this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk memory. greatest respect to andrew's memory. for all that he was in life and what and around the world. thousands of britons in france scramble to return home before he has meant to us in death. new restrictions come in to force telling them to self—isolate for 1a days together, pc harper's police family we decided to try and book stood, heads bowed, to observe a a ferry, cancel our holiday and come home to avoid it. minute's silenced. across the i think it's very sudden. i think it could be country, other police forces also remembered and observed the young a bit more gradual. travel isn't as reliable as it officer and the sacrifice he made, once was, i'm afraid. honouring his memory and commitment the virus, in particular, to policing. pc harper had been when it's not in our hands, overseas, is an unpredictable beast. married for just four weeks to policing. pc harper had been married forjust four weeks when he died from catastrophic injuries after being dragged by a car. the local lockdown restrictions in parts of northern england will remain in place, officer's family have been at a as there's no evidence yet private service today. their loss, of a decrease in the number of cases. unimaginable. today, a time to pause and remember together with his police colleagues are proud young police colleagues are proud young police officer and a deeply loved husband, son, brother and friend,

who died protecting the public. helena wilkinson, bbc news, berkshire. time for a look at the weather. here's phil avery. thank you and good afternoon. some areas are enjoying a lovely warm summer afternoon areas are enjoying a lovely warm summer afternoon with plenty of sunshine. you might be screaming it's not like that here! we were all over that, not just in it's not like that here! we were all over that, notjust in devon, some north—eastern shores of scotland are quite cloudy and one or two spots already in the zone again with some heavy and sundry downpours. that has been the way of it in recent days and it will be over the next couple of days as well. is the zone badly affected as they found out at the cricket and might do later again, a lot of showers, one or two sundry ones coming across the southern counties of england and wales and further north you have an onshore breeze, still murky on the

north—east shores of and in the north—east shores of and in the north—east of scotland but elsewhere, you might see some fine and warm sunshine but still the close and humid feel anywhere across the inland parts of england and wales. pleasantly warm further north. not a great deal changing overnight other than the great shield of cloud comes back in from the north sea to envelop much of scotland, northern england, the midlands and parts of northern ireland and what will be another close night across central and southern parts of the british isles and a one night throughout. that is pretty much how we state with through the weekend, mainly cloudy, some sunshine, not a complete write—off and still humid in england and wales and still the risk of some heavy and thundery rain. at the met office have warnings for that, yellow warnings across parts of england and wales for today, saturday, sunday and monday. this is saturday, sunday and monday. this is saturday, some decent dry and sunny spells across the western side of the british isles, showers concentrated in the south. if you

are stuck with the murk, 16 degrees but with some sunshine, up to 25, and the only change on sunday is that high pressure in the north will concede ground to the low drive these shells and northern ireland, south—western scotland might also have some showers on sunday but the bulk of them are there across central and southern parts again and not a great deal of change with regard to temperatures. a quick look at monday and tuesday, that low pressure is very much the dominant feature so no freshening of the atmosphere, perhaps spreading the threat of thundery downpours a little wider across the british isles. thank you. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. sarina wiegman has been confirmed

as the next head coach of the england women's football team, taking overfrom phil neville when he steps down in september next year. and she announced the news herself. hi, everyone, hope url. i have been the dutch national team coach for the dutch national team coach for the last a0 years and i'm really excited to become the head coach of the englund national team in 2021. good luck for the upcoming 12 months, stay safe, thanks for your support and see you soon. wiegman is widely regarded as one of the best coaches in the women's game. her first challenge with england will be the euros in 2022 — and she has good form in that competition, taking the dutch to the title in 2017. she also led them to last year's world cup final. uefa president aleksander ceferin will enter the champions league and europa league bubbles next week to present the trophies on the pitch. he'll also be tested for coronavirus

two days before each game, so he doesn't need to wear a mask. it's in complete contrast to how the fa cup was presented this month, when the trophy was left on a stand for arsenal skipper pierre—emerick aubameyang to pick up — and drop! ceferin said he wants the ceremonies to be as authentic as possible, even though there won't be any fans present at the finals. arsenal have completed the signing of the brazil winger willian, on a three—year deal. he was a free agent after leaving chelsea, where he'd spent seven years. he'd rejected the offer of a contract extension at stamford bridge and said he believed arsenal could win titles again under manager mikel arteta. england's cricketers are back out, in the second test against pakistan in southampton, after the start of play was delayed on day two because of rain. england's bowlers were dominant yesterday, james anderson taking two wickets, but they haven't managed to make a breakthrough yet — and the forecast is gloomy so we may see more interruptions this afternoon. pakistan are now 155—5. england lead the series 1—0. valtteri bottas was just quicker than his mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton, in first practice for the spanish grand prix —

