dan johnson reports from manchester airport.ying means hiding yoursmile and a the future of flying means hiding your smile and a hands—off experience in the airport. this is a trial already under at sta nsted, east midlands and manchester. after dropping your bags at check—in, it is then about gloves and a face covering, and if you haven't brought your own, you can pick one up here, disposable gloves in there with the mask as well. and, then, it is a temperature check. thank you.|j can't temperature check. thank you.” can't see any other way of doing it. until they get a vaccine. i think we are stuck with the ppe, it is the only thing we've got. it makes you feel a bit more safe, to be honest, because there's nothing else, is there? i've heard contradictory things about the gloves with some people say they are dangerous and hospital say don't wear the gloves and face masks. i don't really know. with departure screens so bare you can see why the boss here hoped he has found a way to reassure passengers. it is only then being carr

dan johnson reports.gh birth rather than that pain, it's horrendous. by the third week it wasjust, i couldn't compare. it's literally immoral. like how can you do that? patients are in pain and are facing some very limited options. just behind the front tooth, so it would be in so i don't know, the end ofjuly, august, without a tooth, which isn't great? both of the options i was presented weren't faithful to me because i don't wa nt faithful to me because i don't want to lose my front teeth. you know, ifeel like want to lose my front teeth. you know, i feel like we're just going back in time with dentistry. protective equipment is vital, working on clots with procedures that create airborne particles was that the health minister has now admitted there we re minister has now admitted there were delays in some centres still have issues more than six weeks after regular dentistry was put on hold. a fortnight ago we met mike, who was at work, but only giving telephone advice. things have barely improved. the

dan johnson has more. we've had lots of angry episodes from our child.n. fear—based angry behaviours which come out as violence, destruction, ripping things up, destroying toys, and he has been violent towards me. he's scared — he's told us he's scared mummy and daddy are going to die of coronavirus, and he's also scared that he's going to get it, as well. here's some! ok, what shall we make out of this, then? rachel and her husband are feeling the strain of life in lockdown with their five—year—old son. he's got emotional needs, and would normally get extra support at home and at school. he's a lovely little boy, we love him beyond measure, but we don't always know how to help him, and that's the issue with a lot of looked—after children, so he's probably been through a lot more trauma than many adults will ever in their life. so trying to cope with that emotion when you're in lockdown is really, really hard. ben is bringing up five children, all with disabilities or special needs, and he's on his own. his baby son, teddy, died just before christmas, bu

dan johnson, bbc news, manchester airport.o be back for at least a month before the summer holidays. 0ur correspondent has been to a primary school. this is a small slice of st elizabeth's primary school in merseyside. we miss them all. we hope in many ways that we see them, however obviously we hope it's safe for them to come back. and there's the rub. is it the right time to get back to class? when will the government ring the school bell? alexis says now, linda says no. yes, i want to go back. i'm really excited. it's too soon. lindsay and dean want this over, but it's complicated. are you bored? yeah, iam. to tea rs ? yes. i've got mixed feelings. he's got asthma. i really want to be sure he's safe to go back. if you had that certainty, you'd be springing on? getting him out of the house. yes, definitely, yeah. while lindsay's worried about her son's health, tony is worried about the health of other vulnerable family members. my parents are going to have take them to school and they are going to be outside the school gathe

dan johnson reports. i've been in pain since the end of march.dn't realise how hard it would be to take out a molar. i can go to mcdonald's but i can't go to a dentist. we had to use these pliers here. it's dentistry of a victorian age. i mean, we don't do dentistry like that. over the weeks, our virtual waiting room has been filling up with patients in pain unable to get treatment. it makes my blood boil, to be honest. i'm not interested in clothes, i'm not interested in clothes shops. i just want my tooth sorted out. you know? so i'm just outraged that this has just been, to me, ignored. emergency appointments have been hard to get and treatment options have been limited. the urgent dental hub won't see me anyway and even if they did i'm not sure i want them to because i'll end up losing two teeth. so then came stories of diy dentistry. it was quite tricky. i thought maybe 10 or 15 minutes but an hour and a half it took me. he said, "mom, think there's something wrong with my tooth." 11—year—old charlie's tooth fell out still attached to his br

