber, a senior health economist at sheffield hallam university. advising hospitals in england to discharge thousands of patients into care homes at the start of the pandemic, without knowing if they had coronavirus, has been described as "reckless" by mps. the public accounts committee said the policy continued even when it was clear that a problem was emerging. the labour mp meg hillier, who chairs the committee, says that was a mistake. they wanted to discharge people from hospital who they described as medically fit, but that didn't include having a covid test, so people were being discharged to care homes with covid—19. and as we know, sadly, it spread and killed

people in care homes. and this is something that, you know, wasn't properly thought through. the focus was so much on the nhs and hospitals, which is the right thing to do, of course, in a pandemic, but there wasn't a similar focus on how to support care homes also with ppe, whice is something we have looked at as well before. the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to mecca, is under way. these are live shows from saudi arabia. normally, more than two million muslims would usually take part in the five—day pilgrimage... let's see if we can get you some live pictures. we cannot see any programmes at the moment. —— pilgrims. international visitors have been banned this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. just a thousand foreign pilgrims

already resident in saudi arabia will be allowed to take part. 0ur religion editor, martin bashir, reports. this family spent two years planning for the religious high point of their lives. it is a must for every muslim to perform the hajj at least once in their lifetime. it's a very important part of my religion. it would make me feel that i have, up to a certain extent, completed my religion. without that, it feels that there is always something missing. they should have departed for mecca at the weekend. instead, they're still in the midlands and time is of the essence. because of imran we thought that — i wasn't feeling comfortable for him to go on his own. so we thought we'd join him. i suffered a major heart attack back in 2014. i'm turning a0 next year. my intention was to hopefully, insha'allah, complete my hajj before i'm a0 and then you just never know what's around the corner. i feel fit and well enough at the moment, but who knows, this time next year i might not be.

and this might have been my only opportunity. a modern plague has disrupted an ancient pilgrimage. last year, the hajj attracted more than 2 million pilgrims. this year, the coronavirus pandemic has forced the saudi arabian government to scale back, banning all foreigners from visiting the holy site. we still have to welcome the first worshippers yet. it's not officially opened. sheik ibrahim mogra, an imam in leicester, is warning that the current quota system that allows a proportion of muslims from every nation to visit mecca each year, is likely to be reduced. sadly, the virus is going to be with us for some time. and we have to prepare ourselves mentally, and also spiritually, for that point of disappointment. because, inevitably, the quotas for britain

will have to be reduced. back at home, the patel family continues its devotions, but there's no hiding their sense of loss. do you think you will be able to take him next year? insha'allah, insha'allah. martin bashir, bbc news. 0ur correspondent sameer hashmi joins us from dubai. sameer hashmi, an incredibly different hajj from the scenes that we would normally see each year. that is correct, it is unprecedented. if you look at the pictures that are coming in from the holy city of mecca. usually there are between 2.5 ms dunn pilgrims in mecca on the first day when hajj sta rts mecca on the first day when hajj starts and then they proceed to the valley which is another important

part, that is seven kilometres away from the holy city. that whole journey of travelling from mecca, even though it is just seven kilometres, it takes hours, because the millions of people move there together. this time it is going to be really different, because there arejust be really different, because there are just 1000 be really different, because there arejust1000 people, they will not be moving there together in a group, they are divided into smaller groups and they will be travelling at different points of time in order to maintain social distancing. in addition to that, these pilgrims who are participating in hajj this year, they were asked to quarantine at their home towns in saudi arabia before arriving at mecca. and then they would have to quarantine for a few days at their hotels. there are mobile ambulances and hospitals have been set up. all of the pilgrims have been giving bracelets to track their movement. these are some of their movement. these are some of the new measurements introduced this year as part of hajj, just to make sure that the cases do not escalate and that none of the pilgrims suffer

from any symptoms of coronavirus during the pilgrimage. ok, sameer hashmi, thank you for that. sameer hashmi, thank you for that. sameer hashmi in the for us. —— sameer hashmi in the for us. —— sameer hashmi in the for us. —— sameer hashmi in dubai for us. hong kong's leader says the territory is on the verge of a "large—scale" coronavirus outbreak that could overwhelm its hospitals. after early success against covid—19, hong kong has, he for the past week, reported more than 100 new infections each day. 0ur correspondent martin yip is in hong kong. this morning from carrie lam that the hospital system faces collapse is alarming. why is there the spike in new cases, why is that happening, given the other success of hong kong in dealing with and controlling and containing covid—19? in dealing with and controlling and containing covid-19? well, from the government point of view, all they knew at this point was that a series of local cases, local clusters, which involves the eateries, cafes,

