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in bristol, england, they tore down this statue of a slave trader named edward colston. posed like he's worried someone may notice there's a statue of a slave trader in town. this is what happened to edward this weekend, he got thrown in the river. there were protests in london, paris, australia. and this was very interesting, a message of, i'm not sure if you'd call it, "support" but this was the message during a meeting of parliament in iran. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> jimmy: um, thank you? i guess, it's the thought that counts. hey, you know who was out there yesterday, marching with the protesters in washington? america's whitest man, utah senator mitt romney. marched to support black lives matter and to break in his new pair of penny loafers, it was a win-win. and you'll never believe this, republicans are mad at him. many of mitt's fellow republicans are angry, furious even, that he marched with a group of evangelical christians who have the audacity to be in favor of equal rights. they let him have it online. there were hundreds

in bristol england. the federal reserve says said the gdp in the us will shrink by six point 5% in twenty twenty. i was able to keep the lending rate at zero to help boost business web possible. better to give us the analysis on all the latest thing kate moody obscenity who is standing by. thank you very much for being with us tonight is floyd challenged congress this wednesday to stop the pain. as lawmakers consider a sweeping law enforcement overholt. says brother george will be these were his words just another name. the grandest of those killed during interactions with police. floyd's appeaearance before houe hearing came a day after funeral services for his brbrother. george but the fortyy six yeyear old a man whose death has become a worldwide symbol. in demonstrations of the calls for change to police practices and an end to racial crap yes. automate the twenty fifth doctor please help us and knelt on his back. nine minutes in a minute this. eight ruskin. hey is floyd told the silent room just bec

>> reporter: demonstrators in bristol, england, toppling this stay chu of a 17th century shave traderen dumping him in the harbor. pressure fr protesters creating action in america, as well. in jacksonville, florida, a statue of a confederate soldier standing on this pedestal since the 19th century, carted off by the city overnight. >> this is a symbol of white supremacy and hate that was out up in the jim crow days and black people know that. >> reporter: just moments ago, the city's mayor ordering all confederate statues removed. tonight, the u.s. navy moving to ban all confederate flags from public spaces. but some argue these monuments are part of history. in virginia, there's a steal mate over this monument to robert e. lee. the governor wants it gone. but a judge issuing an injunction against its removal. protesters here in the uk marked this stay stew of winston churchill, calling him a rayist. david? >> maggie rue li tonight, thank you. >>> we're going to turn next to real concern in this country tonight, with what authorities are now seeing involving the coronavirus. 21 state

edward colston's statue in bristol, england, fell, pr proffiteering as a slave trader, cast into the harbor where slave ships once docked. black lives matter protests are forcing a brutal reckoning with the country's brutal history. cecil rhodes at oxford, and this statue of robert milligan, another slave trader, lifted from plinth in central london in front of cheering crowds. >> problem with statues, they say this man was a hero and that's the end of it. they can't debate. there's no nuance, no flexibility. that's why statues are not an effective mechanism for telling us our nation's history. >> london's mayor sadiq khan has ordered a commission to review the statues. feelings are running so high here that even the record of one of the country's most famous sons is in question. graffiti is sprayed on the statue of sir winston churchill now removed, largely calling out his record of racist remarks. demonstration too far for one of his biggest admirers. >> i will not support those who break the law. >> reporter: signs that the movement is spreading. a 150-year-old statue of king leop

in bristol, england, protestors tore down edward colston, a 17th century merchant, and threw him intothe same waters ships he w set sail filled with slaves. churchill, who helped win world war ii but also argued white people were superior, goted ta, racist. british activists say the country's history is often whitewashed. and police treat black brits equally. >> we've got people that say, oh, you know, all lives matter. we know. right now, it's us that' being killed. >> schifrin: pauline stepney is rdprotest organizer in bed outside of london. >> black lives matter is not a trend, because i am black, always. >> schifrin: last weekend activists released this video oi a soally distanced protest. activists cite t case of sean rigg, who died in 2008, after being held down by officers for eight minutes. no officers were charged in his, or other deaths, by police. >> when you see the injustice of people not being convicted for killing a child, for killing somebody that was walking away with killing somebody, that was somebody tt was reaching >> schifrin: london's mayor is pressuring police

