nick thomas, who was arrested early on and on andrew marr.tions, tens of thousands of households, who have had to muddle through and try to follow guidance as best they can and this particular situation was even raised ata particular situation was even raised at a downing street press conference with the deputy chief medical officer and she mentioned things like, for example, looking to local authority helps to see if there is childcare and what we've not got answers to tour here is did the prime minister is chief adviser take advice before making that extraordinarily long journey to durham? extraordinarily long journey to durham ? what extraordinarily long journey to durham? what enquiries did he make as to what the availability was of childcare locally in london? indeed, on his own story of the moment, when he got to durham, didn't actually use the childcare at all, it is a family memberwho use the childcare at all, it is a family member who was delivering food as a reason why that couldn't of been done in london either. these are the vital

morning on the andrew marr programme. —— market rate for.ases of petitions missing restrictions. sign up we will not have all the children back in all the schools on the first day. we get was children for whom we have the greatest priority to begin with an monitor that carefully. we have more children and as we are confident we can do that safely. over time we will get back to something like the normal that we will use it. —— were used to. we have had an interview on this sun on sunday for the panellists are talking about the dark and dangerous regimes in hospital. it is the first interview since coming out of hospital a top side had candidly about how serious things were for him. say seems at first reluctant to go into hospital when he was in isolation suffering from coronavirus doctors forced into a looking back he says he started out and the right to do that. he says he conscious registry notes in intensive care and also aware of what was going on. that 50—50 moment he has described things possibly going either way, it was a tough old mom

grant shapps speaking to andrew marr.our, but let's get the weather. hello there. it's an improving story this bank holiday weekend in terms of the weather. yesterday, parts of the north west of scotland through the highlands saw nearly 3.5 inches of rain. despite cloudy skies this morning, it's certainly an improving picture and it will slowly brighten up as the afternoon continues. you can start to see the cloud breaking up quite nicely in this weather watcher picture from dorset. the reason being, high pressure is starting to build now from the south—west and that will dominate over the next few days. this weak where the front into the north is still breezy at the moment, but the winds will slowly die down as we go through the day and any cloud and drizzle will tend to ease. it has been a cloudy start but generally we're seeing that cloud breaking up over the rest of the afternoon and there will be a little more sunshine coming through. lighter winds than yesterday and with more sunshine and lighter winds, as a consequ

the transfer secretary is due the andrew marr show tomorrow morning.ple who don't follow politics that close they will dominic cummings an even care about this? i think he is more famous than some of the cabinet ministers. his rather extraordinary work a day garb people know who he is. i would've said that dominic cummings probably is the age best known since alastair campbell. so he is a public figure whether he likes it or not, and the result of that i think that people actually will be making a judgement about him. there is a pull out tonight showing that 68% of people think that he was wrong to do what he did. and 52% say he should resign. let's look at the sunday times. saying johnson refuses to throw his top aide to the dogs. interesting language, isn't it? we know that dominic cummings has been immensely influential. controversy recently that he had gone to the stage meetings as well not as a scientist but as a government adviser. he is privy to the formulation, part of the formation of the guide is that everyone else is asked to follow. that's

that was grant shapps speaking to andrew marr, we have had in the last hour —— a few minutes, mr comesing street this morning under growing pressure, as we say, to step down. yesterday, ministers were defending him and downing street was defending him very vigorously indeed. today steve baker and very vigorously indeed. today steve bakerand a very vigorously indeed. today steve baker and a string of other conservative mps have been saying that needs to consider his position and we will bring you the latest from downing street, butjust to say, we saw dominic cummings leaving his home surrounded by reporters a little earlier on. he has now travelled from his home to downing street and is now in number ten at the moment so we will bring you the latest from there as it comes into us. china's foreign minister, wang yi, has warned that certain us interests are pushing for ‘a new cold war‘ following the fallout of the coronavirus crisis. speaking at a press conference in beijing, the country's most senior diplomat said china and the united states would lose from confrontation, and insisted bo

the welsh first minister mark drakeford has been speaking this morning on the andrew marr programme andgh wales has set out something more of a detailed timetable than the uk government has for schools there, he would like the uk to move as one to the next phases of potentially loosening the restrictions in place. we're not going to have all the children back in all the schools on the first day. we get those children is in for whom we have the greatest priority to begin with. we monitor that carefully, we add more children in as we are confident that we can do that safely, and over time, we will get back to something like the normal we were used to. jonathan, meanwhile, we have had an interview from the prime minister in one of today's british newspapers, the sun on sunday. talking about the dark and dangerous days when he was in hospital. yes, it's borisjohnson‘s first interview since coming out of hospital and he talks very candidly about just how serious things were for him. he says that he was at first reluctant to go into hospital when he was in isolation suffering from coronavirus

