good afternoon. chadwick boseman — the actor who played black panther in the marvel films — has died from colon cancer at the age of a3. he didn't publicise his diagnosis four years ago and continued to work throughout his treatment. among those paying tribute, democratic vice—presidential candidate kamala harris, who attended the same university as boseman. she tweeted that she was heartbroken. paul hawkins reports.

his death will come as a shock to many. chadwick boseman never spoke publicly about his four—year battle with colon cancer, continuing to film movies between operations and chemotherapy. it makes his role in the superhero movie black panther even more remarkable. set in a fictional africa country, it was the first hollywood blockbuster with a black superhero, directed by an african american with a mainly black cast, it was hailed for its diversity. it's not as... culturally significant as president obama being president. but it does have a similar feeling that people take it for granted now, they have little kids who think that's normal. it was the film which made boseman a household name. and came after acclaimed roles as james brown in get on up.

there's something at stake here. and baseball player, jackie robinson in 42, ironically the 28th august was jackie robinson day in the us. most century he starred in netflix vietnam film da five bloods, directed by spike lee. and he has one more film to be released, an adaptation of the play ma rainey‘s black bottom by august wilson. people think that he hadn't done a lot, but he had done a lot. he had done television, even before he came to the big screen. he did cold case he did, csi new york, he did third watch. he had a lot of guest starring roles and smaller roles in television, before he was able to leap over into the big screen. but it is black panther that chadwick boseman will be best known for. he died on the same day as the birthday ofjack kirby, the man who created the superhero. the actor chadwick boseman, who's died at the age of a3.

the government has published new coronavirus guidelines for schools in england, just days before most pupils return. secondary schools pupils might have to be taught on a rota system, if there's a significant increase in covid—19 cases in their area, but the education secretary, gavin williamson, said this would be only as an "absolute last resort." here's our education correspondent dan johnson. with more classrooms due to fill up, head teachers had called for more guidance on responding to local outbreaks. that came last night ahead of bank holiday weekend, but there was confusion about how many pupils could be sent home in a class mate tests positive. we have been asking for months, what if schools i100 asking for months, what if schools [100 s asking for months, what if schools noo s need to close? that has been seen as noo s need to close? that has been seen as an noo s need to close? that has been seen as an act of heresy, but here we are before schools will open it is not government's finest hour.

these pupils in leicestershire went back this week. the prospect of whole year groups having to isolate could have affected hundreds. that has been refined to reflect that a confirmed case will mean anyone who has been in close contact with that person having to go home. but that could still be disare uppive. the —— disruptive. there will be a four stage lockdown. the default position, would see schools remaining open with all pupils attending. but if infection rates are considered too high, tier two could see pupils on a rota. a more severe response would see most secondary pupils studying at home. tier 4 would extend to primary and other schools, effectively back to the majority of schools learning remotely. if children are sent home

in lockdown, it is vital that the government make it clear what they're expected to learn, that ofsted and works with the schools and computers are provided to those who don't have them. communication and co—ordination will be vital, with further interruptions to learning looking likely. parents need to talk to teachers about what is happening at home so, teachers are clear what worries children might be bringing. it has been stressed these are worst case scenarios. with me now is our political correspondent, ellie price. another last minute change. yes a bank holiday weekend and it comes at the end of a long summerfor the department for education. u—turns on

getting pupils back and exam results and that row about whether students should wear face cover innings —— and that row about whether students should wearface cover innings —— — coverings in school. pupils coming back with a moment, notjust because the prime minister say there is a moral duty to get children back to school, but there is a sense of a return to normality and a symbol that the government, as the government sees it, is getting on top of things. matt hancock said a reasonable worst case scenario could see extensive lockdowns. that is the issue for the government, the balancing act, reminding us the risk are still clear and trying to persuade all of us to get back to normal as well as get the economy back to normal. thank you.

cases of coronavirus are rising across many parts of europe. after getting control of the pandemic following the initial wave of infections, spain is now struggling to prevent another increase. it's the first european country to pass 400,000 infections, as our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. aaah! a new testing campaign run by the local government and aiming to identify asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus gets under way in a clinic in madrid. many areas of spain, such as catalonia and the basque country, have seen a resurgence of covid—19 this summer. the people waiting to be tested here in the capital are aware that in recent days their city has been more affected than any other. there is a lot of people that are asymptomatic, so we don't know if we are with the virus. translation: i am afraid. i am here with my daughters so they can do the test

because they are going back to school. lam afraid. the lifting of restrictions in late june has meant that in many cases, spaniards have been able to have something like a normal summer. but not everyone has followed the guidelines regarding social distancing and the obligatory use of face masks in public places. this second wave is completely different from the first wave that we had in march and april. it is not reaching that high numbers of cases per day. many asymptomatic people are being diagnosed because of case tracing, and it is mostly affecting only young people. with a national lockdown no longer in place, specific areas where covid—19 has been spreading have been applying their own restrictions. villamalea, a town with 4,000 inhabitants on the plains of castilla—la mancha,

