women's deterred me as a youngster. women's sports have advanced to the degree that it sports have advanced to the degree thatitis sports have advanced to the degree that it is considered mainstream. snooker giant ronnie o'sullivan doesn't hold back during his post—game interviews — and ‘the rocket‘ has done it again — this is what he said when asked why he was still beating players so much younger than him. if you look at the younger players coming through, they're not that good, really, do you know what i mean? most of them, wouldn't even, they'd probably do well as half decent amateurs, do you know what i'm saying? not even amateurs, i mean, they're so bad, that you know, a lot of them that you see now, you'd think, cor, i've probably got to lose an arm and a leg to fall outside the top 50, do you know what i mean? a metal detectorist says he was ‘left shaking with happiness' after discovering a set of bronze age artefacts in a field in the scottish borders. experts say the find is of national significance. it includes a complete horse harness, preserved by the soil, and a sword. james shaw reports.

moments before this photograph was taken, this man realised he had discovered something extraordinary. his metal detector had located a treasure trove of pieces up to 3000 yea rs treasure trove of pieces up to 3000 years old. we never see these objects and decided to stop because more and more important objects. objects and decided to stop because more and more important objectsm is one of the most important finds from the bronze age there has ever beenin from the bronze age there has ever been in scotland, a complete horse harness which for the first time, will allow experts to understand how this piece of engine technology was put together. a sword, still in its scabbard was also found and part of the axle of a chariot. archaeologists spent weeks working at the site before the items were ready to be moved to edinburgh for further investigation. we send the images over to specialists to look

at and it came back that they thought they were bronze age, knowing that marius had stopped digging and was getting signals, that's when it became exciting because we knew there was still material in the ground and that yields a lot of potential. these pieces of the past must have belonged to a significant individual, perhaps a tribal chief or warlord. it will be some months before work is completed and members of the public will be able to see for themselves, this remarkable insight into scotland ‘s ancient history. james shaw, bbc news, glasgow. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. thank you. a few more days of heat gci’oss thank you. a few more days of heat across the south—east but storms are at the forecast and it just so happens, in the short term, storms will be affecting areas which haven't really suffered too much from the heat so far. in the days ahead, as we see, there is gusty

showers with hail and thunder and this is what happening right now. heat across eastern and south—eastern areas, at most hazy sunshine, the real active area is here across parts of south—western england and into wales, some torrential downpours in the last few hours but this is where it's been relatively fresh compared to the south—east, the capital, still enduring temperatures in the mid 30s. as i say, the heat wave continuing for most of this week. the storms could be particularly nasty for a time this evening, around the north west of england. here, temperatures mostly in the high teens, maybe 20 degrees in the south—west, across the south—east of england, at 11pm, still going to be round about 25 degrees. tomorrow morning, maybe some showers across northern areas, we are going to do it all over again, the south—east again getting temperatures up to

around 3a degrees. back to you. thank you. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. it was a dramatic finish to golf‘s uspga championship — and it was won by 23—year—old 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 — so the wait for a major goes on for him. but afterwards 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 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. next to cricket, and james anderson says he has no intention of retiring from the game. england's all time leading wicket—taker is 38 now — and wasn't his best in the first test against pakistan which has only increased the speculation — but he says he's ignoring the rumours. ifi if i keep bowling the way i did this week, the opportunity for attire will be taken out of my hands, it will be taken out of my hands, it will be taken out of my hands, it will be a selection issue. —— to retire. i am still hungry to play the game. i think the frustration for me this week has been just after one bad game, sort of whispers that go around. i don't think that's really fair.

the southampton midfielder pierre—emile hojbjerg is having a medical at tottenham, to finalise his transfer. the danish international‘s chosen spurs ahead of everton, after both clubs opened talks with southampton. it's believed the fee is an inital £15 million but tottenham will get around £12 million of that back, with full—back kyle walker moving in the other direction, making his loan move permanent. manchester united manager 0le gunnar solskjaer says the passion has been missing from football, since fans were stopped from attending matches because of the pandemic. united play fc copenhagen in their europa league quarter—final tonight in cologne. if they win, they'll stay in a bio—bubble in germany, aiming for an eventual final, to be played on friday week. all without supporters, of course. it is strange and it is not football as it should be and i think it's changed a little bit. i think you know that little bit of, that passion and the edge to the game it's missing, because the fans, they have got to be this.