as well as some government facilities have been involved in the latest crisis, but the health experts are arguing that some of these cases which the government has no trace of its origin, perhaps where links to imported cases brought in by air and bought. scientist talked about this at the meeting. the government is now saying that they will take it seriously to see if there is any connection. as of today, at local time, the series of new measures kicked in. we are not any state of lockdown as yet, but people are forced to wear face masks individually anywhere in the city as well as any public area, indoors and outdoors, and no restaurants can

serve anything other than take a ways. while, as i havejust mentioned, they are required to go for tests as well. you can sell your vessel into hong kong and allow your men to change ship. that is part of the major problem for the shipping industry in the last six months. many of them have been stranded on their vessels for up to six months with no bit of landing on the ground in sight. so now it is closing a gateway for them to do this thing, while the problem is that even the local experts are still burning, evenif local experts are still burning, even if you are cutting off this end of the potential imports of new cases, you are opening your border, people can still come into hong kong and there could be new cases coming in. so there are voices calling for the government to shut hong kong up

at least for a while to counteract the spread of the virus. ok, martin yip, thank you for that update in hong kong. vietnam's prime minister has ordered the city of danang to go he into strict lockdown — earlier this week 80,000 tourists were ordered to evacuate the city. vietnam's health ministry says there have been 30 confirmed infections in danang since the weekend, as well as new cases in the country's biggest cities hanoi and ho chi minh city. the prime minister says every part of the country is now at risk of seeing infections and warned that this wave of coronavirus is different to the one in march. now it's time for a look at the weather with carole... hello again. for many of us today it is mostly dry and with lighter winds it will feel warmer than yesterday. the rain continues to ease across the northern isles but you will be left with a lot of cloud. for much of the british isles we are looking at some sunny spells, sometimes large areas of cloud with the cloud building in the midlands and wales through the

afternoon, head of some rain coming infor afternoon, head of some rain coming in for the west of wales and northern ireland by the end of the afternoon. the rain continues to push northwards and eastwards overnight. the far north of scotland, the far south of england, having clearer skies. temperatures falling tonight to between eight and 13 degrees. tomorrow if we pick up the rain, it pushes out of northern ireland for a time, cross the north of england, north wales, scotland, and a new batch arrives in northern ireland pushing north eastwards. sunshine from the word go in the south and that will travel north through the day but will increasingly feel humid, with highs getting up to 27. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: (wait for bong) a call for coronavirus tests at airports to reduce the time travellers spend in quarantine — but ministers say there's no catch—all solution.

it's not the case that you can simply test somebody and be sure that they don't have the disease. it can incubate over a period of time, so can incubate over a period of time, so there is not a silver bullet of just testing immediately at the border. scientists will receive millions of pounds to investigate why people from an ethnic minority background are at greater risk from covid—19. a review calls for an extension of free school meals in england, warning that poor eating habits are a "slow—motion disaster". the annual hajj pilgrimage to mecca begins — but is dramatically scaled back because of coronavirus. authorities in hong kong warn the city's hospital system could face "collapse" as it grapples with a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. stuart broad says there's plenty more to come from him

afterjoining an exclusive club of cricketers who've have taken 500 test match wickets. he reached the milestone as england beat the west indies at old trafford to complete the series win, as patrick gearey reports. ready, aim, fire. at his best, there is an inevitability about stuart broad's bowling. must be! it is 500 for stuart broad. it took him about ten minutes yesterday morning to pass a point only six other players have ever gone beyond. as so often, broad started and finished england's charge to victory over the west indies. ten wickets in the match, man of the match, man of the series. and yet no—one there to witness this history barring his dad, chris, the match referee. to have contributed to his winning here and winning the series is awesome. it's a real shame not to have some family and friends here to be able to share the moment with, but to have dad here

is quite unique and special, and to have dad match—refereeing the game i get 500 in is pretty cool. the face is still almost as fresh as when he first followed his father into the family trade. ijust played for a hobby, really. loved watching it, loved playing in the back garden, loved playing for my club, egerton park. his love for the game seemed to peak when it comes to the aussies. he has won the ashes down under, upset them by not admitting he edged one to slip, bowled them out for 60, and last year again the australians brought the best out in him. though broad has a pop star girlfriend in mollie king from the saturdays, cricket is neverfarfrom his mind. when he dropped out, he said he was frustrated, angry and gutted. his former coach, sports personality of the year david steele, recognised that streak. if you weren't a real cricketer in there, you wouldn't care a damn. he has made his money.

