and also some strong winds, especially towards the south. so that deep area of low pressure has been moving its way in from the west, sitting to the north of the uk, but it's to the south of that where you see all these isobars here, that we see the strongest of the winds. and a couple of weather fronts moving their way through as well. so we've had heavy rain earlier across the south—east, which will be clearing away into the afternoon, but then more showers rattling around that area of low pressure. nowhere really immune to catching outbreaks of rain. for scotland and northern ireland, the rain won't be quite as heavy, but it will be persistent and slow—moving in places. further south, look at the wind gusts this afternoon, up to about 60, even 70 miles per hour or more through the english channel. even inland gusts about 45 miles per hour, enough to bring down some small trees and a lot of debris on the roads as well. so temperatures only about eight to 11 degrees this afternoon, noticeably cooler air than we've had around recently. into this evening and tonight, then, still outbreaks of showery rain lingering for some of us, particularly through scotland, northern england as well. mostly dry further south, still enough of a breeze to keep things frost—free with overnight temperatures falling to around about five to nine degrees. now, tomorrow's weather will be

in between areas of low pressure. so today's low pressure clearing to the north—east, the next one lining up in the atlantic but in between, just a bump of slightly higher pressure, so although we're likely to start off with a few showers, especially for scotland and northern england, they tend to fade away and there will be some drier and some slightly brighter weather tomorrow. it'll be breezy, but not as windy as today, but then more cloud and outbreaks of rain move in from the west later in the day. and again, those winds will be picking up later on. temperatures about ten to 13 degrees on monday. it remains reasonably mild, but also unsettled into the middle part of the week. so tuesday and into wednesday, the next area of low pressure and this quite active cold front sweeps eastwards across the uk, another spell of windy conditions as well. then it's going to be all change towards the end of the week. the mild and unsettled conditions get cleared away. we open the doors for this colder airflow to move in from the north. so the next few days, certainly unsettled, quite stormy at times, too. it turns a bit quieter, but also colder as we look towards the end of the week, bye for now.

this is bbc news, the headlines: calls for the uk government to force social media companies to remove anti—vaccine content from their platforms. clashes in washington — with one person stabbed — as thousands march through the streets to show their support

for donald trump's unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. thousands of ethiopians flee their country amid fighting between their government and forces in the tigray region — with the conflict now spilling across the eritrean border. and the promise of an extra £40 million for green spaces in england as part of a plan to restore species and combat climate change. the british entertainer des o'connor — known for his prime—time tv shows — has died at the age of 88. now on bbc news, our north america correspondent, michelle fleury, chronicled the story of her neighbourhood in brooklyn, new york, as the coronavirus pandemic first swept across the world. we are all dealing with the great unknown. we have a disease that we do not fully understand and we have seen nothing like this.

new yorkers were hardly shocked over the city's first coronavirus case. we have a invisible enemy. we have a ferocious enemy. the number of people killed, way up to 99. only essential businesses will be functioning. they fell under the categories of news media, deliveries. new york remains the epicentre of this outbreak... new york is now reporting over 1000 deaths. with the death toll passing the 4000 mark... the city's death toll has passed 10,000. each of these is a human being, a family, represented. new york suffered the worst covid—19

outbreak in the united states. as any virus spread, it wreaks havoc on every facet of life. businesses we re on every facet of life. businesses were false close, school years were cut short. no neighbourhood whisper, including the one i live in, bay ridge, brooklyn, home to about 80,000 new yorkers. those who live here, like so many people around the globe, are grappling with realities brought on by the pandemic that were unimaginable just a few months ago. lone star sits empty, as it has done for months now.

