this is bbc news, i'mjane hill. the headlines... the boss of heathrow calls for coronavirus tests at uk airports to avoid the need for holidaymakers to self isolate for m days on their return. people would stay in quarantine until they had had two tests that show that they did not have the disease, and then they would be allowed out earlier than would otherwise be the case. the world health organization warns increasing infections among young people could be driving spikes in coronavirus cases across europe. millions of pounds are pledged to researchers to investigate why people from ethnic minority backgrounds are at greater risk from covid—19. reckless and appalling — mps criticise the government's

decision to allow hospital patients to be discharged into care homes at the beginning of the pandemic. more than a million extra children should be entitled to free school meals in england, says a review into food and healthy eating. and the prince and the podcast — prince william discusses football and mental health with peter crouch. the government is coming under increasing 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.

heathrow chief executive john holland—kaye said testing could be up and running within weeks at his airport and could allow passengers to go back to work more quickly. but the culture secretary, oliver dowden, said that testing is not a "silver bullet" to stop the need for quarantine because the virus can develop over time. simon browning reports. the sudden reimposition of quarantine from spain has brought huge disruption. for the tens of thousands of british holiday—makers who flew out and will today be enjoying spain's beaches now face two weeks of isolation on their return. the race is on to find an alternative. this morning the boss of heathrow, who has been pressuring the government for weeks to start coronavirus testing in airports, says it is the solution. we are calling for a double test.

once on arrival and the second after five days or eight days, where people would stay in quarantine until they had had two tests that showed they didn't have the disease, and then they would be allowed out earlier than would otherwise be the case. trials to countries like singapore and canada could get under way within weeks and heathrow say it is needed. airports are losing money, the public is once again lacking the confidence to book, holidays are being cancelled. every day, we are hearing of thousands ofjobs being lost as a result of covid. if we go on for another year with a blanket quarantine, as a small island nation, millions ofjobs will be lost. whilst industry believes the answer is testing, the government is apprehensive. the challenge we have here is that 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 is notjust a silver bullet of testing immediately at the border.

of course, we are looking at and reviewing other measures that we could take to address this. but at this stage it is not the case we can simply test at the border and give people that assurance. there are around 600,000 brits holidaying across spain at the moment. the imposition of quarantine will have an impact on them all. sam was due to start a newjob next week. newly imposed isolation puts that in jeopardy. this is the onlyjob i have had an offerfor, and to me and my family it is vital, it's incredibly important. so, yeah, you can imagine the stress i'm feeling, probably along with hundreds, thousands of others. this morning, tui extended its cancellation of holidays to the canary islands and balearic islands until august 4th. mainland holidays are cancelled until the tenth. the government says quarantine measures are under constant review. but as the holiday business closes its most popular destination, the pressure grows to get airport testing in place, so we can

go back to the beach. simon browning, bbc news. the resurgence of the virus in europe has raised the prospect of borders being closed again, and further restrictions being imposed on uk travellers during what is usually the peak holiday season. only weeks after lockdowns were eased, many governments are now urging caution. the world health organization has asked young people, in particular, across europe to act responsibly. nick beake reports. across europe, the authorities are on the lookout, and they're worried by what they see. covid cases are on the rise — amid celebrations, not just here in barcelona but in many places, that some social restrictions have been lifted. experts warn a second wave is not here yet, but people do need to be much better at keeping their distance. the trouble is learning to navigate this new world we're in. it is not back to normal — it's back

to finding the new normal — ways to live with this virus to prevent it from rising, prevent the transmission from rising. on the belgian coast, they have long had to shelter from a blustery wind, but in 2020 protection also comes in the form of a face mask, the summer accessory everyone is wearing. and there are now new restrictions on how many people you can meet here outside of your household. in fact, here in brussels the belgian government is now warning there may have to be a second complete lockdown. but before that, if cases continue to rise, the british government may put belgium in the same category as spain, and that would mean anyone coming from here to the uk has to quarantine when they arrive. latest maps show the current hotspots in europe — seen in dark red. notably north—east spain, luxembourg and the south—eastern balkan region. the challenge is to keep