he wants to play. he has done it now, that's the thing. hey? why has he done it? because of what the game means to him. perhaps that is the reason broad doesn't speak of goodbyes. like his sidekickjimmy anderson, the only englishman with more test wickets, he wants to keep going. so it's stuart broad — 501 and counting. manchester united'sjesse lingard says he was "lost as a player and a person" during the last premier league season. in a particularly honest post on social media, the 27—year—old said the season has been difficult for a number of reasons. lingard previously revealed that he'd taken on more responsiblity for his younger brother and sister after his mother fell ill. the forward says he's working harder than ever before to help the team succeed. the sixth round of rugby league's challenge cup is going to be redrawn this evening. it's after toronto wolfpack and five other clubs from outside the super league pulled out of the competition. championship clubs sheffield

and york said concerns over player welfare were one of the reasons they've withdrawn. the super league re—starts this weekend, but the seasons in the second and third tier have been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. andy murray is continuing preparations for the new professional tennis season at the battle of the brits event. murray lost his opening match at the national tennis centre in the mixed doubles alongsidejodie burrage. he's only playing doubles in roehampton, because he says he doesn't want to take any risks with his fitness — he's keeping an eye on the us open which starts at the end of august. and the live sport continues today at the glorious goodwood racing festival. yesterday's highlight was a record fourth goodwood cup victory for the favourite, stradivarius, ridden by frankie dettori. it was a joint record sixth career win in the race for the jockey, who of course celebrated with his trademark leap from the saddle.

that's all the sport for now. more from us on the bbc news channel at 12:15. the criticism keeps coming; from british and spanish politicians, travel companies, and of course thousands of confused holiday makers about the government's decision to impose a quarantine for people returning from spain and its islands. let's begin by recapping the current rules. anyone coming back to the uk from spain and its islands will have to provide an address and self—isolate there for 1h days. the foreign office is also advising against "all but essential travel" to the whole of spain. if you're already there, you can finish your holiday, but if you are due to head out in the next few days your insurance is unlikely to be valid. once you get to your self—isolation address, you can't go to work, kids can't go to childcare, and can't even go to the shops —

unless you can't find someone to go for you. you could be fined hundreds of pounds if you don't comply. there has been lots of anger from travel companies who weren't given any warning about this. you should get a refund if you were due to go on a package holiday, but if you have flights booked, things are tricky because that won't be automatic. there's anger too from opposition politicians here in the uk and spanish leaders. they say a blanket quarantine isn't logical, given infection rates. germany has similar quarantine rules — but only for people coming back from certain regions of the uk. of particular surprise is the inclusion of the canary and balearic islands, where infection rates are relatively low. guy anker is the deputy editor at moneysavingexpert.com.

lots of people in spain are trying to figure out what to do, or in the uk who had booked to travel to spain. let's begin with if you are in spain already— what is your advice for someone who who is already in spain? right now, the government advice is to continue your holiday. your travel insurance should still be valid, assuming you travelled before this kicked off over the weekend. but whether you are in spain, or whether you have a booking in the future or whether you have a booking somewhere else, it shows that no travel is risk—free at the moment. unfortunately, thousands of people are experiencing a lot of chaos right now. what if you are in spain and you want to come home early because the quarantine period would clash with work commitments if you were to not leave spain until the date you had originally planned to stay until? would insurance cover that? in that scenario, it is unlikely that insurance would cover

