branwen jeffreys, bbc news, worthing. now on bbc news, the travel show. glimmer of hope. europe starts to slowly reopen for travellers. but how will they keep us all apart? also coming up, lucy tests the gadgets that claim to keep you safe on your travels. and we're on one of the world's most famous beaches as it reopens fully for the first time since lockdown. we're back on the road this week, a modest two—hour drive east of travel show hq in london we're back on the road this week, a modest two—hour drive east of travel show hq in london in the resort town of margate. for more than 250 years, holiday makers have come here, rain orshine, to experience the chipped—around—the—edges glitz of the great british seaside. in recent times, there's been a renaissance here, new hotels and restaurants and restored vintage attractions have brought cool, young london types here by the bucketful. but as resorts throughout europe start to reopen, blinking into the summer sunshine, what kind of future will they face? across the world, we are seeing the first signs of to

branwen jeffreys, bbc news, staffordshire. do stay with us here on bbc news. around the world. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: there's been protests in dozens of american cities over the killing of an unarmed african—american, george floyd. and england sees its lockdown relaxed further, with up to six people now allowed to meet outdoors. as we've heard, a number of countries around the world are entering what could be a pivotal period this week as restrictions start easing after lockdown and students, businesses, consumers and travellers start venturing further. singapore had won worldwide praise for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. that was before the numbers of imported infections surged and hundreds of migrant workers caught the virus. today, it too starts a cautious reopening — planned over three phases. let's talk to professor teo yik ying, who is dean of the national university singapore saw swee hock school of public health. thanks very much forjoining us here on bbc news. many countries around the world are opening further this week. i

branwen jeffreys in tamworth, thank you.in england that‘ve seen more doors opening today — some open air markets and car dealers in england have begun trading again too. new social distancing measures have been put in place, with some car showrooms allowing customers to take test drives by themselves. all other shops are due to reopen in two weeks‘ time, but no firm dates have been set to open shops in scotland, wales and northern ireland. here‘s our business correspondent emma simpson. they have had a market here in epping for 800 years, and they are taking their time to get this reopening right. just a third of stores today, not their usual setup but traders are adapting, relieved to be back. we have been here 30 yea rs to be back. we have been here 30 years was that we have been through recessions and all sorts of things, but this is another level, it‘s been really difficult, really, really difficult. so we are just pleased that hopefully we are gradually getting back to normality. we are absolutely delighted was not in f

branwen jeffreys, bbc news, worthing. virus, the lockdown and the return of sport'. i missjust the passion of being in the stadium watching the players, how they interact with the fans. when it comes back to sports, we can alljust connect about just those moments. it provides an escape from reality. sports is the spinal cord for us in this country. this is a country that's completely obsessed with the game. i think it's such a big part of our life. i mean, it's one of the pillars that our societies kind of stand on. on 11th march 2020, the nba shut down its playing operation. rudy gobert of the utahjazz had tested positive for covid—i9. the nhl swiftly followed suit, as the lights went down on live sport in north america's major leagues. for a lot of people, it just wasn't real. people couldn't really understand, like, the severity of it. we went home from work, turned on the nba games that night and watched our season fall apart. it was insane because we've never gone through anything like this. to have every sports leag

branwen jeffreys, bbc news.ation. he accuses the president, among other things, of seeking chinese help to get re—elected later this year. white house lawyers have been trying to prevent publication, as our north america correspondent, nick bryant, reports. he was donald trump‘s national security adviser — a staunch conservative — his foreign policy right—hand man. butjohn bolton is now publishing a tell—all memoir that reads like an indictment of the president. among the damning allegations is that donald trump pleaded with his chinese counterpart, xijinping, at the g20 summit injapan to help him achieve victory in this year‘s presidential election. it‘s been reported he said, "make sure i win." in the midst of a trade dispute, there was hammering american farmers, he wanted the chinese to buy agricultural products from rural states, vital for his reelection. the book claims there were embarrassing gaps in donald trump‘s foreign policy knowledge and that at a meeting with theresa may in 2018, he expressed surpr

branwen jeffreys, bbc news —— and as schools plan to get the prime minister borisjohnson says "the casho help the uk economy recover from the impact of the pandemic. in the coming days, a spending programme will be announced to boost the economy. civil service reform is also on the agenda, but it's been overshadowed by the controversy over the departure of whitehall‘s most senior civil servant — the cabinet secretary sir mark sedwill. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has more details. among these buildings, steeped in history, it can feel like time stands still. but some moments press fast forward. after the national emergency of coronavirus, the government wants speed and scale. that means extra cash for schools and infrastructure. after months of spending and borrowing big to support the economy through lockdown, more is on the way. i believe personally that what the government has got to do right now is keep going with an activist, interventionist approach. but that is the way also to get business to be confident, to start investing, to start taking people back and start creatin

branwen jeffreys, bbc news.£100 billion into the economy to help it through the covid—19 crisis. it has also decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 0.1% for another month. faisal islam, our economic editor, joins me now. pumping all this money in — what effect will that have? it what effect will that have? is a significant amount 1 into it is a significant amount of money into the economy at the same time as leaving that interest rates at historic lows. at the same time, the bank of england suggested that the cataclysmic projections for the economy were not going to be quite so bad. it would be more like —20% in the second quarter rather than -30%. this in the second quarter rather than —30%. this has the air of an insurance policy. it is not a grand new rescue package. i think it is designed to allay concerns about the jobs market. the bank saw thejobs figures and the number of people who had been furloughed, subsidised by the government, going up and concerned that not all of those will get theirjobs whe

