i am joined byjohn from bedfordshire, and he runs a pub. from bedfordshire pub the bell and michelleild in manchester first to karl at the bell in bedfordshire. we arejoined as we are joined as well by a woman who i’u ns we are joined as well by a woman who runs another pub. the bunting is up, fantastic to see. an opening thought from both of you if i may about what you are doing today, how much you can celebrate today. carol, i will start with you. it is such a fantastic day. i have already had the honour of having a spitfire fly over the village today and we are going to be have an afternoon tea outside, playing some wartime songs and just coming together. obviously apart. absolutely. michelle, what are you planning? we have sent bags out to all the neighbours down the road in the cottages with a raffle ticket that which we drawn for a free meal when we do open up. we are going out on the balcony, asking people to wear fancy dress, decorating gardens. we are going to have afternoon tea on the balcony and we have a gentleman, one of our regulars called aim, and he is playing the ——

he walked 100 laps of his garden in bedfordshire. richly deserved.ours come out, especially the queen's birthday honours, there is always such controversy because people don't necessarily agree with those people who have been awarded something that this is something the country will unite behind because captain tom is getting a well—deserved honour and he chaired the nation in a difficult time. genuine feel-good story and might slight concern is he was given the honorary rank of colonel by the army for what he achieved and i wish they had made him a major, is a david bowie fan, so we could have asked to speak to major tom! laughter thanks forjoining us. that's it for the papers this hour. jo and anand will be back at 23:30 for another look at the papers. goodbye for now. hello. tuesday was very warm and sunny, the warmest day of the year for many, but wednesday will be warmer still, and a little more widespread across the country. but a chance of a few thunderstorms on thursday and as we head into the weekend it will be fresher for everyone. head int

but the boss of bedfordshire—based storey homes says that if workers and subcontractors did not obeyconsequences could be swift and severe. everybody has to adhere to them, otherwise they will be asked to leave the site and may not be asked to return. so, people's livelihoods depend on them working in construction. if you don't work, you don't earn and no one isjust popping the champagne corks and saying, we are all coming back on monday. everybody is being very sensible about it. the last 2a hours have arguably placed more responsibility and more discretion in the hands of employers, and that concerns the unions. we are saying that they should not be pressured into going back to work and they should refuse, and we will obviously defend them. it is a slow and tentative green light for small parts of the economy, but with a warning that if infection rates begin to accelerate, the brakes go back on. simon jack, bbc news. many businesses on the high street are still not able to open for many weeks, possibly months. business owners say they still have unanswered questions about the circu

dunstable downs in bedfordshire, like so many places, seems so appealing.choice to get some fresh air. but another message also remains in place — to stay at home as much as possible. this video was made by councils across lincolnshire, but in skegness this week, the closure of car parks, toilets and restaurants didn't put some visitors off. i've come from nottingham. seems pretty quiet considering, obviously, it's lockdown, so we're trying to do our best to social distance. at the end of the day, the government have said can do it. we've brought our own food so we can just sit and amuse ourselves, really, and not interfere with anybody. like other train operators, east midlands railway is grappling with social distancing. only 20% of seats can be used. we've got key workers we need to be able to provide a service to. it's really important that people who don't need to travel essentially stay away to allow key workers to use the services available to them. in warwickshire, you have to buy a car park ticket for some country parks in an effort to control visi

john maguire, bbc news, bedfordshire.rly badly affected. britain's jewish community, which makes up about 0.5 % of the population, appears to have had a disproportionately high death toll. 0ur correspondentjohn mcmanus has been speaking to people affected by covid—19. yy was very special to us and ourfamily. remembering a dearly loved brother. another victim of the covid—19 virus which has hit britain'sjewish community particularly hard. yanki rothschild shared a love of singing with his brother, yechiel yosef, known as yy. the 20—year—old lived independently in the ultra orthodox charedi jewish community of stamford hill in north london. then one evening on the phone, yy told yanki he was feeling unwell. it was to be their last conversation before he was rushed to hospital. my parents were crying, their hands were tied, they couldn't do anything. their son, they couldn't even go into hospital to hug him, to say goodbye properly. yy is one of hundreds of deaths amongst all denominations ofjudaism which appear to be out of

he raised the money having walked 100 laps of his bedfordshire garden.captain tom started raising money for back in april. ian, wonderful news. it's fantastic. i think the country really wa nted it's fantastic. i think the country really wanted this to happen, it's great to hear what it's been confirmed. expand to audience what exactly makes tom more so special? well, he's broken every single fundraising goal we can find. when he first started off he wanted to raise £1000, which would've been lovely, but in fact it took off partly thanks to lots of good media interest, and i think it captured the hearts of people because there is this 99—year—old as he was then for me turned 100 on the 30th of april, walking up and down his garden, and he's a war veteran and he's just saying "i want to help the nhs through the charities, and i wa nt to nhs through the charities, and i want to make a difference." and people really latched onto it and suddenly, itjust went people really latched onto it and suddenly, it just went wild. people really latched onto it and sudd

