the edinburgh film festival another victim of the coronavirus. hello and welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have taken to the streets of the lebanese capital beirut in anger at the country's leaders after this week's devastating explosion in the port area of the city. groups of protesters stormed a number of official buildings and briefly occupied the foreign ministry before being driven out by the army. earlier, riot police used tear gas to try to disperse the crowds. one police officer was killed in the clashes. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville spent the day among protesters. shouting lebanon's rage against the elite is erupting anew. a city in the aftermath of the explosion is filled with teargas and explosion is filled with tea rgas and anger. explosion is filled with teargas and anger. the project had barely started and already there is teargas coming out of here from all sides. protesters are falling back at the moment but they keep continuing to push forward. we are rebels, freeman. they fired directly at us, so this man. the city is still reeling

lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh. that's it.night. hello. this is bbc news. let's return now to our top story — the protests that have been taking place in the lebanese capital beirut. thousands of people have taken to the streets to express their anger at the country's leaders in the wake of tuesday's explosion. 0ur middle east correspondent, lina sinjab has been speaking to people in the city. basically it is chaotic and a lot of riots going on in the central square in downtown beirut. the protesters are having different plans this time, trying to occupy public buildings like the ministry of foreign affairs and the ministry of finance and even wanted to break into the central banking building. so that is their plan, to occupy these buildings and stay there until these politicians and elites respond to their requests and be held responsible and held accountable for what has happened. i'm am actually joined by one of the protesters, aline, who was just there and she just came out. aline, tell us what happened and what is going t

lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews. hello there.n the forecast for next week. at the moment, it's all about how high the temperatures are going to get. it wasn't quite as hot on saturday as it was on friday. but still, the temperature in hampshire reached 3a degrees. the highest temperatures were in sussex and at frittenden in kent, and it's these sort of areas that we'll see the focus of the heat again during sunday. we start with some very high temperatures in the morning in the south—east corner of england, perhaps 19—20 degrees. again, it's cooler as you had further north, maybe 11—5 in the north—west of scotland. in between, we have got this zone of cloud that's pushed in off the north sea. and there may be 1—2 light showers in that as well. any shower threatening the far south—east should move away. gradually, the sunshine develops more widely, the cloud gets burned back onto some of those north sea coasts. we have got that onshore breeze keeping it a little bit cooler as well. with that sort of wind direction, it will be cool

this is the reality of the edinburgh festivals this year. no audience. masks, social distancing. think that for a lot of people who earn their living at this time of year, it's just a practical loss, which is quite profound. there's an enormous loss in terms ofjust the sense ofjoy. the festivals bring notjust culture but also cash and tourists to the city. but not this year. old town streets, usually packed with visitors and performers are much, are much, much quieter. do you like it like this? i do like it like this but i miss the people as well. edinburgh resident and bestselling author, val mcdermid, is one of many feeling the loss of august's cultural extravaganza. in many ways, i think the real catastrophe of covid is still to come. the economic catastrophe in my business and the arts, and what's going to happen with theatres? what's going to happen with concert halls? what's going to happen with gigs? all around the city, the small businesses, everything from bakeries, butcher shops, all sorts of shops that are just not going to open again. the lack of tourists is having an

glasgow are currently 15—13 up against edinburgh.es and put a dent in rivals glasgow's with a 30—15 win. it was a tight affair until edinburgh pulled away in the last quarter. scrum—half charlie shiel with final try of the match. catala ns dragons beat wakefield trinity 36 points to 2a to set up a challenge cup quarterfinal against salford. wakefield hadn't recovered from their superleague thrashing at the hands of the french side last weekend. josh drinkwater was the man of the match for setting up three tries including a couple as part of david mead's hattrick. the lead of the women's british open after three rounds is being held by a player whose world ranking is outside the top 300. germany's sophia popov is three clear of the field at royal troon, and as our golf correspondent iain carter told me, it was a field able to enjoy some conditions that weren't dominated by storm ellen. a little bit of respite has been available to the players today, the winds not as strong as they were in the first two days and that was very strong. s