—— be there. but i have to commend our players, they have done really well, they have handled the situation really well. next to the quarter finals of the world snooker championship in sheffield, where kyren wilson has opened up a 5—3 lead over the defending champion judd trump. wilson won three consecuitive frames and compiled a break of 72 to go two clear at the end of the morning session. and on the other table, the three—time winner mark selby has taken a 5—1 lead over anotherformer champion, neil robertson. selby took the first frame after 58 mins — the longest in this year's championship. these matches are the best of 25 frames, and you can follow all the action on the bbc sport website, with coverage also on bbc two. that's it for now. more now on our main story this hour

that borisjohnson has renewed his commitment to get all schools to open in england this september. he says education is a priority for the country. visiting a school in east london this morning, the prime minister also said the channel crossings by migrants are a "very stupid, dangerous and criminal thing to do" — and when asked about brits holidaying in france, he said that ministers would "not hesitate" to impose a quarantine system for travellers from other countries to the uk if needed. let's listen back to the interview in which he began by talking about the return to schools in england. i just think over the last few months, teachers overall have done an incredible job looking after pupils during the crisis and also getting ready for a full return to school in september. that is the crucial thing we all want to see. it is not right that kids should spend more time out of school. it is much, much betterfor their health and mental well—being, obviously their educational prospects if everybody comes back to school full—time in september. it is our moral duty as a country

to make sure that happens. do you see unions specifically working against that? are there any areas of disagreement you have with them or is this an argument around rhetoric? it is very important that everybody works together to ensure our schools are safe and they are — they're covid secure. i have been very impressed by the work teachers have done, working with the unions to make sure all the schools are safe to go back to mid—september. a lot of work has been done over making sure social distancing, bubbles, staggered start times, all that sort of thing. basically, the plan is to get everybody back in september. that is the right thing for everybody in this country, the right thing for pupils. imagine, we all remember at school, there is a moment when something really clicks for you, you really understand something for the first time. imagine if that was not happening for our kids this september.

imagine if they missed more of their education. it is all the more damaging for kids who are maybe falling further behind and who need to get back in school next month. that is what we are going to work to achieve. we are going to have bubbles in schools. we also have the possibility of more localised spikes of coronavirus. do you think parents should be braced for the reality that actually, despite the fact you want all schools to open for the kids they are going to be ending up spending part of the autumn term at home? there will be spikes that mean some school years or some school classes have to be closed and kids have to spend more time at home. obviously, sam, i very much hope that doesn't happen for any for any pupils but clearly, what we are doing, the way we are trying to manage the covid pandemic is to have local measures in place, local test and trace to introduce restrictions where that is necessary. as we have all said, the last thing we want to do is to close schools.

we think that education is the priority for the country and that is simple, socialjustice. how will learning be different? will exams definitely take place at the usual time? how will you make sure that disadvantaged pupils do not lose out, as it looked like they might have done in scotland? are we going to lose poetry from the curriculum. i am very keen that exams should go ahead as normal. i think exams are a vital part of our education and i thank all the teachers for all the preparations they are making. clearly, because of what has happened this year, there is some anxiety about what grades peoples are going to get. —— pupils. everybody understands the system that the teachers are setting the grades, saying there is a standardisation system. we will do our best to ensure that the hard work of pupils is properly reflected. but the key thing is,

the prior thing is for everybody to get back to school in september. migration. is it france's fault that so many migrants are coming over the channel and reaching britain? look, we have got a problem which is there are people who want to come from around the world to this country. it is a great place to be and there is no doubt that it would be helpful if we can work with our french friends to stop them getting over the channel. be in no doubt, what is going on is the activity of cruel and criminal gangs, who are risking the lives of these of these people, taking them across the channel, a pretty dangerous stretch of water in potentially unseaworthy vessels. we want to stop that — working with the french. make sure they understand it is not a good idea— it is very bad, stupid and dangerous and criminal thing to do.

the second thing we have to do is to look at the legal framework that we have, which means that when people do get here, sam, it is very difficult then to send them away again even though blatantly they come here illegally. we need to look at both the things. the means by which they are coming, we need to stop them. working with the french, we need to stop them getting over the channel but we need to look at the legal framework that we have, all the panoply of laws that an illegal immigrant has at his or her disposal that allow them to stay here and we need to look at what we can do to change that. talking of france, hundreds of thousands of people holiday in france every year. they will be looking nervously at your government to see whether quarantine rules are introduced. if you havr booked a holiday in france in the next few days or weeks, should you go? i don't want to advise people about individual holidays, individual decisions. they should look at travel advice

from the foreign office, clearly. what i will say, i hope people would expect us to do this. in the context of a global pandemic, we have got to keep looking at the data in all the countries to which british people want to travel and where it is necessary, to impose restrictions or to impose a quarantine system and we will not hesitate to do said. —— do so. it has been a huge effort for the entire population of this country to get the disease down to levels down to what we are currently seeing but we do not want reinfection and that is why we had to keep a very close eye on data in destinations around the world. nicola sturgeon has apologised for how the scottish government handled last week s announcement of school results. with almost no examinations taking place, teachers graded pupils in key exams and the grades were then

