good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. our headlines today: headteachers call for a plan b if schools can't fully reopen in england, suggesting that week—on, week—off teaching could be required. britain and france hold talks, after hundreds more migrants risk their lives over the weekend to reach the south coast. i'm live on the channel, where it is said to be another busy few days for the coastguard and lifeboat. soft play returns in wales, a first for the uk, along with gyms and swimming pools as part of its latest lockdown easing. good morning. have you been eating out?

how much has it helped out? we look at the impact on bars and restaurants of the first week of the chancellor's scheme. remember the name — colin morikawa wins the uspga with a flawless final round in san francisco. a taste of freedom — we'll hear how two beluga whales, captive for more than decade, have moved one step closer to a new open water home. good morning from greenwich park, where the breeze is making it feel fresh. that will not last. another hot and fresh. that will not last. another hotand humid fresh. that will not last. another hot and humid week this week, with an increased risk across the uk of thunderstorms. all the details later. hello. it's monday, 10th august. our top story... the education secretary, gavin williamson, has insisted there is little evidence that coronavirus is transmitted in schools, as the government pushes

forward with plans to get all children in england back into classrooms in september. but there's concern from unions, with one suggesting that week—on, week—off teaching could be required as a way of dealing with local lockdowns. schools in scotland are getting ready to go back, with some children returning tomorrow. leigh milner has this report. schools in england were preparing to welcome children back into the classroom before the summer holidays. that plan failed. but the prime minister insists things will be different in september. and his education secretary, gavin williamson, says research to be published later this year, makes clear there is little evidence the virus is transmitted at school. the children's commissioner for england to support a return to the classroom, if the correct safety measures are put in place. i would like to see testing and tracking very, very often within schools, so that's something which i think

has to continue to improve. with face masks, i wouldn't want us to leap into that, but if it's something that makes people feel safer, then i think so be it. in addition, the association of school and college leaders union has suggested a week—on, one week—off timetable to limit social interaction, if there are local lockdowns. for these parents soaking up the sun in yorkshire though, september can't come soon enough. ask my son's opinion and he's really, really happy to go back to school in september. so, if he's happy, i'm happy. i think it's a good idea because the break was quite big. they should have gone back in after september, you know, at september, after the holidays, but i think it was totally pointless taking them back before just for that short period of time. in scotland it's time to pack a pencil case, with teachers preparing classrooms for pupils arriving back tomorrow. that is the plan too in northern ireland later this month, and in england and wales at the start of september. but will it prove to to that straightforward 7

or will more testing or trade—offs, like closing bars and restaurants, be required? lee milner, bbc news. let's get more details on this with our political correspondent, jonathan blake. good morning. jonathan, the government and unions seem to be in a bit of a tussle over this don't they? there is a bit of uncertainty, for sure, about how it is going to work when schools open their doors, hopefully to all pupils in september. that is certainly the prime minister's intention. we have heard him say this weekend that the country has a moral duty to ensure schools open and all pupils can get back to lessons at the start of the academic year, in a couple of weeks. but as you have been hearing, there are questions, firstly around testing, and the substantial reliability of the system as it is, testing in the community of people

have symptoms and the track and trace have symptoms and the track and tra ce syste m have symptoms and the track and trace system that is designed to find as many people who have come into co nta ct find as many people who have come into contact with those who have tested positive for a coronavirus as possible, and the reliability of that system. but also the suggestion they should be more regular testing in schools for pupils and staff themselves. that coming from the children's commissioner for england, anne longfield. then there is the concern about what will happen if local lockdowns have to be imposed, if there is a rise in cases in certain areas. one union suggesting that a one week on, one week of the system could be employed to ensure as many people are taught safely as possible. that will be the case, potentially. the union argues a local doctor and came into force. there is a bit of a suggestion that the unions are having to do some of the unions are having to do some of the planning the government hasn't done to ensure the system is workable. uncertainty and questions yes,, but nothing at this point that

looks to be getting on the way of schools are reopening in september and welcome back all pupils. that is still the government's intention. thank you. swimming pools, gyms and leisure centres are to reopen in wales from today. and, in a ukfirst, children's soft play areas will also be able to open for the first time since march. swimming pools, gyms and leisure centres areas which are not easy to clean,like ball pits, must remain shut though. the welsh government has said that businesses are legally required "to minimise the risk of exposure to coronavirus" on their premises. wearing a face covering outdoors will be compulsory in some parts of paris from today. several other cities, including nice and lille, have also implemented similar measures. last week, french scientific advisers warned the country was at risk of losing control of covid—i9 "at any time". british and french officials will meet tomorrow, to discuss stronger measures to try and put a stop to migrants crossing the channel. it comes after the home office confirmed a further 65 migrants made

the journey yesterday. simonjones is off the kent coast for us this morning. tell us about conditions and what you have seen so far? good morning. yes, we are currently five miles off the coast of dover. it is a bit choppy out here today than it was when we were last out on a boat on friday on breakfast. i think it is said to be another busy few days for the coastguard, the lifeboat and the border force. 600 migrants succeeded in crossing the channel in the past four days alone. i think this is going to be a really crucial week ahead for the government, because i understand an increasing number of conservative mps are extremely worried about this. and they are asking the home secretary and the government, what exactly are you doing about this? they have been contacted

doing about this? they have been co nta cted by doing about this? they have been contacted by their own constituents, who say the government is not getting a grip on this. the response from the government is, this crucial meeting taking place this week, the immigration compliance minister is going to travel to paris to meet his french counterpart. i think the key thing the uk is going to push is this idea of trying to turn migrant boats back at sea. the french have been reluctant to do this, citing safety concerns. there may also be some discussion about the issue of money. france making it clear that if there is to be increased surveillance along the coastline, to stop boats launching in the first place, britain will have to put its hand in its pockets and stump up some more money. simon, thank you. we will be with you throughout the morning. many workers, including truck drivers, are still missing after last week's blast in beirut. 300,000 people were left homeless. world

leaders have pledged billions of pounds in aid for the country. quentin sommerville reports. here is the momentjust before beirut‘s ruin. the warehouse full of explosive chemicals is alight. firefighter medic sahar fares took the video. moments later, she and nine of her colleagues were gone. sahar loved herjob. she'd even visit the station on her days off. she sent the video to her fiance, gilbert. he told her, "get out". they found her body by the port's grain silo. all he has left is her engagement ring. translation: i video called her instantly. she was terrified and disoriented. so i told her to run. iwas shouting, "run, run, run!" and then the video cut.

we were to marry. this is her ring. it was in her hands and now it is around my neck. i wanted to take her in a white dress. instead i took her in a white coffin. sahar fares was 27 years old. she is one of 220 confirmed dead by the blast, according to the beirut governor. there is no greater symbol of this country's dysfunction than this disaster. but for years lebanon has been buffeted by political corruption and mismanagement. but it's this catastrophe which has brought the country to its knees. for the second day, protests in beirut. they're still small and police and army push back hard. two government ministers have now resigned. but the demonstrators want much more — to sweep away

the entire political system. and the world seems to agree. it has pledged millions to help them, but only if their leaders break the corrupt habits of a lifetime. quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. we are going to speak to a couple who have lost pretty much everything in their lives in beirut are a little bit later this morning. two beluga whales that had not been in the sea for almost ten years have been moved to an open water sanctuary in iceland. little grey and little white will need time to acclimatise to their new natural environment, before their final release into the wider sanctuary. they are getting on well. just being eased into the water. they'd spent most of their lives in a russian research facility, before being sold to a chinese water park to perform for audiences. a little bit later here on brea kfast,

a little bit later here on breakfast, we would be going live to see how they are getting on. the tv and music tycoon simon cowell has broken his back after falling off an electric bike. the 60—year—old was riding in the courtyard of his los angeles home, when the accident happened on saturday. he was taken to hospital for surgery and, according to his spokeswoman, is now "doing fine". we wish him a speedy recovery. it is 12 minutes past six. when 700,000 scottish children return to school this week things will look somewhat different — there will be one—way corridors, hand—washing stations and extra classrooms. schools in the country will open in phases, but it's hoped everyone will be back within a week. alexandra mackenzie has been hearing from pupils on how they feel about returning. hi, i'm leila, i'm 11 and i'm going into si. leila was upset that she didn't get to finish primary school with her friends. but she's now excited about her first day at high school and getting back to her studies.

well, i'm actually quite good at english and things, so i don't feel i've missed too much on that, because i'm quite confident in that. but definitely maths, i need to revise some things! definitely. hi, i'm eddie, i'm 16 and i'm going into 55. eddie said he found it difficult to motivate himself to do schoolwork during lockdown, but also has concerns about returning to the classroom. going back is definitely a step in the right direction, but i don't know if there will be spikes happening everywhere, if it'sjust going to be another case in inverclyde, one kid is going to have it and give it to the rest of the school. that is what i'm quite worried about, because i've got my gran, who is in shielding, so i need to be keeping it in mind for her. i need to keep her safe. so that's what i'm worried about. at their school in the inverclyde academy, preparations are well under way. there is going to be a bit of a cleaning station here as well? yes. every classroom will be equipped with a sanitiser and a cleaning

station for the children to use as they enter, and they will have the opportunity to wash down their desks and the chairs. all the classroom desks and chairs have been organised so that all of the children are facing the front. they can sit close together, that's fine, because they've sanitised that area, as long as they are facing the front of the classroom. and the teacher's workstation will be down here. obviously the teacher must maintain the two metre distance. we have measured it out, so there is no child within close proximity to the teacher. if the teacher wants to come up and work with the child, they can do that for a maximum of 15 minutes. hi, i'm emily, i'm 12 years old and up going into first year. only the first years will start back at inverclyde on wednesday. emily can't wait to see herfriends again. we've not seen each other in so long, so we'll all be like, pure happy to see each other. and we'lljust talk for hours on end and it'lljust be great. hi, i'm rachel, i'm 15 and i'm going into ss. rachel is worried she won't be

fully prepared for her higher exams next year. i think because we haven't sat the exams in fourth year, that going into fifth year and then sitting highers, will be a bit of a shock, and i don't know how i'm going to cope with it, because it's obviously a lot harder than doing your nat 5s. hi, i'm andrew, i'm 12 and i'm going into si this year. lockdown has been an uncertain and difficult time for many. andrew wrote a poem to help him express his thoughts. as we move towards the end of the year, and lockdown restrictions ease further, i have two questions. what will the future hold ? further, i have two questions. what will the future hold? will anything ever be the same ever again? this week, all of these young people will return to school. for the first time since march, they will sit alongside their classmates. some excited, some nervous.

and many are unsure of what to expect. alexander mackenzie, bbc news, greenock. and we'll be speaking to a head teacher about how they're preparing to welcome back pupils, at ten to eight this morning. let's take a look at some of today's front pages. the telegraph leads on the news that schools — as we've been hearing — are drawing up plans to teach pupils on a week—on, week—off basis if there is a resurgence of the coronavirus. it also has picture of one of the captive beluga whales, which has been released into the sea in iceland — we'll be chatting to the head of the sea life trust about that after seven o'clock. some different education news in the daily mail, which says that a—level pupils face missing out on university places while exam boards sift through a "flood of appeals" over downgraded marks.

exam boards are expected to lower nearly a0 per cent of the grades provided by teachers' estimates. an anxious week for those pupils. the guardian reports that downing street is planning to impose targets on police and prosecutors in england and wales, in an attempt to reverse the record decline in rape prosecutions. it also features the labour mp dawn butler, who claims she was racially profiled by police in london over the weekend — we'll be speaking to her at 8.30. and several papers are carrying pictures of simon cowell riding his electic bike on their front page. he's broken his back afterfalling off it in los angeles. the daily mirror reports that he could have been paralysed if the break was one centimetre closer to his spinal cord. shall we talk about strictly? how is

it going to happen? that is a very good question. the sun newspaper looking at how it might happen. they say it is the jewel in the bbc crown. how is it going to cope? they are talking about perhaps professional group of dancers, no chemistry cycle when they all meet each other for the first time and have a dance. and nojudges with their entourages. no full celebrity line—up. 25% of the crew. it goes on and on. you can imagine. the bbc are determined for it to happen in some shape orform. determined for it to happen in some shape or form. absolutely. lots of different changes. no contact dancers. that would be very interesting. how can you dance and not have contact? probably best for me if it was that way! that is part of the whole strictly micro—thing. who knows how it will happen? the

bbc is obviously making lots of different changes. changes in theatres as well. this piece in the mirror about pantomimes. lots of theatres rely on the panto season. their busiest time of the year. they say maybe it is time to move it to easter. oh, yes it is, says the mirror. or rather gyles brandreth saying that to the mirror. it is still going to be funny whatever time of the year it is! the eat out to help out scheme to encourage people back into restau ra nts a nd cafes is entering its second week this week. but will it be enough to save struggling hospitality businesses? nina is taking a look at this today. morning. yes, good morning. more than3 morning. yes, good morning. more than 3 million people employed in hospitality, a key industry. this is the eat out to help out scheme, which started a week ago today. the scheme was announced by the chancellor

rishi sunak as part of measures to boost the economy, and in particular help pubs and restaurants. you ll remember they were only allowed to reopen injuly, and in august for wales. how does it work? you get 50% off your meal at participating venues on mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays throughout august. there is no limit on how many times you can use the discount, or for how many people, and it includes children. there's no minimum spend, but the discount is capped at £10 per person. it doesn't apply to takeaways and alcohol is excluded. so far more 70,000 eateries, including the big chains and even michelin starred restaurants, have signed up. and many smaller places like this one in leeds, where they saw a big increase in bookings last week. when we reopened on the 4th ofjuly, we had no idea what to expect in any way. we did most of our figures on the numbers we could fit inside,

which is a lot less but actually, we are finding most people sit outside anyway. with the eat out to help out scheme, we are a lot busier than we thought we would be. it is late notice but it has been much busier than the early bookings would indicate. people became aware of how difficult it's been, and it is, and it is still going to be. and just wanting to help out, literally wanting to help out, literally wanting to help out, literally wanting to eat out to help out. it's good so far. we ask barclaycard to have a look. well, their figures showed spending in restaurants last monday to wednesday, was up nearly 10% on those three days the week before. but interestingly, down more than 11% on those same three days last year. so still a lot of ground to make up. and some restaurants have pointed to bookings being down at the weekend. are people shifting their treat night to earlier in the week?