the crowd in bristol, england, ripping down the statue of a prominent slave trader and throwing it intoimmons joins us live from london. it doesn't appear there are any signs of the protests winding down. >> reporter: no, it really doesn't, steph. and we're seeing protests all around the world, as one person said today, almost anywhere that the sun is shining, there are protests around the globe. here in europe, here in london, in spain, in france, in germany, in poland, and right around the world in australia, and new zealand, and people looking and taking from the protests in america lessons for their own communities, but also looking at history, so, for example, australia and new zealand, talking about the aboriginal people there and that statue pulled down of a slave trader from the 17th century, quite extraordinary there in bristol in the uk. >> protests spreading across the world. thank you for the global view. that wraps up this busy hour. in about 30 minutes, speaker nancy pelosi and the congressional black caucus will announce a new police reform bill. this is exactly what peop

across in bristol in the west of england a statue was torn down of a prominent 17th century slave trader, edward colston said to have transported tens of thousands of people from africa across to the americas. >>> i'm shasta darlington in sow paulo. different social movements joined forces to protest against racism and against president jaire bolsonaro. in brasilia and sao paulo they held up signs by george floyd and many civilians killed by police. >>> i'm ben wedeman in roam's piazza del popolo where thousands come out to express their solidarity with the black lives matter movement in the united states. this is the largest demonstration i've seen in piazza del popolo in some time. earlier one of the persons making a speech listed all of the victims of police brutality in the united states and this is

a striking scene in the city of bristol western england where protesters pulled don a statue at the 17th century slave trader edward col ston. a sense of fervor in the uk and rome and madrid. just to show you how quickly things can change, though, currently in westminster, the political district, if we turn the camera around, people are moving up this way because there's been a few altercations this evening. you can see over there that's downing street and the crowds have been heading that way. people have been trying to pull down the flags on the war memorial and it is getting really quite tense now which isn't the picture of the day. it is a very calm day. very civilized protests. but there's this pattern that forms. protesters come up to west manst minister trying to express himself in terms of politics. they have issues with the current government and have been plastic bottles flying. you can see a stick there flying. there was quite a tense scene just on this side, those arches that you can see over there. there's a standoff of protesters and riot police, riot trained police. you ca

going on in today's going on the ground 1st in the wake of george boyd protest activist in bristol in southwest england doubled a statue of now infamously brutal slave trader edward colston many an elite and subaltern classes attacked police for failing to uphold the law against protesters u.k. labor leaders against dharma said black lives matter activists were completely wrong to remove it but some say is that he was putting racism on a pedestal and that it is britain's education system and mendacious history teaching that now needs to be toppled joining me now is someone who has pushed for greater diversity among university students and was the 1st black british muslim president of the national union of students and co-founder of students not suspect when they have out here joins me now via skype from laden in the netherlands thank you so much for coming on malea so as i said here starmer and boris johnson the prime minister condemning those who brought down that monument celebrating a slave trader in bristol what did you make of it i think. you said time at a time when the government as effectively

demonstrators in the city of bristol in the west of england, pulled down a bronze statue of a 17th centuryd colston, and threw it into the harbour. colston‘s company transported more than one hundred thousand slaves from west africa to the caribbean and the americas at the end of the 17th century cramming them into ships to maximise profit. the prime minister borisjohnson says that the anti—racism protests across britain have been — in his words — subverted by thuggery. jon kay is in bristol where the statue was taken down. chanting: take it down! 300 years after his death, edward colston‘s fall from grace. for centuries, he took pride of place in bristol, celebrated as a merchant, politician and philanthropist. now, reviled for his part in the slave trade. that statue represents years of oppression, it represents years of hurt and just a lot of emotion and hatred that has been built up inside of us, that we have internalised for years, and that coming down today hopefully signifies change, hopefully we have sent a message, notjust to everyone in the uk or the usa, worldwide. cast in bronz

coming up in today's going on the ground 1st in the wake of george boyd protest activist in bristol in southwest england doubled a statue of now infamously brutal slave trader edward colston many in the lead to an subaltern classes attacked police for failing to uphold the law against protesters u.k. labor leaders against alma said black lives matter activists were completely wrong to remove it but some say is that he was putting racism on a pedestal and that it is britain's education system and mendacious history teaching that now needs to be toppled joining me now is someone who has pushed for greater diversity among university students and was the 1st black british in was can president of the national union of students and co-founder of students not suspect me about here joins me now by skype from laden in the netherlands thank you so much for coming on malea so as i said here stamina and boris johnson the prime minister condemning those who brought down that monument celebrating a slave trader in bristol what did you make of it i think so you. choose to use air time at a time when the government has