thank you for being with us. —— at edinburgh university.xpected to hit miami shortly. isaisa has weakened to a tropical storm after lashing the bahamas, but forecasters warn that it could strengthen back to a hurricane before making landfall. florida governor ron desantis has urged people to be prepared. two nasa astronauts are hurtling back towards earth following an historic mission on the first commercial rocket. the dragon capsule, built by the us company space x, is due to splashdown in the ocean off the coast of florida. a successful landing would mean america can send its own teams into orbit again after retiring its shuttles in 2011. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. mission control: dragon spacex, separation confirmed. for nasa's bob behnken and doug hurley it is time to head home, the dragon capsule leaving the international space station, the first ever private spacecraft to carry astronauts back to earth. we are about to embark on the final portion of the journey. i've referred to some of our spacex friends as

lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh. a man who was shot at his home in hampshire in south—east england on wednesday afternoon has died in hospital. james nash, a children's author and local parish councillor, who was 42, had suffered serious head injuries in the attack in the village of upper enham. the suspected attacker fled on a motorbike and was killed in a crash three miles away. the indian ocean island of mauritius has declared a state of environmental emergency as tonnes of fuel spill out of a ship that ran aground in july. the weather is forecast to deteriorate and there are fears that the japanese—owned mv wakashio could break up, leaking more diesel and fuel into the pristine waters off pointe d'esny. 400 sea booms have been deployed to limit the spill. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello, another warm if not hot day for england and wales, a bit cool gci’oss for england and wales, a bit cool across northern ireland, scotland on the north of england. sunshine around for most of the

dave says i beat a file of the edinburgh festival and have introduced many of my friends and family to it it's north toward raymond says was there last year for the festivals loved it one of my best vacations ever and finally i aberdeen see great to see the edge of festivals continuing as an event but night to the liberal democrats alex is joined by the former party leader servants capel. that assess as to hoffa is full of the liberal democrat leadership who better than former party leader sivan's cable who joins me from his home in twickenham events welcome to the alex some until now it's great to be with the other. segments. davey both sav done to you when you are a liberal democrat liberal you know them a particular well i would just say the contrasting styles in the strengths and weaknesses of both candidates are well i think that both strong and you know will be well served whichever whens i mean out at davy obviously has they experienced from a member of the cabinet looked after environment heavily into the i'm a changed negotiations things about china and knows a lot of economic

about an hundred 60 kilometers northeast of edinburgh. -- 160 kilometerss northeast of edinburgh. thick smokeke bilillowed behini. authoritiess say they were calld to the scene just before 10:00 a.m. on wednesday morning. dozens of emergency service vehicles arrived soon afterwards. shortly afafter the first repors of the crash, scotland's first minister addressed local lawmakers. >> the emergency services have been declared. i have just come off a call with the network and the emergency services and the details are still emerging. i am afraid to say that our early reports were not accurate. >> boris johnson says he was sentenced to learn of the incident and promised to improve safety. >> the most important thing now is the british transport police are in charge of the investigation. it is important that we all work together. we have to make sure that we -- we have to make sure that nothing like this happens again. >> the cause of the incident is unclear. >> these pictures were released by media. thee comompany thahat maintainse railways, they are working alongside emergency servi

glasgow, edinburgh getting some rain, belfast too and look at these across the midlands and wales.hundery as this slow—moving area of low pressure which has decided to park itself over us which has decided to park itself over us still churns away and drives oui’ over us still churns away and drives our weather. not much change expected through the first—half of the week before this big low pressure comes our way which is expected to bring some unsettled conditions towards the end of the weekend into the weekend. as far as the week ahead is concerned it's looking very changeable on the weather front. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... prince charles leads commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of vj day — the day world war two ended with victory over japan. the prince of wales and veterans of the burma campaign lay wreaths at the national memorial arboretum as part of a service of remembrance. more anger at a—level results in england. we have been hearing from a student who said her life has been ruined. thousands of holiday—makers have arrived back in the uk after a last

