we will start with our first question for dan roan, it comes from jason.ts do start returning, are they going to test everyone involved before every match or race, and if so, it will the testing be paid for for by that sport? testing has emerged as probably the key medical protocol that is currently being worked through by public health and government officials and the medical experts of the major professional sports before athletes can get back training, and then, in time, to full competition if government approval is granted. but it comes with some significant impacts. as you mentioned there, one is cost, who is actually going to meet the bill. these tests do not come cheap, they reckon they cost between £150—£180 for a privately conducted coronavirus test. make no mistake, for sports to get athletes back training and playing, they will have to foot the bill. this is not something that will be paid for by the government or by the taxpayer, clearly, that would not go down too well. what we understand is that the protocol is being worked on are going to in

dan roan, bbc news.ean singer was a distinguished player of the "kora" — a west african harp — but he is probably best know for his ‘80s hit song yeke yeke. mr kante's son said his father's death was the result of untreated health problems. guinea's president, alpha conde, said african culture was in mourning. i'll leave you with a listen to mory kante, and yeke yeke music. there has been a lot of sunshine around today but also a lot of wind and rain particularly across scotla nd and rain particularly across scotland and northern ireland. gale force winds, vicious gusts of wind in fact enter the course of the weekend that is where the worst of the weather will be in the north—west of the uk. the reason for it is this spending area of a weather system, it is a low—pressure storm site sweeping us that will eventually be pulling away second half of the weekend. but as far as saturday is concerned we are certainly going to be feeling the effects of it. to the course of the night at remains very windy with re

dan roan, bbc news.nes. you can reach me on twitter, i‘m @lvaughanjones. this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello there. we‘ve seen some unusually windy weather for the time of year affecting the north—west of uk in particular. 0n north—west of uk in particular. on friday, the strongest because of wind reached a good 60 mph across the north coast of northern ireland into parts of northern ireland into parts of scotla nd of northern ireland into parts of scotland and in north—west wales, we had a gust into the low 70s mph. these strong winds have been bringing large and battering waves to the coastline, many of our beaches are an patrol for understandable reasons and with similar rough seas expected this weekend, it‘s probably best tuesday well away. 0n the weekend we have more rain and strong winds next to their slow—moving area of low pressure. the strongest winds a lwa ys pressure. the strongest winds always closest to the centre of the low passing just toward scotland, and through the day on saturday, althoug

dan roan, bbc news.the us on memorial day weekend. thousands of bikers would descend on washington dc to bring attention to service members who went missing in action. this year's event is scaled down, and renamed. but still loud. music. president trump held a ‘rolling to remember‘ event at the white house today. motorcyclists got the chance to cruise around the south lawn, and rattle the windows a bit. bikers are urged to ride 22 miles in their home communities to raise awareness about veteran suicide. about 20 veterans take their lives each day. so that message is heard loud and clear. a reminder of our top story... a pakistani international airlines passenger plane has crashed into a residential area of the city killing at least 80. airbus was carrying 81 passengers and eight crew. —— 91 passengers and eight crew. —— 91 passengers and eight crew. miraculously at least two if not another passenger on that plane survived. we will be back soon. hello there, we have seen unusually windy weather for the ti

our sports editor dan roan reports. it's game on.ith clubs resuming contact training for the first time since the season was suspended back in march earlier this year, confirmation tonight the premier league is set to resume injust under three weeks‘ time. subject to government approval, the 92 remaining fixtures will be played in a packed 5.5—week period as clubs try and make up for lost time. obviously, there are things that are much more important at the moment and we have not lost our sense of perspective, obviously, but football is an important thing to lots of people. i've missed it. i think it's ok to say we have missed it. i'm really looking forward to seeing some football again. at times over recent weeks, plans to restart the season have seemed shaky amid tension between clubs and concerns among —— between clubs and concerns by players over safety, but now we know manchester city's postponed match with arsenal here at the etihad will be one of two games marking the return of the campaign and the government has encouraged th

dan roan, bbc news.is reopening— the duomo in florence is going to use technology to help visitors maintain social distancing. a stunning ancient building of course. people will be given a device which will bleep if they get too close to other people. the director of the cathedral and the museum there says they are the first to use these devices in the world. initially, visits to the cathedral will be free — in a gesture to welcome people back. makes such a change to the huge queues that usually surrounded there. the measure is intended to help italy's tourism industry which has been shut since mid—march. before we go, rolling thunders was an annual event in the us on memorial day weekend. thousands of bikers would descend on washington dc to bring attention to service members who went missing in action. this year's event is scaled down, and renamed. but still loud. music. president trump held a ‘rolling to remember‘ event at the white house today. motorcyclists got the chance to cruise around the south

