dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester.news, the lockdown in wuhan has now been lifted, and it is trying to recover. butjust how normal is daily life in wuhan now — and how are its people adjusting to a new world? we find out in our world. johann, a mega— city in central china, was where the coronavirus outbreak began. —— wuhan. the chinese government made an unprecedented decision, putting 11 million people under strict block done. thousands lost their lives here. it was the first city in the world to be locked down. now it's opening up. 11 million people are trying to restart their lives and one wuhan filmmaker has set out to capture it. china says it's one this phase of the battle against coronavirus. so how has wuhan changed and what can the rest of the learn —— world learn from it about life after lockdown? is the government hails the reopening of wuhan, routes in and out of the city reopen and people are allowed to leave for the first time since january. 0n the first day, over 60,000 people rush to leave wuhan but it'

dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester.rtedly filed a request that could force prince andrew to testify about his links to the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein. the doj has said that it will neither confirm nor deny that such a request exists. a source close to prince andrew's legal team told the bbc: "legal discussions with the doj are subject to strict confidentiality rules, as set out in their own guidelines. we have chosen to abide by both the letter and the spirit of these rules, which is why we have made no comment about anything related to the doj during the course of this year." prince andrew stood down from royal duties late in 2019 following a poorly received interview that he gave to bbc newsnight in which he defended the friendship. the new suspect in the madeleine mccann case has been described as strange and intimidating by people in the portuguese village where he stayed around the time of the child's disappearance in 2007. 0ne resident claimed people were terrified of the man, identified by the german au

dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester.l have staged a demonstration against president jair bolsonaro, whose popularity has been dented by his management of the coronavirus crisis. this week brazil went past italy to become the country with third highest number of deaths in the world from covid—19. on saturday brazil's health ministry said it would now only be reporting cases and deaths in the past 2a hours, not a total figure as most countries do. president bolsonaro said the cumulative data did not reflect the current picture and had it removed from the ministry website. to tell us more about this is thiago de aragao, a political risk specialist from arko advice, which is a brasilia—based public affairs and politics consultancy. what is the government doing with the numbers? that's a very good question. it is definitely a reflection of how the government has mishandling the crisis, it is not dealing well at all in perceiving this. even president trump made very harsh criticisms a few days ago. this method is like breaking

our health correspondent dominic hughes reports.ve paid a heavy price during the coronavirus crisis. working on the front line of the nhs meant dr chowdhury, who died at the height of the pandemic, was already at risk of infection. now it's clear that as a man of south asian heritage, that risk was even greater. it was quite clarifying — it clarifies why my dad passed, because my dad was a really healthy, strong, fit man, so the fact that he wasn't able to fight this off, i knew it couldn't be a fault of his, but a fault on a larger scale, that larger scale being that south asians are so much more prone to dying from this virus. today's study of 35,000 hospital patients across england, scotland and wales found those from a south asian background were 20% more likely to die than white people. with an average age of 60, they were also 12 years younger, and 40% of south asian patients had type 1 or type 2 diabetes, compared with 25% of white groups. asians and other ethnic minorities are in occupations which are at greater risk. we do

dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester.into force on monday as three airlines begin a legal challenge to them. the system will require most arrivals to self—isolate for 14 days. british airways, easyjet and ryanair have written a letter to the government calling the restrictions unjustified and disproportionate. the home office insists the measures are needed to control the virus. the government has announced that places of worship in england can open for private prayer from a week tomorrow. number ten said the move would give individuals the chance to reflect. the new rules are not expected to include weddings of any size orfull services, which will come at a later date. earlier, i spoke to sheikh nuru mohammed, imam at ksimc of birmingham, who said he would only reopen his mosque when all the necessary safety measures were in place, but he said his community would be delighted by the news. you know what? senior citizens don't have a place to frequent every day of their lives and their mosque. some of there are retirees, t

dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester.ut the country has been closed to holidaymakers since its strict coronavirus lockdown. now, there are some novel plans to lure travellers back, as reged ahmad reports. about 15 metres underwater, with divers dressed as mermaids, a sri lankan navy commander cuts a ribbon to declare this underwater museum open. based in the southern port city of galle, the navy says it is the first of its kind in the country. the statues are made from discarded concrete and steel, and the project aims to encourage the regeneration of corals and fish breeding. galle is a favourite for holidaymakers. in 2019, sri lanka as a whole attracted around 2 million tourists. but the country's strict lockdown in march brought its multibillion—dollar tourism industry to a screeching halt. the curbs included a 24—hour nationwide curfew and a ban on any gathering. sri lanka's covid—19 case numbers and deaths remain very low compared to other countries, and its lockdown restrictions have been easing in recent weeks. ear

dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester.to force tomorrow, as three airlines begin a legal challenge to them. the system will require most people to self—isolate for 1h days. our business correspondent katy austin is here. what's the basis for the airlines' action? ever since the prospect was first raised of a quarantine on people arriving into the uk, the aviation and travel sectors have voiced concerns that it would put people off travelling and would cost thousands of jobs. this off travelling and would cost thousands ofjobs. this legal challenges by three airlines, british airways, easyjet and ryanair. they british airways, easyjet and rya nair. they have british airways, easyjet and ryanair. they have written to the government outlining why they think these measures are unjustified. 0ne of the arguments, they say, is actually, quarantine is more stringent than the guidelines apply to people who actually have covid—19. but this legal challenge is at its very earliest stage at the moment. there's no way it's going to stop

