unrecognisable through hunger and illness. john hutchin had volunteered for the chindits, fighting through the monsoons in 1944. he came close to death. when i went in, i was 11 stone. i was now eight stone four, a skeleton. i had no energy, no fight, no spark. so the rule was, before we went in, if you're killed, you're dead because your purpose in there is to kill or be killed. if you were walking wounded, you carried on. if none of those things were possible and it impeded the advance of those men, you were left.

i was left... with four days‘ rations... and ammunition. i lay and i couldn't move. and ifound i had a spark. i wasn't dead. i wasn't immobile, and i got up. and for four days and four nights, i marched alone... until i reached our men. the lions of the chindit army are remembered here on the banks of the thames. a modest monument to outstanding bravery and resilience. i love talking about it because it's a whole part of me, but i shall never, ever forget any of those men.

and i'm delighted to have had the honour of being called a chindit. john hutchin speaking to our correspondent, robert hall. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

welcome to bbc news. it has been announced is entering the uk will have to quarantine for 14 days from saturday. it follows a rise of 66 % in coronavirus infections across the channel, in the last week. and, in the last few minutes, it's also been announced that the piloting of a small number of sporting events in england, to test the safe return of spectators, is to resume from august 15, with a view to reopening competition venues from i october. and fines for those who repeatedly fail to wear face coverings are to be significantly increased.

our political correspondent, jessica parker, is in westminster. quite a lot of breaking news. the first thing to talk about is the addition of france and a number of other countries to be quarantine less. what more can you tell us? list of countries added to that list tonight. most significantly of courses france because we already had spain taken off the exemption list so travellers coming home from spain after self—isolate for two weeks. spain the most popular holiday destination for brits but the second most popular holiday destination for people travelling from the duty is thought to be france. so now what you have are the top two holiday destinations basically being taken of the exemption travel corridor list as it's known so people coming from most countries will have to quarantine for a fortnight and of

course this comes bang smack in the middle of august, peak holiday season middle of august, peak holiday season for many people. the travel industry has already been very hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, it will cause significant disruption for people already in france, people planning to go to france in the coming weeks, but the transport secretary grant shapps tonight saying that the country cannot risk a reimport in cases from abroad so the government sticking to the idea that they will be tough when it comes to reimposing quarantine on countries going forward because they say they do not want the hard work of people here who have stuck to the rules be put at risk by people coming in from other countries but no doubt it will come under a lot of scrutiny and travellers will be worried to about what means for them. the prime minister said they would be absolutely ruthless when they were looking at the less. there are other countries on there too?

other countries, the netherlands, malta, monaco, aruba, all removed tonight and that will come into force at 4am on saturday morning uk time and it will be across the entirety of the united kingdom, scotland, wales and northern ireland and england. the prime minister saying the government wants to be absolutely ruthless on this but i think there will still be questions for ministers when they announced the air bridge policy, they presented this list of countries at the time there was less discussion about the fact that there would be a lot of risk potentially for travellers who might want to go abroad but recently we have heard from downing street and senior ministers but there's always a risk when it comes to travelling during a pandemic. i think what's concerning for the travel industry is that even those countries that remain exempt from quarantine, people might begin to feel pretty nervous when they see how quickly things can move, the announcement on spain came very

suddenly., people put off foreign travel not just now suddenly., people put off foreign travel notjust now to places like france but places as well. structure measures, quarantine in place but this breaking news that the country, england, is that right? is going to open upa england, is that right? is going to open up a bit more. tell us what the latest is on that. two weeks ago, there was a plan to reopen up some parts of the economy that were effectively put on hold because of concerns about infection rates. things like bowling alleys casinos and soft play areas and what are called close contact services. things like facials in beauty salons, borisjohnson said he was squeezing the brakes on certain elements and of course the trialling of sports events, socially distanced audiences and the reopening of indoor performance areas with social—distance audiences. after a two—week review, they are pushing

ahead with the sectors. those businesses will really welcome that news. what's quite interesting as two weeks ago, england's chief medical officer, chris whitty, suggested we were at the limit of what could be safely opened up without the virus potentially running out of control again. at the time there were concerns about the level of infection rates. what the government says tonight is that the rates appear according to evidence they have to be levelling off. clearly ministers so keen to get different parts of the economy going, so many businesses significantly disappointed when these were put on hold so they will be welcoming the news. a close eye will be kept and whether it has an impact on infection data going forward. before you go, another thing is that where there are relaxations you outlined, finds the people who flout the rules are going to increase and finds also for

