our thanks to angela kender, and for her courage in sharing her emotions with us.ics, but as individuals who lost their lives to covid—i9. i'm philippa thomas, thank you for watching coronavirus: your stories. in the last day or so, we've had some very windy weather across western parts of the uk. a storm swept across ireland, but on friday, it is going to be blowing a gale across many parts of the uk, certainly wales, england, southern parts of scotland as well. and all because of this low which has decided to park itself very close to the uk, and it will be with us until around about saturday night. eventually on sunday, it should finally pull away into scandinavia. but until then, blustery conditions expected throughout friday. on top of that, some heavy showers, thunderstorms are possible, too. the heaviest of the showers will be across more western and northern areas of the uk. but let's focus on those winds because they will be hazardous. in fact, strong enough to take branches off trees, and even this time of the year, 50—60 mph winds are capable of bringing

our thanks to angela kender, and for her courage in sharing her emotions with us.es this morning: schools are safe: the uk's chief medical officers seek to reassure pa rents as millions of children prepare to return to the classroom. many more are likely to be harmed by not going than harmed by going, even during this pandemic. a crackdown on illegal gatherings which break social distancing rules. new fines of up to £10,000 for the worst offenders come into force this week. president trump declares deadly wildfires in california a major disaster and releases federal aid to help the state. thousands have been forced from their homes. it was a record breaking day for england. zak crawley‘s 267 and jos buttler‘s century puts the hosts in control and eyeing victory today in the third and final test with pakistan. good morning. recent gusty winds slowly easing today, but it's still a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. all the details throughout the morning. it's sunday the 23rd of august. our top story: children are more likely to be harmed by not returning to

our thanks to angela kender, and for her courage in sharing her emotions with us.stories. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today. hundreds of thousands of people in three areas of north west england are under tighter lockdown measures from today in an attempt to combat rising coronavirus cases. the manchester united captain, harry maguire, will appear in court in greece this morning. he's been in police custody since a disturbance at a bar on thursday. sta travel becomes the latest high street firm to fall victim to the pandemic, putting around 500 jobs at risk. england's zak crawley will hope to turn a maiden test century into a double hundred when he resumes on 171, with england in control against pakistan on day two of the final test in southampton. and not quite as windy today as it was yesterday. overall, not a bad day for most of us, with sunshine and a few showers. it's saturday, the 22nd of august. our top story. parts of north west england are facing tighter lockdown restrictions from today amid risin