outbreaks isolated. although we call it a pandemic, and even within this country it is a series of lots of smaller epidemics all coalescing together. people are living in areas where there is virtually no disease. that doesn't mean to say it won't come back at some time, and you won't know that it's come back until it has started making people ill. the british government says it will take action quickly in response to new spikes in cases across europe. all governments on the continent are facing crucial decisions, as they try to protect their people, their visitors, and their economies, decisions which can be a matter of life and death. nick beake, bbc news, brussels. and at just after half past two we'll answer any questions you have on quarantine and travel restrictions. i'll be joined by rory boland, travel editor at which and linda

bauld, professor of public health at the university of edinburgh. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has warned of a possible new coronavirus cluster in the greater glasgow and clyde area. speaking at a briefing earlier, she said that 22 confirmed cases have been reported in scotland since yesterday and 1a of those are thought to be connected. ican i can report that an additional 22 positive cases were confirmed yesterday. that represents 0.7% of those who were newly tested yesterday, and it takes the total number of cases in scotland now to 18,580. the health boards breakdown of these new cases will be available later but my provisional information is that 1a of the 22 are in the greater glasgow and clyde health board area. i have also been advised that a possible cluster of cases is

currently under investigation by greater and clyde, an incident management meeting will take place later this afternoon which i hope will give more detail and an update will give more detail and an update will be provided after that but i wa nt to will be provided after that but i want to give an assurance today that all new positive cases are thoroughly investigated to make sure that all contacts are appropriately traced. the government is funding six urgent projects to try to understand why people from ethnic minorities are at greater risk from covid—19. scientists are being giving millions of pounds to analyse data about health and social circumstances as well as genetic risk factors. here's our science correspondent pallab ghosh. rudresh pathak died of coronavirus last month. he was a consultant psychiatrist in boston, in lincolnshire. dr pathak was on a ventilator for 70 days. i think that was one of the really difficult parts. 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. so far, more than 115,000 people have died from coronavirus. a disproportionate number have been from ethnic minorities. the government has announced a series of studies to analyse the social circumstances, health and day to day activities of these groups, to try and understand what is going on. 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 for a year, to assess the factors that lead to them becoming infected and falling seriously ill. they will be asked questions

about their mental and physical health, as well as about their workplace routines. if we can find those practices which are also personal factors, which make people at increased risk, then we should be trying to protect them. now that might be enhanced occupational risk assessments. it could perhaps be enhanced personal protective equipment for certain groups. and also, if really high—risk populations, perhaps they shouldn't be working on the front line with covid—19 patients. all the studies have to provide results within 12 months and will be shared with community groups, professional bodies and health regulators. 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. pallab ghosh, bbc news. more than a million extra school children in england should be entitled to free school meals, according to a review commissioned by the government which says all families on universal credit should be included. the national food strategy says it would help tackle what it describes as a "slow motion disaster" of poor eating habits. simonjones reports. a nutritious diet is the foundation of equality and opportunity, according to the national food strategy. according to the national food strategy. it says more children need to be fed well at school to end the toxic connection between poor diet and child poverty, and insists the price would be well worth paying. you're looking at a couple of pounds per child per day

and in the scheme of everything else that is going on, the amount that is being spent, this as a way of making sure there is not a scar on our society and that scar being a whole generation of children who have been left behind, it seems to me to be very good value. 1.3 million schoolchildren in england currently receive free school meals. pupils from households earning less than £7,a00 before benefits qualify for the scheme. today's review is calling for the government to expand the programme to an additional 1.5 million seven to 16—year—olds. the cost, around £670 million per year. the importance of school meals was recently highlighted by the footballer marcus rashford. he has posted pictures on social media this week of a visit to a charity fighting food poverty. that is after he forced a u—turn from the government to ensure struggling families get food vouchers over the summer holidays. 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 to sort of plan and figure out what is next and how we keep taking steps forward because i don't want it to be... i don't want this to be the end of it, you know, because there are definitely more steps that need to be taken. one of the legacies of the coronavirus pandemic is likely to be a dramatic rise in poverty, unemployment and hunger, the report warns. the government says it will carefully consider its findings, accepting there is more to do to build a stronger food system for the future. simon jones, bbc news. professor sir michael marmot is the director of the university college london institute of health equity and an advisor to the director of the world health organisation. a very good afternoon to you. and in fa ct, a very good afternoon to you. and in fact, ten years ago, you were part ofa fact, ten years ago, you were part of a huge review into food and