first minister nicola sturgeon is marking the silence at edinburgh station. laying a wreath along with the british transport police. we are expecting a station announcement in the next couple of seconds, which will alert passengers. but a one—minute silence will be held to remember those who died. the men who tragically lost their lives. brett mccullough, donald dinnie and chris stuchbury. the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, observing the minute's silence at edinburgh train station. that one—minute silence held at all train stations across scotla nd held at all train stations across scotland to mark one week since that fatal train derailment in aberdeenshire. it is coming up to 9:45am. welcome to bbc news. after the black grime star wiley had his social media accounts shut down because he shared anti—semitic hate speech online, a conversation was sparked about all forms of discrimination, specifically what it means to be a jew of colour. in the wake of black lives matter protests, many black celebrities argued that although it was right his comme

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one group of edinburgh—based musicians who had been performing in normandy...shing boat to get back in time. after an eight—hour crossing, they landed at hayling island in hampshire ten minutes before the deadline. the airports were also busy with flights to the uk. the queue just keeps going and going and going. this was nice, last night. we've just boarded the plane, it's about ten o'clock and we had a really long, hard day. so many people in the airport, but we're finally on a flight. at gatwick airport this morning, some of the first passengers arriving back from france, who will have to go into quarantine. we were five hours too late... for the quarantine. so now we all have to quarantine. my husband's losing money for two weeks. it's ridiculous. the passengers arriving here from france are going into a very strict form of self isolation for two weeks. they won't be able to go out for exercise, they won't be able to walk the dog and any shopping will have to be brought to them. and the penalty for breaching those rules starts at £1,000. andy moore, bbc new

horse guards parade and broadcast by the bbc tonight, images of veterans, including the duke of edinburghard a warship in tokyo bay when the second world war ended. his grandson spoke of the need to cherish peace. we must not forget our responsibility to learn the lessons of the past and ensure that the horrors of the second world war are never repeated. we owe that to our veterans, to their families and to the generations who will come after us. 75 years on, thanks were given for the moment a world war ended. nicholas witchell, bbc news. well, 50,000 british and commonwealth troops died in the war againstjapan, commonwealth troops died in the war against japan, half commonwealth troops died in the war againstjapan, half in prison camps. some of their relatives joined surviving veterans at the memorial arboretum and our correspondent sian lloyd was there. 96—year—old joan butterfield, known asjohnny since 96—year—old joan butterfield, known as johnny since her 96—year—old joan butterfield, known asjohnny since her navy days, one of the remaining few who remember vj day because they were t

around 700 will be allowed in to watch edinburgh take on glasgow in the pro 1a, with strict social distancing household can sit together. season—ticket holder darren coutts will be back at murrayfield for the first time in six months, taking his partner anna healy to her first rugby match. i'm part of edinburgh rugby fans group which we started up a few years back and is going strong and everybody has a sense of, well, we are going to make this work, not just for rugby but for sport in general and, you know, there is a sense of responsibility. we understand that covid has racked sports across the land and we just want to make it work and hopefully a great event tonight leads to another great event and we can get back to watching rugby live. i'll have more for you in the next hour. on the 57th anniversary of martin luther king's i have a dream speech, americans are again to march on washington demanding criminaljustice reforms spurred by months of protest over police violence against african americans. nearly 60 years on, civil rights leaders hope to build momentum behind a national movement f

