this is bbc news. the headlines: travel company tui launches an investigation into claims that some passengers were ignoring coronavirus guidance on a flight from a greek island linked to 16 covid—19 cases. it was quite scary, to be honest. as soon as we boarded, we realised that many of the passengers hadn't really been educated about the wearing of facemasks. calls for next summer's gcse and a level exams to be put back — to make up for teaching time lost during the lockdown. the government's month—long "eat out to help out" scheme ends today — but some restaurant owners want it to be extended. the charge on single—use carrier bags is to be extended to all shops in england — and the cost is to double to ten pence. and coming up — the design of the spitfire and the untold story of 13—year—old hazel hill who helped win a war.

that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon. the airline tui has launched an investigation after at least 16 cases of coronavirus were linked to one of its flights from the greek island of zante to cardiff last tuesday. some passengers have accused cabin crew of failing to challenge those on the plane who were not wearing face coverings. the 193 passengers and crew on baord are being asked to self—isolate for a fortnight. caroline davies reports. sunshine getaways to the island of sanity. an appealing prospect but for some travelling back from holiday to cardiff it was on the return they were hoping for.

holiday to cardiff it was on the return they were hoping fonm holiday to cardiff it was on the return they were hoping for. it was quite scary to be honest. as soon as we boarded we realised many of the passengers hadn't really been educated about the wearing of face masks. many of them were wearing them around their chins, underneath their noses, they were taking them off to talk to passengers and walking down the aisle with their mask off to speak to others. at least 16 cases of covid—19 have so far been linked to the flight. all passengers on board have been told to self—isolate. the airline that ran the flight tui but this isn't the first time holiday—makers returning to the uk have had symptoms. last week local health officials in plymouth said a

group of 18 and nine—year—olds had also tested positive. santee itself has introduced its own restrictions including closing restaurants, bars and clubs and cafe ‘s at midnight and clubs and cafe ‘s at midnight and banning more than four people at restau ra nt ta bles, and banning more than four people at restaurant tables, advice shared on the foreign office website. it's raise questions about whether there should be localised quarantine for certain high—risk regions rather than entire countries. if there is enough evidence to suggest it's a hot spot and that social distinction measures cannot be maintained adequately, then there is a case for people not to mix in those destinations. it's not currently the government policy to enforce quarantine for regions, islands or cities. as uk holiday—makers return home, public health officials are keeping a close eye on new infections. caroline davies, bbc news. and just a reminder. you can stay up to date with the coronavirus epidemic on our live page. there you can check the latest developments, see reaction as it

happens and get instant analysis from our correspondents and experts. you can watch video clips and live coverage of events as they happen. visit bbc.co.uk/news or go to the bbc news app. labour has called for next summer's a level and gcse exams in england to be delayed by up to two months, to allow pupils more time to catch up on lost teaching time after schools were closed during the pandemic. the shadow education secretary, kate green, said pupils have a "mountain to climb" to prepare for exams after months away from the classroom. the uk government has insisted exams will go ahead next year. tony bonsignore reports. it's only been a few weeks since this year's students got theirfinal grades but what to do about next yea r‘s exams? it's a question that is already testing politicians. labour's answer, delay gcses and a—levels in england until at leastjune, to make up for lost teaching time. we really feel it's important that we put young people first when planning for next year's assessments, and that means giving

them as long as possible for teaching and for learning to take place, to make up for the disruption they've already suffered in the school year we've just had and while i hope there won't be disruption in the coming year, i think we've got to accept it's quite possible there may be periods when children have to be out of school again for a time. it's far too early to be saying you're going to postpone things or cancel things as the labour party seem to be saying, that's the wrong approach. what we should actually be doing at this moment, is focusing on getting schools back in the saddle, running again, so that young people can resume their education. quual, which sets the rules for exams in england, has made some changes to what students have to do for subjects such as english literature and geography, to allow more flexibility. and it's already consulted on pushing back exams but hasn't yet made a decision. but how do teachers and pupils feel? there really isn't a very good reason for year 11 students to do quite so many exams. and if we were able to thin that out a little bit then that would,