possibly. we'll have to look at the data for the whole month to see if that happens. we know why this boost is needed. research out this morning shows that 22,000 restaurantjobs have been shed so far this year — double last year's amount. big names like carluccio, bella italia, cafe rouge, les iguanas all went into administration to close stores and reduce rents. so some hopeful signs from the eat out to help out scheme, but still a long way to go.. across lots of the his papers this morning, talking about how one in three employers are planning to make redundancies by the end of september. we keep talking about the furlough scheme, which is getting smaller month by month, and that will mean some jobs will inevitably go. that means less money to help the hospitality industry. thank you very much for explaining all of that. thank you. 22 minutes past six. "don't kill granny" — that's the message going out in preston, after a spike in cases there, especially amongst young people, prompted

extra lockdown measures. the police hope the slogan will help them to enforce the new measures, which include a ban on meeting people from outside of your household. judy hobson joined officers on the beat on saturday night to see how it's going. saturday night, and the streets of preston are quieter than usual, but pcjulie stewart and her team still have their work cut out. your hands are sanitised... i'm coming in here to look at licensing objectives and seeing whether those are being adhered to, but also the covid measures — whether people are socially distancing, whether they are from the same household. bars are asking people to book ahead, but some owners are cancelling bookings for large groups. they say keeping people safe is a priority. how are you finding the new measures that are in place? do you understand them? yeah. i think as alcohol was involved it can be quite challenging at times but, to be honest with you, most people are being very good

and very cooperative. the latest lockdown rules were announced for preston late on friday, but bar owners say enforcing these rules is almost impossible. it's very difficult. we use due diligence — ask people for identification, ask whether or not they live in the same household — but proving it can be quite difficult. julie's colleagues are checking another venue. footage allegedly taken inside switch was shared on social media last week, amid concerns it had reopened as a nightclub — which is against the rules. the club claims the footage is fake, and tonight officers say they're satisfied they are following guidelines. i found that, as advertised, it's been running as a bar, not as a club. there's social distancing. there's not very many people in. there's plenty of space for them, they're all sat down. well, it's midnight. normally preston city centre would be heaving now but, as you can see, it's still quite quiet. what the police have said about this evening is that they've been impressed with how the venues

are enforcing these new lockdown measures. workforces have changed — the way they run and operate has totally changed — and i believe they're doing a brilliant job. they've tried their best and i'm really proud of them. so how are the customers behaving? guys, you won't get in unless you're with your social bubble... almost half of positive cases here are in people under 30. the local authority believes the main cause of the spike has been gatherings in pubs and homes. i'm just meeting my mates, so obviously i've asked them if they've got symptoms of covid and they haven't, so if they're safe then i'm safe. i'm sure it's not a problem. are you from the same household? we're all from the same uni. in the seven days to august 4th, there were 61 new cases in preston — twice as many as the week before. this is a high—risk area but you're happy to come out. yeah, as long as we are away...

like, we're keeping to the rules — we're two metres away from other people — so we're not bothered about...anything, really, you know? like, we're young, we're trying to have fun. we don't want to get, like, depressed, stuck in our rooms all by ourselves. yeah, it's been a long few months, as well. exactly. as the night wears on, there's less social distancing. it's very difficult to enforce. just by repeating those messages we'll hopefully get the message across, but we're not going to get that message across to everybody. any changes to these latest measures will be announced by friday. judy hobson, bbc news. you are watching bbc breakfast. thanks forjoining us. still to come before seven, we'll meet the beirut residents figuring out how they'll begin to rebuild their homes and lives after last week's blast. we ll be discussing that shortly and bringing you the latest news and weather.

carol's in greenwich park this morning. it isa it is a glorious day again by the look of it. good morning. iam in greenwich look of it. good morning. i am in greenwich park this morning and there is a nice breeze here, which makes it feels fresh. let's look around. we have got the view of the river thames behind me and of the royal naval college, the national maritime museum and queens house as well. just over there in the corner, greenwich power station. a bit of cloud around. that will thin and break. most and work in the west coast and hills. also along the english channel. the same mist and fog lapping unsure through the day. this week's forecast is one of high heat and humidity. it will cool down a bit of towards the end of the week. but we do have an increased risk of thunderstorms. some of those could be torrential. leading to some flash flooding. there will be gusty

winds and large hail. today you can see we do have a weather front across the south—west. that is already producing some showers. if they are not thundery yet, they are going to be where you are. they will migrate northwards. if we start with those first of all. they will be pushing towards north west england, wales, the isle of man, north—west england. also getting into north—west scotland. for north—east scotla nd north—west scotland. for north—east scotland a cloudy start. that should break and we will see some sunshine. for the rest of us, some sunshine as well. it will feel oppressive, especially the further south you travel. temperatures in london getting up to 3a, 35. in the midlands, 29, 30. more comfortable as we move further north and west. this evening and overnight at the thunderstorms will continue to drift northwards, becoming widespread across northern england and scotland. it is also going to be warmer in scotland than the one just gone. we will have some mist and fog

around the west and south coast. another sticky night. tomorrow, our thunderstorms pushing into the northern isles, but we have a greater risk of seeing them across england and wales tomorrow, particularly the east of wales and also the midlands. if you want something a wee bit cooler, the east coast will feel cooler. still, temperatures up to around 3a, 35 at the highest and it will feel more humid in scotland tomorrow. for wednesday, we still have some of thunderstorms coming in from the west, moving east across scotland and northern england. with low pressure close by, we are at an increased risk of more thunderstorms across southern areas as we go through the day. temperatures are still 34, 30 5 degrees, but look at the temperatures are rising across much of the uk. just to reiterate, those thunderstorms we are seeing this week could see some torrential downpours with the risk of flash

flooding. it's not great. more weather later. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. it is 6:30am exactly. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning... soft—play centres welcome back visitors in wales today, but how safe will they be? we'll be live at one to find out. after ten years in captivity, these two beluga whales will finally get a taste of sea life. we'll speak to the team who made it happen. it's a good job it's not 3d! "a dream come true" — we'll speak to the metal detectorists who slept in a field after discovering one of scotland's most important historical finds in years.

all of that coming up in the programme a little later and today's main stories... the education secretary gavin williamson is pushing ahead with plans for all children in england to return full—time next month despite concerns from teachers' unions. prime minister borisjohnson said there was a "moral duty" to get all children in england back into schools, but the head of a school leaders' union said teachers needed "clarity" rather than "rhetoric" before schools could reopen safely. so as children start to go back to school in scotland from tomorrow, with the rest of the uk to follow next month, there has been some nervousness amongst parents. we can speak now to gp nighat arif about this and other issues facing families. good morning to you, lovely to see you as always. you have children yourself. what i patient saying to you, are they concerned about schools or also looking forward to their children getting back? so far, from my experience, my patients are

not bothered about school because it's a month away. as a parent i have got a nine—year—old and a five—year—old. my five—year—old has had a liver transplant so he is in the shielding group. my children are desperate to get back to school and i will be sending them. in buckinghamshire, we are lucky. very low numbers of coronavirus. as a gp we are seeing less and less hospitalisations with coronavirus where i am. that makes me feel more confident and able to send them to school. i completely understand this is not the case for everywhere in the uk and every parent will have their worries. but that is why we ta ke their worries. but that is why we take all the time, talk to us. every child is unique and might have different health needs. they need more clarity. as you are saying earlier. how it will be when we go back to school. if all children go back to school. if all children go back to school. if all children go back to school, will be have bubbles, staggered school times, a lot more information needed. as a parent, i need to send mine because they are driving me crazy!

laughter you are a working parent, like many others. it is really difficult. it is. if you look at the statistics a lot of mums had to stay home because their children are not going to school. that seems to be this huge gender disparity. i am seeing mums coming in to see me saying, i have been furloughed or made redundant, and that concerns me a lot white gavin williamson is talking about there being evidence which we published about children and coronavirus. what do we know so far, what do you know? i don't know so much. we look at what has been happening so fast. children have been the least affected, they are younger and fitter, able to fight off the virus if they do get it. the biggest concern was that they are great in factors for the virus, meaning they can spread it to the most vulnerable in the community. the whole point of lockdown was to protect the vulnerable individuals so that we could relieve pressure on the nhs and be able to protect lives and

have our resources available for when they were getting sick. we need to know if the numbers are coming down, then, yes, surely, children should go back to school. you of course we'll be looking particularly at what is happening to shielding. our people clear about the changes with it? oh. .. our people clear about the changes with it? oh... its... they say our people clear about the changes with it? oh. .. its... they say we are following the science, all the time, don't they? with shielding, if the numbers are coming down and getting fewer people dying from covid—19, yeah, i understand. people sense the middle ofjuly have been able to come out of shielding and go back to work. but everybody is unique. kasim is robust, and as a pa rent unique. kasim is robust, and as a parent i am keeping him safe. i'm happy for him to go out and do

things every child wants to do. as ever, lovely to chat with you. doctor nighat arif, thank you. we have been reporting this week that the french government and authorities will be meeting to discuss migrants heading towards the uk from the channel. our reporter simonjones is uk from the channel. our reporter simon jones is on uk from the channel. our reporter simonjones is on a boat in the channel and saw some of this thing last week but another calm day out on the water. that is another boat, is it, heading towards britain? yeah, just a few moments ago we spotted something in the distance and there you can see behind us, it is about. it looks quite packed, people on board wearing life jackets. but pretty calm at sea, although slightly chubbier than the conditions we saw on friday. just try to shout out to them. are you 0k? try to shout out to them. are you ok? are you all right? yeah? where are you from? where are you from?

there is a bit of break up there on the line, as you might expect in the middle of the channel. it is a technical issue sometimes but we will return to simon because clearly that will be a big political issue this week as the two countries come face—to—face for those talks to work out how to deal with the situation. let's talk about the figures. more than 500 people have been intercepted crossing the channel in recent days, including 235, the record for a single day, on thursday. we will cover that through the morning. the time isjust after 6:35am. time to check—in with the sport. i think you'll start with the golf. what an exciting finish to the us pga in san francisco. we have a new start in golf, only 23. only turned professional last year but already up to 12 in the world. not a bad 1st yearfor

collin morikawa. he was playing in only his second major — but he battled his way to the top of a packed leaderboard in san francisco. at one point there was a seven—way tie at the top, but he produced a flawless final round of 64 to finish two shots clear of a group including england's paul casey. morikawa said he was on "cloud nine". when i woke up today i was like, you know, this is meant to be this is where i feel comfortable, where i wa nt to where i feel comfortable, where i want to be. i'm not scared from it. ifi want to be. i'm not scared from it. if i was scared from it, the last few holes would have been different. you want to be in this position. watch that man! it all came down to tyres, as the 70th anniversary grand prix at silverstone produced an unexpected winner. max verstappen was warned by his red bull team to go easy but he told them he was "not backing off and driving like a grandma", and he broke mercedes' grip on the season, as the two black cars tore their tyres to shreds. lewis hamilton still leads the championship by 30 points afterfinishing second,

ahead of valtteri bottas. it's two wins out of two for rangers now, after they beat st mirren 3—0 in the scottish premiership. but champions celtic dropped points, drawing 1—1 at kilmarnock — chris burke with killy's equaliser from the penalty spot. england all—rounder ben stokes will miss the remainder of the test series against pakistan forfamily reasons. he's leaving the uk to travel to new zealand, where his parents live. stokes has played all four tests so far this summer — they're1—0 up in the series against pakistan, with two tests in southampton to come. standby for an extraordinary interview with ronnie o'sullivan — he's is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship in sheffield. the rocket beat china's ding junhui by 13 frames to ten. the pair had been locked at 8—8 after the first two sessions. afterwards he was asked why he thinks he's had such a long, successful career — this is what he had to say.

if you look at the younger players coming through, they're not that good, really. do you know what i mean? most of them are, like, you know, wouldn't even... wouldn't even make... they'd probably do well as half—decent amateurs, do you know what i'm saying? they're not even amateurs. i mean, they're so bad that, you know, a lot of them that you see now, you just think, "cor, i've probably got lose an arm and a leg to sort of fall outside the top 50!" do you know what i mean? tell us what you really think, ronnie! the online abuse of elite sportswomen has doubled over the past five years, according to a bbc survey. it's prompted the bbc to review its policy on responding to hate speech on its platforms. wales rugby international elinor snowsill has been scared by the persistence of the comments she receives on social media. jane dougall reports. if that was happening in real life — you know, someone coming up constantly commenting on your appearance, like, "oh, looking sexy," or, "your bum looks good in that," you know, we wouldn't accept it. i just wonder why it's

still acceptable over social media as a wales international for 11 years, elinor snowsill thinks it's important to post social media updates on her sport to inspire young girls. but lately, she's considered stopping because of the responses from trolls. is it the sort of low—level persistence, replying to sort of my stories — you know, maybe love—heart emojis or commenting on how i look. i had one instance that scared me a little bit because i put up a post and someone had replied straight away, sort of making me feel as if they were there. research by the bbc has found that the trolling of female athletes appears to be increasing. the survey was sent to more than a thousand women in 39 different sports, and received 537 responses. it found that 30% had been trolled on social media — that's up from 14% in 2015. blocking individuals is a temporary solution, but when responses become abusive or threatening, what

options are available? it is absolutely the responsibility of those platforms that have given a megaphone and the targeting capacity to these individuals. if social networks are incapable of dealing with it themselves, there's going to have to be regulation and legislation. whilst platforms like the bbc say they're committed to strengthening their response to hate speech on social media channels, the problem still persists on the wider web. it stops you from posting sometimes. and it does make you double think — should i post this now? because they could comment on, you know, how my bum looks in these leggings. as well as her own safety, elinor also worries that young girls will read those comments and be put off ever playing sport. jane dougall, bbc news. now pakistan, we know, is a cricket—mad nation. the test side is playing

here in england, of course, and in some parts of the country not even mountains can get in the way of a good game. this is the final of a local competition on a steep hillside near abbottabad. the batsman needed a fourfor victory — and by the reaction of the villagers, he got it, although it's tricky to spot the boundary! it's quite some terrain for a cricket pitch. we see them coming out with the heavy roller to roll up and down the wicket, make sure the outfield is a nice and flat. hey, that's not stopping them there in pakistan! i have played on worse pictures than that. may be a bit more mud in some parts of the english summer time, definitely. see you later, thank you. it's been almost a week since an explosion ripped through beirut, leaving 220 people dead, 6,000 injured and 300,000 homeless. the united nations says lebanon now needs billions of pounds in emergency humanitarian aid and to help rebuild infrastructure.

we can speak now to rola and george stephan — theyjoin us from their apartment, that was damaged in the blast. their children, they have five children. good morning to you, thank you forjoining us on the bbc this morning. it sounds like you had a very lucky escape, rola, because you are out of town at the time. how is your life, and how is your home? home shattered. there is nothing left of my home. nothing left. we are trying to manage, trying to... trying to put in place other plans, another home for the children in another home for the children in another area. trying to survive. we

can see what looks like some shattered glass behind you. is your appointment, can you live in it now? is it habitable for the foreseeable... no? not at all. there is nothing left of it. this is the living area. the six metres that we have come at the window, it came into the living area and broke everything apart. there is no way. i don't know how we can fix this, i don't know how we can fix this, i don't know how we can manage through this. i'm sorry... i'm so sorry. that is one of your children with you now. you have five children in all. how do you, notjust rebuild at home but give your family functioning in this situation? it's

not easy because i don't want my family to go through what we have been through. we have been trying to avoid this. i went down to the streets to try to get a better future for our kids, but this is beyond imagination. the desolation thatis beyond imagination. the desolation that is happening, that happened here, it is beyond anything ever. you cannot imagine what is happening here. we are seeing some pictures now of the port area where the explosion happened nearly a week ago. just give us a sense of the geography. how far from the explosion is your appointment? 0k, i'm going to turn the camera for you to see, one second, let me show you. this is the port. this is the point. i used to have the best of you, now i have only destruction. —— out the best view. this is what is left of beirut. when you look at that view

and how it has changed in the last week, how everything has changed in the last week... as a proud citizen of beirut, what kind of feelings and thoughts do you have? should i keep hope? should i keep fighting? or should we leave? i don't know. do we give up? do we keep the fight? it is in our hands, the hands of the people. or it is over for us. when you say fight... what are you referring to? we have seen anger on the streets over the last few days of many citizens who want political change. how do you achieve that now?