the regulars of the popular sports barand able to the regulars of the popular sports bar and able to come inside due to the coronavirus logged in. —— markdown. owner tracey blaise remembered vividly when the city ordered its roughly 25,000 bars and restaurants are closed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. i walked in and the bar was completely full of our regular customers. everybody was here to the last second, nobody wanted to leave, and that was our last night open. how are you doing? tracey owns lone star along with her husband tony. i knew this was coming, and it was scary. and i didn't want to address it. since march, restaurants in new york have only been allowed to offer takeaway and delivery. the stress is a lot. one in every three small businesses in the city will go bust because of the pandemic according to the partnership for new york city. but for tony, throwing in the towel is not an option. i can't tell my guys who are cooking, you are out

of work, go home, close up. i cannot do that. they have families, they have children, all of them. 70 or80? 70 or 80? 80. it is over a month since the first coronavirus cases in new york, and it is clear that bay ridge is going to have to adapt. the heart of this community is a small businesses and blue—collar workers and they are under immense pressure. and so are the neighbourhood's young people, whose plans and dreams are being put on hold. andrew? yes. breanna and andrew are back at home in bay ridge with their parents. breanna's life was upended

when her college suspended classes on march the 10th to slow the spread of the virus. as soon as i got the e—mail, i called my mum, and she was very upset about it. thatjust added to the stress of having to come back home. 2a hours later, her brother andrew, a second year university student, received similar news. you could hear on the news how things were getting worse and worse, and we thought it wouldn't affect us that much. both siblings are now doing their course online, but there are still things to celebrate. the perks of quarantine! it is my 19th birthday, and since we can't go anywhere due to the quarantine, i decided i'm going to make my own six—layered rainbow cake. wow!

this is really good. with no reopening date in sight, bar owners tracy and tony have let go of nearly half of their 21 employees. are you going to help me finish this? it never ends, it is so expensive. for the family, it's all hands on deck, their son doing deliveries. they are definitely struggling a lot, i can tell from seeing it. they don't try to express it a lot to us, but i can certainly tell that things are looking dire. his help has been crucial. takeout has become their main source of income. hi, thank you, have a good one, take care. we make our money on our taps, our liquor, and we don't our liquor, and we don't sell that now.

but we have some customers calling in for food, and that is helpful. as for federal assistance, the government created a loan scheme called the paycheque protection programme to help small businesses like theirs. we've applied, and we have some skeletons in our closet within our past, so those things are kind of rearing their ugly heads for us now. new york is facing a shortage of emts, emergency medical technicians. back from college, andrew has joined the coronavirus front lines, working as one of them. he is putting in all this effort during the most critical time in bay ridge's history. he joined bravo volunteer ambulance, a free community run service

that serves bay ridge and the surrounding area. at 20 years old, he is one of the youngest members. it was pretty crazy and scary. going to the hospital and seeing the tents they had set up outside, and they would triage people outside before they would bring them in. it's one thing to see it on the news and see pictures of it, it's another thing to actually be there and see it for yourself and be in the middle of it. when i would go home, i would start painting and just trying to show what is going on through the artwork. his sister is finding it harder to fill her time. my plan for the summer was to work in a day camp, so that would have been from june to august, five days a week.

and now there are no summer camps. hopefully i'll figure something out to do. otherwise i don't really know what i'll be doing. i can already see a change, got the garage door open. back at lone star, with the weather improving there may be a glimmer of hope for tony and tracey. i see you have got this open now? the weather has allowed it! people can come out, socially distance as much as possible with masks,

and just hit your favourite bar, grab a quick drink, grab a small bite and go. could you imagine we'll get a second he is opaque —— get sick and he is 0k! an almost normal experience of life before the virus as i get to know some of the regulars. i lived here 33 years in bay ridge. you try to give back to everybody you can, but you get back to where you hang out the most. restaurants can't open and people are losing jobs. it's sad. it is sad that people died and everything, but it's time to let people open up and, you know. but it's a health crisis. it's not like a man—made thing that you are giving into something. it is something bigger than us. but you let that health crisis take over your life. the numbers are going up. do you want to be in a hospital where nobody can visit you?

so you are living your life as normal now? yes, that's what i do. i'm not worried about the virus. don't get me wrong, i have my mask and it's always american, so that's what i do. and the shoes, they represent trump. today feels normal, i come out and see friends, talk. but who knows how long this is going to last, you know? you've got to give people back their lives. if not, it's diabolical, it is going to be bad. how do you want it? it is a good day for lone star. best day we've had in four months. but is it enough? they chant. please listen and understand,

we will not sit here idling that we will not sit here idle and let america be run by hate. the city's public health crisis has abated. the killing of george floyd at the hands of police in st louis has sparked anger across the country. in new york, protests take place nearly every day. i went to one protest that was happening in our neighbourhood. george floyd! my mum was kind of anxious because it was like the biggest crowd that we've ever been in since the pandemic started. we were walking down the street, people would honk their horns in support, and then there were also people shouting in the windows. andrew has also found a way to support the protests. i just felt that it would be so great to be part of this historic moment and just contribute in any way i can. as an emt, because i know a lot of people are getting injured, if there is any way i can help, i would go out and do it.