thank you very much, dan johnson.he official number of deaths in care homes in england and wales from covid—19 is expected to pass 10,000 and that number won't include residents who died in hospital. care leaders say two months into the pandemic, government support remains patchy and inconsistent. in the last week, the bbc has spoken to more than 100 residential and nursing homes and nearly a third still have no staff tested for the virus. ministers say they threw a "protective ring" around care homes from the start and that the majority are coronavirus—free. 0ur social affairs correspondent, alison holt, has returned to one home we've been following throughout the crisis to get their view. out of mind for too long, the strain on care staff is so close to the surface. it's like an emotion, you know? you're up and down and up and down. you're caring for people under the hardest conditions. to see people get so sick and so poorly and only be able to hold their hand, not be able to give them a cuddle, not be able to do m

dan johnson, bbc news.n 17th june, more details have been released today about about premier league matches, and the fa cup. let's get more from our sports correspondent natalie pirks. what we know, natalie? well, the draw for the quarterfinals was actually made way back in march the ist, but now subject to government approval of course some 16.5 weeks later, they should be played at the 27th and 28th ofjune. that will be the format between leicester city and chelsea, newcastle united and manchester city. and also norwich against manchester united. the semis will be on the 18th and 19th of july, with the final on the 1st of august. now, that is one week after the premier league is due to finish and will be 99 fixtures inside six weeks and it will bring that to an end. at the moment, venues have not been confirmed, but we have been getting some detail this morning from the police around the venues for the premier league. we know of course subject to government approval that the premier league is coming back

dan johnson, bbc news. l correspondent, leila nathoo, in westminster. leila, the government sounds confident of meeting that testing target for england. also new things coming out of the press conference? we talked about expecting to hear some details on an exit strategy. boris johnson under pressure to set out some details of that but he said that he would leave that but he said that he would leave that for next week, when we get the mad max, the menu of options, he said, that could be coming for the next phase. what we did here a few interesting nuggets, submit information about facemasks, saying that could be useful going forward to give people confidence. that is a key point, that ministers have to grapple with going forward, that even the science and data did date it is safe to release some measures, it is safe to release some measures, it will take more to get people back out to work, using public transport, because people are very feasible. interesting that he's talking about that. thank you very much

dan johnson, bbc news. that was quite a hard watch, wasn‘t it?ight across the country. factor in that breeze, we are likely to see those temperatures mid to high teens, but further west, we are likely to see mid—20s yet again. similar story as we go into sunday. looks like the sunniest and warmest of the weather is going to be further west. plenty of sunshine, though, for all. take care. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at a30. changes are expected to the fellow scheme. the government is set to asking players to play around a fifth of staff‘s wages from the summer. one of the government‘s scientific adviser says he does not agree with easing lockdown while the number of new cases remains relatively high. in scotland to households can now meet outdoors. the best of the uk will ease measures on monday. if too many of us change our behaviour a bit more than these changes are designed to allow we could see the virus spread rapidly again and that will take

dan johnson, bbc news. in other news.ating one of the uk's largest entertainment and telecoms firms and a major rival to bt. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, gave us this update. let's look at the figures and how the two compare post—the merger. virgin, with its many broadband customers, many fast broadband customers, and 02, with all of those mobile customers, they have about 29 million over all. that compares with the slightly bigger bt group. bt — phone lines, broadband customers, it's got ee, which was a very big mobile phone player, and plusnet, another broadband player. 0verall, they have 32 million. so, quite a fight shaping up. will it be good for customers? which?, the consumer group is not convinced because it is taking another player out of the market. overall, the overall telecoms market, that's not normally good for prices. which is pointing out neither of the firms has the best reputation for customer service. so they want the competition regulator to have a close look at this. it looks likel

the american league president is dan johnson, who was running the icked people t off. the white sox, the boston red sox and the new york yankees are against him and they want to dump him. he is investigating the white sox at the same time. he finds out. they track down bill burns in mexico and a grand jury convened in chicago to investigate a baseball scandal. what is the scandal? the scandal is that maybe a philadelphia phillies-chicago cubs game is going to be fixed. what does this have to do with the white sox? nothing. the story appears to have been planted so the grand jury can investigate crookedness in baseball. the grand jury is being run by a judge, charles mcdonald, who is an ally of johnson. johnson is plumping mcdonald to be the new commissioner of baseball. they will have a commissioner. for this jobrite is landis. everybody wants landis. he chased down the iww and the socialist party during the war. it helped save baseball when there was a third league being formed in 1914-1915. johnson does not want landis because he is too strong of a guy. he will never