there are people on the street demanding minimum rights. nobody is listening. they are a bunch of corrupted greedy people, that's what they are. they don't know how to run they are. they don't know how to run the country. they don't know how to belong to this country. everybody is greedy, corrupted. by fighting, i hate arms, by fighting, on the streets and making our voices heard, that's what we want to. your daughter is there. how is she and how are your other four children dealing with this situation? i cannot imagine what this is like for them. my eldest is 14. he comes down every day with me and helps to clean other people's houses. i think it is therapy for him, seeing the

suffering of others, he is enjoying it, he is happy. my other girls are at my mother's. i brought the youngest today to her grandmother. i didn't have time to drop her. she cannot believe what is happening. the first thing she wanted to do was to go to her room. she is saying how games are broken —— her games are broken. she is saying how games are broken -- her games are broken. i'm so sorry for what you and many thousands of other people are going through. and seeing you holding on her there, i guess part of that is not just to her there, i guess part of that is notjust to keep her safe and love her, but because... you can't leave her, but because... you can't leave her in the flat while you talk to us, i guess, her in the flat while you talk to us, iguess, because her in the flat while you talk to us, i guess, because it's not safe.

it is full of glass and i am scared she will scratch herself. you ok? yeah? rola, i think we should leave it there and you go and look after her. i know you have so much to deal with asa i know you have so much to deal with as a family. but thank you so much for explaining to us your situation because i think it's only when we hearup because i think it's only when we hear up close the predicament that is facing people like you, so many families like yours at the moment in beirut, that we kind of really begin to understand what you've been through. thank you so much for your time and we wish you all the best from our team here. you can make our voices heard. please, we beg you. make our voices heard. let people look what is happening to lebanon. help us. this is a corrupted regime.

we cannot lose anything any more, we have nothing left to lose. please. rola stephan, thank you so much. hopefully we will check in with you again in the programme in the next few weeks and we hope progress is fast. thank you for your time, good wishes to you. good luck, as well. thank you so much for talking to us. it is coming up much for talking to us. it is coming up to 6:50am. something we have been talking about over the last few days on breakfast and this is what is going on in the english channel. our reporter simonjones is there right now with people who are trying to cross to the uk from france. simon, as we can see, once again, people are trying to make a dangerous journey. yeah, you can see why it's dangerous today because of the sea is pretty choppy. we came across this boat around half an hour ago, just spotted it on the horizon. we

have seen them actually trying to get water out of the boat. they are doing that at the moment, using a plastic container to try to bail out the boat. obviously it is pretty overloaded there. people are wearing life jackets but it is pretty dangerous, just the number of people on board that boat. are you ok? are you all right? ok? ok! where are you from? syria. syria? how many people? how many? they say they are from syria and they say they are ok. i can see there are some women on board that boat, as well. majority meant. where are you going? where do you want to go? at their destination is dover, obviously, some at the moment they are motoring through the channel. at the moment the boat seems to be saved, the engine seems to be going. when we were out on the channel on friday the boat we were following actually got very close to

the white cliffs before it actually broke down, the engine broke down. at the moment, pretty choppy out there. they are bailing the boat out from time to time but they seem to be safe at the moment. but obviously the coast guard has been alerted and they will be on their way. this is a site that is becoming increasingly common in the channel. we heard from the coastguard that the coastguard that a boat had set out early this morning but nobody was quite sure where it was. but then a shipping was asked to look out for it and suddenly we spotted it. often you can spot them from the life jackets, from the colour of the life jackets, which makes it clear in the distance. certainly at the moment this boat is heading towards dover and we will shadow it and see how the situation develops. simon, thank you for that. on the political front, to let you know the immigration minister is due to meet his french counterpart in paris tomorrow to discuss measures about what they are going to try and do.

we will be back with simon throughout the programme this morning. just after 6:50am, monday morning. as we begin another week we are looking at the way in which all nations of the uk are trained to deal with the lockdown, the easing of lockdown as we begin to relax some restrictions and increase others and the balance. for those with young children, the days of soft play may seem like a distant memory. but from today in a uk—first since lockdown measures were introduced, they will be reopening again — in wales. swimming pools, gyms and leisure centres will also be opening their doors for the first time since march. our correspondent tomos morgan is at a play centre in newport. good morning to you. good morning. well, this is that funky monkey is play centre in newport, one of 30 across the uk. the only one in wales and it will be the only one opening today because soft play centres as you mention have been given the

green light to open in wales. that is because the science from the welsh government shows that children under 11 will no longer have to socially distance. you can see that the tables here i spread out two metres apart and there is less than half of the tables that are usually here because adults will still need to socially distance when they are in these soft play centres. the welsh government has been fairly reserved and cautious when easing a number of the businesses and the economy and locking the economy after lockdown —— unlocking the economy after lockdown. they are trying to do one thing at a time to make sure they can categorise what creates a spread if they do unlock the economy. but with soft plays, the economy. but with soft plays, the decision came quite light in —— late in the day so many businesses haven't been ready. you also mention it is not only soft play that is reopening today. obviously been a tough few months — frustrating, as well — within the fitness industry here in wales. getting a sweat on outdoors, which has been the norm in wales the past few weeks.

that is until today. we've implemented this box system to allows members to be three metres apart, people's physical and mental health... you know, this period has only highlighted the importance, you know, the fitness industry plays in that. being reserved in the the easing of lockdown is probably a sensible thing to do during this time, but it's a fine line. and, you know, certainly, the benefits that the fitness industry can have on individuals in terms of keeping them fit and healthy and safe... you know, that's something that has to be a priority going forward. they get sanitised in the morning and then they get completely changed at lunchtime. the welsh government says that there's such a low risk of children passing on the virus that those under 11 years old don't now need to socially distance. so, much to the delight of some toddlers' parents, one sector of the economy that will be opening today — and before england —

are play centres. we thought they'd let the schools go back first of all, and then open the play centres, not this way round, so it has caught us by surprise. following in the footsteps of the other uk nations, as well, is the hospitality industry, which reopened inside last week to the welsh public. cos of the size of my venue, there's no way, given the guidelines issued by welsh government on restaurants reopening, that i could have anyone sat inside. so with those struggling for space, cardiff council have blocked off a section of the city centre so that more customers can sit safely and enjoy a meal. with no local lockdowns yet since restriction eased, the welsh government say their more reserved approach has been guided by science. that clear advice was to do one significant intervention at a time, so you could understand, if there was an upswing in coronavirus, where would had come from, and shut off that

particular additional easement. that deliberately cautious approach, keeping people safe, has been welcomed by people in wales. three in four people support the approach of the welsh government. as those chasing the pump are able to do so again, and children also have another avenue to expel some energy, normality begins to return in wales — and across the uk, just at different paces. so the one thing that will not be reopening in a soft plays across wales, things that are difficult to clea n wales, things that are difficult to clean like ball pits. there isn't one here. but the assistant manager, and these three shots behind you, there will be certain parts that would be available. this is our role play corner and a lot of the things we have our food, play corner and a lot of the things we have ourfood, kitchen accessories, it's not safe. we cannot sanitise it regularly like other equipment so we won't be able to open that which is disappointing

because it is a massive part of the centre. there has been a three—week warning for other parts of the economy. you didn't have that warning, you had about a week. how difficult has that been? like you said, just over a week. it was extremely difficult because of businesses have had a lot longer to get ready. we have managed to get everything ready for the opening today, so i'm really excited. there will be many children looking forward to coming here this morning and we will be here again later on in the programme to go through some more details. thank you very much, it live at the funky monkeys. thank you very much indeed. it has been extraordinarily hot. maybe not extraordinarily, but it has been hot. there is a breeze. particularly in the south. i'm in greenwich park this morning. let's

look at the view. you will recognise some of the famous london landmarks. for example you can see tower bridge and just behind it the dome of st paul's cathedral. then of course there is the river thames stop overlooking the city of london, you canjust overlooking the city of london, you can just make it out. closer to us we have the old royal observatory which you can't actually see, but the royal naval college, the national museum and also the queen has micro house. it is quite a gorgeous view. it was fresh and earlier on, the temperature is already rising. 20 degrees here at greenwich park at the moment and the forecast for this week is a hot and humid one. not just forecast for this week is a hot and humid one. notjust in the south. humidity is rising as we go through the week. not until the end of the week until we start to see things change. it freshens up then. as we go through the week, increasing risk of thunderstorms. if you catch one you are likely to be torrential downpours. there is that the risk of flash flooding. gusty winds around

and also some large hail. today what we have is a weather front in the south—west. already producing showers, some of those are thundery and it will be drifting northwards through the day. in the west close to the coasts and hills and english channel coasts, there is a lot of murk and some mist and a summer sea fog that will be lapping unsure as we go of the day. we could catch a thunderstorm almost anywhere, we have had one in the north—east of england already today put the thunderstorms will travel northwards through the irish sea, the isle of man, north—west england, northern ireland south—west scotland. highest temperatures in the south—east at 34 or 35. data in the midlands. more co mforta ble or 35. data in the midlands. more comfortable as we travel north. tonight the thunderstorms continue to migrate northward, beginning were widespread across northern england and scotland. temperatures in scotla nd and scotland. temperatures in scotland higher than the knifejust gone. it will be an uncomfortable night for sleeping across most areas. tomorrow we started with thunderstorms in the north, travelling up towards the northern isles. again, a greater risk of some

thunderstorms in england and wales, particularly in northern england, the midlands and also east wales. again they could be torrential. still some mist and murk close to the coasts. cooler along the north sea coast with an unsure flow but still inland, highs of up to 35 degrees in the south—east. more co mforta ble degrees in the south—east. more comfortable as you travel further north. then on wednesday, once again, a greater risk of some thunderstorms. low pressure comes from the south. for england and wales, more likely to see them. in the north front moving across scotla nd the north front moving across scotland and northern england. you are likely to see them. all of us at risk. the met office have those warnings out to suggest that. our temperatures are still peaking at about 34 or 35 degrees. the headlines coming up.

good morning, welcome to breakfast, withjon kay and louise minchin. our headlines today: headteachers call for a plan b if schools can't fully reopen in england, suggesting that week—on, week—off teaching could be required. in the past hour these were the scenes in the english channel live on breakfast, as another small boat full of migrants made its way to britain from france. today officials from both countries will hold talks about what needs to happen next. lam i am concerned about the reason for the stop. that is what i am concerned about. the labour mp dawn butler accuses police of racially profiling her, after she was stopped while travelling in a car in east london.

we'll speak to her before nine. good morning. there's been a boost to eating out. but how much has it helped out? we look at the impact on bars and restaurants of the first week of the chancellor's scheme. good morning. a new star in the world of golf — in his first year as a professional, colin morikawa wins the uspga with a flawless final round in san francisco. a taste of freedom — we'll hear how two beluga whales, who haven't been in the sea for more than decade, have moved one step closer to a new open water home. it's monday, 10th august. our top story... the education secretary, gavin williamson, has insisted there is little evidence that coronavirus is transmitted in schools, as the government pushes forward with plans to get all children in england back into classrooms in september. but there's concern from unions, with one suggesting that week—on,

week—off teaching could be required as a way of dealing with local lockdowns. schools in scotland are getting ready to go back, with some children returning tomorrow. leigh milner has this report. schools in england were preparing to welcome children back into the classroom before the summer holidays. that plan failed. but the prime minister insists things will be different in september. and his education secretary, gavin williamson, says research to be published later this year, makes clear there is little evidence the virus is transmitted at school. the children's commissioner for england supports a return to the classroom, if the correct safety measures are put in place. i would like to see testing and tracking very, very often within schools, so that's something which i think has to continue to improve. with face masks, i wouldn't want us to leap into that, but if it's something that makes people feel safer, then i think so be it. in addition, the association of school and college leaders union

has suggested a week—on, one week—off timetable to limit social interaction, if there are local lockdowns. for these parents soaking up the sun in yorkshire though, september can't come soon enough. ask my son's opinion and he's really, really happy to go back to school in september. so, if he's happy, i'm happy. i think it's a good idea because the break was quite big. they should have gone back in after september, you know, at september, after the holidays, but i think it was totally pointless taking them back before just for that short period of time. in scotland it's time to pack a pencil case, with teachers preparing classrooms for pupils arriving back tomorrow. that is the plan too in northern ireland later this month, and in england and wales at the start of september. but will it prove to be that straightforward ? or will more testing or trade—offs, like closing bars and restaurants, be required? leigh milner, bbc news. let's get more details

on this with our political correspondent, jonathan blake. it seems like a tussle between the unions in education and with parents and the government on the other side? i think there is little doubt of the government's priorities for schools in england are to reopen at the start of the academic year in september, and stay open, even if that means difficult decisions having to be made at a local level about what it means for shops and other businesses if there is a rise in cases in certain areas. and broadly speaking, labour supports that idea, and the education unions and the education sector as a whole are supportive of it too. but there are supportive of it too. but there are questions and uncertainties about how exactly things will work. as you have been hearing in the case of potential local lockdowns, where there is a rise in cases, one union has put forward the idea of schools

working on a week on, week off faces to manage the number of pupils coming in. there are concerns about the testing and whether the current test and trace regime is efficient and effective enough, or whether there needs to be more regular testing within schools themselves, which isn't necessarily the case at the moment. then there is the general safety of pupils returning to the classroom en masse. and how that will work. and whether the guidance the government published in july is sufficient enough for schools to operate safely. the education secretary, gavin williamson, is clearly confident a forthcoming report into how the virus is transmitted among children and in schools is going to say that the risk is potentially very low. schools and head teachers will be waiting to hear that eagerly, but not for the first time during this pandemic, there may well be a difference between what the government is aiming to do, and what

turns out to be practically possible to do. thank you. swimming pools, gyms and leisure centres are to reopen in wales from today. and, in a uk first, children's soft play areas will also be able to open for the first time since march. areas which are not easy to clean, like ball pits, must remain shut though. the welsh government has said that businesses are legally required "to minimise the risk of exposure to coronavirus" on their premises. british and french officials will meet tomorrow to discuss stronger measures to try and put a stop to migrants crossing the channel. it comes after the home office confirmed a further 65 migrants made the journey yesterday. our correspondent simonjones has been off the kent coast for us this morning, where he has alreay come across a small boast making the journey. you can see why it is dangerous today, because the sea is pretty choppy. we came across this boat