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, the senior cabinet minister michael gove said that no amount of planning safety measures could remove the risk of teachers and education staff catching coronavirus. the only way ever to ensure that you never catch coronavirus is to stay at home, completely. there is always, always, always, in any loosening of these restrictions, the risk of people catching the coronavirus. ..guarantee their safety and it sounds like from what you're saying that you can't really. a personal risk? the key thing is that we can make these workplaces are safe. you can never eliminate risk. michael gove speaking earlier. our political correspondent jess parker explained why the return of children to schools in england is becoming a political row. the plan is at the moment for schools to reopen, of course some have stayed open for the families of key workers, but to reopen on a wider basis for reception, year one and yearsix, a wider basis for reception, year one and year six, a staggered return for primary schools, no return for secondary schools until after the summer. secondar

dr maria van kerkhove is the covid 19 technical lead at the who, and she told the bbc‘s andrew marr showrictions must be slow and staggered. what we're seeing in a number of countries that have been successful in repressing transmission is that the virus can... is that many more people remain susceptible. and what we are seeing countries like singapore where they have seen almost like a second wave, essentially what it is, is outbreaks that are happening in expat dormitories so the virushas found a place that it can take hold and it can resurge again. so all countries must remain on alert for the possibility of additional transmission, even if they have been successful in suppressing transmission the first round. it's emerged that more than two thousand coronavirus patients in intensive care in england, wales and northern ireland had to be treated for kidney failure as well as respiratory problems. those affected received specialist renal support treatment and that led to a shortage in essential equipment. angus crawford reports meet maurice marshall before covid — singer and student...

the andrew marr show is on bbc one at 9am. what do you have lined up this morning, andrew?n who runs the office for budget responsibility for that. deputy leader of the labour party responding as well about trade unions in schools, and michael gove. i have the poet laureate simon armitage reading a poem he has done with his... and someone to talk about the filming difficulties during the covid—19 crisis. this this we'll meet the ten—year—old girl who is doing 2,000 "keepy uppies" a day to raise money for charity, and she wants all of us to join in. i think i'd only manage about two. that's impressive in my view. seriously good skills there. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and rachel burden. it's 8:30, here's a summary of this morning's main news. borisjohnson has acknowledged that the new lockdown guidelines for england are more complicated than his previous message to "stay at home". mrjohnson said he understands that people will feel frustrated with the new rules — which he announced a week ago — and that he trusts in what he c

the andrew marr show is on bbc one at nine o'clock. what do you have lined up this morning, andrew?ing a lot about i'll be going to wearing masks and on the political side, i got grant shapps, who will no doubt be responding to the dominant coming story in great detail and also the shadow home secretary. i got nicola benedetti, the wonderful violinists soa benedetti, the wonderful violinists so a crammed show and the director—general of the bbc, tony hall, talking about the funding and politics of this organisation. all of that at nine o'clock. andrew, thank you very much. stay with us. headlines coming up. don't go anywhere. hello, this is bbc breakfast. here's a summary of this morning's main news. the prime minister's closest aide — dominic cummings — is facing further allegations that he breached lockdown rules. both he and the government insist he acted "reasonably and legally" by driving from london to county durham in march while his wife had coronavirus. the observer and the sunday mirror are now reporting that he was seen in the north east on two more occasions in april. in

yesterday on the andrew marr show on bbc one, a statistician, said there are 10 million under fifteensf covid 19 to over 90s was 10,000 times the risk to young people. what do we know though about the likely transmission risk or transmission rate from younger people to older people? we know very little. there have been some studies, not in this country as far asiam studies, not in this country as far as i am aware, places like france and switzerland have done these studies, showing that the right is very low. from young kids. it is not zero. there is still some risk in transmitting from children, say at school, to their grandparents but it is much less than older people transferring it to each other, if you like. because this is a key question from parents who are having to consider children potentially going back to school in england. from june the 1st. if they are in reception for years one or six. yes. the risk is minimal. but it‘s still a risk and i think we‘ve got to learn as a population, if going to move on and you know, not bankrupt the whole country for the next 20 yea rs the

the andrew marr show follows us on bbc one this morning. andrew who‘s on the show today?mary of this morning‘s main news. as the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk rises above 28,000, borisjohnson has spoken in detail about his experience of being seriously ill in hospital. speaking to the sun on sunday, the prime minister — who spent three days in intensive care — said he was given, "litres and litres of oxygen" and "contingency plans" were in place in case things went badly wrong. mrjohnson was diagnosed with coronavirus on march 26th and was admitted to hospital 10 days later. there are calls for the government to keep levels of public spending high to help boost the economy after the lockdown is lifted. in an open letter to borisjohnson, the british chambers of commerce say a phased reopening of business is needed, alongside existing support schemes, as soon as possible to avoid further job losses and to prevent businesses from failing. churches in germany are opening today for the first time since the lockdown began in march. the number of wors