health and equality, and here we are, still talking about it, still trying to address the problems. what do you think of where we are today? i have said a bit over dramatically, if you look at the problem of obesity, that we can't solve the obesity, that we can't solve the obesity problem without solving the inequality problem. because as the nation's waistline has grown, what we've seen is increasing inequalities in obesity. and for children, which are emphasised in this new report, we've got this double burden of food insecurity and hunger and obesity in deprived households, and that relates to the quality of food, as well as the amount. and so, at its heart, presumably then do you welcome the suggestion that an awful lot more children should be getting free school meals? very much so. i think

we can't deal with the problem of the nation's diet without dealing at the nation's diet without dealing at the same time with the social and economic circumstances in which people live. we know for example with lockdown, 2 million children in households where experiencing food insecurity. my goodness do shy mean, what do you want from a country? first, everybody should be able to eat and be out of food insecurity. that's a pretty basic... and it means that we need to make sure there is an adequate supply of food. ijust take there is an adequate supply of food. i just take my there is an adequate supply of food. ijust take my hat off there is an adequate supply of food. i just take my hat off to there is an adequate supply of food. ijust take my hat off to marcus rashford, those of us who have been battling away at these issues for yea rs, battling away at these issues for years, and then, remarkably, a young footballer gets the government to do a u—turn, great, terrific. but we need to deal with this long—term

issue of social and economic inequality, and, dealing with the problem of availability and quality of food. so, extending the availability of free school meals and extending the scheme over the summer are both very welcome indeed. but in terms of availability of food, isn't the problem what people are eating, the type of food that some people are eating, things that are processed, high in sugar, that's the problem, if you're eating on the 90, the problem, if you're eating on the go, it is hard to pick up a banana 01’ go, it is hard to pick up a banana oran apple, and go, it is hard to pick up a banana or an apple, and some of the foods that are really bad for you are cheaper than the ones that are healthier, those are the problems, aren't they, pricing, that sort of availability? indeed. referred to the report i did in 2010. in february this year i did a 2020 look

back at the last ten years and i cited a figure produced by the food foundation that for households in the bottom 10% of household income, where they to follow the healthy eating advice, they would spend 74% of their income on food. you cannot expect people to eat healthily if they have to spend 74% of their income on eating healthily. snack food, junk food, is cheaper than fruit and vegetables and healthy food, and that is an issue, and that is why we have to deal with the supply of food and the social and economic conditions in which people live, at the same time. and so the government says in terms of free school meals, it says it is looking carefully at today's report, you have outlined so clearly what the problems are, do you see this government, or have you seen any

government, or have you seen any government, that is truly prepared to grasp this issue which as you have just explained people to grasp this issue which as you havejust explained people have been talking about for years and years and years? well, certainly in the ten yea rs and years? well, certainly in the ten years covered by my february report, from 2010 until 2019, the government showed very little interest in addressing this issue. there was interest in city and regional governments, local authorities, but they were strapped by lack of cash, but the national government showed very little interest. i am encouraged at the ambition to level up, if that is real, and the statement by the prime minister of no more austerity, if that, too, is real, then we have the opportunity to do something. and you can't level up without doing something about the quality of food, the price of food, and the distribution of food, so that people