dan johnson, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo joins us from westminster.ou. we have figures for the testing done on wednesday, we don't yet, i understand, have the figures for yesterday, the end of april but the government sounding increasingly confident that if they haven't quite met that target, they haven't quite met that target, they have got really quite close to it? yes, bit of a turnaround to the story at the beginning of the week when we were clearly some way off and you know, the number yesterday going up to 80,000, there had always been talk of there being big jumps in the finalfew been talk of there being big jumps in the final few days. but i think there is reasonable confidence now that the 100,000 target by the end of the month could be reached. cast your mind back to the beginning of the month. when this was said. the situation was about getting enough tests to patients, to nhs staff who needed and who had symptoms, so they could get back to work safely if they tested negative, there was a big effort involving private testing labs, getting n

dan johnson, bbc news.dband customers, and 02 with all those mobile customers. they have about 29 million overall. that compares with the slightly bigger bt group. bt, phone lines, broadband customers, it has ee which is a very big mobile phone player and plus net, another broadband player. 0verall they have 32 million. quite a fight shaping up. will it be good for customers? which the consumer group is not convinced, it is taking another player out of the market overall, that is not normally good for prices, which is pointing out that neither of those firms have the best reputation for customer service so they want the competition regulators to have a close look at this. looks likely to be approved. bt was allowed to buy ee a couple of years back but there will be a close investigation, they need to spend a lot of money rolling out 5g and fibre broadband to every home. they will be under the spotlight with regulators for years to come. the headlines on bbc news... bringing devastation tojobs and incomes —

dan johnson, bbc news.us pandemic has hit america harder than the pearl harbor or 9/11 attacks. the us has recorded more than 70,000 deaths from the virus — the highest number in the world. the president also blamed china for the outbreak, saying it would not have happened if the authorities there had acted quicker. this is probably the worst attack we've ever had, this is worse than pearl harbour, this is worse than the world trade center, there's never been an attack like this, and it should have never happened. it could have been stopped at the source, it could have been stopped in china. it should have been stopped right at the source. france will learn today whether its 8—week lockdown will be lifted on monday. if government conditions have been met, many shops will reopen, and people will be able to travel up to 100km from their homes. the country is in the midst of its worst recession since the second world war, with tourism, construction and manufacturing badly hit. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy wil

our reporter dan johnson is at manchester airport this morning, where they‘re trialling changes to howust a few cleaners around keeping the place is nice and clean and tidy. very, very quiet in terms of passengers. only one check—in desk open. you can see the departure board. not a lot going on up there today. not many flights leaving here at all. passenger numbers really are down. this is the new procedure, the new way to go through. everybody is now priority. fast track. you can see the yellow signs on the floor reminding you to keep your distance. there‘s loads of signage here, so as soon as you get here, before going through security, this is where you can pick up a mask and gloves and that‘s what they‘re asking you to wear in the airport. this is a trial that was launched just at the end of last week by manchester airports group, which includes sta nsted and east midlands, not just manchester airport. they are asking that you wear those while you are in the airport, but then we know that airlines perhaps are going to have different rules on what you need to wear actually on the pl

dan johnson reports from manchester airport.e. this is a trial already under at sta nsted, east experience. this is a trial already under at stansted, east midlands and manchester. after dropping your bags at check—in, it's then about gloves and a face covering, and if you haven't brought your own, you can pick one up here, disposable gloves with the mask, and then it is a temperature check. thank you! yeah, i can't see any other way of doing it, until we get a vaccine, i think we are stuck with the ppe, it is the only thing we have got. it does make you feel a bit more safe, to be honest. i have heard contradicting things about gloves, and hospitals are saying, don't wear gloves and facemasks, so i don't really know, i am just following the rules. with departure screens at this back, you can see why the boss hopes he has found a way to reassure passengers it is only then being carried and not the virus. i think things will undoubtedly change, we will have new operational protocols, new training for staff, we may require masks,

