to demand an immediate public inquiry. 24—hour security for the statue of the scouts founder, robert badenl in poole in dorset, in the face of plans to remove it. golf does its bit for the black lives matter movement. some of the best players in the world, pause to mark the death of george floyd, as the professional game returns. out to grass — how the horses and soldiers of the artillary have been responding to the cancellation of this year's traditional trooping the colour. feeling pretty humid over the next few days but some of you will also experience a nasty thunderstorms as well. i will tell you when and where right here on breakfast. it's friday, the 12th ofjune. our top story: the full impact of coronavirus on the economy will become clearer this morning when official figures from the first full month of lockdown are published at 7 o'clock. gdp numbers for april are expected to show a record monthly drop in economic activity in the uk. ben is in our london newsroom and will be keeping across this for us this morning. you will be watching these figures closely. in advance of knowing

the local council says the 12—year—old statue of robert baden—powell is being removed on police advice of the keep it or leave it argument over the statue of robert baden powell. he is the latest figure of prominence to be slid under the microscope of historical reinspection. nobody is perfect, but this man has done more good for the world than virtually anybody else i can think of. in fact, it was hard to find local people against baden powell's statue being present opposite the island where he founded the scouts in 1907. they are going to think we are absolutely mad. that is part of scouting. that is a history we should be keeping, and it should be here for always. some people do find him offensive with his past. no! everybody has got a skeleton in the cupboard, haven't they? shouldn't we react to that, shouldn't we be sensitive to that? look, what about paintings and books and that? do we rip them up? what about nelson's column? do we rip that down? i think we should keep them there. the scout movement is the greatest influence on... robert baden powell was a 19th century army man h

a statue of robert baden—powell on poole quay will be removed today and placed in safe storage. in 1907. bournemouth, christchurch and poole council said it recognised some of his actions were less worthy of commemoration and said the statue would be removed for now to create time for views to be aired. tv presenters ant and dec have apologised for impersonating black and japanese women on saturday night takeaway, saying it was wrong. the pair concealed their real identities with darker make—up and prosthetics in order to pull pranks on famous people. responding to the anti—racism protests, they have asked itv to remove their 2003 and 2004 sketches from its catch—up service. nhs england says it is offering innovative and more convenient cancer care during the coronavirus pandemic despite figures released later today which are expected to reveal a decline in the number of urgent referrals in april. charities are calling for a national plan to restore services and warn of a ticking time bomb in undiagnosed cases. health correspondent lauren moss reports. been on the mobile? this is

a statue of robert baden—powell on poole quay will be removed today and placed in "safe storage". bournemouth, christchurch and poole council said it recognised some of his actions were "less worthy of commemoration" and said the statue would be removed "for now" to "create time for views to be aired". two men have been arrested on suspicion of assault on two police officers. a video circulating on social media, which we cannot fully show for legal reasons, shows an officer struggling on the ground with a man in frampton park road in hackney, east london. the attack was described as "sickening, shocking & disgraceful" by the home secretary, priti patel. yesterday the prime minister announced a further easing of the lockdown rules for england. from saturday, anyone in england living alone will be able to form what borisjohnson called a "support bubble" with one other household. he said the measure was aimed at those who have been particularly lonely during the lockdown. in a moment we'll be speaking to the virologist and broadcaster, doctor chris smith and putting some of our viewe

meanwhile, 24—hour security has been placed on a statue of scouts founder robert baden—powell in dorsetst chief scout, in paul, admirers of robert baden powell stop the temporary removal of a statue from quayside, and when antiracist campaigners but are ona antiracist campaigners but are on a target list, the council wa nted on a target list, the council wanted to take it away, fearing it would be attacked.|j wanted to take it away, fearing it would be attacked. i think whether his beliefs are in the past, he has also done a lot of good and we cannot obliterate history. it is really important we learn from mistakes of the past. by pulling down history and destroying our history, no—one can learn from that. that is a sentiment shared by one government minister. you cannot escape history and i think it would be fundamentally dishonest of us through removing statues and airbrushing out history to then pretend that all was well. totalitarian regimes do that. the statue of slave trader edward colston is expected to end up in a museum after it was a retreat from bristol docks, where it had be

in poole, admirers of robert baden—powell stop the temporary removal of his statue from the quayside.ncil had wanted to take it away, fearing it would be attacked. i think whatever baden—powell's beliefs were in the past, he has also done a lot of good and we cannot obliterate history. it is really important we learn from mistakes of the past. by pulling down history, by destroying our history, no—one can learn from that. that is a sentiment shared by one government minister. you cannot escape history and i think it would be fundamentally dishonest of us to, through removing statues and airbrushing out history, to then pretend that all was well. you know, totalitarian regimes do that. the statue of slave trader edward colston is expected to end up in a museum, after it was retrieved from bristol docks, where it had been dumped by protesters at the weekend. but in a city where his name has loomed large for so long, times are changing, and campaigners say more controversial symbols also need to disappear from public view across the uk. i'm totally for a lot of the other statues in this

a council in southern england has temporarily taken down a statue to robert baden—powell after protestersof the scouts' links to the nazis. baden—powell founded the scout movement in 1907. bournemouth, christchurch and poole council said it recognised some of his actions were "less worthy of commemoration" and said the statue would be removed "for now" to "create time for views to be aired". the number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the united states has surpassed two million, two weeks after the world health organization declared the american continent to be the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. the figure comes from thejohns hopkins institute which also indicated that more than 112,000 people had died there — the highest death toll in the world. new york city remains the worst affected — over 200,000 cases of the virus have been confirmed there since the pandemic began. although the daily number of new cases has declined sharply in some parts of the us, the figure is increasing in 20 us states as you can see from this breakdown by the centers for disease control and pre