afternoon been given the green light by the scottish government to host fans at the game between edinburgh been sold to an american investment company. formed by sir frank williams and sir patrick head, they got their first race win at the british grand prix in 1979. but their last victory came in 2012, and they've struggled to compete financially. the team will keep its name and remain at their 0xfordshire base. finally, when it comes to finding someone finally, when it comes to finding someone who's up for the fight and tough as nails? i certainly think we've found one. have a look at this. this was at the stadium in 0rlando this. this was at the stadium in orlando in the mlb. and you can see here, a bear in the crowd hitting the baseball square in the face. well worth having a look — look how painful that it is! he looks like he's got a soft sense that he's clearly made of tougher stuff. that's just about it from the bbc sport centre. hello there. the last few days has brought some very windy weather across many parts of the country. on friday, we had winds well over 60 mph here in the

peter mills arrived at james gillespie's high school in edinburgh this morning.friday saying that from today, all adults and pupils must wear face coverings indoors whilst moving around between classes. coverings indoors whilst moving around between classesli coverings indoors whilst moving around between classes. i think it isa around between classes. i think it is a great idea. for the children coming back into school, it has been as shocked with being such a large group of people again, after being in isolation for all this time. it will help them feel a bit safer. in isolation for all this time. it will help them feel a bit safetm reduces the risk of the spread of the coronavirus. there has also been a move towards wearing face masks in two secondary schools in the highlands. they must wear a face covering when moving around the school, using the canteen and all other social areas. with no hard evidence from the government, what we have found or what we feel we are facing is a political decision and not a scientific one. scotland's largest teaching union said

the train derailed in a store in haven in scotland about 160 kilometers north east of edinburgh. the sound of sirens could be heard from a far and fix smoke billowed from behind the heli terrain authorities say they were called to the scene just before 10 am on wednesday morning dozens of emergency service fee crews arrived to syria afterwards shortly after the 1st reports of the crash scotland's 1st minister nicola sturgeon addressed local lawmakers emergency services are currently on site and a major incident has been cleared i have just come off a call with network real and the emergency services and details are still emerging i am afraid to see that there are early reports of serious injuries. british prime minister barres johnson says he was saddened to learn of the incident and promised to improve safety clearly the most important thing now is that the british transport police are in charge of the investigation and find out exactly what happened in that we all work together with network rail we're wheels who's responsible to make sure that we get to make sure nothing like t

withers, in fact, look at the blobs of blue across northern areas of the country as well, glasgow and edinburgh at these, so all of this could be thundery as this slow—moving area of low pressure which has decided to park itself over us still churns away and drives our weather. not much change expected through the first out of the week before this big low pressure comes our way, which is expected to bring some unsettled conditions towards the end of the week. and into the weekend. but as far as the week ahead is concerned, it's looking very changeable. with the weather. this is bbc news, the headlines at 7: prince charles leads commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of vj day — the day world war 2 ended with victory over japan. we salute all those who remain among us and offer our most heartfelt and undying gratitude for those who are gone before. the prince of wales and veterans lay wreaths at the national memorial arboretum as part of the remembrance service. music: the last post we'll have the latest from events

the train derailed nice story haven in scotland about 160 kilometers north east of edinburgh. the sound of sirens could be heard from the 5 and 6 smoke billowed from behind the heli to rain well 30 say they were called to the scene just before 10 am on wednesday morning dozens of emergency service fee crews arrived soon afterwards. shortly after the 1st reports of the crash scotland's 1st minister nicola sturgeon addressed local lawmakers emergency services are currently on site and a major incident has been declared i have just come off a call with network real and the emergency services and details are still emerging i am afraid to see that there are reports of serious injuries. in a tweet british prime minister bar's johnson said it was a very serious incident and his thoughts are with all of those affected. the cause of the incident is unclear although the area was hit by thunderstorms and flash flooding overnight. these pictures were released on social media by network rail the company that maintains scotland's railways. they are working alongside him agency services as i