you know, already start to solve part of the problem. i have worked hard during lockdown but i do feel i haven't reached my full learning potential without a teacher present. i do feel i lack confidence going into year 11 regarding my exams so i would like the idea of the exams being pushed back until the end of the year. i think delaying the exams could actually end up prolonging the inevitable. it's already a very stressful year for us and it could actually end up just adding more unneeded stress on year 13. the scottish government is also consulting on possible changes to highers and nationals. whatever decisions are made, the pressure is on for plans to be put in place quickly so that pupils know what they are working towards. the government is expected to announce tomorrow that simon case will be the new cabinet secretary. mr case is the current downing street permenant secretary, and previouly the duke of cambridge's private secretary. he replaces sir mark sedwill, who is due to step down as head of the civil service next month. our political correspondent

nick eardley is with me. we haven't had the announcement yet, we are expecting this to be the case. what do you know about him? number ten isn't officially commentating but there will be a cabinet meeting tomorrow where boris johnson will officially reveal the name but we widely expected to be simon case, someone who is fairly young for thejob. simon case, someone who is fairly young for the job. he simon case, someone who is fairly young for thejob. he is simon case, someone who is fairly young for the job. he is a1, simon case, someone who is fairly young for thejob. he is a1, he has been civil servants since 2006. he worked for the duke of cambridge and was made boris johnson's worked for the duke of cambridge and was made borisjohnson's permanent secretary in may. the wider context for this is a fairly radical shake—up going on at the moment of the civil service. in the last few weeks we have had a number of senior people, secretaries at various departments announcing unexpectedly that they would stand down. and now borisjohnson has that they would stand down. and now boris johnson has got that they would stand down. and now borisjohnson has got someone who he is fairly close to going into what is fairly close to going into what

isa is fairly close to going into what is a really importantjob, head of the civil service. who appoints it, borisjohnson or the civil service. who appoints it, boris johnson or dominic the civil service. who appoints it, borisjohnson or dominic cummings? it is boris johnson. borisjohnson or dominic cummings? it is borisjohnson. the announcement tomorrow is my belief to come from the cabinet office. we know boris johnson to come from the cabinet office. we know borisjohnson wants reform of the civil service. we know dominic cummings has written a lot about he wa nts to cummings has written a lot about he wants to see changes to the way government works as well, that extends throughout the cabinet. there is the feeling it is hard to get things done. some of that is linked to the coronavirus response, some of it is a broader political ideology that they don't think the civil service was fully behind brexit when the referendum happened and that this rated theresa may. this is all part of the changing of the guard, not just this is all part of the changing of the guard, notjust in politics but in the civil service also. huge pressure on boris johnson in the civil service also. huge pressure on borisjohnson at the moment. the exams fiasco, lots of things as mps go back this week on

his agenda. tomorrow is a significant day actually as the uk or england more specifically starts to emerge from lockdown. school is going back, many people going back to work tomorrow because they don't have childcare issues and mps going back as well. i have to say over the last few weeks having worked the whole summer, there is a real...|j canjust hear whole summer, there is a real...|j can just hear the violin somewhere! there is a rising tension on the tory backbenches. there is a real frustration at the number of u—turns, there is the feeling within some parts of the party that the government doesn't have control of the narrative, that it is reacting to events rather than shaping them. over the schools u—turns on exams, face coverings as well but it goes a lot wider. there is tension over how you start to shape the economic response in the next few months as the furlough scheme ends. there are some tory mps now starting to

whisper they need to talk about extending it slightly. there are tory mps who quite frankly will chew your ear off to tell you how they think people need to get back to work because they are terrified about empty high streets staying a permanent fixture of the economy. there is a lot of pressure on boris johnsonjust now there is a lot of pressure on boris johnson just now and if you think back to when he won the election, there was the expectation he would have a good chance to rule the roost. he will try to assert that authority when he announces the changes to the civil service. it will not be simple. thank you. it's a first — a commercialflight has made history flying from israel to the united arab emirates, after the two countries agreed to normalise relations. it touched down in abu dhabi a short while ago. the word "peace" has been freshly painted on the side of the plane ? in arabic, english and hebrew. an israeli delegation is onboard, as well as us aides who helped broker the agreement.