there was only four—hundredths of a second between them, with last weekend's suprise winner max verstappen third fastest. second practice starts in just under half an hour. mark selby still leads ronnie o'sullivan by two frames, after the honours were shared in the latest session of their world championship semi—final in sheffield. o'sullivan was struggling early on and he had a really lucky escape, when he managed to sink a red from a tight spot — a complete fluke. selby was four frames clear at one point but o'sullivan won the last two, to bring it back to 13—11. the target is 17 frames. they resume at seven o'clock. before that, kyren wilson and anthony mcgill play to a finish in their semi—final — wilson leads 13—11 — that's live on bbc two, as well as the bbc sport website. rugby union returns in england tonight after a five—month break it's taken longer than other sports to be given the green light because of the amount of contact involved. sale were second in the table

when the lockdown hit. they're away to harlequins in the premiership. there'll be no crowds, of course, but after weeks of testing and ensuring safety protocols are in place, the game returns with full contact — and a huge sense of relief, with players eager to get going again. we have waited and it puts a bit of duress on the players for quick turnaround is over the next month but we have to look at the other side of it, we have had five months off. some of these players have a rest like they would never have got in their careers and so they are chomping at the bit. that's all for now but there's much more on the bbc sport website, including a look ahead to the first diamond league athletics event of the season, in monaco, which you'll be able to watch from 7 o'clock on the website and app, as well as the bbc iplayer.

good afternoon, you are watching bbc news with you for the next few hours. we will start with the new quarantine restrictions. the new quarantine restrictions that have been imposed by the uk government on france and five other countries has led to many of you sending in queries to your questions answered. we are going to be answering your questions. with me as rory and felicity. lots of questions on how the new rules impact those travelling through the affected countries. cherrie 0 kane asks: we are due through the affected countries. to drive through france.

will we be required to self—isolate on return? the crucial phrase being used here as transit stops you are allowed to travel through france nonstop and that means you cannot get out and p0p that means you cannot get out and pop into a petrol station on pick—up foods. if you are able to get all the way from the italian border to the way from the italian border to the uk border are not stop on mix with anybody else then yes you are allowed. of course many of the countries, italy aside, spain, belgium, holland that border france, they also have restrictions as well suffer people in spain thinking about getting home of belgium or holland, i about getting home of belgium or holland, lam about getting home of belgium or holland, i am afraid that route is likely to prove impossible because you are almost certainly going to have to stop for petrol or food some stage. picking up on this idea of

driving through, someone has said i can go to work with no penalty but i drive through france i have to isolate for a fortnight. what science is theirs based on. it is really difficult but the government is trying to balance risks were still loving people as much freedom as and that means sometimes the rules are sound counterintuitive, you can see your gran in a pub but not endorse. that can seem incredibly frustrating but it is important to understand we are gradually and slowly crawling away back to normality and sometimes that form in the rules do not seem to quite make sense with each other because the government is trying very ha rd because the government is trying very hard to manage that risk. what for the government do about airlines who are still not issuing refunds?

this has been a problem since the beginning of the crisis and so many people having a frustrating time. the government specifically is not likely to do anything but it has organisations set up that should be trying to help people and are trying to help of the civil aviation authority took the step last month of naming and shaming some airlines who had been particularly bad at processing refunds. it said it will continue to monitor the situation and watch to see how consumers are being treated. also the competition and markets authority is getting tens of thousands of complaints, it is also monitoring the situation so if you are having a really frustrating time you can report your problem to the cma via their website and that will help these organisations keep up the pressure on airlines but airlines are also under incredible pressure, these are a very unusual times, no one could have predicted they would have to be making a refunds on this scale and i

think the airlines are going to get away with as much as they can but you can help by reporting when you are having a particularly bad experience. obviously frustrating if you have cash tied up in flights but don't use the money until you have had your refund. how are foreign what a drier is affected with the new travel rules regarding france? —— lorry drivers. new travel rules regarding france? -- lorry drivers. drivers of commercial goods are exempt and will need to fill out passenger locator forms and prove their travel is essential and what their work is for but for the most case they will be exempt. there are a number of key worker exemptions and lorry drivers will fit into that because so much of our food as we found out at the start of the crisis comes from the continent so they will be able to continue travelling and using

reports. how can we get information from the airlines? there is no info on their websites or airport. this is frustrating, i went on some of the uk airline websites and could not find any information clearly on their main pages about what is going on in france and what might change partly because a lot of the airlines are continuing to fly to the countries affected by this quarantine rule because they can because some people will still be happy to go on holiday and the airlines as long as they are able and demand for these flights they will carry them out and it might be the abbot providing information because as well as the as concerned nothing is changed. if you need to talk to a schumann being a could ta ke talk to a schumann being a could take a long time to get through on the helplines butjust persevere, you can also contact them through social media and sometimes if you approach them on social media because it is about more of a public