we had temperatures of 37 degrees in london, 29 in edinburgh. saturday. for liverpool and sheffield, a drop of 11 degrees or more. the heat has been coming to an end with a bang. we've had this band of cloud coming in from the west bringing some thundery rain and we scooped up some thunderstorms from continental europe, it's been heading eastwards, out into the north sea, and behind that band of cloud, we are seeing atlantic air spilling our way and that's the reason why the temperatures will be dropping. things will feel different as we head into monday. still going to be very warm for eastern parts of england, mind you. by the time we get to the morning we have rain affecting shetland and may be a few showers coming into some other western parts of the uk. throughout the day on saturday, it's going to be a mixture of sunshine and a scattering of showers, mainly across western areas, a few will push their way eastwards gradually through the day. much of the day may well be dry with sunshine at times and it stays dry right across the south—east

glasgow are currently 15—13 up against edinburgh. 15 minutes left in that one. points to 2a to set up a challenge cup quarter—final against sa lfo rd. wakefield hadn't recovered from their superleague thrashing at the hands of the french side last weekend. josh drinkwater was the man of the match for setting up three tries including a couple as part of david mead's hattrick. the lead of the women's british open after three rounds is being held by a player whose world ranking is outside the top 300. germany's sophia popov is three clear of the field. let's head to royal troon and speak to our correspondent iain carter. iain, the field has had slightly easier conditions today. has the filtered improvement, we have been speaking about the weather? a little bit of respite has been available to the players today, they went is not as strong as they we re they went is not as strong as they were in the first two days and that was very strong. tell a testing breeze, sweeping across the course, a lot of crosswinds for the place to negotiate. we saw some several improvemen

broch larsson leads the women's scottish 0pen after the first round at the renaissance club near edinburghder. scotland's gemma dryburgh is two shots back. but all the talk going into the event was about american daniella kang. she's looking to become the first woman since 2016 to win 3—straight tournaments on the lpga tour. but she's not had the best of starts. she's four shots off the lead on opening power after an opening round of 71. thomas pieters is a shot clear after the celtic classic in wales. that was the belgian‘s seventh of eight birdies in a round of 64. englishman tony tree is a shot back in second. it's been a gripping day of semifinal action at the world snooker championship in sheffield. kyren wilson pulled back six frames to square his match against anthony mcgill at 8—all, while mark selby had the better of the afternoon session and came from behind to lead ronnie 0'sullivan 9—7. jason mohammad joins steve davis and ken doherty to analyse the day's drama. temperature is rising across the country, and it is hot at the crucible. yes, certainly hot for 0 sullivan, he would

the use of masks, and it's because i think there is one school in edinburgh that has said all pupilse your children are? it doesn't apply. it was my optional. other personally i do think that is going to come in. i a lot of parents are certainly saying that they are prepared for masks to be worn. the schools, the classes are still the same size, so it is still like 30 people in a class, so from... still crowded, we've got a one—way system in the school, it's still very difficult to maintain physical distance and, so wearing a mask... physical distance and, so wearing a mask. . . they physical distance and, so wearing a mask... they have been back a week 01’ s0 mask... they have been back a week 01’ so now. mask... they have been back a week or so now. where you much more apprehensive at the start of this process ? apprehensive at the start of this process? i mean, were you discussing with fellow parents, look, i'm not really very happy about this at the moment, i do have misgivings? or have you not merely been a movie and has just have you not merely been a movie and hasjust gone acc

barclay also spent 8 years at glasgow warriors, five with welsh side scarlets and had a spell at edinburgh a win over lyon will seal just their second ever semi final in the tournament. that would set up a shoot out against bayern munich, following their 8—2 demolition of barcelona for a spot in the final. but manager pep guardiola isn't getting carried away. we try to do our best, like all the other teams. we are here, we are prepared, we are prepared to go through but they are an opponent so try to put to mistakes like in this competition punish us and that is all. so the pressure is always there to try to do our best and yeah, we will do it. despite celtic‘s game against aberdeen being postponed due to players breaking covid rules. there are three matches under way in the scottish premiership. ross county could move top with a win, but later hibs could jump back above them, and make it four wins from four when they take on motherwell. defending tour de france champion egan bernal has pulled out of the criterium du dauphine, the main warm—up race for the tour which starts in a fortnight‘