in the southern english county of dorset says the statue of the founder of the scout movement robert baden-powell now won't be removed despite concerns it could be targeted baden powell is accused of racism and supporting at all. or for all of this and are joined by community advocate scotland . holder thanks for joining us there's got to be a balance there hasn't there between concerns about statues and also the legality of their removal. would be concerned but you have to realize until all of the protests the dems are being pulled down in the 1st place is only been called down today when members of the public so many. who damaged those those days have made it so that when this is really moral. and highlighted by these that you should raise 3 people who are given a role in our history but we're not very well within the museum or other location where the problem is that doesn't vandalism tarnish the movement itself. what is it that isn't organizing miners really fast lane changes and slave owners the most of the being caught in the slave trade for some some form or shape we've got growth a

paul in the southern english county of dorset say the statue of the founder of the scout movement robert baden-powell now won't be removed despite concerns it could be targeted baden powell is accused of racism and supporting at all for hitler. or community advocate sword again told me the public took a stand to remove the statue of edward colston but they all thought it is and how acting. concerned but you have to realize until all the protests the dems have been pulled down in the 1st place is only being pulled down today by members of the public so many. who are damaged but those bozos have made it all straight where it is really moral. and highlighted by these that you should raise 3 people who given their old ways you know history but we don't have larry rather than the museum or other location where the problem is that doesn't vandalism tarnish the movement itself. what is it and what is the organizing riders really fast lane and the slave owners the most of the being bought in the state traders some form or shape we got growth and of these people and this gallery is linked to receiving

porn in the southern english county of dorset say the statue of the founder of the scout movement robert baden-powell now won't be removed despite concerns it could be targeted baden-powell is accused of racism and supporting at all for hitler. while floor all of this i was joined by community advocate saundra glen she told me that the public took a stand to remove the statue of edward colston but the offer it isn't now acting to do the rest of the work. be concerned that you have to realize it's all a protest of them being pulled down in the 1st place is only a few that been pulled down today by members of the public so many. who was damaged with those pows as he made friends awareness is really moral. and highlighted by these that. 3 people were given a role plays you know his g.b. not larry but within the museum or other location where the problem is that doesn't vandalism tarnish the movement itself. what is it and what is the organizing miners really mass claim and slave owners the most are the being bought in the state traders some form or shape we've got growth and of these people and t

here, one council prepares to remove a statue of the founder of the scout movement, robert baden—powell

important the southern english county of dorset say the statue of the founder of the scout movement robert baden-powell now won't be removed despite concerns it could be targeted by powell is accused of racism and supporting at all for hitler. or florida all of this i was joined by community advocates want to again she told me that the public took a stand to remove the statue of edward colston but the offer it is are now acting to do the rest of the work. to be concerned but you have to realize until all the protests the limbs are being pulled down in the 1st place is only a few that been pulled down today by members of the public so many. who are damaged but those bozos have made friends awareness a little more. and highlighted by these that you should raise 3 people who are given a role you know has to be not larry but within the museum or other location where the problem is that doesn't vandalism tarnish the movement itself. what is it that is an organizing miners really fast lane changes and slave owners the most are the being bought in the state traders some form or shape we've got growth a

residents of poole vow to protect a statue of the scouts founder robert baden—powell, who's accused ofm. police fear it could be a target for demonstrators. jk rowling reveals she has experienced domestic abuse and sexual assault, in an essay explaining her views about gender. and, "one zooms" — the queen uses the video conferencing app to thank carers for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. interesting listening to all your tales and stories, and i'm very impressed by what you have achieved already. i'm very glad to have been able to join you today. hello, good afternoon. in the next half—hour, we'll bring you the daily downing street briefing, to be led today by the health secretary, matt hancock, who will give an update on the first week's figures from the new nhs test and trace programme in england. the numbers show of the more than 8,000 people who tested positive for covid—19 between 28 may and 3june, two thirds were contacted and provided details of people with whom they'd been in close proximity. nearly 32,000 contacts were indentified and, as a result, 84% were told to

monuments of winston churchill, robert baden—powell, and thomas guy have been boarded up to prevent themank you for your invitation. honestly, i and the international slavery museum are not surprised that this type of things happen and i think it's healthy society who come into put into question its own past. i think that it is time to open the doors for the discussion, open the doors for the discussion, open it is windows, open the door for more clear and honest discussion about the past. who should be involved in this conversation? the society, the community, the... historian, the academics, all the country really. it is a massive question, it is a question of representation, it is a question of who are the heroes and who we want glorified in this country. it is a deep question. it is more than a problem of a statue or a street name. it is a big ethical and moral question. that is opening in this country for my opinion. our prime minister, borisjohnson, country for my opinion. our prime minister, boris johnson, has country for my opinion. our prime minister, borisjohnson, has said in a

local residents in the south of england vow to protect a statue of the scout movement founder — robert baden

still standing — local residents in dorset vow to protect a statue of the scout movement founder — robert baden oh, my love. back together after almost two months apart — we speak to one man and his partner about the long road to recovery from covid. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news: the return of professional golf in the us and a powerful show of support for the black lives matter movement. good evening and welcome to the_bbc m