dan roan, bbc news. australia's cricketers are still planning to tour england later this year.and that they'll closely watch how the west indies and pakistan tours go beforehand. meanwhile some england players returned to training this week. all—rounder chris woakes has been talking to bbc radio five lives adrian chiles about how his body has reacted to training after being in lockdown: i have been keen to get back out there and do some training but it is like riding a bike to be honest. you jump like riding a bike to be honest. you jump back on and in a way you go. as isaid, a jump back on and in a way you go. as i said, a little bit sore this morning with the body. i feel it. but it is nice to have those aches and pains back. i haven't had that make it comes back quite naturally. a couple of months. it didn't seem like too long. that's all the sport for now. hello there. we have seen some unusually windy weather for this time of year, and on friday the strongest winds reached 60 miles an hour in northern ireland and parts of scotland and in north west wales where we had the l

we will start with our first question for dan roan, it comes from jason.ason asks, if sports do start returning, are they going to test everyone involved before every match or race, and if so, it will the testing be paid for for by that sport? testing has emerged as probably the key medical protocol that's currently being worked through by public health and government officials and the medical experts of the major professional sports before athletes can get back training, and then, in time, to full competition if government approval is granted. but it comes with some significant impacts. as you mentioned there, one is cost, who is actually going to meet the bill? these tests do not come cheap, they reckon they cost between £150—£180 for a privately conducted coronavirus test. make no mistake, for sports to get athletes back training and playing, they will have to foot the bill. this is not something that will be paid for by the government or by the taxpayer, clearly, that would not go down too well. what we understand is that the protocol is being worked o

let's speak to our sports editor dan roan.aveat but this feels like a big moment for sport in this country amid this pandemic. it dies. simply for this reason, it is the first time since the season was suspended three months or so ago and we have actually had a firm date officially announced i'll be at a provisional one, june 17, when everything being well here manchester city will host arsenal. it was first postponed on march the 11th and alongside sheffield united against aston villa. those matches will play on june 17 against aston villa. those matches will play onjune 17 and all matches will play onjune 17 and all matches will play onjune 17 and all matches will play 29 game so it will make it a cleaner and neater state of play and if the waste was to occur in terms of the season and it had to be cancelled, at least eight points per game approach would be necessary because all matches what have been played an equal number. it is not 100% certain but it does depend on government approval and no spike in cases. and has been

dan roan, bbc news, rochdale.iculties for people with learning disabilities, and those with underlying health issues who find themselves having to self—isolate. but a choir in oxford has shown that music can be one means of challenging the isolation. the soundabout inclusive choir has harnessed technology to support its members, as the bbc‘s fergal keane reports. # amazing grace # how sweet the sound... a voice from a deep confinement. music helps make isolation bearable for sam pittick, aged 37. he has a vulnerable immune system and can't leave home. # i once was lost, but now i'm found # was blind... and when you're all singing together, what is the feeling?

dan roan, bbc news. of singer"tony hadley". of singer "tony hadley". muhammad shalehan was denied the top $10,000 until the spandau ballet star lent him his support. colin paterson reports. # you are gold... never has there been so much interest in how to say the name of spandau ballet's lead singer. tony hadley. muhammad shalehan works for singapore's underground railway and needed some money to pay off loans, so he decided to try and win a $10,000 "name the celebrity voices" competition on his local radio station... gold 905. for weeks, people had been trying to identify the 1a voices. muhammad listened for hours each day and was sure he'd figured it out, but on air was told he had got one wrong. two weeks later, he was baffled to hear another contestant give exactly the same names and win. the station told him that his answer... tony hadley. ..was a mispronunciation. infuriated, he e—mailed a recording of his on—air appearance to tony hadley‘s manager, and received this video message. i have listened

dan roan, bbc news.llowed to do in the various lockdowns. in scotland, the restrictions continue until next thursday. in wales, garden centres have reopened, while in northern ireland groups of up to six people who don't share a household are allowed to meet outdoors. in england, there remains concern that the recent easing of restrictions could see a big influx of visitors to tourist destinations, as danny savage reports. for many parts of the uk, it's still essential travel only. but in england, you can drive as far as you want for some exercise. however, the message from lots of seaside resorts, including the authorities here in scarborough, is not to. if you don't have to come to the coast this weekend, exercise locally, stay home and save your visit for when we're at our best and we can welcome you properly. special measures are also being taken here this weekend to help with social distancing. this main road along the seafront in scarborough will be completely closed to all traffic, to give people