you to get home early because the government is not suggesting that people come home early, it is suggesting that people do not go to spain if they are not in spain at the moment. that is not to say they won't, it is worth asking. but i would not hold out too much hope in that scenario. talk us through the situation about someone who had been due to head out to spain, they have decided they are not going to go because they can't quarantine for that period when they would come back. what is the difference if you booked a package holiday, versus booking flights and hotels independently? as you said a couple of minutes ago, there is additional protection for package holidays. we expect most package holidays in the next couple of weeks to be cancelled to spain. a lot of package holiday companies have already started that. abta, the travel buddy for travel

agents, has said you can expect a refu nd agents, has said you can expect a refund if you have booked a holiday in the next couple of weeks and can't go. it is slightly different if you have booked your own flights and accommodation. it's very early in the process right now. airlines asa in the process right now. airlines as a whole haven't yet cancelled flights en masse. some are saying they will continue to fly to spain. they may go from ten or 15 flights a day to a particular destination and bring it down. yourflight may day to a particular destination and bring it down. your flight may get cancelled. i would say don't cancel anything yourself until the last minute because if you cancel something yourself, that is classed as disinclination to travel and you are unlikely to get money back. if they cancel on you, whether it's a flight they cancel on you, whether it's a flight under eu rules or a package holiday, you will be entitled to a full refund. so if you don't want to 90, full refund. so if you don't want to go, hang on a bitand full refund. so if you don't want to go, hang on a bit and don't cancel anything yourself yet. you mayjust have to wait it out. do some recent insurance policies cover disruption

from covid—19? in the last few months, as we have talked about this and travel related to the pandemic, if you took your travel cover out from mid—march onwards, you are likely to be not covered for this disruption. but i understand that in the last few weeks, some insurance companies have been coming back into the market with policies which do cover this kind of disruption? there is only one that we are certain of which has said it will cover this type of disruption where the fco has warned against nonessential travel. but that is linked to a bank account, so you would be paying for other things as well. very specific, then. some insurance company say they give cover to cover but when you look closer, it is not as good as that. generally speaking, any holiday booked after mid—march whereby the holiday and travel insurance was done after mid—march, with that one exception, you are almost certainly not going to be

covered, u nfortu nately. almost certainly not going to be covered, unfortunately. before mid—march, you might well be covered. it is not 100%, check with your travel insurance company. mid—march is crucial because that is the period when in the uk, things started to get very serious. of course, it was already serious in the far east at that point, but in the far east at that point, but in the uk, it got very serious and that was the point at which travel insurers said, this is now a known event. insurance only covers unknown events, so we are going to stop giving this blanket cover. so generally speaking, policies post mid—march where you both got the policy and booked the holiday after that date are not going to be covered. pre—mid—march, you might be covered, so check with your insurance company. and if you are talking about someone who wants to travel to spain anyway, theoretically flights are still going there. but presumably he would be saying to them, be very wary because of the insurance issues? yeah, and the government is advising against nonessential travel, so i'm

not going to suggest that anyone travel to spain right now. if you do, it is very likely that your insurance would not be valid. so let's say a standard type of plane people make when they get injured, nothing to do with covid, —— a standard claim. it is almost certain that you would not be covered if you had to be repatriated. if you are a victim of a crime, you would not be covered, so be very wary of travelling to spain right now from an insurance perspective. looking at the overall costs of travel, i was speaking to the boss at heathrow this morning and he was talking about a testing regime at airports and the cost of £150 per person for and the cost of £150 per person for a test that he thinks would allow people to get out of quarantine earlier than the 1a days they currently have to quarantine for. do you think that represents value for

money? businesses could certainly absorb that sort of cost. for families and individuals, it could bea families and individuals, it could be a tougher question. it's difficult to say. the boss of heathrow is more of an expert than i am on those sorts of precautions. it is down to individual families about what represents value for money. but the whole debate we are having does show that right now, travel is not risk free. we are talking about spain. understandably, people who have holidays booked elsewhere are going to be worried. there are whispers about france and germany. i am not going to say we are going to hit the same situation, but there are whispers about it. if you are looking to book a holiday, a couple of tips from me. look for something with flexibility. some airlines are giving flexibility when you make a booking. they are saying if you don't want to go and we don't cancel, you can convert your flight

