alison holt, bbc news. the northeast coast of britain. and if you want to know what it's like to fly in that formation, then here you are. the rafjets carried out a fly past above the coastal town of scarborough to mark armed forces day in the uk. a reminder of our top story: the united states has surpassed 2.5 million coronavirus cases — it comes as the surge in daily records continues. restriction are being re—introduced in some states. including texas, arizona and florida. business owners say it's another devastating blow. more on our website and twitter. stay with us. hello. well, the fresh weather is here to stay for the foreseeable future, at least the next week or so. so, plenty of showers in the forecast, and on top of that, it's also going to be windy, particularly on sunday. really quite blustery for the time of the year. now, the reason for it is this low pressure that swung out of the atlantic is being propelled by a jet stream. that jet stream has also introduced that much fresher air, and it's

alison holt, bbc news.—east coast of britain. and if you want to know what it's like to fly in that formation. then here you are. the rafjets carried out a fly past above the coastal town of scarborough to mark armed forces day in the uk. more on our website and i am on twitter. please, do stay with us. hello. well, the fresh weather is here to stay for the foreseeable future, at least the next week or so. so, plenty of showers in the forecast, and on top of that, it's also going to be windy, particularly on sunday. really quite blustery for the time of the year. now, the reason for it is this low pressure that swung out of the atlantic is being propelled by a jet stream. that jet stream has also introduced that much fresher air, and it's here to stay. this is what it looks like through the early hours. so, the possibility of catching showers almost anywhere through the early hours, but more especially, i think, across the north—west of the uk and really across parts of northern ireland, the north—west of e

our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, reports.s who fund themselves has effectively subsidised the care system, paying far more for the for by their local authority. age uk says that on average, self funders are charged just over £850 per week. now some are saying their fees rise by 15%. the charity said it is adding insult to injury that self funders find themselves picking up the bill for extra protective equipment and increased staff costs resulting from the pandemic. the government has allocated £600 million towards helping care providers cover the costs of infection control as well as an extra £3.6 billion for council services generally. a day of protests in response to george floyd's death is under way in australia. many thousands are demonstrating against racism and police violence, under the banner of ‘black lives matter‘. they are also highlighting the treatment of indigenous australians, who are often marginalised in society, and disproportionately represented in prisons. the australian prime minister, scott morrison, wa

were tested — that's the finding of the national audit office. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holtlight does this report shed? i think this report provides us with a really important timeline for the decisions being made by government and by nhs england and these are decisions which have shaped our response to the crisis. it starts off with what was effectively the nhs action plan, a letter sent on march the 17th setting up measures to prevent hospitals being overwhelmed which included the rapid discharge of patients from hospitals, including around about 25,000 people who were moved to care homes. the report says it is not known how many had covid—19 or even how many had been tested and it also says we do not know how many health and social care staff had been tested during the pandemic. the peak of outbreaks of the virus in care homes was the first week of april and about a week later on april the 15th we got the government's social ca re 15th we got the government's social care action plan, so this is the sort of thing that will fuel the argument that social care was an aftertho

our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, reports. effectively subsidised the care system, paying far more for the support they need than someone who is paid for by their local authority. age uk says that on average, self—funders are charged just over £850 per week. now some are seeing their fees rise by 15%. the charity said it's adding insult to injury that self funders find themselves picking up the bill for extra protective equipment and increased staff costs resulting from the pandemic. the government has allocated £600 million towards helping care providers cover the costs of infection control as well as an extra £3.6 billion for council services generally. meanwhile the government had been expected to announce this morning whether it's met its target of testing all residents and staff in elderly care homes in england for covid—19 by earlyjune. that's not going to happen today. bbc news understands that testing kits have been sent to most homes, but one group of providers says hundreds of results have gone missing, and others ar

patient becomes distressed or tries to harm themselves or others. 0ur social affairs correspondent, alison holtanged life in one psychiatric hospital. it is ten to seven in the morning and i'm about to start my early shift on gray forest psychiatric intensive care unit. laura will spend the day ahead looking after acutely mentally unwell people here at wotton lawn hospital in gloucestershire. morning, she isjust checking our ppe stock for the day... as a nurse, she and other mental health staff have had to rethink how they work. access to secure wards like this is rare. here too covid—19 has changed life dramatically. masks now obvious hurdles to vital human connections. having to wear masks, scrubs and also having to think about how we deal with people that are maybe suspected or positive for covid—19. across england about 18,000 people are living in mental health hospitals. psychiatric inpatient units like this one look after people when they are acutely mentally ill. providing that support at a time of coronavirus, under lockdown, is particularly challenging. the doors are locked. it is not

our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, reports.aying far more for the support they need than someone who is paid for by their local authority. age uk says that on average, self funders are charged just over £850 per week. now some are seeing their fees rise by 15%. the charity said it is adding insult to injury that self funders find themselves picking up the bill for extra protective equipment and increased staff costs resulting from the pandemic. the government has allocated £600 million towards helping care providers with the costs of infection control, as well as an extra £3.6 billion for council services generally. a sign that the lockdown is being eased around the world is the gradual return of professional sport. we've seen football matches being played in various countries — although usually the games take place behind closed doors. that's not the case in vietnam though — where the fans are also making a comeback. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. in nam dinh city, you'd think that covid—19 had never even existed. dozens of sup

pandemic were tested that‘s the finding of the national audit office. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holtnhs action plan, a letter sent on march the 17th setting up measures to prevent hospitals being overwhelmed which included the rapid discharge of patients from hospitals, including around about 25,000 people who were moved to care homes. the report says it is not known how many had covid—19 or even how many had been tested and it also says we do not know how many health and social care staff had been tested during the pandemic. the peak of outbreaks of the virus in care homes was the first week of april and about a week later on april the 15th we got the government‘s social care action plan, so this is the sort of thing that will fuel the argument that social care was an afterthought and that had tragic consequences with a high number of deaths in care homes. 0n the one hand you have the nhs, a national health service well loved, well understood, a powerful voice, and on the other hand you have the care system, complex and fragmented, poorly understood, and this report says that that h