not everyone welcomes change. some in the neighbourhood organised a pro—police blue lives matter demonstration. the crowd, a mix of retired officers, friends and family. and across the city, the situation has been much the same, with looters joining peaceful protesters and police brutality caught on camera phones. i was worried. i stayed here all night, i was worried. you know? but what are you going to do? rest in peace to george floyd. it was a shame. nobody in their right mind can say

that what happened to that man was not criminal. but tracey tells me that as a business owner she has found navigating the politics of black lives matter fraught? and i going to put a black lives matter stick up in my business? i do not think so. because i feel like if i don't make a stance, is my business going to be labelled? if i do make stance, are my customers not going to be with me? this is a very blue—collar neighbourhood. i'm not trying to annoy anybody. for siblings andrew and brianna, who are half—haitian, the cause is personal. our dad is black, so we are biracial. i have had comments made about me. it definitely affects me. i definitely feel more nervous in places where most people are white. they help paint a mural in bay ridge. it contains the names of women and men killed

at the hands of police. i hope that maybe something will come out of this, because we have definitely accomplished more in a few weeks than has been done in 20 years. keep going, is all i can say, keep going, this is good but keep going. the outpouring of activism comes at a time when the coronavirus has highlighted deep inequality in american society. in bay ridge, considered one of the most conservative neighbourhoods in the city, it is exposing sharp cultural rifts. so this is just one block from your house? yes, this is it, this is what is left. just a month after they helped create the black lives matter mural, it has been painted over. ultimately we have to do more thanjust paint a mural on a wall.

it is latejune, and coronavirus cases continue to fall. new york is in phase two reopening, retailers and barber shops back, and so is outdoor dining. streeteries — makeshift structures for eating outside — have begun popping up in front of restaurants all over the city, to help them get back to something resembling business as usual. everything that is going on right now as a shock and surprise. nobody knew any of this was going to happen. but the stress of trying to stay afloat is taking its toll on tracey. emotionally, i'm a wreck. up and down and up and down. my mood swings are, you know, some days i feel good, some days ijust don't even know why we even bother. we have bill collectors banging on the door all the time. no masks for dogs!

i love you. i have got a credit card that is maxed out, you know? my wife's mother helped us out. that's my son, that is my other son right there, the two of them. i had to look at my kids, it makes it a lot easier, and i had to show them that if you don't fight for what you want, then how do you explain to them that i just gave up. even if it ruins you financially? we are already ruined financially. everything is horrible. for breanna and andrew, there is an end nearing. with summer almost over, both have decided to return

to university this autumn. their colleges are reopening. classes will be half online and half in person. i am excited for a change of scenery. for both, the pandemic has shifted the way they see life after graduation. i was an emt in new york city during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, and i was able to get through that, so this has definitely solidified my goal to go into medicine. but the dire impact of the pandemic on the economy might make things difficult for breanna, who dreams of being a teacher. my dad has told me that if i couldn't find a job right away, he won't kick me out of the house, so that's nice of him! but, like, i want to go into the workforce, cos that's my whole passion in life.

and so i hope it works out, but i don't really know. across bay ridge, many people are discovering that even as the virus recedes, life is not going back to how it was before. if you drive down these blocks, you will see more stores closed and for rent than ever before. business isn't good, it's slow. steak is costing me almost $9 a pound. i'm paying so much more per piece, and i can't raise the prices, so i lose on my end. which cuts are killing you the most? food cost is ridiculous. plus there is no decrease in rent, no decrease in electric, no decrease in gas, no decrease in salaries.