president trump's son—in—law and middle east adviser, jared kushner, was on board the flight. here's what he said when he arrived at abu dhabi airport. we just completed a truly historic flight. the first ever commercial flight from israel to an arab gulf country. this hopefully will be the first of many. on the plane we asked the pilots to fly faster because there is great urgency between the people of both countries to break down old barriers, to get to know each other, to form new and hopefully very deep friendships. while this peace was forged by its leaders, it is overwhelmingly desired by the people. the middle east is filled with brilliant, industrious, tolerant and innovative people and the future belongs to them. i ask everyone to day to join us in celebrating this peace and to help us expand it throughout the region and the entire world.

thank you very much. the former president of india, pranab mukherjee, has died aged 8a after testing positive for covid—19 earlier this month. he was admitted to hospital three weeks ago where he developed a lung infection. he had been in a deep coma and on ventilator support. mr mukherjee was the 13th president of india between 2012 and 2017. the charge on single use carrier bags in england is to double from sp to 10p from next april, and all shops will have to charge for them. the government says it's part of a renewed drive to be greener, and cut unnecessary waste. our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt has the details. at the moment, the 5p levy only applies to single use carrier bags in large stores, those employing more than 250 people. but, from next april, the charge will double and will apply in all shops. the government says the initiative aims to protect sea creatures

by reducing plastic pollution in the ocean. it claims that since the charge was introduced in 2015, there has been a 95% reduction in plastic bag sales in major supermarkets. you know, not long ago the supermarkets were issuing around 7 billion carrier bags a year. that has now been reduced by 95%. now we want to extend this approach to other retailers as well, who between them probably issue at the moment over 3 billion bags a year. we think we can have a similar impact to reduce further the issuing of plastic bags and extend what has actually been a very successful policy, supported by the public. but environmental campaigners dispute that. they say we're just buying billions of thicker so—called "bags for life" instead. the environmental campaign group greenpeace says the government should go further and set targets for reducing all single—use plastics by supermarkets. this is just a small

step when we should be taking big strides. we know the scale of our plastic pollution crisis. the government is well aware of the kind of action they need to take, including on things like bags for life, which contain more plastic. but ultimately, if we're going to make people, customers, you or i, pay more, surely producers, the people who make the plastic in the first place, should be paying more as well, and that's what we want to see from the government as soon as possible. but the move has been welcomed by the association of convenience stores, which represents small retailers. it says the charge is an effective way of reducing plastic waste. justin rowlatt, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: travel company tui launches an investigation into claims that some passengers were ignoring coronavirus guidance on a flight from a greek island linked to 16 covid—19 cases. labour calls for next summer's gcse and a level exams in to be put back — to make up for teaching time lost during the lockdown. the government's month—long

"eat out to help out" scheme ends today — but some restaurant owners want it to be extended. and for the sport, for a full round—up, there is olly foster. in the last couple of minutes the aston villa captainjack grealish has been called up into the england squad for the first time. he had been left out last week for the nations league matches against iceland next saturday and then denmark a week tomorrow, but following the withdrawals of marcus rashford he is thought to have an ankle knock and harry winks, the 2a has been included in the senior setup. the england lionesses will play their first match in over seven months when they face germany away on october 27th. it will be a friendly against the 2—time world champions behind closed doors in wiesbaden. they haven't played since the shebelieves cup in the united states in march. outgoing head coach phil neville

will asemble his squad for a week long training camp at st george's park next month. england last played germany in november, a 2—1 defeat in front of a record crowd of almost 78 thousand at wembley. we've had the draw for the second qualifying round of the europa league. tottenham have a trip to bulgaria next month. the tie against lokomotiv plovdiv on september 17th is a straight knockout. rangers travel to gibraltar to face lincoln red imps. aberdeen are also away against norwegian's viking. motherwell have a short hop to face coleraine in northern ireland. linfield are at home to malta's floriana. welsh sides, the new saints, bala town and connah's quay are also involved. there's the spurs tie and what a game for ireland's shamrock rovers, ac milan at home.