the andrew marr show follows breakfast on bbc one at 9 o'clock. ite division. iamjoined by football restarts in the elite division. i am joined by the chairman of crystal palace to talk about that. we will talk about baking with prue leith, books and looking ahead with novelist robert harris. called to the programme will be two scientists, a statistician who is often quoted by government and boris johnson about international comparisons and much else, and the man who knows more than anybody else about the possible cure for coronavirus, said peter hornby from the university of oxford. we have scientists, cultural figures and politicians. don't you dare miss it! thank you. we will make sure we do not. have you been baking like crazy? actually, i have not. my other half has. what is the baking recipe of choice? there was a very good chocolate cake and then there was a very good... i cannot really describe it, lots of icing and lemon and it was amazing. i think it was pure sugar. lots of icing is all you need. just as well you are on your bike a bit. s

ask about shielding, as a second question, professor peter openshaw, one of the advisers on the andrew marr unnecessarily. i wonder how soon you might be able to say more about those people who may be able to return to a level of normality rather quicker than the current guidelines suggest. normality rather quicker than the current guidelines suggestlj normality rather quicker than the current guidelines suggest. i will askjenny‘s professional opinion on that but as you are right to say, the shielded category is over 2 million people so there are a number of underlying conditions within that and there is a range of risks within that. we do want to move to a more specific approach in time and so we are... our medical advisers are taking... are producing advice as to how we can give people more specific, tailored advice to their own condition, rather than the blanket approach that we have done so far. but the advice that we have today remains that the shielded should stay at home but now can take advantage of the modest changes we have announced which will be in effect from tomorrow, the abil

dr maria van kerkhove is the covid 19 technical lead at the who, and she spoke to the bbc‘s andrew marrections hitting the countries that are already beginning to release their lockdowns: what we are seeing in a number of countries that have been successful in suppressing transmission is that the virus, that many more people remain susceptible. and what we're seeing in countries like singapore, where they have seen almost like a second wave, essentially what it is, is actually outbreaks that are in expat dormitories, and so the virus has found a place where it can take hold and resurge again. so, all countries must remain on alert to the possibility of additional transmission. even if they have been successful in suppressing transmission in the first round. now one question a lot of people have been asking themselves is, to what extent masks are going to be useful in the process of unlocking? masks are very helpful in a number of situations. first and foremost for our health care workers, that is the priority and i think everybody agrees that. we also recommend the people who are within

ben's leaving us now to read the news for the andrew marr show, which is coming up after us at nine o'clockskies for the most part as we head to today's. some patchy cloud in parts of england and wales, may be some high cloud from time to time across scotland and northern ireland, turning the sundry a bit hazy. the wind, brisk easterly, so for some north sea coasts that will make it feel a little on the cool side, 18 degrees in aberdeen but in inverness, a high of 25. many western and northern parts of scotla nd western and northern parts of scotland doing well for temperatures once again. this western counties of northern ireland could see highs of 2a. the east coast of england on the cool side. further west into wales, central and western parts of england, 25, 26, 27 is likely. through this evening and tonight, clear and starry skies, perhaps some fog returning to some north—eastern coast. not a particularly cold night, another warm day to come tomorrow with a lot of sunshine but it turns cooler and wetter from the north on tuesday. a change on the way. i know some people will be very gla

grant shapps yesterday, when asked by andrew marr whether, if we had been doing testing earlier, a lotand flows of the outbreak. this is a virus that we all struggled to understand around the world. understanding a virus viruses partly built from a study are people who have had it and it came from the other side of the world. i remember talking to my german counterpart about resourcing reagents. it was not about the massive testing of people going around testing, it was a shortage of the reagent and a shortage of laboratory capacity to effectively carry out the tests once the slobs had been taken. they were fixed, matt hancock fixed back, the government fixed that and testing kits became more available. over time we then produced the mass of people who carry out their testing. it was not the case at the beginning, we did not have lots of soldiers and nhs —— —— nhs staff going around, we did not have the reagents. there is a time for that andi reagents. there is a time for that and i think we will learn across the world that no one country did the right, perfect thing and that will play

been lots of speculation in the press recently, and of course the transport secretary was on the andrew marrg impact on our sector, but at the moment we do not have much detail about what that would mean. of course, we have had lots from any airline operators looking at furloughing staff, making staff potentially redundant because of this massive downturn, this understandable downturn in travel, in international travel and domestic travel. what is going to be the impact of that? our sector has really been at the forefront of the impact. we started to see passenger numbers declining before the impacts we re numbers declining before the impacts were being felt within the uk. we have seen passenger numbers typically down by about 98% in the uk. a lot of airports are now closed for passenger traffic. there are no new flights coming and that means no revenue. we are really having to adjust and see our way through. the job retention scheme at the moment, which the government has brought in, has been really helpful in helping us to protect some of those key staff that we really hope will be able to