around half an hour ago. spotted it on the horizon. and we have seen them actually trying to get water out of the boat. they are using a plastic container to bail out of the boat. it is pretty overloaded. people are wearing life jackets. but it is pretty dangerous. just the number of people on board that boat. are you ok? are you all right? ok. where are you from? syria? how many people? how many? so they say they are from syria. they say they are 0k. are from syria. they say they are ok. there are some women on board. the majority of them are men. where are you going? where do you want to go? their destination is dover, obviously. so at the moment they are motoring through the channel. at the moment the boat seems to be safe, the engine seems to be going. on

friday the boat we were following got very close to the white cliffs before it actually broke down, the engine broke down. but at the moment, pretty choppy. they are bailing the boat out from time to time, but they seem to be saved at the moment. obviously the coast guard has been alerted and they will be on their way. this is a sign that is becoming increasingly common in the channel. we heard from the coastguard that a boat had set out early this morning, but nobody was quite sure where it was. then shipping was asked to look out for it. and suddenly we spotted it. often you can spot them from the life jackets, from the colour of the life jackets, from the colour of the life which makes them clear in the distance. for the moment of this boat heading towards dover. we will shadow it and see how the situation develops. simonjones in the channel speaking to usa simonjones in the channel speaking to us a few moments ago when he came across another boat that was heading towards the uk. this is a really

political issue this week. tomorrow, the french and uk authorities will come face—to—face to try to come up with some kind of solution. simon is still on that boat. we can see the migrants bowed behind you. what are we expecting to happen, as far as the politics of this is concerned, with the next couple of days? —— over the next couple of days. we have been shadowing this boat since we spoke to you. i can see the white cliffs of dover in the distance. that is the site they wanted to see. at the moment no sign of the border force. we have seen the coast guard plane go overhead. we understand the border force cutter is on its way and they will pick up the people on this boat and escort them to dover. in terms of the politics, this is a crucial week for the government because the government is saying that it needs to get a grip of this issue and admits it needs to do

more. and there has been pressure on the government from conservative mps, who say they are being contacted by their constituents, who are asking, what is being done to address this? the answer from the government is there is going to be a crucial meeting taking place this week involving the immigration compliance minister, chris philp. he will travel to paris. what he will say is, when you see scenes like this in the channel, he wants the boat turned back at sea. the french are reluctant to do this because of safety concerns. there is talk of the navy coming and possibly, to turn back boats like this. there is always the worry, because we have seen here they have been bailing out the boat this morning, it looks pretty overloaded, even though people wearing life jackets on board. itjust shows people wearing life jackets on board. it just shows you it can people wearing life jackets on board. itjust shows you it can be a dangerous situation and that is why this is such a complex issue. sol think the talks this week with the french are likely to be pretty difficult. simonjones, live

difficult. simon jones, live for difficult. simonjones, live for a difficult. simonjones, live fora bbc brea kfast simonjones, live fora bbc breakfast in the english channel heading towards the uk. we will speak to you later. wearing a face covering outdoors will be compulsory in some parts of paris from today. last week, french scientific advisers warned the country was at risk of losing control of covid—19 "at any time". our europe correspondent mark lowen is in nice for us this morning. and mark, similar measures also coming into effect there? what is going on across france? good morning. good morning, louise. yes, the measures brought in in paris and around paris, in100 the measures brought in in paris and around paris, in 100 locations around paris, in 100 locations around the french capital, are based on measures already in place here in nice and elsewhere. in large parts of this coastal city you have to wear face masks now between 10am and 1am. that comes in and about one hour and 45 minutes. and if you do not wear them then you have finds. the first is 135 euros, £120. the

second offence, the fine increases to £1300. then 3750 euros, the third repeat offence, around 3400 pounds. and a possible six month prison sentence. we have been here for a few days. it has not been widely enforced. in the evenings when you walk through the centre of nice old town you see a lot of people without masks and we even see policemen not really enforcing it. but the message has gone out that france has now reached a two month high in the coronavirus infection rate and therefore they are trying to bring in obligatory mask wearing to bring that down. let me show you the beach. it is not very crowded. still very early. it does get pretty crowded during the day. france is trying to encourage its holiday— makers, its residents, trying to encourage its holiday—makers, its residents, to ta ke holiday—makers, its residents, to take their vacations here. the french government estimating it will have a loss of 30 to 40 billion euros because of coronavirus tourism. they are hoping that french residents will stay here for their

summer holidays, for their staycations. thank you very much. it looks like a beautiful day. thank you. the nhs test and trace system has come under constant criticism for not being fit for purpose, with some experts suggesting it is pivotal, especially when it comes to safely re—opening schools. schools are one of the key thing is we are talking about this morning. some kids go back to school in scotla nd some kids go back to school in scotland this week. this is a crucial time for schools to be preparing for the new term. one of those who has raised his concerns is the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham. hejoins us now. thank you forjoining us. i guess the question being asked again and again by parents is, is it safe for my child to go back to school yet? what do you say? we have got to make it safe, haven't we? i agree with the government. it has to be the top priority, to get kids back into school. they have had huge disruption this year, haven't they?

ijust think we have got to kind of make every arrangement possible so that people can have that peace of mind. but it does point out the test and trade system. it isn't yet good enough. i and trade system. it isn't yet good enough. lam and trade system. it isn't yet good enough. i am saying to the government, we need to work together to get this system right or august, so we can to get this system right or august, so we can give the confidence to the parents. but we are not long off the beginning of term, are we, for schools across greater manchester and england and wales? do you think the test and trace system, and other measures, can be ready in start, in time for the start in september?” think so, i think so. there are two things i would say to the government. number one, they need to start giving local councils resources to do some of the contact and tracing, so the national call ce ntre and tracing, so the national call centre operation works to a point but it only reaches a certain amount of people. you need to give councils funding to do the other bit, to reach people who are not replying for whatever reason. the second

thing, and this is absolutely crucial, so many people are struggling to solve isolated, because they can't afford it. —— self—isolate. they are injobs because they can't afford it. —— self—isolate. they are in jobs where they know they won't be paid if they do it. they fear losing theirjob. it isa do it. they fear losing theirjob. it is a problem with so many people in this country not having access to statutory sick pay. for those who do haveit statutory sick pay. for those who do have it it is only £95 a week. we are launching a campaign today, myself, the tuc and the mayor of liverpool, we are saying to the government, you have to give all employees in the country the ability to self—isolate on full pay. and it is only that approach in my view that will really get this test and trace system working properly. it's that balance we are talking about so often, between employment and education and the economy. the prime minister has said this weekend that schools are the number one priority, that even if pubs and restaurants have to shut again, schools must stay open. do you agree with that? yes, i do.

stay open. do you agree with that? yes, ido. it stay open. do you agree with that? yes, i do. it has to be our priority. we have got to put politics aside and work together to get kids back into school. they have had so much disruption. and of course then you have to look at other things that may need to close. if there is a risk of an increase with the children coming back. this is where test and trace is so crucial. if it is working properly you might not need to close anything, you can do it very carefully. i am anything, you can do it very carefully. lam prepared anything, you can do it very carefully. i am prepared to listen to the government and work with them, particularly when they came to me asking for further restrictions in greater manchester, but today we are saying, now listen to us, because our poorest communities are being very exposed in the second half of this year if we have people who can't self— isolate, half of this year if we have people who can't self—isolate, we have the virus circulating in those communities and schools coming back adding to that risk, and it is a simple call. a bit like when you are called to serve on a jury to get a request from the government to be a

juror, this also is request from the government where you are being asked to solve isolated. let's give everybody the ability to follow that request. test and trace will start working much better if we do that.” hear you. there will be people listening this morning who will say, in manchester's hospitality industry, who are on low wages, who rely on those jobs and who will say, hang ona rely on those jobs and who will say, hang on a minute, if you put schools first, myjob is on the line, or lose everything, i might lose my house, i might lose everything i know that i'm desperate hang onto, what do you say to them? it can't be as simple as just schools first? what do you say to them? it can't be as simple asjust schools first? no. i would say to them let's fix test and trace. that is the best way of keeping them open. but the health of

those low— paid staff first. keeping them open. but the health of those low—paid staff first. we can look after everybody here but the government has got to start fixing things that obviously need to be done. so the issue of contact tracing, i will give you one statistic, the current system is reaching the contacts, half of the contacts people testing positive in greater manchester. so five in ten of those contacts are not being race. that has to be sorted out. so how is this question of support to self—isolate. how is this question of support to self-isolate. what about the suggestion of schools may be having a week on lessons and a week of lessons, kids only go in half the time. is that a compromise? possibly. i don't know though. i am talking somebody who is going from year ten into year 11 in our home. i know how hard it has been for her. you wouldn't necessarily want to see students spending half of the week out of the classroom. we do need to

work together to try and get all kids back. and if that includes face masks or other measures that might be needed, we are going to have to open our minds to all of that. as i said before, politics aside, let's get the school is back as we can. but it will need changes from the government in other areas. you say politics aside, but your critics would say you are playing politics on this, test and trace, that maybe this is a power grab, that you are trying to get control of the system or point fingers as far as the system is working at the moment, that this is entirely political? no, obviously, not at all. we all need this to work. to be fair to the government, they have been listening on providing more data to local authorities. that has definitely got better. and the national system is working to a point. what i am saying to them is there are for the things that need to be done to make it work properly. remember what the experts say. you need to be reaching 80% of

the contacts of people testing positive. it is currently only reaching 50% in greater manchester. i can't sit here and say that it's 0k, i can't sit here and say that it's ok, that is good enough, because the community to are put at risk. it is nothing to do with politics. this is about protecting the communities that we all represent going into the winter. let's remember, this is going to be a winter without a vaccine or an effective treatment. and that is going to be really, really tough. and that means we need a test and trace system that is as good as we can all make it. andy burnham, mayor of greater manchester, thank you forjoining us. thank you. i'm sure you have your views. get in touch with us this morning. after 10 years in captivity, two beluga whales have finally got their first taste of freedom, after being released into the world's first open water sanctuary in iceland. it's like another version of the end of lockdown. little grey and little white, who are both around 13 years old, were introduced

to their new home on friday. the pair had spent most of their lives in a russian research facility, before being sold to a chinese water park to perform for audiences. we can speak now to andy bool who is head of the sea life trust, which operates the sanctuary. good morning. what a beautiful sight. tell us a little bit about these two whales? little white and little grey are 213—year—old female beluga whales up there. they were caught or in the world when they we re very caught or in the world when they were very young, caught or in the world when they were very young, and taken into a research facility and then sold to a water park in shanghai in china. they moved there in 2011. they were performing in shows in front of crowds and at an indoor pool. their life really changed for the better in 2012 when merlin entertainment, a uk company, bought that water park.

and in line with their views that whales and dolphins should not be on display for public entertainment, they started to work with the sea life trust to find an alternative solution for them, and a more natural solution, and that has led us eight years later to this beautiful bay in iceland. we can see they are not entirely free yet. they are still somewhat restricted. just explain the process of what has happened and what is going to happen? so, the process that has happened, they flew originally 6000 miles, thanks to airline cargo locks, who helped to transport them from china to iceland last year. they have been acclimatising in an indoor care pool. they were in quarantine for a period of time before they could move out to the bay. on friday, the last 1400 metres of their journey occurred. bay. on friday, the last 1400 metres of theirjourney occurred. they moved 1400 metres from the landside facility here out into this beautiful bay. at the moment they're

in care pulls out in the bay. beyond that it in care pulls out in the bay. beyond thatitis in care pulls out in the bay. beyond that it is a bit misty. you probably can't see it very well. 32,000 square metres of bay, which is 30 times bigger than the space they came from in china. they are in these care pulls here for a short period of time while they acclimatise to the new environment and get used to the sites, the sounds, the weather here, which is very changeable! you can probably tell. then they go out into the wider bay and started to enjoy that 32,000 square metres space. and so far, as faras 32,000 square metres space. and so far, as far as you can tell, either enjoying it? they seem to be. this morning there was a great shot, a great sight of little grey meeting a puffin for the first time. a puffin landed in the pool behind me and she was fascinated be —— by it. scared it off, actually. she was

fascinated, not sure about the puffin. i understand they sing? yes, they are known as the canaries of they are known as the canaries of the sea. they have a bulbous forehead, a bit like me, which they can shame is the shape of. they can make high—pitched noises and they can make that micro little grey's favourites sound is a fog warrant, which is probably apt today. we are seeing a photograph of what looks like one of them smiling and flying! yes, when she was in the stretcher. for the journey the other day we had to move them into stretchers, from their care pool over on the land site. into the stretchers. they were lifted onto the back of a lorry. a journey of two minutes to the local tug boat where they were lifted onto the back of that and brought out a few hundred metres into the bay and lifted into the pools. will they ever be able to go completely free,

or will you be looking after them for the rest of their lives? we don't believe they will be able to because of the length of time they have been in captivity. so we're committed to looking after these two animals for the rest of their lives, which could be another 30 or 40 yea rs. which could be another 30 or 40 years. but the other thing, what we hope is, this is notjust about little grey and little white and their lives being better living in a natural environment. we hope to show that it benefits the welfare of these animals coming from a captive background, and we have got space here for more beluga whales. we can house up to eight more. we hope that eventually more beluga whales will come and join little white and little grey in the new ocean home. listen, it is absolutely wonderful to see you there this morning. it does look beautiful, even though the weather might not be fantastic. thank you so much for talking to us about these beautiful whales. thank you. thank you very much. very

adept wildlife cameraman too. you are watching bbc breakfast. still to come before eight... we are going to be back on the english channel where simon jones we are going to be back on the english channel where simonjones is there for us this morning. he is shadowing a migrant boat with his just arriving. he said he could see the white cliffs of dover last time. you can see that in the distance. being shadowed as well by the border force as well. you are watching breakfast. 7:28am on monday morning. simonjones is on that boat, watching those pictures. i don't know if you can hear me at the moment, simon? hi, john. simon, just talk us through what we are seeing? the border force have arrived? that's right. we have been shadowing the

boat, carrying possibly around 20 migrants, that is in the distance. the orange life jackets you can see. for a while there was no sign of the border force or lifeboat. now you can see the border force vesseljust going in there to pick up the migrants on board that boat. this happening just a few miles off the coast of dover. i can see the white cliffs in the distance. what will happen now is the border force crew on board that boat willjust be making that initial contact, just chatting to the people on board, just trying to tell them exactly what is going to be happening, ascertaining how many people are on board that boat, whether anybody is in need of any sort of immediate medical assistance. that does not appear to be the case, from what we have seen. now the transfer will happen, slowly and cautiously, because of course this is happening out in the channel. we will see the people taken from that small dinghy onto the much larger border force vessel. you can onto the much larger border force vessel. you can see onto the much larger border force vessel. you can see how the border