dan roan, bbc news.o a round of applause from staff after 35 days with coronavirus. he‘s been speaking to duncan kennedy about his ordeal. we clap for them, but they also clap for us. hard not to, when it is this man, steve parker, who has just come out of intensive care after five weeks. there cannot be many people who survived 35 days in intensive care and in a coma? i don‘t know. people were probably happy i was asleep! when steve finally woke up, he had no idea where he was. i actually thought i was in new zealand, when i woke up. one of the nurses came in. i said, what time did the boat arrive? she said, you are in poole harbour. he fought in the first gulf war and knows his is a remarkable story of recovery. apparently, i died three times.

dan roan, bbc news.and from the first ofjune, but not everyone is happy at the prospect, raising questions such as how do you ensure young children stick to new safety rules? tim muffett has been to one nursery — for children of key workers — to see how they are coping. a fresh start, adapting a nursery to cater for a pandemic. the children have to wash their hands on arrival. we also have the parents drop off at the front door, so a staff member will come and collect them, rather than going into the nursery. musgrove nursery in taunton has stayed open for the children of key workers. staff hope lessons learned here could be useful for other nurseries. so far, we haven't really focused on social distancing between the children, and we've just allowed them to play. because one of the main things children learn in nurseries is to play with other children. but we have been looking at staff contact. so if staff can space themselves out, listen to the two—metre distance, then we think adult—to—adult transmiss

our sports editor dan roan reports. it's game on. with clubs resuming contact training for the first time since the season was suspended back in march earlier, confirmation tonight the premier league is set to resume injust under three weeks‘ time. subject to government approval, the 92 remaining fixtures will be played in a packed five and a half week period, as clubs try and make up for lost time. obviously, there are things that are much more important at the moment and we have not lost our sense of perspective, but football is an important thing to lots of people. i've missed it, i think it's ok to say we have missed it. i'm really looking forward to seeing some football again. at times over recent weeks, plans to restart the season have seemed shaky, amid tension between clubs and concerns among plays about safety, but now we know manchester city's postponed match with arsenal here at the etihad will be one of two games marking the return of the campaign and government have encouraged the league to make the most of the resumptio

dan roan, bbc news. the past month, we've heard from many people who've pulled through after contracting covid—19. this week, stephen parker, a former member of the armed forces, left critical care at poole hospital to a round of applause from staff after 35 days with coronavirus. he's been speaking to duncan kennedy about his ordeal. we clap for them, but they also clap for us. hard not to, when it is this man, steve parker, who hasjust come out of intensive care, after five weeks. there can't be many people who have survived 35 days in intensive care and in a coma. i don't know. i think they were probably happy that i was asleep! when steve finally woke up, he had no idea where he was. i actually thought i was in new zealand when i woke up. one of the nurses came in and i said, what time did the boat arrive? they said you are in poole harbour! he fought in the first gulf war and knows his is a remarkable story of recovery. i'm just one of the lucky ones, i'm a survivor. apparently, i died three times.

thomas bach said it would be a case of ‘then‘ or ‘never‘ as he spoke exclusively to our sports editor dan roanut four years after the button was passed to tokyo the city is now trying to organise the first ever post opponent games. the most powerfulfigure in ever post opponent games. the most powerful figure in olympic spot telling me the challenge facing the hoses dancing. we have to have ian felt the wheel day by day organisers have suggested that next summer as tokyo's will chance. you cannot forever employ 3000 5000 people in an organising committee. you cannot every year change the entire sport's schedule worldwide of all the major federations, you cannot have the athletes being in an uncertainty, you cannot have so much overlapping with the future olympic games. the olympics have seen many iconic moments and all have been enjoyed impact stage yet but amid concerns tokyo depends on a vaccine being found, but did not rule out the possibility of an olympics behind closed doors. it is very much a speculation right now. we will need a lot of consultation there in this respect. of course, this