hoping to be talking to someone from shamrock rovers over on bbc news later. england cricketers play pakistan in the final t20 tomorrow but they've named their squads for the white ball series against australia that starts this week. test captainjoe root is back in the one—day squad but won't be involved in the t20's that get underway on friday. jason roy misses out with a side strain and still no ben stokes who has been given time off to be with his family in new zealand. jofra archer, sam curran and mark wood, who were rested after the test series against pakistan, are back in both formats. here's the england selector ed smith on root‘s omission from the t20s. at the moment, we are setting up in a particular way as an 11 in t20 cricket. joe is not in that and then the decision moves towards, well, if

he snapped in that starting 11 at the moment, although no doors are closed to him in the future and that could change, where is the right place forjoe? he play so much cricket, give so much to england every time he plays and the decision is that it is not right for him that we have him in the squad if he is not likely to be starting. the us open starts inside the next hour with britain's cameron norrie one of the first up. the grand slam has been hit with high profile withdrawals because of concerns over the pandemic and 17th seed benoit paire pulled out yesterday after testing positive for covid—19. the frenchman had two negative tests when he first arrived in new york two weeks ago. rafael nadal and ash barty among those not taking part because of fears over travelling to the us which has had nearly 6 million cases of the virus. world number 3 dominic thiem says it was inevitable that a player would test positive at the event.

there are so many people involved in this tournament and the possibility that somebody is going to be positive is pretty high. ijust wish all the best to benoit and hopefully nobody else is positive as well, that's the most important thing. of course after benoit gets healthy very soon again and that's it. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. almost 900,000 migrants arrived in greece back in 2015. today, those numbers are much lower. but the flow of people coming from turkey into greece, continuing through the balkans towards western europe, has picked up once more. the eu s borderforce, frontex, says the balkans route is now the most active route for migrants, with more than 9,000 people making the journey in 2020, up 70 percent since this time last year. many migrants make the difficult

journey from northern greece into north macedonia, then serbia and on to bosnia, before reaching western europe. as part of our series looking back at 2015 and "the week that changed europe", our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, begins herjourney in the northern greek city of thessaloniki. the first rays of the day. the first stirrings beneath the burnt out carriages in this rail yard in northern greece. and then they are off. these young men are mostly from afghanistan, waiting tojump on a train. jump at a chance to move further north into europe. a chance they hope at a better life. we don't know which one is go but all are ready for going. but so too are the police. a game of cat and mouse at this stop. this morning, the police win. they often do. this 17—year—old is from pakistan. how many times have you tried

tojump on a train? we are six times, seven times. each and every one of them, they try to hang on them because the problem here is of police and immigration, that's why the people leave this area. their next destination, greece's border with north macedonia. five years ago thousands took this route through a tiny border village. a gateway to western europe. look at these fields now. this border is a shot. but migrants are now showing up shot. but migrants are now showing up again in a smaller but growing numbers. these men werejust up again in a smaller but growing numbers. these men were just pushed back by border guards in north macedonia. and we came across an afg ha n macedonia. and we came across an afghan family waiting in the su nflowers. afghan family waiting in the sunflowers. trying for a sixth time to sneak through. we try to go because the grease government go

from greece, we cannot go back. this is our problem. we try to go to other countries. the wellcome has gone cold in this little village. in southern greece, on scenic islands, the mood is much the same. a camp built five years ago to house hundreds of migrants now sprawls across the hills. thousands living in squalor, losing hope asylum cases will ever be settled. we weren't

allowed to enter the camp. residents filmed for us. this man shows us their food. filmed for us. this man shows us theirfood. bread gone mouldy. he fled syria with his family. there are far fewer arrivals on greek shores now. look at how close turkey is. it's in touching distance of greece and they share a land border also. this year when tensions rose between turkey and europe, turkey said more migrants towards greece. it could do it again but right now it's greece's actions which are also causing concern. these videos appear to show migrants are being pulled by the greek coastguard, out of greek waters, back towards turkey in reach of international law. —— breach. we obtained this material from international law. —— breach. we obtained this materialfrom groups monitoring traffic in the aegean sea

and the un says it has also documented multiple cases. we are out there sending a signal that greece has... illegal crossings are not tolerated and we do so in compliance with international law. life for migrants gets tougher under greece's conservative government. they insist greece went to be a gateway to europe again. at least much of europe thinks the same. let's speak to louise calvey who is head of resettlement at refugee action. good afternoon. we introduce that as the week back in 2015 that changed europe forever. do you think now it did? i think doubtless for many of the thousands of refugees that have resettled across europe and into the united kingdom since, they absolutely did have a transformational impact on their lives. equally the people of the united kingdom the towns, cities and