moderated by examination boards. this saw many grades revised down. at the government's daily press briefing the first minister also laid out the phased return of schools in scotland for tomorrow — saying it will feel different to how it was before. i know that there will be nerves and anxiety for children, parents and teachers this week and i think that is entirely understandable. hopefully, induction days that i know are happening in many schools will help young people to get used to the changes and to being around each other again. fundamentally, all of us know that the reopening of schools is essential for children's education, personal development and for their general well—being and happiness. what we are doing is trying to ensure that the reopening is safe and effective. i was really impressed and reassured this morning by what i saw of the preparations at west calder and i know these preparations are being repeated in schools right across the country. i am very grateful to everyone — teachers, teaching assistants, local authority workers and all school staff who are

enabling schools to safely reopen. there are three other quick points i just want to make in relation to schools. the first is that, although schools can reopen from tomorrow, this reopening doesn't yet apply to unregulated indoor activities for schoolchildren, for example some indoor play or activity clubs and some faith—related education, such as as sunday schools and madrasses. they should not start again until agreed guidance is in place. the second point is about travel. we know the reopening of schools will put extra pressure on public transport and on the road network. transport scotland is today launching a travel safe campaign. it asks commuters to help the transport system, only travel if you need to and work at home if you can. if you do need to travel, please walk, cycle or wheel to work whenever that is possible. and if you need to use public transport, or if you need to drive, which will be the case for some people, think about whether you can

make yourjourney outside of the peak times. the continued need for physical distancing on public transport as schools were open and a small business activities resume will put more pressure on transport services. —— reopen and as more business activities resume. so the travel safety campaign is intended to help you think about ways in which you can help with that. the final point i want to cover today is for those pupils and indeed parents of pupils who received their sqa results last week. john swinney will make a statement in parliament tomorrow about the steps we intend to take to address concerns about this year's results. at the heart of that we will be taking steps to ensure person gets a grade that recognises the work they have done. let me be clear about this. in a very difficult and unprecedented situation,

we took decisions we thought on balance were the right ones and we took them with the very best of intentions. there are broadly the same decisions that have been reached for england and wales as well. our concern, which was to make sure the grades young people got were as valid they would have got in any other year, perhaps led us to think too much about the overall system and not enough about the individual people. —— individual pupil. that has meant that too many students feel they have lost out on grades they should have had and also that that has happened as a result, not of anything they have done but because of a statistical model or an algorithm. in addition, that burden has not fallen equally across our society. so despite our best intentions, i do acknowledge that we did not get this right and i am sorry for that. instead of doing what politicians sometimes do and dig our heels in, we are determined to acknowledge

that and to put it right. there are deeper questions we will need to resolve for the longer term about the impact of exams on the attainment gap and on the difference between exams and teacher judgment. but the most immediate challenge is to resolve the grades awarded to pupils this year. as i have said, we will set out our approach tomorrow to the scottish parliament but let me be clear that we will not expect every student who has been downgraded to appeal. this situation is not the fault of students and so it should not be on students to fix it. that is on us and we will set out tomorrow exactly how we intend to do that. more lockdown measures are being relaxed in wales from today, as gyms, swimming pools and leisure centres reopen their doors. wales will also become the first part of the uk to allow children to return to indoor soft play areas. the first minister of wales, mark dra keford, says children there will be back in schools from september. he says they have been ‘deprived of enough learning.‘ it is 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 has had a chance to be reopened. we have learnt a lot from that — working with our trade unions, working with education authorities and our plan indeed is that every school in wales will reopen in september this year. we arejust we are just hearing antonio banderas has tested positive for coronavirus. one of his leading roles was that of the mask of zorro. he has tested positive for coronavirus. the head of the world health organisation says he expects the number of coronavirus cases worldwide to pass 20 million this week, and the number of deaths to exceed 750,000. dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus urged countries to suppress, suppress, suppress in order to break chains

of transmission and bring the pandemic under control. he urged governments to proceed with caution: getting the basics right provides a clear picture of where the virus is and the necessary target actions to support transmission and save lives. this means that where there are cases, the government can quickly implement targeted measures and focus controlled efforts where they are needed most. other countries like france, germany, the republic of korea, spain, italy and the united kingdom had major outbreaks of the virus but when they took action they were able to suppress it. many countries globally are using all the tools at their disposal to tackle any new spikes. over the last few days, the uk prime minister borisjohnson put areas of northern england on a stay—at—home notification as