chief executive of league one's rochdale — david bottomley — has been speaking to our sports editor dan roan the season. it is maybe unlikely the season will finish on the 31st ofjuly which is the day you have to work backwards from. morally i did not think any football organisation can put at risk anyone in the national health 01’ risk anyone in the national health ora risk anyone in the national health or a front—line worker at this moment in time. that date at the sist moment in time. that date at the 31st ofjuly needs players going back to training on the 18th of may and personally and from a club point of view we do not see it. it would be better not to carry on playing if it was to be behind closed doors because behind closed doors we had the associated costs of putting the game on but not the revenue streams. a club like this is planning right now no revenue coming in until the early months of 2021 because we think the ball alongside pierre, cinemas and restaurants will be the last place that the government will unlock from a social distancing point of view so we are planning very car

restarting the football season are being discussed by premier league clubs, as our sports editor dan roanen they held initial talks today. the government must decide and says it's cautiously stepping up planning, the premier league hopeful of matches next month. but one former club doctor issued this warning. close contact of footballers during the game, during meal times, during the training, and the proximity between fixtures, all of that makes footballers much more prone to developing infection. it only takes one case for this to blow up. amid talk of facemasks at training and a spitting ban, premier league clubs were told today that 40,000 tests and ten neutral stadia could be used if the season resumes. there'd be no fans. so what do they think of project restart? play the season, that is what i would like to happen. obviously, it's got to be done in a safe manner and a different way. i think it would give the country a big morale boost. with all sports suspended since march, clubs and leagues face a mounting financial crisis. today, the government handing rugby league a £16 million

our sports editor, dan roan, has been speaking exclusively to the premier league's chief executive, richard. the resumption of the bundesliga has given hope that the same can happen here. this was the last in the premier league was in action. two and a half months after leicester city won of aston villa, players had to wait until this week to start the initial phase of noncontact training and today in his first interview since the start of this crisis the man in charge told me of his hopes for resumption of the season next month. i sense there is some momentum and positivity behind it. we have got back to training but it is only the first step, it is step—by—step. all of the clubs work in the communities, the 100,000 jobs the premier league support, all of those are potentially at risks and i believe ultimately we have a responsibility to try to get back to business to protect jobs responsibility to try to get back to business to protectjobs and to move forward. but with unresolved rows among clubs over the safety of players, the use of neutral stadiums and whether relegation should be scra

the provisional target was the 12th of june but in an exclusive interview with our sports editor dan roanasters says although players are now back in training and the first step has been taken, there's still no date for when play can resume. you have to have plans and you have to have a staging post and i said earlier on, we have to be flexible. and we are not going to go back to playing until we have passed through contact training and we haven't decided to do that yet. there will be plenty of time for reflection. we are very close to our european colleagues in germany, italy, spain etc. it was a confidence—building proof point that the germans can get there, they can put their league back on the pitch and back on television and we will be interested to see it. one man waiting to see what happens is the former tottenham manager mauricio pochettino, who says he's ready for his next challenge and he'd be happy to take a job outside the premier league's top six if he were to return to the english game. he's been out of management since being sacked by spurs last november and he's been heavi

our sports editor dan roan's been speaking to the clubs chief executive daniel gidney: you got a scenarioy now are just having cash leave the building everyday with no cash coming in, so it is very much about how do you navigate that? we then looked at the job retention scheme to help prevent permanent redundancies, because permanent redundancies, because permanent redundancies doesn't help. in a recession, that would work, but in this scenario it is baiting and we are all hopeful that at some point we will be able to open the doors again. if you make a lot of people redundant, you can't remodel, so it is about bridging that casual for the period until you can reopen. time now for some of the day's other sport stories. the england and wales cricket board's has unanimously endorsed ian watmore's appointment as chair elect. it follows a review into his conduct in his previous role at the english football league. his appointment will be ratified at the agm this month. australia are back at the top of the test rankings for the first time in four years. justin langer‘s side replace india, desp

he‘s been speaking to our sports editor dan roan.cause of the coronavirus crisis. with billions of pounds more being spent on rescheduling a scaled—back event, organisers have suggested next summer is tokyo‘s last chance. you cannot forever employ 3,000 or 5,000 people in an organising committee. you cannot every year change the entire sports schedule worldwide of all the major federations. you cannot have the athletes being in uncertainty, you cannot have so much overlapping with the future olympic games. the olympics have seen many iconic moments, and all have been enjoyed in packed stadia, but amid concerns tokyo depends on a vaccine being found, bach did not rule out the possibility of an olympics behind closed doors. it‘s very much a speculation now. hmm. i think we will need a lot of consultation in this respect. of course, this is not what we want, because the olympic spirit is about also uniting the fans, and it is what makes the games so unique. six months ago, we spent time with british canoeists as they visited the host ci

