but tonight, the action returned after five months away. host welcome to bbc news. ha rlequins after five months away. host harlequins benefited from some us hello to viewers in tennis from sale sharks with marcus the uk joining those around the world. miss scoring the first premiership for some breaking news in the uk. points since march while this summed up it's for some breaking news in the uk. it‘s understood the government is to points since march while this summed up the visitors‘ error strewn first set upa it‘s understood the government is to half. an early second—half try put set up a gold command task force to oversee the a level appeals process sale on the board but an energised in england. the move follows ha rlequins sale on the board but an energised harlequins kept hold of the lead. widespread criticism after many they were helped by a try from scott stu d e nts widespread criticism after many students were given lower grades and baldwin. at times, it was less haven‘t predicted after exams were cancelled because of the coronavirus explosive start animal stop start. crisis. our correspondent has the there were some unusual sights in an story and is at minister for us. empty twickenham stoop. without anyone through the turnstiles, some premiership clubs warned they face a why is it setting up a gold command? threat to their survival. harlequins told us they are not immune to the impact of the pandemic and have taken a significant hit. why is it setting up a gold command? we have already had to swallow quite a difficult loss and as long as this goes on we are ultimately going to be taking financial pain. why is it doing that and what does it is going to be really difficult for everybody concerned but this gold command mean? this is because club is in the best position it can of the confusion that has arisen be to continue into the future. around exam results and around the appeals process with the government in the wake of the black lives

seems to be standing firms by the matter movement, clubs have pledged their commitment system that it‘s introduced to come up system that it‘s introduced to come to the rugby against racism cause. up with these grades in england. i each club has chosen their own think the idea of setting up this gesture to mark it but former task force is to try and build confidence in the appeals process. england international lugo mounier says there is still unity in the because it is sticking by the system it means the people that my pupils message. it is the first time since will need the school to appeal on by message. it is the first time since rugby has been professional, 25 their behalf if they been affected, if they want to see their grades yea rs, rugby has been professional, 25 years, that we have actively done change. there has been criticism of something to combat racism. i‘m pleased everyone is doing something the government even before the and that is great. but i want people results were announced. about the lateness of the decision to include market exams among the grounds for to do something they absolutely stand by. the first match of the appeals. this idea of saying that a restart is done as rugby takes its task force, we don‘t quite what that turn as the sport in the spotlight. will link to conclude yet but the but with the premiership‘s financial model under more strain than ever government secretary are setting up before, just how long will fans be with schools minute or two at minister. i think the idea is to kept out? laura scott, bbc news. build confidence in the appeals process. we know that that‘s what that‘s it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. the government wants to conclude by have a very good night. september the 7th. exactly. there is not a huge amount of time to sort hello there. very little change to oui’ hello there. very little change to 00:01:52,815 --> 2147483051:37:41,776 our weather as we head out into the 2147483051:37:41,776 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 weekend. this out? know, there isn't. as we see and people are applying for a university that, trying to work out if they can take up their university

places. there was huge pressure on this to get this right. of course, younger people next week will get their gcs iiittt results. there is mounting pressure to get this sorted, i think. also, can mounting pressure to get this sorted, ithink. also, can you explain why this is happening? what‘s been going wrong with the system in the uk? because exams were cancelled, a levels which are usually taken by 18, i7—year—olds. usually taken by 18, 17—year—olds. were cancelled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic the government had to come up with a way of awarding rates for pupils work without them actually setting the exams. they got teachers who recommend a grade for them. but then because they said if they went with teacher grades, that would be too generous overall. what they then did what to put them through a statistical standardization process which then mapped pupils in rank order. and their subjects was on that also looked at the past performance of a school. it used all of that information to try to look at the final grade. what that meant

was, a0 of almost a0% of grades were then downgraded by at least one grade. that is what has caused so much upset and so much distress. this is why it‘s become such an issue and the governments answer to this, labour, said what should happen is that entire standardization process should be scrapped. and actually they could go back to just scrapped. and actually they could go back tojust using scrapped. and actually they could go back to just using what the pupils thought could get. the government says that‘s not fair on last year stu d e nts says that‘s not fair on last year students or next year students. so it is sticking by this system. but it is sticking by this system. but it is sticking by this system. but it is relying very heavily on the appeals process. saying that people who believe they‘ve been unfairly graded need to get their schools to appeal on their behalf and they will be like that on a number of grounds. helen, thank you very much. hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the deputy editor of the daily express, michael booker and the author and journalist, rachel shabi. let‘s have a look at the front pages have in store. let‘s have a look at the front pages have in store. the international edition of the financial times reports eu countries have called for sanctionsover the post—election crackdown in belarus — as opposition leader svetla na tikhanovskaya appealed for protests to continue. the ‘i‘ reports that tens of thousands of british travellers are making a desperate scramble to get back from france to beat the quarantine deadline that begins in the next few hours. the daily mail says the new rules will cause thousands of children to miss the start of the school year. while according to the guardian, uk government ministers rushed forward the impositionof quarantine measures by 2a hours, after scotland, wales and northern ireland all pushed for an earlier deadline.