that led to protests in glasgow and edinburgh. we could see protests in england in the same way.. do you think we're going to see more of this? markdown, what should be happening, what measures should be taken? happening, what measures should be ta ken? every happening, what measures should be taken? every day, people have different views, don't today, about the efficacy of masks? absolutely. in lockdown, at the beginning, the country was incredibly united. united in abiding by the rules, but thatis united in abiding by the rules, but that is obviously starting to fracture quite a lot at the moment. this protest i thought was quite interesting, because in the old days, you get to get mask protests andi days, you get to get mask protests and i we are getting anti—masks protest. they were going and shouting and people in morrisons in peckham, through loudspeakers, but i think the shoppers were just baffled and bewildered and what on earth was going on. i am not sure they hit their message home, but i think you are right, if this is the start of... the direction thing go. the troubl

art festival the festival fringe international book festival the edinburgh international festival and the role as your visibility to 2 together comprise over $5000.00 events across scotland each summer welcoming audiences of $4400000.00 and over $25000.00 artists writers and performers from 70 countries making them together the biggest annual cultural event in the world elaine c. smith tells us what top artists do when there are no stages left on which to place believe. 'd me it's been said that i never thought i'd see those words but i actually exercising is the one thing you're all 'd right and veteran producer and writer got of poor dale tells alex about his starts on the streets of edinburgh being dark and bare instead of crowded i'm playing drums generally element you know just to clear my head and it was. completely. but 1st let's look at the reviews of plastic show on irish politics which featured members of the green party and the veteran journalist him and molly with your tweets mess just and even oath respect says where i live in scotland i can go r.t.e. on my radio i know w

carol film is that in edinburgh last night, compared to being in the tropics. a dramatic night, wasn't it? even if you didn't have these storms, it was very warm. i don't know if you saw any of those pictures but there's a few more storms ahead as i understand them! it has been described as a tropical night by many people which is defined by the temperatures which stays a bove defined by the temperatures which stays above 20 all night and that has happened again last night so we have had five of those tropical nights and also those big thunderstorms as well because there is so much heat and humidity in the atmosphere that is providing the energy to drive these big thunderstorms. we had another tropical night, we might see another one tonight, so not only hot and humid by day but also overnight as well. in fact, humid by day but also overnight as well. infact, could humid by day but also overnight as well. in fact, could be unprecedented situation as well in regards to this heatwave we are seeing at the moment. five consecutive days when daytime temperatures hav

we had temperatures of 37 degrees in london, 29 in edinburgh. for liverpool and sheffield, a drop of 11 degrees or more. the heat has been coming to an end with a bang. we've had this band of cloud coming in from the west bringing some thundery rain and we scooped up some thunderstorms from continental europe, it's been heading eastwards, out into the north sea, and behind that band of cloud, we are seeing atlantic air spilling our way and that's the reason why the temperatures will be dropping. things will feel different as we head into monday. still going to be very warm for eastern parts of england, mind you. by the time we get to the morning we have rain affecting shetland and may be a few showers coming into some other western parts of the uk. throughout the day on saturday, it's going to be a mixture of sunshine and a scattering of showers, mainly across western areas, a few will push their way eastwards gradually through the day. much of the day may well be dry with sunshine at times and it stays dry right across the south—east and east a

