chris morris.et — has died at the age of 72. he was known for his long red hair and his falsetto singing. the sweet's hits in the 19705 included ballroom blitz, fox on the run, and blockbuster. the royal hospital in chelsea, home of the chelsea pensioners, has been hosting its annual founder's day parade. this year, the celebration has been a more sombre affair because of the pandemic. ten veterans have died from the virus, and dozens more have been infected. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale has been to speak to some of the pensioners who live there. earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust... with an average age of 82, death is part of life for the chelsea pensioners, but with the coronavirus it's hit this community of army veterans especially hard. he was one of life's gentleman... lockdown has prevented them from attending the funerals of friends, but they still remember every life lost with a simple service in the grounds. for the chaplain, it's been particularly busy. my normaljob

ches: our reality correspondent chris morris has this. ris was the fourth round of post-brexit trade talks taking remotely in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis. that has not helped matters, but it is not the only reason these talks have not made much progress. there is no agreement on the structure they are trying to negotiate. the e.u. once one deal, but the u.k. sees that as keeping it more tied to european institutions. the u.k. argues there should be a series of separate agrments, but the e.u. sees that as anothe exale of the u.k. trying to cherry pick the benefit it wants, while avoiding obligations of e.u. membership. there are also specific issues on which they hit a brick wall. a level plane field, insures businessesotn one side do have an unfair advantage over their competitors on the other. emall trade agts have these, but the e.u.o once the u.k. stick closely to e.u. on workers rights, environmental regulations and subsidies for businesses. then, there are fisheries. th u.k would like to have full access to the e.u. marketo s

. >> reporter: chris morris says he solved many problems over the years as a band director. not with a baton in his hand but with his bottom on a bicycle. >> like, how am i going to get this to happen? how am i going to get that? what am i going to do with these people? on the bike. >> reporter: chris' latest problem, though, his biggest one yet, is a little different. and he's not riding to think about it, he's riding to solve it. >> it's just something that i can do. >> reporter: chris came to oak grove in 1995. he and his late wife teresa built their band and color guard programs into champions. it came with a cost, though. traveling, performing and competing requiring them to raise tens of thousands of dollars each and every year. when the coronavirus hit this year, well, their biggest fund-raisers were among its victims. >> which typically raised between $25,000 and $30,000. so we're way behind. >> reporter: so chris, a lifelong cyclist, has taken it upon himself to make it up himself. >> and we are making our way to the start. >> reporter: he took off monday from his a

chris morris from the bbc‘s reality check team has more. will there be a second wave of infections? wa nts second wave of infections? history certainly wants us to be on our guard. as far back as the middle ages, the black death came in waves. so too did later outbreaks of bubonic plague. a century ago, it was spanish flu the devastated populations while exact numbers are ha rd to populations while exact numbers are hard to come by, it is generally of greed at the second wave of the pandemic killed substantially more people than the first. healthcare systems were not nearly as good as they are now, nor was medical information technology. more recently second outbreaks of dangerous viruses like sars or mers habit largely been avoided, mostly because they were less infectious than covid—i9 other big flu pandemics like swine flu have had second wave is what does that mean for us now? for starters, second wave is what does that mean for us now? forstarters, no second wave is what does that mean for us now? for starters, no two viruses are exact with the same note epidemics of infectious

but we will have the full respect of the withdrawal agreement. 0ur reality check correspondent chris morriseve. it's the fourth round of post—brexit trade talks between the uk and the eu and they've been taking place remotely in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis. now, that hasn't really helped matters but it's not been the only reason these talks haven't made much progress. there's even no agreement so far on the structure of what they're trying to negotiate. the eu wants one comprehensive deal, but the uk sees that as an effort to keep it tied more closely than it wants to european institutions and ways of doing things. the uk argue that there should be a series of separate agreements, but the eu sees that as another example of the uk trying to cherry pick the benefits it wants while avoiding the obligations of eu membership. there are also specific issues on which negotiators seem to have hit a brick wall. there is what's known as the level playing field. that's measures to ensure businesses on one side don't have an unfair advantage over their competitors on the other. now, all trade

as part of the next our planet matters day, reality check‘s chris morris unpacks co2.limate crisis. co2 is a gas made of three parts, or atoms. one carbon and two oxygen. its full name is carbon dioxide. it occurs naturally in our atmosphere and is a vital part of life on earth. people and both animals breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. plants use co2 to help them grow. but it has a bigger role to play as well. it helps to regulate the temperature of our planet because co2 is one of the main greenhouse gases. it is like a glass in a greenhouse, keeping some of the heat from the sun trapped inside the atmosphere of the earth. that is good because without it the planet would need to call for us to live on. but the natural world works on an incredibly delicate balance and human activity, especially over the last 50 years has increased the amount of co2 in the atmosphere. too much of the sun's heat is being trapped and our planet is getting hotter. so where is all the extra co2 coming from? from modern life. factories, cars, aeroplanes, large—scale agricultu

