much more on ben stokes‘ achievement.traordinary third ashes test match at headingley last summer. test match special, get this, are replaying the full five days in full, starting today. you can access it via the website. that builds up to the incredible final session from ben stokes. i might have spoilt it for you! the thought was there. thank you very much indeed. as long as we get some epic tennis matches as we get some epic tennis matches as the summer progresses. thank you very much. much more coming up from ollie foster in the next hour. good afternoon. you're watching bbc news. the time edging up to 2:40pm. we will continue with our coverage this afternoon of the coronavirus efforts across the country. let's start in scotla nd across the country. let's start in scotland because the number of people who have died from the virus there now stands at 366. the first minister nicola sturgeon give a news conference in the last hour or so where she confirmed that a total of 1771 where she confirmed that a total of 177! peo

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well, one bored fan has gone a step further and recreated the scene, with his cat starring as ben stokesengland need one to win. and in comes pat cummins from the far end, he bowls to stokes who hammers it for four! i can't believe we have seen that! that's all the sport for now. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are madeline grant from the telegraph, and features writer james rampton from the independent. that is quite a good bookcase there, we are testing people and how tidy, it isa we are testing people and how tidy, it is a little messy but not bad. nice to have you both here. thank you. let us make a start with the metro which says that the uk death toll is racing ahead, nearly 3000 people have died after contracting the virus. the f team focuses on global unemployment as economies continue to stall. the telegraph leads on matt hancock's pledge to have 10,000 tests per day by the end of the month. the times laid on the same story. the independent... the guardian focuses on testing numbers, stating that number ten admits

ben stokes here. what you have achieved is fantastic.e raised for the real heroes today are sensational. i want to say thank you for everything you have done, congratulations on a brilliant idea and pulling it off and doing it all before your 100th birthday. on behalf of the yorkshire regiment family, i would like to say thank you to captain tom moore for your amazing fundraising efforts. thank you, captain tom, from the nhs! and then the moment. 100 laps completed. the millions raised honouring both the nhs and captain tom's determination and eternal optimism. at the end of the day, we will all be ok again, and we are finding it difficult at the moment, but the sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away. however, it's not over yet. if people keep giving, captain tom will keep walking. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello to our viewers in the uk and also around the world. we'll be bringing you the latest briefing from the white house when that gets under way, we are expecting donald trump to sta

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ben stokes here. what you have achieved is fantastic.oday are sensational. i want to say thank you for everything you have done, congratulations on a brilliant idea and pulling it off and doing it all before your 100th birthday. on behalf of the yorkshire regiment family, i would like to say thank you to captain tom moore for your amazing fundraising efforts. thank you, captain tom, from the nhs! and then the moment. 100 laps completed. the millions raised honouring both the nhs and captain tom's determination and eternal optimism. at the end of the day we will all be ok again and we are finding it difficult at the moment, but the sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away. however, it's not over yet. if people keep giving, captain tom will keep walking. david sillito, bbc news. and he will keep walking. he has now raised $20 million. well done, captain. for me in the team, bye—bye. hello once again. some areas saw a really glorious end to thursday and the cloud began to feed in across some parts of the british isles, especi

hi, tom — ben stokes here. what you have managed to achieve is absolutely fantastic.say thank you very much indeed for everything you have done, it's amazing. congratulations on a brilliant idea and pulling it off and doing it all before your 100th birthday. on behalf of the whole yorkshire regiment family, i'd like to say thank you to you, captain tom moore, for your amazing fundraising efforts on behalf of the nhs. all: thank you, captain tom, from the nhs! and then the moment — 100 laps completed. the millions raised honouring both the nhs and captain tom's determination and eternal optimism. at the end of the day, we shall be all ok again and for all of those people who are finding it difficult at the moment, the sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away. however, it's not over yet. if people keep giving, captain tom will keep walking. david sillito, bbc news. and before we go, looking at the celebration of a mother and newborn baby. hospital staff chaired — as chaired at new york's long island. the mother underwent an emergency cesarean section whil