weather is still with us, look at the blobs of blue across northern areas of the country, glasgow and edinburghbe thundery as the slow—moving area of low pressure which has decided to park itself over us churns away and drives our weather. not much change expected through the first half of the week before this low pressure comes our way which is expected to bring some unsettled conditions towards the end of the week and into the weekend but as far as the week ahead is concerned, it looks very changeable on the weather front. this is bbc news. the headlines at 5.00: the exams regulator sets out the criteria for appeals against downgraded a—levels in england after nearly 40% were marked lower than predictions. i needed a, b, b. i only actually needed three seas to get into the foundation course for the veterinary foundation, which was my back—up, but on thursday i discovered that i had beenjust but on thursday i discovered that i had been just awarded three days. prince charles leads commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of vj day — the day world war ii ended with victory over japan. we sal

one group of edinburgh—based musicians who had been performing in normandy...ical music plays ..hired their own fishing boat to get back in time. after an eight—hour crossing, they landed at hayling island in hampshire ten minutes before the deadline. the airports were also busy with flights to the uk. the queuejust keeps going and going and going. this was nice, last night. we've just boarded the plane, it's about ten o'clock and we had a really long, hard day. so many people in the airport, but we're finally on a flight. at gatwick airport this morning, some of the first passengers arriving back from france, who will have to go into quarantine. we were five hours too late... ..for the quarantine. so now we all have to quarantine. my husband's losing money for two weeks. it's ridiculous. the passengers arriving here from france are going into a very strict form of self isolation for two weeks. they won't be able to go out for exercise, they won't be able to walk the dog and any shopping will have to be brought to them. and the penalty for breaching those rules

you know, i'm part of the edinburgh rugby fans group, which we started up a few years back, and it's just for rugby, but for sport in general. and, you know, there is a sense of responsibility. we understand that covid's racked sport across the land and we just want to make it work. and hopefully, a great event tonight leads to another great event, and we can get back to watching rugby live. rory mcilroy said he was loving the conditions at olympia fields in illinois, after shooting an even—parfirst round of 70. the course, just outside chicago, features brutal, rough and devilish greens and mcilroy said he enjoyed having to really think about his shots. only three players shot under par, with japan's hideki matsuyama leading by one. you can follow it on the bbc sport website. but that's it from me for now. let's return now to the news that the governement is looking to get staff back into offices, with a major media campaign to be launched next week. employees will be encouraged to stop working from home amid fears that town and city centres are becoming ghost areas with commuters s

barclay also spent 8 years at glasgow warriors, five with welsh side scarlets and had a spell at edinburgh for the snooker world championship final as part of the governments plans to get crowds back at events. there are 300 watching on in sheffield as five time champion ronnie 0'sullivan takes on kyren wilson who's looking for his first world title. and it's 0'sullivan who has impressed so far, with this break of 106 helping him to a 5—2 lead. and here's live pictures from the crucible. in the 8th frame here. wilson leading that frame. if 0'sullivan wins he'll equal steve davis and ray reardon's record of 6 world titles, stephen hendry holds the record with 7. lewis hamilton has finished fastest in qualifying ahead of tomorrow's spanish grand prix. merecedes take first and second as team—mate valterri bottas just misses out, to leave hamilton on pole position for the 92nd time in his career. red bull's max verstappen sits behind in third. verstappen 30 points behind hamilton who leads the drivers standings. we're still waiting for play to get under way, in day three of england's second te

horse guards parade and broadcast by the bbc tonight, images of veterans, including the duke of edinburgh when the second world war ended. his grandson spoke of the need to cherish peace. we must not forget our responsibility to learn the lessons of the past and ensure that the horrors of the second world war are never repeated. we owe that to our veterans, to their families and to the generations who will come after us. 75 years on, thanks were given for the moment a world war ended. nicholas witchell, bbc news. well, at ceremonies injapan marking the end of war, emperor naruhito expressed deep remorse for his country's past military actions. however, four senior cabinet ministers caused controversy by visiting the yasukuni shrine in tokyo, which honours convicted war criminals among the millions of war dead, and is seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of military aggression. so, why do events of 75 years ago still cause controversy today? motoko rich is the new york times bureau chief in tokyo. partly because there is a sense in surrounding neighbours, prominently china and south