at every point on the income and economic spectrum can afford to eat healthily. a quick thought if i may before i let you go, because you are also an epidemiologist and i am interested in your thoughts today about the fact that a lot of money is going to go into six research projects to try to understand more about why a member of an ethnic minority group would appear to be much more at risk of covid—19, your thoughts on that research? well, the first thing to say is that it is terrific that the funding bodies have moved so quickly to get research like this underway, it usually takes much longer to get new research going, so it is great that they're doing this, alongside the office for national statistics, producing the data. and what ons showed was, the high risk of covid—19 mortality among different black, asian minority ethnic groups

could, about half, be accounted for by deprivation. in other words, the more deprived the area, the higher the mortality from covid—19, and bame groups are more likely to live in deprived areas than white british. so, about half of it was deprivation. what is the rest? it could be front—line exposure in occupation, it could be crowded households. what we don't know, and i hope this new research will help us i hope this new research will help us understand, is the degree to which it represents new infections or severity of infection, related both to deprivation, crowded, front—line occupations and the like, and also pre—existing conditions, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, that increase the likelihood that a covid—19 patient will be fatal. that increase the likelihood that a

covid-19 patient will be fatal. so interesting to hear your perspectives this afternoon, thank you very much for your time. that is professor sir michael marmot, director of the ucl institute of health equality. the widow of pc andrew harper, who was dragged to his death by thieves trying to steal a quad bike, has written to the prime minister asking for a retrial of the men convicted of killing him. a no 10 spokesperson said borisjohnson would respond to lissie harper's letter after legal proceedings have concluded. sentencing is due to take place on friday. the three teenagers were found guilty of manslaughter after being cleared of murder at the old bailey last week. here's our correspondent who followed the trial, helena wilkinson — her report contains flash photography. just four weeks after their wedding day lastjuly, pc harper was killed. after the verdicts last week,

his widow, lissie harper, said she was appalled at the outcome. the way in which andrew was robbed of his life we all know to be barbaric and inexplicable. i am immensely disappointed with the verdict given today. henry long, 19, along with albert bowers and jesse cole, both 18, seen here at their first court appearance were cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter. pc harper got caught in a tow rope that had been pulling a quad bike the three had stolen. the officer was dragged away by the car for over a mile at speeds of over a0 miles an hour. in an open letter to the prime minister, lissie harper said,

during the trial, the judge ordered extra security measures due to fears of potentialjuror intimidation by associates of the defendants. lissie harper is calling for a retrial. the vice—chair of the criminal bar association says it is too early to comment on the outcome of the trial. this case has not yet been concluded, the process is ongoing, the sentencing hearing is a vitally important part of the entire justice process. one should not detach the verdict in a case such as this from sentence. it is extremely rare for the verdicts of not guilty to be set aside. the three teenagers who killed pc harper are due to be sentenced on friday. helena wilkinson, bbc news.

in response to lissie harper's letter, a downing street spokesperson said... the prime minister's thoughts are with the family mps say the government's decision to allow hospital patients in england to be discharged into care homes at the beginning of the pandemic was reckless and appalling. a report from the public accounts committee accuses ministers of being slow to support social care. the government says it had been working closely with the sector.

more details from our health correspondent richard galpin. 92—year—old samuel wilson died in may, after testing positive for coronavirus following a nonessential procedure at a hospital in durham. some in his family had thought it too risky to go there, but they say staff at the melbury court care home in the city where he had been living pushed for him to go. at least 25 people have died here — thought to be the highest number of deaths in any care home in the uk. but durham county council has strongly refuted the claim. those working in the care home sector in the midst of the pandemic have faced acute difficulties. inconsistent guidance from the government reportedly a major factor in all of this. but perhaps the deadliest error was the government's decision to move 25,000 patience from hospital into care homes without them being

tested for coronavirus. 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 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 was not the similar focus on how to support care homes also with ppe, which is something we'd looked at as well before. the government had promised to protect the elderly and vulnerable in care homes with what it described as a ring of steel. and yet 19,000 people have died in care homes from coronavirus. today's report by mps said the government was slow to support social care during the pandemic, and also said there was inadequate equipment. from the very outset, we were an afterthought, and some of the behaviour was reckless.