clusters of cases were identified. in france, president macron introduced compulsory masking in busy outdoor spaces of paris in response to an increase in cases. strong and precise measures like this, in combination with utilising every tool at our disposal, are a key to preventing any resurgence in places and allowing societies to be reopened safely. even in countries where transmission is intense, it can be brought under control by applying and all of government, all of society response. chains of transmission have been broken by a combination of rapid case identification, comprehensive contact tracing, adequate clinical care for patients, physical distancing, mask wearing, regular cleaning of hands and coughing away from others. whether countries or regions have successfully eliminated the virus,

suppressed transmission to a low level or are still in the midst of a major outbreak, now is the time to do it all. invest in the basics of public health and we can save both lives and livelihoods. in the countries that have done this successfully, they are using a risk—based approach to reopen segments of societies, including schools. and as they do so, they must remain vigilant for potential clusters of the virus. we all want to see schools safely reopened but we also need to ensure that students, staff and faculty are safe. the foundation for this is adequate control of transmission at the community. my message is crystal clear... suppress, suppress,

suppress the virus. to update you on a story from yesterday. dawn butler has accused the metropolitan police of racial profiling after she was stopped in a car driven by a friend. she has agreed to meet local police commanders to discuss taking the bias at of the system. we are just hearing that the labour leader, said keir starmer, hasjust hearing that the labour leader, said keir starmer, has just tweeted about the incident. he said, i reached out yesterday to dawn butler to discuss the incident she reported and to offer our support. all allegations offer our support. all allegations of racial profiling must be taken seriously by the metropolitan police. it is imperative the black community has confidence and trust in our police. this must be condemned. the continuing fallout to

that incident. the mp said institutional racism is not about saying every single police officer is racist. when you see black people ina carand is racist. when you see black people in a car and you automatically assume they are criminals, there is assume they are criminals, there is a problem. that is why you have to address the system that is currently biased against black people. boris johnson has said the police should treat people with fairness and equality. two more ministers have resigned equality. following the explosion in beirut which killed more than 200 people and injured more than 7,000 last week. thejustice minister marie—claude najm and the finance minister ghazi wazni are the third and fourth government ministers to resign. the announcement came just hours ahead of a cabinet meeting scheduled for today. violent protests took place over the weekend, amid mounting anger that the government allowed ammonium nitrate to be stored at the port for six years.

meanwhile, the royal navy survey ship, hms enterprise has arrived in beirut to help support the investigation into the blast. the vessel will help to survey damage to the port of beirut and help the area return to normal. the deployment is part of £20 million support package to help the humanitarian effort in lebanon. the british ambassador to beirut, chris rampling has been giving details on how the uk is providing help to lebanon this explosion at the port here was just an unspeakable tragedy and was a terrible further tragedy on top of the pain that beirut and lebanon has already suffered. the international community has come together, as was demonstrated clearly in paris yesterday and lebanon‘s friends have come together to support the country and the people. as for the uk, we have a blend of support of the most critical, urgent needs. i would say that includes key humanitarian support.

yesterday we announced another £20 million to provide food, shelter to the vulnerable and we provide that on top of the 5 million we‘d already committed, including 3 million through the red cross for urgent needs. and on the medical side, we also had experts and technical people who are already in this country and more will be coming in. then there is a very significant logistical package too — most symbolically reflected by hms enterprise behind me. in particular, that is focused on the recovery of the port and there is also a whole package of assistance that goes with that. our defence senior adviser for the middle east, general sirjohn lorimer is also here to show the scope of that support. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker.

the heatwave continues in the south—east pretty much for the rest of the week that temperatures are also going to rise across essential parts of england. on top of that we have showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. pretty torrential with hailand the forecast. pretty torrential with hail and gusty winds. some of the storms may lead to scenes like this. there will also be a lot of dry weather around as well. here are the storms we have seen. they‘re mostly across western and south—western parts of the uk. you can see where we had the heat in the south—east and east anglia and the essential parts of england. not too many storms. do not expect than here. there is a chance there will be isolated once overnight in the south and south east. the big storms are expected to further north. very warm night. this is the evening temperature. we do it all again

tomorrow.

this is bbc news. the headlines: an apology from scotland‘s first minister. nicola sturgeon accepts her government "did not get it right" over scottish exam results. i‘m sorry for that, but instead of doing what politicians sometimes do and dig our heels in, we are determined to acknowledge that and to put it right. borisjohnson says education is a priority for the country — and all pupils in england must get back to school for the new term. i think it‘s very important that everybody works together to ensure that our schools are safe and they are, they‘re covid secure, i‘ve been very impressed by the work that the teachers have done working with the unions to make sure that all schools are safe to go back to in september.