is one such case. in the middle of august the number of coronavirus cases here in villamalea suddenly started to climb. by the time it reached around 100 infections, local authorities decided to reintroduce some of the restrictions we had already been in place across spain earlier this year. now that has meant telling people they must stay indoors where possible and it has also meant that roads like this one leading in and out of villamalea have been shut down in recent days. translation: we have already had experience of a lockdown and when we have a lockdown things get better, but it is difficult. earlier this year, spaniards were left reeling by the impact of coronavirus. but as covid—i9 looms once again, the hope is that the country is better prepared to face it. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, central spain.

the new football season gets underway in england today. women's super league champions chelsea take on fa cup holders city, followed by the men's game between liverpool and arsenal, in the first community shield double—header. our sports reporterjo currie is at wembley for us. good afternoon, we are going to expect some atmosphere for the first time ina expect some atmosphere for the first time in a long while? well it is going to be a real day of firsts for women's football in particular. the women's football in particular. the women's community shield has not existed for the last 12 years. it has never been held at wembley and it is the first time it is staged as pa rt it is the first time it is staged as part of a double header and this game couldn't come soon enough after the super league season ended in february. this is the first competitive match of women's football that england have hosted in six month and you can expect a fiery one between manchester city and chelsea. a real fierce one between manchester city and

chelsea. a realfierce rivalry between the two sides. although they have never met in a final and neither side have lifted this trophy. and then the turn of the men, liverpool taking on arsenal and despite the fact the premier league only ended a short time ago, jurgen klopp said he is expecting it to be one of most intense games his team have played. but it is being played behind closed doors. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at io—past—6. bye for now. is trying to break into the music industry and leave

hello — you're watching the bbc news channel. a little more of the details on our top story this hour that the actor chadwick boseman has died from colon cancer at the age of a3. tributes have been paid to him on social media since the news of his death broke overnight. the democratic vice presidential candidate kamala harris attended the same college as him has taken to twitter. the actor chris evans, known as captain america, tweeted: and the actor dwayne

johnson tweeted — joining me now is professor pat price — an oncologist and chair of the charity "action radiotherapy". thank you for being with us. talking of colon cancer. it is one of those subjects we don't talk a great deal about, i guess anything about our bottom half tends to be sensitive for a lot of people. they are a bit shy add a bit a barrister about it. i don't think that's the reason chadwick boseman didn't share it, he just wanted to keep his private life private, he did what the media to know he was being treated. but people will possibly be searching colon cancer now that it has taken a life at such a young age. talk about how common it is, the symptoms, and the treatment options, please. bowel cancer is in fact the third most

common cancer. in this age group, in the a0—year—olds, it is actually very rare. it tends to be people when they are older, in their 70s and 80s. symptoms, as you say, we don't talk about, but we should. any bleeding from the back passage or change in bowel habits, if you are changing from diarrhoea to constipation, orabdominal changing from diarrhoea to constipation, or abdominal pain. you know yourself going to the toilet. and if it isn't right you need to seek help about it. the whole point is that there is a lot of great treatments around at the moment. if it is caught early, then surgery can remove the area of bowel affected, and if it hasn't spread, you are cured. and if it has spread, there is very good treatments with chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, which allow people to live very good lives as we've seen with this gentleman. he could have his surgery and chemotherapy without having to affect his life, and he pressed on, which is very courageous. he made an impressive

number of films, even more impressive when you realise he was simultaneously dealing with being treated for this cancer. he talked about the prospects of survival, what are survival rates like? about the prospects of survival, what are survival rates like ?m about the prospects of survival, what are survival rates like? it all depends on how early it is caught. asi depends on how early it is caught. as i say, if it is caught before it has spread, if surgery takes at the bit of affected bowel, that is a com plete bit of affected bowel, that is a complete cure. if it has spread, thatis complete cure. if it has spread, that is when the other treatments come into play. some people can live many, come into play. some people can live any come into play. some people can live many, many years being very well with it. him at a young age, he tolerated the treatments very well, which is great. we are talking a bit about chadwick boseman's case. we've also had just in the last 2a hours japan's prime minister shinzo abe stepped down because of a continuing problem. the demands on his health have worsened in recent days which is why he has made that decision.