our correspondent dan johnson is at manchester airport. good morning, the other side of the door.ion or request is if possible you turn up to the airport in a mask and in gloves as well, although, if you don't arrive with them, you will be given some. we'rejust don't arrive with them, you will be given some. we're just having a look at their check—in desks this morning, absolutely bare, there are just a couple of guys cleaning this morning, there is one check—in desk open for people to use. you can see from the board there are very few flights, just five flights on the departure board today. the first two there are off to dublin. that is because aviation has been so badly hurt. you can see social distancing eneabba down on the floor, we have the two metre reminders —— you can see the social distancing signs down on the floor. there are so few passengers. so, when you drop your bags off at check—in, before you get to security, you can pick up a mask and disposable gloves that you should wear when you are going through the airport of the time in the airport. now, that is a mancheste

dan johnson, bbc news.d it hard to watch our own output but i think that was a particular occasion! a new rehabilitation facility, dedicated to helping coronavirus survivors recover from the long term effects of the illness, has received its first patients. the seacole centre in surrey will give physical, mental and emotional support to those who've experienced the most severe symptoms. here's our health correspondent, laura foster. most people recover from covid—i9 in a matter of weeks, but for those who've had the most severe symptoms it can take months, maybe even more than a year. so nice to see you — how are you? long and intense hospital stays can leave people weak, struggling to breathe and to walk. morag says her mobility was so bad she couldn't even turn over in bed. i'm looking forward to walking up the stairs on my own. then i'll be independent as far as i'm concerned. it tookjust over a month to turn this former military hospital into a temporary centre, dedicated to helping those who don't need

dan johnson, bbc news. it's actually a very old aeroplane given a new lease on life. we basically took a cessna grand caravan that's been around for quite some time now, quite a few decades. we gutted the gas guzzling, emission creating engine out of it and put in a lightweight, clean, very low—cost electric propulsion system, and today flew it for the very first time. today we flew for 30 minutes and it can do, with a passenger load, about that amount plus the reserve that's required by the regulatory authorities. that's probably with four orfive passengers on board plus the pilot, about 100 miles. by no means not guinness book of records. but it's a fantastic start to an industry that's about to revolutionise travel. stay with us in the hours ahead if you can come of bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. we started off the season pretty wet, things are finishing off by saying that this has been the sunniest on record according to provisional data, and there is little to break

dan johnson has more. we've had lots of angry episodes from our child.n theia based angry behaviours which come out as violence, destruction, ripping things up, destroying toys. and he has been violent towards me. he's scared, he's told us he's scared mummy and daddy are going to die of coronavirus, and he's also scared that he is also going to get it as well. what shall we make out of this? rachel and her husband are feeling the strain of life in lockdown with their five—year—old son. the strain of life in lockdown with theirfive—year—old son. he's the strain of life in lockdown with their five—year—old son. he's got emotional needs and would normally get extra support at home and at school. he's a lovely little boy, we love him beyond measure, but we don't always know how to help him, and that's the issue with a lot of looked after children, so he's probably been through a lot more trauma than many adults will ever in their life. so trying to cope with that emotion when you're in lockdown is really, really hard. ben is bringing up five children, all wi

dan johnson, bbc news. the world's oldest man, bob weighton, has died at the age of 112.his year. his family said he died peacefully in his sleep. earlier this year, he declined a birthday card from the queen, saying he'd received at least ten from her already. national trust parks and gardens will reopen from next week. from the third ofjune outdoor spaces at national trust properties will open for the first time since lockdown, but only a third of the usual number of visitors will be admitted and visitors will have to book in advance. the deepest ever sighting of an octopus has been made by cameras on the floor of the indian ocean. the octopus has been photographed at a depth of 7,000 metres — that's almost two kilometres deeper than the previous record. researchers say it's a species known as ‘dumbo' because of its resemblance to the disney character. i... make eye something could survive two kilometres beneath...” haven't affinity with octopuses, for some reason. i always like seeing pictures of pie stop i have just out there. ijust do. if you were described as an oct