and now you're adding on more paper towels, more toilet paper, more cleaning supplies. even the return of eating inside may not be enough. the city is getting ready to allow indoor dining at 25% capacity at the end of september. everything is so bad and dark and miserable. this place used to be hopping, people all over the place having a good time. it could still be that way. breanna is learning the hard way that plans to get back to normal are easily thwarted. less than 2a hours after she told me she was returning to campus, her college cancelled in—person classes. breanna will have to stay in bay ridge after all.

ok, so, iam pretty much radiating anger, frustration, and i think maybe a little bit of sadness. i think it is mostly frustration. the whole thing about college is you get to experience being on campus and that's, i would have got over it if they had told me a week ago and said that i wasn't coming on campus instead of telling me i was going to come on campus, by now i would be over it. but right now i'm not over it. most of the year is over, and the memories we thought we would make in 2020 have been stolen by the coronavirus. and still we are a long way from getting back to anything resembling normal. here in bay ridge there are glimmers of that old new york, that fighting spirit that is pushing people to adapt even

as there is no end in sight. if i have one bottle of liquor on the shelf and one keg of beer and one type of beer, i will still be here. so it doesn't matter. for tony, saving lone star is about so much more thanjust keeping his bar. the american dream is this. you have a dream to be your own boss. to make your own money. to not have to listen to someone, not have to take orders. to create your own destiny. that's the american dream. i've had the american dream since i was 17 years old. i always say moving on is giving in.

yesterday i went to the beach by myself, you know? just clear the mind. didn't have to worry about sanitiser and this and that. who is he, this guy? he is like the spokesperson for bay ridge? i walk in the door, i throw my keys on the table, i'm like, is this the way i want to be? i can do what you just done! you are a cliche today. have you got clean underwear on? and cut! hey, you guys want a drink? hello, the weather is set

to cause us some disruption through the course of today. we've got a deep area of low pressure driving our weather, bringing some outbreaks of really heavy rain at times for many of us and also some strong winds, especially towards the south. so that deep area of low pressure has been moving its way in from the west, sitting to the north of the uk, but it's to the south of that where you see all these isobars here, that we see the strongest of the winds. and a couple of weather fronts moving their way through as well. so we've had heavy rain earlier across the south—east, which will be clearing away into the afternoon, but then more showers rattling around that area of low pressure. nowhere really immune to catching outbreaks of rain. for scotland and northern ireland, the rain won't be quite as heavy, but it will be persistent and slow—moving in places. further south, look at the wind gusts this afternoon, up to about 60, even 70 miles per hour or more through the english channel. even inland gusts about 45 miles per hour, enough to bring down some small trees and a lot of debris on the roads as well. so temperatures only about eight to 11 degrees this afternoon, noticeably cooler air than we've had around recently. into this evening and tonight, then, still outbreaks of showery rain lingering for some of us,

particularly through scotland, northern england as well. mostly dry further south, still enough of a breeze to keep things frost—free with overnight temperatures falling to around about five to nine degrees. now, tomorrow's weather will be in between areas of low pressure. so today's low pressure clearing to the north—east, the next one lining up in the atlantic but in between, just a bump of slightly higher pressure, so although we're likely to start off with a few showers, especially for scotland and northern england, they tend to fade away and there will be some drier and some slightly brighter weather tomorrow. it'll be breezy, but not as windy as today, but then more cloud and outbreaks of rain move in from the west later in the day. and again, those winds will be picking up later on. temperatures about ten to 13 degrees on monday. it remains reasonably mild, but also unsettled into the middle part of the week. so tuesday and into wednesday, the next area of low pressure and this quite active cold front sweeps eastwards across the uk, another spell of windy conditions as well. then it's going to be all change towards the end of the week. the mild and unsettled

conditions get cleared away. we open the doors for this colder airflow to move in from the north. so the next few days, certainly unsettled, quite stormy at times, too. it turns a bit quieter, but also colder as we look towards the end of the week, bye for now.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. calls for the uk government to force social media companies to remove anti—vaccine content from their platforms. clashes in washington — with one person stabbed — as thousands march through the streets to show their support for donald trump's unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. thousands of ethiopians flee their country amid fighting between their government and forces in the tigray region — with the conflict now spilling across the eritrean border. and the promise of an extra a0 million pounds for green spaces in england as part of a plan to restore species and combat climate change. the british entertainer des o'connor — known for his