well, one bored fan has gone a step further and recreated the scene, with his cat starring as ben stokese is pat cummings from from the far end. he bowls to stokes, who hammers it for four. i can't believe we have seen that. fantastic. shame it wasn't a ginger time. —— tom. that's all the sport for now. hello. temperatures topped out at 15 celsius in hampshire on thursday. they will take a step backwards, those temperatures, on friday. but then into the weekend, they are on then into the weekend, they are on the up. a frost for some of us as studs, especially across the north and east of the uk. plenty of cloud to follow, but sunny skies arrive at the weekend. and yes, those temperatures are heading up, but with a strengthening wind. high pressure pretty much in control of things, so still a lot of dry weather around for the next couple of days. low pressure gathering in the atlantic is that we can goes on. it will strengthen a southerly flow coming into the uk. and that is why those temperatures are going to be heading up. and we could well see across parts of south—east england by sund

coming up on bbc news — ben stokes is named the leading cricketer in the world in the 2020 wisden almanac unprecedented truce has broken out in the townships of cape town, whlie south africa tries to control the spread of coronavirus. gang leaders have halted their turf wars and turned their delivery networks usually used for drugs trafficking to get food to poor households instead. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding reports. these are some of the most dangerous streets in south africa, and the world. poor communities, fought over relentlessly by rival drug gangs. but, today, a virus and a nationwide lockdown may have achieved what the police — even the army — have failed to do here. this is the american gang's turf. most of these men have been injail — some are killers. but today, instead of selling drugs and robbing people, they're bagging up food supplies for hungry families. i got a phone call from two different gang leaders, both saying, "andy, i've never asked you for anything, but we're starving." and ijust thought, "hey, if these guys are starving, they're at the top of the f

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ben stokes is wisden‘s leading cricketer in the world, the first englishman to be given that accoladein 2005. fast bowlerjofra archer is one of the almanac‘s five cricketer‘s of the year. stokes played a key role in england's world cup victory injuly, he was man of the match in the final. he also led to england to a thrilling one—wicket victory over australia in the third ashes test at headingley. india captain virat kohli had dominated the leading cricketer title in recent years. i think the fact that kohli won it three years in a row, i think we we re three years in a row, i think we were always thinking what will it ta ke were always thinking what will it take for him not to win it and stokes achieved it. it is an award you can win more than once, but not quite the same with cricketers, you can get nominated once. it is nice to be able to give him some kind of reward for the miracles of 2019. as sports deals with the financial impact of coronavirus here are some other headlines today. wales leading rugby union players will take a 25 percent pay cut for the next three months, the wr

ben stokes here. what you have achieved is fantastic. sensational. the funds you have raised for the real heroes today are sensationallj wa nt real heroes today are sensational.” want to say thank you for everything you have done, congratulations on a brilliant idea and pulling it off and doing it all before your 100th birthday. in behalf of the yorkshire regiment familyl birthday. in behalf of the yorkshire regiment family i would like to say thank you to captain tom moore for your amazing fundraising efforts. thank you, captain tom, from the nhs! and among those offering congratulations, the nurses who cared for captain tom during his recent hip surgery and made all this possible. we are very proud of him, we adore him and we are honoured to be able to look after him because he always has a smile on his face and asked how you are, he is a true gentleman. and then the moment, 100 la ps gentleman. and then the moment, 100 laps completed, the millions raised honouring both the nhs and captain tom's determination and eternal optimism. we w

hi, tom — ben stokes here. what you have managed to achieve is fantastic.ank you very much indeed for everything you have done, congratulations on a brilliant idea and pulling it off and doing it all before your 100th birthday. on behalf of the whole yorkshire regiment family, i would like to say thank you to you, captain tom moore, for your amazing fundraising efforts. all: thank you, captain tom, from the nhs! and among those offering congratulations, the nurses who cared for captain tom during his recent hip surgery and made all this possible. and then the moment. 100 laps completed. the millions raised honouring both the nhs and captain tom's determination and eternal optimism. at the end of the day, we shall be all ok again and for all of those who are finding it difficult at the moment, the sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away. however, it's not over yet. if people keep giving, captain tom will keep walking. david sillito, bbc news. and he's since passed $20 million. we will keep you updated. the elusive artist banksy — famous for g

well, one bored fan has gone a step further and recreated the scene, with his cat starring as ben stokesstrike, england needed one to win. and in comes pat coming from the far and then he bowls to stokes who hammers it for four! and it stokes with the bat raised! i cannot believe i have seen that. fantastic fa ntastic stuff. fantastic stuff. jack leach with the glasses on the other hand it was my favourite. that's all the sport for now. thank you so much for that. let's bring you up—to—date with the coronavirus briefing for today. the health secretary, matt hancock, has been setting out how the government hopes to achieve "a significant increase" in coronavirus testing after strong criticism about the small percentage of nhs workers being screened. in his first public appearance since recovering from covid—19, mr hancock said he was now setting a goal of conducting 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month. at the briefing today our political editor asked mr hancock what date this will be tested by? the new goal of 100,000 tests a day by the end of this month is over all five pillars.