dominic hughes, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. good night. in a moment, i'll be looking at the front pages here in the uk and around the world first, let's get some other news. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is former fleet street editor, eve pollard. good editor, eve pollard. to see you. the washington post reports atlanta's top prosecutor will decide this week whether to bring charges against the police officer who shot rayshard brooks, a black man whose killing outside a restaurant on friday sparked a fresh wave of protests against police violence. as france lifts a number of covid—i9 lockdown restrictions, le figaro carries a picture on its front page highlighting an outbreak of over 100 cases of coronavirus in beijing, most of them, it says, related to the wholesale food market supplying the chinese capital, the largest of its kind, in asia. the metro says mile—long queues formed as shops across england reopened today, following three months of lockdown. it's a

dominic hughes, bbc news. you are now up—to—date. thank you for your company.. i'm @sallybundockbbc. hello there. the phrase "sunshine and showers" can at times seem quite trivial, can't it? but i'm sure if you were caught in the thundery downpours on monday, you knew about it. there was a lot of heavy rain in a very short space of time. if we take a look at the rain radar and the thunder and lightning strikes as we went through the afternoon, they were quite frequent across south—west scotland, northern ireland, north—west england and north wales. it certainly does look as though tuesday we could see more showers in a similar area. now, plenty of showers across europe as well, all under the influence of low pressure at the moment. so starts off with a fair amount of cloud across the eastern half of the uk, rolling in off the north sea. that will slowly burn away. we'll see sunny spells and scattered showers developing. now, showers perhaps fairly widespread across england and wales, but the heaviest ones across wales and north—west england, along with south—we

here's the bbc‘s health correspondent, dominic hughes.ks now, we've been urged to maintain a distance of two metres. at the height of the pandemic, with the coronavirus circulating widely, it was argued that keeping two metres away from others reduced the risk of infection. so what happened to alter that advice? the science actually hasn't changed. what's changed is the absolute numbers of cases in the community. so two metres is still going to be safer than one metre but if there is no virus in your community, then the risk is zero. if there is no virus, you can't catch it. it's not that the science has changed, it's just that the balance of risk has changed. staying safe from the virus involves several different factors, most obviously distance. being one metre apart can be up to ten times riskier than being two metres apart, but timing is also important. spending more than 15 minutes close together will increase the chances of infection, as does being face—to—face, which can be as risky two metres apart as it is being back—to—back with

dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester. stay with us on bbc news., and an inspirational running coach. the 0scar—nominated actor sir ian holm has died. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for 40 years, forcibly classified each citizen according to race. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a

our health correspondent dominic hughes has been to a surgery in the centre of liverpool to see how thingsy for doctor debbie noland. medical scrubs and full protective clothing. i'm just going to listen to your heart. even for those patients with no covid symptoms, doctors need to balance the risk of infection while being free to check out potentially dangerous conditions. does that feel a little bit sore? if you need to listen to somebody‘s chest or listen to somebody‘s heart, you need to do that.

government says it's prepared to take similar action elsewhere if necessary. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughesckdown is becoming clear. at least another two weeks of restricted travel, most shops closed and schools open only to vulnerable all key worker children. it is a bitter blow for many who hope life is about to get back to normal.m is about to get back to normal.m is devastating. my day to day will 110w is devastating. my day to day will now be ringing and e—mailing clients and trying to rearrange at the moment, that is a massive problem, to say it will be two weeks and then we will reassess, we still do not know how long that will be. the lockdown covers the area within the red line on this map, the city centre and most of its suburbs. this morning the prime minister said reimposing a title lockdown in the area was the right response. we a lwa ys area was the right response. we always said we would take steps, and steps if necessary, draconian steps, to deal with problems as they fly read, if necessary. i thank the people of leicester for their forbearance and we will have to wait a bit

dominic hughes, bbc news. reports. james furlong, joe ritchie—bennett and david wails all lost their lives on saturday. friends have described them as true gentlemen. they had been in this park in the centre of reading when the alleged knife attack took place. james antell was one of those who rushed over to try to save the men's lives, using, he says, his own clothing. i tried my very best to identify where the injuries were on the body of the casualty and took my shirt and used it to try to apply pressure to the wounds. but the casualties were in a very, very bad way. after a little while, attending to one of the casualties, on my own, another member of the public came over to help, and i think around that time i moved to another casualty, and again, you know, did my best to try to identify where the wound was and apply pressure to it. ifeel a little bit shaken. my overriding thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones. 25—year—old khairi saadallah, who came to britain from libya in 2012, was arrested

dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester. quarantine rules for passengers entering the uk come into force tomorrow, as three airlines begin a legal challenge to them. the system will require most arrivals to self—isolate for m days. our business correspondent katy austin is here. what's the basis for the airlines‘ action? ever since the prospect emerged of the quarantine for arrivals into the uk, the aviation and travel sectors have voiced concerns it would put off travellers and putjobs at risk. this legal challenges from three airlines, british airways, easyjet and ryanair. they have outlined a letter to the government why they believe the quarantine is unjustified. one example is they say they're actually the measures are more stringent and the guidelines applied to people who actually have covid—19. at this legal challenge is at its very early a stage at the moment, it's certainly not going to prevent the quarantine coming into force from tomorrow. today, there has also been criticism of the plans from the company that op