defending this is in light of what's happened in the past week particularly last sunday in bristol in the southwest of england where a statue of a slaver edward colson was pulled down and thrown into a river by black lives matter protesters that set off a whole debate about how the country memorializes remembers its past who deserves to be elevated and what happens to controversial figures winston churchill of course notable for his role in the 2nd world war boris johnson saying this is a permanent memorial to his achievement in saving europe from a racist and fascist power but of course he has got his critics around the country for other episodes in history to do so to the us now where new york governor andrew cuomo says a divisive statue of christopher columbus should not be removed because of its importance to italian americans his comments come against a backdrop of global anti racism protests in response to george floyd's killing statues of columbus and other european explorers have been attacked because of the harm they cause to native americans and africans. the curse of a columbus statue represents. i

here, demonstrators in bristol in the west of england, pulled down a bronze statue of a 17th centuryard colston, and threw it into the harbour. there were also a few skirmishes in london after an otherwise peaceful protest. the prime minister borisjohnson says that the anti—racism protests across britain have been — in his words — subverted by thuggery. jon kay reports from bristol. chanting: take it down! 300 years after his death, edward colston‘s fall from grace. for centuries, he took pride of place in bristol, celebrated as a merchant, politician and philanthropist. now, reviled for his part in the slave trade. that statue represents years of oppression, it represents years of hurt and just a lot of emotion and hatred that has been built up inside of us, that we have internalised for years, and that coming down today hopefully signifies change, hopefully we have sent a message, notjust to everyone in the uk or the usa, worldwide. cast in bronze, now daubed with graffiti, one of bristol's most famous sons. some protesters knelt on his neck, a reference to the death of george floy

was talking about was a statue of a slave trader from bristol and the mayor of bristol which is a city in southwest england and their bristol mob in recent describe the toppling of the statue as a powerful image and a piece of historical poetry when i spoke to him earlier and i asked him what on say he had for those who claims that jews are important as a teaching tool staci said gnomes in and of themselves do not do the job of teaching assisting you know if you were to try to base your historical knowledge of person on a statue of khowst and and you are using that to write a novel paper i give you an 8 because it tells you he was a wise and to a son of the city but that's not the full story is it so you wouldn't be taken out the complexity the contradiction the new ones of this person and the community was a part of those merchants if you simply took up about him being a philanthropist you would talk about his attitude towards certain groups of poor people and you for watching social structure within bristol so much that you didn't themselves do not teach us history they talk to us about. what a message a

coming up in today's going on the ground 1st in the wake of george boyd protest activist in bristol in southwest england doubled the statue of now infamously brutal slave trader edward colston many in the legion subaltern classes attacked police for failing to uphold the law against protesters u.k. labor leaders against alma said black lives matter activists were completely wrong to remove it but some say statue is putting racism on a pedestal and that it is britain's education system and mendacious history teaching that now needs to be toppled joining me now is someone who has pushed for greater diversity among university students and.

defending this is in light of what's happened in the past week particularly last sunday in bristol in the southwest of england where a statue of a slaver edward colson was pulled down and thrown into a river by black lives matter protesters that set off a whole debate about how the country memorializes remembers its past who deserves to be elevated and what happens to controversial figures winston churchill of course notable for his role in the 2nd world war boris johnson saying this is a permanent memorial to his achievement in saving europe from a racist and fascist power but of course he has got his critics around the country for other episodes in history to. the us city of seattle where demonstrators have blocked streets and set up tents to protest against police brutality following the death of george floyd those gathered in what's being called an autonomous zone police under an agreement between protesters and the city's police department president trump criticized the agreement threatening to take back the city if local officials don't turn to our white house correspondent kimberly how it says trump is