the bbc‘s sport editor dan roan has been speaking to the head of the the international olympic committeeday by day with everything we are doing. so it is very challenging and at the same time it is a very fascinating to have this opportunity. do you think the tokyo games are dependent on a vaccine being discovered ? the tokyo games are dependent on a vaccine being discovered? we are relying on the advice of the world health organization, with whom we are ready in a joint task. since february this year. they are, as the ioc, and we are in full agreement with ourjapanese friends and partners. we have established one principle, and this is to organise this game is in a safe environment for all the participants. we are now one year and two months away. nobody knows what the world will look like in one yearand knows what the world will look like in one year and two months from today. so, given the lack of certainty in how we are developing our understanding, do you accept that there has to be some doubt over it will go ahead, or do you sit here today, 14 and still is a go of course, confident

in an exclusive interview with our sports editor dan roan, bach has been talking about the challengesmmoth task and there is no blueprint for it, so we have to reinvent the wheel day by day with everything we are doing, so it's very challenging and at the same time it's very fascinating. fascinating to have this opportunity and, do you think the tokyo games are dependent on a vaccine being discovered ? we are relying on the advice of the world health organization, with whom we are already in a joint task force since february this year. we have established one principal, and this is to organise these games in a safe environment for all the participants. nobody knows what the look world will look like in one year in two months from today. so, given the lack of certainty in how we are developing our understanding, do you accept there will be some doubt over whether it will go ahead or do you sit here with 14 months to go confident it will go ahead? how would you describe your expectation and confidence about it now? there is now a clear commitment to having these games in july next year.

in an exclusive interview with our sports editor dan roan, chief executive richard masters said they and consultation, discussion with clubs and players and stakeholders, to get us and players and stakeholders, to get us to the point where we could go back to step one of training this week, and it's great for everybody, including the fans, to see our players back on the training ground. we wouldn't have taken the first step to go back to training if we weren't convinced that we had created a very safe environment for our players to go back to, and each of our clubs voted unanimously for it last week. and so they were convinced too. so we still don't know exactly how long it will be before we'll be seeing premier league action again. so while we wait, would you like to see a goal? this is in the german capital, where hertha berlin beat their city rivals union 4—0. there may not have been any fans but there was still plenty of entertainment! one football team in denmark has come up with a novel way of bringing supporters closer to the action. aarhus will put up a giant screen alongside

lets talk to our sports editor dan roan now.of next month, not seem to be pushed back. my month, not seem to be pushed back. my latest information is that in principle the clubs have agreed that onjune 17 principle the clubs have agreed that on june 17 the two principle the clubs have agreed that onjune 17 the two matches that are still to be played, that are in hand, manchester city and arsenal being one of them, those games will being one of them, those games will be played first onjune 17. and then on the weekend ofjune 19, be played first onjune 17. and then on the weekend ofjune19, 20th, zist, on the weekend ofjune19, 20th, 21st, there will be a whole list of matches to be played, now is when the season will probably get back on the season will probably get back on the way. as you just said in your introduction, they ski meeting, the latest crisis meeting to be staged between the clubs on the conference call is still going on. they have been talking since half ten this morning, it is one of the most important things taking

speaking to our sports editor dan roan, richard masters says he's confident the successful return ofrmany can be repeated here. we are very close to our european colleagues, in germany and spain and italy, etc, and so it was a confidence building proof point that the germans can get there, they can put their lead back on the pitch and back on television. we were interested to see it. if a player was sat here now, what would your message be to him about resuming training, especially when it contacts training begins? what would you say to that player?” contacts training begins? what would you say to that player? i would say we're doing everything we possibly can to make the return to training as safe as possible for you and therefore for you and your family. we put in place testing programmes,

in an exclusive interview with our sports editor dan roan.ou cannot have the athletes be in uncertainty, you cannot have so much overlapping with the future olympic games. so i have some understanding for this approach by ourjapanese partners. we'll have more on that later. and in football... chelsea's world cup winning midfielder, n'golo kante, is the latest premier league player to opt out of training — due to fears over the coronavirus. it comes after data from the office of national statistics, suggested those from a bame background are twice as likely to die from covid—19. all clubs — like watford here — have been in non—contact training, in small groups this week, despite their defender, adrian mariappa being one of three people at the club to test positive for the virus. six people across the league tested positive. with a potential restart of matches next month, the culture secretary oliver downden, says contact training could be approved this week. unlike the premier league, championship players are being asked to test themselves at