claire marshall, bbc news, worcestershire.world —famous abbey road studios has reopened, after closing its doors during the coronavirus lockdown for the first time in its 90—year history. celebrated for recording the likes of edward elgar, the beatles and lady gaga, the studio is now having to work very differently because of social distancing. our arts editor will gomperts reports. it's june, 1967. the beatles are at abbey road studios in london recording their latest number, all you need is love. the place is absolutely packed. that was then. this is now. the corridors of the legendary studios are empty, save for the ghostly presence of past glories. but all is not lost. hello. covid—19 has battered the arts, but not into submission. the players are returning, albeit in limited numbers and operating within strict social distancing protocols. nevertheless, abbey road is back in business. it feels great. it's so wonderful, i mean, you know, closing the doors, it's the first time we have closed the doors since opening in 1931.

claire marshall reports from worcestershire.n one of the largest farms in england, there's one already at work. everyone in it is from eastern europe. during the pandemic, it's not been easy to get here. evelyn is from bulgaria. were you worried that you couldn't make it at one point? man translates. the government has recognised how crucial migrants are. now they don't have to follow the two—week quarantine rule. so what about home—grown labour? british workers, to date we've taken on 31 and we've lost 31. it's a great shame, really. why have they left? they've left because it's not for them. we don't see them again, they don't give us a reason. theyjust take their ppe and go. there are many different languages spoken here, bulgarian, polish, russian, romanian, but not english. migrant workers have been key to the farming economy for the last 20 or 30 years here, and that can't change overnight. being out in the fresh air... many thousands of british people have answered this appeal. but so far, fewer than 10% have ended up inj

claire marshall has more, from worcestershire.sh crops. on one of the largest farms in england, there's one already at work. everyone in it is from eastern europe.

claire marshall, bbc news, worcestershire. time for a look at the weather here's louise lear. hi there. summer is on hold as we head into the weekend. a showery weekend with a cool wind for all of us weekend with a cool wind for all of us because of this area of low pressure that's going dominate to the south of scandinavia and it's going to interact with the uk for the next three days. that means we start off on friday across northern ireland, england and wales, with brief sunny spells in the scattering of showers. the shower was hit and miss but unlike today, some of them could be quite potent, maybe even with rumbles of thunder and the wind strengthening, in excess of 30— showers in scotland will be replaced by heavy persistent rain into the north—east and here stronger winds gusting in excess of 50 miles an hour potentially through the afternoon, making it feel really quite cool with top temperatures struggling, mid teens generally across the country. as we move out of friday into saturday, but the just slipped its way down to the north sea. the strongest of the wind to th