he lived much of his life at headford, even though he also had property in england near bristol, but he was a member of the church of ireland, irish landed gentry. he was a published cartoonist as we've seen in london in the 1770s. he joined the british army in 1775 first, then purchased a new commission as an officer in 1776 and continued serving with the army in america until 1778. he returned home in 1778 as wounded veteran, and as a veteran, he traveled around. he went to a variety of different places. he was a widower. his wife passed away four years into their marriage, then he was killed in 1798, at the beginning of the irish revolution in 1798. the portraits of him as a young british officer and later in life sort of are the alpha and omega portraits of his life, and these portraits are now downstairs, and they serve to signal both his life and his death in america and ireland. so richard st. george was descended from people who had settled in ireland the mid-1600s, his grandfather on the left there, that's a portrait of his grandfather, rose to the rank of lieutenant general

in bristol, a city in the southwt of england for those of you watching on bbc world news, this happenedthis is a statue of a prominent 17th-centu slave trader called edward colston, who is pulled down by protesters and then thrown into the harbor. the same haisor where h company's ships used to dock. police did not intervene a was happening, but they now say a investigation has been opened and the government has already called this a criminal act. this is the response of the leader of the opposition. >> it should not have been done in that way, completely wrong ty tatue down like that. but, stepping back, that statue should have been bught down, taken down a long, long time ago. ros: this statue has been the sourcer of controversy ears. there was a plan to put a plaque next to it acknowledging his role in the slave trade, but that idea was scrapped because of a row over the wording. the mayor of the is now cling the statue and a front. here's his opinion on what happened. nd i am not ing criminal damage by any stretch of theim ination. we cannot do that. the statue w better served, taki

england. i mean the only one of them actually aware of was paul howell. bristoljust the general. obviously, not a problem but that's just the foundation debate game is built on. i love to see black coaches in this game. i think me and marrow spoke about before. but it'sjust not hungry for it at the moment. more from that on the bbc sport website. for me and the bbc sport website. for me and the team that is all your support for now. good night. hello, we will look at the uk unsettled weather in a moment. but first one place that has seen high temperatures is the arctic circle, with temperatures reached 30 celsius on tuesday. amazing to think can get that high. but that could be a june record. looking at our weather, it unsettled, we saw rain in the north—west yesterday. that was associated with an area of low pressure that is moving over the heart of the united kingdom. we are looking at an unsettled day. often cloudy with spells of rain that could be lengthy and heavy at times. some of the heaviest rain in the west. wales and north—west england. there will be so

defending this is in light of what's happened in the past week particularly last sunday in bristol in the south west of england where a statue of a slave or edward colson was pulled down and thrown into a river by black lives matter protests as it sets off a whole debate about how the country memorializes remembers its past who deserves to be elevated and what happens to controversial figures winston churchill of course notable for his role in the 2nd world war boris johnson saying this is a permanent memorial to his achievement in saving europe from a racist and fascist power but of course he has got his critics around the country for other episodes in history to. now the new zealand city of hamilton has removed a statue of the british naval officer it's named after captain john hamilton led a deadly attack on the settlement of indigenous maoris and then $860.00 s. the decision was made a day after tribes for it to be removed the tribe says the statue was a reminder of the colonial invasion. well still ahead on al-jazeera a bomb blast of kabul's largest most kills at least 5 people in just many others. brandy

defending this is in light of what's happened in the past week particularly last sunday in bristol in the south west of england where a statue of a slaver edward colson was pulled down and thrown into a river 5 black lives matter protests as it sets off a whole debate about how the country memorializes remembers its past who deserves to be elevated and what happens to controversial figures winston churchill of course notable for his role in the 2nd world war boris johnson saying this is a permanent memorial to his achievement in saving europe from a racist and fascist power but of course he has got his critics around the country for other episodes in history too and so. he wants to see concentration on the british streets at all not even the british government but it is going to have an impact on sort of the conversation or the arguments that both sides are going to have especially those that support the black lives matter protests. yeah i mean you heard there from boris johnson saying that because in his words fate been hijacked by extremists intent on violence and there have been a number of police officers