there are a number of bowel conditions that people learn to live with. they adapt their life to deal with, even though they can become in some circumstances, quite debilitating. yes, exactly. colitis is particularly difficult because there can be a lot of information in there can be a lot of information in the bowel, and makes people feel very unwell. there are some good treatments. but, obviously, he had had some difficulties over time with it. but even if the worst is that people have to have a colostomy bag, people have to have a colostomy bag, people can live very good lives with that. we have to try and organise this and get on with our lives, and be great fighters and all of this. in terms of that question of talking about the conditions. there is a lwa ys about the conditions. there is always a danger. we talk about it when somebody prominent like chadwick boseman sadly dies, we don't talk about them in day—to—day conversations. if you encourage people to talk about their toilet habits and a more conversational

way, in families, habits and a more conversational way, infamilies, between habits and a more conversational way, in families, between partners, between children and parents, what would you say? what do you say with your patients? i think people understand the word blood. people understand the word blood. people understand the word runny tummy. words like that. and not be afraid to use the word. people can say their back passage, their to, it is a normalfunction, their back passage, their to, it is a normal function, we their back passage, their to, it is a normalfunction, we need to talk about this. i would encourage people to talk to their relatives. talk about it. it's ok. pleasure to speak to you. travellers arriving into the uk from switzerland, the czech republic and jamaica must now quarantine for two weeks, after new rules came into force at aam this morning. the government says the move is needed to keep the uk's infection rates down. meanwhile cuba, where there has

been a drop in cases, has been added to the list of destinations people can return from without needing to self—isolate. there's been criticism of the uk governments' decision to ease regional lockdown restrictions in parts of the north—west england. the labour leader of trafford council in greater manchester, andrew western, described the move as "premature" after his area saw a slight increase in coronavirus infection rates in recent days. the health secretary matt hancock said he has every faith residents would play their part by following local rules. thousands of people are marching through the streets of berlin to demonstrate against germany's coronavirus restrictions. confrontations have taken place between protesters and police, at least one person has been arrested. city's authorities tried to stop the demonstration taking place amid fears that people would not comply with social distancing measures.

this is part of the reason in the first place because they disagree with social distancing measures in dealing with the pandemic. thousands of football fans will be welcomed back to brighton & hove albion's amex stadium for the first professional football match in england with a crowd since lockdown began. there'll be 2500 fans in the ground this afternoon for the pre—season friendly with chelsea — as part of government's test events monitoring their safe return. there will be empty seats between each of those attending and spectators will need to wear a face covering at all times on the way to, at, and when leaving the stadium 7 apart from when in their seat. i think the eyes of the world are on us, we've got a responsibility notjust for our club or our league, but for the whole of professional sport. we all want fans back in our stadia as quickly as possible because our economy, and the wider economy, depends on it. so, it's a big opportunity. i'm very sure, i'm very confident everybody will comply

with what they are asked to do, and hopefully everyone will have a great day out. the organisers of the notting hill carnival have urged revellers to stay off the streets this weekend, as the event moves online for the first time in its 5a—year history. a decision to cancel the west london street party was announced in may, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. caroline davies has been looking at the challenges of hosting an entirely digital festival. carnival but not as we've known it. this year, because of coronavirus, notting hill carnival has gone digital. when we first realised carnival wouldn't be able to happen on the streets, probably around early may, we decided carnival was too important an event to just simply cancel it and walk away. matthew has been attending carnival from when he was a child. it fell to him, the board and the community to turn it into an online event. everybody involved in carnival loves it. it's a labour of love. i think the hardestjob was working out, you know, how we could fit everything in. sun divas are one group

who've made the cut. they've both been part of carnivalfor years. my earliest memory isjust, like, being on the road, dancing to music, like, nonstop and just everyone smiling and being happy. when you're commited to carnival, you watch the dates, the weather, everything — you make sure everything has to be right. we kind of knew there was a possibility. everyone's safety is paramount. as well as acts, there'll be interviews online with those who make carnival happen. all the documentation that happens around carnival, around the culture, the history, the music, everything... i think it will help people to enjoy carnival in a different way. it will be a different year for those watching — like barry and linda. they've rarely missed a carnival for the last 50 years. they have been shielding but they still have plans under the butterfly barry made in carnival‘s honour. we shall set up the barbecue, get the carnival music on, and have a good time. my only sadness there is i am not allowed tojump up and down because of my hernia operation. carnival represents london

and it's an opportunity both to both celebrate and say all the prejudice and all the discrimination is unacceptable — it's wrong. this year, the organisers say, is firmly digital—only, and the police have also urged people not to come down to notting hill. people who organised this event, put it online, have clearly put a lot of effort and energy into creating this really innovative new style of doing it, and i would encourage people to respect that and comply with it and really try and maximise the use of the online space. everyone hopes the carnival will be back on the street in 2021. at least now we know we can do carnival virtually, but really, carnival is not the same unless we are physically all together, all—inclusive, everybody partying under the sun or under the rain — you know, we make the best of it.

so, wherever you are, the organisers wish you a good carnival. caroline davies, bbc news. there was a bit of a thrill for a group of children in norway this summer, when they found a message washed up on the beach. not in a bottle, but in a tiny boat. and it turns out, that the little boat, had been on a big journey. it set sail ten years ago, from the remote scottish island of st kilda. it's a replica of the miniature boats the islanders used to send messages to the mainland. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has the story. a summer holiday surprise from islands far across the sea, messages not in a bottle but in a tiny mail boat washed ashore and discovered by children playing on a remote norwegian beach. the kids, as always, were messing around down with the water, and looking for things, and just playing around, and they just stumbled upon this boat. they found it, then totally by coincidence they just dropped it and it open.