forum you can get a quicker response but i agree it is particularly frustrating this morning not to see more information put out thereby by providers. if i can't get back to uk by saturday can i leave france via another country by the time of the ban then travel back to uk without quarantine. the simple answer to that as a no. you will have to list all the countries you have been to in the last 1a days when you return to the uk on saturday and one of those will be france which means you would have to enter quarantine so that is not really a way around it and to be honest we shouldn't be looking for a way around it, as frustrating as it is for holiday—makers there is a reason the government has brought this rule and because of the spike and coronavirus cases in france and it is important for us to itself quarantine when we return from those holidays.

i went to spain, whilst on holiday the quarantine was imposed. my employer is now making me use my remainder of annual leave to cover the isolation period. can they do this? it isa it is a worry and i do not have any particular good news for you full stop your employer can ask you to use your annual leave of what you have left to cover the quarantine for top there is no legal right to statutory sick pay a few are forced to quarantine on return from a foreign country and so it is a question of liaising with your employer. a lot of bosses will do what they can and might help you work from home for the two—week period but they do not have to and do not have to pay you statutory sick pay although some art. i am sorry for your situation but i think the important message for all of viewers as if you are planning to book a holiday on go overseas even toa book a holiday on go overseas even to a country can look wanting exempt talk to your employer before you go and find out what would happen at

the circumstances change and if you are. quarantine on the way back. having those conversations before you are out there with the situation asaso you are out there with the situation as a so important and keep chatting to your boss. what will be the impact upon british nationals who live in france, and have plans to travel to visit family/ friends or for work? very difficult situation for them and important to watch what the french government does because that last night a french minister suggested that france would introduce reciprocal quarantine rules for uk travellers which would mean every travel to france we would have to quarantine for 1a days and if that comes in it is not the first time the french have mentioned it, they said it previously so wouldn't dissipate they will take that action and that would put the end to any holiday because you face 1a days quarantine and the country. i

suppose if you are a resident or taking a longer holiday it might be 0k taking a longer holiday it might be ok spending 1a days and a house. if you have a campsite book, i don't think many people would want to spend 1a days any tent which would be required and then you face 1a days when you return to the uk as well and i would expect a france introduces that rule that it stays in place for as long as i rule stays in place for as long as i rule stays in place and as we know for the countries on that quarantine list that could be several months until the cases in france go down. assuming france issues are reciprocal measures, what is the impact on travelling through france to another country? i imagine, i have looked at the french transit rules and you are allowed to transit through france so it'll probably be similarto through france so it'll probably be similar to the rules for the uk, you will be able to borrow to buy that as long as you do not stop or get

out and mix with people. a lot of people asking... if i test negative on return from my holiday in france, will i still need to quarantine for 1a days? the answer is yes and i know that is frustrating and there is pressure from consumer groups and airlines for more testing to be rolled out instead of quarantine measures, people tested as they leave and return to the country. at the moment we do not have that set up within airports, no routine testing and people who do test negative postal have to quarantine and that is because it can take a number of days for this illness to gestate and become symptomatic and therefore you might test negative on arrival but ten days later new mites to be showing symptoms and be able to spread now it is very frustrating but at the moment a negative tate will not reload quarantine. there

are fines in place but this is about eve ryo ne are fines in place but this is about everyone accepting the public health message and we should stick to these quarantine rules will stop thank you. trying to get through some of the questions that have come through to bbc news today full stop some breaking news in terms of local restrictions we are hearing that distractions and part of the north west of england, west yorkshire, east lancashire and leicester are to continue so those restrictions on household gatherings, local restrictions will continue and the

measures will be reviewed next week. this is because of the latest data does not show a decrease in the number of cases per 100,000 people in the area, and shows and fight to the figures we have been told a continued rise number of cases in oldham and pendle and numbers of remaining high—end black bun with darren. various local restrictions continuing, it will be reviewed again next week. any changes certainly not before next week. the scottish response that has said people should not be served for do

not give the details was top nicola sturgeon said a recent spike in cases in aberdeen should how coronavirus is of spread in places like pubs and said action is to be taken. it is mandatory for hospitality businesses including caffeine and caffeine and restaurant and pubs and bars to collect customer and visitor contact details. that requirement already exists and i know many businesses are already doing this but it is now the law, an essential step to ensure a tester protect system can function as effectively as possible. all hospitality business must collect contact details for all visitors to the premises including customers and staff but also people such as clea ners staff but also people such as cleaners and delivery drivers. let me make this point clear as well particularly to memos of the public, as customers refused to provide these details they should not be served and the place they are trying to be served.