bristol city here. after the director of some of the forms especially the land reforms new england in fifty's and also the literacy mission and these endless supply me. a socially from moment at it i'm been here 19 sixty's and seventy's. get a lower level of more. in spite of our economic condition a grant to get a reaction or defeat state. revenue and income is not. accordingly even if they're grabbing stabbed. in the. media by committing don't know that at that stage sitting there and. then indication reforms here it will he says. that 90000000 should egypt probably pause there when everyone's going to want to move to kara and i'm going to get a huge ship dot i'm going to put this to you this is need. and the line is only cheap watching a conversation right now why does central government in india not highlight the story of caroline is it due to political issues a central government as a state government run by a different party or moving in a different angle in the pandemic so why do you think that the federal government is not talking more about canada and many indians are very proud of what you've do

bristol. doctors say there's a crisis of confidence in public health england courting its official report into the coronavirus impact on ethnic minorities profoundly disappointing i'll be joined by one of them c.v.s. consultant psychiatry. the u.k. government you turned some schools as the plan to bring back all primary years before the summer break in scraps. in the mideast a senior advisor dominic cummings faces a possible why did prosecution open his much criticized lockdown trip to daryn. thousands have gathered in houston texas to pay their respects ahead of the funeral of george for years the unarmed black man killed by a white police officer and whose death sparked global protests it comes as a run intensifies in the u.k. over statues with both london and cambridge targeted by anti-racism campaigners after demonstrators tore down the want of slave trade to edward colston in bristol well on a shadow ever joins me now with the latest. charges so what's the latest political . news go i am standing here outside parliament square a rarity just behind where is the structure of what still chur

bristol. doctors say there's a crisis of confidence in public health england according to its official report into the coronavirus impact on ethnic minorities profoundly disappointed i'll be talking to a medical campaigner. buke a government u. turns on schools as the plan to bring back all primary years before the summer break is scrapped. and the prime minister's senior advisor dominic cummings faces a possible private prosecution over his much criticized look down trip to darren we hear from the woman behind the campaign. thousands of got that it hoost in texas to pay their respects at the funeral of george floyd the unarmed black man killed by a white police officer and whose deaths font global protests proceedings are underway as we speak with thousands have gathered at the fountain of praise church yesterday many floyd's family members a civil rights activist attended a vigil in his hometown he said to be buried next to his mother in a private ceremony later this tuesday. where george ford's death has sparked a global protest movements and people across the world have turned out to pay

. >>> meanwhile in southwest england, protestors tore down a statue of a 17th century slave trader. this is in bristole statue first erected in 1895 pulled down with a rope, and as you can see here, thrown into the river. ni nina dos santos is danding stan for us in london. let's start with the protests. as the day came to an end, more violence and arrests. >> yeah, sadly, this is the picture we've seen over the last few days as things become more and more heated across the british capital. thousands of people taking to the streets, starting off in the marches that have taken place over the weekend from the south side of the river thames where the u.s. embassy is now based all the way up towards parliament and westminster. each time they get closer and closer toward the real seat of power in this country, downing street, the official residence of the british prime minister, by the way, only just a stone's throw away from the headquarters of the metropolitan police that we've seen these ugly scenes at the end of the day when things have turned violent. objects have been tloefr hrown police officers and

they are going to get trials in major cities in england, places like birmingham, bristol, manchester,lems. they are brilliant fun to go on. caused real problems. they are brilliant fun to go onlj caused real problems. they are brilliant fun to go on. i know one in person who will be very happy. my father who turns 85 this week. a discount electric scooter on the first day of lockdown. he spent a lot of the time zipping in isolation through the streets of edinburgh. he loves it. that is genius. i want to see pictures, i want to see film. loves it. that is genius. i want to see pictures, i want to see filmlj have pictures i will share with you later on. in the sunday times, christina lamb, very celebrated war correspondence, has been on the mission are very different kind, in portugal, on the algarve and she files quite an interesting dispatch, talking about what life is like. she is saying, it feels strange, a dystopian version of place i know, people walking on the esplanade, wearing masks. umbrellas three metres apart. you've got to download a beach up to check if the location has to