force vessel is being moved about. it is not the most calm day. we have had a much calmer days in recent days. but at the moment you can see that it wasn't enough to stop those migrants setting out from the beaches of northern france early this morning, and they have made it into uk waters just a few miles off dover. and now they will be taken to dover. and now they will be taken to dover. so for the people on board who want to get here ultimately with the goal of starting a new life you are, that is the first part of that. so this operation currently coming toa so this operation currently coming to a conclusion. simon, thank you for that. we will come back to your later. you are watching breakfast. still to come, we can't from the launch of the eat out to help out campaign, will take us through how it is working. we will bring you the latest news and weather but the time is 7:30am. time to catch up with all things weather related with carol. good

morning. good morning, everyone. i am in greenwich park. i want to show you a bit of it. if we start over here we can actually see the royal observatory. this is known as the home of greenwich mean time and it was sir christopher wren who was commissioned to build the observatory, named after the first royal astronomerjohn flood is dead, and it is now part of the national maritime museum. inside, there is the prime meridian and you can stand astride that, meaning you have one footin astride that, meaning you have one foot in the eastern hemisphere and the other in the western hemisphere. it is where 0 degrees longitude is marked. we have where the 2012 equestrian olympic events took part stop it is breezy in london this morning. the forecast for this week is another hot and humid one. it will only just cooled is another hot and humid one. it will onlyjust cooled down as we get towards the end of the week. the

other thing is we are likely to have some thunderstorms, increasingly so through the week, and some of those could be torrential and also have gusty winds around other large hail, leading to some flash flooding. this morning we have a weather front and the south—west which is produced the showers. some are already thundery and they will drift northward through the day. today you can catch a thunderstorm almost anywhere but more likely in the west, and in the west close to the coast and hills is where we have a low cloud mist and murk. the channel coast prone to sea fog. we have the thunderstorms moving up across wales and the south—west, the irish sea, clipping north west england, northern ireland and also south—west scotland. temperatures peaking at about 35 degrees in the south—east, 30 in the midlands. more comfortable as we move further north and west. through this evening and overnight, does thunderstorms will continue to move northwards, becoming more widespread

across northern england and scotland. still cloud and murk on the south coast and the temperatures will be higher overnight in scotland than last night. again for most of us it will be an oppressive night. tomorrow the thunderstorms continue to push it into the northern isles but we will see more thunderstorms developed across england and wales, particularly so east wales, the midlands and northern england. temperatures tomorrow similar to today in terms of getting up to 34 or 35. a bit higher and more humid as we push further north. for wednesday, a weather front is crossing northern england and scotla nd crossing northern england and scotland and here we will see some thunderstorms and as low pressure d rifts thunderstorms and as low pressure drifts up towards southern england we will see my widely thunderstorms across england and wales and some of those again could be torrential with top temperatures getting up to 34 or 35 degrees. i will have more where that later in the programme.

hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. as we've been reporting this morning, the education secretary gavin williamson is pushing ahead with plans for all children in england to return full—time next month despite concerns from teachers' unions. we can discuss this now with the government minister for social care, helen whately mp, who is in westminster. good who is in westminster. morning. thank you forjoir us. good morning. thank you forjoining us. there are various things we want to talk about and i will come to schools if i can in a moment but here on bbc breakfast we have seen another migrant boat just here on bbc breakfast we have seen another migrant boatjust arriving in dover. there are calls i understand from the home office that the navy should be involved in what is going on. is that your view? as you describe, we are seeing an unacceptable number of migrants coming across the channel at the moment. it is a worrying situation. it isa moment. it is a worrying situation. it is a dangerous journey to take. it is a dangerous journey to take. it also involves migrants playing people smugglers to take them across. we need to bring this to an

end. the home secretary is determined this will not be a viable route to the uk, and my colleague chris philp is going to be in paris later this week to speak with the french government about working together to stop this transit. should the navy be involved? options are being looked at as to how we make sure that we stop this passage of boats across the channel. and the home secretary has appointed a former royal marine to lead the effort on this front and we will look at the best ways to do so. one suggestion has been that this so—called pushback model is used, for example in australia, where boats are taken back to france. is that being looked at? are not as far asi that being looked at? are not as far as i know. we should not suggest there are any simple or easy answers to this. shortly after i was elected an mp in 2015! visited the jungle camp in calais and saw for myself the desperation of migrants there.

their desperation to come to the uk. their desperation to come to the uk. their willingness to take real risks. as i said, and this is a really dangerous journey, we risks. as i said, and this is a really dangerousjourney, we need risks. as i said, and this is a really dangerous journey, we need to stop it and we also need to put a stop it and we also need to put a stop to the payments to people smugglers who are enabling this to ta ke smugglers who are enabling this to take place. this is not the way to come to the uk. the french government are asking for financial support. will the uk government consider that? i am aware of that and my colleague chris philp oil speak directly with the french government in france this week. we have to clearly work closely with the french government to overcome this problem. if we can also talk about the schools. we heard gavin williamson saying there is little evidence of coronavirus being transmitted in school and there may bea transmitted in school and there may be a paper published. have you seen the paper, the data?” be a paper published. have you seen the paper, the data? i have not seen the paper, the data? i have not seen the paper, the data? i have not seen the paper but you are right that the evidence we have is on the one hand of very low transmission and also that the risks to children from covid are very low. absolutely it will be safe for children to be back in schools and our national priority

is to get children back in school this autumn. although parents and teachers make huge efforts to keep children's education going during the lockdown period it is just not the lockdown period it is just not the same thing as children being in school. the unions are talking about real difficulties they see with that and also suggesting... is there a plan b? for example, if there was a local lockdown would you consider one week on, one week off in schools? that is what some unions suggest. our priority is to make sure that children are fully back in school come the autumn. one of the things we are seeing is that during the lockdown those children who are more disadvantaged are more likely to have fallen behind and being properly back at school is essential. schools are safe and there are extra measures that skills are being advised to take by public health england, for instance staggered start and finish time, staggered start and finish time, staggered break, teach children in bubbles, and teachers can encourage

hand washing, hand sanitising. all the steps that will make schools even safer for the steps that will make schools even saferfor our the steps that will make schools even safer for our children to be back. the children's commissioner has talked about regular testing for pupils and teachers. is that feasible, is that something you would suggest and back? our testing policy draws on guidance from the sage, the chief medical officer, public health teams on what is the best way to protect and reduce the risk of covid. the approach on testing for schools at the moment is that in the event any child or teacher has any symptoms they should immediately get a test, will immediately get a test, will immediately have access to testing, including schools being given home testing kits in the event that any child finds it difficult to be taken toa child finds it difficult to be taken to a testing centre. but would you do that more widely in schools? if one child tested positive would you start testing other children? our testing approach, we always follow the scientific and medical advice on what is the best approach to take.

on that local lockdown, you are talking about your priority being to schools opening. in the event of a local lockdown schools... you are saying they should stay open. yes, thatis saying they should stay open. yes, that is the approach. for instance, in places like leicester and greater manchester and areas where we have local restrictions going on, absolutely schools should still be going back. it is essential that children get back into school this autumn term. at the weekend, thousands of nhs workers were protesting about various things including pay. we know doctors will get a pay rise. what about nurses? firstly i would say we cannot thank our nhs workforce enough. doctors, nurses, health care assistants, all of those in the nhs and care workers and those working in social care for all the work they have done during the pandemic, when they have truly been at the front line. coming to the question of k, a couple of weeks ago we had the announcement on

doctors' pay which is part of a regular rhythm of pay reviews for that part of the workforce. nurses are on something called agenda for change, three—year pay deal, which is upfor change, three—year pay deal, which is up for review next year. that is when we will see announcements on pay for nurses. on the one hand you praise them and on the other you say they have to wait. as i said, that is the payment schedule that nurses and many other members of health ca re and many other members of health care sector are on that pay schedule. under that, nurses care sector are on that pay schedule. underthat, nurses have seen a pay rise of at least 6.5% over the period of that, and the starting salary for nurses has gone up starting salary for nurses has gone up by starting salary for nurses has gone up by 12% to nearly 25,000. we are making sure that nurses get the pay that they deserve, but also i should say it is notjust about pay. just last week we announced our people plan, which is a whole set of measures to support health care workers, support workers in the nhs,

to make the nhs are much better place to work. if you take inflation into account, many of them have had a real terms pay cut. as ijust said, over the period of the agenda for change pay deal, nurses have seen at least a 6.5% pay rise. this year many nurses are seeing a 4.5% pay rise, this year specifically, and we will look again at nurses' pay as part of the agenda for change cycle, they will be announcements next year. helen whately, care minister, thank you for your time. thank you. just after 7:40am, thanks for joining thank you. just after 7:40am, thanks forjoining us. we have all the sport starting with the golf. morning. good morning. for illustrious names in the game of golf who have won the us pga championship by the age of 23. they are rory mcilroy, tiger woods, jack nicholas and now collin morikawa. no pressure on him, then, to deliver

later on in his career. he was playing in only his second major — but he battled his way to the top of a packed leaderboard in san francisco. at one point there was a seven—way tie at the top, but he produced a flawless final round of 64 to finish two shots clear of a group including england's paul casey. morikawa said he was on "cloud nine". the wait goes on for paul casey. there was an unexpected winner at the 70th anniversary grand prix at silverstone — and all because of the tyres. max verstappen was warned by his red bull team to go easy but he told them he was "not backing off and driving like a grandma", and the two mercedes tore their tyres to shreds. lewis hamilton still leads the championship by 30 points afterfinishing second, ahead of valtteri bottas. rangers have two wins out of two in the scottish premiership, after beating st mirren 3—0. but champions celtic dropped points, drawing 1—1 at kilmarnock — chris burke with killy's equaliser from the penalty spot.

england all—rounder ben stokes will miss the remainder of the test series against pakistan forfamily reasons. he's leaving the uk to travel to new zealand, where his parents live. his father ged has been recovering there since he fell ill over christmas while he was injohannesburg to watch his son play against south africa. we've heard some extraordinary interviews with ronnie o'sullivan over the years — and it seems he's not mellowing with age. he beat china's ding junhui by 13 frames to ten to reach the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship in sheffield. and when he was asked why he thinks he's had such a long, successful career, he didn't hold back. if you look at the younger players coming through, they're not that good, really. do you know what i mean? most of them are, like, you know, wouldn't even... wouldn't even make... they'd probably do well as half—decent amateurs, do you know what i'm saying? they're not even amateurs. i mean, they're so bad that, you know, a lot of them that you see now, you just think, "cor, i've probably got lose an arm and a leg to sort of fall

outside the top 50!" do you know what i mean? do you know what? if i were one of those younger players i would be challenging ronnie o'sullivan very publicly to a match with one arm tied behind his back. why don't you do it? challenging! i'm not taking on ronnie o'sullivan! i canjust about when a pub game of pool, let alone a full on snooker game on a giant table. i don't believe it. see you later, thanks. when 700,000 scottish children return to school this week, things will look somewhat different — there will be one—way corridors, hand—washing stations and extra classrooms. schools in the country will open in phases, but it's hoped everyone will be back within a week. alexandra mackenzie has been hearing from pupils on how they feel about returning. hi, i'm layla, i'm 11 and i'm going into s1. layla was upset that she didn't get to finish primary school with her friends. but she's now excited about her first day at high school

and getting back to her studies. well, i'm actually quite good at english and things, so i don't feel i've missed too much on that, because i'm quite confident in that. but definitely maths, i need to revise some things! definitely. hi, i'm eddie, i'm 16 and i'm going into 55. eddie said he found it difficult to motivate himself to do schoolwork during lockdown, but also has concerns about returning to the classroom. going back is definitely a step in the right direction, but i don't know about spikes happening everywhere, if it'sjust going to be another case in inverclyde, one kid is going to have it and give it to the rest of the school. that is what i'm quite worried about, because i've got my gran, who is in shielding, so i need to be keeping it in mind for her. i need to keep her safe. so that's what i'm worried about. at their school, inverclyde academy, preparations are well under way.

there's going to be a bit of a cleaning station here as well? yes. every classroom will be equipped with a sanitiser and a cleaning station for the children to use as they enter, and they will have the opportunity to wash down their desks and the chairs. all the classroom desks and chairs have been organised so that all of the children are facing the front. they can sit close together, that's fine, because they've sanitised their area, as long as they are facing the front of the classroom. and the teacher's workstation will be down here. obviously the teacher must maintain the two metre distance. we have measured it out, so there is no child within close proximity to the teacher. if the teacher wants to come up and work with the child, they can do that for a maximum of 15 minutes. hi, i'm emily, i'm 12 years old and up going into first year. only the first years will start back at inverclyde on wednesday. emily can't wait to see herfriends again. we've not seen each other in so long, so we'll all be like, pure happy to see each other. and we'lljust talk for hours on end and it'lljust be great. hi, i'm rachel, i'm 15 and i'm going into ss.

rachel is worried she won't be fully prepared for her higher exams next year. i think because we haven't sat the exams in fourth year, that going into fifth year and then sitting highers, will be a bit of a shock, and i don't know how i'm going to cope with it, because it's obviously a lot harder than doing your nat 5s. hi, i'm andrew, i'm 12 and i'm going into s! this year. lockdown has been an uncertain and difficult time for many. andrew wrote a poem to help him express his thoughts. as we move towards the end of the year, and lockdown restrictions ease further, i have two questions. what will the future hold? will anything ever be the same everagain? this week, all of these young people will return to school. for the first time since march, they will sit alongside their classmates.

some excited, some nervous. and many are unsure of what to expect. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, greenock. i think andrew speaks for all of us! will things ever be the same again? ijust will things ever be the same again? i just wrote that down, he is absolutely right. well said, andrew. we're joined now by ian anderson, head teacher at bellahouston academy in glasgow, and larry flanagan from the educational institute for scotland — scotland's largest teaching union. good morning to both of you. thanks so much forjoining us. ian, are you ready for term? i think we are as ready for term? i think we are as ready as we can be under the circumstances. ready as we can be under the ci rcu msta nces. clearly ready as we can be under the circumstances. clearly in common with all schools and i include the previous because we heard there who summed up the issues very well. over the summer and since lockdown we have spent a great deal of time

putting together our plans. to a certain extent those were plans in the context of a part—time return. things changed on the 30th ofjuly with the announcement that all pupils would be returning. in line with that a change of course, we have changed our plans to make sure that when pupils return, and a phased return, which is what we will do here, that we are as ready as we can be under the circumstances. but we are quite clear there will be a number of circumstances that we haven't envisaged and which we will respond to on a day—to—day basis once the classes return —— like a customers return. to the customers! tell us what will be different, what they will notice. they will notice stricter adherence to the one—way system that already existed in many other schools. the social distancing and you had one of my colleagues they're talking about within the classroom there will be differences just in the way in which teachers can interact. they will notice the

differences around that. they will notice the presence of hand sanitiser is around and about. doors will be opened, windows will be open where possible. we don't really have a climate in scotland, wejust where possible. we don't really have a climate in scotland, we just have a climate in scotland, we just have a weather, but that is to introduce ventilation. a number of fairly low— key ventilation. a number of fairly low—key changes they will notice and there will be all of the usual reminders to pupils about hand hygiene and so on and when they go to the toilet and so on and so forth. the main priority for us will be to reconnect with the customers, asi be to reconnect with the customers, as i caught them earlier, and i'm confident we will be in a good position to do that on wednesday. larry, as far as these young customers are concerned , larry, as far as these young customers are concerned, the suggestion this morning that schools right across the uk should be thinking about a system of maybe having a week on, we can offer. so children are not in full—time eminently so it is staggered, that may minimise the risk of transmission and infection. what do you and your members think of that?