certainly, it wasn't conducive to keeping social care safe, which is where it should have been, as they were keeping the nhs safe. in response to this damning report, a spokesman for the department of health and social care said it had been working closely with the sector to develop guidance throughout the unprecedented global pandemic, and said a long—term plan was needed. but there have been calls for change for years, according to the mps' report, which goes on to say that delays by successive governments have had a tragic impact. richard galpin, bbc news. now the weather with darren bett. hello again. there is some hot weather to come on thursday and particularly on friday. today has felt a little bit warmer, still dry in most places. we do have this rain spilling northwards this evening into northern ireland and perhaps parts of wales, some rain also for northern england and the south—west of scotland.

warmer in the clearer skies across southern parts of england and wales. ahead of the rain we will have clearer skies in scotland, but here it is going to be a chilly start to thursday. the rain is likely to be heavier for a while in northern ireland before it clears away northwards. for england and wales, drying off, more and more sunshine, the southerly breeze beginning to pick up, drawing in the heat and lifting temperatures up to 27—28. the peak of the heat is going to be on friday, it could make 3a in london, making it the hottest day of the year so far. for all areas it will turn cooler and fresher over the weekend.

hello, this is bbc news with jane hill. the headlines... the boss of heathrow calls for coronavirus tests at uk airports, to avoid the need for holiday—makers to self—isolate for 1h days on their return. millions of pounds are pledged to researchers, to investigate why people from ethnic minority backgrounds are at greater risk from covid—19. the world health organisation warns

increasing infections among young people could be driving spikes in coronavirus cases across europe. ‘reckless‘ and ‘appalling': mps criticise the government's decision to allow hospital patients to be discharged into care homes at the beginning of the pandemic. more than a million extra children should be entitled to free school meals in england, says a review into food and healthy eating. we will be taking your questions about travel and quarantine in the next few minutes. before that, we will catch up with the latest sports news with holly. exeter chiefs are discussing a potential rebrand that would see the premiership leaders removing their native american badge and mascot — known as "big chief". a decision will be made by board members this afternoon — our sports news correspondent laura

scott's following the story. this was raised back in 2016 as a potential issue, but it has gathered pace in the last few weeks, and there have been rival petitions launched. there is one that has more than a thousand signatures, saying they think the imagery of the big chief mascot and the club logo, which has the big chief on it, and the chance of the tomahawk chop are harmful, they say there are accusations of racism and they would like to be a rebrand but then there is another petition, which has more than 5000 signatures, which says there should be no change and the fa ns there should be no change and the fans are respectful of indigenous groups. so it is a very emotive subject, we are expecting there to bea subject, we are expecting there to be a decision made at some point this afternoon, whether or not that is communicated today or tomorrow we don't yet know, but we understand they are canvassing the opinions of fans, players and sponsors, because, clearly, there could be a commercial fallout to this as well. i have

spoken to one sponsor of the club, who say they welcome this debate, but yes, it is very much a controversial subject, and of course impacted by what has happened in america, where washington's nfl side has temporarily renamed themselves washington football team from the washington football team from the washington redskins and dropped their redskins branding. so yes, a focus on the devon —based club today who are top of the premier league table over this man they took on in 1999. judd trump will begin the defence of his world snooker title against fellow englishman tom ford this weekend. the tournament starts on friday — and five time winner ronnie o'sullivan's been drawn against thailand's thepchaiya un—nooh in the first round. o'sullivan's been critical of the decision to allow fans in to watch at the crucible theatre. a reduced crowd will be allowed into every session, and it's the only indoor sport to allow fans in since the start of the pandemic. the fa's confirmed the community shield will be played

on saturday august 28th. the traditional curtain raiser for the new premier league season will be between liverpool and either arsenal or chelsea — who meet in this weekend's fa cup final. the match could allow a restricted number of supporters into wembley.