into a voucher to use in future. and if you find a good deal, don't spend anything you can't afford to lose. i would not be booking the holiday of a lifetime right now, because it is a lifetime right now, because it is a risky period to be travelling. guy ankerfrom money saving expert. let's look in more detail now at the study that looks at the link between covid—19 and why people from ethnic minority groups are at greater risk of dying from the virus. six projects will analyse data on the social, health and genetic risks factors of contracting coronavirus. one study will follow 30,000 health and social—care staff for a year. dr anil gumver is a senior health economist at sheffield hallam university. hejoins us now. clearly, time is of the essence,

whether there is a strong surge, localised peaks whether there is a strong surge, localised pea ks or something approaching a second wave. the who, the world health organization, saying that is not where we are at yet. but we are running out of time to find answers to these questions, so to find answers to these questions, so these studies look as though they might come back quickly?” so these studies look as though they might come back quickly? i agree with you, but this study has a longer duration. i'm happy to see that about £500 million has been devoted to studying the covered impact on ethnic minority communities. unfortunately, except one study, all six studies are using the already collected data, secondary data. one study went to follow health—care workers over a one—year period. but the more important information is that we are not able to look into the lifestyle

factors of the ethnic minority communities. we have seen that compared to the white community, ethnic minority people have a high level of co—morbidity. particularly cardiovascular disease, heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. they are widely prevalent among the bame community. as a result, the second factor is that these chronic diseases start at a much earlier stage, in the 40s, particularly in salvation has holes, you will find at least one person —— in south asian households, you will find at least one person with diabetes or similar. we have seen that that covid—19 has infected the elderly people, and by the time people are

affected by covid, they are about 60 to 65, so ethnic minority people have already been on 20 to 25 years on medication for long—term conditions and their immune systems are compromised. so it is important to strengthen their immune system. we have seen also in the bame community that nutrition levels are low. sorry to interrupt, but you are going through something we have discussed a lot since this pandemic, social conditions, the type of employment, underlying health conditions that seem to predispose people to either a greater risk of serious complications or death from covid—19 but it is still trying to understand exactly why, what is the

key to understanding all of that that these studies hope to find out. in terms of turning that into practical action, how quickly do you think that can happen? it obviously has to happen very quickly to make a difference. that is why i am saying we are expecting a second wave like many in the united states are experiencing, and it is likely that after the autumn we will have a second wave. that is just in three months‘ time, and these studies will not come back by then. these are long—term studies. also, a vaccination will not come before at least six months or so. so it is important that short—term measures have to be taken into account, how we can organise and educate the

community in terms of nutrition. we have to raise their immune system so that they can fight against the second wave of covid. and also they should manage their existing conditions. if they can manage cardiovascular, diabetes and other kidney issues in a much better way, the nhs and other organisations can develop materials, short videos and other things to educate on how better they can manage the risk. and the third thing is social distance, which is a very important factor. a project has been introduced to produce material about social distancing. back to basic principles again, social distancing, good hand hygiene and so forth. if that could

be available in a few months‘ time, that would be very useful, because these materials should be provided to people living in deprived areas. 70% of those affected live in deprived areas and it is important to come out with these interventions. dr anil gumver, thank you for your thoughts. the number of children entitled to free school meals should be more than doubled in order to combat the "slow motion disaster" of poor eating habits in england. the government—commissioned review says the scheme should be extended to anyone who has a parent receiving universal credit — an extra 1.5 million children, arguing that hunger is currently having serious and long—lasting effects on young people, and exacerbating inequality. robert townsend reports. there are currently 1.3 million children aged between seven and 16 receiving free school meals in england, but those behind today‘s report are calling for that number to more than double. the national food strategy review

says a further 1.5 million children whose parents are already in receipt of universal credit should be included in the programme, with a recommendation for those from the poorest families to also be fed during the holidays. the report, commissioned by the government and headed by the restaurateur henry dimbleby, said urgent action was needed in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, predicting a dramatic increase in unemployment and poverty for parents, and increased hunger among children. to me, it is essential. you know, good nutrition is the foundation stone for equality of opportunity. and i think a government as serious about levelling up as this one is, that nutrition, ensuring that the most disadvantaged children have the right nutrition to enable them to work, to learn, to engage in the world, is an essential building block of that. the findings of the report follow a successful campaign led by the manchester united player marcus rashford earlier this summer, which saw a government u—turn over plans to withdraw a voucher scheme. i think it, obviously, this is only going to be successful throughout the summer period and then, you know, we've bought