> black lives matter protesters in england toppled the statue of a 17th century slave trader. [ cheers ] that statue of edward colton had stood in the center of bristol since 18935. demonstrators were later seen rolling it down the street. while demonstrators celebrated a top government minister called it sheer vandalism. police have launched an investigation to identify those involved. the statue was tossed into the river avon. >>> in east bay oakland police and the chp are investigating a shooting that left a man dead and put a woman in the hospital. officers say they were conducting a criminal investigation around 10:45 last night when they opened fire, killing the driver of a car on cherry street. his female passenger was also hit by gunfire. >> shots fired in oakland. 96th and cherry. we don't have as much further information other than he came up with shots fired 96th and cherry. >> it is not clear why the officers began shooting. the woman in the car was taken to the hospital and reported in stable condition. the officers were not hurt. >>> san francisco police say they will conduct a review of january's arrest in hunter's point where an offic

england who'd missed out on earlier schemes. our business correspondennt, emma simpson has more. helena and simon are trying tojuggle childcare and saving their business. selling coffee in this office building in bristola loan, but are banking on a new cash grant as well. like so many other businesses in the uk, our coffee shop has been forced to close, but also so many of our customers are in hospitality, cafes, universities, workplaces, that are all closed, so we lost 90% of our revenue overnight. the government has done a huge amount to help small businesses get through this crisis. this new fund is a top—up designed to help businesses who have missed out on earlier cash grants, but demand could well outstrip supply. in bristol, the applications have been pouring in. we think there are 2,100 businesses that qualify for the new grant scheme. if we gave each of those £10,000, that would be roughly £21 million. of course, we've been given 3.5 to 4.5 million. so you can see the gap, it's huge. you've got a trickyjob, then. yeah, it's very, very difficult. it's going to be very hard. and we will of course face the brunt of a lot of those businesses, who, we're unable to support them because we just don'

aerating the slave trade in bristol the protesters currently gathering outside oxford university is set so road staci. doctors say there's a crisis of confidence in public health england calling its official report into the coronavirus impact on ethnic minorities are finally disappointing. the u.k. government u. turns all schools as the plan to bring back all primary years before the summer break is scrapped. jump a can see is full to the lowest level for more than 3 years amid worries the countries will suffer from a wave of mass unemployment of the time to make all the joined by an economics expert. and the prime minister's senior adviser dominic cummings faces a possible private prosecution over his much criticized long trip to iraq we hear from the woman behind the campaign. thousands of people have gathered in houston texas to pay their respects at the funeral of george floyd the unarmed black man killed by a white police officer and his death sparked global protests proceedings are underway at the fountain of praise church with $500.00 guests in attendance floyd died last month after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes he said to be buried ne

in oxford england demand the removal of the statue of cecil rhodes who made a fortune from mines in south africa and endowed oxford university's rhodes scholarships. sunday protesters in bristolpled a statue of a merchant slave trader. russian authorities detained three top managers of an arctic power plant that leaked 20,000 pounds of diesel fuel into the ecologically fragile region. much of the spill fouled waterways in the areas and there is concern it could affect wildlife air or make its way into the arctic ocean. just some of the other headlines beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. i wanted more from my copd medicine, that's why i've got the power of 1,2,3 medicines with trelegy. the only fda-approved, once-daily 3 in 1 copd treatment. ♪ with trelegy and the power of 1, 2, 3, i'm breathing better. trelegy works 3 ways to open airways, keep them open, and reduce inflammation for 24 hours of better breathing. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. trelegy is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase your ri

bristol, totally close, get shot, nobody there for weeks and weeks and weeks. be concerned. —— gates shut. tom, thank you. twenty police forces across englandcording police data obtained by the rac. the highest speed was clocked at 151 miles—per—hour on the m62 motorway in west yorkshire. the rac described the speeds as "truly shocking" and warned that motorists travelling this fast have "virtually no time to react should anything unexpected happen". social distancing in the playground, just 15 pupils in a class and hand sanitiser on the desks — are just some of the measures being used to keep primary school children safe. pupils in reception, year one and year six in england, were able to return to the classroom yesterday, but some head teachers say parents are choosing to keep their children at home. john maguire has been to visit a school in northampton, to see how the first day back went. good morning, how are we? a virtual hug from the head teacher welcomes children back to roade primary school near northampton. a parent has turned up and given us a lovely donation. i'm trying to gently open it because i'm pretty sure that, yes, as soo