but the boss of this bedfordshire —based company said if workers and subcontractors didn't obey the rules be swift and severe. everyone has to adhere to it otherwise they will be asked to it otherwise they will be asked to leave the site and may not be asked to return. so people's livelihoods depend on them working in construction. if you don't work, you don't earn. no one isjust p°ppin9 you don't earn. no one isjust popping the champagne corks and saying we are all coming back on monday. everybody is being very, very sensible about it here and putting together their own protocols to adhere to ours. both mark and katy admit there are times the two metre rule will be broken. it is a rule, not a law and workplace guidelines are expected to require additional measures to mitigate risk when it is not possible. the last 24 out have arguably place more responsibility and discretion in the hands of employers and that concerns unions. we are saying that they shouldn't be pressured into going back to work and should refuse, and we will obviously defend them. high street shops currently shut may be

john maguire, bbc news, bedfordshire.ing back to that quick retelling of captain sir tom's story of the last couple of weeks, couple of the last couple of weeks, couple of months, it makes the ever lengthening hair on the back of your neck stand up, listening to some incredible things. it's something that kept building and giving. certainly everywhere i've been. everywhere i've been, people very keen to ask me about it. they asked the same questions. how does he cope, itjust the same questions. how does he cope, it just doesn't the same questions. how does he cope, itjust doesn't stop. he is now writing a book. also the family have set up the captain tom foundation were very keen to do that. still accepting donations from right around the world. this has been a truly international and global story. some very definite objectives for the foundation which you're able to ask about. i wanted to share this with you. the official notification of downing street. it becomes i suppose, like everything else, a historical document al

john maguire, bbc news, bedfordshire. week, it looks to be turning a bit warmer again., it is grey, misty and cool here. just gentle breezes and again, plenty of warmth in the sunshine. a fine evening out there. 0vernight we are going to bring in an area of cloud and some outbreaks of rain through northern ireland into western scotland, and reaching parts of wales and the western side of england by the end of the night. and temperatures not going down too far, as you might imagine. if you look at this weather system for tomorrow and think, "yes, i would like some rain on the garden." it has been driest across southern areas and there doesn't seem be much on the way. as it moves east, across all parts, there is a chance of some heavy and thundery showers in the southern flank of that — parts of the east midlands, east anglia and south—east england. but that rain then clears to allow plenty of sunshine as the afternoon goes on. it is just a touch cooler tomorrow, but still very warm out there. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... borisjohnson says there's ‘growing con

traditionally, people commuted in long distances by train, so for london, from kent or hertfordshire, bedfordshire look at is an emergency park and cycle parking around the outskirts of london, places like stratford in the east or hessen in the west where if you cannot get a train in uk driving without driving to the centre, then parked up and cycle. that might be pa rt parked up and cycle. that might be part of the solution. you wonder how much this could change the way people use the roads, for good. absolutely. i think one positive that has come out of this is that people have found that they can work from home quite effectively. so, if only 10% of people work from home full—time, and i totally understand not everybody can. we need construction workers, essential workers, but if that 10% can continue working from home, that is equivalent to reducing traffic by the school holidays, both on the road and indeed public transport, so one of the things we have talked about is perhaps investing more in broadband, to help those people who wa nt to broadband, to help those people who want to work from h

dunstable downs in bedfordshire, like so many places, seems so appealing.r parks, toilets and this week, the closure of car parks, toilets a nd restau ra nts this week, the closure of car parks, toilets and restaurants didn't put some visitors off. i've come from nottingham. seems pretty quiet considering, obviously it's lockdown, so we're trying to do our best to social distance stop at the end of the day, the government and say we can do it. we've brought our own food so we can just sit and not interfere with anybody. like other train operators, east midlands railway is grappling with social distancing. only 20% of seats can be used. we've got key workers we need to be able to provide a service to stop the it's really important people who don't need to travel essentially stay away to allow key workers to use the service of the available to them. in warwickshire, you have to buy a car park ticket for some country parkas in advance to control visitor numbers. west midlands police have released this video. a crowd of more than 100 people had to be dispersed.

government and teaching unions over when children can safely go back to the classroom. teacher in bedfordshiredren to go back to school... back to the basic fundamental question which is, as it stands now with the information you have from your children cosmic school, do they go back to school if it's injune? my go back to school if it's injune? my six child i would definitely like to go back to school but i'm not waving a flag saying, let's get back to school and put children in class and have it as a normal school day. i think there has to be some kind of schooling in terms of some kind of non—physical contact at school. you can look at the danish model and how they are doing that, and follow that example i would not want to risk anyone's health, you do not want a situation where the children go back and we suddenly have a death, a teacher dies or a family member dies because of it. with caution and only safety elements in place, i think it could be something we could... i certainly would be positive about doing that but it's purely because there's about a 95% chance i have there's about a 9