ourselves an extra six weeks of time there to plan and figure out what's next and how we keep taking steps forward. because i don't want it to be — and i don't want this to be the end of it, you know, because there's definitely more steps to be taken. and so we just need to analyse the response. the report‘s authors say expanding the programme would cost an additional £670 million a year. campaigners say failing to extend the scheme means the cost to the poorest children in society could be much higher. robert townsend, bbc news. police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann are continuing to search an allotment in hanover. they confirmed it was related to the investigation into "christian b", a sex offender in prison in germany, who is the main suspect in the case. work began at the site on monday and is expected to finish later today. alzheimer‘s could be detected

at its earliest stage through a blood test, according to studies conducted in the us and sweden. the test looks for small amounts of a protein elevated in people living with the illness. investigators found it could detect the disease up to 20 years before symptoms appear, with an accuracy rate of 96%. football, curry and karaoke — sounds like a perfect night in for some, but how about at kensington palace with prince william ? the duke has taken part in peter crouch‘s latest podcast to talk about mental health in football — he met the team ahead of lockdown, asjohnny dymond now reports. so, i made some curry for you boys. others laugh. by royal appointment, the prince has got the poppadoms in. it‘s not every day you get a takeaway to surroundings like these. are you serious? the samrat was delivered

to the palace? yep. a podcast, pint, and a curry — though getting the delivery in did have its challenges. there‘s an uber driver on the floor at the moment being frisked. they laugh. this was a very informal prince william, remembering some big nights out, some really bad presents he had given his wife, and musing on his royal powers to hire and fire the england manager. gareth southgate's a very nice man, he's been very successful as england manager. if england had a disastrous run of form, could you sack him? gareth would go, yep. they laugh. but this wasn‘t all lads larking about around the table. for years now, prince william has been talking about mental health. and using sport as a way to get through to men who might not normally think about it. i don‘t know what it is, but you do notice that guys find it a bit more difficult to relax. we talk about physical fitness, we all want to go to the gyms, stay fit, we never really talk about mental fitness and it‘s kind of the same thing. we all have mental health. and we all need to stay mentally fit, and none more so than professional athletes, who under special circumstances, are playing for england,

under huge pressure. you‘ve got to have your head razor—sharp as well as your feet, your legs, all that. this is prince william‘s goal, to make mental health something you can talk about at the match or over a curry. from sunday players to professionals, the prince wants everybody in — and southgate looks safe for the moment. jonny dymond, bbc news. much more coming up including the discussion about whether there is likely to be a second wave of the coronavirus. the world health organization says that is not going to be the case. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with carol. it is going to get hot, but it will be cooler by the weekend. today, it

is mainly dry with lighter winds. the showers are continuing to fade through the course of the afternoon. a lot of dry weather. there are areas of cloud in england and wales, with western areas of northern ireland eventually seeing some rain. it will not be feeling as fresh as it did yesterday because of the lighter winds. this evening, the rain continues to push across the irish sea into parts of wales, northern england, the north midlands and also northern ireland. through thursday, our clutch of france continued to advance northwards. it is going to be breezy in the west, but high pressure is still in charge

in the south. tomorrow as the wind changes to more ofa tomorrow as the wind changes to more of a southerly direction, it‘s going to turn my humid and a lot warmer in southern areas. for thursday into friday, the rain continues to advance northwards, but we also pull in the other end of the front coming in across northern ireland. a lot of us will have a dry and sunny day during the course of friday, and you will notice that the weather front moving in across northern ireland will bring cloudy and showery rain. some of that could also be thundery. we could see some thunderstorms developing. but if you like your weather cooler, as we had three saturday and sunday, still some sunshine, but temperatures on the

way down —— as we head through saturday and sunday.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a call for coronavirus tests at uk airports to reduce the time travellers spend in quarantine, but ministers say there‘s no catch—all solution. it‘s not the case that you can simply test somebody and be sure that they don‘t have the disease. it can incubate over a period of time. so, there‘s not a silver bullet of just testing immediately at the border. the annual hajj pilgrimage to mecca begins, but is dramatically scaled back because of coronavirus. uk scientists will receive millions of pounds to investigate why people from an ethnic minority background are at greater risk from covid—19.