the daily telegraph suggests the uk government is being advised holiday—makers returning home from red list countries should be tested — to end what they describe as the quarantine roulette. it also carries a picture of a beaming pricess royal — as she celebrates her 70th birthday. the times says every school in england will be able to appeal against a—level and gcse grades free of charge, as the government attempts to avoid shocking injustices. the phillipine star says president duterte has approved plans to reset the opening of schools from august to october as the country attempts to cope with the impact of coronavirus. so let‘s begin... michael and rachel, thank you both for taking the time to join us this evening. first of all with the front page of the guardian. exodus from france in a bid to avoid quarantine. we are now seeing as we speak, thousands of holiday—makers and

travellers coming back to the uk. probably a lot earlier that they wa nted probably a lot earlier that they wanted to, michael. not a massive amount of notice from the government. no, there wasn't. last night when the message went out there was a message on twitter from grant chaps. they also blamed him for some confusion as well as some people thinking they did have till aam on sunday rather than tomorrow morning. i think he may have misspoken in an interview. being a little bit uncharitable there. we did know that this was kind of coming, unfortunately for that there has been taking up, the infection rate in france. they had their biggest infection rate, daily rate since lockdown had been eased yesterday. it‘s not been a huge surprise. but peoplejust yesterday. it‘s not been a huge surprise. but people just wanted a holiday. we have been told by politicians that yes, it was safe. there was going to be areas where you didn‘t have to be quarantine. rightly people booked up. people went to spain then spain was taken

off the list. then some people decided will go to france instead and some of them have now been caught up in this. yes, we did know it was coming and has been rumblings last couple of weeks but it‘s going to bea last couple of weeks but it‘s going to be a huge shock. he could see on the front of the guardian for that family doesn‘t look very happy at all. you wouldn't be either if you are having to travel with a baby. to be honest. rachel, what do you think? ultimately these people that wa nt to think? ultimately these people that want to france, one could argue they knew the risk, they knew that this could happen. they knew that they could happen. they knew that they could be made to quarantine when they came back. they knew that they may have to rush home. that's true. you have to feel for people who had to deal with this announcement. obviously at very short notice. and the chaos that would inevitably ensue and they stress of figuring out well, what do we do? do we come back early and you know, it could cost thousands of pounds. we might not be able to put up or do we go home and put be placed in quarantine for two weeks? what happens about

work and jobs and income and kids going back to school? it's a horrible situation to be end. you're right, there is an element of risk. scotland's first minister did say that today. she said look, i can't guarantee that if you go to country acts, the situation will not change while you're still out there. there are a couple of things to say about this that the government has not done and could do. and that's what they should do. one is to provide some sort of safety net. a financial safety net so that people who do you have to come home from holiday be put in quarantine. i'm not at financial risk. they have some kind of question. so employers have to pay while they are in quarantine or sick pay has to go up to allow people to take quarantine. there has to be some kind of protection there. the second thing is, all roads lead back to a test and trace strategy.

the government is failing on that. it has contracted it out to contractors who are not up to the job. spending billions a pound doing that. we don't have inefficient syste m that. we don't have inefficient system and until we do where going to see scenarios, stressful scenarios like this keep playing out. michael, what do you make of the fact that the number of airlines and euro start raise their prices significantly for anyone wanting to make it home quickly before that deadline? i think it's not surprising, unfortunately. we see this time and time again consumers have nothing to they can do about it. these companies do it every single time we get angry about it but people are prepaid delete not prepared to pay for it they will pay it. people have paid £1000 to get back from tojoin it. people have paid £1000 to get back from to join families and things like that. they are aware of flights and things were six times more than they would‘ve been tomorrow. so yes, they are profiteering out of it. some of

these companies aren‘t doing very well at the moment anyway. but i think it leaves a bitter taste in the mouth with a lot of people who are having to put up with that. rachel, the daily mail front page, get out of france now or you‘ll miss school. i think there are quite a number of schools that will be reopening on september the 2nd. if you are made to self—isolate or quarantine for two weeks then kids potentially could miss the beginning of school and that would be great what it? especially those who haven‘t been to school for six months. that's right. i think schools in scotland have already open. that would be an extra calculation there as well. of course this isjust adding to calculation there as well. of course this is just adding to the calculation there as well. of course this isjust adding to the stress of these decisions you rightly say that kids have been out of school for months as it is. parents will be really desperate for them to get back into school and get back on track. and so the idea that again, they might be missing another two

weeks by being placed in quarantine is not going to sit well. but i think again, part of this is really managing peoples expectations. there isa managing peoples expectations. there is a striking contrast will stop when i mentioned first minister of scotland saying that, that's how you manage peoples expectations. there isa manage peoples expectations. there is a risk. if you holiday abroad. some of our health and medical experts are saying that actually, the fact that we are taking summer holidays abroad now means that we risk having a lockdown in winter. there is a trade—off. this is not a consequence free exercise. i think there needs to be some kind of management of expectation around that from the government. that we just have not seen. do you agree with that michael? i think people do have to take some responsibility anyway. if you looking towards the school term starting again and you are booking a holiday later on in august and i think with what‘s been

going on in the last two months, as a parent, you‘ve got to take that into account. i think they will be a lot of viewers that won‘t have a huge amount of sympathy in that way. but i think there has been, i think we are all aware of the risks. the rest, just that desperation of the few months of lockdown with people just wanted a holiday. maybe some people were slightly more reckless but just decided people were slightly more reckless butjust decided to hell with it. i think that will be a lot of people who will see that headline in the mailand who will see that headline in the mail and who have kids and think i don‘t care, we went to this waited for this holiday for so long the kids were taking out of school out of our will anyway. a few more days is not to hurt. daily telegraph, testing could and the quarantine roulette. this is what you were talking about, rachel? it‘s about safe scientists advising ministers ahead of holiday—makers coming back from france that reckless countries should be tested to and