villages that write petitions, that marched, that prepared to welcome those refugees, it had a transformational impact on their hosts to and it led to seismic changes in the uk's refugee settle m e nt changes in the uk's refugee settlement programme. prior to that moment on average we would welcome around 750 refugees through resettlement a year. following the marches, david cameron made a pledge to resettle 20,000 syrians and people effected through the syrian conflict over that five years. so it definitely did have a massive impact, but here we are in 2020. u nfortu nately we impact, but here we are in 2020. unfortunately we continue to see tragedies, people trying to get in the country and the bottom line is we haven't seen a safe arrival of a refugee into the uk since early march. has anything changed in that

time? whilst the media concentrates ona time? whilst the media concentrates on a reported increase, we have been talking about dinghies for many yea rs, talking about dinghies for many years, this is not a new phenomenon, is it? indeed. let's remind ourselves that the greece tragedy was in october, less than 12 months ago were 39 people died in the back ofa ago were 39 people died in the back of a lorry. the crisis of the coast of a lorry. the crisis of the coast of italy was in 2013. refugees trying to make their way to safety is not a new phenomena. that will continue, those tragedies will continue, those tragedies will continue until we are able to look at safe and legal roots for people to claim asylum. in a world that u nfortu nately to claim asylum. in a world that unfortunately continues to see significant conflict, claiming asylu m significant conflict, claiming asylum is an inevitability and we must do our part to have safe and legal writs for people to be able to

exercise their right to claim asylum and have a fair and balanced exploration of their right to claim asylum. louise, how has coronavirus change how just how asylum. louise, how has coronavirus change howjust how we are dealing with refugees but our attitude towards them? i think unfortunately we are seeing some polarisation of some attitudes. we have seen some worrying footage online of some hostility towards refugees and people seeking asylum. but we continue to see tiny numbers in the country. there are 26 million refugees in the world and we haven't welcomed one since march. i think on average the uk received around a0,000 asylum seekers which is roughly a third of france. and so that coverage continues to be disproportionate and as you have said, this isn't a new situation.

the uk's current policy of border enforcement, border control isn't working and it's driving people to the most desperate of situations and i think coronavirus has had a seismic impact on our planned safe refugee resettlement programme. we have seen other european countries recommence arrivals, such as italy, that started welcoming refugees last month. there is no reason why we can't welcome refugees into the uk ina can't welcome refugees into the uk in a safe and planned manner. louise, it's good to talk to you. thank you so much. the eat out to help out scheme ends today in the uk. the 50% discount applied monday to wednesday throughout august up to a maximum of £10 per person — and there have been calls for it to continue — as our business correspondent katy austin reports. trade has been sizzling this august in the olive cafe in bournemouth.

its owner and chef credits the eat out to help out scheme for being fully booked monday to wednesday. trade is well up onjuly. people are more comfortable coming out, eating, and enjoying themselves. we do our best to make them happy. happy with their half—price breakfast were this family. so we have done breakfast, dinner, breakfast, dinner, so, yeah, four times now. so we had to book all the restaurants before we left home to be able to get the availability. they are not the only ones who have taken advantage more than once. over the course of august, yeah, probably ten times. industry body uk hospitality says a third of bars and restaurants have yet to reopen. this is our outdoor terrace and it has just been busy like this pretty much constantly... the boss of this african restaurant nearby says the scheme has helped him recoup some of his lockdown losses but he says it needs to return. give september that breathing space, let the schools open, and then bring it back in october and november were predominately it is going to be the quietest part of the year and that is where

the biggest worry is. the boom in visitors and people on staycations that bournemouth has seen this summer helps to explain why restaurants and pubs in the town have seen such a big boost from the government discount scheme. that is not the case everywhere, though. location is key in determining how successful the past month has been for businesses. pub giant greene king has 3,000 pubs and restaurants. it says while it has seen a benefit overall, city centre venues lacking the usual office workers and tourists are struggling. a lot of our businesses were 50, 70, 90% up year on year. london, our central london, was about 30% down year on year, so it is pretty stark. i have called for government to think about maybe doing a similar scheme for city centres and for london. you know, we need to get people back into our city centres and particularly into central london.