that was the blended learning approach which was the government's thinking prior to the summer. that changed quite dramatically and the scottish parliament has now approved. we have conducted a major survey of our members and there are a lot of anxieties among teachers. around two thirds of our members indicate support for schools reopening and that is because of the impact of lockdown on young people. only one in five is expressing confidence with mitigation. although schools are reopening this week there is still a have insurance required. notjust for teachers, there is still a have insurance required. notjust forteachers, but also for and pupils. they have expressed concern that a lot of senior pupils in scotland, they are worried about catching the virus and taking it back into their home. there is still a lot of work to be done around mitigations that make

schools safe for pupils and staff.” guess it is inevitable in a situation like this that there will be anxieties and worries. you have never had to deal with a situation like this. can you see a situation where as in most places in a few weeks, 1's children, teachers, pa rents a re weeks, 1's children, teachers, parents are into a pattern, that movie it will be working all right? well, we hope that will be the situation. clearly teachers want to see schools functioning. some of the concerns that may disappear if the mitigation around cleaning things, hygiene, are all working effectively. the main concern is the absence of physical distancing among pupils, particularly older pupils who are young adults rather than children. that is where smaller class sizes and the government funding will enable that to make a difference. the other key issue which i think they would like to see is movement in government around

proactive testing. you discuss that earlier with the uk minister. i think if teachers had access to testing irrespective of whether they have the symptoms that would go some way to reassuring them that schools are disease micro secure. we know at some schools are considering face coverings. what are your thoughts? the policy is that no school will stand in the way of any young person ora stand in the way of any young person or a member of staff, should they wish to wear a face covering. that is quite simple. we want to do everything we can in common with other skills to assuage fears. larry summed it up well. schools will be back. we will do what schools always do in back. we will do what schools always doina back. we will do what schools always do in a flexible and proactive weight to look after our school communities and we look to others to make sure some of the higher level initiatives, such as the testing and tracing and school cleaning regimes, i looked after. with those reassu ra nces we i looked after. with those reassurances we can move i looked after. with those reassu ra nces we ca n move forward with an even greater degree of

confidence. thank you very much for talking to us. 7:53am. we are talking about the balance between education and the economy. this week marks the second week of the government's eat out to help out scheme. nina is taking a look at the impact the scheme has had so far on the hospitality industry. good mining. good morning to you both, and teach you. yes, this is the eat out to help out scheme which started a week ago today. the scheme was announced by the chancellor rishi sunak as part of measures to boost the economy, and in particular help pubs and restaurants. 22,000 jobs have been lost in hosptiality so far this year. how does it work? you get 50% off you meal at participating venues on mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays throughout august. there is no limit on how many times you can use the discount, or for how many people, and it includes children. it's capped at £10 per person and so far more than 70,000 eateries have signed up. is it working?

we asked barclaycard to have a look. their figures showed spending in restaurants last monday to wednesday was up nearly 10% on those three days the week before — but down more than 11% on those same three days last year. and some restaurants have pointed to bookings being down at the weekend — are people shifting their treat night to earlier in the week? we can talk to william lees—jones, managing director of jw lees. they run 150 pubs and hotels across the northwest of england. good morning. have you seen an increase on monday to wednesday? and crucially was it at the cost of we can spend? good morning. we had a fantastic start to the week. monday up fantastic start to the week. monday up 44%, just a 42%, wednesday 60%. thursday was a little bit slow and sunday lunch was a little bit slow, but overall we were up 18% on last

year stopping at the implication is that weekend spent is still healthy. is it that weekend spent is still healthy. isita that weekend spent is still healthy. is it a case of people going back into pubs and restaurants in for the first time in months early in the week and building their confidence? we have noticed that because of the chancel are's scheme, a lot of our regular customers have come back for the first time. the fact the chancellor can say how manyjobs have been saved in hospitality is fantastic. are really good side with the scheme and hopefully it will continue through august. what happens in september? well, i think once people get into the habit of going back into pubs, people love pubs in britain, and the... i'm not quite sure. we'll try for this question because you coming in and out of your sound. i want to ask you, you came in here on the programme in march and you wanted cash from the government and they gaveit cash from the government and they gave it through the furlough scheme. are you worried about that scheme

winding down over the next couple of months? we have all got to live without furlough. we currently have 85% of our colleagues back in work. the chancellor's eat out to help out scheme is working and we are able to work with the greater manchester lockdown because we have made safety our priority in all our pubs and thatis our priority in all our pubs and that is the most important thing, that is the most important thing, that people feel safe to go into pubs and we are all learning to cope with covid. how is that distancing affecting revenue because you are presumably football might be higher thanit presumably football might be higher than it was but you just can't get the same numbers in. no, we can't, but the weather has been quite nice and people wanting to sit outside. we are noticing the people coming into pubs are quite a bit younger. it will be a tough winter but we need to be open and make people feel safe. are you confident, looking towards the autumn, that you won't have to make redundancies? you have 220 staff still on the furlough, a

fifth of your workforce, will they have jobs to fifth of your workforce, will they havejobs to come fifth of your workforce, will they have jobs to come back to? we are making it our priority to make as fewjob making it our priority to make as few job cuts making it our priority to make as fewjob cuts as we possibly can. the most important thing is that we are able to stay open and i think the government has been amazing in terms of how we look at regional lockdown and keeping pubs open. this trade—off between pubs and schools isa trade—off between pubs and schools is a complete nonsense, it shouldn't happen. ok. william, thank you for joining us. best of luck tonight. it looks like it could be a busy one. lots of the newspapers this morning are reporting that as we lose that scheme into september, one in three firms will have to let some people go. that is at rise from 20% last month. tomorrow we get the latest unemployment figures. thanks for the update, as ever. big week for economic figures this week. lots we will be reporting. coming up to 8am. carol's in greenwich park this morning. it is sunny but a bit of a breeze

there, yeah? that's right. spot on. good morning everyone. greenwich parkis good morning everyone. greenwich park is one of the oldest enclosed of the royal parks and look at it. fabulous. the sun is beating down. lots of doggers. not doggers, dog walkers! of the forecast for this week is continuing in this hot and humid theme. it won't actually cooldown we get to the end of the week. increasingly, there is the risk of thundery showers. some of those could be torrential downpours andindeed those could be torrential downpours and indeed lead to some flash flooding. what we have this morning isa flooding. what we have this morning is a weather front to the south—west, producing some showers. some of them have been thundery. some of them have been thundery. some missed and make along the west coast and english channel coast that will lap onshore across the english channel through the day and remain for some in the west. the thunderstorms will really get going. coming up across devon and connell, somerset, wales, headed through the irish sea, the isle of man,

eventually northern ireland and northern england into southern cloud on the dulbecco scotland, a lot of sunshine away from areas i have mentioned and it will be hot and humid. up to 35 degrees across the south east, 30 in the midlands but more comfortable further north and west. through this evening and overnight i would thunderstorms will continue north, becoming more widespread across northern england and much of scotland. we will still have that mist and murk in the west and south coast and it will be a war it night in scotland than the one just gone. an oppressive night for most, difficult again for sleeping in. tomorrow we follow those thunderstorms, to the northern isles, and we will see more thunderstorms developed across england and wales. particularly east wales, the midlands and up into northern england. temperatures like today getting up to about 35 degrees but more humid across scotland and travelling further north than today.

wednesday, a weather front coming in across the north of the country, it d rifts eastwards, across the north of the country, it drifts eastwards, the chance of thunderstorms, and with low pressure coming up from the south across england and wales. again we are more likely to see some thunderstorms and don't forget some of those could be torrential, leading to flash flooding with top temperatures by then still around 34 or 35 degrees as we push down towards the south—east. that is it from me for now. the headlines next.

good morning welcome to breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. headteachers call for a plan b if schools can't fully reopen in england, suggesting that week on week off teaching could be required. but the government insists it is safe for students to go back. the evidence we have is, on the one hand, very low transmission and, also, the risks to children from covid are very low. so absolutely it is safe for children to be back in schools. in the past few hours these were the scenes in the english channel live on breakfast as another small boat full of migrants made that risky crossing to britain from france. i'm livejust off i'm live just off the coast of dover, where pressure is growing on the british and french authorities to stop people making this perilous crossing. i am concerned about the

reason for the stop, that is what i'm concerned about. the labour mp dawn butler accuses police of racially profiling her after she was stopped while travelling in a car in east london. we'll speak to her before nine. scary and threatening — there's been a disturbing rise in the number of elite sportswomen receiving abuse online. it's monday the 10th of august. our top story.... the education secretary, gavin williamson, has insisted there is little evidence that coronavirus is transmitted in schools as the government pushes forward with plans to get all children in england back into classrooms in september. but there's concern from unions, with one suggesting that "week on, week off" teaching could be required as a way of dealing with local lockdowns. schools in scotland are getting ready to go back, with some children returning tomorrow. leigh milner has this report. let's get more details on this with our political

correspondent, jonathan blake. we heard once again that unions and the government are having quite a tussle over the return to schools? there is no doubt that the government's priority is for schools to open at the start of this coming academic year and stay open. boris johnson has been talking about that, saying that the country had a moral duty to ensure that happens. the risk to children of staying off school for longer than they have to do is greater than the threat posed by coronavirus. that is clearly the government microcosmic aim and the government at westminster has responsibility for education in england, in northern ireland, scotla nd england, in northern ireland, scotland and wales it is the responsibility of the devolved administrations. there is broad support for that aim, from opposition parties and teaching

unions. the questions and uncertainties are around the detail of how it is going to work. one big question, how much of a threat does reopening schools pose to the transmission of coronavirus in the community as a whole? as you pointed out, gavin williamson has been trying to reassure parents and teachers, saying that there is evidence that opening schools pose is very little risk to the transmission of the virus. and that was echoed by the health minister, helen whately, who has been speaking on breakfast in the last hour.” haven't seen the paper, but you are absolutely right that the evidence we have is, on the one hand, very low transmission, and that the risks to children from covid are very low. so absolutely it will be safe for children to be back in schools, and our national priority is to get children back in school this autumn. although parents and teachers made huge efforts to keep children's education going during the lockdown

period, it'sjust not the same thing as children being in school. so, the transmission of the viruses concern. unions and school staff will have concerns over that. another concern around testing, whether there should be regular testing of staff and pupils, rather than relying on testing in the community for those who only have symptoms. and then there is the general question of exactly how schools are going to operate. guidance was issued for schools in england back injuly, in terms of whole year group bubbles, staggering start and finish times and having added hygiene procedures in place. that is, though, still clearly a concern for some. lanny flanagan, from the education institute for scotland, was outlining their concerns earlier in the programme. there is concerns about the absence of physical distancing among pupils, certainly older people is that our young

adults, rather than children. that is where class sizes, and the government not refunding more teachers to enable that, will make a difference. the other key issue where we would like to see some movement from the government on is around proactive testing. and you we re around proactive testing. and you were discussing that earlier with the uk minister. i think if teachers had access to testing, irrespective of whether they had symptoms, that would go some way to reassuring them that schools are secure environments. while there is broad support for the aim of opening schools and keeping them open at the start of the academic year, nothing thatis start of the academic year, nothing that is necessarily going to jeopardise that, big question is still about how exactly this policy is going to work. and, not for the first time in this coronavirus pandemic, there might be a difference in what the government was aiming to do and what it turns out is practically possible to do. thank you. many workers including truck drivers are still missing after last week's blast at the port

of beirut 220 people died in the explosion and 3,000 were left homeless. and, as our middle east correspondent quentin sommmerville reports the human cost of the devastation continues to be felt across the city. here is the momentjust before beirut's ruin. the warehouse full of explosive chemicals is alight. firefighter medic sahar fares took the video. moments later, she and nine of her colleagues were gone. sahar loved herjob. she'd even visit the station on her days off. she sent the video to her fiance, gilbert. he told her, "get out". they found her body by the port's grain silo. all he has left is her engagement ring. translation: i video

called her instantly. she was terrified and disoriented. so i told her to run. iwas shouting, "run, run, run!" and then the video cut. we were to marry. this is her ring. it was in her hands and now it is around my neck. i wanted to take her in a white dress. instead i took her in a white coffin. sahar fares was 27 years old. she is one of 220 confirmed dead by the blast, according to the beirut governor. there is no greater symbol of this country's dysfunction than this disaster. but for years lebanon has been buffeted by political corruption and mismanagement. but it's this catastrophe which has brought the country to its knees. for the second day, protests in beirut. they're still small and police and army push back hard.

two government ministers have now resigned. but the demonstrators want much more — to sweep away the entire political system. and the world seems to agree. it has pledged millions to help them, but only if their leaders break the corrupt habits of a lifetime. quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. you are watching breakfast, thanks for joining you are watching breakfast, thanks forjoining us. we intend to return as many migrants as possible." that's the message from the immigration minister chris philp, ahead of a meeting with french officials tomorrow. more than 500 people have reached the uk on small boats since thursday and in the last hour uk border force have picked up a boat carrying around 20 migrants on their way to dover. our correspondent simonjones is off the coast of dover for us this morning and was following the mirant boat.

you can see why it is dangerous today. the sea is pretty choppy. we came across this vote on the horizon. we have seen them trying to get water out of the boat. they are doing that at the moment, using a plastic container just to try to bail out the vote. so obviously it is pretty overloaded there. people are wearing life jackets. but it is pretty dangerous. just a number of people on board the boat. are you 0k? people on board the boat. are you ok? are you all right? ok? ok! where are you from? syria! how many people? so, they say they are from syria, they say they are ok. i can see there are some women on board, the majority are men. where are you going? where do you want to go?

their destination is dover, obviously. so, at the moment they are motoring through the channel. at the moment, the boat seems to be safe, the engine seems to be going. when we were on the channel on friday, the boat that we were following close to the white cliffs before the engine broke down. at the moment, pretty out there. they are bailing the boat out from time to time. they seem to be safe at the moment. but obviously the coast guard has been alerted and they will be on their way. but this is a site thatis be on their way. but this is a site that is becoming increasingly common in the channel. that was an hour or so ago. and simon is with us now. simon, what's been happening since we last spoke to you? well, we are currentlyjust off the coast of dover. it is pretty calm at sea right now. when we encounter that boat, it was pretty choppy and it looked pretty precarious. we followed the boat for a while, and there was no sign immediately of the border force. we saw the coast guard

plane go overhead. eventually, a borderforce plane go overhead. eventually, a border force vessel came out and picked up those people on board, 18 people on board that boat, some women on board the boat that we could see. i think what this illustrates is the growing pressure on both the british and french authorities to try to do something about this. i think it's going to be about this. i think it's going to be a crucial week, because i understand that increasingly conservative mps are making their concerns known to the home secretary, priti patel. impression is that the government hasn't really got a grip on this. we have the immigration compliance minister chris phipps heading over to france, suggesting that boats should be turned back to france at sea. the french are saying this could be dangerous. the french want more british cash to address this problem, so britain might have to put its hand in its pocket again. we're joined now by admiral lord west, former first sea lord and chief of naval staff, and also by the mp for calais, pierre henri—dumont.