branwen jeffreys, bbc news, portsmouth. soa so a lot of change within england. our top story on line. shops reopening. preparing for this big shift. debra chapman says restrictions of put me off going. no sally, as i would have to go on public transport. and i'm just not confident that it is safe. i will not be going. unless to get essentials only. most of the people are saying they are avoiding the shops. thanks for your company. hello there. the broad weather pattern is going to change very little over the week ahead. it will be a week of contrasts in the uk, as it was over the weekend. many places in the south of england having a warm and sunny day on sunday. a dramatic skyline, though, in the north—west of england following those late in the day thundery showers, and an area of low pressure is keeping this very unstable airacross the uk, so more showers to come. a lot of low cloud is streaming in from off the north sea at the moment so a grey start in some places. but over the weekend, we keep this mixture of warm sunshine, but some heavy and thundery downpo

branwen jeffreys, bbc news, portsmouth.centre. the final round is underway in texas and the first pga tournament for over three months has a really tightly packed leaderboa rd, the american xander schauffele will be teeing off shortly, the overnight leader on 13 under. 0ur golf correspondent, iain carter, has been keeping across play at fort worth, at the colonial country club. rory mcilroy and justin rose had been 3 off the lead, have they made a move yet? not quite, they are both out on the cause, they started at ten under par, so within three shots at the lead the world number one found trouble at the very first hole, the par five, where he trouble at the very first hole, the parfive, where he would potentially have expected to pick up a shot, but instead he handed one back at a bogey, so he is back to nine under par, four shots of the lead. justin rose remains under ten under par, so three shots behind. and we joked how weird it is going to be going into the final round because it looks like it is going to be a funny on

branwen jeffreys, bbc news. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster.ernment trying to reset the agenda?m is this all part of the government trying to reset the agenda? it is. we are now moving into what the government believes there is a new phase once we're past the immediate crisis over covid and they now want to focus on the relaunch, the big building phase of infrastructure, of which schools is a central part. there will be much, much more in terms of hospitals, prison places, roads, rail, you name it, as part of re—engineering and re—equipping britain to come of the covid crisis. more than that, i think boris johnson sees it as a moment when this country starts to upgrade its infrastructure. so, it's big, rhetorically. the question is can you deliver it practically? that means money and it means can do project management. 0ut means money and it means can do project management. out of that, the initial part is getting people back to work, why there is this huge emphasis on getting schools back in september, with gavin williamson committing this mor

branwen jeffreys, bbc news. we‘re joined now by our political correspondent helen catt.e lockdown. and crucially, the government, number ten is hoping it will help to boost jobs. it is a huge concern, what happens with people‘s jobs and unemployment. 0ver happens with people‘s jobs and unemployment. over the weekend, the labour party released analysis that without the right steps being taken, we could see unemployment back to the same levels of the 1980s. we know the government is setting up a task force to try to speed up delivering these begin to structure projects. things like building schools, hospitals, other infrastructure, to try to get that moving very quickly but of course this isn‘t just moving very quickly but of course this isn‘tjust a response to the pandemic. if you think back to the election last year, the kurt —— conservatives big pitch was about levelling up. we heard a lot about that before the pandemic hit on this idea about increasing chances across the country. a big part of way the government was planning to do that was investment in infrastructure.

branwen jeffreys, bbc news. bbc iplayer and other streaming services. and also there are other sitcom. matt lucas have said david andi sitcom. matt lucas have said david and i have both spoken publicly in recent yea rs and i have both spoken publicly in recent years about regrets we have played characters of other races. 0nce played characters of other races. once again we want to make it clear it was wrong and we are very sorry. matt lucas spoke at great length about three years ago about how he looked at those shows now. he said they were cruel about some respects, he would not now black up or make jokes about transvestites, he said. there was no bad intent, he said, they just wanted to there was no bad intent, he said, theyjust wanted to show there was no bad intent, he said, they just wanted to show the extent of the diversity of characters they could play but now he says it is rather lazy for white people to get laughs simply by playing black characters. it is 8:13am. good morning. it was the deadliest fire

branwen jeffreys, bbc news. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster.uncement and what it signifies about the direction of the government post coronavirus? we are going to have a massive building spree seems to be the government does not plan to kick—start the economy but also longer term, to try and re—engineer the british economy. so we are going to see huge emphasis on building roads, rail, hospitals, prisons, schools. in part, of course, to try and create jobs in schools. in part, of course, to try and createjobs in the schools. in part, of course, to try and create jobs in the aftermath of the covid crisis but a particular emphasis on education because part of it will also be a major push in getting schools back in september. 0bviously, getting schools back in september. obviously, the government tried to get them back injune and failed. now, if they get schools back, the view is people will return to work. the two are intimately linked and you can't get the economy going again until people go back to work and that means getting schools back. what

branwen jeffreys, to lessons could prove even harder. to lessons could prove even harder. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. the prime minister says ‘the cash is there' for long—term investment to help the uk recover from the impact of the pandemic. in the coming days, a spending programme will be announced to reboot the economy. civil service reform is on the agenda, too, but it's been overshadowed by a row over the departure of the country's most senior civil servant, the cabinet secretary, sir mark sedwill. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg has more from westminster. her report contains some flashing images. among these buildings, steeped in history, it can feel like time stands still. but some moments press fast forward. after the national emergency of coronavirus, the government wants speed and scale. that means extra cash for schools and infrastructure. after months of spending and borrowing big to support the economy through lockdown, more is on the way. i believe personally that what the government has got to do right now is keep go