—— dropped it and it opened. what they found inside was a treasure trove of postcards intact after a ten year thousand mile journey from the shores of the remote scottish islands of st kilda. the mail boat tradition that stretches back to when the islanders who used to live here had to send messages appealing for help from the mainland. life on this rocky outcrop in the atlantic was extremely harsh, and the islands‘ last remaining residents voted to leave and were evacuated in 1930. just imagining that life there. and you can see the abandoned community, and it's all still there to see. the street, the graveyard, the church, the school, just all left when people walked out 90 years ago. alexander gillies ferguson, here wearing the cap, as a teenager was one of the first to launch a mail boat from st kilda. his story passing

down the generations. when he was 1a in about 1885, he sent one of these st kilda mail boats with a message in it saying that the winter storms had damaged their stores and that the people on the island were getting very hungry, if not getting near starvation. it worked. the message reached help and st kilda was resupplied. their tiny mail boats a unique reminder of a way of life left long ago. lorna gordon, bbc news. a rescue boat funded by the british artist, banksy, has issued a call for immediate assistance after picking up more than two—hundred drifting migrants in the mediterranean. the german—flagged louise michel said it was overcrowded and unable to move with at least one dead on board. the vessel had earlier rescued another 89 people from a rubber boat on thursday.

those are the main stories on bbc news. don't forget, you can keep up—to—date throughout the day with all of the news, national and international, from the bbc as we get it straight to you. its own bbcnews.com. we can take a look at the weather now. —— it is on bbcnews.com. not a huge amount of sunshine to begin with, but parts of wales faring quite well so far today. there are a few showers the further west you are. across much of the east of the uk, and particularly the east of the uk, and particularly the eastern side of england, cloud cover, a bit of rain to come, as well because you are closest to this area of low pressure. bit of wind around it. and pulling away. further to the west of the uk, there is an area of high pressure moving in and settling things down. from low pressure a cross

settling things down. from low pressure across central and eastern england for the remainder of the day, a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain or showers, and a brisk northerly wind. further north and west, some sunny spells, but a few showers in northern scotland, parts of northern ireland, the far west of wales and into cornwall. chilly breeze wherever you are. the wind gusts to the eastern side of england may be a bit stronger in coastal areas, temperatures in the mid to low teens. nowhere is particularly warm this weekend, even if you do get to see some sunshine. still some outbreaks of rain or showers towards positive eastern and south—eastern england overnight. still quite windy here. —— or showers towards eastern and south—eastern england. it is going to be a chilly night away from the east of england. won't be too far away from freezing in some parts of scotla nd far away from freezing in some parts of scotland as we start tomorrow. showers in scotland and northern ireland tomorrow. early rain towards the far south—east of england, especially kent, will clear away. the winds will slowly ease. most of

us the winds will slowly ease. most of us will have a dry sunday afternoon with a mixture of cloud and some sunny spells. but it is still d ista ntly sunny spells. but it is still distantly cool for the last weekend of august. going into the cricket, hopes of better conditions compared with the wash—out we had on friday in old trafford, so tomorrow looks to bea in old trafford, so tomorrow looks to be a dry day, some occasional sunny spells, but it isn't very warm. high pressure holds on for many on monday, but this weather front looks like it'll cloud things over western parts of the uk gradually during the and it could well show some patchy rain arriving in parts of northern ireland before the day is done. elsewhere, you start with sunshine, cloud will build, but most will stay dry.

this is bbc world news, the headlines: chadwick boseman, the star of the groundbreaking super—hero movie black panther, dies of colon cancer — he was a3. the fact that he chose those iconic, historical black characters and icons in history, it's testament to the kind of roles that he wanted to take and what path he was creating, or leaving behind for people coming in his wake. new advice for schools in england on what to do if there's a covid outbreak in their local area. teachers say it should have been published much earlier. several european countries are re—imposing travel restrictions and increasing safety measures, as they try to tackle a surge in new coronavirus infections. police in sydney begin patrolling beaches to enforce coronavirus regulations, as lifeguards officially return to duty.

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