thank you forjoining us. lord west, ifi thank you forjoining us. lord west, if i could start with you, there has been a lot of debate over the weekend about the royal navy getting involved in the channel. how do you think they could get involved? what could they do practically? well, i think the coordination could be much better between the various government departments involved in the offshore protection of our islands. also, it would provide a few more assets. clearly there aren't enough assets. what worries me is that we are picking up a number of boats with migrants, but how many have actually been run down, particularly at night and things, by containerships and things and their bodies never found? things, by containerships and things and their bodies neverfound? how many have got to the shores of britain and never been spotted? i think we will have better coverage and know exactly who is where and who is coming from where. that, allied with the intelligence we get from all sorts of sources, will help us pin down the exact numbers and

maintaina very us pin down the exact numbers and maintain a very clear picture in the channel of what is happening. you're talking about your concerns, a lot of people are concerned about the royal navy potentially getting involved in the so—called pushback exercise, where migrant boats could be pushed back towards france, saying that it could result in more loss of life and could be really dangerous? well, i think the pushbackis dangerous? well, i think the pushback is an extraordinary expression. in ships, you don't push another ship to try to push it, or a dinghy, back on shore. if you did that in a reasonably large ship, even one of the coast guard cutters, you would ca psize even one of the coast guard cutters, you would capsize it. so i assume they mean that you pick people up and that there is then an agreement with france that people who have been picked up in our ships, whether they be coastguard cutters, rnli, whoever they may be, royal navy, that the french come to an agreement with us that we can take them back to the port of calais, boulogne, dunkirk, those places, and drop them back there. but there has to be in agreement. i think pushback comes

from australia, where it has at times been pushing oates back to where they have come from, but you are saying that is not feasible in the channel? i don't think it is a feasible thing to do. the way the the australians succeeded, and i don't think that is what we should do, because i don't approve of it, is to pick people out of boat and put them on a desert island in the pacific, in a camper. it did stop the flow of illegals, but it is not a way to treat human beings. i certainly wouldn't propose something like that. can i pick up some of those, with the mp from calais, thank you forjoining us. that point about stopping the flow of migrants, what can you do from the french side? well, we are already doing a lot. since the beginning of this year, we have dealt with 600 emigrants at sea, not including all of the immigrants that we started with from the coast, before they went into the waters. all of the

smuggling organisations, we dismantled. all of the money, we took from the smugglers, etc. basically, we are already patrolling along 300 kilometres of coast. we have cameras, drones, walls, we have wires everywhere around calais and in calais. clearly, it only takes five minutes for smugglers to take a boat, put it into the water, fill it with migrants. we cannot monitor all of the coast, because it is too huge to monitor all of these 300 kilometres. so basically we are doing a lot, but there are limits to what humans and technology can do to stop people realising their dream. and we know that the numbers, more

than 500 across the channel in recent days, and clearly there has been a surge in the numbers of people trying to make this crossing. from a french point of view, would you welcome any involvement from the royal navy? my question is, what for? if a small boat full of migrants is entering the british waters, is the british navy going to shoot at them? is the british navy trying to impede them entering british waters? that is totally against the law of the sea. you know, the moral duty of everyone, when we are at sea, is to save lives. so, basically, when you see a small boat, very dangerous boats at sea, filled with migrants, you need to save lives first. and then you see what could we do with these

people. but, again, we are talking about human beings. we are not talking about cattle or animals. so first we need to save lives and then we see what we are going to do. but we see what we are going to do. but we are doing a lot on the french side. we are trying to stop all of these crossings. you know, with brexit, the united kingdom, they will no longer be part of the agreement on immigration. that means all immigrants that arrive in europe in the last few years, and get fingerprinted in greece or italy, they can now go to the uk, or at least they will go after the transition period on the 1st of january. without facing the risk of being deported back into greece or italy. that would cause a huge increase in the number of migrants trying to cross the channel again. 0k, trying to cross the channel again. ok, lord west, you shaking your head and raising your eyes a little during that. what do you say back?

well, he is absolutely right about is not bumping them back, not picking them up, of course we would picking them up, of course we would pick them up, we want to pick up all of them, we don't want to leave people in boats to get run over by containerships. what we need is an agreement with france, whether one is that they failed to pick up leaving their coast, and they say they are trying very hard, although we did see lots of film of people walking on the beach, with a pregnant woman, a boat, spending an hour and pregnant woman, a boat, spending an hourand a pregnant woman, a boat, spending an hour and a half going on a beach without any interruption at all. but once they are at sea and we have picked them up, and they are safe, what would be wonderful is an agreement with the french that we can take them back there to the ports of calais, boulogne and places and say, look, these one slip through your net, now you have them, you can interview them and find out who the gang leaders were who are taking their money and all of that sort of thing. that is the way to do it. but i understand how difficult that agreement will be. and i think

theissue that agreement will be. and i think the issue of us being outside the eu, it adds complexity, but in many ways it makes does not have to agree with the schengen rules, which we haven't agreed to in the past anyway, and we can look at our borders more closely. but this is highly complicated and it will take a give and take, the french will have to help is on this, and maybe we will have to pay them some money for it, i don't know, whatever. but thatis for it, i don't know, whatever. but that is the way to stop it. once they can't get across and they find they can't get across and they find they are not doing it, they will not pay £1000 to a criminal, gangsters with rolex watches, to actually get people across. thank you very much for joining people across. thank you very much forjoining us. i guess in microcosm, that's the kind of debate that will be happening either side of the table this week when the french in the uk authorities meet and try to come up with some kind of solution. thank you very much indeed for your time. that meeting is due to ta ke for your time. that meeting is due to take place in paris tomorrow. for those with young children, the days of soft play may seem like a distant memory. but, from today, in a uk first since lockdown measures were introduced,

they will be reopening again — in wales. swimming pools, gyms and leisure centres will also be opening their doors for the first time since march. our correspondent tomos morgan is at a play centre in newport. you have the whole place to yourself this morning, tomos, what do you do? there is no ball pit, so i won't be jumping in this morning, because places like ball pits, little things children play with, there will not be those around, because there is a risk of infection. so places like this will be open today, but the important thing is that it is open today in wales. that is because the welsh government has changed the rules for children. they no longer have to socially distance, children under 11. adults will need to socially distance, which is why the tables, as you can see here, the

funky monkey play centre newport, they are apart like this, so that adults stay in their bubbles. soft play is opening in wales, a uk first. but it is notjust soft play thatis first. but it is notjust soft play that is reopening in wales today. obviously been a tough few months — frustrating, as well — within the fitness industry here in wales. getting a sweat on outdoors, which has been the norm in wales the past few weeks. that is until today. we've implemented this box system to allows members to be three metres apart, people's physical and mental health... you know, this period has only highlighted the importance, you know, the fitness industry plays in that. being reserved in the the easing of lockdown is probably the sensible thing to do during this time, but it's a fine line. and, you know, certainly, the benefits that the fitness industry can have on individuals in terms of keeping them fit and healthy and safe...

you know, that's something that has to be a priority going forward. they get sanitised in the morning and then they get completely changed at lunchtime. the welsh government says that there's such a low risk of children passing on the virus that those under 11 years old don't now need to socially distance. so, much to the delight of some toddlers' parents, one sector of the economy that will be opening today — and before england — are play centres. we thought they'd let the schools go back first of all, and then open the play centres, not this way round, so it has caught us by surprise. following in the footsteps of the other uk nations, as well, is the hospitality industry, which reopened inside last week to the welsh public. cos of the size of my venue, there's no way, given the guidelines issued by welsh government on restaurants reopening, that i could have anyone sat inside. so with those struggling for space, cardiff council have blocked off a section of the city centre so that more customers can sit safely and enjoy a meal.

with no local lockdowns yet since restriction eased, the welsh government say their more reserved approach has been guided by science. that clear advice was to do one significant intervention at a time so you could understand, if there was an upswing in coronavirus, where would it have come from, and shut off that particular additional easement. that deliberately cautious approach, keeping people safe, has been welcomed by people in wales. three in four people support the approach of the welsh government. as those chasing the pump are able to do so again, and children also have another avenue to expel some energy, normality begins to return in wales — and across the uk, just at different paces. i like ilikea i like a slide, like most other pa rents i like a slide, like most other parents in the soft play. but due to the restrictions, parents here will

not be able to use certain sections, to limit the spread because, as i mentioned, adults will need to socially distance, even though their children won't have to do. you are the assistant manager here, talk us through some of the other changes and measures you have had to put in place to keep everyone safe? as you mentioned, the tables are spread apart, maintaining to meet a social distancing. we also have a one—way system in and out of the centre, as centre, as well as several sanitising stations on the entrance, exit and throughout the centre. we also have a track and trace system, with allocated table numbers, so we can control who is in and out of the business. also, when we look at soft play centres, most of the other parts of the economy that have reopened in wales have come after england, or after other parts of the uk. but obviously in wales, this is a first and that came as a surprise? there were not many guidelines published and it was very short notice. but given the timeframe we we re notice. but given the timeframe we were given, we have done as much as possible and we are happy and ready

to open. many of the soft play centres we have been trying to contact, it has been difficult to get in contact with them and they haven't had the time to get ready, as you say. but because of the social distancing measures that need to be put in place for the adults, that means that you will be limiting numbers in here. but you haven't got a booking system in place? we haven't got a booking system, we are running on a first—come, first—served basis. we are running with a 90 minute time limit, so we have a steady flow of tables in and out. what is the plan if you see a high volume of customers trying to get in to relieve some of that young energy today? we will take it day by day, but if we get crazy busy we will look to implement a booking system. but i think we will be fine with a walk in the system. thank you very much. soft play reopening today. as we mentioned, gyms and leisure centres. places like soft play centres and gyms will look very different to how they did before the

coronavirus measures. tomos, i can't believe you have been deprived of your slide opportunity! we're joined now by the first minister of wales, mark drakeford. very good morning. thanks for joining us. we are not expecting you to go ona joining us. we are not expecting you to go on a slide, by the way. just on the soft play, it is difficult for children to socially distance. you are expecting them to be able to do that, are you? no, children don't have to socially distance in wales. what about their parents? they will go to soft play, which many will be delighted too, are you expecting them to keep apart? yes, adults have to maintaina them to keep apart? yes, adults have to maintain a two metre social distance. households, or extended households, can be together. other than that, adults must stay apart. children under the age of 11, we lifted the restriction on social distancing a week ago. children will be able to use a soft play in the

way that they are used to. which will be a huge relief for many pa rents will be a huge relief for many parents and children. can we also look at schools as well? we have heard from borisjohnson, an absolute priority to have schools openin absolute priority to have schools open in england, particularly. is this your top priority? it's important to say that schools in wales have been open already, we are the only part of the united kingdom where our schools reopened for three weeks at the end of the summer term. every school and every pupil had a chance to be reopened. we learned a lot from that, working with trade unions and local education authorities, and the plan is that every school in wales will reopen in september this year. will that be all the time? we are hearing from unions that they are concerned if there is a local lockdown that perhaps there should be a plan b. have you got one? we have an example of that in anglesey, north wales, on the week that other schools reopened there was a local outbreak, a

factory, a big outbreak in a factory on the island. in schools didn't reopen. so we have already faced that and we have already dealt with it. in that sense, our local lockdown plan does give us a plan b. in the case of other local lockdown is in wales, you have —— will close the schools? it depends on the circumstances. every local flare—up is different. in some cases, not reopening schools will be part of a plan. in other outbreaks, that may not be necessary. it's down to the local circumstances, down to the tea m local circumstances, down to the team on the ground, and then they will advise welsh ministers. just on that suggestion by some unions that there might be a system where you have one week on, one week off, is that something you might consider? well, we have looked at a number of different options, including that one. our experience early in the summer was a blended learning, with

some in school and some at home. there is a series of options we could draw on if we needed to. our top plan is to get every child back in school in september, so that they are learning, which is very important indeed. these children have been deprived of their learning for months, and it is very important they have that opportunity available again. you talk about blended learning, going forward, would it be five days a week? that is the plan. that every child would be back for five days. our schools will have an opportunity at the start of september to build that up. we are not saying every child in every school must be back on the first day, we recognise that it is important to do this gradually. but within the first eu weeks, certainly by the end of september, our ambition is that every child will be back, five days a week, in the classroom. good to talk to you, thank you. you're watching breakfast. still to

come: a lovely story, they're calling it a dream come true. we will speak to the metal detectorist, who slept in a field after finding one of scotland's most historical finds. it is 832 and it has been really hot. you can tell by the grass in particular in greenwich. good morning, carol. what a view we have. there during the london 2012 olympics, that was the venue for the equestrian events. we have st paul's, the shard, the gherkin. it is lovely. it is quite humid now. it is lovely. it is quite humid now. it is not hot yet. but it is going to

bea is not hot yet. but it is going to be a hot day. in fact the forecalves for this week —— forecast for this week is hot and humid, notjust in the south. we're looking at it turning cooler by the end of the week and there is an increasing risk of thunder storms. some could produce some torrential down pours and infact produce some torrential down pours and in fact it could lead to some flash flooding as well. so something to be aware of. today, what we have got is a weather front in the south west producing some showers, some of which are already thundery. the showers will move north affecting south—west england, wales, the isle of man and northern ireland and south west scotland. a lot of mist and murk on the west coast and some cloud and sea fog. the cloud in north—east scotland will break and the rest of us will have some sunshine. in the south highs of 35. feeling humid. the midlands 29. feeling humid. the midlands 29. feeling humid. the midlands 29.

feeling humid. more comfortable further north and west. the thunder storms become more widespread over england and scotland and we have this cloud and murk on west and south coast. it is a muggy night. temperatures in scotland higher than last night. tomorrow we watch the thunder storms travel to the northern isles and further thunder storms development along england and wales. cooler on the north sea coast. but temperatures still up to 35 in the south—east. but feeling humid as we push further north into scotland. for wednesday, we have a front crossing the north of the country, through scotland and northern england, taking some thunder storms with it. with low pressure m ove thunder storms with it. with low pressure move being up from the south, we will see more thunder storms across england and wales and once again some of those could be torrential, leading to some flash

flooding. there will be gusting winds and large hail. temperatures from about 16 in the north to highs once again in the south into the low to the mid 30s. it is as we head to the end of the week that we see some fresher conditions coming in from the atlantic. that is it from me for today. i will see you again tomorrow. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. the labour mp, dawn butler, has accused police of racially profiling her after a vehicle she was travelling in was pulled over for questioning. the metropolitan police said the car was stopped in east london because an officer had "incorrectly entered" its registration plate into a computer to identify it as a vehicle registered to yorkshire. the former shadow equalities secretary filmed the incident in east london yesterday afternoon — we can see some of that footage now.