people hosting raves or other unlawful gatherings of more than 30 people, so the government trying to enforce policies more. but there is a lwa ys enforce policies more. but there is always this question in terms of how effective enforcement can be because we have heard from police representatives that police officers cannot be outside every shop where somebody might not be willing mask but the government is trying to save scrutton down on this people who are repeat offenders —— trying to crackdown on this. repeat offenders could have their fines doubled and then for illegal gatherings of more than 30, there could be on the spot fines for people who are hosting those gatherings as well, so a toughening of the rules there whilst you have a loosening of restrictions elsewhere. important to say they do not apply for areas where there are local lockdown is, specific look a is denser than has been a spike in cases. a track so much to have gone

through there, thank you for taking a fruit. now on bbc news, it's time to take a first look at the national and international front pages in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the chief political correspondent for the telegraph, christopher hope and the director of the centre for labour and social studies, faiza shaheen. tomorrow's front pages. the daily express reports that people in england who repeatedly flout laws by refusing to wear face masks could be fined up to £3,200. after a—level results were released in england, wales and northern ireland, the daily telegraph says the exams regulator has accused teachers of submitting "implausibly high" predicted grades amid a growing

fallout over the results. the ‘i' reports that those students from poorer backgrounds are more likely to be penalised after marks are moderated. the guardian says britain's equalities watchdog has warned it will intervene in the controversy. the international edition of the financial times features the us—brokered peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates saying the uae is on course to become only the third arab state to have full diplomatic ties with israel, after egypt and jordan. that story too is reflected on the front page of germany's frankfurter allegemeine newspaper. the new york times reports that smuggled firearms from the us may be contributing to the rise in gang—related crime in the uk. and the japan times says that 75 years after the end of world war ii, more than a millionjapanese war dead are scattered throughout asia, where the legacy

of japanese aggression still hampers recovery efforts. so let's begin. great to have you with us, christopher and faiza. we will start with the daily telegraph. let's start with you christopher since it is your paper. a big story here which is on quite a lot of the papers and it was the sts well. this full controversy over the a—level results. —— as it was the case as well. this is the mess caused by covid—i9, when children were told not to come back to school after late march. now we are left with having the system trying to guess what exam was grades they would have got in we have an algorithm trying to work out whether it's a fair reflection of what they would normally get and within that you have some really sad stories of

stu d e nts have some really sad stories of students who would never get a d being given an d because previous stu d e nts being given an d because previous students in the same you're dead to get them or below that. so there is a real sadness. i'm struck by the photograph of page one of my paper, normally it's a day of young men and women smiling and laughing and being happy but instead you have this bewildered look of two young ladies in masks and another one talking to them. they look utterly confused and no wonder. it seems to me this is an absolute mess. this article here in the telegraph talks about the fact that 40% of results were downgraded from protections, hundreds of thousands of results. by the end of the peace talks about when or if gavin williamson the education secretary will get sacked. it shows this scale of what it states here. faiza, christopher talked about that, one thing that struck me is that, one thing that struck me is that normally on results to ucp to hugging and of course, given that we

are in the pandemic, there is none of that. they are wearing face mass, the students. you talked about individual stories and i will read this out. one shouldn't said he was predicted three bs by his teachers despite getting different grades in his coursework. and he got too u nsatisfa ctory his coursework. and he got too unsatisfactory is an d. where does this leave the generation? these stories are heartbreaking and i think this generation is not only getting these botched a—level results today, they are going to get huge amount of debt if they get to go to university and they are facing a very difficultjob go to university and they are facing a very difficult job market. go to university and they are facing a very difficultjob market. so go to university and they are facing a very difficult job market. so to be young right now is a very difficult situation. think this article and what's happening now it's a bit of a blame game emerging. a lot of people looking at what gavin williamson is saying and doing

as education secretary, saying he will not do a u—turn on these results and on the system that has been set up despite quite a lot of unease from teachers and teachers unions. this article of quual they have basically said that the us teachers have over marked and marked too high. —— you, as teachers, full i would dispute that this isjust because of covid—19. of course young people missed exams that we could see this coming and teachers were raising issues with the algorithm for some weeks and we onlyjust last week so the fallout in scotland, so you would have thought that we might have made sure that we were in a better position and scotland was la st better position and scotland was last week and we have not. as a consequence, a lot of young people are very upset today and i think the

real scandal here