dan walker. our headlines today. boris johnsonrges people to use common sense as he defends his plan to relax the lockdown in england. our challenge now is to find a way forward that deserves our hard—won gains, easing the burden of the lockdown and i will be candid with the house, this is an extremely difficult balance to strike. back to school — new guidance will see class sizes of 15 pupils, staggered break times and frequent hand washing. will workers be furloughed for longer? which subsidises the wages of millions of workers will be extended beyond june? the chancellor rishi sunak prepares to announce whether the furlough scheme will continue, and how. elite sport is given the go—ahead to start again from june i, but there will be no fans in stadiums for a long time, with no date set for when they'll be allowed to reopen. elite sport is given the go—ahead to start again and widespread frost for england and wales, parts of scotland could see snow. details later. it's tuesday may the 12th. our top story. borisjohnson has defend

dan bongino, let's get your take on this. there's been some comments. there was a video put out echoing the comment that robert johnsonust put out. >> dan: i am tired of having to take this fictitious high road. if we as conservatives, libertarians, if we come out and say we know joe biden is not a racist and that's not a racist comment and it was just a gaffe, that that somehow the woke left is going to extend the same courtesy to us. they won't. the liberals really hate you. not everyone. they think conservatives are awful people. i am done with that. joe biden has a history of stepping on his own tongue. he was the "put you back in chains" guy. you can't go into a 7-eleven without a slight indian accent guy. he was astonished that barack obama took a shower, that he was clean. i don't know why that shocked him. the first clean african-american kid? what did that even mean? that was cringeworthy. all of us were like, we don't know what he meant. you don't think like joe biden. the democrat party in general has gotten a pass for 50 years from the media. they have been on the wrong side of right with the black unity f

dan walker. our headlines today. boris johnsonins, easing the burden of the lockdown and i will be candid with the house, this is an extremely difficult balance to strike. back to school — new guidance will see class sizes of 15 pupils, staggered break times and frequent hand washing. will workers be furloughed for longer? which subsidises the wages of millions of workers will be extended beyond june?

current texas congressman dan crenshaw tweeting a absolute saying johnson exemplified the service aboveselfhe died of natural causes. he was 89 years old. send it back to you. brian: wow. what a life. unbelievable. and steve scalise also tweeted about that, too. so did many others. thanks so much, jillian. meanwhile we move ahead. the historic space launch in florida scrubbed just before liftoff yesterday nassau commentator says 10 minutes would have made a big difference. he joining us next. drags gone space equities unfortunately we are not going to launch today. you are go for 5.100, launch scrubbed. brian: historic spacex launch postponed 7 minutes before liftoff we all twached with neil cavuto. preventing the first man launched space in nearly a decade. launch scheduled for a few more days on saturday. joining us from the kennedy space center darrell nell who spent his life in and around space and the space coast. darryl, first off. did they feel the pressure with the president there to try to pull this off? do you even feel pressure from external conditions like that? >> no, we don't.

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me, yeah, running mates mattered a lot in 1998 with dan quayle and lloyd bentsen, too, meaning it didn't matter add all on that front. but joshua johnson's your take on this as far as biden is concerned? >> obviously very briefly, i think it's going to be after what we saw this weekend, it's what the running mate represents, particularly with african-american voters. we know health care, the economy, and law enforcement are huge issues. after this weekend, law enforcement, if not law enforcement reform, is going to matter a great deal. i wouldn't be surprise fd you started hearing bernie sanders talking about the convention and saying, you know, these delegates i have, if we're going to have a unified platform, i think we need to talk more about law enforcement. some of these people on the list may have a little more credibility than others to talk about reforming law enforcement instead of just improving it. dwling that's going to matter a lot. >> well, i'm curious, val demings, you're a floridian, you followed her a little bit. the knock on her is going to be, you know, we haven't had a member of congress go directly to the presidenc

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dan johnson, bbc news. grant shapps, has said the government is "quite likely" to have either reached — or come close to meeting — the target of 100,000 daily coronavirus tests. official figures are expected later. ministers had said they wanted to achieve the aim by yesterday. we can speak to professor sian griffiths who chaired the inquiry into the hong kong government's response to the sars outbreak. very good to have you with this, professor. whether or not the government here in the uk has reach that 100,000 target for the daily number of tests yesterday, it's very, very quickly going to have to refocus and talk about increasing that capacity much further, isn't it? exactly. testing is going to be key to the release of lockdown and we need to continue to push to have more tests, i think 100,000 was a target. but the real question is what tests are using, when are we using it and we have enough test to do contact tracing we need to in the community once we start to lift lockdown. because what we are goi