and i am recording. that's fine you're more than entitled to. i am concerned about the reason for the stop. that's what i'm concerned about, so because you know we should be able to drive wherever we want in london. of course. because you're not just contained to the area where you live. no, of course. so, that is my concern, so if you're just profiling people who are driving outside their area, i think that's a ridiculous reason to stop. if you're profiling people who are driving a certain car, that's an inappropriate reason to stop and if you're profiling people because of the colour of their skin, that's an inappropriate reason to stop. we can speak to dawn butler now. thank you forjoining us. maybe the easiest thing if if you tell us what happened and go through the incident, please. just driving about 10mph, the lights were about to car.

passed a police car and the flashing lights were going, i thought, i wonder where they're going, i hope it's nothing too serious and the police stopped behind us and indicated for us to pull to the left andi indicated for us to pull to the left and i said to my friend, what is happening? he said they're stopping us. i thought, happening? he said they're stopping us. ithought, wow, ok, i had better start recording, this will make interesting research, because a few days earlier, i was saying to cressida dick that stop and search doesn't work and racially profiling people doesn't work and the police came over and said the car was registered, sorry my friend's name and where he lived and where the car was registered to. he told him and he said that the car was coming up on their system as being registered in north yorkshire. and so, he was like, i can't help you, it is my car, i know i've registered it. he

said, here is my driving licence. he offered his driving licence, because he gets stopped all the time. the police said, yes the car is registered. the younger police officer was asking me if i lived in london, what i was doing in the area, if i'm going out, where am i going? and i found area, if i'm going out, where am i going? and ifound that quite invasive and i was saying, well, it's none of your business where i'm going. why is that relevant to you stopping and searching. i still don't know why the police punched the number plates into their system. i don't know what raised their suspicion. all i can tell you factually is i'm black and my friend is black and he has a fairly decent car. the police have sips given their —— since given their apologies, i still don't know why they put the number place in the system. but the important thing now is we talk and i talked to the

police and organisations like stop watch and liberty, who have been working on why stop and semp does not work and we change the system. i think that is vital moving forward that we change the system to a system that works and has better outcomes. at the moment, 85% of stops on black people result in no further outcome. that means they're using a system that has a 15% success rate. that is not a very good system in anybody's books. we need to have a system that works and works successfully. i'm going to be working with the police to make sure and with organisations, as i say, to make sure that we change the system. cani make sure that we change the system. can i show you a tweet that sean bailey posted last night after hearing your story, the conservative candidate for london mayor, he said, i have been stopped and searched, yes, police make mistakes, but they're not racist. instead of

political attacks, let's improve relations between the police and the communities they serve. what do you say to him and others who made similar remarks? a fundamental lack of understanding. he said he does understand. he says he has been in the same situation and he understands it perfectly. what i'm saying he has a fundamental lack of understanding in regards to institutional racism. it is not necessarily about individual officers, but the institution and how it operates. if you see black people in a car and you automatically assume that they are criminals, there is a problem there. so that is why you have to address the system that's currently biased against black people. so it is not about saying that the police, every single police officer is racist, the macpherson report made that clear 20 yea rs macpherson report made that clear 20 years ago. there is a fundamental

lack of understanding. in regards to talking to the police, we have been trying to the police about this for a while now, itjust happened that last week we managed to have a meeting with cressida dick where i made it clear she needs to understand, it would be good for her to understand institutional racism and if she can't understand that, there is a problem. because after 20 yea rs there is a problem. because after 20 years it has still not been eradicated. it would have been more helpful for sean not to try and attack me. but try and say, yes, dawn, i'm sorry that your sunday was ruined, but you seem to have been racially proviled, let's work with the police to sort this out. he chose not to do that. i think that isa chose not to do that. i think that is a problem in itself. thinking about the realities, the police say that the police officer incorrectly entered the registration of the car

into a police commuter, which identified it as being from an address in yorkshire. could it be they were searching for that other carfora they were searching for that other carfor a reason they were searching for that other car for a reason and were stopping it because of the car and not because of you and the driver? so if you believe that that could be a reason, i ask why did the police not put that in their statement? sorry i missed that? if you believe that could be a reason, why did the police not put that in their statement. if that was a reason, they would have put in their statement. you're trying to make excuses for the police and read into inn between the lines. the police have given a statement and there is no reason to try and investigate that statement. what we have to do is look at the facts that have been presented to us and move forward to how we are going to correct the situation. this often happens when people raise an issue or when black

people raise an issue or when black people complain about an issue, somebody tries to explain it away and that is why we don't make progress. we have to have an honest conversation. yes, the conversation might be uncomfortable at times and difficult, but we have to that honest conversation and so i have a conversation with my commander all the time. there is things i go public on and things i don't and we have frank conversations all the time. now we need to publicly say, look, we are going to work to make sure that this stop and search works for everybody that it is a just system for everybody that we are not over policing one group of people unnecessarily and when it comes to crime, iwant unnecessarily and when it comes to crime, i want crime to be eliminated from my streets, but i don't want the over policing and the mental trauma to a group of people. i want to go out on a sunday sunday afternoon with my friend, who happens to be black and male and has

a good time without thinking oh, my god, we might get stopped by the police, i have to bring my passport and my driving licence, just because i'm stopped. i'm sure that whoit people don't have to co—that and actually the people that have come the streets on black lives matter are all people from all races and saying that we need to have a just system, justice is important for everybody. it matters to me as it matters to my neighbours and the person next door. we shouldn't be over policing one group and we shouldn't be making excuses. we shouldn't be making excuses. we should be just solving the problem. the statement from the police said they would welcome the opportunity to discuss the matter further. is that something you have had a chance to do yet and would you welcome the opportunity if not. we have not worked out a date or who will be at the meeting and there will probably be meetings. i've spoke on the my local commander and there have been

groups working on this for a long time and we will be working together to change the system and to take the bias out of system. it is going to ta ke bias out of system. it is going to take an intense amount of work, but it needs to be done. it has been 20 yea rs it needs to be done. it has been 20 years since the macpherson report. it is time we change tds system so sit works for everyone. thank you for joining sit works for everyone. thank you forjoining us. it is eight. 45 and cat is here. you're talking about something that happens to sports women in particular. yes we have been looking at the golf and the formula one, but we are going to ta ke formula one, but we are going to take a moment to look at a piece of work bbc sport has done. the online abuse of elite sportswomen has doubled over the past five years, according to a bbc survey. its prompted the bbc to review its policy on responding to hate speech on its platforms. wales rugby international elinor snowsill has been frightened by the persistence of the comments she receives on social media.

jane dougall reports. if that was happening in real life — you know, someone coming up, constantly commenting on your appearance, like, "oh, looking sexy," or, "your bum looks good in that," you know, we wouldn't accept it. i just wonder why it's still acceptable over social media as a wales international for 11 years, elinor snowsill thinks it's important to post social media updates on her sport to inspire young girls. but lately, she's considered stopping because of the responses from trolls. is it the sort of low—level persistence, replying to sort of my stories — you know, maybe love—heart emojis or commenting on how i look. i had one instance that scared me a little bit because i put up a post and someone had replied straight away, sort of making me feel as if they were there. research by the bbc has found that the trolling of female athletes appears to be increasing. the survey was sent to more than a thousand women in 39 different sports,

and received 537 responses. it found that 30% had been trolled on social media — that's up from 14% in 2015. blocking individuals is a temporary solution, but when responses become abusive or threatening, what options are available? it is absolutely the responsibility of those platforms that have given a megaphone and the targeting capacity to these individuals. if social networks are incapable of dealing with it themselves, there's going to have to be regulation and legislation. whilst platforms like the bbc say they're committed to strengthening their response to hate speech on social media channels, the problem still persists on the wider web. it stops you from posting sometimes. and it does make you double think — should i post this now? because they could comment on, you know, how my bum looks in these leggings. as well as her own safety, elinor also worries that young girls will read those comments and be put off ever playing sport.

jane dougall, bbc news. it is interesting the points raised, not just about negativity and hatred and persistent messaging. you can read more about that on the bbc sport web—site. there is an article looking at the effects of online abuse and some of the issues that sports women have faced over the last few years, because as it was highlighted there, the number of sports women receiving online trolling has doubled since 2015. thank you. i'm sure lots of people will go and look at that. it is a stark slogan. "don't kill granny" — that's the message going out in preston after a spike in cases there, especially amongst young people, prompted extra lockdown measures.

the police hope the slogan will help them to enforce the new measures — which include a ban on meeting people from outside of your household. judy hobson joined officers on the beat on saturday night to see how it's going. saturday night, and the streets of preston are quieter than usual, but pcjulie stewart and her team still have their work cut out. your hands are sanitised... i'm coming in here to look at licensing objectives and seeing whether those are being adhered to, but also the covid measures — whether people are socially distancing, whether they are from the same household. bars are asking people to book ahead, but some owners are cancelling bookings for large groups. they say keeping people safe is a priority. how are you finding the new measures that are in place? do you understand them? yeah. i think as alcohol was involved it can be quite challenging at times but, to be honest with you, most people are being very good and very cooperative.

the latest lockdown rules were announced for preston late on friday, but bar owners say enforcing these rules is almost impossible. it's very difficult. we use due diligence — ask people for identification, ask whether or not they live in the same household — but proving it can be quite difficult. julie's colleagues are checking another venue. footage allegedly taken inside switch was shared on social media last week, amid concerns it had reopened as a nightclub — which is against the rules. the club claims the footage is fake, and tonight officers say they're satisfied they are following guidelines. i found that, as advertised, it's been running as a bar, not as a club. there's social distancing. there's not very many people in. there's plenty of space for them, they're all sat down. well, it's midnight. normally preston city centre would be heaving now but, as you can see, it's still quite quiet. what the police have said about this evening is that they've been impressed with how the venues are enforcing these new lockdown measures.

workforces have changed — the way they run and operate has totally changed — and i believe they're doing a brilliant job. they've tried their best and i'm really proud of them. so how are the customers behaving? guys, you won't get in unless you're with your social bubble... almost half of positive cases here are in people under 30. the local authority believes the main cause of the spike has been gatherings in pubs and homes. i'm just meeting my mates, so obviously i've asked them if they've got symptoms of covid and they haven't, so if they're safe then i'm safe. i'm sure it's not a problem. are you from the same household? we're all from the same uni. in the seven days to august 4th, there were 61 new cases in preston — twice as many as the week before. this is a high—risk area but you're happy to come out. yeah, as long as we are away... like, we're keeping to the rules — we're two metres away from other people — so we're not bothered about...anything, really, you know?

like, we're young, we're trying to have fun. we don't want to get, like, depressed, stuck in our rooms all by ourselves. yeah, it's been a long few months, as well. exactly. as the night wears on, there's less social distancing. it's very difficult to enforce. just by repeating those messages we'll hopefully get the message across, but we're not going to get that message across to everybody. any changes to these latest measures will be announced by friday. judy hobson, bbc news. now an extraordinary find. which left the people who found it shaking with happiness. well, for our next guest, it was after he discovered a hoard of bronze age artefacts thought to be 3,000 years old. experts say the discovery near peebles, which included a horse harness and sword was of "national significance". we can speak now to detectorist mariusz stepien and his wife ada, and also by fellow detectorist dariusz gucwa, who helped

him guard the find. what an exciting weekend. mariusz, what was it like to discover?” thought it was going to be another metal detecting sunday like every sunday. i went to the feels at six in the morning and then i find the first object. then more. then we decide to stop digging and inform the treasure unit. when did you realise it was something special, was it when you stopped digging? yes. what was it, how did you know it was special? no, i see the very

important objects and i never see this objects and decide to stop, because there is more and more important objects. dariusz, ifi turn to you. your signal's coming. he decided to stop and contact the treasure trove. let me turn to your friend, dariusz, you were there and helped him guard the site after the find. talk me through this extraordinary experience. so, we was 22 days sleeping in a day and garden at the site, because the archaeologist work 12 hours a day to make sure... i have to say that was actually the... life objects, like

the skin was still on the sword. so we have to work very quick and we wa nt we have to work very quick and we want to help archaeologists, so they're working 12 hours to excavate call of the things, so we want to help them and we were sleeping in a tent with sheeps. really? you were determined to go to those kind of lengths to protect it. did you say there was still skin on the sword? yes the archaeologist said it was like a scab ard, where the sword is put in and there was a lot of actually the skin, like you know... the live material, they survive, because the environmental, the bronze give the special environmental and they survive 3,000

years old. we will speak to somebody who has looked at this. thank you. we're joined now by emily freeman, manager of the crown office's treasure trove unit in scotland. when did you know this really was an historic find? i wish i could say i did already, but mariusz said these are objects i had never seen before and he had never seen perfect. before. we sent the images to some specialists who thought they were bronze age. knowing that mariusz had stopped digging, that became exciting, because we knew there was material in the ground and there was a lot of excitement to discover why it was buried at first. that is when we realised we had something 3,000 years old. . i know sometimes

detectorists are criticised for disturbing sites, but did they do the right thing? yes and it meant we through excavation can proserve the ondpanic material —— preserve the gorianic teeterl ondpanic material —— preserve the gorianic teeter l material. material. we could see part of the horse harness, that is unheard of in britain and that means we can see how these objects were constructed and if that hoard had been disturbed, whether by plough or animals, we would haveless that information. —— would have lost that information. —— would have lost that information. what happens to the treasure now? because of the complexity of the hoard, we had to lift it as a block. at the moment, a

lot of the objects are still in soil. so the immediate steps will be excavating the objects and it will go through the treasure trove process and be allocated to a museum. what is in it for mariusz. they will get a reward. we are very early days, it is hard to say what that will be. as finders who did go above and beyond, they're eligible for a reward. what kind of money are we talking about? i can't even speculate. a lot of objects are still in the soil, it is still a bit ofa still in the soil, it is still a bit of a mystery as what we have. we have see the sword and bits of harness. but we do not know what it is under that. there is a lot of investigating to go. how exciting.

what a great place to work, the treasure trove unit! we need that. that is from it us. we are back tomorrow at six o'clock. have a lovely day. see you soon.

this is bbc news, i'm carrie gracie, the headlines at 9:00. ministers say there is little evidence of coronavirus being transmitted in schools as they push ahead with plans for all children in england to return full—time to the classroom next month: the evidence we have is, on the one hand, very low transmission and, also, the risks to children from covid are very low. so absolutely it is safe for children to be back in schools. police in hong kong have arrested the prominent pro—democracy activist and media tycoonjimmy lai for suspected collusion with foreign powers. ministers say the number

of migrants crossing