but we will have the full respect of the withdrawal agreement. 0ur reality check correspondent chris morris it's the fourth round of post—brexit trade talks between the uk and the eu and they've been taking place remotely in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis. now, that hasn't really helped matters but it's not been the only reason these talks haven't made much progress. there's even no agreement so far on the structure of what they're trying to negotiate. the eu wants one comprehensive deal, but the uk sees that as an effort to keep it tied more closely than it wants to european institutions and ways of doing things. the uk argue that there should be a series of separate agreements, but the eu sees that as another example of the uk trying to cherry pick the benefits it wants while avoiding the obligations of eu membership. there are also specific issues on which negotiators seem to have hit a brick wall. there is what's known as the level playing field. that's measures to ensure businesses on one side don't have an unfair advantage over their competitors on the other. now, all trade agre

chris morris, there. let's get more now from our health correspondent anna collinson. this is very difficult but in terms of figures it is a symbolic number we have reached ? of figures it is a symbolic number we have reached? a symbolic milestone for people, and if we go back to march the government's chief scientific adviser patrick vallance said if the uk could keep the number of coronavirus deaths to below 20,000 that would be a good result and in the last few minutes we have had a batch of figures from nhs england which have now taken us past the 40,000 death toll in the uk. more than double the figure that patrick vallance was talking about. these new deaths are 123 new deaths of people who tested positive for covid—19 and died in hospital in england. different nations count figures differently from different time points that we will not get a full id of the uk's tally until later on during the briefing —— a full idea. but more than 40,000 people have died it has been confirmed and as you mentioned,

chris morris is here with the details.ronavirus crisis. the coronavirus hasn't helped matters but it's not been the only reason these talks haven't made much progress. there's even no agreement on the structure of what they're trying to negotiate. the eu wants one comprehensive deal. but the uk sees that as an effort to keep it tied more closely than it wants to european institutions and ways of doing things. the uk argues there should be a series of separate agreements but the eu sees that as another example of the uk trying to cherry—pick the benefits it wants, while avoiding obligations of eu membership. there are also specific issues on which negotiators seem to have hit a brick wall. what's known as the level playing field — measures to ensure businesses on one side don't have an unfair advantages over their competitors on the other. particularly closely to eu rules on things like workers' rights, environmental regulations and state aid or subsidies for business. then there's fisheries. the uk would like full access t

to the ceo of main events, chris morris entertainment venue where i think business, it's back up and i saw somewhere where your sales numbers at least in one of your locations are back to pre-virus levels, is that right? not sure if chris hears us at the main event. either that or he is just ignoring that question there. i don't think -- >> i'm assuming you can hear me. connell: just one ever though those days. yes we can hear you. one of those days with the gremlins on the technical side. we'll try to get back to chris. main event is type of dave and buster's type of place, people want to get out to place like this. they want to get their family out, caught inside for so long. i believe, i'm told, chris, you do now hear us okay. so what i was saying is, at least one of your locations is it right you're back to pre-virus levels? how has it been going? >> no audio] connell: yeah. that's the way it is. that is just, that's like the conversation i had with my wife earlier today with the eyes start going this way and that way. then i get two voices in my ear from producers they both say

i'm joined now by our reality check correspondent chris morris. the fact they have had to do them over video conference, none of the chaps in the corridors that sometimes help drive things forward but they haven't even agreed on the structure of the deal they're trying to do and it got testy in public in the few weeks, there was an exchange of public letters which was a bit of washing dirty linen in public and both sides made it clear they think the other one has to move significantly if any deal is to be done. so not much has changed. on the surface now, it hasn't, and last wednesday we had david frost, the uk's chief negotiator sitting alongside michael gove addressing the house of commons future relationship with the eu committee and here is what he said about what he thinks the prospects at the moment are of a deal. the eu have the formal mandate clearly, that's the way it normally does negotiations and our view at the moment is that that mandate, at least in key areas, is not a mandate that is likely to produce an agreement that can be agreed

here's our reality check correspondent chris morris.ments after brexit, and avoid an abrupt and possibly damaging change in the way this complex relationship works. but so far negotiations haven't gone well. and now the government has confirmed formally to the eu that the transition won't be extended beyond the 31st of december, planning for the prospect of no deal is going to have to be stepped up again. that doesn't mean quite the same thing that it did last year, because brexit has now actually happened: a withdrawal agreement was ratified and — legally speaking — the uk is no longer part of the eu. but on a practical level almost nothing has changed, yet. so, this time no deal would mean leaving the transition period with no trade deal in place, and potentially no agreements on for example police cooperation, aviation, nuclear safety and other matters that were covered by eu membership. let's look at one obvious example. even with a deal the management of a new trade border with the eu would be a big logistical challenge. without a

here's our reality check correspondent, chris morris.ell. and if the transition isn't extended beyond december 31st, as the government insists it won't be, then businesses, citizens and governments are going to have to plan yet again for no deal. that doesn't mean quite the same thing that it did last year, because brexit has now actually happened — a withdrawal agreement was ratified and legally speaking, the uk is no longer part of the eu. but on a practical level, almost nothing has changed yet. so, this time no deal would mean leaving the transition period with no trade deal in place and potentially no agreements on, for example, police cooperation, aviation, nuclear safety and other matters that were covered by eu membership. let's look at one obvious example — even with a deal, the management of a new trade border with the eu would be a big logistical challenge. without a deal, well, many export businesses who trade with europe say they don't know what to plan for. so, the government appears to have changed its tune and it now plan