elderly, in england, has provided some reassurance for thousands of families who can't be with their loved ones. our social affairs correspondent, fiona lamdin, has been speaking to a family from bristol—year—old, 73—year—old daughter waiting five weeks for her mother ‘s test result. the granddaughter runs a care home and she has been waiting weeks the kids to test her staff and residents. and great great son has beeniu residents. and great great son has been ill with the virus, 25 years old. gloria has waited five weeks for the results to come back. she assumed they were lost and is angry at the government. it has been like at the government. it has been like a heavyweight. you lay awake at night thinking about it. you wake up in the morning and it is the first thing you think about. it has just been horrendous. these vulnerable people, they are the backbone of this country and, once again, they have just been an afterthought and it breaks my heart. you must cough into that and sneeze into that and that gets disposed of... laura's. upfront a care home. like half of all care homes, they have managed to keep covid out. but it has been very challenging. when a resident gets a cough, ora

england who'd missed out on earlier schemes. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. alina and simon are trying to juggle childcare and saving their business, selling coffee in this office building in bristolo many other businesses in the uk, our coffee shop has been forced to close, but also so many of our customers are in hospitality, cafes, universities, workplaces, but are all closed, so we lost 90% of our revenue overnight. the government has done a huge amount to help small businesses get through this crisis. this new fund is a top up designed to help businesses who have missed out on earlier cash grants, but demand could well outstrip supply. in bristol, the applications have been pouring in. we think there are 2100 businesses that qualify for the new grand scheme, and we gave each of those £10,000, that would be £21 million. of course, we have been given three and a half to find a half million. so you can see the gap, it is huge. you've got a tricky job, then. yeah, it is very, very difficult. it is going to be very hard. a lot of those businesses, we are unable to support them because we don't have the funds. meaning halina and simon may not be on track for what they had hoped for

england. images of cues sneaking around shops were replicated on high streets, retail bile, outside shopping centres, everywhere from bristoles, everywhere from bristol to bishop auckland. don't be shy! the first shoppers through the door got a warm welcome in selfridge's in london. top of the shopping list, children's clothes, shoes, kitchenware, new pieces of techno. a good shopping spree is not the same as online shopping. just as long as you use your disinfectant, your hand sort of thing, keep your distance, it is absolutely fine. think this will be the way of life for a long time. love it. love it! think this will be the way of life fora long time. love it. love it! i haven't been on lockdown because they work for the nhs, but it's so nice for the shops to finally be open. but not everyone was pleased. packed queues outside the nikkei store in central london led some to complain social distancing was incredibly difficult. meanwhile, large crowds at the shopping village mr village led to a petition calling on it to close until it could stop shoppers being squashed together. shops have put all sorts of measures in place

bristol council says it has been retrieved from the water and taken to a secure location, before forming part of its museums collection. a council in southern england down a statue to robert baden—powell after protesters questioned the founder of the scouts' links to the nazis. baden—powell founded the scout movement in 1907. bournemouth, christchurch and poole council said it recognised some of his actions were "less worthy of commemoration" and said the statue would be removed "for now" to "create time for views to be aired". the number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the united states has surpassed two million, two weeks after the world health organization declared the american continent to be the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. the figure comes from thejohns hopkins institute which also indicated that more than 112,000 people had died there — the highest death toll in the world. new york city remains the worst affected — over 200,000 cases of the virus have been confirmed there since the pandemic began. although the daily number of new cases has declined sharply in some parts of the us, the figure is increasing in 20 us states

england. a warning about the effect of the coronavirus on the nhs — there could be ten million on waiting lists by the end of the year. bristol'sncil says the statue of the slave trader edward colston will be put into a museum. who else belongs there? people are crying out for cricket — the west indies captain on being the first international sports team to arrive here since march.

bristol today. the prime minister admits dealing with these issues will not be easy and history tells us he is probably right. secondary pupils in englandor a levels next year have returned to school today, meeting their teachers face—to—face for the first time since the lockdown began in march. government guidelines only permit a quarter of the chosen year groups, 10 and 12, to be on site at any one time. pupils from all age groups in wales will return at the end of this month, and scottish and northern irish schools will reopen in august. 0ur education editor branwenjefffreys has more. for ella, time to see friends again. in year ten, she will now get a day of school each week before summer. how do you feel about me going back to school? i have mixed feelings, really, to be honest. by the time they reached the school gates, they are thinking about how much has been missed. i am feeling nervous, because we have been off for three months, i think, but i am also happy because i get to see my friends and finally return to some sort of normality with learning. next year's gcse exams already on the horizon. i am not sure that that much time