the fashion chain the fashion chain of ireland has said it will cut 250 jobs. the said revenue and profitability have slumped since reopening at the end of lockdown. we've heard many remarkable stories of courage and bravery from world war 2 — here's another — when you sign the official secret‘s act — that's it — you don't tell anyone, especially if you're a codebreaker, not even your own sister. pat and jean owtram were both assigned that crucialjob to aid the allies' succes and they kept it from each other for 30 years. ahead of victory over japan day tomorrow — they've been sharing their story with graham satchell. sisters pat and jean are 97 and 95.

the medals on theirjackets testament to a wartime past they kept secret, even from each other. the very first thing we all did on the course was sign the official secrets act, which is really quite fierce, and says, you know, if you betray the secrets, the ultimate penalty is death. so, you know, better be careful. i never knew what you were doing. it was years after the war when i got around to saying, "by the wayjean, what were you doing in cairo?" and she told me, and said, "what were you doing?" and i told her. but it was long after the war, wasn't it? years later. yes, years later. pat was just 19 when shejoined the wrens. because she could speak german, she was assigned to the secret y—service. they explained to me that i was going to be an interceptor, searching the german naval radio frequencies at little secret

stations on the coast to pick up their messages. a lot of them were in the four letter enigma code, and you had to write those down absolutely accurately, and then immediately send them by teleprinter to bletchley park. jean became an ensign cadet at the secret soe, the special operations executive. herjob, to code and de—code messages to and from spies and resistance fighters in the field. she was posted first to egypt and then southern italy. i don't think at 18, 19 years of age, you really get scared by these things. it's all something new. we were aware that this was... ..it felt like a game in many ways, but it was not a game. lives were at risk, and therefore you give your very best effort to it. and sometimes in the early hours of the morning, you did get pretty upset if you knew something wasn't going to work.

this is pat and jean's father, colonel cary owtram. he'd been serving in singapore when it fell in 19a2, and was taken prisoner by the japanese. the treatment of prisoners in the far east was brutal. thousands died building the railway from thailand to what was then burma. nobody knew what was happening to the prisoners that had been taken or if he was alive still. so it was a very bad time. finally, in august 19a5, the sisters received a telegram telling them their father was alive and would be home soon. oh, it was, you know, wonderful to think that he was going to arrive back. and when he did, he really hadn't changed much. he was a bit thinner, wasn't he? but that was really all the difference. this photo of pat's father was taken by the red cross soon after he had been liberated. as the senior officer at its prison camp, colonel owtram stood up to the japanese

and protected his men. he took risks with his own life in order to save other people. and i think this was very much remembered and appreciated by the other people in the camps, because he took a lot of risks to protect them. i think it's tremendously important to remember vj day. for one thing, it was the end of the war. ve day wasn't. but ve day seems to be the one everybody celebrates. i think vj day is at least as important, possibly more. so, it's called the sisters' secret. pat and jean have had their portrait painted by dan llewelyn hall, who, who has also painted the queen's portrait. oh, my goodness me! it's nice to think pat and i are both on the same picture, because i don't think ever in our lives we have been before. so it's nice to be together at least once. pat and jean have also written a book, codebreaking sisters: our secret war.

after years in the shadows, their story is finally being celebrated. graham satchell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery another perfectly reasonable summers day with some warmth, widespread but it has come at a price across the southern half of britain with a lot of thunderstorm activity and that will continue over the next few hours and days. it has been very humid, generating a lot of cloud and many areas have had leaden skies and any mix as well we still have had thunderstorms and that it continues not just for the rest of today but through the weekend and the met office have a yellow warning for

parts of englund and wales as far ahead as monday. this is the way bc things shaping up for the rest of the day and into the night where the chance of thunderstorms as has been the case in recent nights continues particularly across the southern half of wales and england, further north a lot of cloud in off the north sea and it is not cool whenever you are spending the night at another one of those four parts of englund and wales. that sets us up for the weekend, not a great deal changes, a lot of cloud, not a right off, some sunshine, staying humid across and wales and there will be rain or showers or some thunderstorms as well. from the word go we have that mix of weather for saturday across the british isles, dry across the north, some high—pressure settling things there but it may take time before the sunshine breaks through across western scotland and northern ireland and the north of england

and further south throughout the day the chance of thunderstorms on a another close and humid day. underneath the low—level clouds as well at temperature rocks in the mid—teens and similar on sunday, the noticeable exception as the show was towards northern ireland and south—west scotland but the bulk again across the south. temperatures are knocking around the mid 20s, further north you will get to around the upper teens or so. into the start of next week the same law as driving our weather, dominating the scene across the british isles is 00:29:40,602 --> 2147483051:51:35,016 without threat of thundery showers 2147483051:51:35,016 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 moving a bit further north.