ben stokes here. what you have achieved is fantastic. it all before your 100th birthday. on behalf of the yorkshire regiment family, i would like to say thank you to captain tom moore for your amazing fundraising efforts. thank you, captain tom, from the nhs! and among those offering congratulations, the nurses who cared for captain tom during his recent hip surgery and made all this possible. we are very proud of him, we adore him and we are honoured to be able to look after him, because he always has a smile on his face and asks how you are, he is a true gentleman. and then the moment — 100 laps completed, the millions raised honouring both the nhs and captain tom's determination and eternal optimism. we will get through it in the end, it will all be right but it might take time, but at the end of the day, we shall all be ok again and all those people finding it difficult at the moment, the sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away. however, it's not over yet. if people keep giving, captain tom will keep walking. and we c

hi, tom, ben stokes here. what you've achieved is absolutely fantastic.ay is simply sensational. i hope that i'm moving just as well as you at 50, never mind 100. keep up all the great work and you should be seriously proud of what you've done. ijust want to say a massive congratulations for everything you've achieved. you're a massive inspiration to myself and everyone very difficult times. i want to say a huge thank you for all your hard work. you are a hero. captain moore, we are truly impressed on this side of the pond. i think you are remarkable. i think that what you have done is an inspiration. so congratulations. thank you very much for everything you have done. it's amazing. congratulations on a brilliant idea and pulling it off and doing it all before your 100th birthday and donating millions of pounds to the national health service. what an incredible achievement and a very generous thing to have done. hi, this is a message for captain tom moore. thank you so much for all of your efforts and how much money you've raised for the nhs. lots of lov

good afternoon, ben stokes is a leading cricketer in the world, the first englishman to be given thatseason, he is one of the almanac‘s five cricketers of the year. stokes played a key role in an's world cup triumph back injuly. he was man of the match in the final. he also led to england to a thrilling one—wicket victory over australia in the third ashes test at headingley. stokes, across all formats, and the impact he had in crucial moments, you know, you can't forget his contribution to the world cup final with england dead and buried, they needed 15 off four balls to take it toa needed 15 off four balls to take it to a super over and he managed it, with a bit of luck, but he got it and he came out to bat in the super over and the headingley test, england were dead and hurried again and stokes, like lazarus, rose from the dead and took england to a miraculous one wicket win. so he had to win the award really. tottenham have reminded the players and jose mourinho of their responsibilities after a few of them were pictured training in a london park with the head coach. mourinho was s

ben stokes here. what you‘ve managed to achieve is absolutely fantastic.hat you've done is an inspiration. so congratulations. i just want to say thank you very much indeed for everything you‘ve done, it‘s amazing. congratulations on a brilliant idea and pulling it off and doing it all before your 100th birthday and donating millions and millions of pounds to the national health service. what an incredible achievement and what a very generous thing to have done. hi, this is a message for captain tom moore, thank you so much for all of your effort and how much money you've raised for the nhs. lots of love ward 4b, at the royal liverpool. cheering. what you've done is extraordinary and the billions of and the millions of pounds you've raised for the nhs will be put to good use as we continue to tackle this virus together. as an adopted yorkshireman, i've come to recognise true yorkshire grit and your story is an inspiration to us all. it just goes to show that british spirit is as strong as it's ever been. on behalf of the whole yorkshire regiment family i‘d

well, one bored fan has gone a step further and recreated the scene, with his cat starring, as ben stokesho hammers it for four! it's stokesy with the bat raised. i can't believe we've seen that. the best thing was the egg. next time you run that, could you get the editors to clip that better. so we can see the egg. he was dressed up, well drawn on. loved the cat's tale action. cats love playing with ping—pong balls. action. cats love playing with ping-pong balls. thank you very much. see you later on. ben is in our studio in london this morning. we miss you. you are talking about what the government has announced when it talks about small businesses. there have been a lot of demands to make this as positive and as generous as possible. welcome to the business and economics room in london. we are looking at the scheme, one of many, designed to help small businesses weather the worst of this pandemic. the government has announced an overhaul of a loan scheme designed to help small businesses. yes, this is one of the schemes launched by the chancellor rishi sunak aimed at keeping businesses